Larry
"Uncle Larry"
The guy has a great voice.
I don't think he's a dick, he's just seems blissfully ignorant to what musical time is and how it works and how it doesn't work. It's no crime.
It will be hard to get him to understand a problem when he doesn't realize one exists though.
Maybe try to convince him to just be the singer, and let someone else do the guitar. Sure he can hold a guitar and strum once in a while, but let someone else actually do the heavy lifting. I bet he can follow along to a steady band just fine.
Just one guy with a guitar can float the time however they want, just like a lone piano player, to great effect (done right).
All the floating time stuff mostly gets thrown out the window the minute other musicians are introduced into the mix in today's Country climate.
How you can get that across to him is just the start of things. Then he has to work at playing to a click. I'm not holding my breath. The guy has a great voice though.
I don't think he's a dick, he's just seems blissfully ignorant to what musical time is and how it works and how it doesn't work. It's no crime.
It will be hard to get him to understand a problem when he doesn't realize one exists though.
Maybe try to convince him to just be the singer, and let someone else do the guitar. Sure he can hold a guitar and strum once in a while, but let someone else actually do the heavy lifting. I bet he can follow along to a steady band just fine.
Just one guy with a guitar can float the time however they want, just like a lone piano player, to great effect (done right).
All the floating time stuff mostly gets thrown out the window the minute other musicians are introduced into the mix in today's Country climate.
How you can get that across to him is just the start of things. Then he has to work at playing to a click. I'm not holding my breath. The guy has a great voice though.