Post by cynical1 on Jun 11, 2012 8:37:28 GMT -5
Probably not a household name, but Pete Cosey just passed away at the end of May. Pete was from Chicago, so when he start playing with Miles Davis back in the early 70's I started following him.
Pete was one of the first jazz fusion players to seriously process his signal, many times to the point of making the guitar sound like anything but a guitar.
Pete sort of fell off the map when Miles Davis broke up the band, but he actually hung in there with session work and playing with people like Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters.
Like most pioneering musicians, the ones who came after him made more money off of his imagination then he did.
Thanks for getting there first and showing the rest of us how to get there.
Via con Dios -
Cynical One
Pete was one of the first jazz fusion players to seriously process his signal, many times to the point of making the guitar sound like anything but a guitar.
Pete sort of fell off the map when Miles Davis broke up the band, but he actually hung in there with session work and playing with people like Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters.
Like most pioneering musicians, the ones who came after him made more money off of his imagination then he did.
Thanks for getting there first and showing the rest of us how to get there.
Via con Dios -
Cynical One