I don't know that many chords. I'd be loaded if I knew that many. But that's not my aim. My aim is to move from one vein to the other without any trouble. The biggest thing to me is keeping a feeling, regardless what you play. So many cats lose their feeling at various times, not through the whole tune, but at various times, and it causes them to have to build up and drop down, and you can feel it.
I've really gone into business since I got the 6 string, which was like starting all over. - Wes Montgomery
I've really gone into business since I got the 6 string, which was like starting all over.
- Wes Montgomery
To me, all guitar players can play, because I know they're getting to where they're at. It's a very hard instrument to accept, because it takes years… - Wes Montgomery
To me, all guitar players can play, because I know they're getting to where they're at. It's a very hard instrument to accept, because it takes years…
Playing octaves was just a coincidence. And it's still such a challenge, like chord versions, block chords like cats play on piano. There are a lot o… - Wes Montgomery
Playing octaves was just a coincidence. And it's still such a challenge, like chord versions, block chords like cats play on piano. There are a lot o…
If a jazz player is really playing, the classical player will have to respect him. - Wes Montgomery
If a jazz player is really playing, the classical player will have to respect him.
I don't know that many chords. I'd be loaded if I knew that many. But that's not my aim. My aim is to move from one vein to the other without any tro… - Wes Montgomery
I don't know that many chords. I'd be loaded if I knew that many. But that's not my aim. My aim is to move from one vein to the other without any tro…
I got a standard box. I don't never want nothing special. Then if I drop my box, I can borrow somebody else's. - Wes Montgomery
I got a standard box. I don't never want nothing special. Then if I drop my box, I can borrow somebody else's.
Well, I got pretty good and went on the road with a group. We starved. At that time I didn't realize that you'd work one gig in Kansas City, the next… - Wes Montgomery
Well, I got pretty good and went on the road with a group. We starved. At that time I didn't realize that you'd work one gig in Kansas City, the next…
When I got pretty good I went on the road with a group. We starved. - Wes Montgomery
When I got pretty good I went on the road with a group. We starved.
You know, John Coltrane has been sort of a god to me. Seems like, in a way, he didn't get the inspiration out of other musicians. He had it. When you… - Wes Montgomery
You know, John Coltrane has been sort of a god to me. Seems like, in a way, he didn't get the inspiration out of other musicians. He had it. When you…
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