Re: Burn: "Al [Goff] is brilliant"

[bobs@hopf.dnai.com (Bob Schleicher)]

>Mark Longo wrote about the Feb. KEYBOARD article on Page & Plant: 
>
>>  Keyboardist Ed Shearmur's tech is 
>>Chris Burn who says on page 20, "Al [Goff] is brilliant; we phone him up at
>>2:00 in the morning and say 'how do I do this?'".  <<
>
>The Brit's have a funny way of speaking.  Chris really meant something like
>"OK", certainly not brilliant.  Bob S., Bill Beer, Mike Smokowitcz, Jerry
>Welch and a few others are "brilliant" in this business.  Bill, Dave and I
>are more in the line of "slightly bright", but we work our ass off the same
>as my brethren above do.  
>
>Al, my Halo is on fire!  Brilliant, not yet, experienced, O.K..  You're
sure right about working our collective asses off.  A good friend of mine
who was a master cabinet maker always said, " Never call me an expert.  An
Ex is a has been, and a spurt is a drip under pressure".  I'm sure you would
agree.  Isn't is strange how just when you feel like perhaps you know a bit
about Hammonds and Leslies, one of these beasts will make a good Christian
of you.

Let's talk soon, but I'm an early to bed kind of guy.  I agree, nice to see
Jerry on the board.  Hope to see good tech. posts from him.

Bob S.