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Originally Posted by Sidd Finch
No one. The alternative would've been to shoot for 3 legends at a similar level -- say Page, Clapton, and Santana -- but that would have been a very different movie. I think the choices were excellent. The similarities you note between Page and White are interesting, and Edge is a good, contrasting middle-person.
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My boyfriend is a former roadie. He held the guitar that made
Houses of the Holy during a Page and Plant show. He set up the White Stripes at SXSW (having to borrow everything but the guitar from other bands) in a tiny tiny room in 2000. And he worked a U2 stadium show in the late 90s. He said that the reason you never hear any U2 covers from albums after
Unforgettable Fire is that crappy cover bands can't afford all the equipment. The Edge has a full board in front of him, and there's a roadie off stage working an effects board too.
Catastrophic tech failure at a U2 concert. I like the juxtaposition, because it's a totally different style and approach to the insturment than the, er, straightforward(?) way of Page and White. Looks like a pretty awesome movie.
