Bach in Dino music, where did it come from?

[MannyNix]

I knew there would be valuable feedback here, thanks!.

@Agrippa: Thanks for those. Good call about Henry Purcell.

I found this short clip of an older Jon Lord himself talking about Highway Star and its Bach influence at 0:19: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3U2V2F1sr8

Jon was awesome! May he R.I.P.

[The Seeker]

Short clip of 'Jan Akkerman' playing and talking about Bach in Rock and Roll. The look on his face at the end is priceless !!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYwQ9sC4h_w

[Andy G]

Speaking of Yngwie, in his book 'Relentless' he says Bach influence came mostly from Genesis:

“If anything, Genesis had a much greater influence in pushing me towards classical structures. Tony Banks, the keyboardist, was like a virtual Bach jukebox, with his arsenal of tricks like pedal notes and diminished chords.”

I'm not sure I believe it...

I don't believe it either. Yngwie was massively influenced by his keyboard player Jens Johansson - many people miss this. They influenced each other very much.


According to Jens, Yngwie wasn't into Bach to begin with - he was into Paganini and it was Jens was the Bach nut - they would have friendly arguments, as Yngwie would say "Paganini is faster" and Jens would respond that "yes, but Bach is cooler". That comes from a recent interview.


Jens had a very big hand in the development of Yngwie's music and the writing and was rarely (if ever) credited. According the Jens, the band members never got proper credit for their writing (same story as Ritchie/Rainbow) and that was one of the main factors for Jens quitting Rising Force.


Look at how Yngwie's music has become ever more repetitive, simplistic and juvenile since Jens and Marcel Jacob left the band. Once Mats Olausson left, Yngwie's music well and truly went down the shitter... And take a look at what Yngwie's producing now that he's doing EVERYTHING himself... Well, you figure it out

[jebbudda]

Agreed .


I underestimated the greatness of the Johansson brothers...Jens in particular....until I heard them with Jonas Hellborg . The brothers Johansson played on Hellborg's funk album ...its just the three of them . Holy Crap .


No doubt they both out grew Yngwie .

[Haffner]

Agreed .


I underestimated the greatness of the Johansson brothers...Jens in particular....until I heard them with Jonas Hellborg . The brothers Johansson played on Hellborg's funk album ...its just the three of them . Holy Crap .


No doubt they both out grew Yngwie .

Plus, there's that collaboration with Holdsworth, very cool album (I still have the super duper collector's editon :cool:)

[Bent out of shape]

Someone asked earlier where Blackmore got his classical training. Just read an old interview where he stated big Jim Sullivan taught him a range of styles including Bach. By the way.....around 78/79 he played a piece on stage(usually inserted before 16th Century Greenesleeves ie on the Live in Germany DVD) called Brandenburg invention, which as the name suggests was inspired by one of Bach's 6 concertos of the same name.

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