LISA DENTON: Barry, the musicians of Black Jacket Symphony are coming back to the Tivoli Theatre this weekend, and this time the guitarists have a particular challenge. They always choose iconic albums, but for this one they’ll be playing the song that readers of Guitarist Magazine voted as having the Top Guitar Solo of All Time: The Eagles’ “Hotel California.”
Lisa Denton and Barry Courter
Joe Walsh and Don Felder were crowned kings of the hill in that 1998 survey, with Eddie Van Halen (“Eruption”), David Gilmour (“Comfortably Numb”), Eric Clapton (“Crossroads”) and Jimi Hendrix (“Voodoo Chile”) rounding out the Top 5.
BARRY COURTER: My write-in campaign for Tiny Tim’s “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” never got any traction. They argued some technicality about his ukulele not being a proper guitar or some such.
LISA: A ridiculous rule. Air guitar doesn’t qualify either, and I’ve got the chops for that. I usually play first thing in the morning when my hair looks like I could be in a metal band.
The BJS concert will play all the songs from that 1976 album and other hits from the band. These concerts are always well attended, but the “Hotel California” show has proved so popular that the Friday show sold out and a Saturday show was added.