ALICE COOPER On HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES Bandmate / Guitarist JOHNNY DEPP - “He Plays A Tasty Lick And Then He Gets Out And That's What A Good Guitar Player Should Play Like”
August 8, 2016, 8 years ago
In a new interview with AL.com, Alice Cooper discusses his Hollywood Vampires bandmate, Johnny Depp, and his best asset as a guitarist.
“He never overplays,” says Cooper. “He plays a tasty lick and then he gets out and that's what a good guitar player should play like. He plays a lot like Brian Jones. I would say that would be the closest guy, or Ronnie Wood. You'll hear a lick of about five or six notes not a whole bunch of notes, the way that Keith Richards would play. He would just play five or six notes that were just in the right spot. George Harrison was a master at that. George Harrison would play just exactly the right notes and get out, whereas a lot of guitar players they just don't know when to stop. They want to show off how good they are. Johnny's one of the guitar players that says, "Judge how good I am by what I play not by how much I play”.”
Read the full interview with Alice Cooper at AL.com.
