Originally Posted by: jimmy_kwtxI really like Vernon's rythym style the most.

His soloing could be considered chromatic but it seems to eratic and not too thought out. It is more "free".

He tends to be "in key" when he is hitting his sutained notes or bending them up to reach a pitch that is within the "key" but every thing else sounds (and looks like) random fingerings and phrasing.

It would seem easy to do but I find it very hard to get his phrasing down. That to me is what his style is really all about--his phrasing.

And yes I am an LC fan!

I have always listened carefully to this mans style, always amazed! Very unique Tonality, with much Functional Harmony, but very clearly testing the outer bounds of diatonic function. ( joking ) He,s just damm good I say!