The other day for want of anything resembling news I posed the following poser: "There are very few guitarists I would play with. Adrian Belew is one of them and Robert Fripp would be another." Does this quote ring a bell? Well it came from the June edition of Guitar Magazine and the relevant section runs thus;
One singer brought in for 1989s Earth Moving, Adrian Belew, knew a bit about guitar playing as well. “I’d seen Talking Heads on a TV show in Germany and I loved the way he played. The producer, Daniel Lazerus, knew Adrian and said we should use him (on the track “Holy”). I said great, maybe he can play a bit of guitar as well. He flew all the way from the States specially to do it which was nice; he’s a lovely man. He also played guitar on “Far Country” as I remember. “ How did he enjoy playing with another guitarist? “There are very few guitarists I would play with. Adrian Belew is one of them and Robert Fripp would be another.”
The answer is of course Mike Oldfield.
