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r/OldSchoolCool • u/wemtastic • Oct 09 '25
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50 u/84thPrblm Oct 09 '25 Richard Thompson does my favorite version, though I've not heard a bad one! 20 u/Rad10Ka0s Oct 09 '25 That is because he wrote it. 23 u/84thPrblm Oct 09 '25 “It’s a simple boy-meets-girl story, complicated somewhat by the presence of a motorcycle.” 1 u/[deleted] Oct 09 '25 [deleted] 4 u/Rad10Ka0s Oct 09 '25 Most who cover this song can't play the intro the Thompson does. Rolling Stone ranks him as the 62nd greatest guitar player of all time noting "no one knows how many tears have been shed by players trying to nail “1952 Vincent Black Lightning.”" 1 u/JackLondon68 Oct 09 '25 Who was number 61? 1 u/Toad_da_Unc Oct 09 '25 See: Bobert Dylmerman
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Richard Thompson does my favorite version, though I've not heard a bad one!
20 u/Rad10Ka0s Oct 09 '25 That is because he wrote it. 23 u/84thPrblm Oct 09 '25 “It’s a simple boy-meets-girl story, complicated somewhat by the presence of a motorcycle.” 1 u/[deleted] Oct 09 '25 [deleted] 4 u/Rad10Ka0s Oct 09 '25 Most who cover this song can't play the intro the Thompson does. Rolling Stone ranks him as the 62nd greatest guitar player of all time noting "no one knows how many tears have been shed by players trying to nail “1952 Vincent Black Lightning.”" 1 u/JackLondon68 Oct 09 '25 Who was number 61? 1 u/Toad_da_Unc Oct 09 '25 See: Bobert Dylmerman
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That is because he wrote it.
23 u/84thPrblm Oct 09 '25 “It’s a simple boy-meets-girl story, complicated somewhat by the presence of a motorcycle.” 1 u/[deleted] Oct 09 '25 [deleted] 4 u/Rad10Ka0s Oct 09 '25 Most who cover this song can't play the intro the Thompson does. Rolling Stone ranks him as the 62nd greatest guitar player of all time noting "no one knows how many tears have been shed by players trying to nail “1952 Vincent Black Lightning.”" 1 u/JackLondon68 Oct 09 '25 Who was number 61? 1 u/Toad_da_Unc Oct 09 '25 See: Bobert Dylmerman
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“It’s a simple boy-meets-girl story, complicated somewhat by the presence of a motorcycle.”
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4 u/Rad10Ka0s Oct 09 '25 Most who cover this song can't play the intro the Thompson does. Rolling Stone ranks him as the 62nd greatest guitar player of all time noting "no one knows how many tears have been shed by players trying to nail “1952 Vincent Black Lightning.”" 1 u/JackLondon68 Oct 09 '25 Who was number 61? 1 u/Toad_da_Unc Oct 09 '25 See: Bobert Dylmerman
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Most who cover this song can't play the intro the Thompson does. Rolling Stone ranks him as the 62nd greatest guitar player of all time noting "no one knows how many tears have been shed by players trying to nail “1952 Vincent Black Lightning.”"
1 u/JackLondon68 Oct 09 '25 Who was number 61?
Who was number 61?
See: Bobert Dylmerman
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