The worst gig poster ever? (Paul Gilbert content)

[jhumber]

I was in a club last night and saw a poster up advertising a Paul Gilbert concert at The Brook in Southampton. The poster had a picture of Paul on it, with the venue details and date, along with this text (Which I've just found on the venue's webiste):

"Paul Gilbert is the guitarist of Racer X and formerly of Mr. Big. After he parted ways with Mr. Big in 1996, Paul pursued his career as a solo guitarist and has evolved into a successful solo artist/singer/songwriter. Gilbert composes music in a wide variety of styles including pop, rock, metal, blues, jazz, funk and classical, but is perhaps best known for his versatility and speed. His guitar work is characterised by his floating right hand contrary to the more common anchored right hand that many guitarists favour. He is also considered to be one of the best proponents of alternate picking."

Seriously, WTF? Is that not the least appealing piece of information you've ever seen on a poster? Way to sell out a show.....you can almost see the person in charge of making the poster going to Wikipedia to research him, finding that piece of info, and thinking "yep, sounds like killer promotional material to me" ;-)

[Blix]

Lol, pretty funny indeed, and only geeks like us could possibly know what it means.

[jhumber]

Hehe, exactly! Sadly it was my wife that spotted it before I did, and she even questioned it! I now feel bad for wasting space in her brain with useless guitar info :-/

[pickaguitar]

Honey please take me to this show! It's Paul...you know...one of the best proponents of alternate picking!

Hey isn't that teh guy with the floating right hand?

The one and only!

[cvansickle]

Could be worse - it could have the picture of him getting his hair caught in the drill back around 1989-90!

[Tuberattler]

Hey I float my right hand and I can do alternate picking.. I feel more special now..

OTOH I like Paul Gilbert.. he shreds and can play music too..

[Butterfly]

At least he's targeting the guitar geeks who populate most of his audience

He's a funny guy, with a good sense of humor. I'll bet he gets it.

[sonicD]

I don't even think "proponent" is the right word. It means "to argue in favor of...". Shoulda used "practictioner". Yeah, that woulda fixed it! LOL!

[travisvwright]

Originally Posted by sonicD

I don't even think "proponent" is the right word. It means "to argue in favor of...". Shoulda used "practictioner". Yeah, that woulda fixed it! LOL!

Who would be considered the best proponent of non-alternate picking? Could be an interesting arguement to witness.

[MisterTV]

The ladies love to dance to floating-hand alternate picking.

[hank57]

Good Halloween promotion "Beware of the Floating Hand from Shreadsville!"

[SGNick]

Originally Posted by MisterTV

The ladies love to dance to floating-hand alternate picking.

[Jeff Michael]

Originally Posted by travisvwright

Who would be considered the best proponent of non-alternate picking?

I remember an article way back in one of the first Bass Player magazines where Jayson Newsted was advocating using only downstrokes, so my money's on him.

JAM

[cram]

another duration of time where no one will get proper service at the local guitar shop.

[Cuthbert]

That will draw the girls in for sure.