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Music Appreciation

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2. Reynolds is one of my favorite guitarists...

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #1)

Tue May 12, 2026, 12:27 PM

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…right up there with Alex Lifeson, Andy Summers, etc. Those carefully orchestrated guitar textures were exactly what I needed to hear just as all the walls of keyboards started to dominate the music world. Reynolds showed us how guitars could go head-to-head with keyboards and stay relevant in the ‘80s (and beyond).

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