A restless farewell to Richard Lloyd! The musical "alchemist"—a self-selected term—passed away on November 7. In tandem with Tom Verlaine in Television, Lloyd helped rewrite the rules when it came to the electric guitar in a rock setting. Lloyd was a player of boundless technical skill and unbridled imagination—a potent combination, to be sure. When Lloyd launched into a solo, every note was life or death, every moment a high-wire act of wildly impassioned delight. Here, a small sampling of the man’s six-string genius . . .
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