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I'm going to have to disagree with you on that one. If you're covering Honky Tonk Woman and come in like Allan Holdsworth on the solo it's just not going to work. Also, you can't play an authentic Delta blues piece without a certain degree of sloppiness.

If it's precision you're after check this out. It's the first Al DiMeola tune I learned to play back in the late 80's:
Al DiMeola and Paco Delucia performing Mediterranean Sundance live

I can play Honky Tonk Woman note for note without being sloppy. I don't like sloppiness. For Delta blues, I don't think its the slopiness that makes it work. Its the feeling behind it. You can be all technical, but if it doesn't have the feeling, then it sounds souless. Thats why I never got into Vai, Malmsteen, Becker and all those shredders from the 80's.
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