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David Rhodes: Atmospheric Guitar for Peter Gabriel

Mark Dery, Guitar Player, September 1987

DURING HIS RECENT So Tour, poker-faced Peter Gabriel offered fans a glimpse of his slapstick side. During 'Big Time', while Gabriel brayed in mock-macho tones about "the bulge in my big, big, big, big, big, big, big…", bassist Tony Levin and guitarist David Rhodes stomped around in frizzy wigs, striking Spinal Tap attitudes.

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