He was going for the kind of vibe a saxophone player in a small jazz club exudes while on the bandstand -standing alone playing the melody of a tune, improvising a bit, then bringing the tune back in the end. He felt that each of his melodic outbursts had to be free of any guitaristic self indulgences. It's an approach that much more subtle than some of the in-your-face, over-the-top chops displayed on the other cuts from Surfing with the Alien.

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