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I played in a band like that once.
Singer/songwriter with great songs, but he always bashed away on an acoustic - full open chords most of the time.
Me on "rhythm electric guitar", Telecaster of course!
The other guy on 100% play-something-every-second hey-they-should-pay-me-by-the-note-I'd-be-a-millionaire!! "lead guitar".
I played a lot of low-down slow-down spaghetti-western kind of stuff. Sometimes I would capo up high and play some little finger-picky stuff that added something like a 12-string effect (in the studio I would use a Nashville high-string acoustic).
Unfortunately, no matter what I came up with, the other guy would pick it up and begin using it in his performance. He was a great guy, I really liked him, but man he was frustrating!
In the end I found that I could turn my volume down completely and strum away happily, grinning like I was in the Partridge Family. I could make a bit of a show out of it, work up some stage antics that pleased the audience... sometimes I would have a chat with my pal the bass player.
After a while I left the band, but it was certainly a learning experience, and it became quite amusing trying to figure out how to spend my time on stage.
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