Jdog and JB opinion requested

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charlyg
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I have just been "turned on" to Smokin Joe Kubek, and it is very tasty stuff. Here is an excerpt from an aticle, and I was wondering your opinion of this idea from his rhythm guitarist, Bnois King.
For instance, in the key of G, I’ll play a Csus4 against the G. It sounds different, but it fits so perfect, and it also frees up Joe to take his solo wherever he wants. If I stuck a ninth or seventh in there, he’d be kind of hemmed in and restricted to playing more standard blues licks. Then, I might play a C13 for the IV chord to introduce some nice voice leading.
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I should mention Kubek's follow up comment.
Kubek: That gives me a lot of room, so I can play a major or seventh-chord scale over the changes with a Hendrix-style tone.
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Interesting. Kind of introducing a quartal element, harmony in fourths instead of thirds like we Westerners are used to.
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