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It's a Heartache

Who played guitar on Bonnie Tyler's song It's a Heartache? Our article for the album Natural Force lists two guitarists, Ray Taff Williams, and Taff Williams. Were these the same person as each other? Thanks, DuncanHill (talk) 01:08, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Allmusic has entries for both Ray Taff Williams and Taff Williams, but since they both list the albums It's a Heartache, Black Hole Star and Tales from the Blue Cocoons (the last one sorta), I venture to guess they are one and the same. Clarityfiend (talk) 06:50, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

"Taff" is Ray Williams' nickname. 97.82.165.112 (talk) 19:40, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

The First Cut Is the Deepest

Who played the guitar solo on Rod Stewart's The First Cut Is the Deepest? Our article on the album A Night on the Town lists the following guitarists as having played on the album: Steve Cropper, Billy Peek, Joe Walsh, Jesse Ed Davis, David Lindley, Fred Tackett. Thanks, DuncanHill (talk) 01:11, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

I'm about 75% certain it was Steve Cropper. The song was cut at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, and while Cropper is much more affiliated with Stax studios in Memphis (see Booker T and the MGs), I also don't see any members of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section given credits on the album (Jimmy Johnson was their primary guitarist) and there was considerable cross-pollination between the studios in Memphis, Muscle Shoals, and Florence, so I would not be surprised if Rod brought them in for that song. The other members (less Booker T.) are also credited on that album (Donald Duck Dunn on Bass and Albert Jackson Jr. on drums) so there's no doubt that the recorded together whatever they worked on. The Los Angeles sessions for that album would have used The Section, as you can tell from the presence of Lee Sklar (bass) and David Lindley (guitar). Billy Peek was Rod Stewart's regular guitarist at the time, so it MAY have been him, and it also may have been Joe Walsh, who guested on a LOT of albums in the 1970s. I'm fairly certain it was not Fred Tackett either, he was mainly an acoustic rhythm player and probably played strummed acoustic on the album. Not sure if he worked in LA or Muscle Shoals for this one, though. Jesse Ed Davis also worked out of LA mostly, so probably not him. I'll try digging up more if I can find it. --Jayron32 13:08, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

One commenter at this Quora thread thinks it was Joe Walsh though there are other options too. --Jayron32 13:29, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

This amateur lesson on YouTube seems to think it was Cropper. --Jayron32 13:32, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

This Article at Rhino Insider also thinks it was Cropper. --Jayron32 13:35, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Jayron. I've always thought it sounded like Walsh, for whatever that's worth! DuncanHill (talk) 21:45, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

diverse figure skater

I was trying to find out more information regarding a biracial figure skater named Sophia Adams. Here's one international newspaper article [1] about her. But shouldn't someone create a Wikipedia article about her?2604:2000:1281:4B3:E489:B375:36EB:1AC5 (talk) 12:56, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Do you think she meets the Notability criteria discussed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Figure Skating/Notability? (It's debatable whether WP:Notability (sports) or WP:Notability (music) – which also covers other entertainers – is more applicable.)

If you do, and you can find a couple (or more) of other newspaper or magazine articles about her at least as extensive as the one you've linked, then the best person to write an article is yourself, as you are already interested. Nearly all articles and edits on Wikipedia are written or performed by unpaid volunteers like you (or me). (A small proportion is done by editors paid by the articles' subjects, but although grudgingly permitted, such paid editing is frowned upon and judged against a higher standard by the volunteer majority.) {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.122.2.158 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 15:46, 6 September 2020 (UTC)