I knew this video of Expresso love, but I didn't know that it was Sid McGinnis playing guitar here.
indeed it's the only time I know where the solo was played in the same way as on the album with harmonized guitars, so it could be maybe a clue to proove that Sid played on the original version ?....
However, I can't see why Roy Bittan would be credited, and not Sid.
On all DS albums, all musicians have always been credited, at least in "thanks for helping to make the record" or such a quote.
Jack Sonni, Phil palmer, Tony levin, jeff Porcaro etc... all are named somewhere in the booklet, but not Sid and after reading 3 times the booklet from the remastered version, I can't see his name....?
of course there are many examples of musicians being not credited for contract issues (e.g. EC, Frampton and Collins on Harrison's all things must pass), but here, if Sid DID played on the album, I think he would have been credited like other musicians on other DS albums.
All this talk about Sid McGinnis, jeez... like we never heard of him.
He was credited in the Rematered 1996 Making Movies, it is in the booklet. Also Jack Sonni said somewhere that he remembers bumping into Sid in (I think it was) NYC and he showed him how to play Expresso Love riff.
I find strange that Jack Sonni showed Sid how to play the riff in1980......
of course Jack and Mark were already friends at the time, but it would mean that Mark would have played the song to Jack, and Jack would have showed to Sid.... strange, don't you think ?
I think it's more likely that Jack was telling about the Letterman show. Maybe Jack showed Sid how to play the riff around 85, when Mark had to play this song on TV, with the studio-TV band, including Sid.
if it is the case, it would proove that Sid did'nt know how to play the song in 85.....beacuse maybe he did'nt play on the original version....
I still think that Mark plays all guitars on MM, but of course we will never be 100% sure
