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Originally Posted by Javier
Well, remember these shows at the time were in 2011 when Phil was just subbing for Richie on that limited run of dates from april till may. You don't want a substitute guitar player to suddenly try and outshine your real player, not in skill or showmanship. If he were to do that today, I don't think there would be a problem....
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Leaning towards this. Phil was much better received at this period because he was covering for a coming-back-soon Richie with the band's full support behind him. If his temporary replacement is showboating a little, it's not something he'd earned the right to do since his job was to hang in the shadows a bit and keep the show moving.
But on the opposite side, holy crap did did it look cool.