Richey couldn't play guitar?

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Hey everyone. Manics fan from Ireland here (first gig was Dublin Olympia in early 1997). Ive recently seen the the remixed footage of the 2nd Astoria show on youtube, and Richey's guitar is up very high in the mix (almost as high as Bradders). He certainly got pretty competent on the guitar. His playing is pretty flawless in all honesty. Anyway, just wanted to address that!