Posted on 09/10/2006 6:59:28 AM PDT by ShadowDancer
Hendrix Tops List Of Greatest Guitar Solos
Gilmour, Knopfler, Page Follow Rocker On List
POSTED: 2:58 pm EDT September 8, 2006
UPDATED: 3:45 pm EDT September 8, 2006
NEW YORK -- When it comes to great guitar solos, Guitar One magazine said Jimi Hendrix tops the list
According to the magazine, Hendrix's solo on "Machine Gun" is No. 1 on its list of the 101 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time.
The magazine said Hendrix "can conjure the sound and fury of war -- bombs, guns, diving fighter jets, showers of ammo -- in a single three-and-half minute guitar solo."
It beats out David Gilmour on Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb," which the magazine described as "not overrated, simply transcendent."
Mark Knopfler's solo on "Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits is third, followed by Jimmy Page on Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven."
Hendrix comes back to take fifth place, for "All Along the Watchtower."
Just making the list at 101 is Brad Gillis, on Night Ranger's "Sister Christian."
Guitar One's guitar solo issue comes out Sept. 19.
It might have been the Palladium - Zappa played Halloween there for years.
Anywasy - Frank Marino is getting back in - he recv'd zero press probably because he was one of the first "Christian" rockers.
I saw him at the Palladium - did Hendrix better than Hendrix in the STUDIO!
Listen to Johnny B. and Purple Haze.
http://www.amazon.com/Frank-Marino-Mahogany-Rush-Live/dp/B0000025CK/ref=pd_sim_m_8/002-8478814-7006466?ie=UTF8
Ugly J. Valvestem?
Also keith richards in "Sympathy for the Devil" has to be up there somewhere.
Stevie Ray Vaughan
I listen to Jeff Beck a lot. But I listen to Lloyd Green and Danny Gatton more often.
Good authority.
This was probably accurate -- 35 years ago.
IMHO, Clapton was the most poignant and Hendrix the most exciting guitarist of my Baby Boomer generation. I could think of a dozen Hendrix songs that belong on the list.
Zappa was brilliant at satire (think "Live at the Fillmore East") and an excellent musician. Too bad he was an obnoxious know-it-all leftist.
Dicky Betts' solo in "Blue Sky" should be one of the all-time greats, though.
Absolutely!! Jeff Beck was the last concert I've been to (back in 2000) and if I never attend another one, I know I can say I saw the best guitarist I've ever seen. His technique and emotional range is amazing.
I saw Ted in 1971 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He was audaciously good and relatively unknown at the time. People talked about the concert for weeks after.
It was only when Funkadelic came to town that we forgot about Ted. Even without the drugs, that was a show. Bernard Worrell was an excellent guitarist.
A certain sloppiness is Page's trademark. And that holds, I think, not just for his live stuff but in recordings as well. To me, Page's left hand always seems to be lagging behind his right a little, and so you get this somewhat garbled sound with a lot of choked notes. I happen to love that sound but it's a risky playing style -- he's always on the ragged edge of disaster. If the left hand falls just a little further behind, he sounds like an unpracticed thirteen-year-old. That seems to have happened from time to time in live situations, depending on his level of touring exhaustion and the concentration of certain chemicals in his body.
Chuck Berry's break in "Johnny B. Goode" is the greatest rock guitar solo; everything else is imitation.
And where is Roy Buchannon, "The Messiah Will Come Again"?
"Too bad he was an obnoxious know-it-all leftist"
I would agree were it not for such commentary as "Valley Girl" and "Disco Boy"
HE was one of the first crusaders against the "strictly commercial" MSM .
I would think radical libertarian might be more apt.
Ted was fantastic when he played with the Amboy Dukes. "Journey to the Center of the Mind" is Ted at his best. He had a great start to his solo career but seemed to lose it after Derek St. Holmes left. His album "State of Shock" was the last one I bought, something had changed. I think this was right around the time he switched from his Gibson Birdland guitar and took up a solid body one.
Old Timers-
"Andre Segovia"
"Django Reinhardt" - aptly portrayed in the movie "Swing Kids"
"Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs"
along with a little "Roy Clark"
The man that paved the way for modern rock
"Link Wray"
"And to quote Uncut magazine, who voted Link #33 of the 100 best guitarist list in the World as the composer of the worlds most threatening instrumental: “The violent intimations of Rumble so struck sensitive late 50s sensibilities that it was banned by many radio stations.
Link Wray is known for being the first musician to experiment with the sounds that pioneered rock and roll and punk styles. Link virtually invented fuzz tone by deliberately punching holes in his amplifier speakers. He was also a true pioneer of the use of distortion on instrumental rock recordings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efRIeAfZ75M
"Dick Dale" - invented surf music?
YouTube - "The Ventures" - Bumble Bee Twist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FncL0STKaWs
You've seen the commercial
YouTube - "Esteban"- Fuego Malaguena
(Said to be one of the most difficult to master.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_XLyQC6YsY
Same song performed by the blind man-
YouTube - "Jose Feliciano" - Malaguena
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFvqmIi9Ymc
"Danny Gatton" on ACL "The best unknown guitarist"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tst7viX7WE8
YouTube - "Brian Setzer" guitar lesson G
(He makes guitar playing look effortless)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0_m1Kt0Ork
Masters together -
YouTube - "Eric Clapton & Mark Knopfler" - Wonderful Tonight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8ipQl9pywg
YouTube - "Mark Knopfler & Chet Atkins" -
I'll See You In My Dreams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxOsEGVgVhQ
Fast fingers
YouTube - Woodstock 1969 - Ten Years After 1min 30
(Alvin Lee)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdewQT4HmYE
Perhaps faster?
YouTube - "Yngwie Malmsteen"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cm-w62o9o8
I saw Hendrix in Baltimore...he was so high he didn't know his own name and they cancelled after 30 minutes. No refund either.
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