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.
I'll go along with Jimi's solo on "Machine Gun". Though my favorite is still his "Star Spangled Banner" from Woodstock.
Jack.
He is something isn't he?
A straight, Conservative, Right-Wing, bow-hunting, meat-eating, outspoken, take-no-prisoners, heavy metal guitarist.
You gotta love it.
If I had to pick one live, improvised solo to define heavy metal ... that'd be the one. Pure, raw, gut spilling guitar playing at it's best.
There is no equal to what he did on the stage that day.
I've always thought he was under-rated, and always wondered why he didn't do more recordings. That man is a GREAT guitarist.
Nuggent had a huge problem with drugs alcohol women when he was in his prime.
I saw his interview on vh1. He went into tremendous detail about it.
He also screwed over everyone who played with him.
Nuggent is not a nice guy. More jerk then anything.
John
Trower has a new dvd; and he's as good as ever too.
I'm not into the modern type guitar music , sounds like a murder of crows squawking to me.
Find it hard to believe any of these mentioned players can pick like this
http://jukebox.peterlink.ru/cgi-bin/play.m3u?rock/chet_atkins/1964_4:11
One other note, you NEVER hear Chet's fingers slide on the strings.
Stevie Ray Vaugn.........the Texas Tornado
Jimmy Page in "You Shook Me" is on my list too, but too "before my time" to have seen him Live...probably for the best, eh?
Eric Clapton, Cream "Goodbye", the solo in "Badge" has more oomph per note than anything else listed here. It still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. It is a masterpiece of feeling, technique, and beauty. Nothing and no one else comes anywhere close...SSZ
How about him! He recorded some of my favorite albums of all times. I wore out more than a few vinyls in the 1970-71 time frame. He'd have to be in the top 7 at a minimum, I believe.
F
Saw him live too. Go. Part of the treat was the fact that Terry Bozio was drumming for him. Many don't know, that he's also put out about 3 albums in the last few years. One of them very critically acclaimed. He will play some new stuff. It's good.
I think the thing about SRV is he brought blues back to mainstream; and he sure got alot of people to pick strats back up. He wasn't an Eric Johnson, but he had tone talent in those fingers that only comes along once in a hundred years.
Alot of players steer away from becomming an srv clone but I still find myslelf kicking the Bruno on couple nights a week, going thru his classic jazzier cleans, blues, and shuffels. I'll never sound close to him on texas flood or tin pan alley but it sure feels better inside bendin those strings myself. I thank SRV for that and if you haven't tried it, take the advice and do; hours upon hours of enjoyment.
Duane Allman, IMHO, was the only guitarist that approached Hendrix...
Allman was SO good that Eric Clapton hired him to play LEAD GUITAR on every song of the Album "Layla and Other Love Songs"
For a lesson in guitar playing listen to "Why Does Love Have to Be So Sad" for the burning guitar solo.
Still, Hendrix on the Band of Gypsies live album delivered the greatest guitar performance ever. Bar none.
Man, I agree. Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker with Eric. What a band! I love Cream. Awesome.
F
I prefer Stevie Ray's "VooDoo Chile" over Hendrix's. (It was an excellent acompanyment to the scenes in "Black Hawk Down")
I'm going to seriously date myself here, but so what??
How about Yngwie J. Malmsteen and Rising Force?? any takers??
How about George Thorogood and his slide guitar?? Or Ronnie Wood's slide if you don't like George...(blasphemy!!)
How about Brian Setzer?? (Four horns, several drums, one guitar...)
How about Tommy Bolen??
How about Blue Oyster Cult's "Cities on Flame With Rock and Roll??", "ME-262", "Dominance and Submission"....
(Bonus points for anyone who knows what Blue Oyster Cult's original name was, without Googling the answer...)
How about Savoy Brown's "Hellbound Train"...
For flat out boogie guitar, we can always talk about Canned Heat...
For best adaptation of any Led Zeppelin song, I would offere up "Dred Zeppelin", who perform only Led Zeppelin songs, to a Reggae Beat, and whose lead singer dresses as, and "sings" like Elvis...
But my submission for the alltime master, the best American guitarist, overal musical master and composer that my generation (or any other for that matter) has ever produced would be Frank Zappa....
Cheers!
If you missed Hendrix doing Voodoo Chile in the 60's and Electric LadyLand in NYC, dont miss Frank Marino / Mahogony Rush doing same next month at BB Kings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Abc2WoORw54&mode=related&search=
Speaking of SRV... what about Robert Cray? Great Blues player. Also underrated is Alex Lifeson from RUSH. La Villa Strangiato is great.
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