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Posted on 11/23/2011 3:33:10 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
Legendary musician Jimi Hendrix was named the greatest guitar player in history Wednesday by Rolling Stone magazine in a list compiled by a panel of music experts and top guitar players.
“Jimi Hendrix exploded our idea of what rock music could be: He manipulated the guitar, the whammy bar, the studio and the stage,” said Grammy-winning guitarist Tom Morello in the magazine, citing Hendrix’s “Purple Haze” and “The Star-Spangled Banner” as key tracks.
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Believe it or not Fripp was also a huge influence on the genres like House/Trance/Drum and Bass and other forms of electronica. His stuff is just so ‘out there’ that it impresses on a sheer “what the hell just happened’ level. The whole ‘soundscape’ thing he does is pretty wild. He certainly had his own ideas of what ‘music’ is supposed to be.
I am not much of a Keith Richards fan and can't imagine why he would even make the top 50 but that's The Rolling Stone for you. However I am puzzled by your statement. Jagger wrote the lyrics and a few melodies but essentially Richards wrote the riffs and almost all the music. As far as the music goes Keith Richards IS the Rolling Stones.
Mick Taylor was a good soloist (Can't you hear me knocking) but was just a sideman. Ronnie Wood is a mediocre guitar player and hasn't added anything really. Their act would be delayed sometimes for hours waiting for Keith to show up or Keith to get his son to help him find his junk. They didn't perform without him. Keith just does his thing & it doesn't impress me much but he is the musical heart of the Rolling Stones. What I did find interesting though is Richard's vast use of tunings and his claim that there are no electric guitars on Jumping Jack Flash - all acoustic.
Danny Gatton
That’s an interesting perception. I’ve seen Page, Clapton, Van Halen, Townshend and Richards but not the others. I saw Clapton play in a club in the mid-to-late 80s.
1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Duane Allman
3. Keith Richards
After that, does it even matter?
Hand each one of those top 10 guitarists a guitar and as them to play some of their accoustic stuff, the best on the list is Page.
No question Hendrix was awesome. He did things with a guitar that takes a guitarist 3 different peddles to achieve the same sound with.
No Frank Zappa or Ritchie Blackmore?What a joke.
Yes. I always thought George Harrison was quite an underrated guitarist. So was Paul McCartney. Even on George’s own song Taxman George struggled getting the solo to sound right and McCartney ended up doing it. Paul also did the solo to Good Morning.
But George was tasty. On Abbey Road I believe the last thing they tracked were those guitar solos on the 2nd side. McCartney, Harrison and Lennon screwed around for a while working out their parts and then supposedly nailed those solo’s in one real live take. Harrison’s is the 2nd, 5th, and 8th. I always thought Harrison’s tone on that 8th one was especially good
1)Django
2)Grant Green
3)George Benson
I’m not sure I’m that amazed by the Animals as Leaders clip. He’s fast, and with 8 strings, that’s more notes you can have.
Angular, fast solos. The tonality isn’t that interesting. Every note varies only in pitch. I’m not sure how they get away with calling themselves djent . It sounds quite a bit like progressive metal. I prefer the sounds of like Kylesa and Mastodon. The dynamics there. I’m not saying Laura Pleasants is the best guitarist of all time. But I think I prefer what Kylesa does to the really fast melodic / prog metal soloing. But I prefer the 70s guitarists to the 80s guitarists. I thought the 80s guitarists lacked “rock”. Too fast, they lose me. The guitaring is like a layer, pasted on top of the song. It’s like you have to choose between great riffs, and a superfast layer of melodic soloing, and I’d like to hear both.
It’s the Ford vs Chevy argument with strings.... people like what they like. Warren Zevon, Frank Zappa, EC, SRV
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He was a heck of a good one when he was able to stand.
Wow! That was beautiful! Thanks for the link.
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