[dfwgator]

I’m with you on this. Dave Davies doesn’t get nearly the credit he deserves for changing the sound of R&R forever.

Some suggest Jimmy Page played on it, and Dave. Jimmy was a one-man "Wrecking Crew" in the 60s before joining the Yardbirds and Zeppelin, he played on a lot of tracks.

[Steve_Seattle]

"I’m with you on this. Dave Davies doesn’t get nearly the credit he deserves for changing the sound of R&R forever."

And I'll thrown in a word for Animals guitarist Hilton Valentine, who passed away last summer. His opening arpeggio to "House of the Rising Sun" was one of the classic riffs in rock history. And his dramatic opening riff to "It's My life," with kind of a Middle East vibe, told you that "this is a song with a message." And the twangy guitar break on "I'm Crying," along with the rapid chording throughout.

And he also did some great work on some album songs, such as their cover of John Lee Hooker's "I'm Mad Again" and "Dimples."

He wasn't a virtuous like some of these other names that are being mentioned, but he had a knack for making a kind of statement.