Posted on 05/28/2008 5:10:29 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD
Per popular demand, after the very successful "Who Is Your Favorite Drummer?" thread, here we have a new posting to determine who is your favorite guitarist of all time.
He can’t be human!
Haha
He probably slept with his guitar as a kid. I don’t think I can see myself ever playing in that style. There’s no soul to it. Every note during a lead is plucked.
I love Dave Murray of Iron Maiden’s legato style. His style of playing is extremely fluid, and he knows how to make a guitar sing and scream.
Yeah - the prices are nuts. But, seeing as I’ve only been to like 5 real concerts in my life I figure it is worth it. But, I did mention to my friend that dollar for dollar, the $15 I spent to sit 12 rows away from Phil Keaggy (with perhaps 300 others) was the better deal! And just a very relaxed, ENJOYABLE concert.
He is indubitably quite a gifted player. Sadly I have not heard of Nitro, what sub-genre of (I would assume metal, with technique and speed of this stature) metal do they play?
I haven’t a clue of what style of metal they play.
Apparently, according to Wikipedia, they’re a “glam band.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitro_(band)
Glam??? Wow, I’d have half expected power metal. Well I mean to say that’s a compliment in my book, some people may take that as an insult...
I’d only consider it an insult if you called Iron Maiden power metal.
:p
Nice to know someone around here knows and appreciates good music. Arghhhhh, I expect some hate mail within short duration... heh
I agree with that.
Also worthy of note:
Jeff Beck
John Mclauphlin
Terry Kath
Al Dimeola
Johhny Winter
I’d throw Ron Wood in there out of respect.
I discovered Richard Thompson a few years ago. He’s great but no one knows about him. My favorite album of his is Mock Tudor and my favorite solo is the one in the song Hard On Me. So unorthodox. Where in the world did he get his style? He is so not about the pentatonic box it’s not even funny. Occasionally he sounds a little like a very dexterous Neil Young but for the most part he is resolutely his own thing.
Jimmy Page is king and you know it. It's just that he was more of a studio guy than a live guy. I always get a chuckle out of Page's chutzpah. He's perfectly willing to go out on stage, blow every note of a solo, and then go on strutting around like nothing happened. He gives hope to those of us with less than refined chops. If he can get away with it in public, so can we.
Aside from the obvious Guitar Lords: Clapton, Knopfler, et al, I’m a fan of Satriani, The Edge, and Rodrigo y Gabriela
Some of the best “guitarists” are just plain folks who play electric strumsticks. *grin*
I have no clue. I’m not a musician, just a normal schmuck who’s in awe at what guys like SRV can do with a guitar.
Here’s another one, recently-departed blind Canadian Jeff Healey. This guy was absolutely amazing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBBCJ68mC4c
}:-)4
That’s really the key, isn’t it... The audience has a lot to do with how enjoyable a concert will be.
For instance, I like Primus. However, being a grumpy old curmudgeon, I don’t think that I’d have that good a time at one of their concerts, due mainly to the environment and audience.
On the other hand, I’d LOVE to go to the upcoming Yes concert here in KC. The “cheap” (a relative term) seats are more than $53 each, when you include the “convenience charge.” Though they now allow scalping, so I could get some pretty terrific tickets for only $170 each... Anyway, the audience at Yes concerts tends to be pretty mellow.
Mark
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