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Guitar World Magazine -March 2004 Issue
| 2-16-04
| my favorite headache
Posted on 02/16/2004 2:31:30 PM PST by My Favorite Headache
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To: My Favorite Headache
Slash should be #1. Greatest guitarist of all time.
To: dfwgator
Roy Clark is hardly ever mentioned as a great guitarist, but he is right up there with Chet. I saw Roy at a small theater a few years ago. I was close enough from the stage to shine his shoes. The man put on one of the best shows I have seen.
Don't let the "Aw, shucks, I used to be on HeeHaw," schtick fool you. The man can PLAY. He can sit down and play with anybody, anywhere. The fact that he had the nads to trade licks with Joe Pass on an album is all you need to know.
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posted on
02/18/2004 10:21:47 AM PST
by
Skooz
(My Biography: Psalm 40:1-3)
To: atlaw
Please add Allan Holdwsorth and Ry Cooder to your list.
403
posted on
02/18/2004 10:24:19 AM PST
by
Ignatz
(Helping people be more like me since 1960....)
To: Defend the Second
Okay. Best bass player: John EntwistleMay I suggest.....
404
posted on
02/18/2004 10:33:47 AM PST
by
Ignatz
(Helping people be more like me since 1960....)
To: Ignatz
"
Please add Allan Holdwsorth and Ry Cooder to your list."
Absolutely!! (and I trust you mean Alan Holdsworth). I also left off Mike Stern, Nick Webb, Earl Klugh, John Pizzarelli, Larry Coryell, T-Bone Walker, Mike Bloomfield .... Heck, this list could go on for some time.
Funny how not a single one of the "guitarists" on the list that started this thread even occurred to me as top 100 material. Black Sabbath? For crying out loud, every tune was a two-chord progression layered over a monotonous 4/4 beat. I've heard idling diesels more melodious than that bunch. How would you even know there was warm-blooded guitarist actually playing in the midst of that mush?
405
posted on
02/18/2004 10:52:11 AM PST
by
atlaw
To: Britton J Wingfield
ping :)
To: cateizgr8
No mention of Dick Dale or Zander Schloss.
Hell, even the guy from Grim Reaper got on there.
To: Tribune7
Les Paul?
Keith Richards?
Duane Allman?
Eric Clapton?
Carlos Santana?
Leo Kottke?
Toy Caldwell?
Alvin Lee?
Jimmy Page?
Joe Walsh?
And so on...
To: My Favorite Headache
No Stevie Ray or Eric Clapton?
409
posted on
02/18/2004 12:44:24 PM PST
by
South40
(My vote helped defeat cruz bustamante; did yours?)
To: Smartaleck
They missed Martin Barre as well. I'd enjoy laughing at half the people on either of those lists trying to nail the solo from "Aqualung" or "Heavy Horses".
410
posted on
02/18/2004 1:35:01 PM PST
by
.cnI redruM
(The only winner of a Neocon/Paleocan turd-chucking contest is John Forbes Kerry.)
To: My Favorite Headache
Guitar Player had a list recently of the top 50, as selected by readers of the magazine. Guitar World (though readable sometimes) leans more towards the metal side. Glad to see Alex on there (He was #18 on Guitar Player's list.) But a list of the top 100 is incomplete without Stevie Ray Vaughan, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Eric Johnson, David Gilmour and Michael Bloomfield.
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posted on
02/18/2004 8:39:37 PM PST
by
stratman1969
(Sen. Kerry, you sir are no war hero.)
To: stratman1969
....and one more addition. How could I forget Jimmie Vaughan?
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posted on
02/18/2004 8:59:15 PM PST
by
stratman1969
(Sen. Kerry, you sir are no war hero.)
To: FierceDraka
When did Vivian Campbell join Def Leppard??Viv joined the Leps in the spring of 1992. His first official live performance with the band was at that enormous Freddie Mercury benefit concert after Mercury died. He joined when Steve Clarke died.
Speaking of that concert, I'm listening to that now on DVD. That was one oustanding show. Also, Queen's Wembley 86 full concert is out on DVD as well. People who play and who love music need to check that out to see how a true showman performs.
413
posted on
02/18/2004 10:21:46 PM PST
by
GOPyouth
(De Oppresso Liber! The Tyrant is captured!)
To: Little Pig
Dont worry, its just another bogus list. How about Dave Evans?
414
posted on
02/19/2004 4:34:20 AM PST
by
aquawrench
(www.reasons.org)
To: StoneColdGOP
On further inspection, Stevie Ray Vaughn not only deserves to be on the list, but to be ranked in the top 12. Agreed. I couldn't believe he wasn't on the list at all. IMHO he should be in the top 5.
I'm wondering if the voters voted on speed alone. To me, that's a bogus measure of what a great guitarist is. Sure, speed is important but phrasing and what you "say" with the music is just as important. Otherwise it's like judging who is the most powerful orator solely based on how fast they can talk! Do we really think auctioneers are insipiring and creative speakers? ::grin::
Stevie was not only fast, he had great phrasing and at times it seemed the music was coming *through* him from somewhere else rather than from him. To me, that's the sign of a great guitar player.
LQ
To: My Favorite Headache
Prog rock anybody? David Gilmore, Adrian Belew, Steve Howe and Alex Lifeson (of course)!
416
posted on
02/19/2004 6:16:43 AM PST
by
endthematrix
(To enter my lane you must use your turn signal!)
To: Pagey
Thanks for the link. I hear Poland, Friedman and Skolnick are going on tour together. I would like to see that one since I worship at the altar of Skolnick.
417
posted on
02/19/2004 4:06:44 PM PST
by
nonliberal
(Graduate: Curtis E. LeMay School of International Relations)
To: MetalHeadConservative35
Glorious Burden is a great album. Check out John Schaeffer's store
www.spirit-of-76.com
418
posted on
02/19/2004 4:09:52 PM PST
by
nonliberal
(Graduate: Curtis E. LeMay School of International Relations)
To: Pagey
I still own the shirt w/ the date on the back... I think I can beat that...
I have a promo flyer for the show in Des Moines where Ozzy bit the head off of the bat!!!
419
posted on
02/19/2004 4:21:28 PM PST
by
nonliberal
(Graduate: Curtis E. LeMay School of International Relations)
To: Diverdogz
Yeah, baby! : )
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