Posted on 11/23/2011 9:26:13 PM PST by This Just In
Rolling Stone names Jimi Hendrix the ‘Greatest Guitarist of all Time,’ followed by Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page The rest of the top five are Keith Richards and Jeff Beck
BY Jim Farber
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Wednesday, November 23 2011, 3:44 PM
Yes, he’s experienced.
Jimi Hendrix has been proclaimed the “Greatest Guitarist of All Time” by a panel of musicians wrangled by Rolling Stone Magazine.
Though dead for more than 40 years, Hendrix’s fiery and distinct style clearly continues to inspire, and intimidate, six-string pluckers the world over.
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No Sh$t!!!! Harrison??? Richards??? What a freakin joke!!! My vote...Terry Kath at #one....Clapton/Beck/Page/Hendrix/Lee in a 5 way tie for 2. Case closed per Archie Bunker!!
Got to agree with you that Tommy Emmanuel is Awesome but maybe not so well known worldwide!
Cheers
Mel
Mike Campbell was Petty's guitarist.
Exactly! Different people will have different choice for the GOAT spot, however there will be a couple of names that will keep coming up, and of those names Jimi will be the one mentioned the most (even by some of those other names that keep coming up). The discussion for number 2 downwards is waaaay open, but for the number one spot? It is Jimi. He may not have been the best, or the most accurate, or the most professional. But he is the greatest.
Listen sometime to a 20 minute version of CYHMK I think its the early show at the Lone Star Club NYC July 4th 1987. check it out at tela.sugarmegs.org Or listen to Mick Taylor during the 73 Stones tour. Killer stuff. EVH is okay, but it ain’t the blues baby! And afterall, Mr. Taylor had his apprenticeship under the esteemed John Mayall and the Blues Breakers, I think it was EC himself that suggest John take the boy in ...
Trower and Schenker are definitely on the Spodefly Top 20 list. I attribute a considerable amount of my hearing loss and tinitus to incredibly loud repeat listenings to UFO’s Live album ...
If you haven’t already, search YouTube for Trower playing live recently. He is as amazing as ever.
Also, if you mention those 2, you also have to be aware of Frank Marino.
I have to say likewise. Aside from the critically-acclaimed first album 'The Jimi Hendrix Experience', pretty much every other album he released until his death was garbage except for the appearance of one famous signature Hendrix track on each album.
You'd almost think that Hendrix only wrote six legendary tunes and then plotzed over dead from an overdose: Purple Haze, Voodoo Chile, Crosstown Traffic, All Along The Watchtower, The Wind Cries Mary, and Little Wing (Slight Return).
When's the the last time you've ever heard someone say they actually like any Hendrix tune but those six I mentioned above? Or can even NAME another track but those six?
PS: Rolling Stone flat doesn't know what the hell they're talking about. They panned every single Led Zeppelin album that came out on their release date, but they gave their highest critical award and endorsement to every single last Elvis Costello release ever produced. Elvis Costello is just awful, and the only reason Rolling Stone adores him is because everyone who works at Rolling Stone looks like Elvis Costello.
Rolling Stone is the most pretentious gathering of assholes on the planet. And that's saying something.
Don’t forget Guitar Shorty, or Jimmy Thackery or even Kenny Wayne Shepard. But Guitar Shorty was a cousin or something of Jimi. He’ll play the hell out of a song for 20 minutes or so, but when its time to end the song, well,...its over....
Rolling Stone stinks.
Agreed. Most “greatest” lists are simply “best known” lists.
He was great all the way through the show if you really like his music, but we just couldn't stand being bombarded with ultra-speed 'Beedle-lee-beedle-beedle-lee-beedle-ah-YEEEEEEE!' Mozart riffs and Jeff Scott Soto's singing for more than about 30 mins. They were a pretty embarrassing Euro hair metal band too. Malmsteen is just awesome, but that band was still basically Ratt with lots more practice.
"I YAM A VII-YEE-KING! I'M GOING OUT TO WAAARR... I'VE GOT DEATH UP-ON MYY MIII-YEE-IINDD!!!" ... Ugh. When they were trying to get the crowd to sing along to that I looked at my pal Phil with a pained smile and yelled "Dude. Ready to jet?".
In the crowd exiting the concert, someone said "Yeah, man he's awesome and everything but I'm glad that's over" and people nearby busted out laughing.
But yes, respect to Yngwie Malmsteen is due, certainly.
Unfortunately we’re unable to view streaming, or any video for that matter, on our pc.
Taylor’s blues and Van Halen’s rock are two different animals. Heck, we could mention the country guitarists if that’s the case (Brent Mason, Chet Atkins, Glen Campbell, etc.).
Keaggy’s on my list. He outplays some on the list, and they have all their fingers.
And a guy who totally revolutionized electric guitar playing and guitar tone is also left off of this list.
To give a little hint, this guy also plays with only 2 full fingers on his , much like Django Reinhardt.
And he basically wrote every known hard rock / metal riff in about a 4 year time span, and is still being copied by guitarists today, who stupidly think they are fresh and ground-breaking.
Now, sugarmegs is all audio, for downloading! some 50K concerts. Right now I am listening, downloading the Stones at the Birmingham Odeon 1973-09-19!
But, yup, Taylor’s blues and VH’s rock are two different creatures, guess I was a bluesman first. One of my first albums was Muddy Waters “Sail On”, the other was the Stones “England’s Newest Hit Makers” Putting them up against the Beatles, the Stones in those days would wipe the Beatles.
For example dig up the Beatles at the Budokan in Tokyo in June 1966 and then the Stones in Hawaii also in ‘66 a couple of weeks later. Listen to Satisfaction when it was Fresh—you will appreciate it. In fact I heard somewhere that the Fuzz in Satisfaction was first done by a Country guy who’s name escapes me a couple of years earlier. With Keith’s interest in all things country, its possible he heard the track and incorporated the technique for Satisfaction.
Link Wray?
When Rolling Stone Magazine moved from San Francisco to New York I cancelled my subscription and threw out all my old magazines, I was so ticked. I even wrote them a letter telling them so, but would Jan Wenner answer me? Nope, he had to get back to NYC and hang around with hookers and blow or whatever.
Of course all those old Rolling Stone magazines from the 60s and early 70s would be worth something...jeez
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