Boot Chuck Berry or Pete Townshend, and put Brian May at #4.
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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I miss George. :-(
Rarely do I agree with anything out of the now-silly and juvenile ‘Rolling Stone’, but they got this one right.
Wow, heh. I recently pulled out and listened to my old 'Tattoo' album. Rory was indeed terrific.
Hendrix was way ahead of the times, one of the big reasons he’s #1. The Stones? The same, not to mention, they made hit songs, over and over and over and over and over...Hit after hit.
You betcha! Lifeson is the Man!
Back in the Derek and the Dominoes days, Eric Clapton reportedly said that Duane Allman made him feel like “a beginner”.
I really like the “Maid in Heaven” from Live! In the Air Age.
Thanks, FRiend. I’m playing guitar right now... few things in life make me feel so alive and free.
Although I wouldn’t expect to see his name on this list, one of my all-time favorite rock guitarists is Peter Haycock of Climax Blues Band. Just wow. I remember him chuckling on stage (at a concert, early ‘70s) when he got a surprise round of applause after arpeggio-ing a minor 7th chord. It WAS a beautiful-sounding strum. Peter’s guitar had a great sound and always sounded perfectly tuned.
Tommy Emmanuel is a genius. His musical intuition is truly astonishing, and for all his obvious technical prowess he still plays with beautiful subtlety and grace.
Where’s Mark Farner??
I saw him do things with the guitar that were physically impossible. The odd thing is that it was a joint concert with Sean Colvin. The changing hands thing in mid song without any change in sound was a mind blower. My bassist friend said it was just a trick. Pretty good trick.
>>His career was way too short to have been much, if any, of an influence on his contemporaries
To believe that, you would have to ignore the statements of his contemporaries, some of whom are in that list. Most would be unwilling to do that.
One example.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/sevenages/events/blues-based-rock/hendrix-jams-with-cream/
Okay I read the whole thread and saw Joe Satriano mentioned but no Joe Bonamassa? Come on guys.
Where’s Zappa? He should be Top Five.
Roy Clark and Glen Campbell were no slouches.
Historians of American music recognize Herbert "Tiny Tim" Khaury had an encyclopedic knowledge of popular music from the 19th and early 20th centuries that nobody else has matched, much less exceeded. In that respect, he was literally a genius. Among other things, he knew music that had never been written down but had simply been performed a few times in obscure burlesque theaters in random towns on the circuit.
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