METALLICA
Posted on 06/15/2010 5:19:20 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
Bump that.
Leo Kottke?????
What a crock. Any list that does not have Leo Kottke on it is bogus................
WHAT!!! NO STEVE HOWE!!!
WHAT A CROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What about Ernie Isley, that guitar solo on “Who’s That Lady” is smokin’.
I've seen him twice. First, with Zepplin back in 77 or 78. I was hammered and really have no recollection of his playing. But, I saw him again in the 90's with the Page/Plant tour, and I must say he was sloppy and very disappointing. Perhaps he was hammered this time.
Saw Joe Satriani in a small venue (less than 2000) on the Time Machine tour. Incredible show from first note to last.
METALLICA
Man you really have it out for Jack White, FWIW more than a few others on this list sing his praises. But that is the great thing about music, different tastes can all be met.
One of the few lifetime experiences that I will never forget was when I partied with Jose in Silverado Canyon, CA. He lived nearby in Orange, CA at the time and made it a habit to come have fun with us locals. It gave him a chance to hang out with ‘regular’ people, no fanfare, no pressure, just fun!
Imagine sitting in a smoke-filled room with maybe 8-10 people listening to him play till the sun came up! He should be in the top 10 along with Kottke, Fahey and Segovia.
Can't forget Motley Crue's Mic Mars
There’s a really excellent Christian guitarist named Phil Keaggy. I guess his music doesn’t have a wide enough audience to make a list like this, but he is great.
Eric Clapton saw SRV in a theatre and after was depressed because thought he was soooo far behind him. Clapton said SRV was like a vessel channeling through his guitar.
“i want a Gibson electric guitar!!!!”
A tip, for what it’s worth: Find a mint condition, used Epiphone Elitist (made in Japan) in your style of choice. I have an Elitist ES-335 and it’s beautiful. Gibson killed off the Elitist line because the quality was on par with American Gibson and it was CHEAPER.
And Gibson don’t like cheap.
Django not in the top 10? Ridiculous.
What ground did either of them break? Play three chords over and over again? Johnny Ramone already did it. Make all kinds of unusual noises? Thurston Moore and Frank Black already did it. Neither Cobain nor White had/have any real talent, but they're popular with the Generation.commers, so they made the list while true talents didn't.
Again, where are Carolos Santana and Eric Johnson? For that matter, where are Phil Colen, Adrian Vandenberg, Paul Westerberg, Brad Shepherd, Dave Faulkner, Vito Bratta, Richie Sambora, Vivan Campbell, Jeff Watson, Brad Gillis, Steve Clark, etc etc etc? There are any number of 80s and 90s metal, rock and alternative guitarists that Cobain and White couldn't hold a candle to, so why didn't they make the list? Because the legions of talentless Generation.com guitarists out there would be pi**ed off if none of their heroes made the list.
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