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From: jwr@ccieng5.UUCP (James Walter Reid)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Guitarists
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Date: Wed, 4-Apr-84 13:52:19 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr  4 13:52:19 1984
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I feel like starting a real argument on net.music.

Something like: who is the your alltime favorite guitarist?

I am going to give a list of mine, and anyone else who wants to, can do the 
same. 

These are just my personnel preferences (in no particular order), so if you 
don't like them, flame me!

Michael Schenker: Definitely one of the most underated musicians in rock. He is as fast and fluid a guitar player as you will find. His greatest fault is his 
difficulty getting along with other people. He goes through bandmembers quicker than I can keep track of. 

Jimmy Page: Quite simply, the greatest rock guitarist of all time. He may not
have been the fastest, but he was certainly the most creative. The success of
Led Zep should be credited to him more than any other. Live, I have never seen 
a performer that put as much into a single concert as Page.

Ritchie Blackmore: Possibly more talented than any other guitarist of his time. The fastest that I have ever seen (that can still play fluidly. anyone can play fast if there is no musical content). His biggest drawback being his 
personality. He too never gets along with anyone for long. He has lost the
services of such notables as Ian Gillan, Tony Carey, Ronnie James Dio, Cozy 
Powell, etc. Now though, he seems to be getting some well deserved credit for 
Rainbow.

David Gilmour: A truly original guitar player. No one sounds quite like him.
A very, very big part of Pink Floyd. Should enjoy a fruitful solo career.

Steve Hackett: My personnel favorite. Since leaving Genesis, his career has hit rock bottom, but he has yet to compromise his beliefs in music.  He continues toimprove and expand with each album, without trying to make the charts. What he 
lacks in talent, he makes up for in originality. Totally unique guitar sound.
I have been fortunate enough to have seen him perform live several times, and Itwas quite amazing. There's no one quite like him.

Steve Howe: What can one say about Steve Howe that hasn't already been said. Oneof the two or three greatest guitarists ever. Doesn't get along with people too well (he was, more or less, responsible for the departures of Jon Anderson from Yes, and John W


etton from Asia).  Played better guitar with Yes than anyone elsehas with any other group.

Well, that should be enough to start a war.

Until next time....