Non-Urban Music Rolling Stones 100 Greatest Guitarists

[Pittsey]

They have redone their list -

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-20111123/prince-19691231

One for Casey. Prince is in at number 33.

I don't like that list though. Too Cliche. Hendrix in 1 (no debate) but... Clapton in 2, and Jimmy Paige in 3... It's too easy. I prefer this list....

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/l...of-all-time-19691231/john-frusciante-19691231

With John Frusciante in at number 18.... And Cobain in at 12...

 

[Casey]

Prince is top 10 on range alone. I'd take him over Clapton in any genre or style.

He could easily go toe-to-toe with Jimi if Jimi was alive. Most journalists won't even realize that because most of P's guitar virtuoso stuff is live, and on bootlegs, and you'd have to search for it if you weren't a hardcore fan. The Superbowl and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame performances worked a little bit to change that notion, if he did more things like that he'd be much, much higher.

 

[Pittsey]

Prince is top 10 on range alone. I'd take him over Clapton in any genre or style.

He could easily go toe-to-toe with Jimi if Jimi was alive. Most journalists won't even realize that because most of P's guitar virtuoso stuff is live, and on bootlegs, and you'd have to search for it if you weren't a hardcore fan. The Superbowl and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame performances worked a little bit to change that notion, if he did more things like that he'd be much, much higher.

But Jimmy Hendrix isn't number 1 on technique alone. He is number 1 for the way he took the electric guitar to new levels, that everyone since has yet to surpass. Ground breaking is the word.

My favourite guitarist is Frusciante. Easily. I'd take him over any others, but I would never say he is better than hendrix, even't if I think some of the things he does on guitar are superior.

 

[Casey]

But Jimmy Hendrix isn't number 1 on technique alone. He is number 1 for the way he took the electric guitar to new levels, that everyone since has yet to surpass. Ground breaking is the word.

My favourite guitarist is Frusciante. Easily. I'd take him over any others, but I would never say he is better than hendrix, even't if I think some of the things he does on guitar are superior.

Yeah, I get that. But the reality is that his ground-breaking stuff combined with an early death and appropriate levels of mystique will guarantee him the #1 spot on this chart until the end of time. And I don't necessarily agree with that.

 

[Kobe]

^That's a good point Casey.

 

[Casey]

Another thing about Hendrix is that he wasn't the first to do a lot of things, he simply brought them to a wider audience and combined them with good showmanship/bravado for a bigger impact. There were some incredible guitarists in the underground R&B, soul and rock circles that Hendrix moved in who undoubtedly showed him a lot of that stuff. But they didn't have a platform and they were just musicians and not showmen.

Kinda like how LA street dance crews were doing the Moonwalk for at least two years before MJ did it at Motown 25. Even Jeffrey Daniel (from Shalamar) who taught MJ the move, did it on primetime UK television almost an entire year before the Motown 25 show during a performance of "Night To Remember" in mid 82.

 

[Pittsey]

Hendrix conveyed pure emotion through Guitar. Hendrix made that instrument talk.

 

[S O F I]

Another thing about Hendrix is that he wasn't the first to do a lot of things, he simply brought them to a wider audience and combined them with good showmanship/bravado for a bigger impact. There were some incredible guitarists in the underground R&B, soul and rock circles that Hendrix moved in who undoubtedly showed him a lot of that stuff. But they didn't have a platform and they were just musicians and not showmen.

Kinda like how LA street dance crews were doing the Moonwalk for at least two years before MJ did it at Motown 25. Even Jeffrey Daniel (from Shalamar) who taught MJ the move, did it on primetime UK television almost an entire year before the Motown 25 show during a performance of "Night To Remember" in mid 82.

people were doing the moonwalk in the 1930s but I agree with the overall point.

 

[Casey]

people were doing the moonwalk in the 1930s but I agree with the overall point.

that wasn't the same move and neither is it done in the same way. similar yes, but not the same. the street dance/MJ version was invented by breakdancers in the mid to late 70's - Jeffrey Daniel taught it to Michael in 1981 and even performed it himself on TV in 1982 - check out 1m44 here:

 

[ArtsyGirl]

I saw BB King and Warren Haynes this year, and it was incredible. BB is just legend. Warren Haynes was mind blowing. Every song he just shredded it, after you could hear people asking who it was (it was at a festival).

The updated list seems to have alot of people on there that seem to be mentions because of who they are, big names.

Still I L-O-V-E Eric Clapton. Grew up on his music and the way he uses that guitar is just moving. Classic stuff.