Rolling stone's Most Underated Guitarist!

[Fossie 32]

Neil Young definitely an under rated guitarrist, at the hall of fame he held his own with Jimmy Page and maybe left him a little red faced, Weld is just immense, Dead Man was just a live jam session playing as he watched the movie... when he played with Pearl Jam a while back I'm sure a lot of people who thought this is the guy old people listen to took a bit of notice

Old Black!

I'm with you there - saw him in concerta few years ago and his 20+ minute version of Tonight's The Night was brilliant - a perfect heavy guitar performance for mine.

 

[Groove]

Anyone wondering why Prince is #1? Watch this clip and wait till the 3:30 mark - and then proceed to watch in amazement and smile like Dhani Harrison...


Probably a dumb question but where is Prince in that clip - the guy on the left?? Doesn't look like him?? It doesn't play that well on my computer. But sounds great!

He's the guy in the red

 

[crownie]

spot on Buckingham at number 7.

did some great stuff with the Mac.

 

[UpForGrabs]

Prince is underrated because when people think of Prince, they don't necessarily think of his guitar work. They think of the complete package, the eccentricities, the showman. The guitar work is just a packge of it. Seriously, the guy could be just about the most talented 'major' musician there's ever been. Writing all his songs, playing every instrument on most of his records, producing and arranging since he was 20 years old. Not to mention all the great songs he's written. I'm unashamed in my love for the bloke. He may be nuts, but he backs it up with the tunes...

As for Lindsey Buckingham - the guy's a god. His electric work is great, but his acoustic work is mind blowing.

 

[cats56]

Surely Albert King should be on either list.

Massive influence on Clapton & SRV.

 

[OldLion]

The best guitarist I've seen live - the most honest, exciting, genuine, versatile and so into playing that he had to be dragged off stage with this battered old Fender - was Rory Gallagher. He could play an ironing board and get it to squeal.

And then there's Jeff Beck ...

Yeah .. what about Leslie West ?

 

[johnnyhoward]

Was that YouTube the performance of While My Guitar Gently Weeps? From memory that had Petty and that bald shredding guitar dude (Vai?) singing, then Prince emerges from nowhere to deliver an awesome solo. Classic performance.

 

[cats56]

The best guitarist I've seen live - the most honest, exciting, genuine, versatile and so into playing that he had to be dragged off stage with this battered old Fender - was Rory Gallagher. He could play an ironing board and get it to squeal.

And then there's Jeff Beck ...

Yeah .. what about Leslie West ?

 

[ManWithNoName]

Was that YouTube the performance of While My Guitar Gently Weeps? From memory that had Petty and that bald shredding guitar dude (Vai?) singing, then Prince emerges from nowhere to deliver an awesome solo. Classic performance.

Indeed it was.

 

[UpForGrabs]

Was that YouTube the performance of While My Guitar Gently Weeps? From memory that had Petty and that bald shredding guitar dude (Vai?) singing, then Prince emerges from nowhere to deliver an awesome solo. Classic performance.

It's not the best Prince solo I've got - but it was the best I could find in this current environment where the man himself is trying to rid any unauthorised use of any of his stuff.

If it was a bit more free - I would've tracked down the 'Purple Rain' solo from the Lovesexy '88 Laser Disc. That shit rips. Or maybe the original, 14-minute 'Purple Rain' from the first time it was ever played (and from which the released version was edited from).

Seriously, I rate him higher than Hendrix. I know I'll get flamed for that (I've been flamed for saying for a lot of years now) - but there's an emotion in the way he plays that Hendrix never reached (but probably would have if he'd lived). Plus, the songs are better.

 

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Adrian Belew

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