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Post by melon1 on Nov 28, 2005 14:17:47 GMT -5
OK, I know I missed plenty  , but hopefully this list found your favorite. |
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Post by melon1 on Nov 28, 2005 14:18:14 GMT -5
Hendrix is my fave. But Page is the better songwriter.
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Post by Kensterberg on Nov 28, 2005 14:23:51 GMT -5
From this list, I went with the Edge, but I probably would've voted for Mick Ronson or Mick Jones had they been here.
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Post by melon1 on Nov 28, 2005 14:25:33 GMT -5
There's the first two I missed. I'm sure I'm about to hear more. What's the problem? Am I just too limited in my knowledge of music to do polls such as this? I don't even know who the hell Mick Ronson is.
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Post by Kensterberg on Nov 28, 2005 14:34:59 GMT -5
Rono was Bowie's guitar player during the Ziggy Stardust era, and an influential producer (Lou Reed, Mott the Hoople, etc.) as well. He also was one of the guitarists on Dylan's Rolling Thunder tour, and provides much of the appeal of the superb Live: 1975 set.
It would be hard as hell to come up with a single listing of guitar players that would satisfy everyone on these boards, and you did an admirable job of picking a fairly wide range of players. There's just no way you're going to get every possible choice. If I'd tried this list, I would've forgotten just as many deserving players, if not more.
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Post by rockysigman on Nov 28, 2005 14:37:06 GMT -5
I voted for John Frusciante, but damn, it was really a tough choice between Frusciante, Dave Navarro, and Jack White
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Post by dolly on Nov 28, 2005 15:02:57 GMT -5
For me, a tough choice between Hendrix and Richards - but I'll go with Keith as he is head and shoulders cool above anyone else on this list. A true rock star in the sleaziest, most decadent sense of the term.
Love his brand of bluesy booze-fuelled guitar-playing style from Beggars Banquet thru Exile period.
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Post by Weeping_Guitar on Nov 28, 2005 15:12:57 GMT -5
I put in a vote for Jack White since Jeff Beck wasn't on the list.
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Post by phil on Nov 28, 2005 15:40:41 GMT -5
Clapton, Beck and Page were all in awe of Jimi Hendrix ...
If he was good enough for those three, he must be good enough for me !!
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Post by riley on Nov 28, 2005 16:04:39 GMT -5
I voted for Lifeson. If it was active players though, I would say Matt Bellamy from Muse.
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Post by RocDoc on Nov 28, 2005 16:34:54 GMT -5
Lifeson's not playing anymore? Just brawling at Fla weddings, eh?
Clapton, Beck and Page were all in awe of Jimi Hendrix ...
Add Pete Townshend and EVERY guitarist who was in or about London circa 67-68...and I thing that's called going with the experts.
Though I was walking past a radio while Jimi's Voodoo Child (Sl Return) was playing and I had to stop...as much as I'm a sucker for almost any passably played version of that song (starting with SRV's), Jimi fucking HIT that sucker just right.
If strictly for the variation in his tone as he gets through the different sections...fantastic song.
And NO-one's 'Watchtower' tops his.
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Post by Thorngrub on Nov 28, 2005 16:39:28 GMT -5
Lifeson not being active is news to me.
He gets my vote . . . for sentimental reasons.
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Post by Galactus on Nov 28, 2005 16:53:33 GMT -5
Allman, no question.
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Post by JesusLooksLikeMe on Nov 29, 2005 3:28:41 GMT -5
Jack White??!! I assumed melon was taking the piss. I can't believe he actually got a vote... Since Weeping is a voice of sanity on stuff like Coldplay, though, I'll consider the fault mine.  |
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Post by rockysigman on Nov 29, 2005 3:31:43 GMT -5
I think the White Stripes' recorded output fairly establishes Jack White as one of the finer guitar players of his generation, but as someone who's seen them live several times (8 times now I think?), I must say that, despite how good the recorded stuff it, it really denegrates his playing compared to the live show. Anyone who's seen them live, I think, will not only agree that his name is worthy of this discussion, but perhaps he should be a frontrunner.
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, but hopefully this list found your favorite.
