The greatest rock guitarist of all time

[Clipper]

I'm thinking that Stevie Ray Vaughan could outplay any rock/blues guitarist that ever lived. Anyone care to comment?

[beaky]

I think even Stevie would disagree with you- his work was largely an homage to the players who inspired him.
Not that he wasn't awesome...

[Paz]

He was more of a blues guy than a rock guy, although he was a great guitarist in his genre, every different style of music has it's great guitartists.

[Hagar]

I think this is impossible to answer. Depends on your idea of what Rock or Blues music actually is. There have been a great many extremely talented guitarists over a long period of time & I would not like to pick one out. My list would probably be quite different to yours or anyone else's.

[Fozzer]

I think the best Blues guitarists are long dead now.

Every now and again I pick up an old recording of an old black gentleman from the Deep South, sitting in his rocking chair on his veranda strumming his battered, steel 6-string guitar and singing about the woes of his world... ...!

That's what sends a tingle up my spine... ... ...!

Paul....I love the Blues...!

For Rock guitarists....I love listening to the guitar duets in Hotel California played by The Eagles....!
...and, of course...the legendary Hendrix... ...!

[Hagar]

That's what sends a tingle up my spine... ... ...!

I think that's the whole point. Some musicians have a talent for doing that no matter how many times you hear them play.

For Rock guitarists....I love listening to the guitar duets in Hotel California played by The Eagles....!

Joe Walsh was always one of my favourites. I don't know what he would be classed as or who influenced him* but he's certainly a fine guitarist in my book.

*PS. I think most musicians have been influenced by somebody even if they later develop their own unique style. I'm quite sure they all have their own heroes.

[Anti-Societys Snake]

well, this all comes down to my favorites, which are:

Zakk Wylde
Dimebag  Darrell
Jimi Hendrix

simple

~Snake

[Hagar]

[quote]well, this all comes down to my favorites, which are:

Zakk Wylde
Dimebag

[Anti-Societys Snake]

I doubt I've heard your heros, even though I'm musicaly cultured. The two you haven't heard belong to the bands Black label society and pantera, respectivly. I highly recomend you give both of these guys a try, They are the hendrixes of my time.

Pantera:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... 75-5210305

Black label Society:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... ce&s=music

At the bottom of those pages is an area where you can preveiw each song, for the first, Try cowboys from hell, all of them are simply rediculasly goodl. For the second, any of them, however speedball may apeal the most to you hagar.

Givem a try, it shouldn't kill you...


~Snake

[Hagar]

At the bottom of those pages is an area where you can preveiw each song, for the first, Try cowboys from hell, all of them are simply rediculasly goodl. For the second, any of them, however speedball may apeal the most to you hagar.

Givem a try, it shouldn't kill you...

~Snake

Thanks Snake. I'm always prepared to listen & broaden my range of interests. It's quite possible I might even like them & there are so many I've never even heard of now. I've never been a fan of heavy rock/heavy metal or whatever you might call it although don't mind some of the older stuff. Must be something to do with my age.

PS. I checked out Zakk Wylde & discovered he also plays for Black Sabbath so it's quite possible I've heard him without ever knowing his name. I still love music but my tastes have changed over the years.

[Anti-Societys Snake]

I highly recomend both of those, I mean... just listn to the guitar, there is definatly some KRAZEY $#!T going on in both of those. If haven't checked out Speed ball by Zakk, you REALY should, it's a minute long acoustic peice. The acoustic should have exploded from all the greatness.

~Snake

[Anti-Societys Snake]

PS. I checked out Zakk Wylde & discovered he also plays for Black Sabbath so it's quite possible I've heard him without ever knowing his name

He's been playing with sabath since the 80s. and the album 1919 eternal has some songs that were writtin for ozzy. I'm not sure what songs exactly but Graveyard Disciples most certainly was, you can tell from the way he sings it.

You deifinatly need to check that out.

[Paz]

[Anti-Societys Snake]

That's what I meant to say.

I heard that ozzy fired him for his drinking recently, anyy truth?

[Clipper]

O.K. I know music being such a subjective artform, there are no greatests. Only legends. So let's move on to the greatest rock guitar riff of all time. Have you guys heard Mick Box's solos in Uriah Heep's "Salisbury"?(That's the album title and the song name on the album) ..."Somewhere in your eyes that very special glow Somthing's drawing me to where I do not know I never realy thought that I would lose." That was a true masterpiece. If you don't know it, find it on the net and listen, I promise it's well worth the effort!