Guitar Players?technically Brilliant or Havin a Feel for What They Are Playing?who Rocks and Who Sucks?
Posted in guitar players on 21. Sep, 2009
Well here’s a question I just had to answering straight away:
Question: Guitar Players?technically Brilliant or Havin a Feel for What They Are Playing?who Rocks and Who Sucks?
Answer: To answer this question one has to consider more than one genre of music. The usual answers to questions like these are Clapton, Van Halen, and Santana, They are great but they are far, far, far, from the best. You have to look at the classical guitarists as well as the jazz players. I think Santana can play it all. Clapton got creamed by George Benson when he tried to do a duet with him. Clapton is one dimensional and is best when he plays blues based rock. Van Haylen won’t even try jazz or classical because he would get lost. Some of the best players in the business are people you don’t even know.
I speak from experience as one who is in the business.
chuck berry/ Kris Kristoferson come to mind as brilliant entertainers who played guitar but in skill would be in the back seat with the likes of doc watson/ jerry garcia /dan taminsky.
Dimebag, Zakk Wylde, Randy Rhodes, Hendrix, Van Halen, They are all great guitarists, and just because Van Halen wont play Jazz Dont mean he sucks.