Guitar
1. Jimi Hendrix
2. John McLaughlin
3. Angus Young
4. Jimmy Page
5. Eddie Van Halen
6. Stanley Jordan
7. John Fahey
8. Robert Fripp
9. The pedal steel player from the Campbell Brothers- holy shit!
10. Doc Watson
Bass
1. Victor Wooten
2. Jack Casady
3. Jaco Pastorius
4. Stanley Clarke
5. Jonas Helborg
6. John Entwistle "Thunder Fingers"
Drums
1. Christian Vander, and nope, you never heard of him but he kills everyone big time
2. Neil Peart
3. Billy Cobham
Gary Moore.......'Blues Alive' is a great display of his ability/talent.
Some guys who I believe are better than most, if not all of those mentioned so far:
Greg Howe (fusion)
Paul Gilbert (metal)
Andy Timmons (rock/blues)
These three players all combine ridiculous technical ability with impeccable feel and phrasing.
monty wrote:Steve Morse who has played with the Dixie Dregs, Kansas, and of late Deep Purple. He has been Guitarist of the year upteen times. He has his own band The Steve Morse Band. If you are a guitar fan or player he is awesome in concert.
Hands Down! This cat can play.
Rock On my friends!!
Monty
Monty - is this the ska player, or some other dude? If you're the guy I think you are, where the hell have you been, man? I thought you'd died or something!
Britney Spears recently picked up guitar, and man can she wail, not saying she's the greatest, but give her a month or two!
As for drummers, you gotta go with Matthew McCaughnehey, he's so good he got arrested
Roy Clark.nuff said
Pete,
Sorry to say I am not your ska man, I am just another skinny old runner who coaches high school stick figures.
Later,
Monty
I have to add another vote for Rory Gallagher. Saw him live many times. He was amazing.
Also for drummers, Carter Beauford's certainly making his mark.... say what you will about the Dave Matthews Band's music, but Beauford can play. If you get a chance to listen to or watch the Live in Central Park CD/DVD, you'll be blown away.... absolutely amazing skill.
heres mine in no certain order:
Steve Vai
John Petrucci
Yngwie Malmsteen
Eddie Van Halen
Clapton
Randy Rhodes
Alexi Laiho
Slash
Kurt Hammet
Bassest
Billy Sheehan
Flea
In the words of Eddie himself "Jimmy Page plays guitar like a 2 year old with a broken hand"
It's Kirk Hammet not Kurt
&
Randy Rhoads not Rhodes
wrong link... on the last post
this ones good
apparently the moderators are not a fan of black flag and decided to delete my addition of Greg Ginn.
Carlos Montoya only match may be Ramon Montoya,When Carlos was 60 years old he played one night a week at a small club in NYC and I had the pure pleasure of being there for every one of those nights,some times I'd have to look to be sure he was sitting alone because of the speed the notes came at you. But best was when he played softy and oh so slow each note floating into the next with effortless ease.....Mr Clapton ain't to shabby either.
HAHA. why was the black flag post deleted?
Lori Lieberman of Brooklyn was a wonderfull guitarist/songwriter best known for the song she wrote that was a hit for Roberta Flack"Killing Me Softly With His Song"
She played in a club I managed in Manhatten and ran the table playing American Folk ,Jazz,Rock and Classical.
ur all wrong wrote:
In the words of Eddie himself "Jimmy Page plays guitar like a 2 year old with a broken hand"
In the words of Eddie himself: "I'm nothing but a cheap Jimmy Page rip-off without 1/100th of the songwriting ability."
Page is a better songwriter than Eddie. THat doesn't mean he's a better guitarist.
You guys don't know S%!#
uncle jesse