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wheelrite Offline
#1 Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 8:17 PM EST
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvtkUd0kkhU
cacman Offline
#2 Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 8:22 PM EST
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Just ONE of the greatest. Influenced by many including Albert King who is being inducted in the HOF.

A fave for sure though.
wheelrite Offline
#3 Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 8:26 PM EST
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cacman wrote:
Just ONE of the greatest. Influenced by many including Albert King who is being inducted in the HOF.

A fave for sure though.


The Greatest SRV,,,
ZRX1200 Offline
#4 Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 8:27 PM EST
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Hard to argue otherwise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S33tWZqXhnk&feature=youtube_gdata_player
ZRX1200 Offline
#5 Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 8:28 PM EST
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^ best accustic.
LetsRock Offline
#6 Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 8:31 PM EST
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you obviously never seen me rock out on guitar hero!!!
edin508 Offline
#7 Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 8:32 PM EST
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Jeff Beck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yGB6d_3n58
edin508 Offline
#8 Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 8:34 PM EST
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ZRX1200 wrote:
Hard to argue otherwise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S33tWZqXhnk&feature=youtube_gdata_player

That is quite impressive! Wow
ZRX1200 Offline
#9 Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 8:37 PM EST
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You should see him live.
cacman Offline
#10 Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 8:40 PM EST
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wheelrite wrote:
The Greatest SRV,,,

You're from Texas... where's your bias???
itsawaldo Offline
#11 Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 8:57 PM EST
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Chet Atkins.

Duh, he was a virtuoso on guitar.
jackconrad Offline
#12 Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 9:24 PM EST
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Definitley JIMI HENDRIX
DrMaddVibe Offline
#13 Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 9:33 PM EST
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wheelrite wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvtkUd0kkhU



Ahem...he's playing Jimi Hendrix!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8IpbVuVKFI


C'mon Bill...pick up "People, Hell and Angels"
wheelrite Offline
#14 Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 9:34 PM EST
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ZRX1200 wrote:
Hard to argue otherwise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S33tWZqXhnk&feature=youtube_gdata_player


nice,,
but no cigar,,
ZRX1200 Offline
#15 Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 9:36 PM EST
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Well Eric Clapton begs to differ.

He claims that Tommy is the best accustic player ever. He studied under Chet as a teenager btw.
DrMaddVibe Offline
#16 Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 9:37 PM EST
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ZRX1200 wrote:
Well Eric Clapton begs to differ.

He claims that Tommy is the best accustic player ever. He studied under Chet as a teenager btw.



**** Eric Clapton with a rusty chainsaw!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SkbVgbzmoA
wheelrite Offline
#17 Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 9:39 PM EST
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DrMaddVibe wrote:
Ahem...he's playing Jimi Hendrix!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8IpbVuVKFI


C'mon Bill...pick up "People, Hell and Angels"


luv me some Jimi and all but SRV was better,,,

btw,

I first saw SRV in 1981 in a bar the size of my house in Lubbock called Fat Dogs, no stage just a worm eaten dance floor.

He came out with that Fender with no paint and ripped into Voodoo chile..

I saw him 11 times after that.I've seen Clapton, Page, Eddie, Steve Howe, Trower and lots of the other Guitar greats...

SRV was the best and still is to today,,,

IMHO
ZRX1200 Offline
#18 Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 9:41 PM EST
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DMV I made no claim to him beeing #1 just a better judge than Wheel....
wheelrite Offline
#19 Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 9:42 PM EST
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ZRX1200 wrote:
DMV I made no claim to him beeing #1 just a better judge than Wheel....


dude

really ?

Stephen Stills or Townshend were better acoustic players,,,
DrMaddVibe Offline
#20 Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 9:43 PM EST
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wheelrite wrote:
luv me some Jimi and all but SRV was better,,,
SRV was the best and still is to today,,,

IMHO


I dunno...I think he spent his career trying hard to BE Jimi Hendrix...all the way down to a 3 piece band.

When you listen to the new Jimi...it's there. Connect the dots. Jimi was the innovator...SRV was the copier.

Don't get me wrong, because I'd put both of those in my personal top 10 of all time...that's the way I see it. SRV shreds when he's doing Hendrix...no doubt...Jimi didn't have the opportunity to be on the scene as long as SRV...and we're still listening to Jimi...FROM THE GRAVE...Jimi could very well pick up a Grammy this year.
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#21 Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 9:45 PM EST
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DrMaddVibe wrote:
I dunno...I think he spent his career trying hard to BE Jimi Hendrix...all the way down to a 3 piece band.

When you listen to the new Jimi...it's there. Connect the dots. Jimi was the innovator...SRV was the copier.

Don't get me wrong, because I'd put both of those in my personal top 10 of all time...that's the way I see it. SRV shreds when he's doing Hendrix...no doubt...Jimi didn't have the opportunity to be on the scene as long as SRV...and we're still listening to Jimi...FROM THE GRAVE...Jimi could very well pick up a Grammy this year.


Bro,,

listen to the Bside of "In Step"

not Hendrix,,

pure SRV,,


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q531E9sr0is&list=PLCC782631D73822A1&index=16
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#22 Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 9:45 PM EST
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ZRX1200 wrote:
DMV I made no claim to him beeing #1 just a better judge than Wheel....



And again...I say...F**K ERIC CLAPTON...and his rickety helicopter that KILLED SRV!

EC has spent his entire life ripping off Blues legends...except when he's in a band..being pushed to play material that's bounced off of other musicians.
wheelrite Offline
#23 Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 9:49 PM EST
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or this one...

my fav,,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL2-2y9AfYc&list=PLCC782631D73822A1&index=13
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#24 Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 9:50 PM EST
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wheelrite wrote:
Bro,,

listen to the Bside of "In Step"

not Hendrix,,

pure SRV,,



C'mon...You KNOW I have ALL of his stuff and some not even released! Please.

If you're gonna bring SRV to the table...do him some justice...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCHVpDwMS2k

Or...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNuXO60G33w


and even....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix3inTQps20


But don't offer up a cover song oj Jimi's as his best when we all know Jimi Hendrix is the guy that MADE SRV want to pick up a guitar to begin with!
wheelrite Offline
#25 Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 9:51 PM EST
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Riviera Paradise...
engletl Offline
#26 Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 10:04 PM EST
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My list of greatest (in no particular order after Jimi & Randy)

Jimi Hendrix
Randy Rhoades
Eddie van Halen
Eric Johnsen
Alex Lifeson
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Eric Clapton
Steve Vai
Jimmy Page
Estevan
Yngwie Malmsteen
Andy Summers
Bert Jansch
Vernon Reid
LetsRock Offline
#27 Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 10:06 PM EST
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engletl wrote:
My list of greatest (in no particular order after Jimi & Randy)

Jimi Hendrix
Randy Rhoades
Eddie van Halen
Eric Johnsen
Alex Lifeson
Letsrock
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Eric Clapton
Steve Vai
Jimmy Page
Estevan
Yngwie Malmsteen
Andy Summers
Bert Jansch
Vernon Reid



fixed it
DrMaddVibe Offline
#28 Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 10:24 PM EST
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engletl wrote:
My list of greatest (in no particular order after Jimi & Randy)

Jimi Hendrix
Randy Rhoades
Eddie van Halen
Eric Johnsen
Alex Lifeson
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Eric Clapton
Steve Vai
Jimmy Page
Estevan
Yngwie Malmsteen
Andy Summers
Bert Jansch
Vernon Reid



Think

Jimi...Randy...Eddie...Jimmy...SRV...Vernon...Andy...Alex I get.

I can appreciate Vai's work in a band like I do EC...on their own...it's just wanking on a guitar. Same goes for Baldy...er, Satch.

Buddy Guy?
Junior Brown?
Shawn Lane?
Tom Morello?
Ritchie Blackmore?
David Gilmore?
jnichols Offline
#29 Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 10:44 PM EST
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http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddn4MGaS3N4
Brewha Offline
#30 Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 10:56 PM EST
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Frank Zappa
ZRX1200 Offline
#31 Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 11:05 PM EST
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Seen Buddy Guy a couple times....awesome.
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#32 Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 11:47 PM EST
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The Greatest Guitarist? Hard to say. There are a lot of great ones. I personally think Joe Bonamassa is truly one of the greatest guitarists there ever were. Hell, he opened for B.B. King when he was 8 years old. This video here recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 2009 is a *damn*good*song*. It's a cover of ZZ Top's "Just Got Paid". One hell of a song with some Zepplin thrown in, too. The dual drummers are great. Very cool song that might not show this guy's true talent, but a rockin' song none-the-less.

Check it out, and the polite Londoners who keep their seats during the show . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SiVgNcYwZc
tyyler82 Offline
#33 Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 11:57 PM EST
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Agreed, Wheel.


Duane Allman?

Love me some Jimi too...
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#34 Posted: Thu, Mar 28 2013, 12:00 AM EST
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David Gilmore, one of my personal favorites.
cacman Offline
#35 Posted: Thu, Mar 28 2013, 12:11 AM EST
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SRV compared to Eric Clapton, compared to Jimi Hendrix, are totally different styles and genres! Compare apples to apples not oranges.
SRV was a southern texan blues artist. His brother blew it!
Eric Clapton (was God at one point) is a british-blues artist.
Jimi Hendrix was a maniac on the frets with no genre attached - rock, blues, physcho.
Joe Bonamassa is just one of many great American blues artists.

All inspired by the likes of John Lee Hooker, Albert King, Freddie King, BB King, Buddy Guy, Albert Collins, John Mayall, Taj Mahal, and too many other masters to mention.

Eddie Van Halen, Stev Vai and the like... give me a break. They can't hold a fret to the the masters that inspired them.
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#36 Posted: Thu, Mar 28 2013, 1:09 AM EST
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Another of the great young guitarists:

Derek Trucks: Son of Dwayne Trucks from the Allman Brothers.
Plays a great slide/steel guitar and is married to Susan Tedeschi.

Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi at the White House. With Warren Haynes...
Etta James: I'd Rather Go Blind Than Crazy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2burpTQSDMA

Midnight in Harlem: Colorado last year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GkdCiqsFUI

I'd Rather Be Blind, Crippled And Crazy - dig the funk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSbcpLLadX0

Crow Jane - some good finger-pluckin for FGM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=****Didyz4y4

Maybe Your Baby(Stevie Wonder cover) - a heavier funk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CENP5Tswjhk


And Susan Tedschi is no slought herself. One of my favorites
Angel From Montgomery/Sugaree
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrSK-0-MQ8s
ZRX1200 Offline
#37 Posted: Thu, Mar 28 2013, 1:33 AM EST
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Susan opened up for Buddy Guy the first time I saw him.

Here's something different :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIwbuS526PI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
cacman Offline
#38 Posted: Thu, Mar 28 2013, 1:37 AM EST
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ZRX1200 wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIwbuS526PI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Explains a lot about what George sought!
Cool!
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#39 Posted: Thu, Mar 28 2013, 5:09 AM EST
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Nobody can make the gutair sing like Eddie Van Halen.....then there is Jimmy Paige.
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#40 Posted: Thu, Mar 28 2013, 7:47 AM EST
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Andres Segovia.
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#41 Posted: Thu, Mar 28 2013, 9:20 AM EST
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Lot of greats named so far, and agree with as previously stated by cac that a lot of these are apples and oranges comparisons. The reasons why I love Jimi Hendrix's work are not necessarily the same as why I love SRV, Duane Allman, Adrain Belew, Randy Rhodes, Eddie Van Halen, Michael Burks, Link Wray or any number of other peoples work. Plus, we all know that the best guitarist ever was really Steven Seagal, in fact, if you ask him, he'll tell you how he invented the electric guitar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0uSvihFZn0
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#42 Posted: Thu, Mar 28 2013, 9:30 AM EST
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Brewha wrote:
Frank Zappa


+1 and I'd like to add his son Dweezil Zappa to the list. I saw him play with Zappa Plays Zappa with Steve Vai who he blew off the stage. Vai's playing just didn't flow at all.

I'd also like to add Fripp and Belew to the list as well.

Peter Frampton has some pretty good chops as well. Great when he toured with David Bowie.

Also have to give a shout out to Lester Flatt. Legendary Bluegrass picker.
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#43 Posted: Thu, Mar 28 2013, 9:37 AM EST
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Jimmy Page
Allen Collins
Jimi Hendrix
Eddie van Halen
Chuck Berry
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Eric Clapton
David Gilmore
Randy Rhoads
Jerry Garcia
Keith Richards
B.B. King
Frank Zappa
Prince
Dimebag Darrel
Brian May
Mark Knopfler
Joe Satriani
Johnny Ramone
Kirk Hammet
Steve Vai
Slash
Mike McCready
Ted Nugent
Yngwie Malmsteen



Free Bird from 1974.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY6kxwIBSU0
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#44 Posted: Thu, Mar 28 2013, 9:40 AM EST
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lot of great guitarist here. i liked john mayers early blues stuff also.

some of the sweetest licks i have ever heard though came from calos santana
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#45 Posted: Thu, Mar 28 2013, 9:40 AM EST
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For being 26, I can say my father taught me well. This is just names I can remember off the top of my head. There is bands I just can't remember the guitarist name.
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#46 Posted: Thu, Mar 28 2013, 10:11 AM EST
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DrMaddVibe wrote:
And again...I say...F**K ERIC CLAPTON...and his rickety helicopter that KILLED SRV!

EC has spent his entire life ripping off Blues legends...except when he's in a band..being pushed to play material that's bounced off of other musicians.


WTF the helicopter(s) didn't belong to Clapton. Where did you pickup that piece of miss-information? ram27bat

I like most of Clapton's music but he was boring in concert when I saw him in the '80s.
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#47 Posted: Thu, Mar 28 2013, 11:41 AM EST
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Buckwheat wrote:
WTF the helicopter(s) didn't belong to Clapton. Where did you pickup that piece of miss-information? ram27bat

I like most of Clapton's music but he was boring in concert when I saw him in the '80s.



Oh, I don't know...

Excerpt from People Magazine (September 1990):
Shortly afterward, at 12:15 A.M. on Aug. 27, the exhilarated musicians left the stage through a rear exit. Vaughan, 35, had planned to make the two-hour drive back to his Chicago hotel with his brother and sister-in-law, Connie, but at the last minute he chose to board a Bell 206B Jet Ranger, one of four helicopters waiting nearby. According to his New York City publicist, Charles Comer, Vaughan had learned from Clapton's manager that there were seats enough to accommodate all three in his party. When he found only one place was actually available, Vaughan said to Connie and Jimmie, "Do you mind if I take the seat? I really need to get back."

The helicopter took off in fog around 12:40 A.M. with Vaughan and four others aboard. Sweet Chicago would never be reached. Moments later the chopper's remains lay spread across more than 200 feet of a man-made ski slope in a field dotted with bittersweet and Queen Anne's lace. All on board were killed instantly in what National Transportation Safety Board investigator William Bruce later described as "a high-energy, high-velocity impact at a shallow angle."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnA3ByovJpo
cacman Offline
#48 Posted: Thu, Mar 28 2013, 11:42 AM EST
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David Gilmore??? Dude you must be stoned!
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#49 Posted: Thu, Mar 28 2013, 12:08 PM EST
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One name I don't recall reading in this thread.....


Les Paul.
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#50 Posted: Thu, Mar 28 2013, 12:16 PM EST
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cacman wrote:
David Gilmore??? Dude you must be stoned!


Lol. If this was directed at me. Applause
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