Kevin's Watch

Cail wrote:Jimmy Page
Eric Clapton
Jeff Beck
David Gilmour
Steve Vai
George Lynch
Steve Clark
Joe Walsh
Ronnie Montrose
Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser

I know very little about three of these guitarists (Beck, Montrose, Roeser) but I'm curious as to why Joe Walsh is in your top 10.....I'm not saying I don't like Walsh (I very much like him) but why does he stand out and not, say, Don Felder?

Well, allow me to elaborate.....

Jimmy Page-Kinda goes without saying. His playing inspired more guitar players than anyone else. From bluegrass, to hard rock, to the blues, Page plays with more innovation and emotion than any other player I've ever heard.

Eric Clapton-Clapton ain't God, but he's the best white blues player ever.

Jeff Beck-Everyone seems to forget Beck, but his aggressive playing style laid the groundwork for a lot of hard rock and metal players.

David Gilmour-Right behind Page in 'feel'. Awesome tone too.

Steve Vai-This guy's just silly. He's not human. I can't even fathom how he does some of his stuff.

George Lynch-Lynch took the technique that Eddie Van Halen pioneered and added what Eddie lacks....'Feel'.

Steve Clark-The architect behind Def Leppard's sound up through Hysteria. Steve literally was the Page of the '80s; the look, the style, and the sound.

Joe Walsh-Ahhhh, Joe. Joe's the ultimate guitar player. He's played on more songs than you can shake a stick at. Wilson Phillips's "Hold On"? Yep, that's him. Richard Marx's "Don't Mean Nothin'"? Him too. He can play any kind of music, while still retaining that sound that says, "That's Joe". Felder's a great player too, but listen to the outro solos on "Hotel California". Felder's the first player. Joe comes in and just burns the song down. For an idea of his diversity, listen to "Funk #49", then immediately listen to "The Confessor". Obviously the same player, but two completely different sounds.

Ronnie Montrose-Seriously, the father of American hard rock. His playing on songs like "Rock Candy" and "I Got the Fire" was the blueprint for all hard rock from the late '70s thru the late '80s.

Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser-Buck, along with Page, made me want to learn how to play guitar. He's got a quirky style that doesn't conform to the pentatonic scale like most other players were chained to in the '70s.

Here's a damm good exaple why Jimmy's #1: Achilles Last Stand and that Zep is the best rock and roll band of all time!

and here's Jeff Beck

Only mentioning nine (in no particular order), because I'm sure I've forgotten someone...

Jeff Beck
Dave Navarro
Joe Satriani
Eddie Van Halen
Al Di Meola
Steve Vai
Dave Gilmour
Jimmy Page
Jimi Hendrix

And that collective group of guys I've forgotten rounds out the ten.

David Gilmour
Bob Mould
Roy Buchanon
Jimmy Page
Trey Anastasio

Cail - I've been reading some background stuff about Tim Renwick and wondered what you thought about him?

All I know of him is his work with Pink Floyd. To be honest, I think he butchered the solo on "Learning to Fly" on the Pulse DVD.

Joe Walsh's work on "the confessor" is PEERLESS. It'd be interesting to find out just how much of the "wasted, burned out Joe" is schtick.

The guy's been clean and sober for years.

The thing I like about his playing is that it doesn't get old. Listen to stuff like the awesome version of "Walk Away" that the James Gang did on (I think) The Old Grey Whistle Test. It's damn near a punk song (from 1969!). Likewise, "Funk #49" sounds as current today as it did nearly 40 years ago.

www.rollingstone.com/artists/joewalsh/a ... guitarists

Cail...are you a Richard Thompson fan at all?

Nope, not at all.

Cail, check this out:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxKTzwaEa2o

If you like guitar work and a good story....

Meh.

Cail wrote:All I know of him is his work with Pink Floyd. To be honest, I think he butchered the solo on "Learning to Fly" on the Pulse DVD.

I started reading about him mainly because I couldn't understand why he was on the PULSE DVD at all (Gilmour played the solo on "Learning" on the album, after all.) But I didn't think he "butchered" the solo, just goes to show how little I know about rock guitar.

Rolling Stones top 100 list needs to STFU and watch this.www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UNZH1Mlirs&mod ... ed&search=

dlbpharmd wrote:I started reading about him mainly because I couldn't understand why he was on the PULSE DVD at all (Gilmour played the solo on "Learning" on the album, after all.) But I didn't think he "butchered" the solo, just goes to show how little I know about rock guitar.

Gilmour's solo on the album is sublime, damn near pastoral. Renwick's solo on PULSE was jerky, and the two-handed tapping was, in my opinion, completely out of place in the song.

Now, far be it from me to criticize David Gilmour's choice of guitar players for his tours (though he really should've called me), but I just didn't care for his (Renwick's) playing on those tours.

Bob Mould, who did not make the list...

Hüsker Dü - Eight Miles High
youtube.com/watch?v=NeqyCwAeT3I&mode=related&search=

Husker Du - Celebrated Summer
youtube.com/watch?v=PP1XwlWOoR0

Sugar - Tilted
youtube.com/watch?v=XkvUFdKXavY

Bob Mould - It's Too Lateyoutube.com/watch?v=7ZFO3EIXbhg

Sugar - Gee Angel
youtube.com/watch?v=lXFiycUbG3I&mode=related&search=

Bob Mould rules. Got a youtube of Diane? That song is awesome.

Husker Du - Diane/Celebrated Summer
youtube.com/watch?v=aabh5vv_eQM

Therapy? - Diane
youtube.com/watch?v=zbO1AaCnWnQ

Pinebox Serenade - Diane
youtube.com/watch?v=C9qWpzCAeL0

Bob Mould is a huge influence in the rock world. Green Day, Nirvana, Foo Fighters wouldn't exist without him. and yet he can't crack the top 100? hell Willie Nelson doesn't make the list.

null wrote: Bob Mould is a huge influence in the rock world. Green Day, Nirvana, Foo Fighters wouldn't exist without him.

Are you trying to make me wish Bob Mould never existed?