Does Everyone Understand Pre-War?

[Kenny Cole]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

Well, as somebody who has been playing the guitar for 25 years, studying a myriad of styles, and incorporating rock, prog, metal, blues, classical and jazz into my playing, I can say the Rolling Stone' Top 100 Guitarists of all-time list is shit. That they listed Kurt Cobain (#12) ahead of true virtuosos like Jeff Beck (#14), Brian May (#39), Ritchie Blackmore (#55), Eddie Van Halen (#70), David Gilmour (#82), and Randy Rhoads (#85), while completely excluding such greats as Al DiMeola, Allan Holdsworth, Pat Metheny, Andres Segovia, Joe Satriani, Stanley Jordan, Robert Cray, Adrian Belew, Eric Johnson, Joe Pass, Steve Rothery and John Petrucci....is laughable at best.

I've known a lot of guitarists, and not a one of them thought the Rolling Stone list was worth the paper it was printed on.

I don't think any of those guys are pre-war guitarists.

[TUM301]

Pre -War Guitarist, Keith Richards ?

[FourStrikes]

Originally Posted by TUM301

Pre -War Guitarist, Keith Richards ?

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[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Kenny Cole

I don't think any of those guys are pre-war guitarists.

I think the original RS list had Robert Johnson quite high. The revised one he dropped down.

[begsu1013]

les paul.

edit: and agreed, i'd rather have a roll of toilet paper than a rolling stone.

[begsu1013]

and speaking of rolling stone and it's corporate agendas...this is one of my fav clips.

derek trucks melting john mayer's face:

john mayer who?


not sure if derek ever made RS lists. probably not, but that's more credible to me. i dig the under the radar guys like trucks, warren haynes, dave schools (bass), etc.

edit: in closing for prince, here is a link to his final show. kinda a slow show...it's primarily a panic site, but it has streams of live shows for just about anyone worth listening to along the right hand side.

just about anything found here



back to prewar.

[frankbmd]

This thread coupled with the death of Prince Not Fielder may have the unintended consequence of proving that the number of prewar thread topics may be finite. If true, I feel like weeping.

So to paraphrase a baseball play, let's have a Net54 Pick Off contest.
For those of you with limited free time, watch and listen only to the last two
minutes of each of the following. The contestants are Prince and Clapton.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SFNW5F8K9Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj4J6i_vw0w

Disclaimer: I have no knowledge or opinion on the top guitarists of all time, but I do have hearing loss.

[begsu1013]

for ease, starting at last 2 minutes:

prince


clapton


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[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by begsu1013

and speaking of rolling stone and it's corporate agendas...this is one of my fav clips.

derek trucks melting john mayer's face:

john mayer who?


not sure if derek ever made RS lists. probably not, but that's more credible to me. i dig the under the radar guys like trucks, warren haynes, dave schools (bass), etc.

edit: in closing for prince, here is a link to his final show. kinda a slow show...it's primarily a panic site, but it has streams of live shows for just about anyone worth listening to along the right hand side.

just about anything found here



back to prewar.

Derek is 16th.

[begsu1013]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Derek is 16th.

wow! so they are only 90% sell-outs? that's nice.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by begsu1013

wow! so they are only 90% sell-outs? that's nice.

The lists vary. Some are politically correct BS by critics but some I believe are chosen by actual musicians. The top 100 songs for instance changed really dramatically from one iteration to another.