Alvin Lee.
Frank Zappa.
Phil Manzanera
UGH...The tired, "BEST" Rock guitarist thread
Only because I found a REALLY good copy of terrible Ted's debut(his best IMO) yesterday, I'm sharing this one. Ted describing the electric guitar God hierarchy gets my vote. I tapped out after Dog Eat Dog(before Derek St Holmes was dropped.) Those 2 albums and early Amboy Dukes still sound great to me.
- ...
- 67 posts total
What EVH represents is the R&R guitarist who came out of the dying Classic Rock period(which doesn't go beyond mid 70's or so, IMO) and introducing things truly revolutionary that just about ALL Rock guitarist moving forward, acknowledge. I quickly lost interest in VH after their 2nd LP. Saw them in 78 when their debut came out and they were doing their first rounds of arena concerts not long after doing Pasadena backward parties and Holliday Inns and the LA clubs. Ted Templeman produced the debut LP-Anyone who also listened to early Montrose knows the BIG SOUND of those albums. No audiophool LP needed. |
@whitefishpoint1175 - Love me some Phil Manzanera and all the work he's done on his own and other projects, including Roxy, Eno, etc! And if you like FZ's guitar playing, have you heard his son Dweezil? I think he's even better than his dad.... |
"Blues Breakers/Cream era Clapton" edcyn- can't remember exact articles, but I've read many over the years of 70's era players citing the "Beano" BB album as their inspiration. You probably know those Clapton BB runs were essentially juiced up riffs rom all his Blues heroes, which Eddie listened to. I picked up on it in the early 80's and finally understood what it meant to go backwards to understand R&R history.
|
- 67 posts total