historyman12
Fugitive Iroh
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Post by historyman12 on Apr 14, 2008 20:06:14 GMT -5
The Best Guitar Player Ever. That sentence deserved all caps.
Anyway, some say he's bad because he can't play a riff, but looking at his solos, (All Along The Watchtower, Voodoo Child etc.) I think he can. That, and if he didn't get so high he drowned in his own vomit, he would have taken Eruption, flipped it on it's head, turned it upside down, inside out and backwards, and played without finger tapping. With his teeth. While high. And while sober. With and without the afro. And if you say Eric Clapton (who's still cool) is better than him, you should go crawl in a hole and die. Or Eddie Van Halen. Or Jimmy Page. Or Kirk Hammet. Or Slash. Or Joe Perry. Or Chuck Berry. Or Scotty Moore. Or Peter Buck. Or Kurt Cobain. Or Joe Walsh. Or Angus Young. And God-knows-who-else
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o8jedi
Jet
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Post by o8jedi on Apr 14, 2008 20:32:38 GMT -5
I think it's safe to say that Hendrix is, as you mentioned before, the Greatest (Rock) Guitarist Ever. He was really one of, if not the, first true guitar gods (since there's a ton of other contemporaries around his time. He's done more to advance the way the electric guitar is played than anyone else and his licks are still fresh.
But he's not my favorite one. That honor goes to George Harrison of the Beatles (It's not the most flamboyant guitar playing, but it works so well with his given aesthetic).
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Post by Consonant*** on Apr 18, 2008 17:02:03 GMT -5
He's good. Definitely. Doubt he's the fastest or whatever. Kind of like a 60's amalgamation of Buckethead and Slash.
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o8jedi
Jet
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Post by o8jedi on Apr 18, 2008 17:38:58 GMT -5
You broke my brain trying to say that Jimi Hendrix is an amalgam of contemporary guitarists. Stop it right now. It's just a different aesthetic back when Hendrix was doing his thing. For the most part, rock and roll was still steeped in the blues. Even though Hendrix is often considered to be psychedelic rock, "Hey, Joe" is still a 12-bar blues. Nowadays, rock is a bit looser in terms of structure (although it's mostly still based around a blues progression) and it shows with Buckethead's creativity.
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