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Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, The Doors, Grateful Dead, The Stones, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, The Animals, Steppenwolf, Donovan, Cream. CSN&Y, ZZ Top, The Eagles, CCR, would have the bulk of it.
I was reading this list and thought Credence should be in there! And there they are! Good list. Moody Blues?
The one choice in the 'greatest guitarists' that always gets to me though is Prince, I just don't hear what other people are hearing obviously. His sound isn't particularly unique and from a technical perspective he's quite sloppy. Clapton is 1000 times the musician than Prince was.
Clapton may be a significantly better guitarist than Prince was, but didn’t Prince play ALL the instruments on hit albums? He was a freakishly talented musical auteur.
Not even close, although it is a great song. Good grief, that stinker of an album needed a "high" note (heh heh), so I guess this did the trick. "Wonderful Tonight" is a contender for worst song of all time, that's for sure.
But EC's first 2 solo records were all-time classics, so there's that.
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I didn't know that, I intially I thought maybe you were confusing him with Mike Oldfield but did some research and apparently he played most of the instrumental parts on his debut album, impressive! Thanks for that factoid.
I suppose it all comes down to the fact that 'best' is totally subjective when it comes to music and guitarists.
I'll admit to not being a huge Hendrix fanboy myself but his style was revolutionary, you'll still hear his signatures in guitarists today so I guess that makes him great even though I wouldn't have him in my top 10 favourites. Clapton was less revolutionary but again influenced an entire generation, there are Clapton influences all over a bunch of classic songs so I guess that also makes him great. But again, not in my top 10.
The one choice in the 'greatest guitarists' that always gets to me though is Prince, I just don't hear what other people are hearing obviously. His sound isn't particularly unique and from a technical perspective he's quite sloppy. Clapton is 1000 times the musician than Prince was.
Yes. I think the list is different if we are talking influence vs. technical skill vs enjoyability. For example, I think Stevie Ray Vaughn is much better than Clapton and even Hendrix as a pure guitar player, but from an influence perspective, there is no comparison between SRV and the latter two. Van Halen is another example of someone who influenced those who followed him significantly.
And from a technical standpoint, people can argue about this rock guitarist vs. that, but they are ignoring the elephant in the room. Classical guitarists are generally far more technically skilled than rock guitarists. They can play faster, play more complex pieces, and play them incredibly cleanly. So it seems of limited use to rank rock guitarists on technical skill.
And then there is enjoyability. I personally think that guitarists like Slash, SRV, and David Gilmour have some of the most best solos from a melody and overall enjoyability perspective. But that is completely subjective.
On Prince, I think he was not even thought of as a guitarist by many people and thus underrated. Then people began pointing out that he is actually a pretty good guitarist, which he is, but unfortunately started overrating him by placing him on the all-time great list, which is an over-reaction.
Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, The Doors, Grateful Dead, The Stones, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, The Animals, Steppenwolf, Donovan, Cream. CSN&Y, ZZ Top, The Eagles, CCR, would have the bulk of it.
I was reading this list and thought Credence should be in there! And there they are! Good list. Moody Blues?
Thanks!
Nights in White Satin....only Moody Blues I like.
All those bands I mentioned have a huge gang of great tunes. That to me is the true barometer when it comes to greatness, could you sustain it over time with years of great stuff.
I like the song "Brandy" by Looking Glass but what else did they do? "96 Tear" ? and the Mysterians then what?
I own all The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, hell we are talking 50 CD's there. So many great songs.
Obviously this thread is about Rock music, but we do have tons of other stuff each with the artists that best represent that sound. Rock is just a small part of the musical landscape, pre Rock with jazz, blues, Big Band, 40's, doowop/oldies, country, soul, bluegrass, Post rock in metal, punk, rap, hip hop, funk, reggae. Point.......how diverse is your musical world, or are you stuck in one genre? I enjoy it all, enjoy how it all evolved from primitive blues to what we see today. A very interesting journey.
As far as Clapton goes you can look at anything talking the great guitarists and he will always be there. Don't really have to debate exactly what number. Have seen him at number two, three, four, five, six,.....have never seen him further back than that on any list.
Jimi Hendrix simply on another level, yep.....special!
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Those are three awesome songs/renditions. I’m not taking anything away from EC.
Best RnR song? I’m not sure the answer, but feel it should be elite in all phases: front man belting out the notes, notable guitar parts, great rhythm, cool lyrics, proper verses/chorus structure, etc. EC is just not great enough as a singer for this to rate #1, even if the other components are sufficient.
Good? Yes. Great? Maybe. Best Clapton? No, it's not even a Clapton song (JJ Cale wrote it); that would be Layla or Crossroads (though he obviously didn't write that either). Best rock song ever? Won't Get Fooled Again, no question about it.
I suppose it all comes down to the fact that 'best' is totally subjective when it comes to music and guitarists.
I'll admit to not being a huge Hendrix fanboy myself but his style was revolutionary, you'll still hear his signatures in guitarists today so I guess that makes him great even though I wouldn't have him in my top 10 favourites. Clapton was less revolutionary but again influenced an entire generation, there are Clapton influences all over a bunch of classic songs so I guess that also makes him great. But again, not in my top 10.
The one choice in the 'greatest guitarists' that always gets to me though is Prince, I just don't hear what other people are hearing obviously. His sound isn't particularly unique and from a technical perspective he's quite sloppy. Clapton is 1000 times the musician than Prince was.
Yes. I think the list is different if we are talking influence vs. technical skill vs enjoyability. For example, I think Stevie Ray Vaughn is much better than Clapton and even Hendrix as a pure guitar player, but from an influence perspective, there is no comparison between SRV and the latter two. Van Halen is another example of someone who influenced those who followed him significantly.
And from a technical standpoint, people can argue about this rock guitarist vs. that, but they are ignoring the elephant in the room. Classical guitarists are generally far more technically skilled than rock guitarists. They can play faster, play more complex pieces, and play them incredibly cleanly. So it seems of limited use to rank rock guitarists on technical skill.
And then there is enjoyability. I personally think that guitarists like Slash, SRV, and David Gilmour have some of the most best solos from a melody and overall enjoyability perspective. But that is completely subjective.
On Prince, I think he was not even thought of as a guitarist by many people and thus underrated. Then people began pointing out that he is actually a pretty good guitarist, which he is, but unfortunately started overrating him by placing him on the all-time great list, which is an over-reaction.
I've never seen a classical guitarist play with a violin bow at 150 decibels, then set the guitar on fire.
I'm a guitarist. In my judgment Clapton is a quite ordinary professional guitar player. Never have understood all the worship of the man. Can think of dozens and dozens of better players.