Hats off sir,

While Bob and Slim played the nasty parts in the Replacements, Paul is the one who wrote them. Paul has everything I love in a guitarist. He pays huge attention to crafting a great chord progression and his chord configurations are unique, gorgeous, and inimitable. The leads he writes are usually delegated to the lead guitarist leaving him to play the real heart of his songs; his chords, voice, and impeccable rhythm.

I like to believe Paul Westerberg is one of the guys on that list that...like if Mozart or Chopin or fuckin Bach were alive... they'd fuckin get it yknow?

Anyways, now that I've aired out my fandom I can go to sleep. Have a good one bro, I'm glad to see some taste around here. :pimp

I'm a HUGE Bob Mould fan- have every CD going back to Husker Du & Sugar days and even love his new solo albums. I have a nice collection of his live music as well. I have seen him play many times live. He's a total musical genius and is practically the only music that I listen to anymore. Do you have his latest CD "District Line"?

Yeah I've heard district line and seen Bob play some of those songs at Irving Plaza earlier this year. I hope I get to see him belt out Husker Du songs with Grant and Greg someday soon. No shame in the reunion circuit imo. A lot of the greats are really reluctant to cash in and make the fans happy, even if they didn't make much money the first time around.

But yeah, Bob is a genius and the sound he got out of that typically cock rock flying V was totally amazing. A sharp distorted heartbreaking and melodic wash of noise. And his voice....

I would agree with that. I also LOVE Slash!

Unfortunately, I think that has as close to zero chance of happening as any rock band in history whose members are all still alive. Bob has made that pretty clear and even more so in recent years.

Jimi Hendrix
Stevie Ray Vaughn

yeah i read the interviews... i know...but I'm 22 and I've missed the boat on seeing most of my favorite bands live. I got lucky a few years ago when at the height of my obsession with the band and after years of denying the possibility, the Pixies suddenly reunited for the "Sellout Tour".... I ended up seeing them 14 times and dragging the most unlikely of people along just for the fuck of it :1orglaugh

I'm hoping at least some more of my favorite bands will follow suit (i.e. The Smiths, Husker Du, The Replacements, Pulp etc.) Longshot, I know....

take off Marc Bolan and we have a deal :winkwink: nice to see a young guy with so much good taste :thumbsup

Note: I don't know Bert Jansch so take him off as well :1orglaugh

He has good taste.

See how difficult it is to remain objective rather than subjective?

And mine.

You have to remember before Hendrix what was there? A few rock and rollers a few blues and then guys who played in a group and none were exceptional. Hendrix re invented the electric guitar and did things no one else had ever done. Then many copied and took his work on, but for me there will only be one.

Richie Blackmore !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Frank Zappa

Literally nobody I've asked has ever heard of Paul Westerberg or The Replacements. That's why when I read his name on your list I almost shit my pants. The Replacements are amazing and have been one of my favorite bands for years. The first time I'd ever heard of them was ages ago while I was watching some music channel, and the video for "Bastards of Young" was on. I wrote down the name of the band because I loved the song so much, bought a few of their albums, and the rest is history. I completely agree with you that Paul is a brilliant musician. And, if you ask me, he's always been way ahead of his time.

You've probably seen or heard this before, but it still blows me away every time.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=IINrFUCF8-g

That's from 1981! Talk about a sound totally ahead of its time. Over twenty years later he's still just as amazing as ever.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=2INC0In9ZzY

:thumbsup

Dweezil kicks ass as well..Little Zappa has grown up :thumbsup

https://youtube.com/watch?v=mzbpgBPJfUs
https://youtube.com/watch?v=zb_Hw...eature=related

Quite easily, since I as well as millions of others including most in the music industry itself recognize the guy's talent as noteworthy.

In your opinion.

Admittedly I'm really not that huge a fan of his, but in your next breath you say...
You just made my point for me, and undermined your whole bias against the guy. Like him or not, at least be honest with yourself enough to recogize the talent.

Have you even heard any of his work prior to his solo career? The Yardbirds, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Powerhouse, Cream, George Harrison, The Dirty Mac, Blind Faith, The Plastic Ono Band, Delaney, Bonnie & Friends, Derek and the Dominos, etc. Hello?

Why even argue about it? I see you begrudgingly put him on your list. Golly gee. :D

This thread will go on forever, there's simply too many good people playing the guitar out there. Dave Mustaine and many metal players can kick the ass of a lot of the people named above.

It's a style thing, for me there's no one like Joe Satriani (today), others will say they prefer Steve Vai, and others more fond of classical music will tend to say Yngwie Maelmsteen is the best. So we'll never choose only ONE best guitar player. If we talk about rock history, for me no one will ever beat Hendrix. It'll be easier to choose the best guitar player by decade.

I love Marc Bolan because he got down to the basics of blues and rock guitar and spun it with a weird sexy strut, writing these fantastic simple songs that all sound like they've existed forever. Like they belong in the great american songbook of anonymous late 19th century mississippi blues....but he was a jewish kid from england.

Bert Jansch is what you hear in the folk picking styles and acoustic songs of Jimmy Page, Bob Dylan, Johnny Marr, Paul Westerberg and tons of others. You'll always hear his name droppped when the greats are prodded for influences in their interviews.

Remember Zeppelin's "Black Mountain Side"? That's actually Page's tribute to Jansch's "Blackwaterside"...the music went totally unchanged.

And BIG BIG BIG props to the guy who posted Blixa Bargeld earlier in the thread. Glad some music nerds are coming out to help stop this ridiculous talk of fucking Yngwie and Steve Vai.

:thumbsup

Dick Dale should be on that list :2 cents:

one hundred:upsidedow

It was me fool :P same that mentioned most of those you mention, like Franck Black, Santiago, Kevin Shields and such :winkwink:

Buckethead
 

I've been playing guitar for ever and I love most of the players mentioned here. Pete Townshend is the reason I play so I definately like old school rock.
That said the guitar players of today have insane technique that the previous generation would have sold their souls for.

I cast my vote for BUCKETHEAD, He is the most original and inovative guitarist of this generation.

You had Jimi H: Paradigm shifter When he played all the other guitarists went, WTF?
You had Eddie VH: Paradigm shifter When he played all the other guitarists went, WTF?
Then there were a buch of fast guys like Yngwie and Satch, they were great but they did not create a paradigm.
Now there is BUCKETHEAD: Guitarists are saying WTF? again he is a Paradigm shifter.

https://youtube.com/results?search_query=buckethead&search_type=&aq=0& oq=buckethe

BTW, I know most of you haven't heard of him. Perhaps you should check him out.

Fuck technique, rock and roll is about fucking SOUL

Chuck Berry, Angus Young, and Pete Townshend come to mind but I can think of many more.

Buckethead is also really, really, really into robots. :winkwink:

I missed this post SHWSRVCS is on top of it.

BUCKETHEAD's got much feeling and soul in his playing it just goes by too fast for some people to hear.

Just checked him out, he's definetely doing his own thing

Can't agree more, i know Buckethead is great but there are tons like him.

What about David Gilmour?, I think no one mentioned him. He doesn't have the best technique I know, but his solos definitely shake your soul, and that's what counts at the end of the day, right? Same reason why I don't like Yngwie. :2 cents:

Everyone in the thread is correct, so much is about personal taste

May favorites

SRV
Jimmi Hendrix
Mark Tiarra

OK..OK...2 legends and a really good friend :)

But he really can play

Lmfao @ buckethead DAMNMAN. I think it's Satriani in a wig and a bucket on his head. He certainly plays to the beat of his own drum.

How the hell could you leave SLASH of this list?!!

3 pages and unless I missed it no one has mentioned Mark Knopfler yet.

Amazing.

Trey Anastasio

I voted for Jimmy...




Page :-)


everyone on that list is pretty fucking amazing though.

You have proved yourself to be quite musically defunct. Thanks for your posts, they were very amusing. Dire Straits :1orglaugh

Eric Clapton (0%, 0 Votes)

john petrucci and paul gilbert are ultimate shredders

SRV is the best one if I had to choose. Jimi is up there too.

If you're talkin home town homies then my buddy Trav is the man. Heres a little grainy clip I took at some dive bar in HB

Here's the clip hope you like it as much as I do.

there is no question and if anyone thinks otherwise then they need to learn what music is. Eric Johnson is by far the best guitarist to date.

hendrix is the correct answer