Best guitarist

[guilbert]

Nobody has mentioned Carlos Santana

Also Jaco Pastorius on Bass

Guilbert

[JP]

Lead Guitar Johnny Marr

Bass Guitar Andy Rourke


Yes I am a massive Smiths Fan

JP

[steve56]

or rory gallagher,listen to deuce from 70s?,forgot all about lifetime wasnt a lp released for about 1.99 yrs ago?

[guilbert]

>xuse me for butting in[again[ but no-ones mentioned carlos santana?

I just did, at the bottom of the forum, about the same time as
you wrote your update.

Guilbert

[paul]

just bought punk jazz a compilation of jaco awesome bass player
wonderfull work with weather report, joni mitchell and with pat metheny

[sandie]

hey i like it here on the ot forum. its fun.
well i think prince is the best especially since he played all 26 instruments on his purple rain album. not all at once u understand or hed also be the greatest one man band too.

[steve56]

yes sandie,this o/t forum a good idea gets boring talking bout sex all the time,dont get me wrong i like sex but......

[The Healer]

Pat Metheny plays jazz guitar, that is he couldn't play the same solo twice.
Santana I find boring and Slash was pretty average.

Kirk Hamster I agree with, he did a great rendition of Little Wing at the City Hall, Newcastle in 1988.

Talking of The Toon why has no bugger named Mr Knopffler?

Sambora is a great guitar player. Pity he is a bit too commercial.

And though not a technical wizard how about Glasgow's finest, Mr Angus Young?

In a band situation the two guys from Judas Priest, Tipton and Downing were brilliant together.

A few names to juggle with are Jan Ackerman from Focus, Uli Jon Roth, Ronnie Montrose and Leslie West from Mountain.

Though not my cup of tea, or coffee, are Robert Cray and Buddy Guy.

[Ace]

Glad Randy Rhoads was mentioned, but no Stevie Ray Vaughan or The Edge? Before anyone scoffs at Mr The Edge, he has the ability to make a single note have the effect of several notes, simply and fucking effective!!
We're always gonna have Vai/Van Halen/Satriani/Clapton etc, but there are some brilliant guitarists out there. Punk never had any real guitar heroes, although Mick Jones wrote some great stuff, but I doff my cap to Steve Jones of The Sex Pistols who had never had a lesson, and learned riffs from records. His playing is so bad, its amazing. Again, very simple chord structures and MAXIMUM effect!!

[The Last Word]

Here goes...

John Fruscianti - RHCP
David Gavurin - The Sundays*
Johnny Greenwood - Radiohead
The Edge - U2
Steve Jones - The Sex Pistols
Dave Navarro - Janes Addiction
Jerry Cantrell - Alice in Chains

*astonishing on Reading, Writing and Arithmatic.


The Last Word