Halen is fastest of the lot

Post #52,188 by tuberculosis 9/18/02 12:31:04 PM Reply	Halen is fastest of the lot And here's the kicker in my book - he has the most melodic phrasing of the speed demons IMNSHO. Satriani and Vai are indeed wonderful technicians - but they sort of leave me cold. There's a lot more to being good than being fast. I'd rather be tasty than speedy in my licks and thats always been my (and probably that Clapton guy's ;-) focus. Randy Rhoades was amazing for what little I got to hear him but he didn't last long enough for me really to get a great sense of his range. Also, I gotta toss in an honorable mention for Alvin Lee and Nokie Edwards (The Ventures). Two righteous and under-credited players in my book. As for Hendrix (one of my faves - I learned every single tune on Smash Hits in High School) I never think of the guy as fast so much as wonderfully savage in his approach to the instrument. He played hard and innovated a bunch of techniques (really changed what "electric guitar playing" means) but he was never all that clean by modern standards. I am out of the country for the duration of the Bush administration. Please leave a message and I'll get back to you when democracy returns.
Post #52,192 by boxley 9/18/02 12:53:57 PM Reply	I have never seen eddie play live But watching ritchie Blackmore, John Lister(unknown) and Johnny Winters I must disagree on that basis. Perhaps Eddie live does more. Alvin Lee should have made my list, I have enough of his lp's. thanx, bill will work for cash and other incentives [link\|http://home.tampabay.rr.com/boxley/resume/Resume.html\|skill set] qui mori didicit servire dedidicit
Post #52,311 by tuberculosis 9/19/02 9:51:04 AM Reply	Speaking of Live - Steve Howe of Yes blew me away on the Tormato tour when I saw them at the Olympia in Detroit hundreds of years ago. I also recall him being Guitar Player Magazine's perennial favorite for years and years. Much nifty acoustic work as well as electric. How come all the really great players are all old like us? I'm not hearing the new generation of great guitar stuff. Am I too old? (Its not too loud yet). I am out of the country for the duration of the Bush administration. Please leave a message and I'll get back to you when democracy returns.
Post #52,204 by deSitter 9/18/02 2:34:17 PM Reply	Re: Halen is fastest of the lot I can hardly listen to VH et al because to me it's primarily technical and not musical (well, I'm not much for that genre in any case). On the other hand I can listen to Neil Young all day, and he still gets scoffed at by guitar snobs, in spite of being more or less the only survivor of the 60s, in the sense of making current music. The same issue comes up with classical pianists, where the academic impetus is toward techincal perfection at the expense of musicality. With the piano the bad results are far more obvious than with the guitar, because the phrasing is so much more important. -drl

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