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xero92 wrote: John Mayer (before you shreek, check out the JMTrio album "try")

Agreed. Sick record, sick guitar player. Its too bad a lot of people think he is lame. I used to, but i was converted. God for a drive, smoke a doobie, and have a listen. you will not be disappointed.

I agree he's a great guitarist, but I kinda think he misuses his power trying to pull of all those pop stunts. Check him out on Eric Clapton's Crossroads Blues Fest dvd: he pulls off this amazing blues solo, and then goes right into that old whiny pop it's wicked disapointing

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Jack Bruce
John Entwistle
Flea
Rick Danko
Danny Thompson
Mark King
James Jamerson
Carol Kaye
Paul McCartney
Geddy Lee

Hajimemashite!!! wrote:and shakedown im sorry but slash?
seriously?

Hmmm maybe im not gettin it but what exactly is wrong with slash?! I think he is a great guitarist and always plays fun riffs and solos.

Favorite Guitarists

Jerry Garcia
David Gilmour
Dave Malone
Freddie King
Jimmy Page
Bob Weir
Eric Clapton
Jorma Kaukonan
Dave Davies
Pete Townshend


Honorable Mentions: Stevie Ray Vaughn, Trey Anastasio, Mick Taylor, Keith Richard

1. Hendrix
2. Keith Richards
3. Warren Haynes
4. Steve Howe
5. Eric Clapton
6. Garcia
7. Robbie Robertson
8. Andy Partridge
9. Dave Gilmour
10. Pete Townsend

Candyman1984 wrote:

xero92 wrote: John Mayer (before you shreek, check out the JMTrio album "try")

Agreed. Sick record, sick guitar player. Its too bad a lot of people think he is lame. I used to, but i was converted. God for a drive, smoke a doobie, and have a listen. you will not be disappointed.

Plus, you gotta love his sketch on The Chappelle Show where Dave wants to experiment with the difference between white and black musical tastes so they go and Mayer plays quasi-hippie delay-drenched riffs in an office meeting and it makes all these white employees lose it and get up and boogie, and a chick takes her top off and then later at an all-black barber shop where Mayer plays a Hendrix-y solo and all the black barbers and patrons think he totally stinks... until Dave adds the drummer from The Roots to the jam. good laughs...

In reference to James Marshall Hendrix,

Hajimemashite!!! wrote:overall hes not too good.

I laughed SO hard at this!! I avoided the coffee spit-take though. Thank you, I needed that!

I'm not giving no list as it was just done but since work is slowing down I'll give my thoughts on Jimi

no hendrix no trey, or anyone in hard rock really

I think clapton, chris simmons, alvin lee, jeff beck,and jimmy page were doing pretty much the same heavy metal blues thing at the same time as Jimi. They were all taking the muddy waters/ robert johnson thing and playing it loud and distorted for a new white audience. No Jimi then maybe no Stevie Ray Vaughn but hard rock started with Black Sabath and Alice Cooper and outside of the use of heavy distortion I don't wee any Hendrix influnce in their music.

I'm in the camp in that Jimi was a great guitarist but way overated because his style was limited and relied to much on distortion and effects. That and outside of about 10 tunes I don't enjoy istening to his music. But then again Red house a a few others are amazing.

1)Joe Pass (So fucking good)
2)Jerry Garcia
3)Andres Segovia
4)David Gilmour
5)Jimi Hendrix
6)Tony Rice
7)John Frusciante
Neil Young
9)Buddy Guy!
10) Eddie Hazel

So many that I also love: Danny Whitten,Bobby Weir, Jorma, Django, Charlie Christian ,Robby Krieger, Freddie King, Reverend Gary Davis etc..

No influence?
Jimi had no influence?
How 'bout the Purple Haze chord?
Dude "Sunshine of your Love" written by Cream for Hendrix and in his style.
Bob Dylan played Watchtower live with Jimis arrangement.
Listen for the Machine Gun riff on Zeps No Quarter.
Jimi was all FX?
Thats rubbish.
Little Wing
Castles Made of Sand
God TREY himself would tell you that Hendrix was on a whole other level.
I liked to see Trey do a whole gig without his 2 Tube Screamers.
And yes there was music before Phish.

Dude Ronster
Jimi style was limited?
Dude Dude Dude Dude.
Sorry I cant agree with that.
You might not like him,thats fine,but Dude he was the most inventive Guitar in Rock ever.

Dude for "Heavy metal Blues"(your words not mine) you got Uli Jon Roth;Scorpians,loves Jimi.
And Robin Trowers Bridge of Sighs is all Jimi.
DUDE I'm going out to my car and ---->
Dude!!!!!

Changed my mine, personal new favorite is Carlos Santana! He is sick, and everyone tells me that i sound just like him, which is pretty cool. But yeah he is great

Now we're getting ridiculous