Yup.
But the my-favorite-guitarist-is-better-than-your-favorite-guitarist game got a little tired by the end of high school.
Are they innovators…yes.
Are they the best-guitarist-ever…?
Maybe.
But every medium sized city has at least a dozen guys who can play as well as any of these guys.
right then. left to right, top to bottom:
1 Zappa
2 Harrison
3 Slash
4 Hendricks
5 Richards
6 Page
7 Vaughan
8 Clapton
9 Knopfler
10 May
11 Ramone
12 White
13 Edge
14 Berry
15 Young
16 Townshend
17 Iommi
18 Van Halen
19 Gilmour
20 Frehley
21 Blackmore
22 Allman
23 Hammett
24 Santana
25 Frusciante
26 Malmsteen
27 Cobain
28 Bloomfield
29 Garcia
30 Cooder
31 Diddley
32 Beck
33 Morello
34 Setzer
35 Green
No Nielson, Lifeson, Howe, Satriani, Vai, Rhodes, or Walsh Buckingham, or Schon? this is very cool, but give me a break.
Yup.
But the my-favorite-guitarist-is-better-than-your-favorite-guitarist game got a little tired by the end of high school.
Are they innovators…yes.
Are they the best-guitarist-ever…?
Maybe.
But every medium sized city has at least a dozen guys who can play as well as any of these guys.
Fame is about breaks as much as its about chops.
Unfortunately, that last line is the truest of all, even for these guys.
Would have been one hell of a ‘Guitar Hero’ Game…