I think he was more referring to her saying it makes him all super mysterious and deep.

Well to be honest, it does.

Nobody actually knows what he looks like or what kind of person he really is.

The point made was that he wears a bucket
to hide his identity, and thus to shift the focus
from his identity to his music.

However, by wearing a bucket on his head
he crafts a stronger identity than he would
by just showing his face so that argument
strikes me as illogical. I would further argue
that by wearing a bucket on your head you're
going for the "weird, mysterious" identity to
sell records to kids into that kinda thing.

That's a pretty good list Leo. I'd agree for the most part. I'd still put Slash and Clapton higher, maybe.

Kill Buckethead, put Rhoads higher and Iommi on the list and it's not bad in the least. Definitely like someone who enjoys Mark Knopfler. Much as I like Eddie, I don't think he should be quite so high. Also Fogerty needs on.

But Buckethead is a very talented musician, he's very underrated, obviously theres a good reason for this. Theres not much commercial appeal for a man who wears a bucket on his head.

Bucketheads reason for concealing his indentity is pretty much the same reason The Resident's concealed theres. So it would be about their music and not about their identity. Though it does create a mystique about them too.

Speaking of which. You remember that whole rumor about The Residents actually being The Beatles?

http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/o20518.jpg?

Didn't they get sued over this?

Image dosen't show but I know you're talking about the cover of Meet the Residents. EMI and Capital threatened to sue, but they didn't because they re-released it with an alternate cover.

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Mike Kenealy Band 6-17-06 "Li'l"

Very good question.

Page was superior in technique and diversity of style. Hendrix was superior in originality and innovativness. Which is more important? That's tough.

I think Hendrix set the light bulb off in his fellow rock musicians heads more so than anyone else. And even had an affect on someone like miles Davis and page himself. He's very possibly the most Influential guitarist ever, but of course page is right behind him.

When you look at their styles, page was more mathematical, more structured and more thought out. Hendrix, on the other hand, had this quality about his playing that was so free. It's been said that he played his guitar like it was an extension of his body and mind, which could be said about a lot of guitarists, but I think it really showed Hendrix. He was such a great improviser, he rarely played a song exactly the same more than once. And in the studio he coaxed such unique tones and sounds out of his guitar, there was really nothing else like it at the time.

Jimi Hendrix and Brian May.

Been getting into (revisiting) some Vai lately. The man is a monster, and totally ego driven, but when it comes to skill, and passion for the guitar, he's one of the best.

Case in point #1


Steve Vai - "I Know You're Here" - YouTube

...do I need a #2?

No second point needed. He's a freak. It's not even fair. But I will say he totally ripped hendrix the main riff of "tender surrender".

So did I for Son Of Soothsayer. Unknowingly until someone pointed it out. And Hendrix ripped off of his contemporaries too.

Yeah Hendrix doesn't even realize how bad he ripped off Rachmaninoff.

Oh, wait...

This is a poll about Hendrix vs Page...

*backs away slowly*

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I'd like to see one musician who hasn't ripped off another at some point.

I should probably dabble in the art of ripping off a little more, myself. Might make me a better musician :laughing:

You'd be suprised. Any form of art is plagiarism on a quantitative level at some point. It's the building blocks of creativity.

Dimebag was the gitarist from Pantera. May his soul rest well.

Opps, too late. Sorry. You were obviously answered before :cool:

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Now to answer. I'm going to say that Hendrix had more ability, but I have never enjoyed any of the three songs I've heard of him as all of the several songs I've listened of Led Zeppelin.

Musical enjoyment should count, right? Hendrix wins, but I wanna thank Page for bringing up Led Zeppelin. That's love.

Dimebag
 

Personally I find the best technical guitarist is Steve Vai - the true virtuoso of the guitar. But, guitarists like Ritchie Blackmore and Eric Clapton are also staggering guitar players despite playing less complex music.

There are so many great ones! Jimi Hendrix, Brian May, Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Chuck Berry... I can't rule it down to only one.

Duane Allman > all

Jimi Hendrix
Dimebag Darrell
Eric Clapton
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Duane Allman
Steve Vai
Joe Satriani

Hard to make a final decision...