Music Banter - Clapton, Beck, Page vs Hendrix, Gibbons, Vaughn

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Originally Posted by SATCHMO (Post 659751)

Gibbons sticks out like a sore thumb in this thread. Not one I would consider a noteworthy guitarist.

The Revernd Willie G. is one of the best blues-rock guitar players, I like his style Texas Blues has a swing feel and he play with dynamics and has a texture to his playing, some times he uses his fingers or a peso when he plays.

The reason I picked him is because of an interveiw I saw of Jimi Hendrix, he was asked what new guitar player (then) he liked and Jimi responded Billy Gibbons, so he is considered note worthy to Jimi Hendrix. I saw another interveiw where Billy Gibbons put in a good word for Stevie Ray Vaughn. So that is the link between those three. And everyone know about the Yardbirds, right?

Probably: Page > Hendrix > Beck > Clapton > Vaughn > Gibbons

Cream is the only work of Clapton that I really listen to. Beck is a very intriguing guitar player whose works I just recently started to really listen to. But out of all these Page is by far the guitarist I listen to and appreciate the most.

Clapton experienced a steep drop off after "Layla", but that album as well as Blind Faith, Cream, and especially Blues Breakers were exceptional, making his peak period very similar to Hendrix. Jeff Beck is my favoritie guitarist, period. He was the most innovative of all three, pioneering psychedelic rock with the YBs, heavy-metal w/ JBG, funk-rock w/ "Superstition" and some of the most beautiful and nuanced guitar runs during "Blow By Blow/Wired"', elevating guitar solos to heights rarely heard.

Though I really can't stand to listen to ZZ Top. Gibbons IS an exceptional guitarist.

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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam (Post 659413)

i don't really listen to any of them but i can tell you for certain Eric Clapton is one of the most boring guitarists i've had the misfortune to hear. his playing conjures up images of aging bluesmen sitting in a rocking chair still sticking to the guns they proudly wear as if to say "look at what i've done here, still playing the same licks forty years later."

insanely overrated as a guitarist and unimaginably boring to listen to.

Thats like criticising Michelangelo for not changing his stroking style after he painted The Sistine Chapel.

Still tend to agree with you mind

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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam (Post 659598)

no, i think pretty much everything he did was terrible. Cream, Yardbirds, Blind Faith were all pretty bad. i haven't heard John Mayalls Bluesbreakers, can't comment on that. only Derek and the Dominoes really has any redeeming qualities, and that could easily be attributed to Duane Allman's participation in the group.

i get fairly aggravated at all the crap floating around that still puts him on some ridiculous pedestal. i don't find his work remotely intriguing.

I think you have to hear that Bluesbreakers with Clapton record; some of his guitar playing on there is really great stuff. I love that record, especially All Your Love.

In terms of Clapton, I've always liked his tone, I think his vibrato is exceptional, and I've always thought he played tastefully. I suppose I can see where you are all coming from, but there are definitely things I find musically interesting about his playing, even in terms of his solo career. Back in the day during some live Cream shows though, I've heard him really give it and I think those old live shows are probably the best reflection of what he was truly capable of.

Clapton has never slowed down as an amazing guitarist. The issue is that he's not as strong as an individual strongwriter, which is why his best material is usually written by someone else or co-written with them, or covers.

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Originally Posted by boo boo (Post 660282)

I can agree with that.

I am not a big Clapton fan although John Mayall's Bluesbreakers is still one of my favourite Blues Rock albums ever. I'm not a big Cream fan. Don't dislike them at all but rarely listen to them however Clapton is basically a lazy bastard especially since the early 70's and has only shown glimpses to how good he can be. This work with Roger Waters is however sublime and one of my favourite guitar solo's ever, even he sounds a trife like Gilmour for some reason.