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Prince, yes absolutely, I've got lots of his records and I have a huge
amount of respect for him as an artist formerly now not known as Sqiuggle!
:-) But seriously, Prince is cool by me,  great player, singer, songwriter.

Keef Richards- well, the Stones are one of my all time fave bands- what a
riffmeister!

Led Zep  did "rip off" a few blues artists, but if you look back at the
history of the blues, they were doing that a long time before Led Zep, its a
folk music tradirion after all. Maybe Zeps worst crime is they made a lot of
money out of it. Still Zep are my no1 fave band.

as for sax/violin being more expressive than electric guitar- you may have a
point, but  that would probably depend on the particular players, and the
listeners taste.


May I really throw the cat among the pidgeons with a few really
controversial up to date names that I think changed the sound of rock guitar
over the last 10-15 years:-

The Edge (U2), Kurt Cobain, Tom Morello (Rage against the machine), John
Frusciante (Red Hot Chilli peppers).

These are what I would call "attitude" players rather than blistering
soloists, but all four of em are guitar gods in their own right.

flame away, cause I love the 90's music as well!

Cheers

John

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----- Original Message -----
From: <cas@...>
To: <logic-ot@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: 24 June 2001 09:00
Subject: Re: [L-OT] guitar gods


> Hi all.
>
> I'm not a guitar player (I'm a singer/ keyboard player), but I am a
> guitar fan, and there is one guy missing from this list who is
> IMHO one of the most criminally underrated / underestimated /
> underrespected musicians of the late 20 th century: Prince.
>
> Now before I get booed off the stage, consider this: Many of the
> guitarists mentioned in this thread (Clapton, Townsend, Jeff
> Beck) and those not mentioned (Santana, Steve Vai) have all
> stated that they are all fans of Prince's guitar playing skill. Many
> of you have never seen him in concert (probably), but he
> absolutely rips, on guitar AND bass AND keyboards AND drums.
> He has what many of today's (and yesterday's) guitarists are
> lacking: soul. He's got serious skills, and is STILL one of the
> only musician who has been able to successfully stradle the
> rock and R&B worlds.
>
> Say what you want to about his songs (I think most of the stuff he
> did after the Gold Experience pretty much sucked), but you can't
> deny his skill as a guitarist. If you don't belive me, you gotta
> check out the Millenium concert he did in Minneapolis on New
> Years Eve 2000, with special guests Lenny Kravitz and Santana.
> Neat stuff.
>
> My 2
>
> Charles Simmons
> Stuttgart, Germany
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