1. Rory Gallagher
(electrifying, non-compromising, exposing his soul in every note he played)
1.5. David Gilmour
(unique soundscape visionary with such a tone and musical spirit....)
(ps. I would've picked the Roger Waters O2 (with Gilmour as a special guest during Comfortably Numb) version but it Gilmours playing was off that night, possibly because he was like 30 feet up in the air on a small platform)
(RIP Rick Wright)
2. Tony Iommi
(the father and caretaker of heavy/doom (and proto-thrash like symptom of the universe) metal)
3. Jimmy Page (up until around autumn 1975, after that he did so much smack it affected his playing too much)
Honorable mentions:
Jimi Hendrix (unfortunately he was burned out in 1970 from constant constant work, touring, being shafted by Mike Jeffrey and everyone pulling him in every direction possible).
Uli Jon Roth (father of neometal and some really spaced out savvy playing. Check out Sails of Charon if you wonder what I'm on about)
Ritchie Blackmore (I preferred his first two Rainbow albums to the Deep Purple stuff)
Duane Allman (slide rocker and bike crasher.. RIP)
Angus Young (king of rock'n'roll stadium riffs)
Mark Knopfler (electric guitar without a pick == unique sound)
Brian "Brain" May (awesome intelligent rock guitarist)
Ace Frehley (not the most technical guitarist but damn he had the sound and the riffs)
There are more but these are the ones on MY list.
Clapton? Overrated. He did some awesome stuff in the 60'ies, like "Steppin' Out" in 1966 with John Mayall etc. but in the 70'ies he basically did pop songs and dug deep into alcohol and drugs (cocaine) and continued well into the 80'ies and even 90'ies with mediocre albums laced with drug induced lack of creativity and inspiration. He then came back home to the blues but not in the 70'ies. Sure, Layla and a few others are good songs but as a guitarist he lacked the power and energy of his 60'ies stuff. He was no longer "God". First Jimi Hendrix came and "killed" him, then he created the most mismatched supergroup in history, Cream, then he kept jumping between bands not finding a home.
Extra honorable mentions to Robert Fripp from King Crimson as well as Leslie West from Mountain, Mick Ronson (David Bowies "spiders from mars" band), Santana, Al Di Meola, all Skynyrd guitarists...
Jesus, I could go on and on. Nevermind, you've got my top #3 and then a bunch of guitarists that I like.
Im going by 'best' as in what I think defined the era as I remember it. and what the '70's' rock sounds like when I think of it.
#1 Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top)
Probably my favorite rock/blues/whatever band
#2 Tom Scholz (Boston)
#3 Angus Young (AC/DC)
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(Yeah I know its a new version,but fuck you its awesome)
Claptons new stuff may be poor, but his early stuff is fantastic.
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I saw things like that in here and in other "woman problems" topics so...... Am I the only one that thinks some authorities needs to be alerted about Saner and him possibly being a rapist and/or kidnapper ?
Saner is not being serious. Unless its the subject of Santa!
(pay close attention to his bassist, Tal Wilkenfeld; an Aussie that knows how the fuck to slap-a-da-bayse)
There are so many others that I don't have time to list them, but there is one that everyone should know:
Kyle Gass - He is a phenomenal guitarist and has a certain quality to his playing that I admire. Love em or leave em, Tenacious D was a fantastical ride into the world of music theory.
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Thanks for the idea Lutz!
There are so many others that I don't have time to list them, but there is one that everyone should know:
Kyle Gass - He is a phenomenal guitarist and has a certain quality to his playing that I admire. Love em or leave em, Tenacious D was a fantastical ride into the world of music theory.
Yea he was great in the 70s!
And I'm gonna say all on this page are crap the only good one is Steve Jones when talking the 70s.
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Yeah, my apologies, there were only two of those that were around in the seventies... I'm all GTA'd out and I don't follow rules, so I merely posted my favorite guitarists from any time. Of course, if we really want to get down-and-dirty about it, I'd say Chet Atkins, Roy Clark, and Les Paul are some of the greatest all-time guitarists. And if you don't know who they are, get you some learnin' son. Get. You. Some. Learnin'.
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Thanks for the idea Lutz!
Believe me, I'm literally ripping my hair out. I had even been watching a bunch of Gilmour and PF videos the same day I made that post. He is an amaaaaazing guitarist with his own unique style with tones and notes that just go straight into your mind and connects you to a plane where music = colours and amazing experiences.
So I'll put David Gilmour under Rory Gallagher, possibly sharing #1 or #2 spot.
And this was specifically aimed at 70'ies guitarists who created their sound and careers out of the revolution from the pop-orientation of the very late 60'ies (and influenced by the fact that Hendrix opened up the instrument to things that before 1966 never existed as ideas).
Most blues musicians did all their stuff in the 40'ies, 50'ies and 60'ies (Freddie King and 100s of other great guitarists). Sadly the 70'ies weren't kind to awesome fantastic players like Buddy Guy, Johnny Winter etc. (which I forgot to mention in my honourable mentions). Well, Johnny Winter had a fairly good career in that decade but Buddy Guy was overlooked somehow (tragedy).
Btw, the differentiation between Rock and Blues in the 70'ies is difficult to make. At which point does Blues become Blues without rock? When John Lee Hooker strikes his guitar and stomps his foot and creates an awesome rhythm and feeling from "simple" strumming? I mean, most of the rock bands of the 70'ies played a lot of blues. Electric Blues?
(I love blues. That's where I started when I learned to play the electric guitar (no tutoring), jamming to blues albums, learning songs from John Mayall and the bluesbreakers.. (Steppin' Out was my first cover ever when I had access to a synth with bass & drums).
The REAL thing that inspired me was Claptons 1966 version which still kicks so much butt (he used a Gibson at that point in time, it wasn't until Hendrix arrived, revolutionised the world and "killed God" that he switched to the strat known as Blackie).
Just listen to that... THAT'S Clapton to me. Not the drab soft stuff he did from early 70'ies and forward. This is electric blues as it should be. It's one of Claptons finest moments not only in the 60'ies but for a long time .
Freddie King has attack, energy and electrifying stuff.. BB King has tasteful, smooth as silk playing and a great voice. They're doing the blues in their own ways. Both are Kings.
Freddie King has attack, energy and electrifying stuff.. BB King has tasteful, smooth as silk playing and a great voice. They're doing the blues in their own ways. Both are Kings.
EDIT: finally found a good version of this on YT. No more of that lowQ bar recording.
For the uninvited, Rory did the acoustic slide like a master when he was only 22, with Muddy Waters on the microphone.
And the sensibility (emotional power) of Rory's playing was just......... well, he's my #1. And he mastered the pinky->volume technique. Never needed a volume pedal.
I wasn't born when Hendrix died (but my dad was on a party with the band during one of Hendrix Experiences gigs in Gothenburg).
I've met people in their 20'ies totally into Zep, Beatles, Yardbird, The Who, Stones etc.
Music is music, good music is good music, no matter when it was made. It's just a matter of stop being a sheep and break out of the norms and allow yourself to open up to stuff outside the charts of today.
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