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Thread ID: 101357	2009-07-11 10:56:00	Greatest Guitar Player	Twelvevolts (5457)	PC World Chat

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790980	2009-07-12 05:45:00	Mark Knopfler > God. I can listen to Dire Staits for hours, Its all kicked back but it just sizzles and swings without ever letting fly. Stunning. And makes the Edge look like ****.:D That, I will agree with. Although that doesn't stop me liking the edge as well :p.	Erayd (23)
790981	2009-07-12 06:02:00	Gary Moore especially for Parisienne walkways never fails to blow me away when I hear it it, whether it be the Blues version or the Rock version	gary67 (56)
790982	2009-07-12 06:48:00	Nobody has mentioned 'Mr Guitar'.........Chet Atkins. ;)	Richard (739)
790983	2009-07-12 06:59:00	Impossible to say who the 'greatest' is as it's totally subjective, but as someone who's played guitar for 19 years, I can say without doubt that Steve Vai has the greatest technical mastery of anyone who's ever picked up the instrument. If you look at what he can do with 6 (or 7!) strings, and how easy he makes virtuoso techniques seem, you can't go past him. There are plenty of technical wizards out there, but none of them have the expression, flair, and experimental vibe of Vai.	nofam (9009)
790984	2009-07-12 07:08:00	At least a couple of people would like this (www.guitar-tube.com). (Chet and Mark)	R2x1 (4628)
790985	2009-07-12 07:45:00	At least a couple of people would like this (www.guitar-tube.com). (Chet and Mark) Maybe make it three....I liked it too. Here is the Django version of 'I'll see You In My dreams' (which incidently goes back to at least 1925) www.youtube.com	Terry Porritt (14)
790986	2009-07-12 08:11:00	Maybe make it three....I liked it too. Here is the Django version of 'I'll see You In My dreams' (which incidently goes back to at least 1925) www.youtube.com The tune was composed by Gus Kahn and Isham Jones in 1924, this the first recording: www.redhotjazz.com	Terry Porritt (14)
790987	2009-07-12 08:29:00	Santana (The survivor) - Had his first vinyl album I bought back in 1975 (Called Santana made in 1968/1969). Very percussion based, with a bit of fast/groove guitar that he still does today. Where are the others from the 60's? Including Jimmy Page - last I saw online he was giving out autographs for Brazilian street kids or similar... Also Robin Trower - I had some of his vinyls...	kahawai chaser (3545)
790988	2009-07-12 08:45:00	Greg - I think you'll find that John Williams, by his own admission, worshiped at the feet of Segovia.	Dally (6292)
790989	2009-07-12 09:10:00	Greg - I think you'll find that John Williams, by his own admission, worshiped at the feet of Segovia. I didn't know that. But John Williams is quoted (en.wikipedia.org) as saying: * "I have to say, with the benefit of hindsight, that I don’t think he was a good teacher. He didn’t tell us what to aim for in the structure. For example, in a Bach suite [...]"[17] * "The general mood in all of his classes was one of great fear. People were frightened because he made such an example of the people who failed and would get angry. Everyone knew that he was happiest when they imitated him."[17] * "and my father was a great teacher... so that was the most important part of my teaching, not with Segovia!" [Segovia] was "a great inspiration for a young person," but "not a good teacher - he was a rather bad teacher. He was very simplistic and authoritarian... it doesn't actually help you as a musician."[18] * "The Segovia gestures—extra vibrato and dwelling on a note or chord at a cadence—is not musical freedom. There has been a tendency among guitar players to think that doing these things for their own sake quite apart from the context of a piece of music as a whole, is in some way expressive. I view them as simply mannerisms[...]"[17] (On the other hand, some reviewers consider John Williams' modern approach as "stiff and standoffish", "prosaic", "seriously constricting the expressive range of his music making", etc.[19]) Anyway, it sure ain't my area of expertise.	Greg (193)
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