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Been thinking about a real bonefide Guitar hero in Eric Clapton, how many guitar hero`s can say they were in two major big name bands ?
Eric has been in , Yardbirds, Mayalls Bluesbreakers, Cream, Derek and the Dominoes , Blind Faith plus even bigger star as a solo artist !
Anyone one else even compare with that kind of legacy ?
So for me, the greatest guitar hero of all time. Though not the last....
Well, so that's how it is, either love slash, or your an uptight wanker ? Ok and here's me thinking it was about musical ability and quality of songs. No one is saying he ain't any good, but still stand by what I said, he did not bring anything new to the game, same as Bonnamassa, SRV and Gary Moore really. And I love Gary Moore for his sheer balls to the wall attitude and attack in his tone. If it's down to sales, then Brian May must be up there. When a major band splits and the guitarist goes on to do something new, if he still churns out same old stuff but with new lineup, is that the mark of a great or a has been ?
Innovative, talented, great song writing skills and all around awesome.
How do you know he hasn't brought anything new to the game if you've only heard less than one per cent of his music?
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
I used to work with a guy who was a total Clapton freak but he hated that song. He said that Clapton had spent his whole career trying to play the blues and when he finally had something to have the blues about he produced some mawkish midddle of the road crap (I am heavilly paraphrasing here).
In fairness Clapton has recorded a lot of stuff and the quality varies enormously. As a guitar player/ hero quite early in he seemed to have decided he had taken it as far as he could take it and wanted to develop other areas instead - his singing and his substance abuse primarilly.Now he is like your cool old uncle who turns up at christmas in his sports car, gives good gifts and does a party turn. Then when he goes everyone discusses him over the washing up saying he can't really be happy without a normal family life.
a guitar hero is $something different to everyone.
eg: Guthrie Govan - a clear guitar hero to the modern world, went from working in McDonalds to being one of the most celebrated guitarist in the last 5 years. Inspired many people to pickup a guitar, inspired many people to get better at the guitar, inspired many people to look at what they where playing and how they where playing it, a technical wizard with some superb soulful playing.
does he inspire me....no. Is he a guitar hero to me, no, and that is removing zero of his superb respect for playing, writing, tone, etc, he just doesn't inspire me (although I enjoy reading his interviews).
when I was a younger, Slash, is he technically amazing, not really compared to say Guthrie, does he play with soul, yeah I think so, is he a great song writer - hard to say as the G'N'R stuff that is celebrated was more a group than an individual effort and his current stuff doesn't make me believe. However was he a guitar hero to me, yes, everything about him, how he played, the sound he made made me want to get better at playing, every day. Is he a guitar hero to me now, no although I still enjoy his earlier work, does he inspire me to play or influence how I play now, no pretty much never, is he a guitar hero to me now - yes I still appreciate the impact he had on me and others, even if he has zero impact on me now.
Brad Paisley - is he a good technical guitarist, yeah in a certain style, does he play with soul, yeah I think so, is h a good writer, well certainly not bad and a ton of grammy's suggest not too shabby. Does he inspire me to play, yeah a bit, nice to stretch yourself and try different styles, he certainly inspired me to look at certain tones I used and tweak them a bit, his playing has had an impact on the older me in terms of listening to what "not" to play and how to be a bit more subtle. is he a guitar hero to me now, nah not really but he should be, as a younger me I'd have laughed at me being influenced by him, should he be a guitar hero, if you're into that style, yes probably.
it's an example of how people who "should" be guitar heros are not - not for any reason other than the person
How different people will be inspired by different things - you don't have to be the best guitarist to inspire someone to be a better guitarist, and also being the best guitarist doesn't always inspire someone.
things change - what worked for you before doens't work for you now.
It's a really hard moving target to hit.