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Each to their own and I absolutely understand that his personality / his playing / his music isn't everybody's cup of tea, but I'm amazed at the lack of respect from a forum of guitarists for a fellow guitarist.
Being honest, Hendrix and Clapton aren't my bag, but I absolutely honour and respect their innovation, body of work and inspiration to those who followed.
“Theory is something that is written down after the music has been made so we can explain it to others”– Levi Clay
Of course....the early admirers may not have appreciated that each note did not equate to a pick stroke.
Did about 15 minutes of his own material, which was relentless non-stop shred. He was the only one who didn't even speak into his microphone and gave no indication he gave a toss about the audience. Then he came back on at the end for "Smoke on the Water" with loads of other guitarists, and Glenn Hughes singing. He was shredding throughout the verses and choruses, and clearly found it impossible to shut up for even ten seconds. He made the whole song impossible to enjoy.
He's the main reason shred guitar has a bad name. Whereas another guest at the Marshall concert, Paul Gilbert, put on a wonderful set which displayed everything that is good about technical guitar playing.
He came back immediately with, "glad to see my Dad was able to make it tonight"
Stunning gig. Yeah him standing up and blasting, totally in the moment, going berserk... passion, wow.
Moving slightly off topic (sorry), I listened recently to a R4 discussion about Beethoven.
Beethoven had a reputation in Vienna as a musical "genius". But at this point his compositions skills were less well known.
He was hailed as a genius for his improvisation in his live performances.
At some point perhaps we will discuss the relative merits of a classically trained musician against another musician. Miles Davis studied music theory but his reputation is based on improvisation. A classical musician clearly has considerable skill (both mechanical skill and ability to "interpret").
But if this musician cannot improvise, where should we rate his/her overall skill on a scale of 1 to 100?
And would Miles Davis rate much higher on this scale?
I have huge respect for him and he spearheaded that particular style, but it wasn't something that was totally my thing.
I suppose a better question for me is: When did you decide you didn't want to be a cross between Robben Ford and Nuno Bettencourt?
To which the answer is: Not Yet. I'm still trying.
When did you decide you didnt want to be Yngwie Malmsteen ?
January 1st 2018
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself