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Originally Posted by Jim Williams  I must have heard about 100 unknown guitar players that could play circles around him. |
Most being in Escondido, of course.
Seriously, so have I, but none who were lead singers, frontmen and did the majority of the lyrical and musical songwriting good enough to hit the top of the charts. SRV was the total package.
A real sign of his legacy--and the same can be said of Eddie Van Halen, Jimmy Page, Chuck Berry, Hendrix ect. is how many guitarists were compelled to imitate him.
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Originally Posted by Jim Williams The guitar god era is over. |
Being a guitar player, I saw it coming in the late 1980's. When the guitar chops became more important than the song itself, I knew it was just a matter of time.
It seems Corbain and the grunge boys in Seattle basically spat upon every woodshedding punk kid in foofy hair/spandex pants along with their legato flurries and countless hours in front of a mirror (practicing their head nods, windmills and sneers).
The guitar god was reduced to an outdated fad, kind of like pooka shells. Too bad tasty guitar solos--those that added a nice seasoning to an already tasty song--were thrown out in the bathwater.
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Originally Posted by Jim Williams We are in the Jessica Simpson era. |
Traded one recipe for another. Slut-blondes and gangsta wannabes.
I keep hoping/waiting for a renaissance involving both creativity and musical talent, but each year it's still slut-blondes and gangsta wannabes. Was encouraged when groups like Brian Setzer and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy started to get traction with the teen audience, but it fizzled. Keep hoping, though.
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