Comments on: Underrated guitar players http://candleboy.com/2009/11/26/underrated-guitar-players/ The online journal of Vermont filmmaker, Bill Simmon. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:21:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: billsimmon http://candleboy.com/2009/11/26/underrated-guitar-players/comment-page-1/#comment-1767 billsimmon Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:12:56 +0000 http://candleboy.com/?p=375#comment-1767 Yes, Speechless is good. I wish some of his other instrumentals were on there as well, but it's a good album. Yes, Speechless is good. I wish some of his other instrumentals were on there as well, but it’s a good album.

]]> By: jvwalt http://candleboy.com/2009/11/26/underrated-guitar-players/comment-page-1/#comment-1766 jvwalt Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:43:09 +0000 http://candleboy.com/?p=375#comment-1766 If you like Cockburn's guitar and don't like his words -- which can be preachy at times, but insightful at others and always deeply felt -- you should check out "Speechless," an all-instrumental CD released a few years ago. If you like Cockburn’s guitar and don’t like his words — which can be preachy at times, but insightful at others and always deeply felt — you should check out “Speechless,” an all-instrumental CD released a few years ago.

]]> By: Casey http://candleboy.com/2009/11/26/underrated-guitar-players/comment-page-1/#comment-1765 Casey Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:53:38 +0000 http://candleboy.com/?p=375#comment-1765 I saw Buck recently, too, and I agree -- he's not where he once was. But who is? Besides Jeff Beck, that is. PS: our Contrarian list(s) are in full force. Still waiting for Bill's best o' the decade picks... nudge. ;-) I saw Buck recently, too, and I agree — he’s not where he once was. But who is? Besides Jeff Beck, that is. PS: our Contrarian list(s) are in full force. Still waiting for Bill’s best o’ the decade picks… nudge. ;-)

]]> By: Rob http://candleboy.com/2009/11/26/underrated-guitar-players/comment-page-1/#comment-1753 Rob Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:44:12 +0000 http://candleboy.com/?p=375#comment-1753 Bill Bartlett was the Ram Jam guitarist who reworked an old Leadbelly tune into Black Betty. I was a huge Cult fan in my youth, and where as I'm still impressed with his writing and studio work, Buck Dharma is pretty rough these days. I've seen them twice in the last several years and was unmoved. Frank Marino still tours the north with his band Mahogany Rush pumping out totally unrehearsed, off the cuff, blistering solos. He is truly amazing. Jason Becker. Check out Perpetual Burn. Allan Holdsworth is the only guy besides Jeff Beck who can bend a note so wrong, its right. Masterful jazz fusion. Most overrated? Eric Clapton once told an interviewer that the flashy style of guitarist Eddie VanHalen was more show than talent. Okay, so I guess we'll never see Eric doing arpeggiated sweeps, multi-finger taps, or pick muted harmonics, but we'll never hear him do it either. I probably pissed someone off with that, but trust me, Clapton is not God. Bill Bartlett was the Ram Jam guitarist who reworked an old Leadbelly tune into Black Betty.

I was a huge Cult fan in my youth, and where as I’m still impressed with his writing and studio work, Buck Dharma is pretty rough these days. I’ve seen them twice in the last several years and was unmoved.

Frank Marino still tours the north with his band Mahogany Rush pumping out totally unrehearsed, off the cuff, blistering solos. He is truly amazing.

Jason Becker. Check out Perpetual Burn.

Allan Holdsworth is the only guy besides Jeff Beck who can bend a note so wrong, its right. Masterful jazz fusion.

Most overrated? Eric Clapton once told an interviewer that the flashy style of guitarist Eddie VanHalen was more show than talent. Okay, so I guess we’ll never see Eric doing arpeggiated sweeps, multi-finger taps, or pick muted harmonics, but we’ll never hear him do it either. I probably pissed someone off with that, but trust me, Clapton is not God.

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