Music Poll - Favourite Lead Guitarist see OP Closes Midnight today

[stonerblue]

If he is, then serious music re-education is in order!

Jangly indie guitarists are ten a penny :)

Rubbish. Marr's subtlety and space pisses all over any spandex axe weilders

 

[RobMCFC]

Fixed that for you :-)

Wouldn’t you know it – a few hours after saying that Johnny Marr wasn’t that special, a Smiths tracks has just come on Spotify at the end of the Pixies album that I’m listening to for the album thread. I’ve not heard it before, and it’s really good! (“What Difference Does It Make?”)

 

[RobMCFC]

Rubbish. Marr's subtlety and space pisses all over any spandex axe weilders

That wasn't the point I was making, and I did point out in my "limited exposure" to The Smiths.

(Sorry, that comment was from my second reference to Marr! - too many posts today).

Although your comment seems to suggest that you've listened to all spandex axe-wielders and dismissed them all.

Also, see my above post.

 

[GornikDaze]

I raise your Bill with a Kyle

How about a Steve…

 

[Tuearts right boot]

Jimmy Page
Ritchie Blackmore
Steve Rothery
Mark Knopler
Eric Clapton
Angus Young
Steve Morse
Tony Iommi
Pete Townshend

 

[Blue and true]

If John Frusciante (circa Californication) isn't top then the list is invalid.

 

[threespires]

It’s “favo(u)rite” though. Always the issue with threads like this. Have always liked Zep and Page but he doesn’t make my top ten of “favo(u)rites” which includes plenty of firework-makers but also just folks who sound different or were innovative or just fast and clean. Plenty of great music without guitar solos, just great guitars e.g.

exactly, I'm probably going with Cropper as my #1 on the basis that if I sat down and tried to write up any version of my 100 favourite songs he'd probably be playing on at least 10% of them, hugely distinctive but at the same time it's always about the song and never about him

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

exactly, I'm probably going with Cropper as my #1 on the basis that if I sat down and tried to write up any version of my 100 favourite songs he'd probably be playing on at least 10% of them, hugely distinctive but at the same time it's always about the song and never about him

Always liked Steve Cropper. Plus he was in The Blues Brothers!

 

[PragueBlue]

If John Frusciante (circa Californication) isn't top then the list is invalid.

He was on my list, though not top.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

This. Bloke was a genius, definitely in my top five.

Unrelated, haven't seen a single womans name mentioned yet. (In fairness it doesn't matter, as whoever wins this poll, they'll owe a debt to Sister Rosetta. She might have been wearing your grannies coat but she was cool as fuck).

She was UNREAL, but stylistically not my thing. I thought about one woman but she stayed on the cutting room floor largely because her guitar style doesn't work without her band mate (that would be Carrie Brownstein).