Hi Patrick, thanks for keepin this thread going, it is of course all about
opinion and I respect your's.
patrick wrote
<<<<.....how many note's per minute can you play on a guitar with a bow? to
me, the issue of virtuoso was more...who did what first? not many people
will say much more has ever
been done with an electric guitar than what jimmi hendrix did. he was the
qunatum change. after that...it was shades of change.>>
I'm sure a lot of people will argue that Joni and Neil have put in quite a
few virtuoso
performances ( I've been listening to one of Joni's at Carnegie Hall 72 )
and I've witnessed quite a few of Neil's.But then again I'll admit to a
small bias on both artists.
Whilst I'm the first to admit that Jimi was a unique talent, he did in fact
"copy" lots of licks from his fellow black bluesmen pre-making it. He did
take the raw blues and present it in a way that took the "pop" world by
storm. Remember that, no doubt influenced by Jimi's colour, he was unable to
get a solo record deal in the States. It was only when Jimi came to England
and his amazing talent was packaged by his manager Chas Chandler that Jimi
got his deserved success and
recognition. I'll admit he was a quantum change to the way electric players
practised their craft.
<<<i don't think joni or neil can compare in that arena. they are different
languages. one is singer songwriter...open tunings...guitar and
harmonica...harmony....while the other is sheer expression on six strings in
modal form. they are different languages to me. neither one better than
the
other, but both losing something in the translation of comparison>>>
Again I disagree. Just like Jimi, Joni took her own early folk style, and
married that with
the modal tunings that some of her contemporaries in the folk clubs in
Toronto ( among others)
were experimenting with. To my ears and many of the female songwriters who
came after her
Joni has created and mastered that style of guitar playing, an real
innovator to my mind.
Now Neil, he's admitted to being influenced by Hank Marvin(of the Shadows),
Bert Jansch (the Scottish innovative acoustic player) and Jimi himself.
Neil's taken his limited fretzipping skills and married them to create a
totally unique sound, especially the one note solos.
In my Humble opinion, that makes Jimi unique, it also makes Joni unique and
it makes Neil unique
in their own creation of completely different *sounds*. Many other guitar
players that you mentioned Clapton/Page/Howe are fine players IMHO but
aren't unique enough for my ears.
Now as for my own style it's pretty unique too, nobody could possibly play
as badly as me !
In music everyone's an expert, that's part of the fun of it, and there are
as many opinions as there are combinations of sounds.
What do you mean ? Of course Status Quo have a unique and innovative sound
.....
...........................Steve, the impossible guitar player
