Kanrocksas Music Festival - August 5th and 6th - Kansas Speedway

Not that I have any personal affinity for him at all, but he has been ranked in the top 100 guitarists of all time by rolling stone (and a pretty large voting panel). Considering the millions and millions of people who have played or do play guitar, and the billions and billions of people who have walked the earth, being in (or anywhere close to) the top 100 would most certainly constitute "good" in my book.

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I would imagine I am a worse authority than they are. I doubt I could even name 100 guitarists. And you missed my point. Just because he's not as good as those other people you listed (in your opinion at least) doesn't mean he's not a good guitarist. And again, I'm not necessarily trying to defend the guy (in fact, I never much cared for the white stripes). I mean, what would your cut off for "good" be then, or "sub-adequate" as you seem to think he is?

Well, writing catchy and commercially successful guitar riffs is a subjective criteria that he has apparently been pretty good at. Being a guitarist/musician is more than just technical ability alone.

Anyway, i have had my say, we are obviously not getting anywhere with this.

As for vids you posted, I didn't personally much care for the Petrucci one. Not my style. The other 3 are pretty solid, and I like that you included Andy McKee as he is a local-ish guy and someone I have actually heard of.

Eh, if it weren't for spirited discussion on occasion, forums would be pretty bland.

Then why have people like Jimmy Page and Alex Lifeson said those words? I think those guys are far from ill-informed. Jack White is highly revered among his peers and is so for a reason. He has jammed with a lot of legendary guitarist and held is own. Have you ever listened to any of his jam sessions? Unfortunately, there use to be a bunch of Youtube I use to listen too but they have been removed.

What exactly are you basing this on? The White Stripes? While I enjoy their music, it was very simplistic and is definitely not a taste of how talented Jack White is. Have you listened to the Raconteurs or the Dead Weather? He plays drums on the majority of DW songs but plays guitar on a few tracks. But, if you can find some of his jam sessions, it may change your opinion of him.

I completely agree on Rolling Stone. They have some good articles but paying attention to those list is like using MTV to discover new music.

Have you ever listened to Tommy Emmanuel? If you are into guitar, I definitely recommend him. I have seen him live twice and would jump at a chance to see him again. I have a friend who has played guitar for 20 years and his jaw dropped when I took him to see him at a festival I was at. He is probably the best I have seen. He was even better than Bellamy and Omar Rodríguez-López who both had me stunned when I saw them.

You're definitely right about that. I have had the pleasure of meeting some fantastic musicians through my father-in-law who has been playing and touring for 40 years. As he said, he has met some amazing musicians but they couldnt come up with their own material to save their life. They can only play others songs and maybe add their own flavor to those songs but even creating the tiniest bit of music is more than a challenge for them.

I really like this YouTube video. Classical music + metal shredding is always a good time.

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The Dead Weather are one of my favorite bands over the last 5 years. I would suggest listening to both their albums in entirety. They have a hell of a line-up of musicians and Alison Mosshart is both wild and crazy hot on stage. I really hope they get booked for Kanrocksas because they are suppose to do some touring this summer.

If I can find some jam sessions anywhere, I will post them. However, last time I checked Youtube, the links I had saved had been removed. There is some good stuff in their including some of Jack just playing for like 10 minutes straight. It's better stuff than anything he ever recorded.

That is how I feel about most metal for the last 15 years. You'd think some of these bands full of people that have obviously spent a great deal of time learning their instruments would hire singers that have also honed their instrument.



Here is another metal + classical mash up I really like. It also demonstrates a guitarist who always hires good singers for his bands.

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