I love Mayer (at least when he is on his game, he shits the bed for at least 2 songs every album but hey it gets him paid) and I thought about him but then I thought about this scenario.

Say 15 years from now there are two 12 year olds learning how to play guitar. Both have amazing potential. Both are completely and totally in love with music to the extent that they will not rest until they "make it". The difference is that one idolizes and is learning by mimicing Jack White while the other is doing the same with John Mayer....

I put more faith in the Jack White fan to make a significant impact than I do his John Mayer counterpart.

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Posted by CottonWasKing

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Posted on 9/28/12 at 7:34 pm to CottonWasKing

Derek Trucks is one that I desperately wanted to vote for but the only thing that kept me from doing so is I'm afraid that he will be forgotten by future generations since he is so far out of the spotlight.

Future musicians will have to search long and hard for him but the ones that find him will be forever changed

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Posted by CocoLoco

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Posted on 9/28/12 at 7:41 pm to CottonWasKing

I can respect that, and I think the world of Jack White. Just speaking personally, I know both have had a significant impact on my influences when it comes to playing guitar. I'm thinking how I want to play like them, and how I would love to do what they do. Mimicking their riffs over and over, trying to get their sounds. I've watched youtube videos of both for years and years learning where they got their inspiration from. I wouldn't be into the Allman Bros, Jimi, SRV, etc. and blues music in general near as much as I am today if it weren't for them.

I think both along with Joe Bonamassa and Derek Trucks, will all be looked back as all time great guitar players down the road though. IMO they all should be mentioned in those top 100 lists. I wouldn't put them nowhere near the top, but I think they do belong.

This post was edited on 9/28/12 at 7:43 pm

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Posted by Chef Leppard

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Posted on 9/28/12 at 7:54 pm to CottonWasKing

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his John Mayer counterpart.

You said that correctly.

In that last Mayer interview I read in rolling stone, he said something to the effect of him and Jack White both being something special. The last ounce of respect that kept me from wanting to choke the douche out of him was gone

Never mention Mayer and White in the same breath. Eva

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