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re: EVH overrated or top 10 like they say?
Posted on 4/3/25 at 8:43 am to Saint Alfonzo
Posted on 4/3/25 at 8:43 am to Saint Alfonzo
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If you were to pick one guitarist as the best from the '80s the top two choices would be Eddie or Randy.
Stevie Ray Vaughan? Jeff Healey?
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Posted on 4/3/25 at 8:53 am to nealnan8
Getting far afield from the OP, but I think this top 20 list features entertainers who also play guitar. I’ll focus on country and bluegrass because that’s my professional background. Roy Clark was a great entertainer who made easy guitar passages look hard. Sure, that’s a talent, but listing him above the myriad Nashville session guitarists who shaped country music is a joke. Doc Watson arguably was a better entertainer than Tony Rice, but he lacked Tony’s technique, creativity, and influence on bluegrass flatpicking. Similarly, Billy Strings has set a new standard for bluegrass entertainment with his rock-style shows, but there are more respected bluegrass guitarists in far greater demand for sessions than he is right now.
This post was edited on 4/3/25 at 8:56 am
Posted on 4/3/25 at 10:18 am to Bjorn Cyborg
The depth of Randy's classical training is debatable.
Thanks to YouTube, it's obvious that a teenaged Malmsteen was light years ahead of him in terms of the whole "neoclassical" genre anyway.
He is a bigger influence than Rhoads.
Thanks to YouTube, it's obvious that a teenaged Malmsteen was light years ahead of him in terms of the whole "neoclassical" genre anyway.
He is a bigger influence than Rhoads.
Posted on 4/3/25 at 12:35 pm to 88Wildcat
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Stevie Ray Vaughan? Jeff Healey?
Stevie would be an excellent choice. I liked Jeff Healey, on a top ten or whatever list of blues players he's probably an honorable mention.
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