Comments on: The Late Movies: Guitar Virtuosos

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 02:00:09 +0000

Very nice, thanks for sharing! Here are a couple maybe you haven’t heard before, worth checking out: Junior Brown and Joe Robinson.

By: Chatusripitak

Chatusripitak — Wed, 12 May 2010 05:52:04 +0000

I agree with most, especially Buckethead and Dick Dale. I also don’t like Slash, he never appealed to me.Though I think Santana, Daron Malakian,Zakk Wylde, James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett need to be on here.

By: Davey

Davey — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:16:20 +0000

Great list of some of the best ever! This is not exactly my choices, but close. Nice job :) and thanks for putting it together.

By: skook

skook — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:57:09 +0000

Those guys in King Crimson were pretty good, as well as Stills/Young, Verlaine/Lloyd, Allman/Betts,Zappa, Steve Hillage,David Hidalgo, Bill Frisell, Jimmy Bryant/Speedy West, John McLaughlin, but my favorite is still Hendrix, no er Beck, um Santana, ok it’s Neil Young.

By: Don

Don — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:21:57 +0000

Yo, Ransom, please look at that Slash clip a little more carefully. HE didn’t screw up, the DRUMMER did! Slash gives him a look like “WHOA, where the hell are YOU coming in, dumbass! LISTEN to me… wait for it… wait for it… NOW STUPID!!!”. Just sayin’. Slash DOES NOT belong on a list of “best guitar players EVAR” but this one was NOT because he isn’t competent… he is.

And Yngwie is gawd. ;)

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:06:57 +0000

I’ve got to add Russell Malone. Bebop guitar is something else.

By: Meg

Meg — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:09:00 +0000

No Carlos Santana? He’s a must for me. :-)

Glad to see the clip of Jimmy Page playing with a violin bow…I have the recording of him doing it in Dazed and Confused, but I had never actually witnessed it.

By: RIchard Y

RIchard Y — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:40:21 +0000

@Nurse Monica: It seems to me that the plural is “virtuosi” and the feminine would be “virtuosa” but I could be way off as those are simply guesses.

Clapton, I love his work but even he acknowledges that he tried to emulate his favorite artists rather than create new riffs (unlike Jimi, for example).
All the haters need to buzz off, there are tons of great guitarists that will never be known and never be on any prominent list. Thank the intergods for YouTube.

By: Chip Adams

Chip Adams — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:45:39 +0000

Don’t forget Chip Adams.

By: Nurse Monica

Nurse Monica — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:59:26 +0000

I find it interesting that there are no women guitar virtuosos…

People who can play instruments well fascinate me, so I really enjoyed watching all the clips. I like Lindsey Buckingham, I never realized how talented he is until I saw Fleetwood Mac in concert a few years ago.