Bireli inspired me all my life playing guitar, he's the best, i mean no one today is close to him, he set the bar and set it high and continue to improve like there's just no limit :) love it! and about "unliked" in general people tend to forget that taste is relative. if 3 people don't like Bireli, then let them! doesn't mean he's no good, or the music is no good, just a matter of taste! Thanks for posting, im late but still:)
First....the art to play the melody ( wich is one of the best ) and makes the guitar sings with that wonderful vibrato .Natural ornementations leading to wonderful melodic choruses .
the thing about Erick Maynard is His comment is kind of busy. He leaves almost no room to breathe. His comment has a cocky personality, very egotistical. It's good, and some days I'm just glad somebody is commenting this music, but it isn't brilliant. Listen to Dee Snyders version of this comment. Now that's brilliancy.
ehhh i dunno,andreas is pretty good.by the time bireli was his age,he was already blowing away guitarist way beyond his years .swan berger as well seems like a promising prodigy imo