The 10 MOST OVERRATED GUITARISTS | Ranked 

Reminds me of something Simon Nicol said at a Fairport gig, introducing Matty Groves. It’s a fairport folk ballad because it has 18 verses and two chords. If it had two verses and 18 chords it would be a Steely Dan song.

But there are Metal and Progressive Rock & Prog Metal guitarists that do that too. And then people complain that Jazz Guitarists play too many atypical notes and don't make sense to them . . . this is why I enjoy all those styles I just mentioned - VARIETY. And especially when they merge. I enjoy angular, atypical, dissonant music, especially when its heavy. If the "noodling" is tasteful to my ears, I don't mind at all, but I like if its going in the "BeBop" direction too, or being melodic or ferocious. Though many guitarists that are championed today like Tim Henson, I just think its too repetitious, and too much _gimmicky_ techniques (though I've come to enjoy Tosin Abasi and a few others in that subgenre). And this coming from an Allan Holdsworth, Ron Jarzombek (Watchtower, Spastic Ink, Blotted Science) fan. And bands like Gentle Giant and the Mid & Later period of King Crimson.

Yes, and rock guitarist I.Q.s are also typically in the double-digit range.

The difference between Rock and Jazz guitarists is, the Rock guitarist plays really fast but the Jazz guitarist knows all the tricks. 🎸

@@ScotPoland-oi5up funny, but true.

Then go and practice a little bit. It is not that difficult

David Gilmour has been "solved". You could break down Gilmour's note choices and a lot of professional and even bedroom guitarists could. Slap a bunch of wet and modulated effects, and you're there.

@@wolfhard2420 You can't achieve Gilmore's feel and timing through practice. You might learn to play the notes and master the bends but with Gilmore it's all about the feel. If you don't understand that you will never master it.

@@crigonalgaming1258 A comment only a poor or non-musician could make.

@@nyobunknown6983 But I'm a musician. I've seen Guthrie Govan pull a Gilmour-esque style off in his works with Steve Wilson, and his famous guitarists compilation track. It doesn't take too much to do Gilmour. Now try something like a Derek Trucks or Alan Holdsworth. Now that's something else.

@@pontifexvonhummer9459 Can we get that in a guitar pedal or a patch for a modelling amp? The "Andy Gilmour" tone.

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I agree, that was pretty much note for note.

Gilmore is a prime example of it's not what notes you play but how you play them.

@@nyobunknown6983 Then There's Gilmour, who's completely different.

Clapton sucks balls.

Yeah I assumed Clapton was automatically on the list

There's like 50 well known players of that era who could be #1 on the list. Gilmour is a good choice because he's generally rated higher than Clapton. Every shitty blues/rock player who as pointed out is intimidated by original high quality guitar playing, will always cite Gilmour as a real player. It's never Clapton, always Gilmour.

​@@intenzityd3181David is a great fan of E.C., you are not , so what.

I was influenced by both of those guys, probably Clapton first because looked cool onstage. Gilmour because of his sense of melody, but in all actuality they were probably on the same level technically.

because this list was only for people that actually PLAY the guitar

He was the first to come to mind.

@@genx-calibur Ha, good one,

Because he’s not over rated he’s amazing and rated amazing. His resume speaks for itself, time, awards, legacy, great songs etc etc

@@TheChenny73yikes. He’s terribly mediocre

No wonder he was a top studio musician well guitarist in the 1960s

Totally agree with Prince being on the list. But Steve Vai and Hendrix should have been on the list. Vai is / was a technician, not a "musician". Hendrix was the first great innovator...that doesn't mean great musician. Hendrix played for 10-12 years on stage and during that entire time you could count on one hand his "iconic" riffs. Page has DOZENS. Although Hendrix could play a REAL solo...meaning, he could create an intro, theme, variation on that theme, return to theme, and then outro. Zappa was a master at that. Page was a master at that. Vai and Prince are clueless.

Beautiful anecdote! ❤️

Yes! Thank you!

I really don't think so.

Exactly this has happened to John Deacon on Bass

No one who can actually play rates Prince though. It's basically only laypeople who didn't even know he could play guitar being impressed that he can shred a pentatonic lick or two.

@@intenzityd3181 so he's the Kirk Hammett of 80s pop/RnB then.

Let's be honest, he isn't playing Meshuggah. Not hard to control your gain when you're playing soft rock to geriatrics.

Exactly, people doesn’t even know about him.

@@superkatarsis king of Tone that was his song point

Agree

Nobody outside of prog knows him? Right? He is amazing, how is he overrated?

​@@sean317+1

Exactly. Andy Latimer also.

You are saying he doesn't actually improvise. One can't possibly labor over every note when improvising. Also, you know that there's substantial evidence to show that the human mind makes decisions b4 we are aware of them? You may have convinced yourself that the note choices Gilmour makes are in line with yours because of a conscious subconscious feedback loop you've created via confirmation bias i.e. you condition your subconscious to believe everything Gilmour plays is in line with what you want to hear, and your subconscious then tells you every note he plays is what you want to hear b4 you are consciously aware of it.

'when his ear and mine happen to totally agree' ~ wicked, love it

His way old stuff is best

Dave always plays the perfect part whether it's a solo or rhythm, something everybody can sing along with. To the point where live audiences expect it, Dave delivers. On my personal list, Dave is in the upper part.

@@toonkinnaer7059 Most overrated self assessment:@toonkinnear

very true, plus Ingwie with world record of notes per second and Van Hallen with its tripping.

Well said

Exactly !

@@alexeichikish2221 I think you mean tapping although I wouldn't be surprised if Eddie van Halen had some world records for "tripping" as well.

You are correct Charles,guitarist of 30 years playing here,they tried to recreate stairway to heaven with various different guitarists ,none sounded as good or as emotive as the original

Hard to confuse those two given the title of this is about overrated guitarists. He needs to add in " in my opinion" or as you say not to my taste

@@grandadneal8114 He always says these lists are his opinion.

And just because you don't like someone doesn't mean they're overrated! I don't care for Jimi Hendrix but that doesn't mean he's overrated by any means He's influence is off the charts

@@nyobunknown6983 not in the title he doesn't....thats what draws you in

Normally I can half see the point you’re making, the problem with Andy Latimer (who is a great flute player as well) is that the Camel out put in the 80s was aor rubbish, they lost something when drummer Andy Ward left. Also in the 70s the thing that let them down was their lack of a decent vocalist which didn’t improve until Richard Sinclair joined, that’s why the instrumental snow goose is the best. Also you’re dead wrong about Gilmour.

hilarious 😆

Me too 😀 Andy is great with sense of humour, and he is serious even when he's tongue in cheek mode. Very entertaining, I actually got surprised about my opions on some I used to like and even made me think otherwise I've been all these years. Great videos.

it's never too late

Andy Latimer is so good

Can anyone tell me why Page is sloppy on electric but then picks up an acoustic and plays Black Mountainside at incredible speed and way cleaner. How? Acoustics are harder to play than electrics. I also have never ever heard anybody talk of this phenomenon.​@@AndyEdwardsDrummer

​@@AndyEdwardsDrummerThe Rolling Stones are out of time? I thought Charlie Watts was a good drummer?

Andy Latimer is one of the best. His LP tone is peerless.

Does anyone really rate those latter two as guitarists?

I think you fail to comprehend the point of this video and don't really understand what "overrated" actually means. You never ever hear anyone go into raptures about the guitar playing of Kurt Cobain or The Edge... They might get placed stupidly high on those stupid Top 100 Guitarists lists by Rolling Stone or some other publication that nobody gives two shits about - the same ones that put John Lennon in the Top 5 guitarists of all time 🤣... But when it comes to actual proper discussion about guitar, nobody really rates them. People only ever criticize The Edge and say how overrated he is... how he can't even play and just relies on his digital delay effects. I've never heard anyone actually analyze his playing and say why he is good. David Gilmour, on other hand, is always praised to the skies as one of the rock gods and one of the greatest guitarists ever. I agree 100% with everything Andy said in his critique: Gilmour is great at what he does, nothing wrong with being a super fan of his, but let's put it in perspective before we go elevating him above everyone else who played guitar. Of course, he is overrated.

I know what underrated means. That is my thoughts, each one of us has one I guess.

@@theystoleitfromus well, he put Prince on the list, and I've never seen anyone put Prince on any list of Best Guitar players. Rubbish video.

Pete Townsend was once asked what it was like being one of the worlds greatest guitarists. He’s answer; “Ask Prince”.

Can see that on any vid hes playing

​@@geoffccrow2333Look for the one on on RU-vid where he plays live with Clapton and Beck amongst others mate. They commented afterwards how amazed and ignorant they were of his abilities. Because of the frenetic and diverse musical path he followed Prince is criminally underated as a guitarist but not by those who really could play when they saw 2hat he could actually be capable of. Sorry I can't be more specific about the video title but I'm sure you'll find it if you want to and do come back to me with your thoughts on it 👍.

@@charliecoutts3003 I wish he had made a rock/blues album.

@@ghengismcgillicutty4695 That's an old story with varying rotating guitarists supposedly saying that. They've said Eric Clapton said it, for example. I doubt it's true. (Clapton doesn't seem the type, nor Townsend.)

Music snobbery

@@BrandonToy ..who are you referring to?

But Page, and Gilmour are over-rated.

@@jackblack486 ..if you think they are rated too high then let's here it ..who do you think should be rated over them?

@@bepitan Jeff Beck and Allan Holdsworth, to name two.

playing fourths against the tonic fkn worked for him

I remember the first time I heard him soloing on Marquee Moon--which was much later in my life than it should have been. Pretty ear opening stuff.

Wouldn't he have to put Gary Moore on it? you know the guy that can shred with the best metal guitarists while mainly known for his blues flavor? the same guy that Rolling Stone didn't even include in the Top 100?

Definitely not an underrated singer though. Oof.

Good choice. I love the "Little Johnny Jewel" single, the "Marquee Moon" LP and several of his solo albums. My favorite album is a live one by Television called "Live at the Old Waldorf". Verlaine and Lloyd just tear it up over that great rhythm section. Verlaine made that Jazzmaster sing! Losing him 2 weeks after Jeff Beck (my all-time favorite) was a tough way to start 2023!

Come on, the last home run derby was objectively bad

Arguable. Someone else yawning may resonant with us. Does that make it art?

@@JA-ut8fi But it was sooo bad that I loved it and I would love to see it topped one day by an artist even more drunk.

Personally I'd rather listen to Jimmy Page than ther typical child whos been playing for a year. One is obviously going to be better. Saying "all art is subjective" is boring and not true. There are clear markers that can distinguish and measure art and artists objectively, before a subjective component or biases can be applied.

But then this channel falls apart and all List Oriented Culture too.

Impossible. From the beginning, I don´t agree with your list. Well, probably. HAHAHAHA.

Never got Clapton's fame, he's played for 50 years like it's still 1962

Hearing Clapton's bootlegs, I would never put him on this list. If I had only heard his studio albums, I would.

Imo blues players like srv and Gary Moore are 10x better then him. And if you want to find a better guitarist then him pretty much choose a random guy off the street

I've never been over excited by Eric Clapton, but, to be fair, in '65 '66 he was doing stuff that no one else was. It was his bad luck that Chas Chandler and Jimi Hendrix's paths crossed...

@@user-gr6tl5xh6t The 'Cult of Personality' ?

Or his compositional skills that cannot be separated from his playing- all of one. Really, none of the major guitarists have come close to his compositional skills.

Yeah he's predictable. A marketer. He's not actually very progressive.

Right? The end result is what counts and, for Gilmore, it speaks for itself.

He's one of the best for "Dogs" alone.

The stretches on some of his arpeggios are finger-breaking. And I have pretty big hands. This is all nonsense. Songs and musicality are what really matter. That's what made Hendrix and Summers and Marr great, not fiddly, superfast solos. Dave's playing on "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" will ensure his immortality.

He's a great rhythm/texture player. Super influential. His solos in The Police are pretty weak, though they worked in the songs. You can hear it even stronger on the two albums that he did with Robert Fripp. His solos are just pretty standard blues box type vocabulary. I'm not sure I think he's so bad at jazz. The album he did with John Etheridge is quite good.

@@crimfan Sting referred to Andy as 'The chord guy' . Even though it was actually Sting who wrote the riff for 'Message in A Bottle' ,Andy put cool little chords underneath subtly in the studio to enhance it. The Police emerged at a time when soloing wasn't prevalent in 'New Wave' music but Andy did play a rather tasty solo on 'So Lonely'.

@@TheHumbuckerboy Yeah he really was a great math for his time, which wasn't a focus on long guitar solos. Check out how much players like Alex Lifeson adapted their sounds towards Andy's in that time frame, for example. Alex had a style rooted in '70s blues rock but he really shifted his sound towards that of New Wave in the 'ate '70s/early '80s. I think the video underplays how important Andy was to the sound of the band. Sting had a lot of great ideas, but Andy's ability to bring them to reality were massively important and, as you say, he added a lot underneath. His use of effects as a way to make interesting textures was also pretty influential.

I have to agree. Andy makes those albums what they are --no less than Sting and Copeland.

@@crimfan Yes, 'Power Windows' definitely has Andy's influence plus 'The Edge' also and it is a great album IMO. Another guy who is rarely given enough of a mention is the late Pretenders guitarist James Honeyman Scott.

I KNEW you'd be here my friend :D. Now you need to hear "Andy" on your Frost* "Milliontown" CD. One of my fave (and PERFECT) albums of all time :).

Is it a bit like making love to a beautiful woman?

Couldn’t agree more! Andy mentioned that “zen state” where musicians get connected to that higher impulse, and Allan is one of the only musicians I’ve ever heard that’s always connected to that space. Every live performance, every studio recording, he was always communicating from a higher dimension through the guitar. And I agree with your comment as well, Allan is also my favorite musician of all time. There is this misconception that you have to be a musician to enjoy Allan’s music. I’m barely a musician at all (I mess around with drums and guitar but I barely know any theory and I’m not particularly good at all hahaha), and I consider myself much more of a music enjoyer/listener than a musician. Allan Holdsworth’s music still speaks to me on another level than any other guitarist or musician. It’s a cosmic beauty completely unique to him.

He's just expressing his frustration with the ignorant masses. Adults understand it's not that serious, and certainly doesn't "poison" us in any way. Mr. Edwards is an official educator. Public opinion should be frequently challenged, or we'll get complacent. What if all educational institutions adopted the idea that all artistic expression is equally valid, and no one needs to improve on it? What would become of the state of the arts?

@@GCKelloch I guess, you don't see the irony.... Being super serious, when I was clearly joking...

@@GCKelloch You'd have the world we live in.

As a guitarist who would have Eric Clapton and Santana at the top of my overrated list, I agree wholeheartedly that the subject is a wellspring of toxicity. Neither of those guys could do cartage for Julian Lage for my taste, and I’m not even that huge a fan of Julian Lage’s music. His playing however is spectacular imo.

Wisdom

True... I have always thought that Nirvana, along with the other grunge bands, have been wildly overrated. The vast majority of the grunge bands can't actually play.

@@roy421000 Certainly. I felt Nirvana were already on their path to obscurity when Kurt committed himself. All the other grunge bands are now practically forgotten. He wrote a handful of fantastic pop songs, but even during their peak, I felt that Grohl's energy was the band's secret sauce.

@@FinnGamble I think the grunge thing was purely about timing: the 80's metal/hair bands had got tiresome and people were looking for something different.

I don't think he is rated that highly as a guitar player even among the average person. I think he is rated more as a song writer, but then i'm not a big Nirvana fan so perhaps i'm talking nonsense.

@@sophiaperennis2360 if you Google ”Kurt Cobain guitar player," the very first hit is a Reddit thread titled ”Do you agree that Kurt was one of the greatest guitar players of all time?” and it goes downhill from there. I think there are whole books written about his guitar genius.

Could have been a much better single album

Any music of the past been rated higher, modern people simply can't appreciate on that level anymore( People can stream old music endlessly but it doesn't mean they're listening

@NEEDSHES This isn't about streaming. You're missing the point being made. The point is that the assessment of particular records shifts over time. Some increase in stature (e.g. Animals), others go down in esteem (e.g. The Wall).

Pink Floyd should have split up after "Animals" in 1977. That's the end of the "Band". Didn't like "The Wall" album or film. Tedious overblown downer.

In my opinion Meddle, Dark Side, Wish You Were Here, Atom Heart Mother and Ummagumma were all better albums than The Wall. I owned all of them back in the 70s. When Roger Waters took over, I lost interest.

They are not that great as players, even for their time. Stylistically limited and sloppy. They are geniuses as songwriters, composers and producers, though. Not the same!

@@martinpaddle To some degree, I would agree. I mean, guys like Ritenour, Parks, etc. are great as players but they lack soul and spirit a lot of the time. Gilmour and Page have so much ability to emote and have plenty of technical ability to do just that. It reminds me of an interview that I heard with John Densmore, who said that you need a certain technical ability but if you get too much of it, it can trap you. The best players, in my opinion, have a high level of technical ability but are not caught up in it and also, have, at least at some point in their lives, learned how to play on substances which, to one degree or another, change their consciousnesses, in some degree. Give me a stoned Gilmour solo from "Live At Pompei" over any of the cold masters of technique.

@@rft2001 Page and Gilmour are actually very limited when it comes to technical ability, and Page sounds terrible when improvising. Their strength is in creating music. You don't have to be a virtuoso to compose, arrange and produce great music.

Yaaaaaaawn

@@bengalinsky4300 Too deep for you, I guess.

THE POLYPHIA CRAP! YES. That stuff hits me like a bottle of ADD medicine. I find myself leveling criticisms at it that usually I scoff at. It's really no feel at all.

He was by large cooler when he made The Muppets Show.

I just wrote that as a reply to another comment. And I enjoy pretty busy, technical/complex guitarists in technical bands (with a whole lot of melodious bands and musicians). It's like a guitar sequencer, playing gimmicky techniques endlessly. But MUCH different than what Fripp & Belew would play. Even Tosin Abasi (Animals As Leaders) is not nearly as busy. And I can listen to Allan Holdsworth for hours. I guess its over the top to me, kind of like "Between the Buried and Me", and I'm a Watchtower, Blotted Science, Atheist, Spiral Architect and Continuo Renacer fan :p.

​@@colinburroughs9871them and their ilk are even more of a snooze than the Shrapnel shredders of the 80s-90s

Listen on good headphones and for me it's goosebumps all the way.

You know, You are one of many that have said the same thing about Allan and how friendly he is and will invite you for a pint. Even a couple of stories inviting a group of people to his home :). Been a fan of his music since "UK" and then went backwards and forwards into his catalogue. Never got to see him live sadly.

Hearing Clapton's bootlegs, I would never put him on this list. If I only heard his studio albums, I would.

Anyone who thinks page is overrated should have their pickups checked. He’s at the very top of the list for all around mastery of guitar.

Personally, I think Clapton's playing has always maintained a very high level, but his music, his songs, his albums turned to shit. His playing isn't overrated, but since the early ''70's his music sure is.

@@davescurry69underrated Acoustic player as well IMO

@adb8411 Page? Yes he is, absolutely. He's probably a cleaner acoustic player than he is on electric.

@Eb. Govan is my fave guitarist, but I see where you are coming from. Most of his yt stuff is of him playing over backing tracks, but his work with The Aristocrats,especially their latest album Duck is really good.

@@frannyp46 Yeah they are interesting. But I'm a guitar player. From a non musician perspective they surely aren't offensive but they also aren't really interesting either. None of them. Not even Govan.

@ebony. Govans Stephen Wilson stuff is slowed down quite a bit and there are some nice songs like Drive home for example.

His solo on Drive Home is absolutely beautiful.

*Guthrie Govan* is probably, and currently one of the finest players on the planet. Check out *Bad Asteroid,* and you will be humming along.....well at least the main riff and theme. Outstanding, and a *Brit!!* 👌

He is overrated for sure.

Yeah I can't go with Page as overrated. Too influential. Andy's put him on this and some people like steven above might consider him overrated for not being the greatest technically and being surpassed by shredders. But in the late 60s/early 70s he was innovative along with Hendrix and Beck, he influenced contemporaries such as Blackmore. His riffs are up there with Iommi for me, the two of them might be the greatest riff guitarists in rock.

He is overrated. He took part in and wroke cool licks for some of the most memorable bands in rock and roll. But, live? Not sober enough and never practiced.

@@jk-76 "Not sober enough and never practiced"- I don't think that's a fair comment, and we're getting into the realm of actually underrating him. Someone like Hendrix was completely off his head when he was playing live- frequently. Eddie van Halen had difficult times later on as well. If you get into criticising musicians who obviously had addiction problems at certain times, that started to affect performance, I think it's getting silly and unfair, these are personal criticisms and not objective ones.

@@jimmycampbell78 Yup. I saw Zeppelin at Knebworth in 1979 (which was their second to last ever gig prior to Bonham's demise) and they were truly excellent at that one, so whilst it is known that Page was on occasion not in great shape at gigs, that wasn't my own personal experience. But even if it had been, I'd still have rated him by his overall oeuvre. He is after all, the guy whose riff was the tune for Top of the Pops for years, and the guy whose perhaps most famous acoustic riff, was one which every guitarist used to learn. That one even prompted me to buy a ridiculously overpriced Harmony Sovereign out of curiosity, since it was the model he used to play that infamous acoustic melody. And I'm sure like many, my first electric guitar was a Columbus copy of a Gibson Les Paul, largely because Jimmy Page played them. It's worth noting here too, that when people refer to Jimmy's playing as sloppy, some of that is in the technique anyway. Anyone who plays guitar will tell you that; when you first learn, it is a good idea to aim for precision in fretting to ensure a good sound and engender good habits, but once you get okay, you are then in a position to 'know what you can get away with' in terms of accuracy and still sound okay. A classic example of that is popping your thumb over the top of the third fret to fret the G on the sixth whilst using the edge of your thumb to mute the open fifth, then using your first finger to fret the first string at the third fret, aka the 'sloppy cheat version of an open G' chord as opposed to the 'proper' one. This is a classic Page way to do a G and technically it is 'sloppy', but it has a unique sound compared to a 'proper' open G; you can hear this on Rain Song, where it becomes part of the way that tune sounds. I've seen plenty of bands and artists who on occasion have done crap gigs, and sometimes that was down to drugs and booze. Not least of whom was Johnny Thunders, I must have seen him play at least 20 times, since he frequently gigged in my home town. Now there was a guy where you never knew which version of him you were gonna see show up for a gig, although he did at least always turn up. I experienced everything from chatting to him amiably outside the venue then seeing him knock it out of the park, to watching him throwing up behind the speaker cabs on stage, owing to his heroin addiction, then having to keep restarting songs after losing it mid way through. But in spite of all that, he remains one of my favourite guitarists. Technically he wasn't a massively complex or skilled player, but he was quite inventive and nonetheless hugely influential for a lot of guitarists, not only in the way he played, but also in the way he looked, dressed and his attitude. Compared to some other players who came after Page and Thunders (and many others too, Keith Richards for example), you could certainly rate other players as technically superior to them. So yes, if this is one's criteria where you put them at the top of a list, then you are over-rating them. But in relation to this and pioneering stuff, I like to recall the joke from the mockumentary Bad News, where Vim Fuego says: 'I could play Stairway to Heaven when I was 12; Jimmy Page didn't actually write it until he was 22. I think that says quite a lot.'

I agree with the point you make, but I disagree with you lumping Joe Satriani in with Vai and Malmsteen as "guys with technical ability" but no sense of melody or composition. He is bursting with melodies and songs (with his guitar doing the singing). I think it's what separates him from almost every other rock guitar instrumentalist. Fair enough, if many people still find that "boring"... But I think he gets unfairly dismissed by ignorant critics who describe his body of work as mindless guitar shredding, lacking composition, feel, emotion, melody, etc.... He was infamous for kick-starting that fad back in the 80's, but there was always way more to his musical vocabulary than that. Next time you are driving somewhere, find any of Satriani's albums on Spotify...Maybe pick one of his later albums with none of his early "hits". Give it a chance... Have a listen for 30-40 minutes and I'm sure you'll be surprised.

Or Keith Richards

If people say you're half-decent and you're actually dog-nonsense, you're overrated.

The fragrance of urinal soup hitting you every time someone leaves the toilet. That’s the cheesy Gilmour string bends

Lattimer and Gilmour are very different players though...

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He might fit in the category of properly rated. See my list.

Because they all sound Mick Goodrick....

JL has something unique. His ability to manipulate time and texture is astoundingly good. He’s able to cross genres playing authentic acoustic music/bluegrass with people who are virtuosi in this camp, to telecaster in a trio In the flow of Frisell, to gorgeous dark sounding archtop work that demonstrates deep immersion in the history of jazz guitar. I do agree with Andy WRT some of Lage’s compositions.

Every time I hear Lage play electric it sounds like warmed over Frisell. He has the chops, but his electric stuff isn't distinctive.

@@AndyEdwardsDrummer I agree with you - you just didn't mention all the great stuff composed by, for example Scofield...or McLaughlin - what will remain, as a relevant piece of music, from Lage, Kurt...

@@alej3795 Lage isn't my cup of tea. Rosenwinkle leaves me wanting for more, kind of like Abercrombie.

Thanks a lot.

You the goat lol

Mick Taylor underrated?

How about a top 10 right-handed guitarists, or most overrated compilers of these stupid lists.

@@user-br2gi8kh5s I wrote underrated or under appreciated. You may or may not agree.

@@manfred747 They're just a bit of fun. Why watch if you don't like them?

Gary Moore.

not really though

I think artistic merit (the ability to move the listener with the guitar) is confused with technical ability. George Harrison on a guitar does it for me more than Steve Vai ever will.

I don’t see how you can possibly say Neil Young. No technician but such passion.

@@trevecchi1766 Whatever passion he may or may not have does NOT translate into competent, enjoyable, 10 minute guitar solos that make me want to listen and not want to chop off my ears.

Just listen to Johnny Winter And Live and tell me is overrated......😂

Listen to cinnamon girl again. One note. Best solo. It gets you. Neil's not overrated at all, everyone knows how "shit" He is but he's not.

@@davestephens6421 I saw Johnny Winter a few times live in the latter half of the 70's - absolutely mind-blowing. Phenomenal.

I get it, but you can't fault Andy for that. If I'd played with Plant, I'd be certain to mention it every time. Twice.

@@eightrodway yeah. Just as the Brits say “takin tha piss”

It's like Grace Dent mentioning she's from Carlisle.

I agree. I think Scofield and Metheny (who I both love) are the biggest influences these days and many players sound too much like them - also Bill Frisell to some degree. And Julian Lage doesn't sound like either of them, honestly I think he is one of the most original players ever.

By whom? There's some videos by Paul Davids, Rhett Schull, and Rick Beato about Lage with over-the-top effusive titles.

@@andigisler I do hear a bit of Bill Frisell in Lage's playing mainly in his timing. He will pause before a phrase in a similar manner to Frisell.

Half the jazz guys from the 1950s/60s were way better.

@@richarddoan9172 Right you are! I've seen those too come to think of it. Still in the greater guitar hero firmament, he would not be on most people's radar. He is in most regards just not the right persona, no swagger, no sense of cool. I think his uniqueness in a world where most people playing electric guitar are doing pretty much the same old same old he stands out as a true artist; something in very short supply these days.

I saw that Quartet twice and that was when I got into him. Before, he was just a good Guitar Player.

Fat Old Sun is a great old song.❤

100% with you on shredders esp Internet bedroom Malmsteen wannabes

Nah man shredding is awesome

I can't blame Dave for "needing" inspiration from jazz players on that session either. Roger had taken over, and it would have been demotivating for Dave. He was clearly on a downer, and not feeling his usual passion for the music. I would too, in that position. In taking over the band, Roger replaced the magic of Atom heart Mother to WYWH with angry political posturing and music hall aesthetics.

@@Johnnysmithy24 Sure, for many. But not for me.

@@janhanchenmichelsen2627 👍🏻

Gumby

Tiny Tim. His playing on “Tiptoe through the Tulips” was mediocre at best.

Ha! Ha!-He played a great megaphone!

Star Castle

That's a bloody long name!

I think perhaps you're reading too much into this video.

Gilmour

@@richardsinger01 I hate this kind of lazy reply. I just listened to the things he said and I disagreed. None of this is "serious." make better arguments.

@@jdmresearch oops, argument invalid.

@@TheNathanJasper Nope, it was a solid argument. That said, reading your comments, including your reply to @richardsinger01, it seems you have a hard time accepting corrections or challenges. It's unfortunate, especially since your assertion that 'it's about your feelings' regarding Andy's opinion appears to be more of a projection of your own stance. Cheers.

Malcolm Young?

Agree totally about the Human Riff🤘🤘🤘🎸🎸🎸. About Mick T too, goes without saying 🤘🤘🤘🎸🎸🎸

Ikr, Beato is a fanboy of Joni Mitchell, lol

@@RogueReplicanteveryone is but you. She is a fantastic musician.

I think The Police changed their direction as a band from 1980 on - it began on the third album and continued on "Ghost in the Machine". They became less of a new wave power trio and more of a top twenty pop band, frankly a bit more formulaic, and no doubt there was a good deal of business pressure involved in it. The label and the management focused more and more on Sting and pushed for his sound to dominate on the albums.

Is not over-rated. He's influenced more people to pick up a guitar than anyone in the last fifty years.