and there are countless great guitarists who don't shred at all. shredding doesn't prove you're a musician; its proves you have a certain type of dexterity.
I am very surprised he did not mention Rory Galllagher who was above all but maybe beck and certainly technique wise was on par with Hendrix and Jimi could not do what Rory did slide wise or acoustically !
@@greghenderson4582 From a business standpoint, its not in your best interest to draw your customers attention to another product superior to your own! Secretly, however, he probably wished he was Rory right along with rest of those big names. None of them ever mentioned Rory when he was still alive only after his death did they come out the woodwork with the praise.
I had the good fortune of seeing Terry 8 times and I have to tell ya, it was a mystical experience. I went to many concerts back in the day and Terry was the best I ever saw.
@@AstroGremlinAmerican one of the greatest LIVE recordings EVER. Gave up guitar and took up Bass after hearing RJ Hobbs.......Lets not forget Bobby Caldwell what a foursome.
It’s very cool when people don’t say anything about anyone on his list. Instead they try to make the list for him. Excellent job, man. Idk maybe read the video description again… 🤷🏻♂️
Nothing to add. He was the Greatest. No doubt. First time hearing him, blow simply me away...SRV, the Blues and Guitar Olymp, alongside Buddy Guy, Jimi Hendrix, Albert & Freddie King, Elmore James, Muddy Waters...
I have irk w him.... he sounds like a metal hammer hitting an anvil....and uh , he's oblivious of this .... dim tonal response....( Where fingers create@ Fretboard )
Yeah, I agree. Some, albeit a very select few are anointed from birth. Clark is one. Campbell another. I don't recall who was being interviewed by Jim Ladd decades ago, but it went something like "there is nothing we can do that Campbell cannot and if not as good then better - but there's a lot he can do the we can't". Could've been Knopfler. The guy pulled off 12 string shreds like an entity possessed.
saw Page/Clapton/Beck at the Forum in Inglewood in 1983 at the Research For Multiple Sclerosis benefit concert. Peoples heads were on the verge of exploding as if extras in 'Scanners'
I FIND IT ODD, that most artists of those days hate Richie Blackmore so much they never mention him. I hate guitar solos and over produced guitars in sing and Richie Blackmore in the 70’s(all times but mainly) is the only time i can sit for 12 min and hear a pure guitar solo. Of course they all amazing but the old OG’s of black America are way more raw and original. Jimmy is amazing too. And as much as people cannot handle Richie Blackmore in a band or personally,HE IS A GENIUS.
Blackmore is something of a Marmite figure, but he's made some great music alongside great musicians. Ann interview with him is always worth watching/listening, he has an immense knowledge about music.
You will notice sir that the people who have a problem with Mr. Blackmore, dont take it seriously enough and straight up do their job. Dio, Bob Daisley, JLT and Cozy Powell did not have bad stuff to say about Ritchie
@@1956tojo When you tour 300+ days a year, improvise huge chunks of your set each night, and get drunk or high regularly, then footage of "sloppy" playing is not just expected, its inevitable.
Yeah, I don’t understand why Terry Kath is rarely mentioned whenever “best guitarists” are being talked about. Hendrix himself said Terry Kath was better than he was.
@@paddymeboy: If you wanted to hear the best guitar player that played music, everyone in the business knew it was Kath. If you wanted to just hear noise and very little music, you would go to Hendrix.
@@atlasgunther8947 Gilmour could do whatever he wanted to. His works stands on it's on. Of all the people mentioned here how many people have a bigger fan base than David Gilmour?
As an aspiring guitarist, David Gilmour is the rock guitarist I would most like to emulate. As he does, I'd like to be able to play with feeling not just speed.
Quick story. I had broken my back in 1974 and was backstage during the Physical Graffiti? tour. I had just had surgery and had on a full body plaster cast from the back of my head to my groin area. I looked and felt like hell, but it's Zepplin right? My uncle was running a security company and after the show Page and a monster bodyguard rounded the corner. The asked for directions out of the venue when my condition caught Page's attention. "Hi, my name is Jimmy Page" in that proper British accent and shook my hand. "Uh, uh yeah, I know who you are, my eyes have been glued on you for 3 hours". He laughs and asks, "what happened to you"? He actually seemed interested, so I prattled on for 15-20 minutes with the gory details. He asks over his shoulder "have we got anything for this kid"? A tee shirt materialized. He grabs a marker and signs it "Best wishes and get well, Jimmy Page" it didn't matter he spelled my name wrong, and it was a 3XXL it was a prized possession. I had it framed and hung it on my wall. Smack in the glaring sun. I was a dumb kid. It's now so faded you can barely make it out, but I know what it says. He didn't have to do that. He was still drenched and tired I'm sure, but I'll never forget his kindness towards a young starstruck fan. My uncle Craige died a couple months ago. I'm looking up all the rock stars I had a chance to meet because of him and it's a who's, who of classic rock bands. I found out at his funeral he wasn't really working those dates. He did it all for me. Probably 125+ concerts. Why it never dawned on me, even after he started a barbershop quartet is a testament to my naiveté at the time. RIP Uncle Craige and thank you. 🥲 Wow, I'm sorry, that wasn't a quick story after all. I had to wear that damn cast for over a year. It was a conversation starter though. Several band members couldn't resist asking about it. I was 6'2" & weighed in @ 110 pounds. I looked like I'd been in a concentration camp. You find out most were just ordinary people with extraordinary talent. Greg Lake, the guys from Jethro Tull, America, Steve Howe from Yes, Rush, Jon Lord of Deep Purple, couple guys in Chicago, & The Moody Blues, to name a few. That cast was so miserable, but it could've been so much worse. The surgeons both said my spinal cord was damaged and warned my parents I may never walk again. Nobody told me though. I walked out after only 2 months. This guitar solo is one of my favorites too. Brilliant.
What an amazing story and memory. I am one of the lucky ones as well growing up in a generation where I got to see a lot of the greats as well my first was Led Zeppelin.
@highwaystar3780 I'm a 74 year old Scotsman and I saw Ritchie Blackmore before he was even famous live on stage and I stood there totally mesmerised as he did everything apart from making his guitar talk and it totally blew me away, I knew then that I had witnessed a genius at work - truly Amazing ! 😊❤️👍🏴
@@KeithMather-r4g There are countless great guitarists. Thers Only One Blackmore. Any Kid that ever picked up a guitar played the most famous 4 Chords 1st. His Solos are Compositions in themselves. Hendrix is in a class by himself but the Hillbilies mentioned here and frankly All the rest piled together Don't equal One of Ritchies fingernails. I dont expect everyone to feel the same way, but I know there are Enough of us who understand. When I hear the Solo from 'Comfortably Numb' or even 'Stairway'....I say think to myself, Wow, I wish Ritchie had Done that! But then I realize. He has So many Memorable Ones...it's hard to keep track. There will Never be another Man in Black. I don't care who comes and goes! "When it comes to Solos I Can't even come close as Ritchie is on another level" --Jimmy Page
Hendrix was revolutionary but I never thought he was the best. Robin Trower, Jeff Beck, Eddie VanHalen, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page will always be my top 5
In an interview, Blackmore dismisses his reputation as a guitar god and said the guitarists in Nashville “just tear me apart.” Nice to hear them get the recognition they deserve.
These great guitarists pretty much all say it was Jimi, don't they? (IMO, since we all seem to be taking the opportunity to toss in our own two cents, Steve Howe deserves a mention IMO)
For anyone to proclaim who the (best guitarists) were/are is a fallacy in my opinion. It is purely subjective to every individual to proclaim what guitarists move us emotionally.
The title of this video should use the phrase "greatest rock guitarists" because the guitar existed for centuries before it became electrified. Classical and flamenco playing is far more technically demanding because fingers of the right hand are used rather than a pick. The reason why so many use a flat pick is because they don't have what it takes to fully develop the very rigorous right hand technique needed for playing flamenco and classical guitar music. There are great rock players but their skill level does not rise to that of a great classical or flamenco player. If you doubt this, just put down the plectrum and try picking the strings with your fingers. The difficulty of playing with fingers rather than a flat pick is 4 or 5 times more difficult.
The thing is Michael that the fretting hand is always less than half the equation. Note execution technique varies depending on what you're trying to play; some music would actually require a plectrum .. some music demands fingerstyle.. if you really want to be a good guitar player, you have to be diversified for the different styles of playing.
That whole difficulty thing doesn’t necessarily hold up. Plenty of people prefer to fingerpick not myself necessarily but there are plenty George Thorogood is merely one example
Also how much have Flamenco guitarists or classical guitarists shaped our cultural landscape? or had such an impact as Jimmy Page? You want to say it’s “technically harder” which I totally agree but how relevant is your point? Like hordes of Zeppelin fans will read your comment and burn all their records and CDs and then only listen to Carlos Montoya from this day on. 🙄
I thought I read in a guitar magazine interview that Jimmy Page was very fond of Buck Dharma from BOC. And for good reason Buck Dharma was, and still is, an exceptional guitar player.
Great to see Clarence White mentioned. That guy was pure class and died far too young. My favourite guitarists are Joseph Spence and Hans Reichel. I also like Sonny Sharrock, Lonnie Johnson and Derek Bailey.
Surprised...but delightedthat he mentioned 'Clarence White'....one of my all time favourites...tragically killed while loading amps into his car after a gig by a drunk driver.
I'm in agreement with all the guitarists listed in the comments section - all GREAT guitarists. IMHO, Beck was the GOAT - never stopped evolving until the very end. So melodic. always improvised. Never played a scale, never ran through the same old bag of pentatonic licks. Clapton once was quoted as saying that " on a good night, no one can touch Jeff Beck". John McGlaughlin said the same thing about Beck. I was lucky enough to see him live 6 times over the years and always left gobsmacked at his spontaneous creativity. And he made it look effortless. He was still blazing at 78. R.I.P.
Robert Fripp from King Crimson! Invented his own picking technique, invented a special guitar tuning. Unbelievable skill. Signature style. Even Hendrix was impressed after seeing KC play in London 1969
Hendrix was the best and most creative guitarist of the peace and love generation. His song-writing and melodies were a revelation to the rock musicians of the time.
Hendrix was a class apart, because with him it's not about technique - he was just working on a higher plane than other guitarists, a cosmic plane. And I include Page in that although I love Zep.
He explicitly praised the playing of Django Reinhardt, Page stated he must have played all the time to be as good as he was, which was astonishingly good.
Clarence White was an absolutely amazing guitarist, he did so much from bluegrass to country to playing rock with the Byrds. As a guitarist myself he has always been a big influence on my playing especially his picking. RIP Clarence White
I remember reading an interview with Clapton where he was asked how it feels to be the best guitarist in the world and his reply was.....You have to ask Prince.
I saw them all from the late 60s to 2000s and Alvin Lee played the fastest yet clearest with tasty chops . Jimi , Stevie ray , and Garcia could think notes and play them to the Amazement of our greatest guitarists . Rory Gallagher was a perfectionist that could also blow the Sax which influenced his guitar playing . Clapton was God , I saw him with Cream , Blind Faith , Derek and the Dominoes , 451 Ocean show and he always delivered . Jeff Beck to the guitar to great heights and make a guitar sing . Randy California of Spirit added new dimensions . Christopher Cross , Peter Green , Mick Taylor ,Glen Campbell, David Gilmour unsung somewhat. And then there is Frank Zappa . Add ; Steven Lukather played on 500 LPs .
BEST EVER were DANNY GATTON, Lenny Breau, Scotty Anderson, Django Reinhardt, Wes Montgomery. Next would be Johny Smith, Hank Garland, Jeff Beck, Allan Holdsworth, SRV. As a picker Jerry Reed was one of the best along with Gatton, Scotty. Best player today Matteo Mancuso. Steve Morse is top 15 ever.
Saw Hendrix in 1969 at San Diego Sports Arena and his live performance sounded every bit as good as a controlled studio recording. Hendrix was a genius.
You're damn right! Page is way off the mark on the question of genius in rock and roll. Hendrix is to be ranked as one of the most gifted musicians in world history, any genre.
Kinda funny that the first illustration given of Page's guitar genius shows him miming to a track that Jeff Beck played (Heart Full of Soul). 🙂 But hey, that's okay; good effort.
Sure, there are great guitarists, such as Yngwie Malmsteem, but I far more appreciate ones, such Ritchie Blackmore, who can write great songs with memorable solos.
Yes you’re right, and I can never understand why Ritchie Blackmore name is never mentioned… he was from the same era as Page, Beck, Clapton and so on…. Hendrix once attended a show where deep purple opened for cream and he went backstage and told Clapton that Ritchie just blew you off stage…. That was the end for deep purple… Clapton and cream chose another band to open for them…. True story….
It is mentioned. Even if You Die without ever knowing who Blackmore Is/was...you will have Died knowing the most famous 4 Chords in Rock history! It's the 1st thing Any Kid ever learned on guitar. When another guy comes along to Compose a Solo that even approaches just One of His Solos which are Compositions in themselves , then All these Overrated Hacks can say something. All these Hillbilly Hippies including Page Don't come close to one of his fingernails! "When it comes to Solos I Don't Even come Close as Ritchie is on a totally different level" --Jimmy Page
🙂It is impossible to put a list of 300 or 400 together without doing an injustice to a thousand others. But we have memories and appreciation for those we have heard and seen.
This list is about his favourite gutarists, not the best or the greatest. And most of the quotes are from the seventies. So how can Stevie Ray Vaughn be on this list.
Correct! Debating basketball there's WILT and there is everyone else you might want to argue about. With guitars there is Danny Gatton and everyone else! He doesn't move me as much as my top favorites-- Rory, Albert King, Lonnie Mack,Gerry McGee, Andy Powell, Dave Hole -- but he is the untouchable master of technique of all styles.
Jimmy Page also said that Steve Martin is one of the best banjo players ever and that “Weird Al” Yankovic’s accordion skills are unmatched. Or maybe he didn’t. You never actually hear Jimmy Page say anything in this video.
I guess that's why this guy has a successful youtube channel. He knows how to slap a few clips together and throw in a title and narrative that draws clicks
There are fine admirable guitarists then there is Jimi Hendrix. Mitch Mitchell's drumming meshed in so well with him to make these unbelievable classics.
I've always heard a lot of Grady Martin's influence in Page's playing and tone... Especially from the Rockabilly stuff he did for guys like Johnny Burnette in the mid Fifties...TRAIN KEPT A ROLLIN/ Honey Hush, etc...
I told myself I'd be ok if he didn't show Jimi live, but secretly it would have really hurt me for some reason. I felt emotional hearing Jimmy give Jimi his props. Jimmy and Jimi are both my favorite guitarists.
He’s right about classical music. There isn’t a guitarist in history ( and I absolutely love so many rock guitarists) that can even be mentioned in the same sentence as Mozart, Beethoven, or Rachmaninov to name a few. Just a completely different level of musical understanding and mastery. It’s not just mastery of an instrument - it’s complete mastery of music. Jimmy is absolutely incredible on his instrument. Same with Al Demeloa, , Victor Wooten, Neil Peart, Jimmy Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, Buddy Rich, Benny Goodman, Oscar Peterson and Art Tatum, and a ton of other absolutely insane players. But it’s just not the same as an absolute musical genius as Jimmy himself understands.
It's sometimes surprising that classical artists can actually have a high opinion of rock stars. The late Patricia Janeckova for example described Zep as 'balm for the soul' and Sofia Kiprskaya described Sting as a 'genius' so that's good enough for me.
Yeah right. It's easy to say - when you can't see the wood for the trees - that this or that guy is better than Page. You know how you know Page is the best? Because he's the guy that everybody else is supposed to be better than. You know how else you know? Because he doesn't do your head in, unlike Yes...
@@naysayer1238 ....and more recently Yngwie. He's easy to overlook because he's never written anything that had any cross over to POP Chart winning that made him a name known beyond the circles of Rock Guitar players. Yet you're right. Between Blackmore and Rhodes it's pretty obvious that these two better known names clearly thought' Classical music theory and influence opened their world up to far more than the confines of Rock alone.
GnomicMaster, That's NON-SENSE, boarding on pure classical music SNOB, IMO. No particular style of music "alone" has produced all the "true musical genius". . There are a lot of really good players of many different instruments and playing all styles of music. The VAST MAJORITY of what gets called "genius"......isn't. What we are often hearing is real dedication to developing and maintaining a "talent" Honed and perfected to the best of that individual players ability. So where is "genius" or maybe a better description is "special extra something" that makes us describe it as Genius? I'd argue it's found in those people who brought something entirely NEW and awe inspiring. Classical Music clearly has such players and writers in it's past for sure. That said though so too does Rock, Country, Jazz or what-ever style of music I'm way less familiar with. In rock Guitar Eddie and Hendrix are the obvious players to cite. U tube is full of "kids" who can play their stuff. Such people are clearly TALENTED. and have worked hard. Genius though.....NOPE!! I'll reserve that for people who change everything with their impact on what all of us thought was a limit and they exceeded the expectation with a whole other direction and how things are done. This is true for the world of Classical music as well. There are concert pianists out there who play Mozart, Beethoven and others so well it blows the listener away......but again......that's a talent honed. Not genius. Genius are those Classical musicians who wrote the stuff people still aspire to play long after the writer and original player is gone.
@@Dogboy1960 Well then I suppose I'm a genius because I compose neoclassical piano music (recently completed my 11 vignettes "Rasputin Rhapsody", 47 minutes of eleven thematically related pieces) and I possess 27 patents. Marcin not only plays a guitar like I play the piano, all ten fingers doing something different at the same time, but he composes too. There's an old axiom: After the creator only the copier!! Also, "Skill does what it can, genius does what it must."
@@GnomicMaster You don't get to decide you're a genius. That status is determined by those who listen to your compositions and deem you to be a "genius". If writing a particular style was all there was to it we'd over run with genius to the point of it as an absolutely meaningless description.
Page seems for speed and technical skills I prefer more nuanced players Jerry Garcia Dave Gilmour Guitarists with steely Dan Baxter and Carlton and others
Picking the best at anything is subjective everyone has different tastes. When I pick a certain beat I always say in my opinion because there will be many who will disagree with my pick. I personally like the Southern rock guitarists.SRV, Dickie Betts, etc.
we all have our favorites don’t we. Mine are Duane Allman, Jeff Beck, Derek Trucks, Terry Kath, Alvin Lee, Peter Green, Stevie Ray Vaughn and of course Hendrix❤
Howe was great in 'Tomorrow' and 'Bodast' as well. Seems like Jimmy Page started to play sort of like Howe at some point. Listen to the live "Live Yardbirds" from the Anderson Theater in NYC and 'Move' e.p. "Something Else" at the Marquee Club. Both Page and Roy Wood started utilizing Howe's techniques at times on those live recordings where they really hadn't sounded that way before.
The thing is, these are Page’s picks not yours. Jimmy didn’t put anyone down, like others do, he named a handful he admires. It wasn’t a list of Jimmy Page picks top 50 guitarists.
I agree that Gary was one of the greats. I don't agree though that because I rate him highly then Jimmy Page (or anyone else) should then be obliged to include him among his shortlist of favourite guitarists
Based on a quick review of comments here, it seems like Jimmy should have consulted with many people, perhaps even conducted some kind of scientific poll to help determine who his personal favorite guitarist were.
The unparalleled virtuosity of Rory Gallagher is a joy to behold. In 1973 this was recognised and he was voted by a music magazine as the number 1rock guitarist in the world. Unfortunately, his early death in 1995 and his unassuming and quiet modesty leaves him slightly forgotten by some now.
Robert Johnson was so skillful says Eric Clapton that It needs two players to play what he played alone and sang at the same time. He also said to learn to play like Robert it will be a life’s work for any musician. If Clapton says so Johnson must have been a genius.😀
He's right - Hendrix was the most creative, powerful performer rock music has ever seen. He changed the face of rock guitar as we know it and created the entire genre of rock guitar heroes in general.
The first Yardbird tune showing Page was actually Beck on lead. At the end Page said Beck kept improving even into old age to be “beyond us mere mortals”.
I agree with Jimmy about "genius" being overused. Most so-called "geniuses" in popular are gifted, but not geniuses. I only consider two guitarists to be geniuses - Frank Zappa and Pat Metheny - and that's not just their guitar playing but their compositions, arrangements, unbelievable work output, technical innovations, mentoring of other musicians and musical imaginations.
Zappa wrote a lot of crap for a supposed genius, and you have to separate what he composed from his guitar playing. Zappa was great, but there are better guitar players.
@@johnhitz1185 Everyone writes crap at times. Not all ideas work out. But when you produce as much music as Zappa did (even the volume of his output is amazing) there will will be more crap as well, especially the juvenile sexual titillation rubbish. As a composer, though, Zappa is astonishing. Sure, there are many better guitarists, but listen to Fifty-Fifty again. Frank followed George Duke and Jean-Luc Ponty's outstanding solos on Fifty-fifty and did not sound out of place, and he provided the track's strongest climaxes. No slouch there either, but he was mainly a composer.
There are countless studio guitarists, that could shred with the best, tha we'll never hear about.
and there are countless great guitarists who don't shred at all. shredding doesn't prove you're a musician; its proves you have a certain type of dexterity.
It's a big planet.
I was driving with a friend today and the song ‘Nashville Cats’ came on the radio. I commented pretty much the same thing you mentioned here.
It says favorites, not the best
Very true…
Rory gallagher always and forever
Totally.
Agree
I am very surprised he did not mention Rory Galllagher who was above all but maybe beck and certainly technique wise was on par with Hendrix and Jimi could not do what Rory did slide wise or acoustically !
I did have a Dog I named Rory . after Him .
@@greghenderson4582 From a business standpoint, its not in your best interest to draw your customers attention to another product superior to your own! Secretly, however, he probably wished he was Rory right along with rest of those big names. None of them ever mentioned Rory when he was still alive only after his death did they come out the woodwork with the praise.
The late Terry Kath of Chicago.
Live in Tanglewood!
@@LukasFin Yes!
I had the good fortune of seeing Terry 8 times and I have to tell ya, it was a mystical experience. I went to many concerts back in the day and Terry was the best I ever saw.
Hendrix asked Chicago to tour with his band because he said Terry Kath was a better guitarist than
he was. (25or6to4)
@@thomasbeasley5567 That's true...! Jimi really admired Kath...
Johnny Winter was a great one.
Rory and Johnny were the best slide guitar players I've ever heard.
I LOVED Johnny Winter..
Duane Allman, Derek Trucks?@@paulherbert5548
Johnny Winter and Live (including Rich Derringer). Little School Girl and Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo written by Derringer. Played the grooves off.
@@AstroGremlinAmerican one of the greatest LIVE recordings EVER. Gave up guitar and took up Bass after hearing RJ Hobbs.......Lets not forget Bobby Caldwell what a foursome.
Nice to see him recognize Alvin Lee as one of the greatest.
Fantastic player!
Agreed = Alvin has been overlooked for many,.many years. One of the best but also one of the least recognised.
ALVIN WAS A GIFT FROM GOD. R.I.P. Cheers
Alvin Lee was great and even clapton acknowledged him as such
Saw you, TEN YEARS AFTER - LIVE AT WINTERLAND 1975 AUG.4. EXCELLENT. Cheers.🍉
Just today listened in my car audio TYA's recorded live 1990. There was "I can't keep from crying." That guitar solo raised my hair -literally!
Peter Green, Mark Knopfler, Malcolm Jones, David Gilmour, Rory Gallagher, etc.
Yes! Blackmore is a much better player than Page.
You should listen to Radomir Mihajlović Točak from Serbia(former Yugoslavia) Band is called Smak. Check that out.
@user-xf9dm9ci8g Yes I agree.
Brian May, Hank Marvin
@@johnbemis1245 Blackmore is boring. He sounds scalar. Page was a creative genius. That's the difference.
Among the pickers who aren’t on this list are Chet Atkins, Roy Clark, Glen Campbell, and Jerry Reed.
It’s very cool when people don’t say anything about anyone on his list. Instead they try to make the list for him. Excellent job, man. Idk maybe read the video description again… 🤷🏻♂️
@@LoneWolf-McWeed comment warrior over here
@@procarpenter1788 I know my music
@@LoneWolf-McWeed But not your manners
He doesn't mention Andrés Segovia either. I guess he's only talking about rock & roll and some pop-rock guitarists.
Terry Kath, beast of a guitar player.
Right on🥁🥁🥁
He was great but his death but his own gun destroyed his greatness.
Wish he could Him seen doctor to help his demons like we all have.
Eric Johnson the other great American.
"Don't worry, it's not loaded." #tragicloss
So nice to see Alvin Lee get a mention. He was always my favorite from that era, but rarely get mentioned in top 5 or top 10 lists
Alvin Lee is still one of the best ever!!!
Snowy white mick taylor
Alvin Lee was really good. He did good acoustic stuff too.
@@12Radius SEE ALSO The Bluest Blues
Alvin definitely was very underrated according to guitarist lists.
@@atlasgunther8947 him and Thorogood both have pretty quick fingers
SRV didn't play the guitar. He became part of it. He was on another level !!!
He became the Strat!!!
He truly was a pretty good blues soloist.
Nothing to add. He was the Greatest. No doubt. First time hearing him, blow simply me away...SRV, the Blues and Guitar Olymp, alongside Buddy Guy, Jimi Hendrix, Albert & Freddie King, Elmore James, Muddy Waters...
I have irk w him.... he sounds like a metal hammer hitting an anvil....and uh , he's oblivious of this .... dim tonal response....( Where fingers create@ Fretboard )
Peter Green is my all time fav!!!
At one time, Page said one of his favorite electric guitar solos was Elliott Randall's on Steely Dan's "Reelin' in the Years."
Who now lives near Lot Long land.
It's a great solo.
Same w/ Eric ' No chin' Clapton
Rory Gallagher too!
Hendrix's favourite guitarist .
@@SuperPatrick777Hendrix never said that. It's a long-discredited myth.
Roy Clark could play many instruments with amazing perfection
Yeah, I agree. Some, albeit a very select few are anointed from birth. Clark is one. Campbell another. I don't recall who was being interviewed by Jim Ladd decades ago, but it went something like "there is nothing we can do that Campbell cannot and if not as good then better - but there's a lot he can do the we can't". Could've been Knopfler. The guy pulled off 12 string shreds like an entity possessed.
He was great!
Yes! check out Roy on The Odd Couple show in the 70s. He was doing Eddie Van Halen hammer ons back then.
@@johnbemis1245 I remember it!
So does Flea from the RHCP
Stevie Ray Vaughn⭐️ & Joe Walsh⭐️
Joe Walsh my First concert with James Gang / & Black Oak Arkansas
@@gutterfalcon2912 LOVED James Gang in high school.
@@msmc2685 67 and love it!
@@gutterfalcon2912
Saw Joe Walsh + Buddy Guy @ Coveleski Stadium '91
Gary Moore anyone?
Leslie West .David Gilmour Jeff Beck .Ritchie Blackmore
saw Page/Clapton/Beck at the Forum in Inglewood in 1983 at the Research For Multiple Sclerosis benefit concert. Peoples heads were on the verge of exploding as if extras in 'Scanners'
I FIND IT ODD, that most artists of those days hate Richie Blackmore so much they never mention him. I hate guitar solos and over produced guitars in sing and Richie Blackmore in the 70’s(all times but mainly) is the only time i can sit for 12 min and hear a pure guitar solo. Of course they all amazing but the old OG’s of black
America are way more raw and original. Jimmy is amazing too. And as much as people cannot handle Richie Blackmore in a band or personally,HE IS A GENIUS.
Blackmore is something of a Marmite figure, but he's made some great music alongside great musicians. Ann interview with him is always worth watching/listening, he has an immense knowledge about music.
I read an interview by Jimmy regarding Richie, and Page said the Richie was yards ahead of most every Rock guitarist regarding solos at that time.
Ritchie B. and Frank Marino are 2 of my favs.
You will notice sir that the people who have a problem with Mr. Blackmore, dont take it seriously enough and straight up do their job. Dio, Bob Daisley, JLT and Cozy Powell did not have bad stuff to say about Ritchie
Page said in an interview about Richie Blackmore: when it comes to solos, I couldn't reach him.
I saw Alvin Lee and Roy Buchanan and both blue me away. Some guitarists never make it big.
He was a great admirer of Peter Green and Rory Gallagher
Rory Gallagher was sloppy just like Jimmy Page gets...
@@1956tojo When you tour 300+ days a year, improvise huge chunks of your set each night, and get drunk or high regularly, then footage of "sloppy" playing is not just expected, its inevitable.
@1956tojo and your name shows your level of intelligence. Your mummy warned you doing that would fry your brain and damage your appendage.
yes waited until the end to see if they both got a shout.
Roy Buchanan was also an influence to Page and Beck. Check out 'Pete's Blues and Five String Blues
Robin Trower was another blues guitarist with a unique touch.
Still is.
Yeah, I don’t understand why Terry Kath is rarely mentioned whenever “best guitarists” are being talked about. Hendrix himself said Terry Kath was better than he was.
Yeah...he's not, though, is he? Page is absolutely right that Hendrix is the GOAT on electric guitar. Kath is just a pentatonic widdler.
@@paddymeboy: If you wanted to hear the best guitar player that played music, everyone in the business knew it was Kath. If you wanted to just hear noise and very little music, you would go to Hendrix.
He only allegedly said that, according to one of Kath's bandmates.
If you think that your argument was comprehensively dismantled by a bot then you obviously have a very low opinion of yourself. Sad.
You are a tone deaf idiot@@pocopico7409
My favourite guitar hero is Dick Taylor from The Pretty Things! Very talented musician and still on the road and playing at the age of 81.
Thats a different subject, you are right but that isnt this
Dave Gilmour for me, but I guess that's a different kind of music.
Gilmour always put "feeling" above glitz and glammer playing ... art from the heart
@@atlasgunther8947 Gilmour could do whatever he wanted to. His works stands on it's on. Of all the people mentioned here how many people have a bigger fan base than David Gilmour?
As an aspiring guitarist, David Gilmour is the rock guitarist I would most like to emulate. As he does, I'd like to be able to play with feeling not just speed.
Gilmour is maybe the best electric rock guitarist
Agreed. Beck too has/had a wonderful emotional feel to his playing.
Quick story. I had broken my back in 1974 and was backstage during the Physical Graffiti? tour. I had just had surgery and had on a full body plaster cast from the back of my head to my groin area. I looked and felt like hell, but it's Zepplin right? My uncle was running a security company and after the show Page and a monster bodyguard rounded the corner. The asked for directions out of the venue when my condition caught Page's attention. "Hi, my name is Jimmy Page" in that proper British accent and shook my hand. "Uh, uh yeah, I know who you are, my eyes have been glued on you for 3 hours". He laughs and asks, "what happened to you"? He actually seemed interested, so I prattled on for 15-20 minutes with the gory details. He asks over his shoulder "have we got anything for this kid"? A tee shirt materialized. He grabs a marker and signs it "Best wishes and get well, Jimmy Page" it didn't matter he spelled my name wrong, and it was a 3XXL it was a prized possession. I had it framed and hung it on my wall. Smack in the glaring sun. I was a dumb kid. It's now so faded you can barely make it out, but I know what it says. He didn't have to do that. He was still drenched and tired I'm sure, but I'll never forget his kindness towards a young starstruck fan. My uncle Craige died a couple months ago. I'm looking up all the rock stars I had a chance to meet because of him and it's a who's, who of classic rock bands. I found out at his funeral he wasn't really working those dates. He did it all for me. Probably 125+ concerts. Why it never dawned on me, even after he started a barbershop quartet is a testament to my naiveté at the time.
RIP Uncle Craige and thank you. 🥲
Wow, I'm sorry, that wasn't a quick story after all. I had to wear that damn cast for over a year. It was a conversation starter though. Several band members couldn't resist asking about it. I was 6'2" & weighed in @ 110 pounds. I looked like I'd been in a concentration camp. You find out most were just ordinary people with extraordinary talent. Greg Lake, the guys from Jethro Tull, America, Steve Howe from Yes, Rush, Jon Lord of Deep Purple, couple guys in Chicago, & The Moody Blues, to name a few.
That cast was so miserable, but it could've been so much worse. The surgeons both said my spinal cord was damaged and warned my parents I may never walk again. Nobody told me though. I walked out after only 2 months.
This guitar solo is one of my favorites too. Brilliant.
Wow!
And I'm glad you recovered.
Great story!
Bruh.. this story made my day.
RIP to your wonderful uncle
What an amazing story and memory. I am one of the lucky ones as well growing up in a generation where I got to see a lot of the greats as well my first was Led Zeppelin.
Saw page live bout 16..17 x..sept 71..73.75.77 2x each msg nyc .arms 83..both firm tours outrider 2x..pg.plnt both tours....now?? Im old
Ritchie Blackmore - Gotta be up there ! ❤️🙏
Everybody Else is Way on the Bottom!!
@highwaystar3780 I'm a 74 year old Scotsman and I saw Ritchie Blackmore before he was even famous live on stage and I stood there totally mesmerised as he did everything apart from making his guitar talk and it totally blew me away, I knew then that I had witnessed a genius at work - truly Amazing ! 😊❤️👍🏴
@@KeithMather-r4g There are countless great guitarists. Thers Only One Blackmore. Any Kid that ever picked up a guitar played the most famous 4 Chords 1st. His Solos are Compositions in themselves. Hendrix is in a class by himself but the Hillbilies mentioned here and frankly All the rest piled together Don't equal One of Ritchies fingernails. I dont expect everyone to feel the same way, but I know there are Enough of us who understand. When I hear the Solo from 'Comfortably Numb' or even 'Stairway'....I say think to myself, Wow, I wish Ritchie had Done that! But then I realize. He has So many Memorable Ones...it's hard to keep track. There will Never be another Man in Black. I don't care who comes and goes!
"When it comes to Solos I Can't even come close as Ritchie is on another level"
--Jimmy Page
@highwaystar3780 You certainly know your stuff dude, and I'm delighted that somebody feels the same way I do - Respect 🙏🏴
@@KeithMather-r4g Thers plenty of us Out There. Ritchie is a Larger than life figure! God Bless!!
Hendrix was revolutionary but I never thought he was the best. Robin Trower, Jeff Beck, Eddie VanHalen, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page will always be my top 5
Very happy he recognized Clarence White!
Richie Blackmore
He's amazing!!!
Blackmore is so good and they never say his name .. he’s like Voldemort of guitar
In an interview, Blackmore dismisses his reputation as a guitar god and said the guitarists in Nashville “just tear me apart.” Nice to hear them get the recognition they deserve.
Saw him live - Blew me away ! ❤️❤️❤️🏴
When it comes to Solos ...I can't Even come Close to Blackmore as He's on a totally different level!
--Jimmy Page
These great guitarists pretty much all say it was Jimi, don't they? (IMO, since we all seem to be taking the opportunity to toss in our own two cents, Steve Howe deserves a mention IMO)
For anyone to proclaim who the (best guitarists) were/are is a fallacy in my opinion. It is purely subjective to every individual to proclaim what guitarists move us emotionally.
Really. So Taylor swift is a better guitarist than Hendrix? It’s all opinion?
How about Glen Campbell, Jerry Reed, Roy Clarke, Grady Martin and Chet Atkins?
Nobody could do with the guitar as Roy Clark did. Incredibly fast hands.
My apologies for spelling Clark with an 'e.'
What about them, the video is Pages favorite Guitar players.
Justin Johnson
Totally agree. Add Danny Gatton to that list and put him at the top
No mention of Buddy Guy who influenced Hendrix greatly. Then just skimming over Jeff Beck who was a complete master.
Just saw Slash this week in Berlin. He was fantastic from start to finish.
I like this fad which comes up from time to time where ppl think Jimmy Page “sucks”, lmao. He sounds damn good to me, what do I know.
Martin Barre of Tull as good as any mentioned, beck , clapton, hendrix , blackmore ect...
Martin Barre is not in the league of Blackmore, Beck or Hendrix by any means, I like him too but that pesky reality deal
The title of this video should use the phrase "greatest rock guitarists" because the guitar existed for centuries before it became electrified. Classical and flamenco playing is far more technically demanding because fingers of the right hand are used rather than a pick. The reason why so many use a flat pick is because they don't have what it takes to fully develop the very rigorous right hand technique needed for playing flamenco and classical guitar music.
There are great rock players but their skill level does not rise to that of a great classical or flamenco player. If you doubt this, just put down the plectrum and try picking the strings with your fingers. The difficulty of playing with fingers rather than a flat pick is 4 or 5 times more difficult.
This video about Kazuhito Yamashita has me believing what you say. ruclips.net/video/6iB9zkEq4VA/видео.html
The thing is Michael that the fretting hand is always less than half the equation. Note execution technique varies depending on what you're trying to play; some music would actually require a plectrum .. some music demands fingerstyle.. if you really want to be a good guitar player, you have to be diversified for the different styles of playing.
That whole difficulty thing doesn’t necessarily hold up. Plenty of people prefer to fingerpick not myself necessarily but there are plenty George Thorogood is merely one example
Also how much have Flamenco guitarists or classical guitarists shaped our cultural landscape? or had such an impact as Jimmy Page? You want to say it’s “technically harder” which I totally agree but how relevant is your point? Like hordes of Zeppelin fans will read your comment and burn all their records and CDs and then only listen to Carlos Montoya from this day on. 🙄
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Jason, I was referring to diversity of technique, not the popularity of specific styles.
I thought I read in a guitar magazine interview that Jimmy Page was very fond of Buck Dharma from BOC. And for good reason Buck Dharma was, and still is, an exceptional guitar player.
Great to see Clarence White mentioned. That guy was pure class and died far too young.
My favourite guitarists are Joseph Spence and Hans Reichel. I also like Sonny Sharrock, Lonnie Johnson and Derek Bailey.
Surprised...but delightedthat he mentioned 'Clarence White'....one of my all time favourites...tragically killed while loading amps into his car after a gig by a drunk driver.
I'm in agreement with all the guitarists listed in the comments section - all GREAT guitarists. IMHO, Beck was the GOAT - never stopped evolving until the very end. So melodic. always improvised. Never played a scale, never ran through the same old bag of pentatonic licks. Clapton once was quoted as saying that " on a good night, no one can touch Jeff Beck". John McGlaughlin said the same thing about Beck. I was lucky enough to see him live 6 times over the years and always left gobsmacked at his spontaneous creativity. And he made it look effortless. He was still blazing at 78. R.I.P.
Charo....yes the gootichie gootichie girl. Massive talent.
agreed but has no place in this conversation
Mick Taylor, without any doubt.
I was sure he would have mentioned Link Wray as he's paid him compliments and mentioned how he was influenced by Wray.
Yep I remember that clip of Rumble that Page had said was a inspiration
Robert Fripp from King Crimson! Invented his own picking technique, invented a special guitar tuning. Unbelievable skill. Signature style. Even Hendrix was impressed after seeing KC play in London 1969
Hendrix was the best and most creative guitarist of the peace and love generation. His song-writing and melodies were a revelation to the rock musicians of the time.
Exactly. Even Page knows no one is better than Hendrix.
Overrated
@@RandyProctor-l7z Undereducated
Hendrix was a class apart, because with him it's not about technique - he was just working on a higher plane than other guitarists, a cosmic plane. And I include Page in that although I love Zep.
@@paddymeboy AGAIN… finally someone else knows their music on here. 🤜🏻
Steve Gaines, Ed King, Alan Collins, Gary Rossington, Doc Watson, Tony Rice.
Rory Gallagher, Allen Collins, Mark Knopfler, Albert Lee Joe Walsh.
David Gilmour
He explicitly praised the playing of Django Reinhardt, Page stated he must have played all the time to be as good as he was, which was astonishingly good.
The live albums released by the Byrds in recent years highlight Clarence White's playing in a rock context.
I saw him live with the Byrds and he was as fluid and fast as anyone, whether in a Rock or Country style music.
@@mark9058 Shame he died so young.
Clarence White was an absolutely amazing guitarist, he did so much from bluegrass to country to playing rock with the Byrds. As a guitarist myself he has always been a big influence on my playing especially his picking.
RIP Clarence White
Thank you for never using the word "iconic." How refreshing. Thanks.
Come on - Bert Jansch surely needs a mention
He stole his riff. White summer. Bert even says in an interview that page wouldn't look him in the eye.
Lol, just what i was thinking.
Jansch was the shit, man. His debut is almost flawless.
@@Blues1986 No, what he stole from Jansch was Black Mountainside and Bron Yr Aur Stomp. White Summer came from Davy Graham.
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I remember reading an interview with Clapton where he was asked how it feels to be the best guitarist in the world and his reply was.....You have to ask Prince.
Was scrolling for this !
Surprised there was no mention of Peter Green.
I am surprised he hasn't,t mentioned Django Reinhardt who I know he is in awe of he has even played Djangos cherished selmer 501 at Les Paul's House
Interesting point. I doubt many listening to the interview would have a clue.
So far, no mention in the video or in the comments of BB King.
Yeah the fact that many of their songs strongly borrowed from blues tunes, it’s crazy that Jimi was the closest to a blue guitarist on the list.
I saw them all from the late 60s to 2000s and Alvin Lee played the fastest yet clearest with tasty chops . Jimi , Stevie ray , and Garcia could think notes and play them to the Amazement of our greatest guitarists . Rory Gallagher was a perfectionist that could also blow the Sax which influenced his guitar playing . Clapton was God , I saw him with Cream , Blind Faith , Derek and the Dominoes , 451 Ocean show and he always delivered . Jeff Beck to the guitar to great heights and make a guitar sing . Randy California of Spirit added new dimensions . Christopher Cross , Peter Green , Mick Taylor ,Glen Campbell, David Gilmour unsung somewhat. And then there is Frank Zappa . Add ; Steven Lukather played on 500 LPs .
BEST EVER were DANNY GATTON, Lenny Breau, Scotty Anderson, Django Reinhardt, Wes Montgomery. Next would be Johny Smith, Hank Garland, Jeff Beck, Allan Holdsworth, SRV. As a picker Jerry Reed was one of the best along with Gatton, Scotty. Best player today Matteo Mancuso. Steve Morse is top 15 ever.
@user-if6xb5uh7z - It's all subjective, but that is a great list. You've obviously been paying attention! Be Cool.
Finally someone that knows guitar players! Danny hands down!
I was scrolling the comments to see if someone would bring up Lenny Breau. 👍
Eric Bell, late of Thin Lizzy was up there too!
I'm surprized he didnt mention Rory Gallagher , who he stole so many of his licks from.
Peter Frampton is hugely underrated…
Saw Hendrix in 1969 at San Diego Sports Arena and his live performance sounded every bit as good as a controlled studio recording.
Hendrix was a genius.
You're damn right! Page is way off the mark on the question of genius in rock and roll. Hendrix is to be ranked as one of the most gifted musicians in world history, any genre.
Kinda funny that the first illustration given of Page's guitar genius shows him miming to a track that Jeff Beck played (Heart Full of Soul). 🙂 But hey, that's okay; good effort.
Nobody should forget Django Rheinhardt. Not the same genre as Hendrix, but the same unparalleled awesomeness.
Sure, there are great guitarists, such as Yngwie Malmsteem, but I far more appreciate ones, such Ritchie Blackmore, who can write great songs with memorable solos.
Yes you’re right, and I can never understand why Ritchie Blackmore name is never mentioned… he was from the same era as Page, Beck, Clapton and so on…. Hendrix once attended a show where deep purple opened for cream and he went backstage and told Clapton that Ritchie just blew you off stage…. That was the end for deep purple… Clapton and cream chose another band to open for them…. True story….
It is mentioned. Even if You Die without ever knowing who Blackmore Is/was...you will have Died knowing the most famous 4 Chords in Rock history! It's the 1st thing Any Kid ever learned on guitar. When another guy comes along to Compose a Solo that even approaches just One of His Solos which are Compositions in themselves , then All these Overrated Hacks can say something. All these Hillbilly Hippies including Page Don't come close to one of his fingernails!
"When it comes to Solos I Don't Even come Close as Ritchie is on a totally different level"
--Jimmy Page
🙂It is impossible to put a list of 300 or 400 together without doing an injustice to a thousand others. But we have memories and appreciation for those we have heard and seen.
What about Stevie Ray Vaughn? How was he not on the list?
This list is about his favourite gutarists, not the best or the greatest. And most of the quotes are from the seventies. So how can Stevie Ray Vaughn be on this list.
@@MullewarpSo many styles. Hard to pick top 10 but SRV probably wouldn't be on it ahyhow. Maybe top 20...
@@Mullewarpexactly, before seeing your comment I pretty much said the same thing.
He may never have seen him, the only explanation I can think of.
@@rg1809 Page never says anything bad about anyone, he named some he respects & admired.
Ritchie Blackmore is still living and a guitar legend 🙌🏼🎸🇺🇸
From just a technical standpoint. Danny Gatton, end of that story. BUT writing a song, creating riffs. Keith Richards or Jimmy Page.
Correct! Debating basketball there's WILT and there is everyone else you might want to argue about. With guitars there is Danny Gatton and everyone else! He doesn't move me as much as my top favorites-- Rory, Albert King, Lonnie Mack,Gerry McGee, Andy Powell, Dave Hole -- but he is the untouchable master of technique of all styles.
My Dad was a generation ahead and always loved Chet Atkins.
Jimmy Page also said that Steve Martin is one of the best banjo players ever and that “Weird Al” Yankovic’s accordion skills are unmatched.
Or maybe he didn’t. You never actually hear Jimmy Page say anything in this video.
I guess that's why this guy has a successful youtube channel. He knows how to slap a few clips together and throw in a title and narrative that draws clicks
Can't even spell Jimmy what a tool.
Steve Martin actually is a pretty good banjo player...fair point though.
Thank You!
There are fine admirable guitarists then there is Jimi Hendrix. Mitch Mitchell's drumming meshed in so well with him to make these unbelievable classics.
I've always heard a lot of Grady Martin's influence in Page's playing and tone...
Especially from the Rockabilly stuff he did for guys like Johnny Burnette in the mid Fifties...TRAIN KEPT A ROLLIN/ Honey Hush, etc...
❤
I hoped to see mention of Roy Buchanan.
Nary a mention of Roy Buchanan.
Roy was also an influence for Jeff Beck.
@@TheHumbuckerboy ruclips.net/video/nYEcQzcI-FA/видео.html
There's at least half a dozen already made here before you posted yours.
I told myself I'd be ok if he didn't show Jimi live, but secretly it would have really hurt me for some reason. I felt emotional hearing Jimmy give Jimi his props. Jimmy and Jimi are both my favorite guitarists.
Not one Steve Hackett fan here? I certainly am.
Hackett, Beck and Gilmour are my favourite three. Don't worry most of these know it all's in the comments wouldn't know who he is.
Big fan of Steve Hackett, Ollie Halsall, and Harvey Mandel.
Steve Howe as well.
Buck Dharma aka Donald Rosier is one among many who hardly ever gets a notion. So I did it here.
The fact is that 95% of rock guitarists couldn't, even if their life depended on it, play pieces like Bach's lute works. Page recognizes this fact.
The guitar solo in The Yardbirds Think About it is SO OUTRAGEOUSLY out of place it’s awesome.
He’s right about classical music. There isn’t a guitarist in history ( and I absolutely love so many rock guitarists) that can even be mentioned in the same sentence as Mozart, Beethoven, or Rachmaninov to name a few. Just a completely different level of musical understanding and mastery. It’s not just mastery of an instrument - it’s complete mastery of music. Jimmy is absolutely incredible on his instrument. Same with Al Demeloa, , Victor Wooten, Neil Peart, Jimmy Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, Buddy Rich, Benny Goodman, Oscar Peterson and Art Tatum, and a ton of other absolutely insane players. But it’s just not the same as an absolute musical genius as Jimmy himself understands.
It's sometimes surprising that classical artists can actually have a high opinion of rock stars. The late Patricia Janeckova for example described Zep as 'balm for the soul' and Sofia Kiprskaya described Sting as a 'genius' so that's good enough for me.
When I started watching Siberian Khatru, I thought Page was a great guitar player. But 8 minutes later I knew Howe was much better.
fact check true......very extremely true.
Yeah right. It's easy to say - when you can't see the wood for the trees - that this or that guy is better than Page. You know how you know Page is the best? Because he's the guy that everybody else is supposed to be better than.
You know how else you know? Because he doesn't do your head in, unlike Yes...
@@paddymeboy do your head in? aw...3 chord boy...you will be ok.
@@paddymeboyu made me laugh with that comment haha,doesn't do your head in like yes!!!,,,, abd i love yes!
Mick Taylor! Rolling Stones👊🏼🏆 Richie blackmore...👍🏼🙌🏼 Deep Purple! .... Alvin lee, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page!....…....🎸💥
Finally, a major rock guitarist states that classical music is the rarefied realm of true musical genius. Some of us have known this forever.
I don't think Randy Rhodes or Richie Blackmore would have to say it, though they probably did.
@@naysayer1238 ....and more recently Yngwie. He's easy to overlook because he's never written anything that had any cross over to POP Chart winning that made him a name known beyond the circles of Rock Guitar players. Yet you're right. Between Blackmore and Rhodes it's pretty obvious that these two better known names clearly thought' Classical music theory and influence opened their world up to far more than the confines of Rock alone.
GnomicMaster, That's NON-SENSE, boarding on pure classical music SNOB, IMO. No particular style of music "alone" has produced all the "true musical genius". . There are a lot of really good players of many different instruments and playing all styles of music. The VAST MAJORITY of what gets called "genius"......isn't. What we are often hearing is real dedication to developing and maintaining a "talent" Honed and perfected to the best of that individual players ability. So where is "genius" or maybe a better description is "special extra something" that makes us describe it as Genius? I'd argue it's found in those people who brought something entirely NEW and awe inspiring. Classical Music clearly has such players and writers in it's past for sure. That said though so too does Rock, Country, Jazz or what-ever style of music I'm way less familiar with. In rock Guitar Eddie and Hendrix are the obvious players to cite. U tube is full of "kids" who can play their stuff. Such people are clearly TALENTED. and have worked hard. Genius though.....NOPE!! I'll reserve that for people who change everything with their impact on what all of us thought was a limit and they exceeded the expectation with a whole other direction and how things are done. This is true for the world of Classical music as well. There are concert pianists out there who play Mozart, Beethoven and others so well it blows the listener away......but again......that's a talent honed. Not genius. Genius are those Classical musicians who wrote the stuff people still aspire to play long after the writer and original player is gone.
@@Dogboy1960 Well then I suppose I'm a genius because I compose neoclassical piano music (recently completed my 11 vignettes "Rasputin Rhapsody", 47 minutes of eleven thematically related pieces) and I possess 27 patents. Marcin not only plays a guitar like I play the piano, all ten fingers doing something different at the same time, but he composes too. There's an old axiom: After the creator only the copier!! Also, "Skill does what it can, genius does what it must."
@@GnomicMaster You don't get to decide you're a genius. That status is determined by those who listen to your compositions and deem you to be a "genius". If writing a particular style was all there was to it we'd over run with genius to the point of it as an absolutely meaningless description.
Page seems for speed and technical skills I prefer more nuanced players Jerry Garcia Dave Gilmour Guitarists with steely Dan Baxter and Carlton and others
Picking the best at anything is subjective everyone has different tastes. When I pick a certain beat I always say in my opinion because there will be many who will disagree with my pick. I personally like the Southern rock guitarists.SRV, Dickie Betts, etc.
we all have our favorites don’t we. Mine are Duane Allman, Jeff Beck, Derek Trucks, Terry Kath, Alvin Lee, Peter Green, Stevie Ray Vaughn and of course Hendrix❤
Gary Moore not mentioned here was the Master of Sustain and could play any Genre.Jimi Page could take Lessons off GaryMoore.
Drunken clown .
I came to make sure Steve Howe wasn't listed. They be rivals. And Jimmy was outclassed.
Howe was great in 'Tomorrow' and 'Bodast' as well. Seems like Jimmy Page started to play sort of like Howe at some point. Listen to the live "Live Yardbirds" from the Anderson Theater in NYC and 'Move' e.p. "Something Else" at the Marquee Club. Both Page and Roy Wood started utilizing Howe's techniques at times on those live recordings where they really hadn't sounded that way before.
Gary Moore should be way up in this group of greats. He's my favorite....so much passion and feeling.
I don't think Moore was from Page's era.
The thing is, these are Page’s picks not yours. Jimmy didn’t put anyone down, like others do, he named a handful he admires. It wasn’t a list of Jimmy Page picks top 50 guitarists.
I agree that Gary was one of the greats. I don't agree though that because I rate him highly then Jimmy Page (or anyone else) should then be obliged to include him among his shortlist of favourite guitarists
Moore is a bit overrated.
Great guitarist
Based on a quick review of comments here, it seems like Jimmy should have consulted with many people, perhaps even conducted some kind of scientific poll to help determine who his personal favorite guitarist were.
The unparalleled virtuosity of Rory Gallagher is a joy to behold.
In 1973 this was recognised and he was voted by a music magazine as the number 1rock guitarist in the world.
Unfortunately, his early death in 1995 and his unassuming and quiet modesty leaves him slightly forgotten by some now.
Robert Johnson was so skillful says Eric Clapton that It needs two players to play what he played alone and sang at the same time. He also said to learn to play like Robert it will be a life’s work for any musician. If Clapton says so Johnson must have been a genius.😀
Well mentioned Axel
He's right - Hendrix was the most creative, powerful performer rock music has ever seen. He changed the face of rock guitar as we know it and created the entire genre of rock guitar heroes in general.
Hendrix wasn't even an average axeman.
The first Yardbird tune showing Page was actually Beck on lead. At the end Page said Beck kept improving even into old age to be “beyond us mere mortals”.
If we limit it ro rock then
Jeff beck, Srv, Steve vai, Eddie van halen, Roy Buchanan, honorable mentions to hendrix, page, knofler and zappa
Finally someone mentioned Roy Buchanan Personally he's my favorite guitarist of all time
Best guitarist??? Jan Akkerman of Focus and of Cuby and the blizzards
I agree with Jimmy about "genius" being overused. Most so-called "geniuses" in popular are gifted, but not geniuses. I only consider two guitarists to be geniuses - Frank Zappa and Pat Metheny - and that's not just their guitar playing but their compositions, arrangements, unbelievable work output, technical innovations, mentoring of other musicians and musical imaginations.
Zappa wrote a lot of crap for a supposed genius, and you have to separate what he composed from his guitar playing. Zappa was great, but there are better guitar players.
@@johnhitz1185 Everyone writes crap at times. Not all ideas work out. But when you produce as much music as Zappa did (even the volume of his output is amazing) there will will be more crap as well, especially the juvenile sexual titillation rubbish.
As a composer, though, Zappa is astonishing. Sure, there are many better guitarists, but listen to Fifty-Fifty again. Frank followed George Duke and Jean-Luc Ponty's outstanding solos on Fifty-fifty and did not sound out of place, and he provided the track's strongest climaxes. No slouch there either, but he was mainly a composer.
No. Not Zappa. The only one who thought that Zappa was a genius was Frank Zappa.
@@AlmostEthical Yes. Zappa was rubbish.
@@SeptemberChild1835 And a million others
In a Radio 2 interview around 2015 Page stated that it was Lonnie Donegan that he and all his peers wanted to emulate in those early days.