@@milesofentertainment Ibuprophen and whiskey destroyed his liver. It happened before people realized how lethal large doses can be especially when mixed with alcohol. Really sucked. He was one of the absolute best.
@Mike Kemsley Great reminder. Many people don't read the small print on over the counter medicines they purchase but a warning is on there and for those who aren't aware, ibuprofen, advil, tylenol and generic versions are damaging to the liver of people who drink daily. For occasional drinkers who have too much fun, avoid those headache remedies the next day.
Good list .. ge smith, always melodic and tasteful without sounding derivative ... love that guy. Surprised you have Zappa on the list. His solos stand apart as endlessly inventive, original, and damn good (big big fan). I think people want songs that sound like something they know so he doesn't get much love. Give the solo instrumental albums a listen.
Thanks but honestly we had "buyer's remorse" as we hit the upload button and if we had redone it monthly since the original each would have probably had a different lineup and for sure a different order. LOL. But we're glad you liked them. Thanks a lot, MOE
I didn't make it through the video because the first 5 guitarists are not under-rated at all. I expected to see names like Mike Campbell, Dave Gregory, Richard Thompson, or Kenny Vaughn.
They're certainly not underrated by guitar players and real fans but we never see their names on the "best" lists. That was the point-there's great players who don't pop to mind like a Clapton or Page but who're every bit as good. The casual country music fan thinks of Vince Gill as a great singer, but anyone who's seen him live knows he's a terror on a guitar. Same for Prince. We see his name on "most overrated" and "most underrated" lists. Sorry we disappointed. We do agree with you on the names you presented. But there's many more in additon to our dozen and your four. There's just so many outstanding players out there.
On the rock side of things, Vito Bratta (White Lion). They guy had a superb feel for melody. It's too bad we're not still hearing him play as a recording artist.
You're right and we could have thrown 100 names into a had and pulled out a dozen legitimate players to include in this video. We went with names we see at the bottom or even missing from top 100 lists we thought weren't fully appreciated because a distraction from their guitar ability. With Jorma, he wasn't a flashy guy and Grace Slick and Jack Cassidy (who was at that time considered one of the best bass players) were and attracted the spotlight in Jefferson Airplane. With Zappa, it was a limited audience, he didn't appeal to the masses and wasn't on the radio while most people thought of Glen Campbell as a singer, tv show host, entertainer. Dave Mason had played guitar for so many stars with no fanfare. That was our approach.
What about Leo Kotke, Jesse Cook, John Scofield, Albert King, Gary Moore, Eric Gale, Jeff Baxter, Freddie King, Ottmar Leibert, Billy Gibbons, Mick Taylor, Mike Bloomfield, Shuggy Otis, Peter Green, Buddy Guy, Johnny Winter, Jeff Healey, Mark Knopfler, Roy Clark and/or Rory Gallagher?
Not sure we'd include Moore, Bloomfield, Winter or Knopfler on any underrated lists but we'd agree the others you named are spectacular players and are underrated. Thanks for mentioning Shuggy, haven't thought of him in years but listened to him in the 70's.
John Fahey LOL Both underrated. Seriously, saw Roy in early 70's. Could play blues like nobody's business. We just found and posted a video of him playing with Merle Haggard on our Twitter page. Click the Twitter link to see it.
This can be a series, easy. And yes to all of them. Thompson might be the "best" acoustic player I've ever seen...and I've seen Doc Watson...- but why compare them? I just appreciate hearing those guys live!
We found it odd to discover he's on about an equal number of underrated and overrated lists we've seen. Same for Jeff Beck. But we felt so many people put Prince in the same category as Glen Campbell and Roy Clark, both phenomenal guitarists appreciated more as "entertainers." We also agree with you on all four guys you mentioned.
To be honest, we didn't like a lot of his music. But his music we liked, we loved. And we would rate him among the greatest musical talents of our time-musician, songwriter, bandleader, originality...on and on. A genius. MOE
We've discussed Roy in earlier comments. He played blues like nobody's business. Pretty sure Eric Clapton once said he was the best player alive at the time, but he's also said that about Buddy Guy. We featured Roy in a concert of the week early last year. You can find it on our channel or just search for Roy live from Austin. Great show.
@@milesofentertainment Buddy is a standard Blues player, Roy mixes blues up whit country licks that is incredible difficult. In fact I believe that kinda of country style is the most difficult to preform due to the fact that he plays whit a kind of sound that is totally pure and clean. Most others turn up the gain when Roy just turns the volume to 13:) might not be impressive to people who don’t play guitar but ask anyone who does. Just ask Marty Stuart, he’s been around for awhile. Any way, great program you run, nice that inexperienced folks also provide these kind of videos, brings a lot of comments and discussions to the table. Tip: check out some of the great rhythm players from the 80 rock scene like Izzy Stradlin, they often are the once who makes it possible for lead players to shine:)
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Terry Haggerty. He gave lessons to Jerry Garcia. And taught Bill Champlin who replaced Terry Kath in Chicago and was in his band, the Sons of Champlin... The best horn band on Earth.
Did you mention Johnny Winter? I might have gone for a snack. IMO the greatest guitarist that people don't listen to anymore. I saw him once and he was near to blind. When he started playing I was absolutely hypnotized by his fingerwork. He is up there with Duane Allman in my mind. It was Delta blues.
He was not in this video but's he pretty high and probably not high enough on our "Slide Guitar Top 20-Best of the Best" video and although there were a lot of great performances at Woodstock, his was at or near the top. Was lucky enough to see him in the early 70's with his brother Edgar and Rick Derringer-who himself could have easily been on this video. Tremendous guitar player and as twin players not many bands in the day could match. Love JW. MOE
@@milesofentertainment I remember them then, they had a hit with "R&R Hootchie Coo." Derringer was in the McCoys when they did the seminal, "Hang On Sloopy." The girl in that video could dance like nobody's business. I really enjoy your YT page. I was born in 1950. Music has gone thru a lot of changes but you can always spot an outstanding performer in any year. Guys like Jackie Wilson, Sam Cooke, or James Brown. R&R definitely came from America, though, along with the blues.
I saw winter in 93 Roseland NYC the Alligator recordings are amazing. some one told me in the early 70s people said Johnny Winters name like people say Van Halen
We never felt like Johnny was underrated. He's usually on the "best" lists we see although probably not as high as you might think he belongs. He's pretty high and looking back, not high enough on our "Slide Guitar Top 20-Best of the Best" video. We love Johnny, in fact we featured Johnny and Dr. John in our concert of the week recently.
What separates Prince from most of these guitarists, is the fact that he could make you “feel” what he felt.. he could make you “feel” the emotion of the lyrics..he could “sing” without saying a word… and do it by playing the guitar…Not only do it, but do it flawlessly. Prince was, is and always will be… the GOAT!
He might not be our GOAT but he's damn close and everything else you said about him is why we love him and the same would be said for our GOATS-Duane Allman and Stevie Ray. And we wish all three were still with us. Thanks for watching and commenting. MOE
Dick Wagner & Steve Hunter as a duo. Country & Bluegrass players are without doubt most underrated genre. Probably a better category rather than underrated would the be the guitar players guitarist.
Amazing how many of those there are who the average music fan has never heard of. One of our favorite guitar players is Jack Pearson and unless you've been to Nashville or were an Allman Bros fan from 97-99 you'd probably have no idea who he is. Thanks for watching. MOE
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Lenny is because so many regular music fans wouldn't know him but don't know many who think Chet Atkins is underrated. And most fans would recognize the name and associate it with a guitar. He's a guitar God. And never hit a bad note. He's among our top ten favorite guitar players. Thanks for watching. MOE
No doubt! Maggot Brain is one of the greatest guitar solos of all time. Eddie's certainly not underrated by critics or Funk fans but they didn't appeal to the masses or get much radio airplay so casual music fans might know a Clapton or Harrison or Keith Richards but Eddie Hazel would get a blank stare. But we're with you on Eddie, unbelievable guitar player.
Yngwie is the G.O.A.T. "Inspiration" has the greatest Hendrix inspired guitar ever cut to record Pictures of Home, Demonds Eye, Manic Depression, wayward son , you can't escape the cascading amazing endless guitar wizardry
He's a great guitar player, no question. Like Prince, he's the best to some ears and overrated by others. And it's all subjective so there's no right or wrong. We likely overrate players whose music we love and underrate those whose music we don't care for. We try to be objective in our subjectivity. If that makes sense.
@@milesofentertainment actually Yngie isn't under rated so MY statement is kind of off topic. Yngwie lives for challenge if you are front row at one of his shows he will literally play guitar in your face if you are not paying attention ...lol
Why do people think because somebody plays very fast that they are good? What emotion does that make you feel? Don’t get me wrong, I like all these guys, but it seems like whoever plays fastest is “the best” most of the time.
Two words...Danny Gatton....has the movie gottenout yet?Anyway I look forward to More Underrated Guitarists...great job here. .. Roy Buchanan could start off the next one.
Absolutely Will. I was astonished at his tone and playing, probably one of the most unknown but I was listening recently to some Bedouin Sahara guitarists that are so different but equally brilliant playing styles of music and guitar not known in general. I was astonished. A bit like the great Ginger Baker the drummer out of Cream who went to Nigeria and played with those amazing African drummers. There's some great talented musicians amongst Asian, African music and gypsy too It's great to hear the masala of guitar styles.
Bonnie Raitt, Rory Gallagher, Mic Taylor #3? We just looked for good clips of the players we chose with no preference for "speed" as you say. But a slide definitely lends itself to that. Thanks for watching and commenting. MOE
Oh man, there's a name that just doesn't pop to mind over a lot of other names but Jethro would not have been Tull without him. He was a monster, say was, assume he still is. Thanks for the shout out. Love his guitar.
There are many greats, it's subjective but there are some lesser known mavericks like nick Harper, Rory Gallagher, some of the old blues players, Roy Buchanan , Jeff Beck , SRV and John mac Claughlin of Mahavishnu orchestra and Shakti doing Indian rhythms that were so complex and different and of course Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page but already what you have played here have rediculous amounts of talent.
Saw Rory Gallagher and Roy Buchanan just months apart in early 70's. Both incredible. Saw Mahavishnu when they played with Spirit as a replacement act for the Allman Brothers due to a Greg Allman illness and was totally blown away along with the rest of the audience. No one was prepared for that act the first time. Unbelievable doesn't do it justice. MOE
so many of these guys seem to forget that the guitar is for making music ! complicated noises based on blues scales played really fast are impressive live but not that listenable.
Sounds like maybe we just picked the wrong clips for you but we'd bet with some other selections you would appreciate every player on our video. Thanks for watching and commenting. MOE
any list that doesn't include Buck Dharma is not a list! that being said Vince Gill was a good choice he can play it all, I'm sure he could shred with the best metal guitarists!
That's why he's on both overrated and underrated lists. We view him as a very rare talent and exceptional as both a musician and composer. But we get you as well. There's numerous artists we don't care for that are exceptional artists. They just don't appeal to us. To possibly sway your opinion we would suggest checking out his guitar work backing up Chaka Khan here: ruclips.net/video/Vz0K49M1PFk/видео.html
@@milesofentertainment You can't say he is a great composer. He is below average. All those years and albums and he really hasn't got 1 truly great song. I heard a remix of one of his songs once I thought was great but that was all I can give him credit for.
@@Veggamattic We trust the fantastic musicians who played with him. George Duke and others basically consider him a musical genius and only the best musicians could play some of his compositions. But we welcome the dialog and don't question anybody's choice of music because it's a personal reaction to what you hear. We happen to enjoy most genres of music but know music moves everyone individually. Thanks for responding.
R&R Hall of Fame-what else need be said. It was easy ro get lost in the discussion in the 70’s when you’re going against EC, Page, Gilmour, Blackmore, Santana and more, not to mention Hendrix. Howe was incredible with Yes, Asia , GTR and as a solo artist and does get lost now but in Yes’s prime he was not underrated. Great guitarist and a great band.
Steve has never been underrated. He won the best overall guitarist category in Guitar Magazine five years in a row and has always been highly regarded.
@@lansingdoesbusiness9356 OK thanks. I guess because it took too long for Yes to be considered for the R+R hall of fame. 1979 saw yes Tourmato tour with round stage
@@verntoews6937 We love Steve Howe but think his star has diminished over the years but fans who grew up with them and guitar players know how good he is. He will definitely be in our followup to this video.
Steve Vai said "he comes closer than anyone else to being the best guitar player to ever lived." Fame never found him and though he acted like it didn't bother him, most who were close to him said he suffered from depression for years, and he eventually locked himself in his garage and committed suicide by self-inflicted gunshot. He was only 49. There's not a lot of video of Danny but what's out there demonstrates incredible skills and he was shredding long before that term was associated with a guitar.
@@milesofentertainment I read about that n it's darrrrk This is why I feel like ppl shouldn't play guitar for a living They should play bcuz the love it and if money n fame comes with it even better
He's like Prince to us-we don't care for much of their stuff, but most of the stuff we love. Guess we can say that about just about anybody. Not many we can say we dislike nothing they do. But both are among our favorite guitar players. And both were musical genius's that will be long remembered.
Like Prince and Jeff Beck, we find Zappa on a lot of "overrated" lists as well as underrated lists. We fall on the underrated on all three but we think Frank is especially underrated not only as a guitarist but as a composer and band leader as well. You could make a hall of fame with the musicians who played in the Mothers and they would tell you how hard it was to play some of Zappa's music. We put Frank in the musical genius class.
What kinda world do you people live in, sorry my French but Prince and Zappa are both legendary players whit cult status all over the globe. Frank Zappa played along with Hendrix on numerous occasions and Prince is one of the most famous artists of all time and if you question his guitar skills than have a go at his guitar work on the tribute concert for George Harrison
@@HarryPalms-xh8de you’re preaching to the choir regarding Frank Zappa. I think Prince is good, but I am not going to put him up on the pedestal like you have. He would be in my top 10.
That's one thing we can sure agree on. We find new ones every day that are just simply incredible. Thanks for pointing that out. These are all purely subjective. We could have made the same video half a dozen times with different lineups each time. MOE
Prince was slightly above average on every instrument. He vision of what his image was, and had the promotion to bring that Circus around and on TV in front of 14 million ppl
We had not...but we've watched a couple videos and will watch more. He's very good and thanks for turning us on to him. We're always happy to discover a new great guitar player. MOE
We know there's many who share your opinion. We happen to be in the opposite boat but we believe everybody has the right to their own opinion in all matters.
@@milesofentertainment thank you I appreciate the artists, especially the songwriting ability, many musicians who are virtuoso level can not write songs . an analogy could be mechanical engineers and Electrical engineers , electrical is where the magic happens
You're not alone. Prince and Jeff Beck in particular are two of our favorite guitar players we find at the top of both overrated and underrated lists. It's a totally subjective opinion either way but we love the discussion. Thanks for watching.
I think the average Prince fan (not necessarily you) listens to his lyrical prowess and not necessarily to the musicianship. Listening to some deeper tracks on albums like Chocolate Invasion and Lotus or even Phase One, show some serious skill and control - lots of Santana influence w a funk quality. I think Prince should be more closely compared to the likes of Stevie Wonder - composer, multi-instrumentalist and not tied to any one genre of music. That is MHO.
@@GregRearranger We couldn't agree more. If we did a Mt Rushmore of musical talent over the last half century we would start with Stevie Wonder and Prince would be on there as well...we'd have to think hard about the other two, but as for the total package don't see how you top them.
@@milesofentertainment I would really like to see someone break down Stevie Wonder's serious harmonica skills! He is probably one of the best ever.....yet nobody really talks about it. His solos are sick! And the What Friends Are For melody is killer.
@@GregRearranger In addition to harmonica he is also without peer on the synthesizer and can play just about anything. During his opening act for the Rolling Stones "Exile on Main Street" tour, he played every instrument on the stage at some point during his set. He has no bigger fan than MOE.
It seems like an american list of underrated guitar players. All of them are ok but ¿Prince? Very much missed Barry Bailey (ARS), Ronnie Montrose and Hughie Thomasson.
Wow, Ronnie Montrose, haven't heard his name in a while or thought of him for that matter but he could rock out for sure. Prince is a name that when you rave about his guitar skills people either are nodding their head up and down in agreement or giving you a puzzled looked with their head cocked sideways.
Yes, I see. He was a talented and skilled musician. But never enjoyed most of his music and always thought he was too hooked on commercial stuff and drowned in the biz to create rock music of quality.
THE NUMBER #1 UNDERRATED GUITAR PLAYER OF ALL-TIME IS RORY GALLAGHER.
He very well could be. Saw him in '71-72 and he was all that. Tragic death after battling his demons.
@@milesofentertainment Ibuprophen and whiskey destroyed his liver. It happened before people realized how lethal large doses can be especially when mixed with alcohol. Really sucked. He was one of the absolute best.
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Good list .. ge smith, always melodic and tasteful without sounding derivative ... love that guy. Surprised you have Zappa on the list. His solos stand apart as endlessly inventive, original, and damn good (big big fan). I think people want songs that sound like something they know so he doesn't get much love. Give the solo instrumental albums a listen.
Big Zappa fans. Brilliant mind, great composer and band leader and guitar player.
Great selections! Thank you!
Thanks but honestly we had "buyer's remorse" as we hit the upload button and if we had redone it monthly since the original each would have probably had a different lineup and for sure a different order. LOL. But we're glad you liked them. Thanks a lot, MOE
I didn't make it through the video because the first 5 guitarists are not under-rated at all. I expected to see names like Mike Campbell, Dave Gregory, Richard Thompson, or Kenny Vaughn.
They're certainly not underrated by guitar players and real fans but we never see their names on the "best" lists. That was the point-there's great players who don't pop to mind like a Clapton or Page but who're every bit as good. The casual country music fan thinks of Vince Gill as a great singer, but anyone who's seen him live knows he's a terror on a guitar. Same for Prince. We see his name on "most overrated" and "most underrated" lists. Sorry we disappointed. We do agree with you on the names you presented. But there's many more in additon to our dozen and your four. There's just so many outstanding players out there.
On the rock side of things, Vito Bratta (White Lion). They guy had a superb feel for melody. It's too bad we're not still hearing him play as a recording artist.
You're right and we could have thrown 100 names into a had and pulled out a dozen legitimate players to include in this video. We went with names we see at the bottom or even missing from top 100 lists we thought weren't fully appreciated because a distraction from their guitar ability. With Jorma, he wasn't a flashy guy and Grace Slick and Jack Cassidy (who was at that time considered one of the best bass players) were and attracted the spotlight in Jefferson Airplane. With Zappa, it was a limited audience, he didn't appeal to the masses and wasn't on the radio while most people thought of Glen Campbell as a singer, tv show host, entertainer. Dave Mason had played guitar for so many stars with no fanfare. That was our approach.
What about Leo Kotke, Jesse Cook, John Scofield, Albert King, Gary Moore, Eric Gale, Jeff Baxter, Freddie King, Ottmar Leibert, Billy Gibbons, Mick Taylor, Mike Bloomfield, Shuggy Otis, Peter Green, Buddy Guy, Johnny Winter, Jeff Healey, Mark Knopfler, Roy Clark and/or Rory Gallagher?
Not sure we'd include Moore, Bloomfield, Winter or Knopfler on any underrated lists but we'd agree the others you named are spectacular players and are underrated. Thanks for mentioning Shuggy, haven't thought of him in years but listened to him in the 70's.
John Fahey…. A list like this just leaves off so many talented artists.
Mike Oldfield of the well-known Tubular Bells is also a master. He can play anything.
He was incredible
@@milesofentertainmentHe still is.
Roy Buchanan
John Fahey LOL Both underrated. Seriously, saw Roy in early 70's. Could play blues like nobody's business. We just found and posted a video of him playing with Merle Haggard on our Twitter page. Click the Twitter link to see it.
Is Prince underrated!?
Might I mention Rory Gallagher, Ry Cooder, Richard Thompson and Lowell George to name but few...
This can be a series, easy. And yes to all of them. Thompson might be the "best" acoustic player I've ever seen...and I've seen Doc Watson...- but why compare them? I just appreciate hearing those guys live!
@@willhunt7355 what? Did I offend you?
We found it odd to discover he's on about an equal number of underrated and overrated lists we've seen. Same for Jeff Beck. But we felt so many people put Prince in the same category as Glen Campbell and Roy Clark, both phenomenal guitarists appreciated more as "entertainers." We also agree with you on all four guys you mentioned.
Certainly not! Liked your list!
Prince and Glen Campbell!
The difference with Prince is……one actually wants to listen to him.
To be honest, we didn't like a lot of his music. But his music we liked, we loved. And we would rate him among the greatest musical talents of our time-musician, songwriter, bandleader, originality...on and on. A genius. MOE
Why...he's never written a great song. Some good ones but I can't think of a great one.
I really wonder why nobody brings up Leroy "Roy" Buchanan
We've discussed Roy in earlier comments. He played blues like nobody's business. Pretty sure Eric Clapton once said he was the best player alive at the time, but he's also said that about Buddy Guy. We featured Roy in a concert of the week early last year. You can find it on our channel or just search for Roy live from Austin. Great show.
@@milesofentertainment Buddy is a standard Blues player, Roy mixes blues up whit country licks that is incredible difficult. In fact I believe that kinda of country style is the most difficult to preform due to the fact that he plays whit a kind of sound that is totally pure and clean. Most others turn up the gain when Roy just turns the volume to 13:) might not be impressive to people who don’t play guitar but ask anyone who does. Just ask Marty Stuart, he’s been around for awhile. Any way, great program you run, nice that inexperienced folks also provide these kind of videos, brings a lot of comments and discussions to the table. Tip: check out some of the great rhythm players from the 80 rock scene like Izzy Stradlin, they often are the once who makes it possible for lead players to shine:)
Brilliant video 📹 👏 👌 👍 🙌
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Terry Haggerty. He gave lessons to Jerry Garcia. And taught Bill Champlin who replaced Terry Kath in Chicago and was in his band, the Sons of Champlin... The best horn band on Earth.
Did you mention Johnny Winter? I might have gone for a snack. IMO the greatest guitarist that people don't listen to anymore. I saw him once and he was near to blind. When he started playing I was absolutely hypnotized by his fingerwork. He is up there with Duane Allman in my mind. It was Delta blues.
He was not in this video but's he pretty high and probably not high enough on our "Slide Guitar Top 20-Best of the Best" video and although there were a lot of great performances at Woodstock, his was at or near the top. Was lucky enough to see him in the early 70's with his brother Edgar and Rick Derringer-who himself could have easily been on this video. Tremendous guitar player and as twin players not many bands in the day could match. Love JW. MOE
Haha your funny dud, Johnny Winter is on another galaxy compared to all of the players on this list
@@milesofentertainment I remember them then, they had a hit with "R&R Hootchie Coo." Derringer was in the McCoys when they did the seminal, "Hang On Sloopy." The girl in that video could dance like nobody's business. I really enjoy your YT page. I was born in 1950. Music has gone thru a lot of changes but you can always spot an outstanding performer in any year. Guys like Jackie Wilson, Sam Cooke, or James Brown. R&R definitely came from America, though, along with the blues.
I saw winter in 93 Roseland NYC the Alligator recordings are amazing.
some one told me in the early 70s people said Johnny Winters name like people say Van Halen
We never felt like Johnny was underrated. He's usually on the "best" lists we see although probably not as high as you might think he belongs. He's pretty high and looking back, not high enough on our "Slide Guitar Top 20-Best of the Best" video. We love Johnny, in fact we featured Johnny and Dr. John in our concert of the week recently.
Right on! Prince !
What separates Prince from most of these guitarists, is the fact that he could make you “feel” what he felt.. he could make you “feel” the emotion of the lyrics..he could “sing” without saying a word… and do it by playing the guitar…Not only do it, but do it flawlessly.
Prince was, is and always will be… the GOAT!
He might not be our GOAT but he's damn close and everything else you said about him is why we love him and the same would be said for our GOATS-Duane Allman and Stevie Ray. And we wish all three were still with us. Thanks for watching and commenting. MOE
Dick Wagner & Steve Hunter as a duo. Country & Bluegrass players are without doubt most underrated genre. Probably a better category rather than underrated would the be the guitar players guitarist.
Amazing how many of those there are who the average music fan has never heard of. One of our favorite guitar players is Jack Pearson and unless you've been to Nashville or were an Allman Bros fan from 97-99 you'd probably have no idea who he is. Thanks for watching. MOE
The Alice Cooper guitarist had actual degrees in music, I love how that works !
Thank you for broadening my appreciation for good guitarists.
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Maybe I'm being impatient, but Lenny breau is on here, right? And while I'm thinking about it, chet Atkins was beethoven level good
Lenny is because so many regular music fans wouldn't know him but don't know many who think Chet Atkins is underrated. And most fans would recognize the name and associate it with a guitar. He's a guitar God. And never hit a bad note. He's among our top ten favorite guitar players. Thanks for watching. MOE
Terry Kath I think is the most underrated , he was the guy Hendrix said was "Better than him"
Terry was the main reason we listened to Chicago. When in the mood for some great guitar Chicago was always in waiting or on the turntable.
Eddie hazel tho!
No doubt! Maggot Brain is one of the greatest guitar solos of all time. Eddie's certainly not underrated by critics or Funk fans but they didn't appeal to the masses or get much radio airplay so casual music fans might know a Clapton or Harrison or Keith Richards but Eddie Hazel would get a blank stare. But we're with you on Eddie, unbelievable guitar player.
Two words Robert Fripp!
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Yngwie is the G.O.A.T.
"Inspiration" has the greatest Hendrix inspired guitar ever cut to record
Pictures of Home, Demonds Eye, Manic Depression, wayward son , you can't escape the cascading amazing endless guitar wizardry
He's a great guitar player, no question. Like Prince, he's the best to some ears and overrated by others. And it's all subjective so there's no right or wrong. We likely overrate players whose music we love and underrate those whose music we don't care for. We try to be objective in our subjectivity. If that makes sense.
@@milesofentertainment actually Yngie isn't under rated so MY statement is kind of off topic.
Yngwie lives for challenge
if you are front row at one of his shows he will literally play guitar in your face if you are not paying attention ...lol
The only source that got it completely backwards is Rolling Stone Magazine!
That's for sure.
I think you could add Frank Marino to this list!!!
we certainly could
Mic Box Of Uriah Heep is the most underrated Guitarist
Oh yeah, they kicked butt
Why do people think because somebody plays very fast that they are good? What emotion does that make you feel? Don’t get me wrong, I like all these guys, but it seems like whoever plays fastest is “the best” most of the time.
Two words...Danny Gatton....has the movie gottenout yet?Anyway I look forward to More Underrated Guitarists...great job here. .. Roy Buchanan could start off the next one.
Absolutely Will. I was astonished at his tone and playing, probably one of the most unknown but I was listening recently to some Bedouin Sahara guitarists that are so different but equally brilliant playing styles of music and guitar not known in general. I was astonished. A bit like the great Ginger Baker the drummer out of Cream who went to Nigeria and played with those amazing African drummers. There's some great talented musicians amongst Asian, African music and gypsy too
It's great to hear the masala of guitar styles.
Saw him in '71, maybe '72 in a small venue. Simply incredible. His death in a jail cell was so tragic and still suspect. MOE
I heard some electric violin this week by a young lady that blew me away. However there were frets and several strings on the violin .
Bonnie Raitt, Rory Gallagher, Mic Taylor #3? We just looked for good clips of the players we chose with no preference for "speed" as you say. But a slide definitely lends itself to that. Thanks for watching and commenting. MOE
Martin Barre
Oh man, there's a name that just doesn't pop to mind over a lot of other names but Jethro would not have been Tull without him. He was a monster, say was, assume he still is. Thanks for the shout out. Love his guitar.
Clapton never said that about Prince. Google it. I don't know where Gene Simmons got that from
Confused maybe. Pretty sure Clapton said that about Buddy Guy.
There are many greats, it's subjective but there are some lesser known mavericks like nick Harper, Rory Gallagher, some of the old blues players, Roy Buchanan , Jeff Beck , SRV and John mac Claughlin of Mahavishnu orchestra and Shakti doing Indian rhythms that were so complex and different and of course Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page but already what you have played here have rediculous amounts of talent.
Saw Rory Gallagher and Roy Buchanan just months apart in early 70's. Both incredible. Saw Mahavishnu when they played with Spirit as a replacement act for the Allman Brothers due to a Greg Allman illness and was totally blown away along with the rest of the audience. No one was prepared for that act the first time. Unbelievable doesn't do it justice. MOE
so many of these guys seem to forget that the guitar is for making music ! complicated noises based on blues scales played really fast are impressive live but not that listenable.
Sounds like maybe we just picked the wrong clips for you but we'd bet with some other selections you would appreciate every player on our video. Thanks for watching and commenting. MOE
Stephen Stills
Jim Croce
Dean Ween
Stills for sure
any list that doesn't include Buck Dharma is not a list! that being said Vince Gill was a good choice he can play it all, I'm sure he could shred with the best metal guitarists!
yeah I think he liked being under the radar
Sorry, Boys,100 years from now they’ll be wondering what planet Alan Holdsworth was from! And where the fuck things came from!
Fantastic player and for sure could have been in this video. He was one of Zappa's favorites. MOE
I don't get the Prince thing...I hear an average player with bad tone and no real talent at composition either.
That's why he's on both overrated and underrated lists. We view him as a very rare talent and exceptional as both a musician and composer. But we get you as well. There's numerous artists we don't care for that are exceptional artists. They just don't appeal to us. To possibly sway your opinion we would suggest checking out his guitar work backing up Chaka Khan here: ruclips.net/video/Vz0K49M1PFk/видео.html
@@milesofentertainment You can't say he is a great composer. He is below average. All those years and albums and he really hasn't got 1 truly great song. I heard a remix of one of his songs once I thought was great but that was all I can give him credit for.
@@Veggamattic We trust the fantastic musicians who played with him. George Duke and others basically consider him a musical genius and only the best musicians could play some of his compositions. But we welcome the dialog and don't question anybody's choice of music because it's a personal reaction to what you hear. We happen to enjoy most genres of music but know music moves everyone individually. Thanks for responding.
@@milesofentertainment Interested in what you think is a great Prince song?
Roy Clark. Pete Ham.
Roy belonged on the video as much as Glen but we had decided 12 was the limit. Lot of guys could have been on here, a few ladies too.
Steve Howe
R&R Hall of Fame-what else need be said. It was easy ro get lost in the discussion in the 70’s when you’re going against EC, Page, Gilmour, Blackmore, Santana and more, not to mention Hendrix. Howe was incredible with Yes, Asia , GTR and as a solo artist and does get lost now but in Yes’s prime he was not underrated. Great guitarist and a great band.
Steve has never been underrated. He won the best overall guitarist category in Guitar Magazine five years in a row and has always been highly regarded.
@@lansingdoesbusiness9356 OK thanks. I guess because it took too long for Yes to be considered for the R+R hall of fame.
1979 saw yes Tourmato tour with round stage
@@verntoews6937 We love Steve Howe but think his star has diminished over the years but fans who grew up with them and guitar players know how good he is. He will definitely be in our followup to this video.
Howe for sure and I'd include Trever Rabin.
Les Paul -. Those other guitar players were hand picked! Danny gatton will knock ya into tomorrow rock!!!
His story is so sad. But what a talent on the guitar.
@@milesofentertainment really???
Now I got research to do as I've never heard of him before this vid
Steve Vai said "he comes closer than anyone else to being the best guitar player to ever lived." Fame never found him and though he acted like it didn't bother him, most who were close to him said he suffered from depression for years, and he eventually locked himself in his garage and committed suicide by self-inflicted gunshot. He was only 49. There's not a lot of video of Danny but what's out there demonstrates incredible skills and he was shredding long before that term was associated with a guitar.
@@milesofentertainment actually I'd say matteo mancuso is probably the best
He reàlly took it to a level never before seen
@@milesofentertainment I read about that n it's darrrrk
This is why I feel like ppl shouldn't play guitar for a living
They should play bcuz the love it and if money n fame comes with it even better
check this guys out
Great to see Frank Zappa there. i have a few of his albums and wow not for everyone. His songs are stories.
He's like Prince to us-we don't care for much of their stuff, but most of the stuff we love. Guess we can say that about just about anybody. Not many we can say we dislike nothing they do. But both are among our favorite guitar players. And both were musical genius's that will be long remembered.
Great list because people think of dave mason as great songwriter and jerry reed as a comic.campbell is not underrated.
Dave Mason is like Billy Gibbons. They make it look so easy it hard to appreciate how good they really are.
Zappa under rated? I think he has always been considered a great guitarist.
Like Prince and Jeff Beck, we find Zappa on a lot of "overrated" lists as well as underrated lists. We fall on the underrated on all three but we think Frank is especially underrated not only as a guitarist but as a composer and band leader as well. You could make a hall of fame with the musicians who played in the Mothers and they would tell you how hard it was to play some of Zappa's music. We put Frank in the musical genius class.
Over-rated.
@@derin111 To those that don’t know music.
What kinda world do you people live in, sorry my French but Prince and Zappa are both legendary players whit cult status all over the globe. Frank Zappa played along with Hendrix on numerous occasions and Prince is one of the most famous artists of all time and if you question his guitar skills than have a go at his guitar work on the tribute concert for George Harrison
@@HarryPalms-xh8de you’re preaching to the choir regarding Frank Zappa. I think Prince is good, but I am not going to put him up on the pedestal like you have. He would be in my top 10.
I guess that's why Webster defines the word opinion. There way too many axe men and women who are so very good! Especially in todays world.
That's one thing we can sure agree on. We find new ones every day that are just simply incredible. Thanks for pointing that out. These are all purely subjective. We could have made the same video half a dozen times with different lineups each time. MOE
Eddy Van Halen.
I'm not sure I've ever seen him on an underrated list.
Prince tops them all because of the sheer range of genres of music he can play! His technique is awe inspiring. 💜
Prince will smoke em all. He can do all of this stuff but they can’t do what he could do.
Let's not go TOO crazy...
I would have to agree whit Scott, I hear no music when I listen to these shredders
He was good , that lead break where he used the Fuzz Face and electro harmonix like hendrix, got a lot of promo in Purple Rain
Prince ? Ha.
Man we had better testing amps in our company.
Prince was slightly above average on every instrument. He vision of what his image was, and had the promotion to bring that Circus around and on TV in front of 14 million ppl
Perhapd youve never heard the best oof all,not a noise maker,,kurt frohberg,, of sweden.
We had not...but we've watched a couple videos and will watch more. He's very good and thanks for turning us on to him. We're always happy to discover a new great guitar player. MOE
no nuno,,,,,
He could have certainly been on here and had we gone from a dozen to 15 he would be. Great, great player.
Prince was a good bass player, I think he was over rated as a guitarist
We know there's many who share your opinion. We happen to be in the opposite boat but we believe everybody has the right to their own opinion in all matters.
@@milesofentertainment thank you I appreciate the artists, especially the songwriting ability, many musicians who are virtuoso level can not write songs .
an analogy could be mechanical engineers and Electrical engineers , electrical is where the magic happens
That guy from Fleetwood Mac, what a song writer, and he comes up with great bits that fit the song. But seriously, the dude is a horrid soloist. Ugh.
I’m a fan of Prince but actually find him overrated
You're not alone. Prince and Jeff Beck in particular are two of our favorite guitar players we find at the top of both overrated and underrated lists. It's a totally subjective opinion either way but we love the discussion. Thanks for watching.
I think the average Prince fan (not necessarily you) listens to his lyrical prowess and not necessarily to the musicianship. Listening to some deeper tracks on albums like Chocolate Invasion and Lotus or even Phase One, show some serious skill and control - lots of Santana influence w a funk quality. I think Prince should be more closely compared to the likes of Stevie Wonder - composer, multi-instrumentalist and not tied to any one genre of music. That is MHO.
@@GregRearranger We couldn't agree more. If we did a Mt Rushmore of musical talent over the last half century we would start with Stevie Wonder and Prince would be on there as well...we'd have to think hard about the other two, but as for the total package don't see how you top them.
@@milesofentertainment I would really like to see someone break down Stevie Wonder's serious harmonica skills! He is probably one of the best ever.....yet nobody really talks about it. His solos are sick! And the What Friends Are For melody is killer.
@@GregRearranger In addition to harmonica he is also without peer on the synthesizer and can play just about anything. During his opening act for the Rolling Stones "Exile on Main Street" tour, he played every instrument on the stage at some point during his set. He has no bigger fan than MOE.
GE would be on my most overrated list....
We've seen lists with Prince and Jeff Beck as overrated too. It's all subjective and what appeals to the listener. MOE
@@milesofentertainment yeah ok.
No kidding...he is lame.
It seems like an american list of underrated guitar players. All of them are ok but ¿Prince? Very much missed Barry Bailey (ARS), Ronnie Montrose and Hughie Thomasson.
Wow, Ronnie Montrose, haven't heard his name in a while or thought of him for that matter but he could rock out for sure. Prince is a name that when you rave about his guitar skills people either are nodding their head up and down in agreement or giving you a puzzled looked with their head cocked sideways.
Yes, I see. He was a talented and skilled musician. But never enjoyed most of his music and always thought he was too hooked on commercial stuff and drowned in the biz to create rock music of quality.