Most overrated guitarist

[nyleharris]

*Inspired by an earlier post about the most underrated guitarists*

Viewing that earlier thread i got a chance to listen to some great guitarists, some of which I had never heard before. Just wondering who you all thought were some of the most overrated players.

Edit: Oops..forgot to mention mine.. I'd have to say Johnny Cash. I can understand people enjoying his bad-boy-great-lover image, but beyond that he really shone to me.

[Matt Mustapick]

Perhaps I better take cover when I say this, but taking note of talents like Roland Dyens, Tim Sparks, Pierre Bensusan, Tommy Emmanuel, Tony Rice, Pat Metheny, Frank Gambale, Alan Holdsworth and plenty of other folks, the things people like to say about Eric Clapton make me giggle a little.

[SuperB23]

IMO Carlos Santana and BB King but they are both great song writers and showman.

[Sugar Bear]

Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, B.B. King, Jerry Garcia, et al. But I like them anyway, and still play their music. I just don't consider them quite the guitar phenomenons that the general public seems to think they are. They're good, but they don't exist at some level unattainable by mere mortals, by a long stretch...

Sugar Bear

[missouri.picker]

Jimi Hendrix.........I heard he had someone play the licks in the background while he fingered it........sort of a milly vinilly thing........

[Eugenius]

Originally Posted by Sugar Bear

Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, B.B. King, Jerry Garcia, et al. But I like them anyway, and still play their music. I just don't consider them quite the guitar phenomenons that the general public seems to think they are. They're good, but they don't exist at some level unattainable by mere mortals, by a long stretch...

Sugar Bear

surprised to hear this about Clapton. In watching some of his earlier-mid career performaces, he's fantastic, and a lot better than I thought he was.

there isn't much he can't do on a strat!

[mhs]

Originally Posted by Matt Mustapick

Perhaps I better take cover when I say this, but taking note of talents like Roland Dyens, Tim Sparks, Pierre Bensusan, Tommy Emmanuel, Tony Rice, Pat Metheny, Frank Gambale, Alan Holdsworth and plenty of other folks, the things people like to say about Eric Clapton make me giggle a little.

Good comment. I'd agree with that (hey, isn't that the criteria for a good comment?) , and toss guys who barely can play, like Johnny Cash, in there as well. Holding a big black guitar isn't a substitute for playing it.

[yardism]

Originally Posted by missouri.picker

Jimi Hendrix.........I heard he had someone play the licks in the background while he fingered it........sort of a milly vinilly thing........

I read that article too. What surprised me most was the part about the space aliens eating his baby though.

[missouri.picker]

lol yardism............dang ya busted me

[Shakee]

Is there some point to this thread, other than to start arguments over differences of opinion?

While we're at it, what's the best flavor of ice cream?

It's so Bay Area. Why does everyone here have something to prove?

[Glennwillow]

Originally Posted by Eugenius

surprised to hear this about Clapton. In watching some of his earlier-mid career performaces, he's fantastic, and a lot better than I thought he was.

there isn't much he can't do on a strat!

I think Eric Clapton is a good electric player, a decent singer, and a decent song writer. I own most of his CD's.

However, I have never thought he was much of an acoustic guitar player. That's just not his strength. The one CD I never listen to is his unplugged MTV album. It just bores me to death.

Certainly, a person with reasonable skills on the guitar (electric or acoustic) can learn to play his style if they want to bad enough.

To me, Clapton is a lot like Hendrix, in that he was an innovator, he contributed a lot to popular music during the 60's. Clapton took American blues and reintroduced it to the world in a way that got a lot of people's attention.

However, in terms of technical skills, there are so many players who are so much better, but being good at music is more than just technical facility. He has had the ability to keep selling his music to the public, staying power, that few musicians have had.

I have to say that since reading his autobiography, I have not been inclined to listen to his music since.

Regards, Glenn

[missouri.picker]

Originally Posted by Glennwillow

I think Eric Clapton is a good electric player, a decent singer, and a decent song writer. I own most of his CD's.

However, I have never thought he was much of an acoustic guitar player. That's just not his strength. The one CD I never listen to is his unplugged MTV album. It just bores me to death.

Certainly, a person with reasonable skills on the guitar (electric or acoustic) can learn to play his style if they want to bad enough.

To me, Clapton is a lot like Hendrix, in that he was an innovator, he contributed a lot to popular music during the 60's. Clapton took American blues and reintroduced it to the world in a way that got a lot of people's attention.

However, in terms of technical skills, there are so many players who are so much better, but being good at music is more than just technical facility. He has had the ability to keep selling his music to the public, staying power, that few musicians have had.

I have to say that since reading his autobiography, I have not been inclined to listen to his music since.

Regards, Glenn

why not? please tell us.

[Glennwillow]

Originally Posted by Shakee

Is there some point to this thread, other than to start arguments over differences of opinion?

While we're at it, what's the best flavor of ice cream?

It's so Bay Area. Why does everyone here have something to prove?

Well, it seems to me that the large majority of this and most forums is about opinions.

Regards, Glenn

[Shakee]

Originally Posted by Glennwillow

Well, it seems to me that the large majority of this and most forums is about opinions.

Regards, Glenn

True. My opinion is, as soon as any of us attain the net worth of Eric Clapton or Carlos Santana, we can start spouting off about who is overrated.

[stephenT]

Really, who cares?

This is a stupid thread.

Here's a Eric Clapton thought. He's forgotten more guitar than the sum total of this forum's players will ever know.