QUEEN'S Brian May named "Greatest Guitarist of All Time" By TOTAL GUITAR

Thanks.

Most people just don't get Steve Howe. He's over their heads. They just think faster is better, and write him off because his licks in Yours Is No Disgrace are "too cerebral" or something. But that's just one of a dozen things he does. A piece like Clap is something literally no other rock guy could've come up with. Maybe Rik Emmett from Triumph, or Mick Ronson - but that's about it.

And they still don't get Brian May. Hell, even Total Guitar, who ranked him at #1, don't even mention Good Company in that article, which is pretty well undeniably his crowning achievement.

Ahhh Wizard, beautiful guitar from Tommy! I have long been a fan of Segovia and Bream, and also Christopher Parkening. Although I believe my love for Parkening was more because I met him in my teens when my father had a master class with him and I thought he was very cute! Teen girl crush!

Brian May's crowning glory has got to be "Brighton Rock" because that was what Brian was all about rocking out !
"Good Company was not mentioned in The Total Guitar Magazine because its not what Brian was all about.
Brian is at heart a hard rock guitarist.

Pretty sure I read somewhere that the arrangement of God Save the Queen was an inspiration to Steve Vai.

Pretty sure I read somewhere that the arrangement of God Save the Queen was an inspiration to Steve Vai.

[QUOTE] [b]Benross wrote:[/b]

Brian May's crowning glory has got to be "Brighton Rock" because that was what Brian was all about rocking out !
"Good Company was not mentioned in The Total Guitar Magazine because its not what Brian was all about.
Brian is at heart a hard rock guitarist.[/QUOTE]

Gerry, you've clearly never listened to (or at least properly comprehended) the first five Queen albums, because if you did, you'd understand that his sense of artistry encompasses far more than "rocking out."

[QUOTE] [b]Benross wrote:[/b]

Always knew Brian was the greatest guitarist of them all.
He slaughters jimmy page, and the rest.
His sound is unique and his style of playing is so much more superior than any other guitarist you can think of.
Congrats to Brian !
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You know nothing and prove it everytime you post anything.

[QUOTE] [b]Benross wrote:[/b]

Many underrated guitarists i can think of are better than Clapton, Beck, Paige etc....
People like Andy Scott from The Sweet, Fast Eddie Clarke from Motorhead, & the brilliant Ian Bairnson from Pilot.[/QUOTE]

So Page and Beck you think are overrated, yet they are both players that Brian a May looks up too.

You rate Eddie Clark yet he was a very one dimensional player, what he did he did well, but couldn't/ didn't do half of what Jeff Beck has done with the guitar.

[QUOTE][color=SaddleBrown] [b]Benross wrote:[/b] [i]Brian May's crowning glory has got to be "Brighton Rock" because that was what Brian was all about rocking out ![/color][/i][/QUOTE] utter rubbish. as much as he likes to play rock music, he built his own guitar. can you imagine building your own car and only ever driving on one road? a ludicrous notion.

[QUOTE][color=SaddleBrown] [b]Benross wrote:[/b] [i]Many underrated guitarists i can think of are better than Clapton, Beck, Paige etc....People like Andy Scott from The Sweet, Fast Eddie Clarke from Motorhead,[/color][/i][/QUOTE] Andy Scott and Eddie Clarke better than Clapton, Beck and Paige [sic] ? in what laughable, oxygen-deprived world?
you spelled Page wrong - no surprise.

[QUOTE][color=SaddleBrown] [b]Benross wrote:[/b] [i]Many underrated guitarists i can think of are better than Clapton, Beck, Paige etc....the brilliant Ian Bairnson from Pilot.[/color][/i][/QUOTE]using "Pilot" as your frame of reference confirms the utterly superficial nature of your taste. instead of perhaps referring to Bairnson's quality work with Alan Parsons Project, Kate Bush, Yvonne Keeley, Joe Cocker and (oh yes) Eric Clapton (irony) - instead, you cite a band that had two radio-friendly pop hits in the 70s.

about par for your course eh, Gerry? ie, your other favourites...Abba, Suzi Q, Status Quo, Twisted Sister etc.
your posts are always worth a giggle - but never for the right reasons.

Barney Kessel. I don't particularly love *what* he played much of the time, but that man was a total master of his instrument. Some of the greatest players in the world are from the jazz scene, but somehow, they always get left out - even though the musicians who do get named know them very well.

What's the difference between jazz and rock guitarists? Rock guitarists know 3 chords and play to an audience of 1000s; jazz guitarists know 1000s of chords and play to an audience of 3.

ba da boom, tish!