KCWhoDat
Formerly known as Saints4ever
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Chet Atkins was an amazing guitarist also since we’re talking about country. I don’t like country music at all but I respect musicians period no matter the style.I'm a hard rock guy through and through....a one-trick pony on guitar, but that's okay because all I ever wanted to do was play for ME. And I'm satisfied with my ability to say most of what I want to say on the guitar. But I can absolutely appreciate virtuousity when I see it, or hear it. And there's different types of virtuosity, IMO. Some guys are technically virtuous. Some guys are creatively virtuous. Some guys just hear things or play things in a way no one else has heard them before. Some guys give virtuous performances.
But one of my all-time favorite guitar players...absolutely a guitar god before the phrase even existed....Roy Clark! Playing was nowhere near the realm of hard rock/heavy metal, but man that dude could play. I watched Hee-Haw every week just to see what he would conjure up next. I wanted to take Buck Owens place and "play underneath" Roy's performances. Virtuoso!
Since I’ve been playing guitar I started out with AC/DC. I love that blues sound, hellacious rhythm. People say it’s simple but it damn sure sounds good and their music has SOUL and FEELING. I really liked Lenny Kravitz music also…I could go on forever. The most influential to me is Dave Mustaine, I can’t play a lot of his stuff but he really pushed me to be better. But Angus Young and Tony Iommi were influential to me also. Jimmy Hendrix and the star spangled banner really hit home also whenever I first hear it….
Sorry I went off the rails. I don’t think there is a best. So many people like so many things. I listen to 80s Metallica and all of Megadeths stuff. Iron Maiden is phenomenal…Pick anything Ozzy has done and Sabbath also with RJD. I can tell you who were some really BAD bands though, lol.