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Nice to see him recognize Alvin Lee as one of the greatest. Fantastic player!
@dd-nv6sw16 күн бұрын
Agreed = Alvin has been overlooked for many,.many years. One of the best but also one of the least recognised.
@BigMac5815 күн бұрын
ALVIN WAS A GIFT FROM GOD. R.I.P. Cheers
@andrasczehlarik918014 күн бұрын
Alvin Lee was great and even clapton acknowledged him as such
@normatible979514 күн бұрын
Saw you, TEN YEARS AFTER - LIVE AT WINTERLAND 1975 AUG.4. EXCELLENT. Cheers.🍉
@andrasczehlarik918014 күн бұрын
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!
@LukasFin12 күн бұрын
Among the pickers who aren’t on this list are Chet Atkins, Roy Clark, Glen Campbell, and Jerry Reed.
@bwtv14715 күн бұрын
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… 🤷🏻♂️
@JasonLumbatis15 күн бұрын
@@JasonLumbatis comment warrior over here
@procarpenter178815 күн бұрын
@@procarpenter1788 I know my music
@JasonLumbatis15 күн бұрын
@@JasonLumbatis But not your manners
@DaveStarks-ku2jd15 күн бұрын
He doesn't mention Andrés Segovia either. I guess he's only talking about rock & roll and some pop-rock guitarists.
@highnrising14 күн бұрын
Peter Green, Mark Knopfler, Malcolm Jones, David Gilmour, Rory Gallagher, etc.
@andyallan290914 күн бұрын
Yes! Blackmore is a much better player than Page.
@johnbemis124512 күн бұрын
Rory gallagher always and forever
@maryellengraham809816 күн бұрын
Totally.
@MothGirl00713 күн бұрын
Agree
@joelcampbell149112 күн бұрын
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 !
@greghenderson48568 күн бұрын
I did have a Dog I named Rory . after Him .
@gutterfalcon29125 күн бұрын
@@greghenderson4856 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.
@Sota-son3 күн бұрын
The late Terry Kath of Chicago.
@bpark090614 күн бұрын
Live in Tanglewood!
@LukasFin12 күн бұрын
@@LukasFin Yes!
@alcambrola28349 күн бұрын
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.
@alcambrola28349 күн бұрын
Hendrix asked Chicago to tour with his band because he said Terry Kath was a better guitarist than he was. (25or6to4)
@thomasbeasley556718 сағат бұрын
There are countless studio guitarists, that could shred with the best, tha we'll never hear about.
@trickydicky290817 күн бұрын
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.
@pkoven16 күн бұрын
It's a big planet.
@davekiddie446716 күн бұрын
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.
@MHB4861516 күн бұрын
It says favorites, not the best
@shanemcconnell173616 күн бұрын
Very true…
@michaelblankenau659815 күн бұрын
Gary Moore should be way up in this group of greats. He's my favorite....so much passion and feeling.
@martinlepper452216 күн бұрын
I don't think Moore was from Page's era.
@skineyemin427616 күн бұрын
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.
@sicotshit706814 күн бұрын
Rory Gallagher too!
@Nicholas-dreamlove17 күн бұрын
Terry Kath, beast of a guitar player.
@Elvis22214 күн бұрын
Right on🥁🥁🥁
@fablenewsnetwork72239 күн бұрын
Stevie Ray Vaughn⭐️ & Joe Walsh⭐️
@msmc268513 күн бұрын
Joe Walsh my First concert with James Gang / & Black Oak Arkansas
@gutterfalcon29125 күн бұрын
@@gutterfalcon2912 LOVED James Gang in high school.
@msmc26855 күн бұрын
Johnny Winter was a great one.
@JackSquat5412 күн бұрын
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.
@pocopico740912 күн бұрын
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.
@paddymeboy11 күн бұрын
@@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.
@pocopico740911 күн бұрын
@@paddymeboy I saw Kath and I saw Hendrix. Terry by a long shot. You use the word pentatonic to put him down. The discussion on this thread reminds me of the old saying about opinions and assholes, everybody's got one. The guitarists mentioned here were and are all good and you like who you like. This forum has become a place for everybody to insult each other.
@alcambrola28349 күн бұрын
At one time, Page said one of his favorite electric guitar solos was Elliott Randall's on Steely Dan's "Reelin' in the Years."
@scurvybro885011 күн бұрын
Who now lives near Lot Long land.
@deepindercheema49174 күн бұрын
Alvin Lee is still one of the best ever!!!
@JasonLumbatis16 күн бұрын
Snowy white mick taylor
@mickhegartyhegarty16 күн бұрын
Alvin Lee was really good. He did good acoustic stuff too.
@12Radius16 күн бұрын
@@12Radius SEE ALSO The Bluest Blues
@JasonLumbatis16 күн бұрын
Alvin definitely was very underrated according to guitarist lists.
@atlasgunther89479 күн бұрын
@@atlasgunther8947 him and Thorogood both have pretty quick fingers
@JasonLumbatis9 күн бұрын
He was a great admirer of Peter Green and Rory Gallagher
@geoffwells563317 күн бұрын
Rory Gallagher was sloppy just like Jimmy Page gets...
@1956tojo17 күн бұрын
@@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.
@padraigk974016 күн бұрын
@1956tojo and your name shows your level of intelligence. Your mummy warned you doing that would fry your brain and damage your appendage.
@markhill927515 күн бұрын
yes waited until the end to see if they both got a shout.
@peterperigoe923114 күн бұрын
Roy Buchanan was also an influence to Page and Beck. Check out 'Pete's Blues and Five String Blues
@TheHumbuckerboy13 күн бұрын
Come on - Bert Jansch surely needs a mention
@BenRobinson197416 күн бұрын
He stole his riff. White summer. Bert even says in an interview that page wouldn't look him in the eye.
@mars_Hall198615 күн бұрын
Lol, just what i was thinking.
@pieterd537611 күн бұрын
Jansch was the shit, man. His debut is almost flawless.
@saturnsabyss11 күн бұрын
@@mars_Hall1986 No, what he stole from Jansch was Black Mountainside and Bron Yr Aur Stomp. White Summer came from Davy Graham.
@paddymeboy11 күн бұрын
@@paddymeboyskip to 3:50 and on kzhead.info/sun/eL6OccqFqGahl4k/bejne.htmlsi=-17WdqiFSQiyfaba
@mars_Hall19869 күн бұрын
Rory Gallagher, Allen Collins, Mark Knopfler, Albert Lee Joe Walsh.
@krakatoa120014 күн бұрын
David Gilmour
@karlheinzvonkroemann221713 күн бұрын
Richie Blackmore
@PageMarker117 күн бұрын
He's amazing!!!
@Nicholas-dreamlove17 күн бұрын
Blackmore is so good and they never say his name .. he’s like Voldemort of guitar
@chucky631114 күн бұрын
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.
@humphreygruntwhistle394614 күн бұрын
Saw him live - Blew me away ! ❤️❤️❤️🏴
@user-ux9zg5oz7f13 күн бұрын
When it comes to Solos ...I can't Even come Close to Blackmore as He's on a totally different level! --Jimmy Page
@highwaystar378013 күн бұрын
Dave Gilmour for me, but I guess that's a different kind of music.
@mike74743616 күн бұрын
Gilmour always put "feeling" above glitz and glammer playing ... art from the heart
@atlasgunther89479 күн бұрын
@@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?
@karlheinzvonkroemann22179 күн бұрын
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.
@Robert-tv9rq15 күн бұрын
Not one Steve Hackett fan here? I certainly am.
@billsmith211214 күн бұрын
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.
@shaynewest875714 күн бұрын
Big fan of Steve Hackett, Ollie Halsall, and Harvey Mandel.
@Geoffreydarcy-pv4mq13 күн бұрын
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.
@andrewwhyte994416 күн бұрын
Exactly. Even Page knows no one is better than Hendrix.
@JasonLumbatis15 күн бұрын
Overrated
@user-wx2cq8ey7y13 күн бұрын
@@user-wx2cq8ey7y Undereducated
@JasonLumbatis13 күн бұрын
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.
@paddymeboy11 күн бұрын
@@paddymeboy AGAIN… finally someone else knows their music on here. 🤜🏻
@JasonLumbatis10 күн бұрын
Roy Clark could play many instruments with amazing perfection
@electricman6911 күн бұрын
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)
@blujay919111 күн бұрын
How about Glen Campbell, Jerry Reed, Roy Clarke, Grady Martin and Chet Atkins?
@tarquin459214 күн бұрын
Nobody could do with the guitar as Roy Clark did. Incredibly fast hands.
@garytorresani884614 күн бұрын
My apologies for spelling Clark with an 'e.'
@tarquin459214 күн бұрын
What about them, the video is Pages favorite Guitar players.
@brooklynnyc707913 күн бұрын
Justin Johnson
@rogersmith516711 күн бұрын
Totally agree. Add Danny Gatton to that list and put him at the top
@GlennSnell3 күн бұрын
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.
@michaelmckinney724016 күн бұрын
This video about Kazuhito Yamashita has me believing what you say. kzhead.info/sun/ac17ad6jfKNqiXk/bejne.html
@posteroonie14 күн бұрын
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.
@shipsahoy179310 күн бұрын
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
@JasonLumbatis2 күн бұрын
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. 🙄
@JasonLumbatis2 күн бұрын
@@JasonLumbatis Jason, I was referring to diversity of technique, not the popularity of specific styles.
@shipsahoy17932 күн бұрын
I was sure he would have mentioned Link Wray as he's paid him compliments and mentioned how he was influenced by Wray.
@mjmcnult14 күн бұрын
Yep I remember that clip of Rumble that Page had said was a inspiration
@SpeedTriple595 күн бұрын
Eddie Van Halen had one way of playing but Page had many different ways of playing guitar being an experienced studio musician before Zep.
@strangeuniverse119916 күн бұрын
All of the Van Halen types are like nails on a chalkboard to me. Dweedle-dweedle horsey neigh.
@STPfuzzDemon10 сағат бұрын
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.
@marissa037910 күн бұрын
Allan Holdsworth, Hank Garland, and Paco de Lucia are amongst my favourite musicians. Link Wray is another.
@Geoffreydarcy-pv4mq13 күн бұрын
I came to make sure Steve Howe wasn't listed. They be rivals. And Jimmy was outclassed.
@michaelbeerbados329114 күн бұрын
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.
@STPfuzzDemon10 сағат бұрын
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.
@gwugluud11 күн бұрын
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.
@AlmostEthical11 күн бұрын
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.
@freonpeon47216 күн бұрын
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.
@terencemeikle53415 күн бұрын
Jimmy Page Always was my Favorite , saw them in '77 .
@gutterfalcon29125 күн бұрын
I have and always been a fan of Alvin Lee, such a great guitatist, his style was unique..Started with Ten Years After his Woodstock is considered one of the best performance by a band at Woodstock, his version of Hey Joe ,WOW! RIP
@joetorres15616 күн бұрын
I agree. ALVIN IS GOD no Clapton. cheers.
@andrasczehlarik918014 күн бұрын
Lee was great at more than just fast blues runs, too. Excellent writer as well as player. Cool trippy psychedelic songs and desolate ballads on the TYA Lps (and single flipside, "The Sounds").
@STPfuzzDemon10 сағат бұрын
@@STPfuzzDemon I agree.
@andrasczehlarik918010 сағат бұрын
I assume this opinion by Page was outed 50 years ago.
@jonblackers461115 күн бұрын
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❤
@wecandobetter982111 күн бұрын
The live albums released by the Byrds in recent years highlight Clarence White's playing in a rock context.
@johnhoran984013 күн бұрын
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.
@jongilbertson210616 күн бұрын
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
@highnrising14 күн бұрын
Can't even spell Jimmy what a tool.
@shaynewest875714 күн бұрын
Steve Martin actually is a pretty good banjo player...fair point though.
@paddymeboy9 күн бұрын
Ritchie Blackmore - Gotta be up there ! ❤️🙏
@user-ux9zg5oz7f13 күн бұрын
Everybody Else is Way on the Bottom!!
@highwaystar378013 күн бұрын
@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 ! 😊❤️👍🏴
@user-ux9zg5oz7f13 күн бұрын
@@user-ux9zg5oz7f 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
@highwaystar378013 күн бұрын
@highwaystar3780 You certainly know your stuff dude, and I'm delighted that somebody feels the same way I do - Respect 🙏🏴
@user-ux9zg5oz7f13 күн бұрын
@@user-ux9zg5oz7f Thers plenty of us Out There. Ritchie is a Larger than life figure! God Bless!!
@highwaystar378013 күн бұрын
What about Stevie Ray Vaughn? How was he not on the list?
@Michael-we9vp16 күн бұрын
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.
@Mullewarp16 күн бұрын
@@MullewarpSo many styles. Hard to pick top 10 but SRV probably wouldn't be on it ahyhow. Maybe top 20...
@ShawnConrad-tw8du16 күн бұрын
@@Mullewarpexactly, before seeing your comment I pretty much said the same thing.
@sicotshit706814 күн бұрын
So far, no mention in the video or in the comments of BB King.
@joebarr72516 күн бұрын
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.
@paulyguitary765113 күн бұрын
Just saw Slash this week in Berlin. He was fantastic from start to finish.
@robertmalone416114 күн бұрын
Yeah, let's do a documentary on Jimmy Page and show him miming to Jeff Beck's guitar work ("Heart Full of Soul").
@STPfuzzDemon10 сағат бұрын
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.
@danielstephens974810 күн бұрын
From just a technical standpoint. Danny Gatton, end of that story. BUT writing a song, creating riffs. Keith Richards or Jimmy Page.
@GlennSnell3 күн бұрын
Jimmy Page says : "You ! " and I answer " Thanks Jimmy" 😂😂
@bluesylucille2 күн бұрын
Leslie West .David Gilmour Jeff Beck .Ritchie Blackmore
@joelcampbell149112 күн бұрын
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.
@PeteZolli16 күн бұрын
What's that Yardbirds song called at the beginning of this video?
@sarahwelty922313 күн бұрын
Heart Full of Soul
@janicerheaume480213 күн бұрын
@janicerheaume4802 Brilliant thanks!👍
@sarahwelty922313 күн бұрын
the yard bird had many great songs . the great guitarist in that bad . jeff beck, jimmy page and eric clapton . surprised? love the song, im a man from around 1966.
@harrydoherty829911 күн бұрын
Jimmy Page was asked, around 1981, "What do you think of the new guitar heroes like Michael Schenker?" Page said: "This is awkward, because I've never heard any of his music, but I've heard he's good!" He's probably heard some Schenker by now. Mick Ralphs said he liked jamming with Jimmy, because he didn't insist on playing faster, etc.
@BlueBlazer475 күн бұрын
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...
@slicksnewonenow16 күн бұрын
❤
@Geoffreydarcy-pv4mq13 күн бұрын
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.
@l.rongardner215016 күн бұрын
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….
@carlocalarco671814 күн бұрын
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
@highwaystar378013 күн бұрын
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.
@rickt195113 күн бұрын
James Burton should get a shout maybe not the best but up with the best..
@SpeedTriple595 күн бұрын
No doubt that Clarence White, Bert Jansch, Danny Gatton, Joe Pass, and Chet Atkins were all some of the best who ever picked up a guitar. But then the question becomes how much of their music do you really want to hear? I can listen to Joe Pass all day. Chet Atkins, maybe for about 5 minutes.
@bobturnley278714 күн бұрын
Excellent points. Lenny Breau was like Joe Pass. But Danny was the best I ever saw live, hands down.
@GlennSnell3 күн бұрын
In more modern times, I would give a nod to Zakk Wylde, Slash, Mick Mars.✌️
@richardchambers353312 күн бұрын
Wow, that was a surprise!...NOT! he didn't mention Blackmore! He's always been jealous of Ritchie's skills back in the days when they did sessions....Ritchie would piss all over him playing wise.
@jimbop449914 күн бұрын
I agree 100% . Page is not worthy of carrying RITCHIE FUCKING BLACKMORES Guitar case. Listen to BLACK MASKQRADE ( can't spell it) it's fukken brilliant . That solo shits all over anything pinky Page ever did.
@robertfreeburg13 күн бұрын
Charo....yes the gootichie gootichie girl. Massive talent.
@bugvswindshield13 күн бұрын
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.
@interstellarcontroller504313 күн бұрын
Mike Bloomfield--my favorite of all!
@tomasbaker191211 күн бұрын
“Favorite” guitarist/musician doesn’t mean the best. It seems every guitarist/musician that “makes it big” in the business gets the benefit of complimenting their peers/favorites… 👍✌️
@strumbum94617 күн бұрын
Whats the name of the 1st song played? ( Yardbirds)
@nardsgo-out45537 күн бұрын
I'm surprized he didnt mention Rory Gallagher , who he stole so many of his licks from.
@richardpierce781913 күн бұрын
What a fantastic video have a wonderful day ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊
@aminahmed222016 күн бұрын
Carlos Santana? I was surprised he didn’t mention him…
@jrf541812 күн бұрын
These were his thoughts in 1975. He hadn't heard van Halen, Vai, satriani or matteo mancuso yet.
@darnrabbits110 күн бұрын
My favs & who influenced me: Mark Knopfler, Eddie Van Halen, John Lennon, Don Felder, Phil Keggy, Robben Ford, Eric Johnson, Steve Ray Vaughn, Jimmy Page...
@lylecampbell903612 күн бұрын
Buck Dharma aka Donald Rosier is one among many who hardly ever gets a notion. So I did it here.
@LukasFin12 күн бұрын
Well, as someone has already commented this article misses Roy Harper, but there’s another absolute obvious guitarist it’s missing that if you knew anything about Jimmy Page, you’d include…
@Arianrhod616 күн бұрын
Jimmy Patrick Page, Rory Gallagher, Scott Gorham, Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, George Harris, Roy & Dave Davis James Hetfield are just a few of the very great guitar players that were all of very Irish stock and yes Elvis played guitar very well in his early years
@jamesbradshaw338913 күн бұрын
It’s impossible to name the best or even the Top Ten and get broad agreement. It’s always fun to hear what people think though. I don’t agree that Jimi should always be at the top but he was definitely among the best. For me, I think of David Gilmour, Mick Taylor, SRV, Glen Campbell, Jeff Beck, Mark Knopfler, Duane Allman, Dickey Betts, Jimi Hendrix and Kenny Wayne Shepard.
@timothyomaggio726 күн бұрын
Steve Luthketer...did l spell that right???😂TOTO
@johnnyfleming5224 күн бұрын
Chet Atkins and Roy Clark. 2 of the best acoustic players in the history of 6 strings.
@bramcurtis69006 күн бұрын
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-if6xb5uh7z12 күн бұрын
@user-if6xb5uh7z - It's all subjective, but that is a great list. You've obviously been paying attention! Be Cool.
@onlyrick10 күн бұрын
Finally someone that knows guitar players! Danny hands down!
Finally, a major rock guitarist states that classical music is the rarefied realm of true musical genius. Some of us have known this forever.
@GnomicMaster3 сағат бұрын
There’s so many Guitarists to consider. Best way probably to put together a list would be by Decade of influence! Django, Christian, T Bone-1940s/50s. --Buddy guy,Doc Watson,Reed, Winter, White,Hendrix, Clapton, Lee, 1960s--Allman,Betts,Lenny Breau, Dimeola, Pass, Montgomery,Caldwell, Burton 1970s. This is just a short list and not even getting into the 1980s and forward as in last few Decades the incredible talent has hit the stratosphere beginning with Vaughn,And the list is endless
@CuttingEdgetools12 күн бұрын
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
@alivstyson18644 күн бұрын
Chet Atkins sea a guitar genius said to be the most recorded instrumentalist.
@johnlanham405014 күн бұрын
He should have named Marty McFly as his favorite (You ain't ready for this stuff yet but your kids will love it)
@MichaelLantz16 күн бұрын
😅..and the legendary Dewey Cox.
@alanleahy204715 күн бұрын
@@alanleahy2047 Guilty As Charged !!!! 🤘
@1-2-tree-fort00912 күн бұрын
Andres Segovia, John Williams, Ana Vidovic......
@carolramsey62878 күн бұрын
Bill Nelson of Be Bop Deluxe.
@user-bl5jr5vz6i14 күн бұрын
🔥💙🔥 Bill Nelson, Robert Fripp, Robin Trower.
@Geoffreydarcy-pv4mq13 күн бұрын
Jorma Kaukonen was very underrated! 😮😮😮😮😊😊😊😊
@kingofallmediums212312 күн бұрын
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
@ricklocke118713 күн бұрын
Jimmy Page doesn't pick his favourite guitarists or guitarists who he considers the best in this video. More meaningless YT BS.
@thelennybreauarchives567516 күн бұрын
Some of the Flamenco guitar players are possibly the best there are but a different type music.
@lisabruneau380113 күн бұрын
Years later he would pay tribute to Edward Van Halens contributions on Electric guitar...Kudos Mr Page for that👍👍🎸🎸
@jimmyraidjames11 күн бұрын
never knew jimmy page played guitar on heart full of soul. always thought it was jeff beck
@ednad46078 күн бұрын
He didn't. This was recorded in 1965. Page didn't join until mid 1966 and wasn't the lead guitarist until October of that year. They are miming to the single that featured Beck on lead. Page does play a live version on the Lp, "Live Yardbirds (Featuring Jimmy Page).
@STPfuzzDemon10 сағат бұрын
Jimi Hendrix, Jerry Garcia, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Carlos Santana, George Harrison...Those are starting 5 with Jimi Page as the 6th man. Its really really tough though because I have another team of starters that can go wire to wire with these guys.
@brettgreen85311 күн бұрын
When I started watching Siberian Khatru, I thought Page was a great guitar player. But 8 minutes later I knew Howe was much better.
@spiritualarchitect427614 күн бұрын
fact check true......very extremely true.
@michaelbeerbados329114 күн бұрын
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...
@paddymeboy11 күн бұрын
@@paddymeboy do your head in? aw...3 chord boy...you will be ok.
@michaelbeerbados329110 күн бұрын
@@paddymeboyu made me laugh with that comment haha,doesn't do your head in like yes!!!,,,, abd i love yes!
@CarlFrreeland4 күн бұрын
Gary Moore, Rory Gallagher, Jeff Healey, SRV, etc. There are so many.
@robertrohde457913 күн бұрын
His list. Whats yours?
@srt8rocketship24111 күн бұрын
Les Paul?
@JohnLeePedimore4 күн бұрын
SRV would like a word with Jimmy.
@jeffrussell472810 күн бұрын
Carlos Santana is the best IMO. I also think Keith Richards gets overlooked many times-he came up with so many recognizable riffs with the Stones. Lindsay Buckingham is Terrific too. Also Don Felder of the Eagles doesn't ever get mentioned and without him the Eagles were never the same.
@Glenn-dp8vn5 күн бұрын
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.
@nazmoking31717 күн бұрын
really hard to watch this with every word in the captions capitalised - and why do i need captions??
@hedonismunderstands246914 күн бұрын
Interesting there was no mention of Link Wray who Jimmy mentioned many times as one of his biggest influences. Go figure!
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!
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… 🤷🏻♂️
@@JasonLumbatis comment warrior over here
@@procarpenter1788 I know my music
@@JasonLumbatis 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.
Peter Green, Mark Knopfler, Malcolm Jones, David Gilmour, Rory Gallagher, etc.
Yes! Blackmore is a much better player than Page.
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 .
@@greghenderson4856 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)
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…
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.
Rory Gallagher too!
Terry Kath, beast of a guitar player.
Right on🥁🥁🥁
Stevie Ray Vaughn⭐️ & Joe Walsh⭐️
Joe Walsh my First concert with James Gang / & Black Oak Arkansas
@@gutterfalcon2912 LOVED James Gang in high school.
Johnny Winter was a great one.
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.
@@paddymeboy I saw Kath and I saw Hendrix. Terry by a long shot. You use the word pentatonic to put him down. The discussion on this thread reminds me of the old saying about opinions and assholes, everybody's got one. The guitarists mentioned here were and are all good and you like who you like. This forum has become a place for everybody to insult each other.
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.
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
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
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.
@@mars_Hall1986 No, what he stole from Jansch was Black Mountainside and Bron Yr Aur Stomp. White Summer came from Davy Graham.
@@paddymeboyskip to 3:50 and on kzhead.info/sun/eL6OccqFqGahl4k/bejne.htmlsi=-17WdqiFSQiyfaba
Rory Gallagher, Allen Collins, Mark Knopfler, Albert Lee Joe Walsh.
David Gilmour
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
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?
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.
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.
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
@@user-wx2cq8ey7y 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. 🤜🏻
Roy Clark could play many instruments with amazing perfection
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)
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
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. kzhead.info/sun/ac17ad6jfKNqiXk/bejne.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. 🙄
@@JasonLumbatis Jason, I was referring to diversity of technique, not the popularity of specific styles.
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
Eddie Van Halen had one way of playing but Page had many different ways of playing guitar being an experienced studio musician before Zep.
All of the Van Halen types are like nails on a chalkboard to me. Dweedle-dweedle horsey neigh.
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.
Allan Holdsworth, Hank Garland, and Paco de Lucia are amongst my favourite musicians. Link Wray is another.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Jimmy Page Always was my Favorite , saw them in '77 .
I have and always been a fan of Alvin Lee, such a great guitatist, his style was unique..Started with Ten Years After his Woodstock is considered one of the best performance by a band at Woodstock, his version of Hey Joe ,WOW! RIP
I agree. ALVIN IS GOD no Clapton. cheers.
Lee was great at more than just fast blues runs, too. Excellent writer as well as player. Cool trippy psychedelic songs and desolate ballads on the TYA Lps (and single flipside, "The Sounds").
@@STPfuzzDemon I agree.
I assume this opinion by Page was outed 50 years ago.
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❤
The live albums released by the Byrds in recent years highlight Clarence White's playing in a rock context.
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.
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 ! 😊❤️👍🏴
@@user-ux9zg5oz7f 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 🙏🏴
@@user-ux9zg5oz7f Thers plenty of us Out There. Ritchie is a Larger than life figure! God Bless!!
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.
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.
Just saw Slash this week in Berlin. He was fantastic from start to finish.
Yeah, let's do a documentary on Jimmy Page and show him miming to Jeff Beck's guitar work ("Heart Full of Soul").
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.
From just a technical standpoint. Danny Gatton, end of that story. BUT writing a song, creating riffs. Keith Richards or Jimmy Page.
Jimmy Page says : "You ! " and I answer " Thanks Jimmy" 😂😂
Leslie West .David Gilmour Jeff Beck .Ritchie Blackmore
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.
What's that Yardbirds song called at the beginning of this video?
Heart Full of Soul
@janicerheaume4802 Brilliant thanks!👍
the yard bird had many great songs . the great guitarist in that bad . jeff beck, jimmy page and eric clapton . surprised? love the song, im a man from around 1966.
Jimmy Page was asked, around 1981, "What do you think of the new guitar heroes like Michael Schenker?" Page said: "This is awkward, because I've never heard any of his music, but I've heard he's good!" He's probably heard some Schenker by now. Mick Ralphs said he liked jamming with Jimmy, because he didn't insist on playing faster, etc.
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...
❤
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
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.
James Burton should get a shout maybe not the best but up with the best..
No doubt that Clarence White, Bert Jansch, Danny Gatton, Joe Pass, and Chet Atkins were all some of the best who ever picked up a guitar. But then the question becomes how much of their music do you really want to hear? I can listen to Joe Pass all day. Chet Atkins, maybe for about 5 minutes.
Excellent points. Lenny Breau was like Joe Pass. But Danny was the best I ever saw live, hands down.
In more modern times, I would give a nod to Zakk Wylde, Slash, Mick Mars.✌️
Wow, that was a surprise!...NOT! he didn't mention Blackmore! He's always been jealous of Ritchie's skills back in the days when they did sessions....Ritchie would piss all over him playing wise.
I agree 100% . Page is not worthy of carrying RITCHIE FUCKING BLACKMORES Guitar case. Listen to BLACK MASKQRADE ( can't spell it) it's fukken brilliant . That solo shits all over anything pinky Page ever did.
Charo....yes the gootichie gootichie girl. Massive talent.
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.
Mike Bloomfield--my favorite of all!
“Favorite” guitarist/musician doesn’t mean the best. It seems every guitarist/musician that “makes it big” in the business gets the benefit of complimenting their peers/favorites… 👍✌️
Whats the name of the 1st song played? ( Yardbirds)
I'm surprized he didnt mention Rory Gallagher , who he stole so many of his licks from.
What a fantastic video have a wonderful day ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊
Carlos Santana? I was surprised he didn’t mention him…
These were his thoughts in 1975. He hadn't heard van Halen, Vai, satriani or matteo mancuso yet.
My favs & who influenced me: Mark Knopfler, Eddie Van Halen, John Lennon, Don Felder, Phil Keggy, Robben Ford, Eric Johnson, Steve Ray Vaughn, Jimmy Page...
Buck Dharma aka Donald Rosier is one among many who hardly ever gets a notion. So I did it here.
Well, as someone has already commented this article misses Roy Harper, but there’s another absolute obvious guitarist it’s missing that if you knew anything about Jimmy Page, you’d include…
Jimmy Patrick Page, Rory Gallagher, Scott Gorham, Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, George Harris, Roy & Dave Davis James Hetfield are just a few of the very great guitar players that were all of very Irish stock and yes Elvis played guitar very well in his early years
It’s impossible to name the best or even the Top Ten and get broad agreement. It’s always fun to hear what people think though. I don’t agree that Jimi should always be at the top but he was definitely among the best. For me, I think of David Gilmour, Mick Taylor, SRV, Glen Campbell, Jeff Beck, Mark Knopfler, Duane Allman, Dickey Betts, Jimi Hendrix and Kenny Wayne Shepard.
Steve Luthketer...did l spell that right???😂TOTO
Chet Atkins and Roy Clark. 2 of the best acoustic players in the history of 6 strings.
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!
Nobody ever talks about Rithchie Blackmore
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Nary a mention of Roy Buchanan.
Roy was also an influence for Jeff Beck.
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Finally, a major rock guitarist states that classical music is the rarefied realm of true musical genius. Some of us have known this forever.
There’s so many Guitarists to consider. Best way probably to put together a list would be by Decade of influence! Django, Christian, T Bone-1940s/50s. --Buddy guy,Doc Watson,Reed, Winter, White,Hendrix, Clapton, Lee, 1960s--Allman,Betts,Lenny Breau, Dimeola, Pass, Montgomery,Caldwell, Burton 1970s. This is just a short list and not even getting into the 1980s and forward as in last few Decades the incredible talent has hit the stratosphere beginning with Vaughn,And the list is endless
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
Chet Atkins sea a guitar genius said to be the most recorded instrumentalist.
He should have named Marty McFly as his favorite (You ain't ready for this stuff yet but your kids will love it)
😅..and the legendary Dewey Cox.
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Andres Segovia, John Williams, Ana Vidovic......
Bill Nelson of Be Bop Deluxe.
🔥💙🔥 Bill Nelson, Robert Fripp, Robin Trower.
Jorma Kaukonen was very underrated! 😮😮😮😮😊😊😊😊
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
Jimmy Page doesn't pick his favourite guitarists or guitarists who he considers the best in this video. More meaningless YT BS.
Some of the Flamenco guitar players are possibly the best there are but a different type music.
Years later he would pay tribute to Edward Van Halens contributions on Electric guitar...Kudos Mr Page for that👍👍🎸🎸
never knew jimmy page played guitar on heart full of soul. always thought it was jeff beck
He didn't. This was recorded in 1965. Page didn't join until mid 1966 and wasn't the lead guitarist until October of that year. They are miming to the single that featured Beck on lead. Page does play a live version on the Lp, "Live Yardbirds (Featuring Jimmy Page).
Jimi Hendrix, Jerry Garcia, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Carlos Santana, George Harrison...Those are starting 5 with Jimi Page as the 6th man. Its really really tough though because I have another team of starters that can go wire to wire with these guys.
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!
Gary Moore, Rory Gallagher, Jeff Healey, SRV, etc. There are so many.
His list. Whats yours?
Les Paul?
SRV would like a word with Jimmy.
Carlos Santana is the best IMO. I also think Keith Richards gets overlooked many times-he came up with so many recognizable riffs with the Stones. Lindsay Buckingham is Terrific too. Also Don Felder of the Eagles doesn't ever get mentioned and without him the Eagles were never the same.
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.
really hard to watch this with every word in the captions capitalised - and why do i need captions??
Interesting there was no mention of Link Wray who Jimmy mentioned many times as one of his biggest influences. Go figure!