Welcome back nsp hope you enjoyed your vacation. I third the agreement about Beck and Malmsteen. I could listen to Beck all day long but Malmsteen is downright annoying. That rock/classical thing is an acquired taste that I just do not have. My 3 favorite guitar players of all time, not saying they are "the best" just my favorites are as follows
1. Jimi Hendrix. A master at creating lyrics and compositions with a technique like none other before or since. Playing the right handed guitar upside down I just love watching all of my live DVD's I have of his. He was also very influential guitarist. The fact that he made just 4 studio albums before he died and his estate still rakes in millions of dollars a year almost 50 years after his death...… well need I say more. Had he not died who knows? His playing was firmly rooted in the blues but he wanted to experiment more with jazz (he and Miles were going to work together) and funk (Band Of Gypsy's) and he was heading in that direction when he passed.
Jimi with Larry Young:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBErvhTAIWghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ScIOufnqSw2. Jeff Beck. I can hear just a few notes and recognize its him playing. Plays all genres of music exceptionally except that classical shredding (which he could if he wanted) ala Malmsteen. The jazz/rock fusion albums "Wired" and "Blow By Blow" attest to his eclectic mastery as do his later "techno/funk infused" masterpieces like the album "Jeff."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89OTZV-NHkUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pOKyNO9my83. John McLaughlin. What can I say?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQG7XpCiSVAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2GAAK3PFIIYou could switch up McLaughlin and Beck but Jimi is still my number one.
