UGH...The tired, "BEST" Rock guitarist thread

Blues Breakers/Cream era Clapton remains my favorite electric blues guitarist. Those recordings are the reason I bought an electric and hunkered down to learn to play. Ardent.Mellifluous..

I'm so sick of look-at-me-I'm-so-cool guitar solos, I could hurl. Sure, bad taste is often good taste. But bad taste is bad taste more often.

Did I mention on this website that I walked out in the middle of a Mahavishnu Orchestra concert at the Santa Monica Civic? Virtuosity to spare. But stiff, one-dimensional and overbearing.

@orgillian197 

A truly prime selection of fret flyers. But I'm also partial toward the punk/new-wave generation. The Ramones (I'll never remember their individual first names) remain underappreciated and unsurpassed for their unanimity and sheer enthusiasm & passion. No band ever sounded happier to be playing what they were playing.

I got heat from my wannabe punk band members because I just could not do Johnny Ramone's all down-stroke guitar style for more than a few measures at a time. The band leader put me down for being a surf guitarist. The trouble was that I was the only member who could provide a regular place to practice.

Did I mention in this website that I saw Joe Pass do a solo gig at...what was it...Dante's Nightclub in L.A.? Eventually his solos got a bit long in the tooth for me but there was no questioning his soul, chops or integrity.