Most Influencial Guitarist?

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Which has had the most influence?

  • Jimmy Page

    Votes: 42 49.4%

  • Eric Clapton

    Votes: 20 23.5%

  • Eddie Van Halen

    Votes: 15 17.6%

  • Angus Young

    Votes: 8 9.4%
  • Total voters
    85
I voted Clapton. But on the subject of Paige, did anyone hear supposedly Paige stole a bunch of zeppelin songs from blues guys who had no copyrights for the songs? Some guy was trying to tell me that but I found it hard to believe. I mean, an influence is one thing, but stealing them? I doubt he would even be able to get away with that with how popular they became.
 
What about "John Frusciante" ??? The only guy to truely pick up were Jimi left off.
 
As far as a role model, I gotta go with Chuck Berry. I mean, there are better players, but I always was more interested in the guitar player/singer as a front man. Johnny Rivers, too.

EVH definitely changed the rules of the game, as did Hendrix. Jimmy Page also had a big impact as the guitar slinger who didn't sing. Clapton is Ok as a guitarist, I guess. I respect him only because people used to spray paint "Clapton is God". That's pretty cool since he was just a guitar player.
 
To all who are suggesting that options are missing from the poll, go back and read the question again. He didn't ask "Which was the most influential guitarist of all time?".

No, he asked "Which [of the following] has had the most influence."

It would be awesome if people would actually start reading posts around here :)
 
I too question if the 4 mentioned have much direct influence on players today. Now it is possible these 4 indirectly influence players today since they may have influenced Dimebag or whoever.

I think you always have to look at a given player and try to determine who influnced that person - eventually that takes us all back to Chuck Berry or Robert Johnson or Les Paul, etc.
 
mikeh said:
I too question if the 4 mentioned have much direct influence on players today. Now it is possible these 4 indirectly influence players today since they may have influenced Dimebag or whoever.

I think you always have to look at a given player and try to determine who influnced that person - eventually that takes us all back to Chuck Berry or Robert Johnson or Les Paul, etc.
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I'm thinking Marty McFly. He did have some crazy stuff...
 
None of the Above

All the players listed are good, but never really inspired me.

Mark Tremonti
Al DiMeola

-Those guys were pretty influential in my playing.
 
philboyd studge said:
None of the above.
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Ditto. Other contemporary folks like Howe, Metheny, Morse, Holdsworth, and Carlton (and many others) quickly come to mind.

J.
 
andycerrone said:
I'm thinking Marty McFly. He did have some crazy stuff...
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You do know that's Eddie Van Halen playing the solo thing on that cassette tape Marty puts in when he gets in the delorean.
 
Werewolf10 said:
What about "John Frusciante" ??? The only guy to truely pick up were Jimi left off.
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:) I'm not sure about picking up where jimi left off (what makes you say that btw?) but next to clapton he's the most influential to me.

And considering the list on the poll, I'd heavily argue angus deserves to be placed there. From the albums alone you might think less of him, but after seeing this guy play live I've gotta have respect for him.

Oh yeah, and todays guitarists? Probably most influenced by alcohol...
 
andycerrone said:
But on the subject of Paige, did anyone hear supposedly Paige stole a bunch of zeppelin songs from blues guys who had no copyrights for the songs? Some guy was trying to tell me that but I found it hard to believe. I mean, an influence is one thing, but stealing them? I doubt he would even be able to get away with that with how popular they became.
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I could go on and on about this. First, let me start by saying I am a big time zep fan. It seems like any time you point out flaws in a big group like zep, you're seen as attacking them and people defend them no matter HOW MUCH evidence you present. I researched this and traced blues roots back to field hollers, and zep "borrowed" a LOT of music from early American blues artists. But to be fair, it was Plant more than Page that seemed to borrow the most. His lyrics are full of old blues lyrics.


If you like I will post here what I posted on another site and you can research it yourself, but I am not about to get into an argument/flame war with people that haven't ACTULLY HEARD the songs I am suggesting Zep borrowed from.Been there, done that...you can lead a horse to water etc...

J.P.
 
EDAN said:
You do know that's Eddie Van Halen playing the solo thing on that cassette tape Marty puts in when he gets in the delorean.
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It was a joke man. ;)
 
The Zep borrowing from blues thing

This is something I posted a while ago on another site.

"I don't have all the CD's with me now,but I may look into this if I have the time.NONE of these songs were written by Led Zeppelin

The Lemon Song/ /Led Zep
In My Time of Dying/ /Led Zep
Nobody's Fault but mine/ /Led Zep
The Rain Song/ /Led Zep
When The Levee Breaks/ /Led Zep
I Can't Quit You/ /Led Zep
You Shook Me/ /Led Zep
Gallow's Pole/ /Led Zep
Whole Lotta Love/ /Led Zep

I first bought a Willie Dixon Boxed set.Then I started buying old Blues compilation Box sets.I was shocked at how many old blues lines Robert Plant just copied word for word."I've got a bird that whistles...and a bird that sings"-"Jesus gonna make up my dyin' bed"-"Squeeze my lemon,til the juice runs down my leg"-"She shakes just like a willow tree"-"let daddy see it/put on your nightshirt and your morning gown"-"They call me the hunter"


I have a little less respect for Zep and a little more for american blues.

J.P."
 
darrvid said:
:) I'm not sure about picking up where jimi left off (what makes you say that btw?) but next to clapton he's the most influential to me.
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I just said that because it seemed like when Blood Sugar Sex Magic came out he definatly made it kool again to play that Hendrix kinda style instead of the "Metalicca" shit that was such a dime a dozen.. Also Niandra La Des... that album was like Hendrix chords mixed with insane children with "ADD"..

Great Stuff.
 
I would say Eddie Van Halen to some degree because he is the most recent next to Angus. But I would have to agree with others, I'm sure that today's players are being influenced by who they are listening to. Each new generation of guitarists will inevitably influence the next in some way.

As far as Led Zep stealing old blues songs, the Stones did the same thing so it's not unique to Led Zep.
 
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