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Originally Posted by Minte
I always thought that the Who was a better band than they were actual musicians.
Their chemistry just worked. I've seen them live and they did a good show.
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i felt the same, i recently watched a doc on them, in particular the making of who's next. according to that, some of what's still popular today goes back to townshend, the power chord for instance.
but him in the studio, using effects+guitar = genius imo, oh hah, full circle back to the op.
o and re: best guitarist, i would imagine it's someone i've never truly listened to nor understand the intricacies & difficulties, especially now that i am understanding how hard it is to play the guitar and how much practice is involved.
but i am learning several songs of the masters- born under a bad sign by albert king and srv (the in sessions version), a gary clark jr song, a cream/eric clapton song, a couple others.
what stands out clearly for me is how naturally the chord progressions and note progressions are with eric clapton song and srv and albert king. the next note/chord feels natural, my fingers just go there. still learning these songs though so while they are natural, they are still very difficult for me. both in learning the new notes and chords but in consistently playing those that i've already learned.
not so with the other guitarists. gary clark jr, i'm flailing through parts of that song. dan aurbach/black keys too, the progressions, while fantastic, feel clumsy to me.
don't know if that makes sense to other guitarists or not but it sure feels that way to me.