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roketman117 (August 31, 2008 at 9:14 pm)

Thank you for demoing your tricks, I have been finding applications for my humble repertoir. Thank you, I will continue to support yu by purchasing your awesome records. Please tour by Los Angeles CA. Frank.

oz1john (August 30, 2008 at 10:01 am)

JH had "it" too, but I believe in a musically limited scope.

Anyway, it's not really helpful to us to compare players from different eras (even though it's fun), but then it's not really fair on them either. And in any case, there are thousands of 'best guitarists ever' all over the world who are superbly talented, almost all of whom we've never heard.

Cheers.

oz1john (August 30, 2008 at 9:54 am)

Regarding Tommy, he is technically and musically very versatile. He has his own bag of tricks and will leave behind a new legacy of fingerstyle playing. He's played in many different styles of musical settings and among a great variety of very accomplished musicians (not just guitarists), and whever he goes he leaves those musicians drooling with amazement. You see, they know that TE has "it" - and whatever "it" is, he has it in abundance. TE is a musician's guitarist...

oz1john (August 30, 2008 at 9:45 am)

If you take a step back, taking off the lenses of personal tastes and learned attitudes, and look with humble enquiry (and are experienced and knowledgeable enough in musical criticism and appreciation), you would see some truth in this, and also be able to appraise his contribution in a unbiased manner...

oz1john (August 30, 2008 at 9:44 am)

I have to split my reply over a few posts.

JH was undoubtedly talented and original compared with his contemporaries within his own genre, and he had a few new tricks and licks to boot, leaving a legacy of god-like status among many would-be imitators - you can still hear him in half the solos that rock guitarist play today. But he was what I would call a guitarist's guitarist; and not a musician's guitarist....

bce5150 (August 26, 2008 at 1:25 am)

correction, WHEN music is for money music sucks

furesyu (August 21, 2008 at 11:34 am)

まじうまい。こうふん。

Blanke94 (August 20, 2008 at 3:05 pm)

Look, you can love Jimmi how much you like, but there's no denying this guy's technical capabilities. he's just crazy. look at some more things he does. the things he plays are just insanely difficult . he's superbly talented

GuitarEkket86 (August 18, 2008 at 1:53 pm)

you are kidding right?

clearsh0t (August 23, 2008 at 1:58 pm)

He's a for-real idiot. Simply ignore.