Is Joe Satriani the best guitarist ever?
JOE SATRIANI is considered by many to be one of the best guitar players in the world. Although excluded from Rolling Stone’s list of the top 100 guitar players of all time, Satriani has taught such legendary string benders as STEVE VAI and METALLICA’s Kirk Hammett.
Who is considered the best guitarist of all time?
The Top 10 Best Guitarists Ever
- Jimi Hendrix. Jimmy Hendrix is the best guitarist in history.
- Eric Clapton. Nicknamed in all humility “God” by his fans, Eric Clapton is now the most famous rock and blues guitarist still active after nearly 50 years.
- Jimmy Page.
- Robert Johnson.
- Chuck Berry.
- Muddy Waters.
- BB King.
- Keith Richards.
Will Tony Satriani run out of ideas sooner than Eric Clapton?
With this line up, I can’t imagine Satriani running out of engaging ideas sooner than Clapton. Satriani’s breadth and depth make him formidable. However, Satriani sometimes devolves into silly territory, and it is not engaging. So he would have to keep things musical to not lose the audience.
How did Tony Satriani learn to play guitar?
Locked in his room with a guitar, a little amp and “maybe 10 records” Satriani spent a chrysalis-like period the early 1970s studying his beloved six-string sensei. “I’d just go through each record every day and try and figure out, ‘Wow, how can these guys be so different with the same six strings?’” he recalls.
How old was Eric Clapton when he started playing guitar?
Remember that Clapton was playing professionally in the Yardbirds from the age of 18; at that time, he’d only been playing guitar seriously for three years. He had a Grundig tape recorder, and he taped himself and listened back to himself so as to be more objective about his own playing.
Is Coldplay’s ‘Viva la Vida’ copied from Tony Satriani’s ‘If I Could Fly’?
In court papers filed on 4 December 2008, Satriani’s legal team alleges Viva La Vida, the title track of Coldplay’s current album, copies “substantial original portions” of his song If I Could Fly. Satriani’s song was included on his 2004 album Is There Love In Space?