There are not a lot of guys that have done that or would have the balls even to attempt that. "Shit, just think about Comfortably Numb – how great of a song is that? He was awesome the whole way – suddenly, he does an outro solo that steals the whole show. His solos and playing have this heart and soul that completely bleeds out and gets everywhere when he gets going. "Once again, with Gilmour, we've got a guy who made his expression known. ![]() ![]() (Image credit: Roberto Panucci/Corbis/Getty Images) He was more about melody and presenting an atmosphere within the music rather than showing off skills." 4. ![]() "I think that counts for more than just being proficient or athletic as a guitarist. Sure, he would go wild, but that's much different than overplaying. Jimi's raw expression was very melodic, and he very rarely overplayed live. "As time passes, when we watch him, he was doing everything before anyone else did. He did things that were identified later as whatever, but at the time, nobody could put their finger on what they were – to put them in a box. As a soloist, he merged heavy rock, early metal, and, like, proto-glam. "Jimi Hendrix was obviously a blues-based player, but he also had early bits of punk rock in there. "I actually got into Eddie Van Halen before Jimi Hendrix, but there's a high likelihood that we wouldn't have had a lot of the wildness that Eddie offered later without Jimi. His limitations don't matter because he makes up for those limitations with his expression." 3. "It's almost like a classical piano piece: it doesn't have to be fast, it doesn't have to be nimble, it just has to be good. Even with his deficit of fingers, he constructed those solos, and even though they can be basic, Tony proved that the melody and slowness of something really heartfelt are so much more important than anything else. "I'll go on YouTube and watch him play a lot of those solos, and it's so interesting. As an acoustic player, he's so different, but everything he's done is very different and utterly unique to him. Of course, there are things where he's experimented, and it's always so great-sounding. "The crazy thing with Tony is that he's been able to maintain that sinister mood and never diverted from it too much. I first heard that when I was 10 years old and instantly fell in love with it. I think it was Iron Man with that dull, droning guitar sound that's just so rude. "Tony was the next guy after Page that scared the shit out of me. That's important at the end of the day." 2. But maybe what's most impressive was his casual theft, which basically means he stole the right shit. ![]() His ability to express himself in the studio and live as a guitarist is not of this earth. That style of playing, when I do it, I learned all that from him. "Let me tell you – with a guitar in his hand, Page was no joke. Or, as Jimmy would say in his classy British accent, 'Switching between the light and the shade.' "His soloing between major and minor scales within the same solo is unmatched. Page is an amazing soloist, but his production ideas and his way of layering sounds – using guitars to reinforce other guitars – were legendary. The whole middle section, with the wah pedal and the Tone Bender cranked, is the most brilliant guitar sound I've ever heard to this day. The first being that Jimmy was the first guy I heard that freaked me the fuck out, with Whole Lotta Love. "Page is my number one guy for a billion reasons.
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