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I recognize Steve and Al (Steve's and Al's like Petrucci cites as his influences, lol), but not the other 2. Who day bee?
 
FuzzyAce said:
Paco de Lucía and John McLaughlin.
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haha. I thought maybe one was JM.

I was all into 80's hair bands and new wave when this stuff was happening. Never knew, aside from EVH, what a guitar virtuoso was, until Dream Theater. Never even heard of Steve Morse until they opened for DT on SFAM. And was properly blown away of course.

His appeal to me is not so much how good he is, but how well-rounded the guy is!! He can play any style.
 
FuzzyAce said:
Paco de Lucía and John McLaughlin.
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Funny, I was a HUGE fan of Morse, DiMeola, and McLaughlin from all of their 70s stuff but had never heard de Lucia's playing until that night.

* he blew the other 3 guys away :oops:
 
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Achilles said:
Funny, I was a HUGE fan of Morse, DiMeola, and McLaughlin from all of their 70s stuff but had never heard de Lucia's plaing until that night.

* he blew the other 3 guys away :oops:
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That's always a nice surprise. Like going to see Ted Nugent and VH opening for him.
 
Achilles said:
Funny, I was a HUGE fan of Morse, DiMeola, and McLaughlin from all of their 70s stuff but had never heard de Lucia's plaing until that night.

* he blew the other 3 guys away :oops:
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In the context of solo guitarist, definitely. In an ensemble they're all so friggin' great, and each has something very special.
 
TSJMajesty said:
I wouldn't have even wanted to be John Petrucci or Paul Gilbert following that Let It Be solo. Fuck!
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That was the great part of Gilbert, having never heard Lane before, didn't even bother trying to follow him at the NAMM jam.
He just screamed a solo into his pickups instead!

 
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FuzzyAce said:
Yep, some are on a very, very, high level and then there are people like Lane. :rofl
Totally bringing something unique melodically and could do it at breakneck speeds, but with a lot of soul that came through.
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Grew up in real time to Hendrix/Beck/Page/Blackmore and thought that was top of the mountain.
Then came Mahavishnu, Return to Forever, and UK and the top got a bit higher.
Malmsteen, Vai, And the entire 80s crew moved it up another few thousand feet.
Then came the ones who made the 80s guys look a little pedestrian and I figured the mountain can't get any higher.

Early 2000s and watching a Rusty Cooley video and he mentions this guy Shawn Lane (missed him entirely in the 90s)
who blew him away. :oops: WTF?

Picked up the CD Personae and listened for the first time while driving somewhere.
By the time it got to the extended solo in Rice for the Angels I'd started hyperventilating and had to pull over.
100% serious.

At one point I owned every audio and video boot ever made of him via his long time bud.
Have worn out the albums and read everything I could find on the guy.
Spoke on the phone with his mother and daughter a few years after Shawn passed.

Was part of a Lane forum back then and when he died ALLAN HOLDSWORTH signed up specifically
to share a few bits and pass along his condolences. Dude seemed genuinely upset by it.

Brain still gets a bit twisted over than one! :oops:


Greatest electric guitarist to ever walk the planet.
 
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