old but great soloists

Amen to that Silimtao!

na its got to be mr gilmour.

Here's some serious talent that have been around the block

Jason Becker
Marty Friedman
Vinnie Moore
Randy Rhoads

Originally Posted by: brianehill@charter.net Speaking of Ry, did any of you see the movie Dead Man with Jonny Depp. Ry did all the guitar for that flick and it's way cool.

Correction on this one: Ry Cooder didn't play on the soundtrack of Dead Man, it was Mr. Neil Young; in my opinion one of the greatest musicians of the last 3 decades.
Just hear his guitarwork on 'Cortez the Killer' and you'll know what I mean. Or the entire 'sleeps with angels' album.
The soundtrack to Dead Man is brilliant, too. The acoustic guitar theme of the movie is my favorite song to play on a western guitar.
Besides that, on the album of Dead Man he elaborates on a few simple themes, just him and a heavily distorted guitar. That's it. It lasts for an hour or so and creates a raw emotional and haunting listen. Just brilliant!

yo, u shud look up michalangelo batio, hes the most rapid guitarist iv evr seen. go on www.angelo.com an cluik on speed lives. ul cry dude! but u realy shudnt try 2 imperson8 any guitarist, just play from the soul man! batio is rapid but i stil fink hendrix is beter; he played from the heart and no guitarist can play could ever play beter than hendrix. he is god! basicly listen 2 hendrix alot and then play what u feel, learn blues, do wot u want but if u want to b good, learn jiony b good! but still wach batio, hes a god 2!

Django Reinhardt.. the only guitarist in history that played with 2 fingers and still had awesome solos. This guy is from the 1930's.

He played with 2 fingers because he got caught in a fire and burnt his left hand... for more info about him go to http://www.redhotjazz.com/django.html