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Printableabigail05 said: blackguitaristz said: Stevie Ray Vaughn once stated that he liked P's playing and that he wanted to tell P that but at an awards show (either 83 Grammy's or 83 AMA's) during a commercial break, Stevie walked over to P to say hello and tell him that he liked his playing. Stevie said that he extended his hand to P to introduce himself and P just kept looking straight ahead, never acknowledging Stevie. This was in Guitar Player magazine from 86 I believe. I know Duff, the bassists from GnR. Velvet Revolver LOVES Prince and so does Slash although Slash was mad that P snubbed him when he too tried to say hello. So Slash said something to the effect that P dressed like a bitch anyways. I heard that Eddie Van Halen was a longtime P fan and that he has seen P in concert several times. Paul Stanley of KISS has stated a few times that he's a big fan of Prince and likes his guitar playing. He and Gene Simmons both saw P on the Dirty Mind tour in New York in 81 and a few times on the PR tour and the Musicology tour. Lindsey Buckingham also digs P as a guitarist. I saw him arriving at the PR premier (seperate from Stevie Nicks). Nile Rodgers loves P as a guitarist as does P-Funk guitarists Blackbyrd McKnight and Mike Hampton. They both have told me this personally. Both Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield are "admirers" of P's playing. They said this during an interview on VH1. Kendall Jones of Fishbone is also a fan of P's. So was the original guitarists of the Peppers, Hillel Slovak dug P as a guitarist as does John Frosciante. Also Ernie Isley and Neal Schon of Journey. Also Brian May of Queen has said in an interview in Guitar World that he liked Prince as a guitarist.
[Edited 8/6/09 20:57pm] dude I always love your posts, you've always got good things to say  Thank you for the kind sentiment.   SynthiaRose said "I'm in love with blackguitaristz. Especially when he talks about Hendrix."
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wow what a great tread this become 
i thought nobody would replay great | |
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thebanishedone said: wow what a great tread this become
i thought nobody would replay great Ahhh man, don't trip. You should have known I was going to post. SynthiaRose said "I'm in love with blackguitaristz. Especially when he talks about Hendrix."
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thebanishedone said: one of Jeff Back favorite guitar solos is When Doves Cry
hey BlackguitaristZ who are the Nelson twins ? I bet they can't play half of the things Prince plays on guitar that MF Van Hunt disses Prince's guitar playing he said he skips Prince's guitar solos ,but can we call Van Hunt a guitar player anyway They are the sons of Ricky Nelson who was once popular in his own right. He has since died. SynthiaRose said "I'm in love with blackguitaristz. Especially when he talks about Hendrix."
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muleFunk said: B.G. I thought that most music folks love Prince the musician but some hate his ways i.e. snubs,ect.
I have almost never heard another musican diss Prince outside of Richards and Madonna and Madonna was talking about the movie Prince and not the music. [Edited 8/6/09 21:14pm] ...of the TWO people in show business whose opinions matter....ppffffft! | |
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blackguitaristz said: thebanishedone said: wow what a great tread this become
i thought nobody would replay great Ahhh man, don't trip. You should have known I was going to post. Hi BG My daughter who is 7 wants me to buy her a guitar... she likes Hannah Montana. Which one should I buy her for a beginner level, we went to a guitar store today, I was confused... LOL. | |
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pplrain said: blackguitaristz said: Ahhh man, don't trip. You should have known I was going to post. Hi BG My daughter who is 7 wants me to buy her a guitar... she likes Hannah Montana. Which one should I buy her for a beginner level, we went to a guitar store today, I was confused... LOL. What it is pplrain...I've given guitar lessons to people and some of the people have children. So they have wanted me to give their daughters lessons as well. A few of the parents had already bought their daughters a guitar. In both instances, they were electric guitars but by different brands. So if your daughter wants an elecric guitar, I suggest what these two girls were playing. One of them at the time was 10 and the other was maybe 8 or 9. The 10 year old had a Squire Mini Electric guitar. It's 3/4 size so it's somewhat lighter in weight. The younger one had a guitar made by Crestwood. They both are patterned after a Fender Stratocaster or what's more commonly called a Strat. The Crestwood guitar is only 36' long but both guitars are 3/4 size. Both companies offer what they call a "package". Meaning that the guitar comes with a small amplifier. Depending on where you get it, it may come with a cable cord, some guitar picks, etc. When I was little, I used to play my dad's guitar and then when I was 8, my mom bought me my own guitar. So I learned on a normal size guitar. But over the years, I've seen companies making 3/4 size guitars for younger folks. Esecially for girls, that size is probably best because the weight is lighter. If your daughter wants an acoustic, since that's what Miley plays, then there is a company called Scratch & Dent. They make an acoustic guitar 32' kids starter. Also there is one called First Act Discovery FG130 Student Acoustic guitar. Both of these are designed for kids and beginners alike. Hope that's helpful to you. [Edited 8/8/09 12:13pm] SynthiaRose said "I'm in love with blackguitaristz. Especially when he talks about Hendrix."
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vivid said: OperatingThetan said: Prince often covers 'Rolling Stones' in concerty so I don't think Richards comments have bothered him. I think Rolling Stones did one 'O2' gig in the middle of Prince's 21 gig run. Prince played a Stones cover the following night to my knowledge.
Of course, opinions are just that .... opinions. However, often a diss says more about the person giving it than the intended target. Mick is a big fan, but Keith isn't. Speaking of the Stones...I remember reading somewhere that Ronnie Wood is also a fan. | |
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Gohi said: coolcat said: Prince's guitar "solos" are a mixed bag for me.
It's his rhythm playing that makes him one of the greatest imo... Seriously? I don't think I've ever heard a bad Prince solo except for on Purple Rain on the first night in London in 2007. Really? Damn...He was fucking up on his Purple Rain solo?!  That's one solo that I always thought P could literally KILL on in his sleep. Everytime I have seen P play that solo, no matter what year it was, or what band line up he had, the cat just blazes on it. Especially if the mood hits him and he's pissed or he's moved spiritually, I've seen him play that solo for 20 minutes straight. The band is always like "Oh well, fuck it. Let's just stay on this chord progression." There was a period there in the 90's, P's solo to that song was razor sharp. It was cool but at times, it was very technical. That's why I prefer his 80's version of the solo. The song hadn't got TOO old to him so I think he was playing from a more emotional place and that poured through in his playing. I've seen P have tears in his eyes on a few times while playing this solo. It represents something to him or he taps into something when he plays it. Plus the crowd participation with the arm waving and the "hoo hoo hoo hoo"s", it's definatley P's calling card. His signiture solo no doubt and he knows it.[Edited 8/7/09 23:13pm] SynthiaRose said "I'm in love with blackguitaristz. Especially when he talks about Hendrix."
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I heard first nite solo from london and it's great version of Purple rain.
Musicology 2004 in LA is great version also,very emotional only time i heard him fuck it up on Purple Rain is on Rave dvd | |
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So banished..what did George Benson say bad about P? This was before they jammed together? | |
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Orger from this site who claims to know george benson in person said that George consider Prince to be a joke or something like that.
Maybe that fellow orger can remind us about Benson/Prince relationship before thats right(1996) | |
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SPYZFAN1 said: Joe Perry said that he's seen many aftershows of P and he said he's the funkiest guitar player on the planet. He said he loves his tone.
Oh, I love Aerosmith.
And Joe Perry is a great guitar player too.   FREE THE 29 MAY 1993 COME CONFIGURATION!
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thebanishedone said: Guitar players who don't like Prince's guitar playing:
Keith Richards Yngwie M George Benson in the past before he was working with P guitar players that like his playing: Steve Vai Eric Clapton Santana Steve Lukater name guitar players you know said something about P good or bad As far as Keith Richards is concerned, I never really considered him as a serious guitarist on par with his contemporaries (George Harrison, who dug P as well and went to some of his shows in the late '80's in London, Pete Townsend, and Clapton). In fact, when the Stones first started, they didn't even know how to tune their instruments and played unevenly. Don't get me wrong, I dig them and have a stackful of their records, Cds with Exile being their best, IMO. Plus they were nice enough to give P a shot. The most interesting (and talented) musician within that band during the '60s was the late-Brian Jones ( whom many had felt the band revolved around). Now after, Mick Jones was sacked, in came ex-Faces Ron Wood (a tremendous guitarist who can rock his booty off) Oh BTW, RW is a HUGE P fan, who always jammed P in concerts and aftershows everytime P toured Europe duriing the 80s and 90s. [Edited 8/8/09 9:16am] | |
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what has Yngwie said about P?
Dude pretty much does his one thing, which is playing billion note classical pieces, but he does it exceptionally well. He's always been a big proponent of Hendrix so I think it's interesting that he has a problem with Prince. | |
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Keith Richards is good guitar player,
his rhythm guitar is great ,maybe you dislike his soloing style but Keith build it upon his idol Chuck Berry | |
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Good Thread by the way. After reading the posts I was wondering what beef Keith Richards has with Prince to begin with? Prince guitar skills are extraordinary in it's own way. I sometimes feels he holds back in the studio & in concert. I felt on the "Love Is A Losing Game" tracks that he did play guitar on from the "Indigo Chronicles" set, that he could have destroyed the solos that track. | |
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thecloud said: Good Thread by the way. After reading the posts I was wondering what beef Keith Richards has with Prince to begin with? Prince guitar skills are extraordinary in it's own way. I sometimes feels he holds back in the studio & in concert. I felt on the "Love Is A Losing Game" tracks that he did play guitar on from the "Indigo Chronicles" set, that he could have destroyed the solos that track.
I might be wrong about this, but I thought it had something to do (at least in part) with Keith thinking that "Prince" was a bad stage name and he didn't get that it's his real name, or something like that. | |
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thebanishedone said: Keith Richards is good guitar player,
his rhythm guitar is great ,maybe you dislike his soloing style but Keith build it upon his idol Chuck Berry I never said he wasn't okay. I just stated that he never really moved me as much as his contemporaries (particularly his band mates Ron Wood and Brian Jones). He has his moments like on Hot Stuff and and other classics. Just my two cents. | |
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but Brian Jones guitar playing detoriated and latter he played diffrent instruments no guitar | |
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blackguitaristz said: thebanishedone said: Guitar players who don't like Prince's guitar playing:
Keith Richards Yngwie M George Benson in the past before he was working with P guitar players that like his playing: Steve Vai Eric Clapton Santana Steve Lukater name guitar players you know said something about P good or bad Keith Richards doesn't like Prince period. Interested in what Yngwie had to say as to why he doesn't like P. Also the Nelsons, (remember them? The two blonde twins?) I heard say that they met P in a studio once and that P sucked on the guitar. Either that is just a rumor, or they were speaking from a place of jealousy or they were fucked up on crack. Because P has more talent in his pinky finger nail on guitar that both of them put together.Oh dear lawd, I remember going to a fouth of July Festival in St. Pete Florida one year and the Nelson brothers were the headlining act. Of course it didn't help that I was with some hot looking girls and Nelson WILL NOT GET YOU LAID . Well, that and some gay guy I once showed my cock to in a bar for 20 bucks recognized me in the crowd and blurted the story out in front of the girls while Nelson was doing "Love and Affection." Yeah, I can't make this shit up. NELSON. SUCKED. ARSE. I don't think Prince should take much stalk in what their opinion is. | |
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DerekH said: thecloud said: Good Thread by the way. After reading the posts I was wondering what beef Keith Richards has with Prince to begin with? Prince guitar skills are extraordinary in it's own way. I sometimes feels he holds back in the studio & in concert. I felt on the "Love Is A Losing Game" tracks that he did play guitar on from the "Indigo Chronicles" set, that he could have destroyed the solos that track.
I might be wrong about this, but I thought it had something to do (at least in part) with Keith thinking that "Prince" was a bad stage name and he didn't get that it's his real name, or something like that. Wrong indeed.Keith didn't like Prince guitar riffs and i read that in an interview with Eric Clapton mentioning it! The Ignorant asserts,The learned doubts,The wise thinks.
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thebanishedone said: but Brian Jones guitar playing detoriated and latter he played diffrent instruments no guitar
Not necessarily, his playing was still basically intact but, he was losing control as leader of the group during the latter part of the '60s as Jagger/Richards grew confident in writing their own material gradually moving away from the blues material that Jones preferred. Of course his dependence on dangerous drugs and drink and his self-destructive ways didn't do much to help. Now rewind to the beginning, Jones always played different instruments prior to forming the band. He taught Mick how to play harmonica and taught Keith a thing or 2 about blues riffs. In fact he was the one that came up with the idea of naming their band after the Muddy Waters song. Not many people don't know this but on the original take on Jimi's "Along the Watchtower", Jones played a piano part that sounded very good, but all agreed to take it out because they felt it didn't fit. Bill Wyman stated that Jones was "an incredibly gifted musician, but not a song writer. In some ways he was like P in that he could play several instruments (which was rare for a Rock / R&B musician back then), but had too many demons with drugs that finally did him in. [Edited 8/8/09 20:34pm] [Edited 8/8/09 20:35pm] | |
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DerekH said: thecloud said: Good Thread by the way. After reading the posts I was wondering what beef Keith Richards has with Prince to begin with? Prince guitar skills are extraordinary in it's own way. I sometimes feels he holds back in the studio & in concert. I felt on the "Love Is A Losing Game" tracks that he did play guitar on from the "Indigo Chronicles" set, that he could have destroyed the solos that track.
I might be wrong about this, but I thought it had something to do (at least in part) with Keith thinking that "Prince" was a bad stage name and he didn't get that it's his real name, or something like that. Hey Derek, look at any of my posts and look down at the bottom of my posts. Below the sigs, you'll see two links. Click on the second link and it's an article I wrote about when P opened for the Stones in 81. I touch on Keith's dislike for Prince. I included quotes from Keith that he said about P. Mick and Ron Wood LOVES Prince but Keith, nah,...he LOATHES Prince. I didn't mention Robert Plant before because he's not a guitarist but I've heard him rave about P a few times. In one interview, Robert stated that Page dug P as a guitarist as well. So u have Jeff Beck and Clapton and to let Plant tell it, Page all digging P as a guitarist. So u have all of these British icon guitarists all digging P, BUT Keith,...no go.SynthiaRose said "I'm in love with blackguitaristz. Especially when he talks about Hendrix."
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fakir said: DerekH said: I might be wrong about this, but I thought it had something to do (at least in part) with Keith thinking that "Prince" was a bad stage name and he didn't get that it's his real name, or something like that. Wrong indeed.Keith didn't like Prince guitar riffs and i read that in an interview with Eric Clapton mentioning it! I wonder what he didn't like about his playing? Maybe it's just not Keith's thing. I've read that Charlie Watts (yeah, I know this thread is about guitarists and Charlie's a drummer) likes Prince, too. Keith seems to like blues and 50's-style rock. I know he's a huge Chuck Berry fan and Robert Johnson, and he likes Buddy Guy, too (he gave Buddy one of his guitars after they played together in the Stones' "Shine A Light" concert film). | |
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blackguitaristz said: DerekH said: I might be wrong about this, but I thought it had something to do (at least in part) with Keith thinking that "Prince" was a bad stage name and he didn't get that it's his real name, or something like that. Hey Derek, look at any of my posts and look down at the bottom of my posts. Below the sigs, you'll see two links. Click on the second link and it's an article I wrote about when P opened for the Stones in 81. I touch on Keith's dislike for Prince. I included quotes from Keith that he said about P. Mick and Ron Wood LOVES Prince but Keith, nah,...he LOATHES Prince. I didn't mention Robert Plant before because he's not a guitarist but I've heard him rave about P a few times. In one interview, Robert stated that Page dug P as a guitarist as well. So u have Jeff Beck and Clapton and to let Plant tell it, Page all digging P as a guitarist. So u have all of these British icon guitarists all digging P, BUT Keith,...no go.Thanks for that link, BG. I think some of KR's play-hating towards P were due to a little jealousy, especially after he blew up with 1999 and PR. Not many people know this but he also felt a little threatened with the ascension of Hendrix. Here again, Clapton, Page, Beck, Winwood, all the Beatles, Mick, especially Brian Jones (who was the most talented musician of all the RS members at that time) immediately flocked to Hendrix as though they were mere disciples. It actually took Townsend and Richards some time before they finally became cool with Jimi. Ron Wood said it best, "they were all just skinny British kids trying to look cool and sound 'black', then suddenly in came Jimi, the ultimate in black cool. One thing I noticed about Keith was that although he had high regard for African-American R&B/Blues acts that came before him (ie Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters) he tended to shy from his contemporaries (Hendrix) or display a certain jealousy towards those who came after him (Prince). Just my two cents. [Edited 8/8/09 21:59pm] | |
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Speaking of Keith and Jimi....have any of you seen this? (click the link)
http://www.youtube.com/wa...qqaw9iN0Js | |
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DerekH said: Speaking of Keith and Jimi....have any of you seen this? (click the link)
http://www.youtube.com/wa...qqaw9iN0Js Oh yeah. I'm familiar with this footage. They all seemed to be stoned off their behinds. That's what i loved about Jimi - always practicing and/or jamming with other guitarists like Mick Jones. Cool stuff, dude! | |
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Smittyrock70 said: DerekH said: Speaking of Keith and Jimi....have any of you seen this? (click the link)
http://www.youtube.com/wa...qqaw9iN0Js Oh yeah. I'm familiar with this footage. They all seemed to be stoned off their behinds. That's what i loved about Jimi - always practicing and/or jamming with other guitarists like Mick Jones. Cool stuff, dude! I wish they had the audio working on that film clip. I wonder what they were talking about? | |
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DerekH said: Speaking of Keith and Jimi....have any of you seen this? (click the link)
http://www.youtube.com/wa...qqaw9iN0Js [Edited 8/8/09 22:47pm] | |
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