-GUITARISTS-PLAYING FAVORITES-

CHOOSING THE BEST GUITAR PLAYERS IS SUBJECTIVE AT BEST AND
BIASED AT WORSE.FIRST,THERE IS THE MATTER OF GENRE.I WAS PLAY-
ING SOME LIVE SHOW'S IN HOLLYWOOD AND A RUSSIAN CAB DRIVER
ASKED ME WHO WAS A GOOD NON-ROCK PLAYER-SOMEBODY WHO
PLAYED IN A STRAIGHT ARTISTIC STYLE-ABIT JAZZY-BUT NOT TO FAR
OUT-I SAID "PAT METHANEY".
THEN YOU CLASSICAL GUITARIST'S LIKE "SEGOVIA" AND ACOUSTIC
AUTURES LIKE "LEO KOTTKE".
MOST PEOPLE ARE THINKING OF ROCK GUITARISTS WHEN THE
QUESTION IS ASKED AND EVEN WHEN YOU NARROW IT DOWN TO
ONE GENRE IT'S STILL A SUBJECTIVE MATTER.EVERYONE HAS THIER
FAVORITES.I REMEMBER READING AN INTERVIEW WITH ERIC JOHNSON,
JOE SATERINI,AND YAWANGIE MALSTROM ONCE."KURT COBAIN" CAME
UP AND SATERINI AND MALSTROM WERE QUICK TO POINT OUT HIS
LIMITATION'S-JOHNSON ON THE OTHER HAND NOTED THAT COBAIN
NEVER LOOKED AT THE GUITAR WHEN HE WAS PLAYING-AS IF HE WAS
PLAYING BY PURE INSTINCT-AND THAT IMPRESSED HIM GREATLY !
JOE AND YAWANGIE WERE SURPRISED BY THIS REVELATION AND QUICKLY
STATED THAT THEY COULD NEVER PERFORM SUCH A FEAT.LOOKING
AT THE GUITAR WAS AN INTREGAL AND NESSASARY PART OF BOTH OF
THIER PLAYING STYLE'S AND ONE THAT IF TAKEN AWAY WOULD MAKE IT
IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO PLAY.SO THEY ALL GAVE KUDO'S TO COBAIN
FOR HAVING THIS RARE AND UNIQUE TALENT.

WRITTEN BY PETE HOLLY-2009-COPYRIGHT-ALL RIGHTS RESERVED