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Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog
To Boo Boo: Im not refuting anyones song writing ability, but Vernon reid once said Kurt Cobain was a good guitarist, and they he had to be ebcause he wrote his songs on guitar and his songs were great. Thats not bad logic but I don't buy it.
If you plug in your guitar to an amp and play thats all the shouldn't count toward you being a good guitarist. Though I do see where your coming from, Joe Satriani couldn't give me one of his CD's, and hes probably really good but, mindless scale runs aren't good guitar playing.
I still don't think song writing should count though becuase then we can put up the shmuck from the Clash who didn't play that great and Pete Townshend who i do not think plays guitar well enough to be called the greatest.
Im sideing with Zappa on this one: "Shut up and play yer guitar."
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Townshends greatness dosent rely on his skill, it relys on his influence, innovations and overall importance to rock guitar...As far as influence is concerned, Townshend is second only to Hendrix, and maybe EVH. He may not be among the best, but hes certainly among the greatest.
In my eyes, a guitarist is a musician, and a good musician makes good music, its as simple as that.