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[from Guitar Player magazine, 14 March, 2005]
101 Greatest Moments in Guitar History
[intro]
A moment in time. A split second where everything freezes, and your
mind takes a
snapshot of an event you'll always keep with you, an event that
forever divides
your life into two groups: stuff that happened before this moment,
and the stuff
that will happen after. Great moments change you. The greatest ones
change
everything.
Most GP readers have their own list of life-changing moments, and
many of those
moments involve the guitar: The first guitar you ever played, the
best solo you
ever heard, the most transcendent tone that caressed your ears, and
so on. Many
of these moments will continue to give you chills for the rest of
your life, and
they deserve to be remembered, celebrated, and chronicled. Which
brings us to
the list you have before you.
These 101 events are the GP staffs picks of the coolest, greatest,
and most
important moments in the history of the modern 6-string. It wasn't an
easy list
to compile, and its quite impossible to publish such a list without
eliciting
cries of protest, dismay, and disgust at what (or who) was selected
or ignored.
While those debates are obviously part of the fun of publishing
lists, here's an
explanation of the process that directed our picks.
First and foremost, each selection had to be a moment. If we couldn't
point to a
specific instance when a person, event, record, or piece of gear took
the world
by storm, started a revolution, or changed the game, it didn't make
the list.
Also, while there are tons of firsts on this list, great moments
aren't always
firsts. Many of the entries indicate when a player or an idea
transformed the
guitar-playing consciousness, rather than the earliest evidence of its
appearance.
But if you're still steaming over an omission, you can do something
about it: Go
to guitarplayer.com and state your case for any moments we missed.
Like most guitarists, we never get tired of debating great guitar
moments, or
talking about these magical chunks of wood and wire we all adore.
[pgt note: here are 15 of my favorite *moments* from the article:]
1942 - T-Bone Walker Cuts 'Mean Old World'
Many of the guitarists who came to love T-Bone Walker's outrageous and
influential stage show -- which featured the crazed and sexy alpha
male playing
behind his back and doing the splits -- got to know him first through
his
playing on this Columbia single. The silky, jazz-inflected blues
lines on 'Mean
Old World' (as well as the flip side, 'I Got a Break Baby') had a
major impact
on B.B. King, Buddy Guy, and Jimi Hendrix.
1948 - Muddy Waters Goes Electric
Muddy Waters had already been plugging in for five years when he went
into the
studio to recut 'I Can?t Be Satisfied' and 'I Feel Like Going Home'
with an
electric guitar. The 78 rpm single sold out instantly (Waters even
had a hard
time finding a copy), and it brought the blues out of the country and
into the
modern age.
1962 - Dick Dale Invents Surf Guitar
Dick Dale invented it, and if you play it, he owns you, because
you're probably
just aping what he has already done. When Dale released Surfer's
Choice in 1962,
he became one of the first guitarists to really bring it with massive
volume,
and his intensity, attitude, machine-gun riffery, and penchant for
spewing
middle-eastern melodies were documented as the real secrets of surf
guitar. It
ain't just about reverb-drenched notes, kids!
1963 - The Yardbirds Form
While the Yardbirds introduced the world to Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck,
and Jimmy
Page, the band was also one of the first white-blues aggregates. From
there, the
group became early architects of psychedelia (on the Beck-
fueled 'Heart Full of
Soul' and 'Shapes of Things'), set the standard for controlled
musical chaos
with its trademark rave ups, and ended up as a hitmaker.
1965 - Dylan Goes Electric
Change is seldom easy. When Bob Dylan, the leading light of the post-
Woody
Guthrie folkies, made the bold move of plugging in at the Newport
Folk Festival
on July 25, 1965 (with Michael Bloomfield at his side), it didn't go
over so
well with old-schoolers such as Pete Seeger -- or with most of the
audience, for
that matter. Two years later, Simon & Garfunkel are on the same bill
as Hendrix
at Monterey, Jimi is playing Dylan's 'Like a Rolling Stone' and 'All
Along the
Watchtower,' and folk rock is all the rage.
1965 - Marshall Debuts 100-watt Amp
Developed in 1965, and coinciding with the introduction of stackable
4x12
cabinets (typically an angled 1960A on top of a straight 1960B), the
first
100-watt Marshall was essentially a souped-up JTM-45, featuring two ?
45-style
transformers and an extra pair of KT66 output tubes. But, while still
in the
prototype stage, designers Ken Bran and Dudley Craven switched to a
solid-state
rectifier. By the time the first production 100 watters rolled out
later that
year (equipped with a single output transformer), the amp had its own
signature
badass sound. Adopted immediately by Pete Townshend, Jimi Hendrix,
and Eric
Clapton, the Marshall 100 watt became a legendary standard for high-
volume rock.
1966 - 'Eight Miles High' Released
Roger McGuinn pretty much invented jangle on this classic Byrds
track, released
on July 18, 1966. Sure, Bob Dylan wrote the lyric, and George
Harrison played a
Rickenbacker 12-string first, but McGuinn owns the tone. McGuinn's
wildest and
most unique 12-string moment comes in the Coltrane-inspired solo on
this tune?a
moment that set the bar so high for electric-12 mayhem that no one
has topped
it.
1966 - Blues breakers with Eric Clapton Released
The July 1966 release of this John Mayall album signaled the arrival
of Eric
Clapton and established a tonal landmark for the Les Paul and
Marshall sound.
What would come to be known as the "Beano" album is also a treasure
trove of
amazing blues licks. Clapton worked his magic with a 1960 Les Paul
Standard and
a Marshall combo, and he cranked the volume so loud that the session
engineers
were literally freaking out. Genius!
1967 - Jimi Plays Monterey Pop
Jimi Hendrix's first American gig with the Experience at the Monterey
International Pop Music Festival on June 18, 1967, changed guitar
forever. By
the time Jimi set his Strat on fire, he had already set the whole
world on fire.
1967 - Are You Experienced Released
Using a Strat, a Marshall, and a small collection of effects built
(or modded)
by Roger Mayer, Hendrix created a universe of "impossible" sounds.
For rock
guitar, this record is the Declaration of Independence, the
Constitution, and
the Bible all rolled into one.
1969 - Santana Released
It's pretty sad to think that before Santana hit the streets in
August 1969, the
words "Latin" and "rock" were viewed as mutually exclusive. But when
Carlos
Santana juxtaposed his Latin heritage with his love of Peter Green
and Jimi
Hendrix, this early masterwork established Latin rock, and drew a
musical line
to Los Lobos, Los Lonely Boys, and anyone who marries world beats and
Latin
rhythms with soaring guitar.
1969 - Woodstock Celebrates Peace, Love, and Guitars
The legendary Woodstock Music & Art Fair -- held August 15, 16, and
17, 1969 --
more killer guitar moments than Wavy Gravy had acid trips. Consider
proto-shredder Alvin Lee going all pentatonic on 'I?m Going Home,'
Carlos
Santana's transcendent 'Soul Sacrifice,' the Who absolutely ruling
before Pete
Townsend tosses his dead SG Special into the crowd, and Richie Havens'
captivating 'Freedom.' But it's Jimi Hendrix's legendary rendition of
the
'Star-Spangled Banner' that towers over all the rest as the defining
moment?not
only of the festival, but, quite possibly, the entire decade.
1969 - John McLaughlin Records with Miles Davis
McLaughlin's mostly improvised contributions to Davis' transitional
In a Silent
Way on February 18, 1969 quickly lead to numerous other Davis
sessions,
including the seminal Bitches Brew (featuring a song actually
titled 'John
McLaughlin') six months later, and 1970's rocking Jack Johnson.
McLaughlin's
Hendrix-meets-Coltrane fretboard fury on those dates -- concurrently
with Tony
Williams' Lifetime -- established him as a revolutionary jazz-fusion
guitarist.
These moments also set the stage for McLaughlin's groundbreaking
Mahavishnu
Orchestra.
1970 - Black Sabbath Released
The birth of heavy metal is right here. There may have been "heavy"
bands before
this, but those were all just blues bands compared to Sabbath. When
Tony Iommi
seized upon the unholiest of intervals -- the tritone -- and played
it with
such a disturbingly sinister tone on the title track, he established
the
blueprint for every metal band that followed.
1971 - At Fillmore East Released
This Allman Brothers tour de force delivers incredible Les
Paul/Marshall tones,
amazing playing from Dickey Betts, and utterly astounding slide work
from Duane
Allman. Duane's sophisticated, Coltrane-influenced celebrations of
bizarre
harmonic sensibilities and microtonal lines ushered in the era of
modern
electric slide and established him as the "Hendrix" of slide guitar.
It's almost
too much -- especially given the added bounty of great songs,
beautiful
interplay between all the instruments, and jaw-dropping solo
excursions. Even
producer Tom Dowd's skillful "edits" can't reign in the overflowing
genius of
this seminal jam band.
[read the whole article at:
www.guitarplayer.com/feature.asp?featurecode=27&navcode=4
They forgot Duane and the Ventures.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff
To:
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 6:46 PM
Subject: [SurfGuitar101] little tiny bit of surf content 101 greatest Moments
in Guitar History
[from Guitar Player magazine, 14 March, 2005]
101 Greatest Moments in Guitar History
[intro]
A moment in time. A split second where everything freezes, and your
mind takes a
snapshot of an event you'll always keep with you, an event that
forever divides
your life into two groups: stuff that happened before this moment,
and the stuff
that will happen after. Great moments change you. The greatest ones
change
everything.
Most GP readers have their own list of life-changing moments, and
many of those
moments involve the guitar: The first guitar you ever played, the
best solo you
ever heard, the most transcendent tone that caressed your ears, and
so on. Many
of these moments will continue to give you chills for the rest of
your life, and
they deserve to be remembered, celebrated, and chronicled. Which
brings us to
the list you have before you.
These 101 events are the GP staffs picks of the coolest, greatest,
and most
important moments in the history of the modern 6-string. It wasn't an
easy list
to compile, and its quite impossible to publish such a list without
eliciting
cries of protest, dismay, and disgust at what (or who) was selected
or ignored.
While those debates are obviously part of the fun of publishing
lists, here's an
explanation of the process that directed our picks.
First and foremost, each selection had to be a moment. If we couldn't
point to a
specific instance when a person, event, record, or piece of gear took
the world
by storm, started a revolution, or changed the game, it didn't make
the list.
Also, while there are tons of firsts on this list, great moments
aren't always
firsts. Many of the entries indicate when a player or an idea
transformed the
guitar-playing consciousness, rather than the earliest evidence of its
appearance.
But if you're still steaming over an omission, you can do something
about it: Go
to guitarplayer.com and state your case for any moments we missed.
Like most guitarists, we never get tired of debating great guitar
moments, or
talking about these magical chunks of wood and wire we all adore.
[pgt note: here are 15 of my favorite *moments* from the article:]
1942 - T-Bone Walker Cuts 'Mean Old World'
Many of the guitarists who came to love T-Bone Walker's outrageous and
influential stage show -- which featured the crazed and sexy alpha
male playing
behind his back and doing the splits -- got to know him first through
his
playing on this Columbia single. The silky, jazz-inflected blues
lines on 'Mean
Old World' (as well as the flip side, 'I Got a Break Baby') had a
major impact
on B.B. King, Buddy Guy, and Jimi Hendrix.
1948 - Muddy Waters Goes Electric
Muddy Waters had already been plugging in for five years when he went
into the
studio to recut 'I Can?t Be Satisfied' and 'I Feel Like Going Home'
with an
electric guitar. The 78 rpm single sold out instantly (Waters even
had a hard
time finding a copy), and it brought the blues out of the country and
into the
modern age.
1962 - Dick Dale Invents Surf Guitar
Dick Dale invented it, and if you play it, he owns you, because
you're probably
just aping what he has already done. When Dale released Surfer's
Choice in 1962,
he became one of the first guitarists to really bring it with massive
volume,
and his intensity, attitude, machine-gun riffery, and penchant for
spewing
middle-eastern melodies were documented as the real secrets of surf
guitar. It
ain't just about reverb-drenched notes, kids!
1963 - The Yardbirds Form
While the Yardbirds introduced the world to Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck,
and Jimmy
Page, the band was also one of the first white-blues aggregates. From
there, the
group became early architects of psychedelia (on the Beck-
fueled 'Heart Full of
Soul' and 'Shapes of Things'), set the standard for controlled
musical chaos
with its trademark rave ups, and ended up as a hitmaker.
1965 - Dylan Goes Electric
Change is seldom easy. When Bob Dylan, the leading light of the post-
Woody
Guthrie folkies, made the bold move of plugging in at the Newport
Folk Festival
on July 25, 1965 (with Michael Bloomfield at his side), it didn't go
over so
well with old-schoolers such as Pete Seeger -- or with most of the
audience, for
that matter. Two years later, Simon & Garfunkel are on the same bill
as Hendrix
at Monterey, Jimi is playing Dylan's 'Like a Rolling Stone' and 'All
Along the
Watchtower,' and folk rock is all the rage.
1965 - Marshall Debuts 100-watt Amp
Developed in 1965, and coinciding with the introduction of stackable
4x12
cabinets (typically an angled 1960A on top of a straight 1960B), the
first
100-watt Marshall was essentially a souped-up JTM-45, featuring two ?
45-style
transformers and an extra pair of KT66 output tubes. But, while still
in the
prototype stage, designers Ken Bran and Dudley Craven switched to a
solid-state
rectifier. By the time the first production 100 watters rolled out
later that
year (equipped with a single output transformer), the amp had its own
signature
badass sound. Adopted immediately by Pete Townshend, Jimi Hendrix,
and Eric
Clapton, the Marshall 100 watt became a legendary standard for high-
volume rock.
1966 - 'Eight Miles High' Released
Roger McGuinn pretty much invented jangle on this classic Byrds
track, released
on July 18, 1966. Sure, Bob Dylan wrote the lyric, and George
Harrison played a
Rickenbacker 12-string first, but McGuinn owns the tone. McGuinn's
wildest and
most unique 12-string moment comes in the Coltrane-inspired solo on
this tune?a
moment that set the bar so high for electric-12 mayhem that no one
has topped
it.
1966 - Blues breakers with Eric Clapton Released
The July 1966 release of this John Mayall album signaled the arrival
of Eric
Clapton and established a tonal landmark for the Les Paul and
Marshall sound.
What would come to be known as the "Beano" album is also a treasure
trove of
amazing blues licks. Clapton worked his magic with a 1960 Les Paul
Standard and
a Marshall combo, and he cranked the volume so loud that the session
engineers
were literally freaking out. Genius!
1967 - Jimi Plays Monterey Pop
Jimi Hendrix's first American gig with the Experience at the Monterey
International Pop Music Festival on June 18, 1967, changed guitar
forever. By
the time Jimi set his Strat on fire, he had already set the whole
world on fire.
1967 - Are You Experienced Released
Using a Strat, a Marshall, and a small collection of effects built
(or modded)
by Roger Mayer, Hendrix created a universe of "impossible" sounds.
For rock
guitar, this record is the Declaration of Independence, the
Constitution, and
the Bible all rolled into one.
1969 - Santana Released
It's pretty sad to think that before Santana hit the streets in
August 1969, the
words "Latin" and "rock" were viewed as mutually exclusive. But when
Carlos
Santana juxtaposed his Latin heritage with his love of Peter Green
and Jimi
Hendrix, this early masterwork established Latin rock, and drew a
musical line
to Los Lobos, Los Lonely Boys, and anyone who marries world beats and
Latin
rhythms with soaring guitar.
1969 - Woodstock Celebrates Peace, Love, and Guitars
The legendary Woodstock Music & Art Fair -- held August 15, 16, and
17, 1969 --
more killer guitar moments than Wavy Gravy had acid trips. Consider
proto-shredder Alvin Lee going all pentatonic on 'I?m Going Home,'
Carlos
Santana's transcendent 'Soul Sacrifice,' the Who absolutely ruling
before Pete
Townsend tosses his dead SG Special into the crowd, and Richie Havens'
captivating 'Freedom.' But it's Jimi Hendrix's legendary rendition of
the
'Star-Spangled Banner' that towers over all the rest as the defining
moment?not
only of the festival, but, quite possibly, the entire decade.
1969 - John McLaughlin Records with Miles Davis
McLaughlin's mostly improvised contributions to Davis' transitional
In a Silent
Way on February 18, 1969 quickly lead to numerous other Davis
sessions,
including the seminal Bitches Brew (featuring a song actually
titled 'John
McLaughlin') six months later, and 1970's rocking Jack Johnson.
McLaughlin's
Hendrix-meets-Coltrane fretboard fury on those dates -- concurrently
with Tony
Williams' Lifetime -- established him as a revolutionary jazz-fusion
guitarist.
These moments also set the stage for McLaughlin's groundbreaking
Mahavishnu
Orchestra.
1970 - Black Sabbath Released
The birth of heavy metal is right here. There may have been "heavy"
bands before
this, but those were all just blues bands compared to Sabbath. When
Tony Iommi
seized upon the unholiest of intervals -- the tritone -- and played
it with
such a disturbingly sinister tone on the title track, he established
the
blueprint for every metal band that followed.
1971 - At Fillmore East Released
This Allman Brothers tour de force delivers incredible Les
Paul/Marshall tones,
amazing playing from Dickey Betts, and utterly astounding slide work
from Duane
Allman. Duane's sophisticated, Coltrane-influenced celebrations of
bizarre
harmonic sensibilities and microtonal lines ushered in the era of
modern
electric slide and established him as the "Hendrix" of slide guitar.
It's almost
too much -- especially given the added bounty of great songs,
beautiful
interplay between all the instruments, and jaw-dropping solo
excursions. Even
producer Tom Dowd's skillful "edits" can't reign in the overflowing
genius of
this seminal jam band.
[read the whole article at:
www.guitarplayer.com/feature.asp?featurecode=27&navcode=4
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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Damn right, Marty.
I actually agreed with a lot of their list.
Although not a Surf topic, I kinda want to add Chuck Berry, because the
Johhny B Goode riff is as significantly memorable and influential as
TBone's Dust My Broom riff (which is a rip-off to begin with).
I also think Carl Perkins or someone from Sun studios counts too. And
Ike Turner continues to go unrecognized.
Notice that The Beatles have nothing to add in the history of
guitar-based music. No wonder, it was all pop.
BW Dave
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Marty Tippens [mailto:]
>Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 8:14 PM
>To:
>Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] little tiny bit of surf content 101
greatest
>Moments in Guitar History
>
>
>They forgot Duane and the Ventures.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jeff
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 6:46 PM
> Subject: [SurfGuitar101] little tiny bit of surf content 101 greatest
>Moments in Guitar History
>
>
>
> [from Guitar Player magazine, 14 March, 2005]
>
>
>
> 101 Greatest Moments in Guitar History
>
>
>
>
> [intro]
>
> A moment in time. A split second where everything freezes, and your
> mind takes a
> snapshot of an event you'll always keep with you, an event that
> forever divides
> your life into two groups: stuff that happened before this moment,
> and the stuff
> that will happen after. Great moments change you. The greatest ones
> change
> everything.
>
> Most GP readers have their own list of life-changing moments, and
> many of those
> moments involve the guitar: The first guitar you ever played, the
> best solo you
> ever heard, the most transcendent tone that caressed your ears, and
> so on. Many
> of these moments will continue to give you chills for the rest of
> your life, and
> they deserve to be remembered, celebrated, and chronicled. Which
> brings us to
> the list you have before you.
>
> These 101 events are the GP staffs picks of the coolest, greatest,
> and most
> important moments in the history of the modern 6-string. It wasn't an
> easy list
> to compile, and its quite impossible to publish such a list without
> eliciting
> cries of protest, dismay, and disgust at what (or who) was selected
> or ignored.
>
> While those debates are obviously part of the fun of publishing
> lists, here's an
> explanation of the process that directed our picks.
>
> First and foremost, each selection had to be a moment. If we couldn't
> point to a
> specific instance when a person, event, record, or piece of gear took
> the world
> by storm, started a revolution, or changed the game, it didn't make
> the list.
>
> Also, while there are tons of firsts on this list, great moments
> aren't always
> firsts. Many of the entries indicate when a player or an idea
> transformed the
> guitar-playing consciousness, rather than the earliest evidence of
its
> appearance.
>
> But if you're still steaming over an omission, you can do something
> about it: Go
> to guitarplayer.com and state your case for any moments we missed.
>
> Like most guitarists, we never get tired of debating great guitar
> moments, or
> talking about these magical chunks of wood and wire we all adore.
>
>
>
> [pgt note: here are 15 of my favorite *moments* from the article:]
>
>
> 1942 - T-Bone Walker Cuts 'Mean Old World'
>
> Many of the guitarists who came to love T-Bone Walker's outrageous
and
> influential stage show -- which featured the crazed and sexy alpha
> male playing
> behind his back and doing the splits -- got to know him first through
> his
> playing on this Columbia single. The silky, jazz-inflected blues
> lines on 'Mean
> Old World' (as well as the flip side, 'I Got a Break Baby') had a
> major impact
> on B.B. King, Buddy Guy, and Jimi Hendrix.
>
>
> 1948 - Muddy Waters Goes Electric
>
> Muddy Waters had already been plugging in for five years when he went
> into the
> studio to recut 'I Can?t Be Satisfied' and 'I Feel Like Going Home'
> with an
> electric guitar. The 78 rpm single sold out instantly (Waters even
> had a hard
> time finding a copy), and it brought the blues out of the country and
> into the
> modern age.
>
>
> 1962 - Dick Dale Invents Surf Guitar
>
> Dick Dale invented it, and if you play it, he owns you, because
> you're probably
> just aping what he has already done. When Dale released Surfer's
> Choice in 1962,
> he became one of the first guitarists to really bring it with massive
> volume,
> and his intensity, attitude, machine-gun riffery, and penchant for
> spewing
> middle-eastern melodies were documented as the real secrets of surf
> guitar. It
> ain't just about reverb-drenched notes, kids!
>
>
> 1963 - The Yardbirds Form
>
> While the Yardbirds introduced the world to Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck,
> and Jimmy
> Page, the band was also one of the first white-blues aggregates. From
> there, the
> group became early architects of psychedelia (on the Beck-
> fueled 'Heart Full of
> Soul' and 'Shapes of Things'), set the standard for controlled
> musical chaos
> with its trademark rave ups, and ended up as a hitmaker.
>
>
> 1965 - Dylan Goes Electric
>
> Change is seldom easy. When Bob Dylan, the leading light of the post-
> Woody
> Guthrie folkies, made the bold move of plugging in at the Newport
> Folk Festival
> on July 25, 1965 (with Michael Bloomfield at his side), it didn't go
> over so
> well with old-schoolers such as Pete Seeger -- or with most of the
> audience, for
> that matter. Two years later, Simon & Garfunkel are on the same bill
> as Hendrix
> at Monterey, Jimi is playing Dylan's 'Like a Rolling Stone' and 'All
> Along the
> Watchtower,' and folk rock is all the rage.
>
>
> 1965 - Marshall Debuts 100-watt Amp
>
> Developed in 1965, and coinciding with the introduction of stackable
> 4x12
> cabinets (typically an angled 1960A on top of a straight 1960B), the
> first
> 100-watt Marshall was essentially a souped-up JTM-45, featuring two ?
> 45-style
> transformers and an extra pair of KT66 output tubes. But, while still
> in the
> prototype stage, designers Ken Bran and Dudley Craven switched to a
> solid-state
> rectifier. By the time the first production 100 watters rolled out
> later that
> year (equipped with a single output transformer), the amp had its own
> signature
> badass sound. Adopted immediately by Pete Townshend, Jimi Hendrix,
> and Eric
> Clapton, the Marshall 100 watt became a legendary standard for high-
> volume rock.
>
>
>
> 1966 - 'Eight Miles High' Released
>
> Roger McGuinn pretty much invented jangle on this classic Byrds
> track, released
> on July 18, 1966. Sure, Bob Dylan wrote the lyric, and George
> Harrison played a
> Rickenbacker 12-string first, but McGuinn owns the tone. McGuinn's
> wildest and
> most unique 12-string moment comes in the Coltrane-inspired solo on
> this tune?a
> moment that set the bar so high for electric-12 mayhem that no one
> has topped
> it.
>
>
> 1966 - Blues breakers with Eric Clapton Released
>
> The July 1966 release of this John Mayall album signaled the arrival
> of Eric
> Clapton and established a tonal landmark for the Les Paul and
> Marshall sound.
> What would come to be known as the "Beano" album is also a treasure
> trove of
> amazing blues licks. Clapton worked his magic with a 1960 Les Paul
> Standard and
> a Marshall combo, and he cranked the volume so loud that the session
> engineers
> were literally freaking out. Genius!
>
>
> 1967 - Jimi Plays Monterey Pop
>
> Jimi Hendrix's first American gig with the Experience at the Monterey
> International Pop Music Festival on June 18, 1967, changed guitar
> forever. By
> the time Jimi set his Strat on fire, he had already set the whole
> world on fire.
>
>
>
> 1967 - Are You Experienced Released
>
> Using a Strat, a Marshall, and a small collection of effects built
> (or modded)
> by Roger Mayer, Hendrix created a universe of "impossible" sounds.
> For rock
> guitar, this record is the Declaration of Independence, the
> Constitution, and
> the Bible all rolled into one.
>
>
> 1969 - Santana Released
>
> It's pretty sad to think that before Santana hit the streets in
> August 1969, the
> words "Latin" and "rock" were viewed as mutually exclusive. But when
> Carlos
> Santana juxtaposed his Latin heritage with his love of Peter Green
> and Jimi
> Hendrix, this early masterwork established Latin rock, and drew a
> musical line
> to Los Lobos, Los Lonely Boys, and anyone who marries world beats and
> Latin
> rhythms with soaring guitar.
>
>
> 1969 - Woodstock Celebrates Peace, Love, and Guitars
>
> The legendary Woodstock Music & Art Fair -- held August 15, 16, and
> 17, 1969 --
> more killer guitar moments than Wavy Gravy had acid trips. Consider
> proto-shredder Alvin Lee going all pentatonic on 'I?m Going Home,'
> Carlos
> Santana's transcendent 'Soul Sacrifice,' the Who absolutely ruling
> before Pete
> Townsend tosses his dead SG Special into the crowd, and Richie
Havens'
> captivating 'Freedom.' But it's Jimi Hendrix's legendary rendition of
> the
> 'Star-Spangled Banner' that towers over all the rest as the defining
> moment?not
> only of the festival, but, quite possibly, the entire decade.
>
>
> 1969 - John McLaughlin Records with Miles Davis
>
> McLaughlin's mostly improvised contributions to Davis' transitional
> In a Silent
> Way on February 18, 1969 quickly lead to numerous other Davis
> sessions,
> including the seminal Bitches Brew (featuring a song actually
> titled 'John
> McLaughlin') six months later, and 1970's rocking Jack Johnson.
> McLaughlin's
> Hendrix-meets-Coltrane fretboard fury on those dates -- concurrently
> with Tony
> Williams' Lifetime -- established him as a revolutionary jazz-fusion
> guitarist.
> These moments also set the stage for McLaughlin's groundbreaking
> Mahavishnu
> Orchestra.
>
>
> 1970 - Black Sabbath Released
>
> The birth of heavy metal is right here. There may have been "heavy"
> bands before
> this, but those were all just blues bands compared to Sabbath. When
> Tony Iommi
> seized upon the unholiest of intervals -- the tritone -- and played
> it with
> such a disturbingly sinister tone on the title track, he established
> the
> blueprint for every metal band that followed.
>
>
> 1971 - At Fillmore East Released
>
> This Allman Brothers tour de force delivers incredible Les
> Paul/Marshall tones,
> amazing playing from Dickey Betts, and utterly astounding slide work
> from Duane
> Allman. Duane's sophisticated, Coltrane-influenced celebrations of
> bizarre
> harmonic sensibilities and microtonal lines ushered in the era of
> modern
> electric slide and established him as the "Hendrix" of slide guitar.
> It's almost
> too much -- especially given the added bounty of great songs,
> beautiful
> interplay between all the instruments, and jaw-dropping solo
> excursions. Even
> producer Tom Dowd's skillful "edits" can't reign in the overflowing
> genius of
> this seminal jam band.
>
>
> [read the whole article at:
>
> www.guitarplayer.com/feature.asp?featurecode=27&navcode=4
>
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Yeah Dave, Chuck should be on there. Your quite off on your Beatles assessment.
I'm guessing you weren't of the age to experience their influence at the time. I
was very young but it was frickin' amazing, them on Ed Sillystone with those big
black guitars (George's was actually walnut brown). That image spawned a
gazillion garage bands, all 2 - guitars bass and drums made of kids who missed
the Ventures and California surf trip.
-Marty
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From: Dave Becker
To:
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 9:11 PM
Subject: RE: [SurfGuitar101] little tiny bit of surf content 101 greatest
Moments in Guitar History
Damn right, Marty.
I actually agreed with a lot of their list.
Although not a Surf topic, I kinda want to add Chuck Berry, because the
Johhny B Goode riff is as significantly memorable and influential as
TBone's Dust My Broom riff (which is a rip-off to begin with).
I also think Carl Perkins or someone from Sun studios counts too. And
Ike Turner continues to go unrecognized.
Notice that The Beatles have nothing to add in the history of
guitar-based music. No wonder, it was all pop.
BW Dave
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Marty Tippens [mailto:]
>Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 8:14 PM
>To:
>Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] little tiny bit of surf content 101
greatest
>Moments in Guitar History
>
>
>They forgot Duane and the Ventures.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jeff
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 6:46 PM
> Subject: [SurfGuitar101] little tiny bit of surf content 101 greatest
>Moments in Guitar History
>
>
>
> [from Guitar Player magazine, 14 March, 2005]
>
>
>
> 101 Greatest Moments in Guitar History
>
>
>
>
> [intro]
>
> A moment in time. A split second where everything freezes, and your
> mind takes a
> snapshot of an event you'll always keep with you, an event that
> forever divides
> your life into two groups: stuff that happened before this moment,
> and the stuff
> that will happen after. Great moments change you. The greatest ones
> change
> everything.
>
> Most GP readers have their own list of life-changing moments, and
> many of those
> moments involve the guitar: The first guitar you ever played, the
> best solo you
> ever heard, the most transcendent tone that caressed your ears, and
> so on. Many
> of these moments will continue to give you chills for the rest of
> your life, and
> they deserve to be remembered, celebrated, and chronicled. Which
> brings us to
> the list you have before you.
>
> These 101 events are the GP staffs picks of the coolest, greatest,
> and most
> important moments in the history of the modern 6-string. It wasn't an
> easy list
> to compile, and its quite impossible to publish such a list without
> eliciting
> cries of protest, dismay, and disgust at what (or who) was selected
> or ignored.
>
> While those debates are obviously part of the fun of publishing
> lists, here's an
> explanation of the process that directed our picks.
>
> First and foremost, each selection had to be a moment. If we couldn't
> point to a
> specific instance when a person, event, record, or piece of gear took
> the world
> by storm, started a revolution, or changed the game, it didn't make
> the list.
>
> Also, while there are tons of firsts on this list, great moments
> aren't always
> firsts. Many of the entries indicate when a player or an idea
> transformed the
> guitar-playing consciousness, rather than the earliest evidence of
its
> appearance.
>
> But if you're still steaming over an omission, you can do something
> about it: Go
> to guitarplayer.com and state your case for any moments we missed.
>
> Like most guitarists, we never get tired of debating great guitar
> moments, or
> talking about these magical chunks of wood and wire we all adore.
>
>
>
> [pgt note: here are 15 of my favorite *moments* from the article:]
>
>
> 1942 - T-Bone Walker Cuts 'Mean Old World'
>
> Many of the guitarists who came to love T-Bone Walker's outrageous
and
> influential stage show -- which featured the crazed and sexy alpha
> male playing
> behind his back and doing the splits -- got to know him first through
> his
> playing on this Columbia single. The silky, jazz-inflected blues
> lines on 'Mean
> Old World' (as well as the flip side, 'I Got a Break Baby') had a
> major impact
> on B.B. King, Buddy Guy, and Jimi Hendrix.
>
>
> 1948 - Muddy Waters Goes Electric
>
> Muddy Waters had already been plugging in for five years when he went
> into the
> studio to recut 'I Can?t Be Satisfied' and 'I Feel Like Going Home'
> with an
> electric guitar. The 78 rpm single sold out instantly (Waters even
> had a hard
> time finding a copy), and it brought the blues out of the country and
> into the
> modern age.
>
>
> 1962 - Dick Dale Invents Surf Guitar
>
> Dick Dale invented it, and if you play it, he owns you, because
> you're probably
> just aping what he has already done. When Dale released Surfer's
> Choice in 1962,
> he became one of the first guitarists to really bring it with massive
> volume,
> and his intensity, attitude, machine-gun riffery, and penchant for
> spewing
> middle-eastern melodies were documented as the real secrets of surf
> guitar. It
> ain't just about reverb-drenched notes, kids!
>
>
> 1963 - The Yardbirds Form
>
> While the Yardbirds introduced the world to Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck,
> and Jimmy
> Page, the band was also one of the first white-blues aggregates. From
> there, the
> group became early architects of psychedelia (on the Beck-
> fueled 'Heart Full of
> Soul' and 'Shapes of Things'), set the standard for controlled
> musical chaos
> with its trademark rave ups, and ended up as a hitmaker.
>
>
> 1965 - Dylan Goes Electric
>
> Change is seldom easy. When Bob Dylan, the leading light of the post-
> Woody
> Guthrie folkies, made the bold move of plugging in at the Newport
> Folk Festival
> on July 25, 1965 (with Michael Bloomfield at his side), it didn't go
> over so
> well with old-schoolers such as Pete Seeger -- or with most of the
> audience, for
> that matter. Two years later, Simon & Garfunkel are on the same bill
> as Hendrix
> at Monterey, Jimi is playing Dylan's 'Like a Rolling Stone' and 'All
> Along the
> Watchtower,' and folk rock is all the rage.
>
>
> 1965 - Marshall Debuts 100-watt Amp
>
> Developed in 1965, and coinciding with the introduction of stackable
> 4x12
> cabinets (typically an angled 1960A on top of a straight 1960B), the
> first
> 100-watt Marshall was essentially a souped-up JTM-45, featuring two ?
> 45-style
> transformers and an extra pair of KT66 output tubes. But, while still
> in the
> prototype stage, designers Ken Bran and Dudley Craven switched to a
> solid-state
> rectifier. By the time the first production 100 watters rolled out
> later that
> year (equipped with a single output transformer), the amp had its own
> signature
> badass sound. Adopted immediately by Pete Townshend, Jimi Hendrix,
> and Eric
> Clapton, the Marshall 100 watt became a legendary standard for high-
> volume rock.
>
>
>
> 1966 - 'Eight Miles High' Released
>
> Roger McGuinn pretty much invented jangle on this classic Byrds
> track, released
> on July 18, 1966. Sure, Bob Dylan wrote the lyric, and George
> Harrison played a
> Rickenbacker 12-string first, but McGuinn owns the tone. McGuinn's
> wildest and
> most unique 12-string moment comes in the Coltrane-inspired solo on
> this tune?a
> moment that set the bar so high for electric-12 mayhem that no one
> has topped
> it.
>
>
> 1966 - Blues breakers with Eric Clapton Released
>
> The July 1966 release of this John Mayall album signaled the arrival
> of Eric
> Clapton and established a tonal landmark for the Les Paul and
> Marshall sound.
> What would come to be known as the "Beano" album is also a treasure
> trove of
> amazing blues licks. Clapton worked his magic with a 1960 Les Paul
> Standard and
> a Marshall combo, and he cranked the volume so loud that the session
> engineers
> were literally freaking out. Genius!
>
>
> 1967 - Jimi Plays Monterey Pop
>
> Jimi Hendrix's first American gig with the Experience at the Monterey
> International Pop Music Festival on June 18, 1967, changed guitar
> forever. By
> the time Jimi set his Strat on fire, he had already set the whole
> world on fire.
>
>
>
> 1967 - Are You Experienced Released
>
> Using a Strat, a Marshall, and a small collection of effects built
> (or modded)
> by Roger Mayer, Hendrix created a universe of "impossible" sounds.
> For rock
> guitar, this record is the Declaration of Independence, the
> Constitution, and
> the Bible all rolled into one.
>
>
> 1969 - Santana Released
>
> It's pretty sad to think that before Santana hit the streets in
> August 1969, the
> words "Latin" and "rock" were viewed as mutually exclusive. But when
> Carlos
> Santana juxtaposed his Latin heritage with his love of Peter Green
> and Jimi
> Hendrix, this early masterwork established Latin rock, and drew a
> musical line
> to Los Lobos, Los Lonely Boys, and anyone who marries world beats and
> Latin
> rhythms with soaring guitar.
>
>
> 1969 - Woodstock Celebrates Peace, Love, and Guitars
>
> The legendary Woodstock Music & Art Fair -- held August 15, 16, and
> 17, 1969 --
> more killer guitar moments than Wavy Gravy had acid trips. Consider
> proto-shredder Alvin Lee going all pentatonic on 'I?m Going Home,'
> Carlos
> Santana's transcendent 'Soul Sacrifice,' the Who absolutely ruling
> before Pete
> Townsend tosses his dead SG Special into the crowd, and Richie
Havens'
> captivating 'Freedom.' But it's Jimi Hendrix's legendary rendition of
> the
> 'Star-Spangled Banner' that towers over all the rest as the defining
> moment?not
> only of the festival, but, quite possibly, the entire decade.
>
>
> 1969 - John McLaughlin Records with Miles Davis
>
> McLaughlin's mostly improvised contributions to Davis' transitional
> In a Silent
> Way on February 18, 1969 quickly lead to numerous other Davis
> sessions,
> including the seminal Bitches Brew (featuring a song actually
> titled 'John
> McLaughlin') six months later, and 1970's rocking Jack Johnson.
> McLaughlin's
> Hendrix-meets-Coltrane fretboard fury on those dates -- concurrently
> with Tony
> Williams' Lifetime -- established him as a revolutionary jazz-fusion
> guitarist.
> These moments also set the stage for McLaughlin's groundbreaking
> Mahavishnu
> Orchestra.
>
>
> 1970 - Black Sabbath Released
>
> The birth of heavy metal is right here. There may have been "heavy"
> bands before
> this, but those were all just blues bands compared to Sabbath. When
> Tony Iommi
> seized upon the unholiest of intervals -- the tritone -- and played
> it with
> such a disturbingly sinister tone on the title track, he established
> the
> blueprint for every metal band that followed.
>
>
> 1971 - At Fillmore East Released
>
> This Allman Brothers tour de force delivers incredible Les
> Paul/Marshall tones,
> amazing playing from Dickey Betts, and utterly astounding slide work
> from Duane
> Allman. Duane's sophisticated, Coltrane-influenced celebrations of
> bizarre
> harmonic sensibilities and microtonal lines ushered in the era of
> modern
> electric slide and established him as the "Hendrix" of slide guitar.
> It's almost
> too much -- especially given the added bounty of great songs,
> beautiful
> interplay between all the instruments, and jaw-dropping solo
> excursions. Even
> producer Tom Dowd's skillful "edits" can't reign in the overflowing
> genius of
> this seminal jam band.
>
>
> [read the whole article at:
>
> www.guitarplayer.com/feature.asp?featurecode=27&navcode=4
>
>
>
>
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Chuck Berry should be on there, no question.
That said, Link Wray DEFINITELY ought to be on there.
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Actually, what astonished me is that The Ventures weren't even
mentioned, without whom there wouldn't be "guitar based music."
Les
On Mar 17, 2005, at 10:11 PM, Dave Becker wrote:
>
> Damn right, Marty.
> I actually agreed with a lot of their list.
>
> Although not a Surf topic, I kinda want to add Chuck Berry, because the
> Johhny B Goode riff is as significantly memorable and influential as
> TBone's Dust My Broom riff (which is a rip-off to begin with).
>
> I also think Carl Perkins or someone from Sun studios counts too. And
> Ike Turner continues to go unrecognized.
>
> Notice that The Beatles have nothing to add in the history of
> guitar-based music. No wonder, it was all pop.
>
> BW Dave
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Marty Tippens [mailto:]
>> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 8:14 PM
>> To:
>> Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] little tiny bit of surf content 101
> greatest
>> Moments in Guitar History
>>
>>
>> They forgot Duane and the Ventures.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Jeff
>> To:
>> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 6:46 PM
>> Subject: [SurfGuitar101] little tiny bit of surf content 101 greatest
>> Moments in Guitar History
>>
>>
>>
>> [from Guitar Player magazine, 14 March, 2005]
>>
>>
>>
>> 101 Greatest Moments in Guitar History
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> [intro]
>>
>> A moment in time. A split second where everything freezes, and your
>> mind takes a
>> snapshot of an event you'll always keep with you, an event that
>> forever divides
>> your life into two groups: stuff that happened before this moment,
>> and the stuff
>> that will happen after. Great moments change you. The greatest ones
>> change
>> everything.
>>
>> Most GP readers have their own list of life-changing moments, and
>> many of those
>> moments involve the guitar: The first guitar you ever played, the
>> best solo you
>> ever heard, the most transcendent tone that caressed your ears, and
>> so on. Many
>> of these moments will continue to give you chills for the rest of
>> your life, and
>> they deserve to be remembered, celebrated, and chronicled. Which
>> brings us to
>> the list you have before you.
>>
>> These 101 events are the GP staffs picks of the coolest, greatest,
>> and most
>> important moments in the history of the modern 6-string. It wasn't an
>> easy list
>> to compile, and its quite impossible to publish such a list without
>> eliciting
>> cries of protest, dismay, and disgust at what (or who) was selected
>> or ignored.
>>
>> While those debates are obviously part of the fun of publishing
>> lists, here's an
>> explanation of the process that directed our picks.
>>
>> First and foremost, each selection had to be a moment. If we couldn't
>> point to a
>> specific instance when a person, event, record, or piece of gear took
>> the world
>> by storm, started a revolution, or changed the game, it didn't make
>> the list.
>>
>> Also, while there are tons of firsts on this list, great moments
>> aren't always
>> firsts. Many of the entries indicate when a player or an idea
>> transformed the
>> guitar-playing consciousness, rather than the earliest evidence of
> its
>> appearance.
>>
>> But if you're still steaming over an omission, you can do something
>> about it: Go
>> to guitarplayer.com and state your case for any moments we missed.
>>
>> Like most guitarists, we never get tired of debating great guitar
>> moments, or
>> talking about these magical chunks of wood and wire we all adore.
>>
>>
>>
>> [pgt note: here are 15 of my favorite *moments* from the article:]
>>
>>
>> 1942 - T-Bone Walker Cuts 'Mean Old World'
>>
>> Many of the guitarists who came to love T-Bone Walker's outrageous
> and
>> influential stage show -- which featured the crazed and sexy alpha
>> male playing
>> behind his back and doing the splits -- got to know him first through
>> his
>> playing on this Columbia single. The silky, jazz-inflected blues
>> lines on 'Mean
>> Old World' (as well as the flip side, 'I Got a Break Baby') had a
>> major impact
>> on B.B. King, Buddy Guy, and Jimi Hendrix.
>>
>>
>> 1948 - Muddy Waters Goes Electric
>>
>> Muddy Waters had already been plugging in for five years when he went
>> into the
>> studio to recut 'I Can?t Be Satisfied' and 'I Feel Like Going Home'
>> with an
>> electric guitar. The 78 rpm single sold out instantly (Waters even
>> had a hard
>> time finding a copy), and it brought the blues out of the country and
>> into the
>> modern age.
>>
>>
>> 1962 - Dick Dale Invents Surf Guitar
>>
>> Dick Dale invented it, and if you play it, he owns you, because
>> you're probably
>> just aping what he has already done. When Dale released Surfer's
>> Choice in 1962,
>> he became one of the first guitarists to really bring it with massive
>> volume,
>> and his intensity, attitude, machine-gun riffery, and penchant for
>> spewing
>> middle-eastern melodies were documented as the real secrets of surf
>> guitar. It
>> ain't just about reverb-drenched notes, kids!
>>
>>
>> 1963 - The Yardbirds Form
>>
>> While the Yardbirds introduced the world to Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck,
>> and Jimmy
>> Page, the band was also one of the first white-blues aggregates. From
>> there, the
>> group became early architects of psychedelia (on the Beck-
>> fueled 'Heart Full of
>> Soul' and 'Shapes of Things'), set the standard for controlled
>> musical chaos
>> with its trademark rave ups, and ended up as a hitmaker.
>>
>>
>> 1965 - Dylan Goes Electric
>>
>> Change is seldom easy. When Bob Dylan, the leading light of the post-
>> Woody
>> Guthrie folkies, made the bold move of plugging in at the Newport
>> Folk Festival
>> on July 25, 1965 (with Michael Bloomfield at his side), it didn't go
>> over so
>> well with old-schoolers such as Pete Seeger -- or with most of the
>> audience, for
>> that matter. Two years later, Simon & Garfunkel are on the same bill
>> as Hendrix
>> at Monterey, Jimi is playing Dylan's 'Like a Rolling Stone' and 'All
>> Along the
>> Watchtower,' and folk rock is all the rage.
>>
>>
>> 1965 - Marshall Debuts 100-watt Amp
>>
>> Developed in 1965, and coinciding with the introduction of stackable
>> 4x12
>> cabinets (typically an angled 1960A on top of a straight 1960B), the
>> first
>> 100-watt Marshall was essentially a souped-up JTM-45, featuring two ?
>> 45-style
>> transformers and an extra pair of KT66 output tubes. But, while still
>> in the
>> prototype stage, designers Ken Bran and Dudley Craven switched to a
>> solid-state
>> rectifier. By the time the first production 100 watters rolled out
>> later that
>> year (equipped with a single output transformer), the amp had its own
>> signature
>> badass sound. Adopted immediately by Pete Townshend, Jimi Hendrix,
>> and Eric
>> Clapton, the Marshall 100 watt became a legendary standard for high-
>> volume rock.
>>
>>
>>
>> 1966 - 'Eight Miles High' Released
>>
>> Roger McGuinn pretty much invented jangle on this classic Byrds
>> track, released
>> on July 18, 1966. Sure, Bob Dylan wrote the lyric, and George
>> Harrison played a
>> Rickenbacker 12-string first, but McGuinn owns the tone. McGuinn's
>> wildest and
>> most unique 12-string moment comes in the Coltrane-inspired solo on
>> this tune?a
>> moment that set the bar so high for electric-12 mayhem that no one
>> has topped
>> it.
>>
>>
>> 1966 - Blues breakers with Eric Clapton Released
>>
>> The July 1966 release of this John Mayall album signaled the arrival
>> of Eric
>> Clapton and established a tonal landmark for the Les Paul and
>> Marshall sound.
>> What would come to be known as the "Beano" album is also a treasure
>> trove of
>> amazing blues licks. Clapton worked his magic with a 1960 Les Paul
>> Standard and
>> a Marshall combo, and he cranked the volume so loud that the session
>> engineers
>> were literally freaking out. Genius!
>>
>>
>> 1967 - Jimi Plays Monterey Pop
>>
>> Jimi Hendrix's first American gig with the Experience at the Monterey
>> International Pop Music Festival on June 18, 1967, changed guitar
>> forever. By
>> the time Jimi set his Strat on fire, he had already set the whole
>> world on fire.
>>
>>
>>
>> 1967 - Are You Experienced Released
>>
>> Using a Strat, a Marshall, and a small collection of effects built
>> (or modded)
>> by Roger Mayer, Hendrix created a universe of "impossible" sounds.
>> For rock
>> guitar, this record is the Declaration of Independence, the
>> Constitution, and
>> the Bible all rolled into one.
>>
>>
>> 1969 - Santana Released
>>
>> It's pretty sad to think that before Santana hit the streets in
>> August 1969, the
>> words "Latin" and "rock" were viewed as mutually exclusive. But when
>> Carlos
>> Santana juxtaposed his Latin heritage with his love of Peter Green
>> and Jimi
>> Hendrix, this early masterwork established Latin rock, and drew a
>> musical line
>> to Los Lobos, Los Lonely Boys, and anyone who marries world beats and
>> Latin
>> rhythms with soaring guitar.
>>
>>
>> 1969 - Woodstock Celebrates Peace, Love, and Guitars
>>
>> The legendary Woodstock Music & Art Fair -- held August 15, 16, and
>> 17, 1969 --
>> more killer guitar moments than Wavy Gravy had acid trips. Consider
>> proto-shredder Alvin Lee going all pentatonic on 'I?m Going Home,'
>> Carlos
>> Santana's transcendent 'Soul Sacrifice,' the Who absolutely ruling
>> before Pete
>> Townsend tosses his dead SG Special into the crowd, and Richie
> Havens'
>> captivating 'Freedom.' But it's Jimi Hendrix's legendary rendition of
>> the
>> 'Star-Spangled Banner' that towers over all the rest as the defining
>> moment?not
>> only of the festival, but, quite possibly, the entire decade.
>>
>>
>> 1969 - John McLaughlin Records with Miles Davis
>>
>> McLaughlin's mostly improvised contributions to Davis' transitional
>> In a Silent
>> Way on February 18, 1969 quickly lead to numerous other Davis
>> sessions,
>> including the seminal Bitches Brew (featuring a song actually
>> titled 'John
>> McLaughlin') six months later, and 1970's rocking Jack Johnson.
>> McLaughlin's
>> Hendrix-meets-Coltrane fretboard fury on those dates -- concurrently
>> with Tony
>> Williams' Lifetime -- established him as a revolutionary jazz-fusion
>> guitarist.
>> These moments also set the stage for McLaughlin's groundbreaking
>> Mahavishnu
>> Orchestra.
>>
>>
>> 1970 - Black Sabbath Released
>>
>> The birth of heavy metal is right here. There may have been "heavy"
>> bands before
>> this, but those were all just blues bands compared to Sabbath. When
>> Tony Iommi
>> seized upon the unholiest of intervals -- the tritone -- and played
>> it with
>> such a disturbingly sinister tone on the title track, he established
>> the
>> blueprint for every metal band that followed.
>>
>>
>> 1971 - At Fillmore East Released
>>
>> This Allman Brothers tour de force delivers incredible Les
>> Paul/Marshall tones,
>> amazing playing from Dickey Betts, and utterly astounding slide work
>> from Duane
>> Allman. Duane's sophisticated, Coltrane-influenced celebrations of
>> bizarre
>> harmonic sensibilities and microtonal lines ushered in the era of
>> modern
>> electric slide and established him as the "Hendrix" of slide guitar.
>> It's almost
>> too much -- especially given the added bounty of great songs,
>> beautiful
>> interplay between all the instruments, and jaw-dropping solo
>> excursions. Even
>> producer Tom Dowd's skillful "edits" can't reign in the overflowing
>> genius of
>> this seminal jam band.
>>
>>
>> [read the whole article at:
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wrote:
[from Guitar Player magazine, 14 March, 2005]
101 Greatest Moments in Guitar History
now... a few more for those who haven't read the article:
""Maybellene"" Released, 1955
On May 21, 1955, Chuck Berry plugged his Gibson ES-350T through a
Fender amp, andin his wordsuncorked ""a high-performance mixture
of frenetic syncopation and pure adrenaline."" Berry''s rollicking
guitar riffstranslated from boogie-woogie pianopretty much
invented rock guitar, and influenced everyone from the Beatles to
Keith Richards to you.
""Rebel Rouser"" Released, 1958
This irresistible tune off Duane Eddy''s 1958 debut album
popularized rock instrumentals, Gretsch guitars, and the sound known
as ""twang.""
""Rumble"" Unleashed, 1958
""If it hadn''t been for Link Wray and ``Rumble,'' I would never
have picked up a guitar,"" said Pete Townshend. That''s some
endorsement, even though it doesn''t truly capture the pre-punk
bombast that Wray''s savage distorted chords wrought on
Eisenhower''s America. Wray recorded the ferocious instrumental with
a ''53 Gibson Les Paul and a Premier amp, punching holes in the
amp''s two 10" speakers to emulate the ragged overdrive he heard
when performing the song live through a distorted P.A. system. The
result was, arguably, the first recorded example of power chords.
[read the whole article at:
www.guitarplayer.com/feature.asp?featurecode=27&navcode=4
On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 02:46:50 -0000, Jeff <> wrote:
>
> 1966 - 'Eight Miles High' Released
>
> Roger McGuinn pretty much invented jangle on this classic Byrds
> track, released
> on July 18, 1966. Sure, Bob Dylan wrote the lyric, and George
> Harrison played a
> Rickenbacker 12-string first, but McGuinn owns the tone.
Ummmm didn't JOHN play the Ricky 12 String? At least when they played
live. I've seen McGuinn interviews where he gives the Beatles credit
for the whole 12 String/Jangle thing too...
> 1969 - Santana Released
>
> It's pretty sad to think that before Santana hit the streets in
> August 1969, the
> words "Latin" and "rock" were viewed as mutually exclusive.
I have two other words for them RITCHIE VALENS!
Article must have been written by one of those snot nosed MTV
generation whipper snappers! Grumble Grumble.... ;-)
Z
I don't know, Marty. To me, it was a massive pop phenomenon that The
Beatles created, not an advance or anything "notable" in the advancement
of guitar-based music which the list was supposed to denote (?). But if
that type of thing does count, then I'd agree with you regarding The
Beatles - a MAJOR impact on the broadening of guitar playing in bands
who write and record their own music. But with that rationale, I'd
IMMEDIATELY add The Ventures for the same reason. "Play Guitar with The
Ventures" had a similarly important impact. Hendrix on the other hand
makes guitar history by simply plugging in. If Hendrix counts, then Link
Wray does too because, to me, he was the "Hendrix of the 50s" from a
guitar "moments" standpoint.
More2cents
BW Dave
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Marty Tippens [mailto:]
>Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 10:13 PM
>To:
>Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] little tiny bit of surf content 101
greatest
>Moments in Guitar History
>
>
>Yeah Dave, Chuck should be on there. Your quite off on your Beatles
>assessment. I'm guessing you weren't of the age to experience their
>influence at the time. I was very young but it was frickin' amazing,
them
>on Ed Sillystone with those big black guitars (George's was actually
walnut
>brown). That image spawned a gazillion garage bands, all 2 - guitars
bass
>and drums made of kids who missed the Ventures and California surf
trip.
>-Marty
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dave Becker
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 9:11 PM
> Subject: RE: [SurfGuitar101] little tiny bit of surf content 101
greatest
>Moments in Guitar History
>
>
> Damn right, Marty.
> I actually agreed with a lot of their list.
>
> Although not a Surf topic, I kinda want to add Chuck Berry, because
the
> Johhny B Goode riff is as significantly memorable and influential as
> TBone's Dust My Broom riff (which is a rip-off to begin with).
>
> I also think Carl Perkins or someone from Sun studios counts too. And
> Ike Turner continues to go unrecognized.
>
> Notice that The Beatles have nothing to add in the history of
> guitar-based music. No wonder, it was all pop.
>
> BW Dave
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Marty Tippens [mailto:]
> >Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 8:14 PM
> >To:
> >Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] little tiny bit of surf content 101
> greatest
> >Moments in Guitar History
> >
> >
> >They forgot Duane and the Ventures.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Jeff
> > To:
> > Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 6:46 PM
> > Subject: [SurfGuitar101] little tiny bit of surf content 101
greatest
> >Moments in Guitar History
> >
> >
> >
> > [from Guitar Player magazine, 14 March, 2005]
> >
> >
> >
> > 101 Greatest Moments in Guitar History
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [intro]
> >
> > A moment in time. A split second where everything freezes, and
your
> > mind takes a
> > snapshot of an event you'll always keep with you, an event that
> > forever divides
> > your life into two groups: stuff that happened before this moment,
> > and the stuff
> > that will happen after. Great moments change you. The greatest
ones
> > change
> > everything.
> >
> > Most GP readers have their own list of life-changing moments, and
> > many of those
> > moments involve the guitar: The first guitar you ever played, the
> > best solo you
> > ever heard, the most transcendent tone that caressed your ears,
and
> > so on. Many
> > of these moments will continue to give you chills for the rest of
> > your life, and
> > they deserve to be remembered, celebrated, and chronicled. Which
> > brings us to
> > the list you have before you.
> >
> > These 101 events are the GP staffs picks of the coolest, greatest,
> > and most
> > important moments in the history of the modern 6-string. It wasn't
an
> > easy list
> > to compile, and its quite impossible to publish such a list
without
> > eliciting
> > cries of protest, dismay, and disgust at what (or who) was
selected
> > or ignored.
> >
> > While those debates are obviously part of the fun of publishing
> > lists, here's an
> > explanation of the process that directed our picks.
> >
> > First and foremost, each selection had to be a moment. If we
couldn't
> > point to a
> > specific instance when a person, event, record, or piece of gear
took
> > the world
> > by storm, started a revolution, or changed the game, it didn't
make
> > the list.
> >
> > Also, while there are tons of firsts on this list, great moments
> > aren't always
> > firsts. Many of the entries indicate when a player or an idea
> > transformed the
> > guitar-playing consciousness, rather than the earliest evidence of
> its
> > appearance.
> >
> > But if you're still steaming over an omission, you can do
something
> > about it: Go
> > to guitarplayer.com and state your case for any moments we missed.
> >
> > Like most guitarists, we never get tired of debating great guitar
> > moments, or
> > talking about these magical chunks of wood and wire we all adore.
> >
> >
> >
> > [pgt note: here are 15 of my favorite *moments* from the article:]
> >
> >
> > 1942 - T-Bone Walker Cuts 'Mean Old World'
> >
> > Many of the guitarists who came to love T-Bone Walker's outrageous
> and
> > influential stage show -- which featured the crazed and sexy alpha
> > male playing
> > behind his back and doing the splits -- got to know him first
through
> > his
> > playing on this Columbia single. The silky, jazz-inflected blues
> > lines on 'Mean
> > Old World' (as well as the flip side, 'I Got a Break Baby') had a
> > major impact
> > on B.B. King, Buddy Guy, and Jimi Hendrix.
> >
> >
> > 1948 - Muddy Waters Goes Electric
> >
> > Muddy Waters had already been plugging in for five years when he
went
> > into the
> > studio to recut 'I Can?t Be Satisfied' and 'I Feel Like Going
Home'
> > with an
> > electric guitar. The 78 rpm single sold out instantly (Waters even
> > had a hard
> > time finding a copy), and it brought the blues out of the country
and
> > into the
> > modern age.
> >
> >
> > 1962 - Dick Dale Invents Surf Guitar
> >
> > Dick Dale invented it, and if you play it, he owns you, because
> > you're probably
> > just aping what he has already done. When Dale released Surfer's
> > Choice in 1962,
> > he became one of the first guitarists to really bring it with
massive
> > volume,
> > and his intensity, attitude, machine-gun riffery, and penchant for
> > spewing
> > middle-eastern melodies were documented as the real secrets of
surf
> > guitar. It
> > ain't just about reverb-drenched notes, kids!
> >
> >
> > 1963 - The Yardbirds Form
> >
> > While the Yardbirds introduced the world to Eric Clapton, Jeff
Beck,
> > and Jimmy
> > Page, the band was also one of the first white-blues aggregates.
From
> > there, the
> > group became early architects of psychedelia (on the Beck-
> > fueled 'Heart Full of
> > Soul' and 'Shapes of Things'), set the standard for controlled
> > musical chaos
> > with its trademark rave ups, and ended up as a hitmaker.
> >
> >
> > 1965 - Dylan Goes Electric
> >
> > Change is seldom easy. When Bob Dylan, the leading light of the
post-
> > Woody
> > Guthrie folkies, made the bold move of plugging in at the Newport
> > Folk Festival
> > on July 25, 1965 (with Michael Bloomfield at his side), it didn't
go
> > over so
> > well with old-schoolers such as Pete Seeger -- or with most of the
> > audience, for
> > that matter. Two years later, Simon & Garfunkel are on the same
bill
> > as Hendrix
> > at Monterey, Jimi is playing Dylan's 'Like a Rolling Stone' and
'All
> > Along the
> > Watchtower,' and folk rock is all the rage.
> >
> >
> > 1965 - Marshall Debuts 100-watt Amp
> >
> > Developed in 1965, and coinciding with the introduction of
stackable
> > 4x12
> > cabinets (typically an angled 1960A on top of a straight 1960B),
the
> > first
> > 100-watt Marshall was essentially a souped-up JTM-45, featuring
two ?
> > 45-style
> > transformers and an extra pair of KT66 output tubes. But, while
still
> > in the
> > prototype stage, designers Ken Bran and Dudley Craven switched to
a
> > solid-state
> > rectifier. By the time the first production 100 watters rolled out
> > later that
> > year (equipped with a single output transformer), the amp had its
own
> > signature
> > badass sound. Adopted immediately by Pete Townshend, Jimi Hendrix,
> > and Eric
> > Clapton, the Marshall 100 watt became a legendary standard for
high-
> > volume rock.
> >
> >
> >
> > 1966 - 'Eight Miles High' Released
> >
> > Roger McGuinn pretty much invented jangle on this classic Byrds
> > track, released
> > on July 18, 1966. Sure, Bob Dylan wrote the lyric, and George
> > Harrison played a
> > Rickenbacker 12-string first, but McGuinn owns the tone. McGuinn's
> > wildest and
> > most unique 12-string moment comes in the Coltrane-inspired solo
on
> > this tune?a
> > moment that set the bar so high for electric-12 mayhem that no one
> > has topped
> > it.
> >
> >
> > 1966 - Blues breakers with Eric Clapton Released
> >
> > The July 1966 release of this John Mayall album signaled the
arrival
> > of Eric
> > Clapton and established a tonal landmark for the Les Paul and
> > Marshall sound.
> > What would come to be known as the "Beano" album is also a
treasure
> > trove of
> > amazing blues licks. Clapton worked his magic with a 1960 Les Paul
> > Standard and
> > a Marshall combo, and he cranked the volume so loud that the
session
> > engineers
> > were literally freaking out. Genius!
> >
> >
> > 1967 - Jimi Plays Monterey Pop
> >
> > Jimi Hendrix's first American gig with the Experience at the
Monterey
> > International Pop Music Festival on June 18, 1967, changed guitar
> > forever. By
> > the time Jimi set his Strat on fire, he had already set the whole
> > world on fire.
> >
> >
> >
> > 1967 - Are You Experienced Released
> >
> > Using a Strat, a Marshall, and a small collection of effects built
> > (or modded)
> > by Roger Mayer, Hendrix created a universe of "impossible" sounds.
> > For rock
> > guitar, this record is the Declaration of Independence, the
> > Constitution, and
> > the Bible all rolled into one.
> >
> >
> > 1969 - Santana Released
> >
> > It's pretty sad to think that before Santana hit the streets in
> > August 1969, the
> > words "Latin" and "rock" were viewed as mutually exclusive. But
when
> > Carlos
> > Santana juxtaposed his Latin heritage with his love of Peter Green
> > and Jimi
> > Hendrix, this early masterwork established Latin rock, and drew a
> > musical line
> > to Los Lobos, Los Lonely Boys, and anyone who marries world beats
and
> > Latin
> > rhythms with soaring guitar.
> >
> >
> > 1969 - Woodstock Celebrates Peace, Love, and Guitars
> >
> > The legendary Woodstock Music & Art Fair -- held August 15, 16,
and
> > 17, 1969 --
> > more killer guitar moments than Wavy Gravy had acid trips.
Consider
> > proto-shredder Alvin Lee going all pentatonic on 'I?m Going Home,'
> > Carlos
> > Santana's transcendent 'Soul Sacrifice,' the Who absolutely ruling
> > before Pete
> > Townsend tosses his dead SG Special into the crowd, and Richie
> Havens'
> > captivating 'Freedom.' But it's Jimi Hendrix's legendary rendition
of
> > the
> > 'Star-Spangled Banner' that towers over all the rest as the
defining
> > moment?not
> > only of the festival, but, quite possibly, the entire decade.
> >
> >
> > 1969 - John McLaughlin Records with Miles Davis
> >
> > McLaughlin's mostly improvised contributions to Davis'
transitional
> > In a Silent
> > Way on February 18, 1969 quickly lead to numerous other Davis
> > sessions,
> > including the seminal Bitches Brew (featuring a song actually
> > titled 'John
> > McLaughlin') six months later, and 1970's rocking Jack Johnson.
> > McLaughlin's
> > Hendrix-meets-Coltrane fretboard fury on those dates --
concurrently
> > with Tony
> > Williams' Lifetime -- established him as a revolutionary
jazz-fusion
> > guitarist.
> > These moments also set the stage for McLaughlin's groundbreaking
> > Mahavishnu
> > Orchestra.
> >
> >
> > 1970 - Black Sabbath Released
> >
> > The birth of heavy metal is right here. There may have been
"heavy"
> > bands before
> > this, but those were all just blues bands compared to Sabbath.
When
> > Tony Iommi
> > seized upon the unholiest of intervals -- the tritone -- and
played
> > it with
> > such a disturbingly sinister tone on the title track, he
established
> > the
> > blueprint for every metal band that followed.
> >
> >
> > 1971 - At Fillmore East Released
> >
> > This Allman Brothers tour de force delivers incredible Les
> > Paul/Marshall tones,
> > amazing playing from Dickey Betts, and utterly astounding slide
work
> > from Duane
> > Allman. Duane's sophisticated, Coltrane-influenced celebrations of
> > bizarre
> > harmonic sensibilities and microtonal lines ushered in the era of
> > modern
> > electric slide and established him as the "Hendrix" of slide
guitar.
> > It's almost
> > too much -- especially given the added bounty of great songs,
> > beautiful
> > interplay between all the instruments, and jaw-dropping solo
> > excursions. Even
> > producer Tom Dowd's skillful "edits" can't reign in the
overflowing
> > genius of
> > this seminal jam band.
> >
> >
> > [read the whole article at:
> >
> > www.guitarplayer.com/feature.asp?featurecode=27&navcode=4
> >
> >
> >
> >
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I like the Zone's comments. And should The Byrds get all the Ricky
notoriety when it had been played in Merseybeat and elsewhere for
several years?
BWD
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Zone Fighter [mailto:]
>Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 9:18 AM
>To:
>Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] little tiny bit of surf content 101
greatest
>Moments in Guitar History
>
>
>On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 02:46:50 -0000, Jeff <> wrote:
>>
>> 1966 - 'Eight Miles High' Released
>>
>> Roger McGuinn pretty much invented jangle on this classic Byrds
>> track, released
>> on July 18, 1966. Sure, Bob Dylan wrote the lyric, and George
>> Harrison played a
>> Rickenbacker 12-string first, but McGuinn owns the tone.
>
>
>Ummmm didn't JOHN play the Ricky 12 String? At least when they played
>live. I've seen McGuinn interviews where he gives the Beatles credit
>for the whole 12 String/Jangle thing too...
>
>
>> 1969 - Santana Released
>>
>> It's pretty sad to think that before Santana hit the streets in
>> August 1969, the
>> words "Latin" and "rock" were viewed as mutually exclusive.
>
>I have two other words for them RITCHIE VALENS!
>
>
>Article must have been written by one of those snot nosed MTV
>generation whipper snappers! Grumble Grumble.... ;-)
>
>
>Z
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John Lennon (and Forgerty) played a 6 string Rick live and in studio. George
played the large 12 string.
Yes, not only Richie Valens is an example of early Latin Rock but so was the
whole east L.A. scene including the Sevilles, Cannibal & the Headhunters, and
Thee Midnighters. If you don't have the Al Garcia and the Rhythm Kings CD, you
are missing out on one of the best instro reissue CD's of the last 10 years.
-Marty
----- Original Message -----
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To:
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Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] little tiny bit of surf content 101 greatest
Moments in Guitar History
On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 02:46:50 -0000, Jeff <> wrote:
>
> 1966 - 'Eight Miles High' Released
>
> Roger McGuinn pretty much invented jangle on this classic Byrds
> track, released
> on July 18, 1966. Sure, Bob Dylan wrote the lyric, and George
> Harrison played a
> Rickenbacker 12-string first, but McGuinn owns the tone.
Ummmm didn't JOHN play the Ricky 12 String? At least when they played
live. I've seen McGuinn interviews where he gives the Beatles credit
for the whole 12 String/Jangle thing too...
> 1969 - Santana Released
>
> It's pretty sad to think that before Santana hit the streets in
> August 1969, the
> words "Latin" and "rock" were viewed as mutually exclusive.
I have two other words for them RITCHIE VALENS!
Article must have been written by one of those snot nosed MTV
generation whipper snappers! Grumble Grumble.... ;-)
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I think they are just looking for the "shots heard 'round the world" that got
folks interested in the guitar, not limited to those that advanced technique.
Yes, the Beatles were a pop phenomenon but they were also a guitar sales
phenomenon.
-Marty
----- Original Message -----
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To:
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 9:44 AM
Subject: RE: [SurfGuitar101] little tiny bit of surf content 101 greatest
Moments in Guitar History
I don't know, Marty. To me, it was a massive pop phenomenon that The
Beatles created, not an advance or anything "notable" in the advancement
of guitar-based music which the list was supposed to denote (?). But if
that type of thing does count, then I'd agree with you regarding The
Beatles - a MAJOR impact on the broadening of guitar playing in bands
who write and record their own music. But with that rationale, I'd
IMMEDIATELY add The Ventures for the same reason. "Play Guitar with The
Ventures" had a similarly important impact. Hendrix on the other hand
makes guitar history by simply plugging in. If Hendrix counts, then Link
Wray does too because, to me, he was the "Hendrix of the 50s" from a
guitar "moments" standpoint.
More2cents
BW Dave
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Marty Tippens [mailto:]
>Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 10:13 PM
>To:
>Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] little tiny bit of surf content 101
greatest
>Moments in Guitar History
>
>
>Yeah Dave, Chuck should be on there. Your quite off on your Beatles
>assessment. I'm guessing you weren't of the age to experience their
>influence at the time. I was very young but it was frickin' amazing,
them
>on Ed Sillystone with those big black guitars (George's was actually
walnut
>brown). That image spawned a gazillion garage bands, all 2 - guitars
bass
>and drums made of kids who missed the Ventures and California surf
trip.
>-Marty
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dave Becker
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 9:11 PM
> Subject: RE: [SurfGuitar101] little tiny bit of surf content 101
greatest
>Moments in Guitar History
>
>
> Damn right, Marty.
> I actually agreed with a lot of their list.
>
> Although not a Surf topic, I kinda want to add Chuck Berry, because
the
> Johhny B Goode riff is as significantly memorable and influential as
> TBone's Dust My Broom riff (which is a rip-off to begin with).
>
> I also think Carl Perkins or someone from Sun studios counts too. And
> Ike Turner continues to go unrecognized.
>
> Notice that The Beatles have nothing to add in the history of
> guitar-based music. No wonder, it was all pop.
>
> BW Dave
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Marty Tippens [mailto:]
> >Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 8:14 PM
> >To:
> >Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] little tiny bit of surf content 101
> greatest
> >Moments in Guitar History
> >
> >
> >They forgot Duane and the Ventures.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Jeff
> > To:
> > Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 6:46 PM
> > Subject: [SurfGuitar101] little tiny bit of surf content 101
greatest
> >Moments in Guitar History
> >
> >
> >
> > [from Guitar Player magazine, 14 March, 2005]
> >
> >
> >
> > 101 Greatest Moments in Guitar History
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [intro]
> >
> > A moment in time. A split second where everything freezes, and
your
> > mind takes a
> > snapshot of an event you'll always keep with you, an event that
> > forever divides
> > your life into two groups: stuff that happened before this moment,
> > and the stuff
> > that will happen after. Great moments change you. The greatest
ones
> > change
> > everything.
> >
> > Most GP readers have their own list of life-changing moments, and
> > many of those
> > moments involve the guitar: The first guitar you ever played, the
> > best solo you
> > ever heard, the most transcendent tone that caressed your ears,
and
> > so on. Many
> > of these moments will continue to give you chills for the rest of
> > your life, and
> > they deserve to be remembered, celebrated, and chronicled. Which
> > brings us to
> > the list you have before you.
> >
> > These 101 events are the GP staffs picks of the coolest, greatest,
> > and most
> > important moments in the history of the modern 6-string. It wasn't
an
> > easy list
> > to compile, and its quite impossible to publish such a list
without
> > eliciting
> > cries of protest, dismay, and disgust at what (or who) was
selected
> > or ignored.
> >
> > While those debates are obviously part of the fun of publishing
> > lists, here's an
> > explanation of the process that directed our picks.
> >
> > First and foremost, each selection had to be a moment. If we
couldn't
> > point to a
> > specific instance when a person, event, record, or piece of gear
took
> > the world
> > by storm, started a revolution, or changed the game, it didn't
make
> > the list.
> >
> > Also, while there are tons of firsts on this list, great moments
> > aren't always
> > firsts. Many of the entries indicate when a player or an idea
> > transformed the
> > guitar-playing consciousness, rather than the earliest evidence of
> its
> > appearance.
> >
> > But if you're still steaming over an omission, you can do
something
> > about it: Go
> > to guitarplayer.com and state your case for any moments we missed.
> >
> > Like most guitarists, we never get tired of debating great guitar
> > moments, or
> > talking about these magical chunks of wood and wire we all adore.
> >
> >
> >
> > [pgt note: here are 15 of my favorite *moments* from the article:]
> >
> >
> > 1942 - T-Bone Walker Cuts 'Mean Old World'
> >
> > Many of the guitarists who came to love T-Bone Walker's outrageous
> and
> > influential stage show -- which featured the crazed and sexy alpha
> > male playing
> > behind his back and doing the splits -- got to know him first
through
> > his
> > playing on this Columbia single. The silky, jazz-inflected blues
> > lines on 'Mean
> > Old World' (as well as the flip side, 'I Got a Break Baby') had a
> > major impact
> > on B.B. King, Buddy Guy, and Jimi Hendrix.
> >
> >
> > 1948 - Muddy Waters Goes Electric
> >
> > Muddy Waters had already been plugging in for five years when he
went
> > into the
> > studio to recut 'I Can?t Be Satisfied' and 'I Feel Like Going
Home'
> > with an
> > electric guitar. The 78 rpm single sold out instantly (Waters even
> > had a hard
> > time finding a copy), and it brought the blues out of the country
and
> > into the
> > modern age.
> >
> >
> > 1962 - Dick Dale Invents Surf Guitar
> >
> > Dick Dale invented it, and if you play it, he owns you, because
> > you're probably
> > just aping what he has already done. When Dale released Surfer's
> > Choice in 1962,
> > he became one of the first guitarists to really bring it with
massive
> > volume,
> > and his intensity, attitude, machine-gun riffery, and penchant for
> > spewing
> > middle-eastern melodies were documented as the real secrets of
surf
> > guitar. It
> > ain't just about reverb-drenched notes, kids!
> >
> >
> > 1963 - The Yardbirds Form
> >
> > While the Yardbirds introduced the world to Eric Clapton, Jeff
Beck,
> > and Jimmy
> > Page, the band was also one of the first white-blues aggregates.
From
> > there, the
> > group became early architects of psychedelia (on the Beck-
> > fueled 'Heart Full of
> > Soul' and 'Shapes of Things'), set the standard for controlled
> > musical chaos
> > with its trademark rave ups, and ended up as a hitmaker.
> >
> >
> > 1965 - Dylan Goes Electric
> >
> > Change is seldom easy. When Bob Dylan, the leading light of the
post-
> > Woody
> > Guthrie folkies, made the bold move of plugging in at the Newport
> > Folk Festival
> > on July 25, 1965 (with Michael Bloomfield at his side), it didn't
go
> > over so
> > well with old-schoolers such as Pete Seeger -- or with most of the
> > audience, for
> > that matter. Two years later, Simon & Garfunkel are on the same
bill
> > as Hendrix
> > at Monterey, Jimi is playing Dylan's 'Like a Rolling Stone' and
'All
> > Along the
> > Watchtower,' and folk rock is all the rage.
> >
> >
> > 1965 - Marshall Debuts 100-watt Amp
> >
> > Developed in 1965, and coinciding with the introduction of
stackable
> > 4x12
> > cabinets (typically an angled 1960A on top of a straight 1960B),
the
> > first
> > 100-watt Marshall was essentially a souped-up JTM-45, featuring
two ?
> > 45-style
> > transformers and an extra pair of KT66 output tubes. But, while
still
> > in the
> > prototype stage, designers Ken Bran and Dudley Craven switched to
a
> > solid-state
> > rectifier. By the time the first production 100 watters rolled out
> > later that
> > year (equipped with a single output transformer), the amp had its
own
> > signature
> > badass sound. Adopted immediately by Pete Townshend, Jimi Hendrix,
> > and Eric
> > Clapton, the Marshall 100 watt became a legendary standard for
high-
> > volume rock.
> >
> >
> >
> > 1966 - 'Eight Miles High' Released
> >
> > Roger McGuinn pretty much invented jangle on this classic Byrds
> > track, released
> > on July 18, 1966. Sure, Bob Dylan wrote the lyric, and George
> > Harrison played a
> > Rickenbacker 12-string first, but McGuinn owns the tone. McGuinn's
> > wildest and
> > most unique 12-string moment comes in the Coltrane-inspired solo
on
> > this tune?a
> > moment that set the bar so high for electric-12 mayhem that no one
> > has topped
> > it.
> >
> >
> > 1966 - Blues breakers with Eric Clapton Released
> >
> > The July 1966 release of this John Mayall album signaled the
arrival
> > of Eric
> > Clapton and established a tonal landmark for the Les Paul and
> > Marshall sound.
> > What would come to be known as the "Beano" album is also a
treasure
> > trove of
> > amazing blues licks. Clapton worked his magic with a 1960 Les Paul
> > Standard and
> > a Marshall combo, and he cranked the volume so loud that the
session
> > engineers
> > were literally freaking out. Genius!
> >
> >
> > 1967 - Jimi Plays Monterey Pop
> >
> > Jimi Hendrix's first American gig with the Experience at the
Monterey
> > International Pop Music Festival on June 18, 1967, changed guitar
> > forever. By
> > the time Jimi set his Strat on fire, he had already set the whole
> > world on fire.
> >
> >
> >
> > 1967 - Are You Experienced Released
> >
> > Using a Strat, a Marshall, and a small collection of effects built
> > (or modded)
> > by Roger Mayer, Hendrix created a universe of "impossible" sounds.
> > For rock
> > guitar, this record is the Declaration of Independence, the
> > Constitution, and
> > the Bible all rolled into one.
> >
> >
> > 1969 - Santana Released
> >
> > It's pretty sad to think that before Santana hit the streets in
> > August 1969, the
> > words "Latin" and "rock" were viewed as mutually exclusive. But
when
> > Carlos
> > Santana juxtaposed his Latin heritage with his love of Peter Green
> > and Jimi
> > Hendrix, this early masterwork established Latin rock, and drew a
> > musical line
> > to Los Lobos, Los Lonely Boys, and anyone who marries world beats
and
> > Latin
> > rhythms with soaring guitar.
> >
> >
> > 1969 - Woodstock Celebrates Peace, Love, and Guitars
> >
> > The legendary Woodstock Music & Art Fair -- held August 15, 16,
and
> > 17, 1969 --
> > more killer guitar moments than Wavy Gravy had acid trips.
Consider
> > proto-shredder Alvin Lee going all pentatonic on 'I?m Going Home,'
> > Carlos
> > Santana's transcendent 'Soul Sacrifice,' the Who absolutely ruling
> > before Pete
> > Townsend tosses his dead SG Special into the crowd, and Richie
> Havens'
> > captivating 'Freedom.' But it's Jimi Hendrix's legendary rendition
of
> > the
> > 'Star-Spangled Banner' that towers over all the rest as the
defining
> > moment?not
> > only of the festival, but, quite possibly, the entire decade.
> >
> >
> > 1969 - John McLaughlin Records with Miles Davis
> >
> > McLaughlin's mostly improvised contributions to Davis'
transitional
> > In a Silent
> > Way on February 18, 1969 quickly lead to numerous other Davis
> > sessions,
> > including the seminal Bitches Brew (featuring a song actually
> > titled 'John
> > McLaughlin') six months later, and 1970's rocking Jack Johnson.
> > McLaughlin's
> > Hendrix-meets-Coltrane fretboard fury on those dates --
concurrently
> > with Tony
> > Williams' Lifetime -- established him as a revolutionary
jazz-fusion
> > guitarist.
> > These moments also set the stage for McLaughlin's groundbreaking
> > Mahavishnu
> > Orchestra.
> >
> >
> > 1970 - Black Sabbath Released
> >
> > The birth of heavy metal is right here. There may have been
"heavy"
> > bands before
> > this, but those were all just blues bands compared to Sabbath.
When
> > Tony Iommi
> > seized upon the unholiest of intervals -- the tritone -- and
played
> > it with
> > such a disturbingly sinister tone on the title track, he
established
> > the
> > blueprint for every metal band that followed.
> >
> >
> > 1971 - At Fillmore East Released
> >
> > This Allman Brothers tour de force delivers incredible Les
> > Paul/Marshall tones,
> > amazing playing from Dickey Betts, and utterly astounding slide
work
> > from Duane
> > Allman. Duane's sophisticated, Coltrane-influenced celebrations of
> > bizarre
> > harmonic sensibilities and microtonal lines ushered in the era of
> > modern
> > electric slide and established him as the "Hendrix" of slide
guitar.
> > It's almost
> > too much -- especially given the added bounty of great songs,
> > beautiful
> > interplay between all the instruments, and jaw-dropping solo
> > excursions. Even
> > producer Tom Dowd's skillful "edits" can't reign in the
overflowing
> > genius of
> > this seminal jam band.
> >
> >
> > [read the whole article at:
> >
> > www.guitarplayer.com/feature.asp?featurecode=27&navcode=4
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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The Ventures and (Surf Music in general) were a boon to
guitar sales, too.
Without the Ventures, I'm quite sure none of us would even
know what a Mosrite was....and without Surf Music...well
you could kiss most of your cool Fender gear goodbye...
oh yeah, and we can't forget how Dick Dale "invented" all
that cool gear for Fender and JBL...
-dp
--- Marty Tippens <> wrote:
>
> I think they are just looking for the "shots heard
> 'round the world" that got folks interested in the
> guitar, not limited to those that advanced technique.
> Yes, the Beatles were a pop phenomenon but they were also
> a guitar sales phenomenon.
> -Marty
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Marty - as always, you're a wealth of accurate info, and I enjoy reading your
postings.
Lest we forget, among others, The Nocturnes were First Gen Surf Band with Latino
players and a decidedly Latin influence in their sound.
And in the world of Non-Surf Instro, who can omit mention of Santo y Johnny's
immortal "Sleep Walk"?
Bruce D
Marty Tippens <> wrote:
John Lennon (and Forgerty) played a 6 string Rick live and in studio. George
played the large 12 string.
Yes, not only Richie Valens is an example of early Latin Rock but so was the
whole east L.A. scene including the Sevilles, Cannibal & the Headhunters, and
Thee Midnighters. If you don't have the Al Garcia and the Rhythm Kings CD, you
are missing out on one of the best instro reissue CD's of the last 10 years.
-Marty
----- Original Message -----
From: Zone Fighter
To:
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 9:18 AM
Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] little tiny bit of surf content 101 greatest
Moments in Guitar History
On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 02:46:50 -0000, Jeff <> wrote:
>
> 1966 - 'Eight Miles High' Released
>
> Roger McGuinn pretty much invented jangle on this classic Byrds
> track, released
> on July 18, 1966. Sure, Bob Dylan wrote the lyric, and George
> Harrison played a
> Rickenbacker 12-string first, but McGuinn owns the tone.
Ummmm didn't JOHN play the Ricky 12 String? At least when they played
live. I've seen McGuinn interviews where he gives the Beatles credit
for the whole 12 String/Jangle thing too...
> 1969 - Santana Released
>
> It's pretty sad to think that before Santana hit the streets in
> August 1969, the
> words "Latin" and "rock" were viewed as mutually exclusive.
I have two other words for them RITCHIE VALENS!
Article must have been written by one of those snot nosed MTV
generation whipper snappers! Grumble Grumble.... ;-)
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John owned a short scale Rick 12 but did not play it on records or in
concert.
I thought this fact was common knowledge.
Les
On Mar 18, 2005, at 10:18 AM, Zone Fighter wrote:
>
> On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 02:46:50 -0000, Jeff <> wrote:
>>
>> 1966 - 'Eight Miles High' Released
>>
>> Roger McGuinn pretty much invented jangle on this classic Byrds
>> track, released
>> on July 18, 1966. Sure, Bob Dylan wrote the lyric, and George
>> Harrison played a
>> Rickenbacker 12-string first, but McGuinn owns the tone.
>
>
> Ummmm didn't JOHN play the Ricky 12 String? At least when they played
> live. I've seen McGuinn interviews where he gives the Beatles credit
> for the whole 12 String/Jangle thing too...
>
>
>> 1969 - Santana Released
>>
>> It's pretty sad to think that before Santana hit the streets in
>> August 1969, the
>> words "Latin" and "rock" were viewed as mutually exclusive.
>
> I have two other words for them RITCHIE VALENS!
>
>
> Article must have been written by one of those snot nosed MTV
> generation whipper snappers! Grumble Grumble.... ;-)
>
>
> Z
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I was but a toddler at the time so my memories are a bit fuzzy. I
remember George playing on TV with one of his Gretsch hollow bodies
and John with a Rickenbacker, yes it was a 6 string 325 normally.
There is documentation out there of John playing his Rickenbacker 325
12 string in Boston and on Dutch TV in 1964. The 12 string 325 was
also used in the studio during the Beatles For Sale sessions (not
necessarily by John...)
Z
On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 14:38:27 -0700, Leslie Fradkin
<> wrote:
> John owned a short scale Rick 12 but did not play it on records or in
> concert.
> I thought this fact was common knowledge.
>
> Les
>
>
He lip synched for Dutch TV. In any case, your state inferred that John
and not George was the famous 12-string player for The Beatles.
Les
On Mar 18, 2005, at 3:13 PM, Zone Fighter wrote:
>
> I was but a toddler at the time so my memories are a bit fuzzy. I
> remember George playing on TV with one of his Gretsch hollow bodies
> and John with a Rickenbacker, yes it was a 6 string 325 normally.
>
> There is documentation out there of John playing his Rickenbacker 325
> 12 string in Boston and on Dutch TV in 1964. The 12 string 325 was
> also used in the studio during the Beatles For Sale sessions (not
> necessarily by John...)
>
> Z
>
>
>
> On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 14:38:27 -0700, Leslie Fradkin
> <> wrote:
>> John owned a short scale Rick 12 but did not play it on records or in
>> concert.
>> I thought this fact was common knowledge.
>>
>> Les
>>
>>
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Very Good, Bruce, how could I forget the Nocturnes especially considering that
Jim Frias played on the last Fabulous Planktones CD.
-Marty
----- Original Message -----
From: bruce d
To:
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] little tiny bit of surf content 101 greatest
Moments in Guitar History
Marty - as always, you're a wealth of accurate info, and I enjoy reading your
postings.
Lest we forget, among others, The Nocturnes were First Gen Surf Band with
Latino players and a decidedly Latin influence in their sound.
And in the world of Non-Surf Instro, who can omit mention of Santo y Johnny's
immortal "Sleep Walk"?
Bruce D
Marty Tippens <> wrote:
John Lennon (and Forgerty) played a 6 string Rick live and in studio. George
played the large 12 string.
Yes, not only Richie Valens is an example of early Latin Rock but so was the
whole east L.A. scene including the Sevilles, Cannibal & the Headhunters, and
Thee Midnighters. If you don't have the Al Garcia and the Rhythm Kings CD, you
are missing out on one of the best instro reissue CD's of the last 10 years.
-Marty
----- Original Message -----
From: Zone Fighter
To:
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 9:18 AM
Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] little tiny bit of surf content 101 greatest
Moments in Guitar History
On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 02:46:50 -0000, Jeff <> wrote:
>
> 1966 - 'Eight Miles High' Released
>
> Roger McGuinn pretty much invented jangle on this classic Byrds
> track, released
> on July 18, 1966. Sure, Bob Dylan wrote the lyric, and George
> Harrison played a
> Rickenbacker 12-string first, but McGuinn owns the tone.
Ummmm didn't JOHN play the Ricky 12 String? At least when they played
live. I've seen McGuinn interviews where he gives the Beatles credit
for the whole 12 String/Jangle thing too...
> 1969 - Santana Released
>
> It's pretty sad to think that before Santana hit the streets in
> August 1969, the
> words "Latin" and "rock" were viewed as mutually exclusive.
I have two other words for them RITCHIE VALENS!
Article must have been written by one of those snot nosed MTV
generation whipper snappers! Grumble Grumble.... ;-)
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Then Yes, agreed!
Guitars, lunchboxes, wigs, Cuban heels, etc.....Beatlemania!
BW Dave
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Marty Tippens [mailto:]
>Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 11:24 AM
>To:
>Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] little tiny bit of surf content 101
greatest
>Moments in Guitar History
>
>
> I think they are just looking for the "shots heard 'round the world"
that
>got folks interested in the guitar, not limited to those that advanced
>technique. Yes, the Beatles were a pop phenomenon but they were also a
>guitar sales phenomenon.
>-Marty
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dave Becker
> To:
> Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 9:44 AM
> Subject: RE: [SurfGuitar101] little tiny bit of surf content 101
greatest
>Moments in Guitar History
>
>
> I don't know, Marty. To me, it was a massive pop phenomenon that The
> Beatles created, not an advance or anything "notable" in the
advancement
> of guitar-based music which the list was supposed to denote (?). But
if
> that type of thing does count, then I'd agree with you regarding The
> Beatles - a MAJOR impact on the broadening of guitar playing in bands
> who write and record their own music. But with that rationale, I'd
> IMMEDIATELY add The Ventures for the same reason. "Play Guitar with
The
> Ventures" had a similarly important impact. Hendrix on the other hand
> makes guitar history by simply plugging in. If Hendrix counts, then
Link
> Wray does too because, to me, he was the "Hendrix of the 50s" from a
> guitar "moments" standpoint.
>
> More2cents
> BW Dave
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Marty Tippens [mailto:]
> >Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 10:13 PM
> >To:
> >Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] little tiny bit of surf content 101
> greatest
> >Moments in Guitar History
> >
> >
> >Yeah Dave, Chuck should be on there. Your quite off on your Beatles
> >assessment. I'm guessing you weren't of the age to experience their
> >influence at the time. I was very young but it was frickin' amazing,
> them
> >on Ed Sillystone with those big black guitars (George's was actually
> walnut
> >brown). That image spawned a gazillion garage bands, all 2 - guitars
> bass
> >and drums made of kids who missed the Ventures and California surf
> trip.
> >-Marty
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Dave Becker
> > To:
> > Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 9:11 PM
> > Subject: RE: [SurfGuitar101] little tiny bit of surf content 101
> greatest
> >Moments in Guitar History
> >
> >
> > Damn right, Marty.
> > I actually agreed with a lot of their list.
> >
> > Although not a Surf topic, I kinda want to add Chuck Berry,
because
> the
> > Johhny B Goode riff is as significantly memorable and influential
as
> > TBone's Dust My Broom riff (which is a rip-off to begin with).
> >
> > I also think Carl Perkins or someone from Sun studios counts too.
And
> > Ike Turner continues to go unrecognized.
> >
> > Notice that The Beatles have nothing to add in the history of
> > guitar-based music. No wonder, it was all pop.
> >
> > BW Dave
> >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Marty Tippens [mailto:]
> > >Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 8:14 PM
> > >To:
> > >Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] little tiny bit of surf content 101
> > greatest
> > >Moments in Guitar History
> > >
> > >
> > >They forgot Duane and the Ventures.
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Jeff
> > > To:
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 6:46 PM
> > > Subject: [SurfGuitar101] little tiny bit of surf content 101
> greatest
> > >Moments in Guitar History
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [from Guitar Player magazine, 14 March, 2005]
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 101 Greatest Moments in Guitar History
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [intro]
> > >
> > > A moment in time. A split second where everything freezes, and
> your
> > > mind takes a
> > > snapshot of an event you'll always keep with you, an event that
> > > forever divides
> > > your life into two groups: stuff that happened before this
moment,
> > > and the stuff
> > > that will happen after. Great moments change you. The greatest
> ones
> > > change
> > > everything.
> > >
> > > Most GP readers have their own list of life-changing moments,
and
> > > many of those
> > > moments involve the guitar: The first guitar you ever played,
the
> > > best solo you
> > > ever heard, the most transcendent tone that caressed your ears,
> and
> > > so on. Many
> > > of these moments will continue to give you chills for the rest
of
> > > your life, and
> > > they deserve to be remembered, celebrated, and chronicled.
Which
> > > brings us to
> > > the list you have before you.
> > >
> > > These 101 events are the GP staffs picks of the coolest,
greatest,
> > > and most
> > > important moments in the history of the modern 6-string. It
wasn't
> an
> > > easy list
> > > to compile, and its quite impossible to publish such a list
> without
> > > eliciting
> > > cries of protest, dismay, and disgust at what (or who) was
> selected
> > > or ignored.
> > >
> > > While those debates are obviously part of the fun of publishing
> > > lists, here's an
> > > explanation of the process that directed our picks.
> > >
> > > First and foremost, each selection had to be a moment. If we
> couldn't
> > > point to a
> > > specific instance when a person, event, record, or piece of
gear
> took
> > > the world
> > > by storm, started a revolution, or changed the game, it didn't
> make
> > > the list.
> > >
> > > Also, while there are tons of firsts on this list, great
moments
> > > aren't always
> > > firsts. Many of the entries indicate when a player or an idea
> > > transformed the
> > > guitar-playing consciousness, rather than the earliest evidence
of
> > its
> > > appearance.
> > >
> > > But if you're still steaming over an omission, you can do
> something
> > > about it: Go
> > > to guitarplayer.com and state your case for any moments we
missed.
> > >
> > > Like most guitarists, we never get tired of debating great
guitar
> > > moments, or
> > > talking about these magical chunks of wood and wire we all
adore.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [pgt note: here are 15 of my favorite *moments* from the
article:]
> > >
> > >
> > > 1942 - T-Bone Walker Cuts 'Mean Old World'
> > >
> > > Many of the guitarists who came to love T-Bone Walker's
outrageous
> > and
> > > influential stage show -- which featured the crazed and sexy
alpha
> > > male playing
> > > behind his back and doing the splits -- got to know him first
> through
> > > his
> > > playing on this Columbia single. The silky, jazz-inflected
blues
> > > lines on 'Mean
> > > Old World' (as well as the flip side, 'I Got a Break Baby') had
a
> > > major impact
> > > on B.B. King, Buddy Guy, and Jimi Hendrix.
> > >
> > >
> > > 1948 - Muddy Waters Goes Electric
> > >
> > > Muddy Waters had already been plugging in for five years when
he
> went
> > > into the
> > > studio to recut 'I Can?t Be Satisfied' and 'I Feel Like Going
> Home'
> > > with an
> > > electric guitar. The 78 rpm single sold out instantly (Waters
even
> > > had a hard
> > > time finding a copy), and it brought the blues out of the
country
> and
> > > into the
> > > modern age.
> > >
> > >
> > > 1962 - Dick Dale Invents Surf Guitar
> > >
> > > Dick Dale invented it, and if you play it, he owns you, because
> > > you're probably
> > > just aping what he has already done. When Dale released
Surfer's
> > > Choice in 1962,
> > > he became one of the first guitarists to really bring it with
> massive
> > > volume,
> > > and his intensity, attitude, machine-gun riffery, and penchant
for
> > > spewing
> > > middle-eastern melodies were documented as the real secrets of
> surf
> > > guitar. It
> > > ain't just about reverb-drenched notes, kids!
> > >
> > >
> > > 1963 - The Yardbirds Form
> > >
> > > While the Yardbirds introduced the world to Eric Clapton, Jeff
> Beck,
> > > and Jimmy
> > > Page, the band was also one of the first white-blues
aggregates.
> From
> > > there, the
> > > group became early architects of psychedelia (on the Beck-
> > > fueled 'Heart Full of
> > > Soul' and 'Shapes of Things'), set the standard for controlled
> > > musical chaos
> > > with its trademark rave ups, and ended up as a hitmaker.
> > >
> > >
> > > 1965 - Dylan Goes Electric
> > >
> > > Change is seldom easy. When Bob Dylan, the leading light of the
> post-
> > > Woody
> > > Guthrie folkies, made the bold move of plugging in at the
Newport
> > > Folk Festival
> > > on July 25, 1965 (with Michael Bloomfield at his side), it
didn't
> go
> > > over so
> > > well with old-schoolers such as Pete Seeger -- or with most of
the
> > > audience, for
> > > that matter. Two years later, Simon & Garfunkel are on the same
> bill
> > > as Hendrix
> > > at Monterey, Jimi is playing Dylan's 'Like a Rolling Stone' and
> 'All
> > > Along the
> > > Watchtower,' and folk rock is all the rage.
> > >
> > >
> > > 1965 - Marshall Debuts 100-watt Amp
> > >
> > > Developed in 1965, and coinciding with the introduction of
> stackable
> > > 4x12
> > > cabinets (typically an angled 1960A on top of a straight
1960B),
> the
> > > first
> > > 100-watt Marshall was essentially a souped-up JTM-45, featuring
> two ?
> > > 45-style
> > > transformers and an extra pair of KT66 output tubes. But, while
> still
> > > in the
> > > prototype stage, designers Ken Bran and Dudley Craven switched
to
> a
> > > solid-state
> > > rectifier. By the time the first production 100 watters rolled
out
> > > later that
> > > year (equipped with a single output transformer), the amp had
its
> own
> > > signature
> > > badass sound. Adopted immediately by Pete Townshend, Jimi
Hendrix,
> > > and Eric
> > > Clapton, the Marshall 100 watt became a legendary standard for
> high-
> > > volume rock.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 1966 - 'Eight Miles High' Released
> > >
> > > Roger McGuinn pretty much invented jangle on this classic Byrds
> > > track, released
> > > on July 18, 1966. Sure, Bob Dylan wrote the lyric, and George
> > > Harrison played a
> > > Rickenbacker 12-string first, but McGuinn owns the tone.
McGuinn's
> > > wildest and
> > > most unique 12-string moment comes in the Coltrane-inspired
solo
> on
> > > this tune?a
> > > moment that set the bar so high for electric-12 mayhem that no
one
> > > has topped
> > > it.
> > >
> > >
> > > 1966 - Blues breakers with Eric Clapton Released
> > >
> > > The July 1966 release of this John Mayall album signaled the
> arrival
> > > of Eric
> > > Clapton and established a tonal landmark for the Les Paul and
> > > Marshall sound.
> > > What would come to be known as the "Beano" album is also a
> treasure
> > > trove of
> > > amazing blues licks. Clapton worked his magic with a 1960 Les
Paul
> > > Standard and
> > > a Marshall combo, and he cranked the volume so loud that the
> session
> > > engineers
> > > were literally freaking out. Genius!
> > >
> > >
> > > 1967 - Jimi Plays Monterey Pop
> > >
> > > Jimi Hendrix's first American gig with the Experience at the
> Monterey
> > > International Pop Music Festival on June 18, 1967, changed
guitar
> > > forever. By
> > > the time Jimi set his Strat on fire, he had already set the
whole
> > > world on fire.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 1967 - Are You Experienced Released
> > >
> > > Using a Strat, a Marshall, and a small collection of effects
built
> > > (or modded)
> > > by Roger Mayer, Hendrix created a universe of "impossible"
sounds.
> > > For rock
> > > guitar, this record is the Declaration of Independence, the
> > > Constitution, and
> > > the Bible all rolled into one.
> > >
> > >
> > > 1969 - Santana Released
> > >
> > > It's pretty sad to think that before Santana hit the streets in
> > > August 1969, the
> > > words "Latin" and "rock" were viewed as mutually exclusive. But
> when
> > > Carlos
> > > Santana juxtaposed his Latin heritage with his love of Peter
Green
> > > and Jimi
> > > Hendrix, this early masterwork established Latin rock, and drew
a
> > > musical line
> > > to Los Lobos, Los Lonely Boys, and anyone who marries world
beats
> and
> > > Latin
> > > rhythms with soaring guitar.
> > >
> > >
> > > 1969 - Woodstock Celebrates Peace, Love, and Guitars
> > >
> > > The legendary Woodstock Music & Art Fair -- held August 15, 16,
> and
> > > 17, 1969 --
> > > more killer guitar moments than Wavy Gravy had acid trips.
> Consider
> > > proto-shredder Alvin Lee going all pentatonic on 'I?m Going
Home,'
> > > Carlos
> > > Santana's transcendent 'Soul Sacrifice,' the Who absolutely
ruling
> > > before Pete
> > > Townsend tosses his dead SG Special into the crowd, and Richie
> > Havens'
> > > captivating 'Freedom.' But it's Jimi Hendrix's legendary
rendition
> of
> > > the
> > > 'Star-Spangled Banner' that towers over all the rest as the
> defining
> > > moment?not
> > > only of the festival, but, quite possibly, the entire decade.
> > >
> > >
> > > 1969 - John McLaughlin Records with Miles Davis
> > >
> > > McLaughlin's mostly improvised contributions to Davis'
> transitional
> > > In a Silent
> > > Way on February 18, 1969 quickly lead to numerous other Davis
> > > sessions,
> > > including the seminal Bitches Brew (featuring a song actually
> > > titled 'John
> > > McLaughlin') six months later, and 1970's rocking Jack Johnson.
> > > McLaughlin's
> > > Hendrix-meets-Coltrane fretboard fury on those dates --
> concurrently
> > > with Tony
> > > Williams' Lifetime -- established him as a revolutionary
> jazz-fusion
> > > guitarist.
> > > These moments also set the stage for McLaughlin's
groundbreaking
> > > Mahavishnu
> > > Orchestra.
> > >
> > >
> > > 1970 - Black Sabbath Released
> > >
> > > The birth of heavy metal is right here. There may have been
> "heavy"
> > > bands before
> > > this, but those were all just blues bands compared to Sabbath.
> When
> > > Tony Iommi
> > > seized upon the unholiest of intervals -- the tritone -- and
> played
> > > it with
> > > such a disturbingly sinister tone on the title track, he
> established
> > > the
> > > blueprint for every metal band that followed.
> > >
> > >
> > > 1971 - At Fillmore East Released
> > >
> > > This Allman Brothers tour de force delivers incredible Les
> > > Paul/Marshall tones,
> > > amazing playing from Dickey Betts, and utterly astounding slide
> work
> > > from Duane
> > > Allman. Duane's sophisticated, Coltrane-influenced celebrations
of
> > > bizarre
> > > harmonic sensibilities and microtonal lines ushered in the era
of
> > > modern
> > > electric slide and established him as the "Hendrix" of slide
> guitar.
> > > It's almost
> > > too much -- especially given the added bounty of great songs,
> > > beautiful
> > > interplay between all the instruments, and jaw-dropping solo
> > > excursions. Even
> > > producer Tom Dowd's skillful "edits" can't reign in the
> overflowing
> > > genius of
> > > this seminal jam band.
> > >
> > >
> > > [read the whole article at:
> > >
> > > www.guitarplayer.com/feature.asp?featurecode=27&navcode=4
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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