I love these threads . Feed my ego I'm better than all these guys but laying on the couch !!!! LOL There's a million guys technically better than these dudes but how's your songwriting , vocals ,stage presence , look and everything that goes into the total package of being a rockstar.
There's a bunch of Youtube videos of bands letting average Joes play a song with them on stage . That's when you get to see EXACTLY how good these guys are!!
Prince I would rate as pretty cool guitarist. Unfortunately for me his While My Guitar Gently Weeps performance has been so overrated, I have become repelled by the over blowing of his skills.
The thing that made that special is that he improvised that solo. The other guitarist, Mark Mann, didn't let him rehearse and tried to snake his solos from him. Prince gave him the middle solo and just told the producer he would do the ending.
I'd rather have a 50+ year career full of platinum and gold records, filling arenas and stadiums, with a solid net worth in the $10s of millions, than be a "great virtuoso guitarist" that forumites and guitarists admire.
I'd rather have a 50+ year career full of platinum and gold records, filling arenas and stadiums, with a solid net worth in the $10s of millions, than be a "great virtuoso guitarist" that forumites and guitarists admire.