Paul McCartney Names His Favourite Four Guitar Players

Paul McCartney Names His Favourite Four Guitar Players

[williamjackson]

I'm 67 years old and can honestly say I have lived in an age of giants. This thing about one greatest is silly. Appreciate each guitarist for the gifts they share with us and the innovation that each of them bring. That is the beauty of all art.

[ronaldomadrebien]

I could pick four today, and that four would change tomorrow…….lets be grateful we have so many to entertain us

[rchydrozz]

Hendrix. I've been playing 30+ years. I've talked to people that saw him. It wasnt just his playing. He was a presence, an aura about him I heard several people say. Him and his guitar were as one. Well, 50+ years later we're still talking about him. There will never be another Hendrix.

[jeffrey]

Kind of silly to try to pick a best guitarist. There are so many different types of guitar playing and styles: Jazz, Folk, Blues, slide, acoustic fingerstyle, on and on.

[skaybaltimore]

Glen Campbell. Flawless at double/triple speed.

[gkelly]

Mark Knopfler. As skilled at evoking emotion as any. Similar in that way to Gilmour. They are all legends.

[Inglese]

From what I’ve heard, he was good friends with Jeff Beck too.

[bmepdoc]

Albert Lee, Glen Campbell, Roy Clark and Jerry Reed.

[jeffrobodeenyehcmon]

Shine on you crazy diamond will always be the perfect song to me. The keyboards and guitar, vocals and lyrics are perfection. Just my opinion.

[crazedzealots]

Jeff Beck and Stevie Ray Vaughan and you have the list perfected.

[davidc.williams-swanseauk]

I am quite astounded that nobody has mentioned Carlos Santana. He can play fast or slow but just listen to "Samba Pa Ti " (From the excellent album Abraxas) or when he lets rip on "Let the Children play" from the album Moonflower. As Macca alludes to its all about the feeling you put into each note and never about technique and simply shredding the fretboard. That solo in "American Woman" by Guess who is a classic example of this; so simple and yet perfect to serve the song. Genesis keyboard maestro Tony Banks demonstrates his chops brilliant of "The Firth of Fifth" but is equally impressive with the extremely simple riff on "Hairless Heart". Less is more and timbre is vitally important.

[theseeker]

Where's Rory Gallagher a genius musician and lead guitarist a LEGEND IN MY OPINION.

[SirCamsmorethanalot]

Paul is a beautiful soul who has been generous in all ways all his life! 😇

[losttrout]

Jimmy Page for me. He could be hit or miss, but when he hits it, he really hits it. Brilliant, "warts and all". John McLaughlin is a dude, too.

[Notes-From-Underground]

Paul spoke at length over the decades about Jeff Beck being one of the best and his favorite among all the British guitarists. They were friends and regularly ate dinner at each other’s house. At Jeff’s wedding, Jeff, Paul, Jimmy Page, Billy Gibbons, and Ringo Starr jammed together. That would have been interesting to hear.

[jerrygoldfarb]

No mention of Duane "Skydog" Allman whose career was cut short by a tragic motorcycle accident- while Duane had great technics what impressed me most was the emotion of his playing. He didn't try to show off how fast he could play, rather let his almost understated playing speak for itself.

[wowojeejee]

Stevie Ray Vaughan was way ahead of everyone else. Buddy Guy said: What Michael Jordan did for basketball, Stevie Ray Vaughan did for music.

[Jim-mcy]

Always seems to be left out, Alvin Lee!

[sleepyx]

Rory Gallagher and Peter Green should not be forgotten.

[scottalpert]

I agree with the list - which is very rare on YouTube. And yes, Jimi Hendrix shocked me when he came out, through his life and beyond. What if he lived? What realms of music would he had gone to?