I *really* cannot, for the life of me, figure out why anyone in God's green earth anyone would be so wild about Eric Clapton OR Stevie Ray Vaughn... or all of those other "gods" of guitar, like Santana. You want to see someone who takes the guitar *extremely* seriously? Listen to Yngwie J. Malmsteen, or of you're not into listening to shitty 80's lyrics, look up Andres Segovia. <i>True</i> masters of the art. I'm done.
EDIT: Okay, I must confess that all of these guys are really great at the guitar. I enjoy music from all of them, but seriously... some guitarists stand out far above others in my opinion. And if you think that I just like Yngwie's stuff because he's fast, you're wrong. Look up Rusty Cooley. He is easily faster and more accurate than Malmsteen, yet his music blows ass. I really give Rusty Cooley props for having such amazing skill <i>playing</i> the guitar, but the stuff he <i>composes</i> sucks. Another "shredder"-- who compares himself to Malmsteen-- that sucks is Joe Stump. The guy is really arrogant and has nothing to back it up with. All right, sorry. Now I'm done.
