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White boys with guitars - 9 of them

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Flippin heck

Men and their guitars, eh?

As that guy says in the ten rules of rock: the purest form of expression in rock is a three piece band. One guitar player, the business.

As soon as you have two guitar players, you'd better be good enough to justify it cos you lose some of that minimalist cool.

Three guitar players is pushing it. Starting to get a bit ridiculous.

But... NINE?! I had to stop that clip after a few seconds, it's just too comical.

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Stephen Merrick | 30 January 2010 - 11:15pm

Proof of Jeff Beck's genius contained therein...

not so much in what he played, but in Jimmy Page's reluctance to take a solo. You can almost hear him thinking "What's the bloody point? Beck's standing five feet away from me."

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Patrick Crowther | 31 January 2010 - 11:12am

And, when Beck brought Clapton on at Ronnie Scott's, he said

"Well, I might as well fuck off home now"; so do we have a self-selected hierarchy?

Page defers to Beck who defers to Clapton (who defers to Buddy Guy)

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stimpy | 31 January 2010 - 4:14pm

Are you sure he wasn't taking the michael?!

I've *never* understood the reverence in which Clapton is held as a guitar player. I mean he wasn't even the finest British blues guitarist... that accolade must surely go to Peter Green.

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Patrick Crowther | 31 January 2010 - 5:01pm

He was just being nice

EC is good enough and with Mayall really defined something new. But JB is on a different planet and knows it. But he's far too cool to brag and modest enough to share the stage.

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Twangothan | 31 January 2010 - 5:11pm

Judge for yourself...

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stimpy | 31 January 2010 - 6:55pm

Beck is hugely overrated,

Loads of ability, no taste whatsoever. Like one of those failed footballers who becomes an adidas-sponsored ball-juggler.

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Hippo | 31 January 2010 - 5:58pm

No taste?

NB I'm not referring just to his taste in bass players ;-)

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nigelthebald | 31 January 2010 - 6:45pm

Here's another!

Nearly forgot this one:

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nigelthebald | 31 January 2010 - 6:57pm

Boring, dull, etc...

Sorry!

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Hippo | 31 January 2010 - 6:56pm

Oh well

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nigelthebald | 31 January 2010 - 6:59pm
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