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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
I'm not sure why you find it stupid either. Maybe because I lumped Page, White, and The Edge all into one group? I can't help it, a lot of mainstream guitar playing that most people follow seem to follow that white/western modality.
I'm a big fan of rock, but also jazz, and especially funk..and most people have no idea what kind of player Prince is. He's probably one of the best in so many styles and pure musicianship and almost nobody knows it (he's also a major wierdo and paranoid about the internet and piracy and control of what people se so you never see any clips of the good things he does which he only does live for live audiences)...but I consider him the best overall guitarist in the world.
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Not knocking you on Prince or anything, I personally don't like his music but to each their own. Not denying his versatility either.
But grouping Page into that group with Jack White and The Edge?
You Shook Me - Blues
Traveling Riverside Blues - Slide
Whole Lotta Love - Riff
Immigrant Song - Heavy
Stairway to Heaven - Ballad
The Rain Song - Classical
D'yer Maker - Reggae
Going to California - Finger picking acoustic
That's the Way - Acoustic (he also always used different mic placements)
Fool In the Rain - Samba...ish???
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp - Folk
The Crunge - Funk
Hot Dog - Rockabilly
Down By the Seaside - Effects
Kashmir - Indian
Hats Off to Roy Harper - Slide/Blues/Acoustic
All of these songs have a completely different and unique style to it, and there are many more. Page is far from formalistic. Led Zeppelin and Jimmy Page can now be considered mainstream due to the sheer popularity of the band, but cannot be slotted into any one particular genre. Best live band too.