I just saw this new documentary tonight about guitar playing featuring Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White. It's good stuff! Two great moments in the film- watching Jimmy Page as he grooved along to Link Wray's "Rumble" and the look on Jack White's face as he watched Page crank up "Whole Lotta Love." Highly recommended. Here is a trailer: <object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Rl9iS2egnC0&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Rl9iS2egnC0&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>
The Edge seems out of place, not really a blues guy. I would like to see Billy Gibbons there instead.
It's not a "blues" movie, it's about the electric guitar. Where did you see it BMoney? I'm going to kick myself if I missed a sneak preview.
I think this movie is more about guitarist-producer types - guys who love creating sounds (using the guitar) as much as straight playing. You'll never ever hear any of these guys say that gear doesn't matter or claim to be a strict adherent of the guitar-cord-amp philosophy. That being said, Billy Gibbons probably also fits into that mold and would have been an interesting addition.
I have to see this. I think it's also about 3 different generations. Page from the 60's/70's, Edge from the 80's/90's, White from today. All 3 are amazing musicians. This should be pretty damn cool to see.
Maybe than Jack White, given his much shorter resume. But the Edge is one of two most influential guitarists of the past 30 years (the other being James Hetfield) and is clearly the defining musical force of U2, one of the biggest bands of the past 30 years. Maybe Page has better chops (in the traditional sense) as a guitar player, but he and Edge are clearly in the same league as musicians. Now if you're talking about who has the most twisted groupie stories, then you're right - Page is in a league of his own.
I'd go so far as to say the following were also very influential... Charlie Christian Django Reinhardt Les Paul Jimi Hendrix B.B. King Segovia T-Bone Walker Chuck Berry Maybelle Carter Chet Atkins Satriani Vai Eddie Van Halen Nuno Clapton I also feel that Buckethead, while not widely known is a seriously underrated guitar player...
I don't agree with all of these (I don't really think Joe Satriani or Nuno Bettencourt could ever be called influential, regardless of their talent) but the ones I do, most of them have been around more than 30 years.
Uh, I would hav to say that Jack White is a better guitar player than the Edge. And why James Hetfield when he plays rhythm and Kirk Hammet plays lead?
If we are talking about using the Electric guitar and equipment to produce amazing sounds we shouldn't forget Stuart Adamson. Nobody really had done that with guitar before. He didn't have a setting or effects peddle that could just automatically do it. The harmonizers back then couldn't just be set to a note either. They also had to be fine tuned after they were tuned. Also note use of the Ebow. The music may seem dated, now but it was innovative, and really is all about getting the guitar to produce new and different sounds. I'm not saying he deserved to be in the movie because of it, but felt that it was worth a mention. Sadly embedding is disabled. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zizz...CE8A0967C&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=4
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Motherf#@ker this looks awesome... never heard of it. Jimmy Page is on a complete other level than the other 2 and it's not even close. Possibly not as a musician or composer, but his work impacted rock far more than the edge ever will. That's not an insult to U2, that's just a fact. Nonetheless The Edge's style is so strikingly different that it makes for a more interesting documentary to put them together. Though I'm not a White Stripes fan, Jack White has serious ability and if it weren't for the fact that Page already took all the good riffs, White would probably write them now. Sure it'd be nice to have a Townsend, Page, Van Halen documentary, or maybe just follow Eddie around as he's getting hammered, but this will still be sweet.
