Fri 21 November 2025
"Nobody cares if you know how to play scales," Neil Young once said. "Nobody gives a shit if you have good technique or not. It's whether you have feelings that you want to express with music, that's what counts, really."
Telling Guitare et Clavier, "When you are able to express yourself and feel good, then you know why you're playing."
The magic of Young is that he has expressed himself in myriad ways. From the quietly powerful tenderness of Old Man' that wouldn't even blow a mouse's eyelash off an air hockey table to the frenzied proto-grunge of Cortez the Killer' that could even prompt a monk to say fuck you very much' to his boss, he's never lost sight of meaningful expression.
A "great" guitarist? Maybe, maybe not.
But an excellent guitar solo that captures the emotion of the song.
While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Prince, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and Steve Winwood (2004)
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... Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood, Dhani Harrison & Prince pay tribute to George Harrison at the 2004 Induction Ceremony ...
The first comment on the video:
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@vegasvoiceactor
4 years ago (edited)
Prince with the greatest "hold my beer" moment in rock history. ...
Prince's solo starts around 3:30 into the video, until then, he's just strumming.
His theatrics aside, one of the best emotive guitar solos I've heard.
Terry Kath
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that whole concert is great, actually that whole year of concerts at Tanglewood was special
SRV
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I know, famous performance, but still....
OK, more of a fun tune, but with some good guitar playing ...
Man or Astro-Man? - Interstellar Hardrive (1999)
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Not rock or blues related, but watching Manitas de Plata (Ricardo Baliardo) (en.wikipedia.org) perform with his singer uncle, a performance that's stayed with me as an unusually vivid memory for nearly sixty years. The guitarist certainly earned his "Little Hands of Silver" moniker. Example: youtu.be
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