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Giving the "face melter" his due....

MASMAS Posts: 630
edited December 2009 in The Porch
Ok. You never hear McCready's name mentioned with the all-time great, lead guitarists.....
Where do YOU place him? Right there with the Hendrix, Page, Clapton, Van Halen's of the world?
He's definately this band's "secret weapon" but where does he rank all-time?
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  • Kanye EastKanye East Posts: 782
    Mike is a great guitar player, but he's not in the same category as the guys you mentioned.
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  • MASMAS Posts: 630
    I wonder why?
    I'm not convinced that he belongs with them either but he has blown my mind time and time again...
    is he top 25 of all-time? top 50?
  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    He was the MVP of the summer '08 tour. Hands down.
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  • usamamasan1usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    Mike McFuckinMcCready is all time
  • lockedlocked Posts: 4,038
    who cares what OTHER people think of McCready..

    He and PJ are so under the radar, those donkeys at Rolling Stone and what not will never figure it out..

    I like keeping him as our little secret..

    everytime I share a Mikey solo with a non-fan, its like "who THE HELL is that!!!"
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  • usamamasan1usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    MIKEroWAVES
  • Thierry HenryThierry Henry Posts: 2,654
    Mike is a legend of a guitar player but the guys you mentioned are all song writers & greats.
    Maybe Mike has another level to reach before this...

    He does fuckin rock though!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • Lone WolfLone Wolf Posts: 1,023
    MAS wrote:
    I wonder why?
    I'm not convinced that he belongs with them either but he has blown my mind time and time again...
    is he top 25 of all-time? top 50?


    I´d say he´s in the top 10....Hendrix being number one....
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  • drew0drew0 Posts: 943
    He's great, but I don't even think he's in the Top 25 - probably around 60-70, unless you go by personal taste.

    Clapton, Beck, Page, Duane, Garcia, Gilmour, Santana, Hendrix, Van Halen, Iommi, Townshend, Richards, Zappa, Anastasio, Haynes, Trucks, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Morello all come to mind way before him.
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  • Thierry HenryThierry Henry Posts: 2,654
    SLASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • helplessdancerhelplessdancer Posts: 5,272
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxmSc0wh1HE

    mike sings and could never ever get enough credit, imo
  • walkunafraidwalkunafraid Posts: 2,569
    drew0 wrote:
    He's great, but I don't even think he's in the Top 25 - probably around 60-70, unless you go by personal taste.

    Clapton, Beck, Page, Duane, Garcia, Gilmour, Santana, Hendrix, Van Halen, Iommi, Townshend, Richards, Zappa, Anastasio, Haynes, Trucks, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Morello all come to mind way before him.

    You forgot probably the most underrated guitarist of all-time:

    Prince.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifp_SVrlurY
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  • veddertownveddertown Posts: 5,260
    Mike is #1. Get over it you technical noodleheads. Nothing is ever the same and he is always on live. Watch Alive on the Immagine dvd and you'll surely agree. This is based on hero worship by the way!! The crowd are completely in his hand for the solo. Which truly rocks I might add. Hendrix was pretty good and I would even say they were similar. There are so many overrated guitarists out there. All hail MM :D
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  • Foriginal SinForiginal Sin Posts: 1,771
    I agree, there are a hell of a lot of Overrated guitarists out there. I always wonder why Mike is never mentioned. I've seen over 100 main stream bands live and I would say Mike is in the Top 25
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  • doomponydoompony Posts: 4,497
    mikey's my favourite and i'm SURE that he's more chuffed about that than any dirty old rolling stone write up.

    ya hear that mike?! :mrgreen::mrgreen:
  • AtlantaJammerAtlantaJammer Posts: 2,611
    Jack white is up there among the non mentioned. Mike is amazing though.
  • lockedlocked Posts: 4,038
    shiningstar wrote:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxmSc0wh1HE

    mike sings and could never ever get enough credit, imo

    Ugggh!

    :roll:
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  • pjamaholicpjamaholic Posts: 1,225
    doompony wrote:
    mikey's my favourite and i'm SURE that he's more chuffed about that than any dirty old rolling stone write up.

    ya hear that mike?! :mrgreen::mrgreen:

    Mine too!! ;)
  • URthekeyURthekey Posts: 1,763
    I'll give Mike his due.......

    In terms of guitarists, no other has affected my life the way MM has.
    He may not be a technical genius in the same way Jimmy Page is but I've had the opportunity to stand directly in front of him and see his fingers making those incredible sounds and watch his body encompass the music, become the music, and witness the whole fuckin crowd's face melt into a giant pool of sweaty pearl jam.

    I maintain any human who leaves a show before the last notes of YLB have cleared the air is a fucking fool.
  • InHerOwnWorldInHerOwnWorld Posts: 592
    usamamasan1 wrote:
    Mike McFuckinMcCready is all time

    :clap: But Stoney ain't bad either.
  • pjfan021pjfan021 Posts: 684
    very underrated. his guitar playing hasn't really been showcased like it was on the first two albums. His live game is what makes him top 50 for me and will always kinda be up there since he got me into guitar playing. motherfucker rocks.
  • Dissident67Dissident67 Posts: 568
    I think Mike doesnt get as much credit for a couple of reasons, one because he doesn't write many songs at all. and two because most people think Mike and Stone both get the credit, its very hard to give it all to just Mike.
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  • i_lov_iti_lov_it Posts: 4,007
    ***THUMBS UP*** for Mike McCready! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,282
    Sorry guys, Mike is a good guitar player, but you have to be nuts to put him in a category the OP did.


    Top 100? Maybe.


    While Mike can play quickly, what he is doing is by not means that technical. He is a pretty simple player who likes to stick to simple blues scales.

    What he does, he does well, but what he does doesn't come close to the true greats.
  • i_lov_iti_lov_it Posts: 4,007
    mca47 wrote:
    Sorry guys, Mike is a good guitar player, but you have to be nuts to put him in a category the OP did.


    Top 100? Maybe.


    While Mike can play quickly, what he is doing is by not means that technical. He is a pretty simple player who likes to stick to simple blues scales.

    What he does, he does well, but what he does doesn't come close to the true greats.

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  • PJFAN_seattlePJFAN_seattle Posts: 2,965
    Hes my favorite guitarist ever!
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  • InHerOwnWorldInHerOwnWorld Posts: 592
    PJ_kidd_9-21-22 wrote:
    Hes my favorite guitarist ever!

    That is all that matters, I say. 8-)
  • StuffnJunkStuffnJunk Posts: 896
    although PJ is my favorite band, i've never been overly impressed with Mike

    maybe cuz my other favorite band is Phish

    wisecracks about drugs and hippies aside, Trey Anastasio's guitar skills are off the fuckin charts

    Mike is good, even great, but he is a mere mortal.....Trey is the closest thing i've ever seen to a guitar GOD
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  • Pearl JamesPearl James Posts: 420
    I don't think he's one of the best guitar players ever. There are too many good ones. He's definitley one of the most creative and underrated though.
  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,067
    Thierry Henry wrote:
    SLASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    OVERATED

    mike is way better than him. So is stone. Stone doesn't get enough credit for what he does.
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