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Or you can just say he performed George Harrison's composition brilliantly, highlighting the song writing talent of Harrison.

Unless a person just wants to bitch at something, of course.

No guitar but growing up where I did,..

I complimented Princes abilities as a player. I've watched an interview with Harrisons son that was on stage at the time & basically said Princes performance was uncalled & not ask for.
A report on what I watched.
Personally I thought it pretty damn good, but wondered about the odd expressions of the other players. Not until I saw Dahni's interview that some things came together.

If bitching about reality or the displeasure of Georges own son, well, I guess I was. Touche'

Buckethead is a monster on the guitar

Yep!

Tommy and Joscho bang out a standard. Guten Nacht, schlafe wohl.

It's a Commie Plot.

You're not wrong...even though you might be kidding.

Stevie Ray Vaughn and double trouble were outstanding.

Slugflinger I enjoyed that music thanks.

Tommy Emanuel is an established Aussie who is best known there as part of the Emanuel Brothers with his brother Phil.
They split and Tommy hung out with Chet Atkins and now he is known here.
Very talented, both Tommy and Phil.
Tommy uses a Maton guitar which is an Aussie brand for those interested.

Read an article on Leo Fender a long time ago where Leo stated that when he made his first electric guitar, he really had no idea what it would sound like and even less idea on what would become of electric guitar in general, but the sound in his head on what he would like to sound like, he heard the first time when he heard David Gilmore play. That was what Leo dreamed of.

People who appreciate talent, meaning they enjoy recognition of experiencing something uncommon with few or not other people being able to emulate it are rare in todays' market where the primal beat has overtaken the melody.

There are no really good guitar players out there in new music because the definition has changed.
People confuse fast or heavy or articulate as being good and anything not contemporary top 40 to be old hat, but what is missing and seldom seen any more is feel. The other thing is that modern players often struggle with older classic rock which is why you don;t see much of it with younger bands though they admit to listening to it. I learned that when I owned a bar. They told me. The bands I hired loved the songs the kids played on the juke box but there was not the talent to play it. They told me.
Clapton was a pioneer, so was the man who idolized him, Hendrix. Page influenced everyone. Blackmore with his original staccato style of playing was different again and bot understated and underrated.

What Clapton and Gilmore taught the music world is that a melodic sound and even a one note solo can captivate an audience because of the emphasis on sound, music and tone it provides to compliment the song as a solo is meant to be and not the the self absorbed marketing exercise in attempting to stand out over the band and competition which is largely became.

The 2 musicians that stand out for playing less and impressing more also made it harder to emulate as you cannot fudge feel. Those were Clapton on guitar and Andy Fraser on Bass who actually slowed down his bass notes over his career and made it much harder for the cover bands to emulate as he had as Clapton, both feel and technique.

With that, we are left with the listener and the expert.
The listener is of most value, as he is the arbiter of what is pleasing and good, supported by his wallet.
The expert is more often offering opinion which is subjective enough that we never have the same record collections, not ever will.
If there is a 3rd group, it is the musician who listens to not only what is played, but how it is played and using what equipment, so that the player can be separated, digested and appreciated for what they bring to the song.
Collectively, we are the audience and what we like, is of importance to ourselves, collectively.

Jimi Hendrix playing Villanova Junction at Woodstock.

HE was the "solo".

Thanks kind sir,

Listened to that while playing a game of hearts on the computer. A pleasant diversion.