Best Ever Albums

Re: [Closed] Best Ever Guitarist: Vicente Amigo vs. Graham Coxon

RockyRaccoon — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 11:48:19 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 09/15/2014 15:48

Vicente Amigo wins

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Re: [Closed] Best Ever Guitarist: Vicente Amigo vs. Graham Coxon

albummaster — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 15:53:21 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 09/12/2014 19:53

Just putting forward a couple of pieces from Vicente Amigo that I enjoy. Ojos de Alhambra is my favourite work of his. It's a very haunting piece of music (the vocals are from Cheb Khaled). The piece resonates with me because the Alhambra has been such a meaningful place to me during my time in Spain (visited many times) and I've got some wonderful memories there. There's an incredibly rich history with the Moorish occupation of Spain for almost 800 years & you can really feel that in the music.

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The second piece is Balero del Vicente & shows of a bit of his technique:

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I love all of the percussion in this track as well, and here the influence shows of Paco de Lucia on modern flamenco.

Re: [Closed] Best Ever Guitarist: Vicente Amigo vs. Graham Coxon

WindowAbove — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 14:31:11 GMT

Author: WindowAbove

Posted: 09/12/2014 18:31

Vicente

Re: [Closed] Best Ever Guitarist: Vicente Amigo vs. Graham Coxon

HazeyTwilight — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 13:51:28 GMT

Author: HazeyTwilight

Posted: 09/12/2014 17:51

I knew from the beginning that I was going to support Coxon throughout the tourney, but Vincente Amigo is still a wonderful guitarist too. Even with that, my bias is still for Coxon.

Re: [Closed] Best Ever Guitarist: Vicente Amigo vs. Graham Coxon

meccalecca — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 10:43:52 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 09/12/2014 14:43

too tough for me to vote. the styles are so dissimilar, and i'm biased towards Coxon, but Amigo is clearly phenomenal.

Re: [Closed] Best Ever Guitarist: Vicente Amigo vs. Graham Coxon

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 10:35:48 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/12/2014 14:35

Coxon was very influential on me when I was learning guitar, so I have a soft spot for him. His work on "Country Sad Ballad Man", in particular.

Re: [Closed] Best Ever Guitarist: Vicente Amigo vs. Graham Coxon

pa — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 09:52:28 GMT

Author: pa

Posted: 09/12/2014 13:52

vicente amigo, he's an amazing flamenco guitarist.

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Re: [Closed] Best Ever Guitarist: Vicente Amigo vs. Graham Coxon

AlexZangari — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 09:25:16 GMT

Author: AlexZangari

Posted: 09/12/2014 13:25

Graham is a spectacularly well-rounded guitarist.

Great picker.

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Great effects utilizer.

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And great at just rocking it. 😎

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Re: [Closed] Best Ever Guitarist: Vicente Amigo vs. Graham Coxon

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 18:29:39 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/11/2014 22:29

I think Blur (and The Verve which I find better) was a great example of britpop and the guitar playing was great (I especially love it on "Song 2"), but I voted for Amigo despite only listening to a few videos featuring him on guitar. His style is beautiful.

[Closed] Best Ever Guitarist: Vicente Amigo vs. Graham Coxon

RockyRaccoon — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 18:16:48 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 09/11/2014 22:16

Vicente Amigo

Nominated by albummaster

vs.

Graham Coxon (of Blur)

Nominated by AlexZangari

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