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Re: [Closed] Best Ever Guitarist: Paco de Lucia vs. Tony Iommi

RockyRaccoon — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 19:10:49 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 10/28/2014 23:10

Tony Iommi wins

13-8

Re: [Closed] Best Ever Guitarist: Paco de Lucia vs. Tony Iommi

nachosbob — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:19:18 GMT

Author: nachosbob

Posted: 10/24/2014 23:19

albummaster wrote:

I'm happy just to bring him to some people's attention if they didn't already know about him, but it shouldn't be overlooked that Paco de Lucia was hugely influential in his own genre as well and was hugely inventive, he practically invented modern flamenco & developed offshoots such as flamenco fusion that continue to flourish today. De Lucia's impact on his genre, and his playing and composition wasn't of this planet. I don't see how any rock guitarist could be a better guitarist than de Lucia.

Pretty much... I was so sad to see de Lucia go earlier this year 😢

Re: [Closed] Best Ever Guitarist: Paco de Lucia vs. Tony Iommi

albummaster — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 17:30:38 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 10/24/2014 21:30

I'm happy just to bring him to some people's attention if they didn't already know about him, but it shouldn't be overlooked that Paco de Lucia was hugely influential in his own genre as well and was hugely inventive, he practically invented modern flamenco & developed offshoots such as flamenco fusion that continue to flourish today. De Lucia's impact on his genre, and his playing and composition wasn't of this planet. I don't see how any rock guitarist could be a better guitarist than de Lucia.

Re: [Closed] Best Ever Guitarist: Paco de Lucia vs. Tony Iommi

RockyRaccoon — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 14:32:53 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 10/24/2014 18:32

WindowAbove wrote:

I'm not even a guitarist but I can play Iommi riffs easily

How about his solos?

Re: [Closed] Best Ever Guitarist: Paco de Lucia vs. Tony Iommi

meccalecca — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 13:19:17 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 10/24/2014 17:19

WindowAbove wrote:

I'm not even a guitarist but I can play Iommi riffs easily

But can you do it without the tips of your fingers?

being good is not all about complexity or dexterity, but also inventiveness. Iommi is essentially the godfather of metal thanks to his style and tuning.

Re: [Closed] Best Ever Guitarist: Paco de Lucia vs. Tony Iommi

WindowAbove — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:56:17 GMT

Author: WindowAbove

Posted: 10/24/2014 15:56

I'm not even a guitarist but I can play Iommi riffs easily

Re: [Closed] Best Ever Guitarist: Paco de Lucia vs. Tony Iommi

nachosbob — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 21:31:12 GMT

Author: nachosbob

Posted: 10/24/2014 01:31

Noooooooooo.....
I don't want to see Paco go 😢

Come on guys...

[Closed] Best Ever Guitarist: Paco de Lucia vs. Tony Iommi

RockyRaccoon — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:07:53 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 10/24/2014 00:07

Paco de Lucia

Nominated by albummaster

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vs.

Tony Iommi (of Black Sabbath)

Nominated by alelsupreme

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