My inspirations are Sly Stone, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana, Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis Muhammad Ali and Dr Martin Luther King Jr Prince at 1994 AMAs
I was at a Santana show in Minneapolis at Northrup Auditorium in 1999 and Prince showed up to exchange licks on a couple of songs. I was in 9th grade at the time and not quite appreciating the stupefying spectacle before me, but now, with reflection I don’t think I will ever top it… it will probably be the best forever.
As an African American guitarist in the same age range as Prince and from the Midwest, I hear many of the same influences that inspired me: definitely Santana, but also Terry Kath, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Eddie Hazel and even George Benson. Appreciate that you also mentioned great funk guitarists like Freddie Stone and Tony Maiden. Certainly James Brown's guitar players were a big influence too. Ironically I don't hear much of a Hendrix influence from his playing. Really well done video though and happy to see Prince get the respect he deserves as a guitarist 🎸 ❤
The saddest thing for me was…. Finding out too late about his guitar genius and his unmatched work ethic. It was all due to his Schtick I could’t get into how he dressed, and acted on stage. I finally woke up during the halftime show. Pure badassness!!!
@@duane8829I never liked their sound. Sounded cheap messy and noisy The Lovesexy band and NPG sounded so clean and professional I remember back in the 80s I saw kid Creole live and I thought wth this band is better than Prince 😂
I was happy to see Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad mentioned. I read an article in the past that Prince was a huge GFR fan. I didn’t realize the extent of it until recently. He was evidently somewhat addicted to GFR music. So much so that his first band Grand Central was partially named after them and he also considered the name Phoenix as a band name after the 1972 Grand Funk album. He also had an instrumental song called E Pluribus Funk. There are no known recordings of it, but some say it was performed live.
Same here! Farner has never been the world's greatest guitarist, but his energy and songwriting (plus he's always been a fantastic singer) has always been top notch. And he is STILL killing it!
To me, no better front man than Mark Farner. Here's the boys barely out of their teens (thanks to whomever recorded this classic): th-cam.com/video/NxcOxvEsE_Y/w-d-xo.html
@@babyjessicascheekbones5463 Absolutely great video right there. Have you ever seen the version of that in Cincy? They had those fans just about to jump out of the stadium! I wish those 3 could get past their differences enough to give us a last few shows. I know it probably won't happen, but they really should...
With a statement like yours, I can only surmise you're either ignorant to true musicianship or haven't paid deep attention to the virtuosity of Prince.
His favorite was Carlos Santana. As a longtime Prince friend (his term for his "fans" since fan is short for FANATIC), I am 80% sure. And of course, Sonny T. You can tell he liked Jimi Hendrix but that wasn't his favorite. He was really into James Brown and Sly & The Family Stone moreso than Hendrix.
Not always, man, not always... We were a lot to aknowledge his genius when he was still with us, and we were millions to witness it live 'til the end of the story.
I also heard that Prince was listening to alot-of-music from: "Missing Persons" shortly before he passed. (it makes sense) Terry Bozzio is an absolute Beast on the Drums and that band had incredible musicianship = Jazz musicians who played with Zappa doing New Wave !!!
I witnessed Prince live 8 times. 3 of those were in little clubs in Copenhagen. He was so Phenomenal that I honestly regret I did not attend a few more concerts with him. I Miss him so much in today's music!
I enjoy some of Santana - but his tone is always the same and his songs sound so much alike. Prince was amazing - he pulled from so many people: Page, Hendrix, Benson, Santana, Montgomery to name a few.
Very good analysis of Prince's guitar influences. But I felt that the discussion of Santana was missing a clip of Prince's solo in "The Question of U". I feel that Prince was influenced by "Europa" when he did that one. Also, I think that Prince's "Purple Rain" solo was greatly influenced by David Gilmour's "Comfortable Numb" one.
I hear Neal Schon more so than Santana. And I think, in my view, that Prince channeled that influence from Neal played with Santana and then formed Journey. I think Prince also referenced many of his favorite guitar players when songs he wrote performed came from referencing or finding inspiration in a certain artist. Sometimes he went Joni, sometimes he went Jimi. But I think Prince loved many other guitarists like George Benson, heck I even hear and see a bit of Stevie Ray Vaughn. Including Jimi at different stages of his career, you can see Prince reference them throughout his career. And right! Chicago Terry Kath's solo on 24 or 4 to 4! Big influence, and early one Prince learned if I'm not mistaken. Very well done this, yes, I've always felt he channeled rather than copied and eventually his own style uniquely his own became what it was.
I find your last statement interesting because SRV probably played more blues than Jimi. Jimi was a great blues player but he said h did not want to play it all the time. Jimi remains my fav musician for over 55 years. That said I'm crazy about guitar players in general.
great solo he played but i always preferred framptons sound better..... even with humbuckers the teles never quite get the les paul sound unless you're jimmy page with a tele and a cranked up supro amp doing stairway to heaven
The neatest part about this video has to do with its inclusion of Chicago. In actuality, I was an admirer of Prince before I became a big Chicago fan. The acknowledgment that their original guitar player, Terry Kath, could have impacted him definitely counts for something.
Well everyone that plays is a product of those who came before them, there's no way around it.😉 Always liked Prince as a guitarist, though. There used to be a lot of people that didn't realize that though, as strange as that seems.
neither of them would be mentioned by most guitarists of the highest calibre.There are literally hundreds of well known and less well known guitarists who could outplay any guitarist mentioned here.Its just 'on trend' to drone on about Terry Kath at the moment.Ive heard nothing to impress me at all.
@@littlegiantproductionsandr3091 Well unfortunately for you i've felt that way about Bill Evans for 4 decades so hardly a ''slave to fashion''....He was best at writing.His compositions are great even if they are derivative of Debussy and Ravel.I don't like the endless triplet passages either.But no blues is never a good thing in Jazz.Thats where it all comes from.Just listen to Charlie Parker.
I don't know why youtube channels say "Prince was a perfectionist in the studio". The opposite was actually the truth. Susan Rogers who worked with Prince for a decade said he was the opposite to a perfectionist. She said he sold lay down an entire album in a week on "feel" and go many times with the first or second take even though it had a rough feel to it.
Kinda true... But perfectionist in a sense that he made sure he had the exact sound and every nod in the mixer just where he wanted .. he'd spend hours fine tuning... Then he'll play live and allow anything to happen
1. Sonny was and is every much a guitar player as a bass player 2. The Chicago guitar solo Prince's generation learned was from Make Me Smile, not 25 or 6 to 4
Look, it's 202F'in4 can't we just say both were virtuosos and leave it at that? When will you media types stop always referring to race? They were both amazing HUMANS.
Yeah Prince was known for being a ‘star,’ though even if he had just played guitar he’d be up there with the best. If you’re one of the 3 people who hasn’t checked out Prince’s solo on ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps,’ check it out immediately. Particularly if you think Prince is overrated.
One of the best reviews of a major rock guitarist that I have seen on this channel. This is really an outstanding, insightful, and facts-grounded review. A+
Which was a mistake (apparently). Saw an interview with Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top - while having a drink together, Prince admitted to Gibbons that the riff just popped out in the studio and he hadn’t been able to replicate it. They finished their drink and went off together to try and work it out.
there is one artist that Prince shares many traits with, both started off as drummers, both fronted their own bands for decades, both were overlooked as guitar virtuosos due to outlandish wardrobe and behavior (on and off stage) Both had public battles with Warner Bros. And both died too young and left behind vaults of completed records.........though I have never once heard their names mentioned in the same sentence.
@@modifiedcontent right! It’s like these rock guys have little to no context of what a guy like Prince would have been influenced by. All of these mentions of people who he “could have been influenced” by, meanwhile you can tell the Curtis Mayfield, Eddie Hazel, and Mike Hampton influences. He himself even mentions that in his own interview. It’s also kind of strange seeing so many people mentioning that while my guitar gently weeps solo which is one of his best for many of these people, he has to be playing classic rock for them to even notice. that’s probably why Prince was pissed when he was up there playing
@@chazmartin5725Prince is excellent at rhythm guitar. Much better than soloing shredding But the general public only appreciates rock blues solos Prince was funk basically Everyone names Jimi and forgets Wes or Albert King just to name 2
🤔 IDK I have never heard any guitarist mention by Prince or in the comments that could copy Hendrix. His style was a 1 of 1. Check the guitarist listed and see what they said bout Jimi. He was the MJ of electric guitar
Good collection of people to admire! You are fairly wrong though when you say Hendrix did not often praise other guitar players - he was a booster of many and was not shy about saying who he liked. Read or listen to any of his interviews and he is praising others.
Watch Prince do “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”. Not just the playing, but the original interpretation. He schooled Clapton and took it to the next level. Harrison would be proud.
Great vid, but...Funkadelic overlooked? They carried heavy guitar influence into his soloing much more than Mark Farmer, and his studio production influence came from Stevie Wonder and Todd Rundgren. What's up?
@@Cormac-jd2kxEdit it was an article written in the last 15 years, a retrospect by someone in alternative scene around 82 and the article was saying Prince was part of the alternative scene before he blew up with Purple Rain. That article stated that he was seen at earlier Bad Brains shows and honestly Prince knew music so why would he (?) miss a Bad brains show if you think about it. That being said, the streets is where you'll hear stuff. An old hastings street grinder told me how Bryan Adams was an ac-d dealer around that area and I've heard WAY more about all kinds of people. Prince said alot of controversial things and hes gone.
@@mikehemens9359I’m A fan since 83 too 1999 album. 1999 7 inch was my first record. Lovesexy 88 in London my first Prince concert. I remember Bad Brains hard rock records. I also was a fan of Fishbone and Kid Creole back then. I name this bands because I always thought Prince watched and listened to Them carefully… So do you have any Prince stories that aren’t told in books? I’ve heard a producer in Europe saying Prince was a heroin addict in the late 80s and I never believed it but why would anyone say such a thing publicly? He met him personally in 88 in Paris right before the Lovesexy tour kicked off
terry kath should not be a surprise. anyone who lived through that era knows that kath's solos on early chicago stuff were unmatched. to me he's the finest soloist of the rock era, and that includes hendrix, clapton, beck, page, etc.
@christopherj3121 Kate Bush, who has worked with Prince, once said, " Even if you're not completely happy, you have to settle for a level of satisfaction, or you'd go nuts".
And today we have Taylor **BLECH** Swift who will be remembered for beautiful clothes and elevator music. A testament to the "Why are we even alive?" generation.
@@donmoyahjuda9669 other than the fact that they are in a different key, have different tempos, their arrangements have nothing similar about them, the instrumentation of the bands are completely different, the singing is totally different, as is the style of music.
So much BS,here!Hendrix influence is really heavy on Prince's guitar playing whenever he is soloing in a blues-rock style.And "Purple rain" is clearly inspired by the voodoo chile!
`This reveals Prince`s own preferences as a guitarist, where melody and beauty took precedent over raw expression` Hendrix did melody and beauty on a level Prince and Santana could only dream of and I think Carlos would agree. Raw expression when done right and not self-indulgently is a thing of beauty. As Hendrix once bashfully said of his Star Spangled Banner rendition at Woodstock when asked if his unorthodox take on the US anthem might offend patriotic Americans replied "Unorthodox? I thought it was beautiful"
Sorry for being difficult but your wording is ambiguous. No one can argue that he was, or no one can argue that he wasn't? It's incontestable that he was, or it's impossible to assert that he was?
@@michaelmurray5439 How is “one of” clarifying? If the sentence is not ambiguous to you, please explain to me how. (And no need for the anti-intellectual insecurities display; no one’s ego is on the line here.)
Hendrix didn't see himself as black, but as human & it was mostly white people that listened to him. His black panther rally was a hostage negotiation & non in that culture really cared about his music..
it starts by saying 'he refused to compromise' as if someone was putting a gun to his head.'Prince, compromise or die!' Stupid lazy journalism...if that's what this is!
How does this guy even know Prince listen to these players? If he didn't list them himself, how can this guy just bleat out names? Just because YOU hear some similarities doesn't mean he was influenced by them. He didn't even mention Eddie Hazel, Mike Hampton, Sugarfoot, or Ernie isley which Prince himself mentioned as major influences.
@ in interviews decades ago, and when George Clinton was on his label and prince talked about how proud he was to be working with P-Funk because of his Eddie Hazel and Mike Hampton influence.
True but interesting group of guys you mentioned all amazing, glen especially, and all different genres of music. Apparently EVH wanted a lesson from glen...
The Latin language originated from what is called Italy, or then the Roman Empire. Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and Romania are considered speakers of the Romanic Language, yet 25% of the English language has roots from the Latin (the largest of English, too). The Caribbean (not Jamaica), Mexico, Central America and South America are considered Latin American countries, most by the primarily English speaking countries, where the also use the word Hispanic. These are all labels. My parents are from Spain, yet when asked my ethnicity, I say Mediterranean, probably more accurate, but how can I be offended being call Hispanic or Latino, both describing my family's origin. Labels, labels, labels and labels.
Prince said that Santana "played prettier" than Hendrix, but neither Carlos nor Prince was on a level with Jimi. They didn't have his chops and overall feel and ability with the guitar. Listen to "Cry of Love", Hendrix' last album
Who is the best guitar player? That's like asking who was the greatest painter or sculptor, it's all in what moves the individual when you hear or see it.
Yeah indeed , listen to '' Somewhere '' or '' Bold as love '' or any live version of '' Little wing '', even the sessions with Lonnie Youngblood, Jimi Hendrix was limitless musically....
i thought prince was saying that hendrix played more blues than prince himself does/did and that santana played prettier than he/prince did. ... NOT that santana played prettier than hendrix. any way, why can't all 3 be great players?
@@dirtydawg448 there are so very many guitarists i love and for many, many different reasons. i can not begin to name them all. scotty moore (elvis/sun), james burton (rick nelson), link wray, dick dale, duane eddy, fuzz master general davie allan, whoever played for the ventures ; many membership changes + studio musicians employed whoever played for the shadows (england) ; many membership changes + studio musicians employed john fogerty, brian jones, chuck berry, keith richards, robby krieger (the doors), my all time favorite is roger McGuinn of the byrds, steve jones solo + sex pistols, mark knopfler, ry cooder (movie soundtracks), marc bolan, berton averre (the knack) (my all time favorite guitar solo is his from my sharona), pete townshend, dave davies, Chris Britton troggs, steve marriott of small faces, jeff beck / yardbirds, ronnie wood, peter buck of REM, johnny marr of the smiths, robert smith of the cure, buddy holly, james calvin wilsey from chris isaak's band, Pino Rucher from sergio leone films, my home boy carl perkins, cliff gallop of gene vincent's blue caps, brian setzer, billy zoom of X, jimmie vaughan stevie ray's BROTHER, Dave Alvin of the blasters / X / the knitters, slash, billy duffy of the cult, Steve Stevens of billy idol, mike campbell of TP's heartbreakers, Clarence White of the latter era BYRDS' Andy Summers the police , hendrix, steve cropper of STAX, Marco of adam & the ants / adam ant, prince ,
I mean this in a very non sexual way, Prince is one of the most enjoyable musicians to just watch. He does ooze sex appeal, but i don’t really find him particularly sexy. The music and his performance puts that out there. If anyone can understand what I’m trying to say here. 😂😂
Was it disrespectful for Prince to dominate the trade-solos-open-jam in “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” ? Undoubtedly, his playing was great, but he kinda forced other estimable guitarists to not do their own big solos… I don’t know if he was deliberately shaming them or not-
you must be joking you have no idea how he let his collaborators to show their abilities under his songs and how he wanted all to participate even if he was too strict to them....He respected so much the guitar opening from Wendy in Purple rain cause it was her's. Have to learn a lot and hear more on his works dude. He took his revenge onmusic industry cause he was neglected on purpose. Even Duran Duran payed tribute to Prince. John Taylor adored Prince
@gfanarakos oh, no, friend: I’m not talking career-spanning-lifetime-wise, no: I agree with everything you typed. I was (and still am) wondering just specifically about the Tribute to George Harrison event-
@@miahconnell23 the reason Prince was like that is the fact he was always told to be the best and forced by his will and his parents to be always the best cause it was never enough - especially his father. Thats why he always differentiate himself on his works to his mates even his ethos and music innovative commands was always Prince to be competitive to the rest. You should be top notch to work with Prince and prince always came the top even if he had to work 72 hours straight hours to bring something different and be the top. Every musician knows this except the non musicians and of course the non listeners or just pop listeners. Prince always in his lives gave 120% while the rest gave 100% as expected from him. Prince killed the solo without even rehearsing it leaving all to ashes as during all his life was screaming : "Iam working as a beast and iam the best out there" I would be pissed if i was and industry paid no respect. So he gave the finger killed the solo everybody felt amazed song went to next level and left... So Keith for instance Of Roling fucking sTones can burry himself in his toomb with his hands in 3 metres deep of ignorance
My inspirations are Sly Stone, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana, Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis Muhammad Ali and Dr Martin Luther King Jr
Prince at 1994 AMAs
Great list!!!! You can't go wrong following leaders like that.
I was at a Santana show in Minneapolis at Northrup Auditorium in 1999 and Prince showed up to exchange licks on a couple of songs. I was in 9th grade at the time and not quite appreciating the stupefying spectacle before me, but now, with reflection I don’t think I will ever top it… it will probably be the best forever.
Did both played guitar?
I’ve seen both onstage but Prince wasn’t playing guitar.
As an African American guitarist in the same age range as Prince and from the Midwest, I hear many of the same influences that inspired me: definitely Santana, but also Terry Kath, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Eddie Hazel and even George Benson. Appreciate that you also mentioned great funk guitarists like Freddie Stone and Tony Maiden. Certainly James Brown's guitar players were a big influence too. Ironically I don't hear much of a Hendrix influence from his playing. Really well done video though and happy to see Prince get the respect he deserves as a guitarist 🎸 ❤
The saddest thing for me was…. Finding out too late about his guitar genius and his unmatched work ethic. It was all due to his Schtick I could’t get into how he dressed, and acted on stage. I finally woke up during the halftime show. Pure badassness!!!
A prodigy. Purple Rain was a monster, eclectic one-of guitar that never gets old. I still play that record.
Prince was his own band.
Yeah, the revolution sucked!
@@duane8829I never liked their sound. Sounded cheap messy and noisy
The Lovesexy band and NPG sounded so clean and professional
I remember back in the 80s I saw kid Creole live and I thought wth this band is better than Prince 😂
I was happy to see Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad mentioned.
I read an article in the past that Prince was a huge GFR fan. I didn’t realize the extent of it until recently. He was evidently somewhat addicted to GFR music. So much so that his first band Grand Central was partially named after them and he also considered the name Phoenix as a band name after the 1972 Grand Funk album. He also had an instrumental song called E Pluribus Funk. There are no known recordings of it, but some say it was performed live.
Same here! Farner has never been the world's greatest guitarist, but his energy and songwriting (plus he's always been a fantastic singer) has always been top notch. And he is STILL killing it!
@@cornfilledscreamer614you described him perfectly.
To me, no better front man than Mark Farner. Here's the boys barely out of their teens (thanks to whomever recorded this classic):
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@@babyjessicascheekbones5463 Absolutely great video right there. Have you ever seen the version of that in Cincy? They had those fans just about to jump out of the stadium!
I wish those 3 could get past their differences enough to give us a last few shows. I know it probably won't happen, but they really should...
@ - Fantastic! One of my favorites!
🚂💨💨💨
Prince was an amazing guitar player and one of my favourites
With a statement like yours, I can only surmise you're either ignorant to true musicianship or haven't paid deep attention to the virtuosity of Prince.
@@kimbarling4213haha, you dick!
His solo at the Super Bowl was one of the best live solos ever. Beautiful!
😂 that wasn’t even good for him
prince did not “name his eight favorite guitarists” in this video… c’mon
Correct, plus they already had names.
His favorite was Carlos Santana. As a longtime Prince friend (his term for his "fans" since fan is short for FANATIC), I am 80% sure. And of course, Sonny T. You can tell he liked Jimi Hendrix but that wasn't his favorite. He was really into James Brown and Sly & The Family Stone moreso than Hendrix.
You only realise what’s lost when it’s gone. Prince was fabulous as an artist and will live on ..
Not always, man, not always... We were a lot to aknowledge his genius when he was still with us, and we were millions to witness it live 'til the end of the story.
Awesome video. You did this subject justice. You've got yourself a sub.
I also heard that Prince was listening to alot-of-music from: "Missing Persons" shortly before he passed. (it makes sense) Terry Bozzio is an absolute Beast on the Drums and that band had incredible musicianship = Jazz musicians who played with Zappa doing New Wave !!!
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@@michaelmoraga2926 He could recognize and appreciate Real Talent. Even having Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis in-his-band.
I witnessed Prince live 8 times. 3 of those were in little clubs in Copenhagen.
He was so Phenomenal that I honestly regret I did not attend a few more concerts with him.
I Miss him so much in today's music!
Loved and miss Prince. Would love to spend time with the Twins to help me get over it still....
I enjoy some of Santana - but his tone is always the same and his songs sound so much alike. Prince was amazing - he pulled from so many people: Page, Hendrix, Benson, Santana, Montgomery to name a few.
Excellent comment
You mean Page
In an interview Prince said that he was a fan of Al DiMeola
Humility is a noble attribute
Very good analysis of Prince's guitar influences. But I felt that the discussion of Santana was missing a clip of Prince's solo in "The Question of U". I feel that Prince was influenced by "Europa" when he did that one.
Also, I think that Prince's "Purple Rain" solo was greatly influenced by David Gilmour's "Comfortable Numb" one.
Yup for both.
Fantastic musician ❤Watch while my guitar gently wips played for George Harrison live 👌👌👌Unbelievable performance 🎭
Im in tears every time I watch it. So many different emotions
I hear Neal Schon more so than Santana. And I think, in my view, that Prince channeled that influence from Neal played with Santana and then formed Journey. I think Prince also referenced many of his favorite guitar players when songs he wrote performed came from referencing or finding inspiration in a certain artist. Sometimes he went Joni, sometimes he went Jimi. But I think Prince loved many other guitarists like George Benson, heck I even hear and see a bit of Stevie Ray Vaughn. Including Jimi at different stages of his career, you can see Prince reference them throughout his career. And right! Chicago Terry Kath's solo on 24 or 4 to 4! Big influence, and early one Prince learned if I'm not mistaken. Very well done this, yes, I've always felt he channeled rather than copied and eventually his own style uniquely his own became what it was.
I find your last statement interesting because SRV probably played more blues than Jimi. Jimi was a great blues player but he said h did not want to play it all the time. Jimi remains my fav musician for over 55 years. That said I'm crazy about guitar players in general.
@@victorbrown3570do you like Rory Gallagher the Irish fellow?
Paco de Lucía?
I love Joni too. Loved her every since meeting her at the 'Old Post Office' in Topanga Canyon back in 1967.
Love prince's solo on the While my guitar gently weeps video! Thought his guitar would burst into flames cause it was definitly somkin!🙆♂️🙋♂️
great solo he played but i always preferred framptons sound better..... even with humbuckers the teles never quite get the les paul sound unless you're jimmy page with a tele and a cranked up supro amp doing stairway to heaven
Thats why he threw it away at the end
@@DarrenFinley so many people say that but it wasn't really among his best solos. His own songs live have some great solos.
The neatest part about this video has to do with its inclusion of Chicago. In actuality, I was an admirer of Prince before I became a big Chicago fan. The acknowledgment that their original guitar player, Terry Kath, could have impacted him definitely counts for something.
Wasn't Hendrix also a Kath fan??
He was, @curtisthomas2670 .
Could someone just list the 8 guitarists? I can't listen to this same voice anymore.
Well everyone that plays is a product of those who came before them, there's no way around it.😉
Always liked Prince as a guitarist, though. There used to be a lot of people that didn't realize that though, as strange as that seems.
Terry Kath influence came through the most from what I like about princes playing .
I agree with you. Those clips of Terry Kath really shone through for me.
neither of them would be mentioned by most guitarists of the highest calibre.There are literally hundreds of well known and less well known guitarists who could outplay any guitarist mentioned here.Its just 'on trend' to drone on about Terry Kath at the moment.Ive heard nothing to impress me at all.
@@DANCEDISCODANCE-n3c It's also "on trend" to be contrarian with no basis other than: "I've heard nothing to impress me." So what?
@@littlegiantproductionsandr3091 Well unfortunately for you i've felt that way about Bill Evans for 4 decades so hardly a ''slave to fashion''....He was best at writing.His compositions are great even if they are derivative of Debussy and Ravel.I don't like the endless triplet passages either.But no blues is never a good thing in Jazz.Thats where it all comes from.Just listen to Charlie Parker.
I don't know why youtube channels say "Prince was a perfectionist in the studio". The opposite was actually the truth. Susan Rogers who worked with Prince for a decade said he was the opposite to a perfectionist.
She said he sold lay down an entire album in a week on "feel" and go many times with the first or second take even though it had a rough feel to it.
Kinda true... But perfectionist in a sense that he made sure he had the exact sound and every nod in the mixer just where he wanted .. he'd spend hours fine tuning... Then he'll play live and allow anything to happen
@@kwez211 Very true, there are different kinds of perfectionism.
1. Sonny was and is every much a guitar player as a bass player
2. The Chicago guitar solo Prince's generation learned was from Make Me Smile, not 25 or 6 to 4
If you are looking at accomplished self-expression, musical sensibility and feel, Rory Gallagher.
Look, it's 202F'in4 can't we just say both were virtuosos and leave it at that? When will you media types stop always referring to race? They were both amazing HUMANS.
You okay, buddy?
@@rjamesyork that's what he wants to know.
He was a huge fan of Led Zeppelin too.
He should listen too "May this be love," Little Wings and Villanova Junction Hendrix played beautiful guitar
Yeah Prince was known for being a ‘star,’ though even if he had just played guitar he’d be up there with the best. If you’re one of the 3 people who hasn’t checked out Prince’s solo on ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps,’ check it out immediately. Particularly if you think Prince is overrated.
I so do miss prince... (not his way he treated the crew... ect) But always a Legend.
good player mixing penatonic scales with funk .... great dance type licks
Prince and Frucsiante say they dont try to copy Hendrix but they both did. Prince even pulled the same faces. Lol. 😅
I think its genius to be influenced by so many greats yet still carve out your own niche! I still listen to the RnR HOF induction performance.
African America? hold uP^.....he was not born in 'Africa' and Africa is actually Alkebulan.
Please stop this hotep stupidity. I'm an African and I can assure you that the overwhelming majority of Africans have never heard of "alkebulan"
TBD3.0 That's right. I heard his ancestors came from Outer Mongolia.
One of the best reviews of a major rock guitarist that I have seen on this channel. This is really an outstanding, insightful, and facts-grounded review. A+
So glad you Sonny T got a mention
Prince was very talented, but the only lick I can recall was the opening to 'when doves cry'
Which was a mistake (apparently).
Saw an interview with Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top - while having a drink together, Prince admitted to Gibbons that the riff just popped out in the studio and he hadn’t been able to replicate it. They finished their drink and went off together to try and work it out.
Hmm. Well, I suppose you must have never listened to his albums, or watched his videos, or ever went to one of his concerts.
@@nikoniko893 Really? listen to his albums.
#1 Terry Kath.
there is one artist that Prince shares many traits with, both started off as drummers, both fronted their own bands for decades, both were overlooked as guitar virtuosos due to outlandish wardrobe and behavior (on and off stage) Both had public battles with Warner Bros. And both died too young and left behind vaults of completed records.........though I have never once heard their names mentioned in the same sentence.
Who are you thinking of?
Eddie Hazel - Garry Shider - Blackbyrd McKnight - Curtis Mayfield - ...
@@modifiedcontent right! It’s like these rock guys have little to no context of what a guy like Prince would have been influenced by.
All of these mentions of people who he “could have been influenced” by, meanwhile you can tell the Curtis Mayfield, Eddie Hazel, and Mike Hampton influences.
He himself even mentions that in his own interview.
It’s also kind of strange seeing so many people mentioning that while my guitar gently weeps solo which is one of his best for many of these people, he has to be playing classic rock for them to even notice.
that’s probably why Prince was pissed when he was up there playing
@@chazmartin5725Prince is excellent at rhythm guitar. Much better than soloing shredding
But the general public only appreciates rock blues solos
Prince was funk basically
Everyone names Jimi and forgets Wes or Albert King just to name 2
@@Cormac-jd2kx EXACTLY
🤔 IDK I have never heard any guitarist mention by Prince or in the comments that could copy Hendrix. His style was a 1 of 1. Check the guitarist listed and see what they said bout Jimi. He was the MJ of electric guitar
Price was one of a kind top shelf.
Good collection of people to admire! You are fairly wrong though when you say Hendrix did not often praise other guitar players - he was a booster of many and was not shy about saying who he liked. Read or listen to any of his interviews and he is praising others.
Sad to think that we'll never hear a new Prince song, i'm sure he had hundreds more in him.
Funnny cuz the whole time he’s saying he likes Santana better , in the background prince is playing like Hendrix
Assuming it never happened (correct me if I'm wrong), but I would love to have seen a collab with SRV.
Read in “Rolling Stone “ Prince stated that Chubby Checker was fave guitar player👈
Watch Prince do “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”. Not just the playing, but the original interpretation. He schooled Clapton and took it to the next level. Harrison would be proud.
Then Gary Moore schooled Prince.
@@TheNoncritical1 lonnie johnson schooled them all.
No one schooled prince to be sure
Skin color getting involved, leave that out.
@@TheNoncritical1how??
As Robert Plant said, Page and Prince would've been a great pair.
Great vid, but...Funkadelic overlooked? They carried heavy guitar influence into his soloing much more than Mark Farmer, and his studio production influence came from Stevie Wonder and Todd Rundgren. What's up?
Prince 😎
“Candidness”?……er, no…..candour is the word you’re looking for mate 😂
Well done, you. You must feel very intelligent now.
Alan holdsworth was the most original guitar player ever
The Purple Rain persona was all Johnny Thunders. I also heard old Prince was seen at some Bad Brains shows.
Really? Bad Brains? Where did you hear that
@@Cormac-jd2kxEdit it was an article written in the last 15 years, a retrospect by someone in alternative scene around 82 and the article was saying Prince was part of the alternative scene before he blew up with Purple Rain. That article stated that he was seen at earlier Bad Brains shows and honestly Prince knew music so why would he (?) miss a Bad brains show if you think about it. That being said, the streets is where you'll hear stuff. An old hastings street grinder told me how Bryan Adams was an ac-d dealer around that area and I've heard WAY more about all kinds of people. Prince said alot of controversial things and hes gone.
@@mikehemens9359I’m
A fan since 83 too 1999 album. 1999 7 inch was my first record. Lovesexy 88 in London my first Prince concert.
I remember Bad Brains hard rock records. I also was a fan of Fishbone and Kid Creole back then. I name this bands because I always thought Prince watched and listened to Them carefully…
So do you have any Prince stories that aren’t told in books? I’ve heard a producer in Europe saying Prince was a heroin addict in the late 80s and I never believed it but why would anyone say such a thing publicly? He met him personally in 88 in Paris right before the Lovesexy tour kicked off
Mark Farner ♥
terry kath should not be a surprise. anyone who lived through that era knows that kath's solos on early chicago stuff were unmatched. to me he's the finest soloist of the rock era, and that includes hendrix, clapton, beck, page, etc.
Very interesting and entertaining, good show!
Prince
Great doc
You forgot Shuggie Otis
saw him live five or so years back, incredible guitarist.
NOTHING Santana ever played is more beautiful than Angel, Little Wing, Castles Made of Sand, One Rainy Wish or Villanova Junction (
@ Woodstock)
Prince wasn’t a perfectionist in the studio. Never was.
@christopherj3121 Kate Bush, who has worked with Prince, once said, " Even if you're not completely happy, you have to settle for a level of satisfaction, or you'd go nuts".
This was good but I don't know how you could leave out the great Larry Graham who tour with him.
And today we have Taylor **BLECH** Swift who will be remembered for beautiful clothes and elevator music. A testament to the "Why are we even alive?" generation.
Well I have to say that the end of Let's Go Crazy sounds like Do You Feel The Way We Do Peter Frampton to me. 🙂
@@donmoyahjuda9669 other than the fact that they are in a different key, have different tempos, their arrangements have nothing similar about them, the instrumentation of the bands are completely different, the singing is totally different, as is the style of music.
@chazmartin5725 The end I'm talking about is in the same key and there is no singing, the guitar solos
The Coolest musician ever.
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@@leofoley634vanilla ice cream
So now I know why Prince's guitar work never appealed to me on any level.
When it comes to pretty guitar solos, Ernie Isley is the best.
Check out Bambi. Almost Southern Rock.
So much BS,here!Hendrix influence is really heavy on Prince's guitar playing whenever he is soloing in a blues-rock style.And "Purple rain" is clearly inspired by the voodoo chile!
No need for you to add to it then
Yes, the whole Hendrix influence is so undeniable: even the imagery and the 'Purple Rain/ 'Purple Haze' thing
`This reveals Prince`s own preferences as a guitarist, where melody and beauty took precedent over raw expression` Hendrix did melody and beauty on a level Prince and Santana could only dream of and I think Carlos would agree. Raw expression when done right and not self-indulgently is a thing of beauty. As Hendrix once bashfully said of his Star Spangled Banner rendition at Woodstock when asked if his unorthodox take on the US anthem might offend patriotic Americans replied "Unorthodox? I thought it was beautiful"
They ALL learn from others. I don’t know how ANYONE can argue that he was one of the greatest artists of our lifetime. I’m 70.
Sorry for being difficult but your wording is ambiguous. No one can argue that he was, or no one can argue that he wasn't? It's incontestable that he was, or it's impossible to assert that he was?
Too bad Manitas de Plata never got into the Electric Guitar
@@StamfordBridge “one of” @Howard Cosell. Phd, or just a Masters degree in English?
@@michaelmurray5439 How is “one of” clarifying? If the sentence is not ambiguous to you, please explain to me how. (And no need for the anti-intellectual insecurities display; no one’s ego is on the line here.)
I think he means you can't argue that he wasn't one of the greatest artists
It’s all so very subjective,they were all great in their own way.No need to disrespect any of them based on Prince’s preference
If you have more than 4 favourite guitarists, then you are at the "MUSO ZONE."
Carlos Santana is the Efren Reyes of guitarists
Hendrix didn't see himself as black, but as human & it was mostly white people that listened to him. His black panther rally was a hostage negotiation & non in that culture really cared about his music..
Still black lol
@@SouLoLyonshalf Native American
@@Cormac-jd2kx Cherokee I believe.
If you can spell me syncopation and explain it to me I'll give you a thumbs up.
EH? Aye.
I would take Prince over Jimmy any day.
Awesome
Prince's favorite guitarists are Prince.
it starts by saying 'he refused to compromise' as if someone was putting a gun to his head.'Prince, compromise or die!' Stupid lazy journalism...if that's what this is!
Like most Guitarist he copped a lot from Jimi even his his flash Moves.
How does this guy even know Prince listen to these players? If he didn't list them himself, how can this guy just bleat out names? Just because YOU hear some similarities doesn't mean he was influenced by them.
He didn't even mention Eddie Hazel, Mike Hampton, Sugarfoot, or Ernie isley which Prince himself mentioned as major influences.
When did Prince mention those guys?
@ in interviews decades ago, and when George Clinton was on his label and prince talked about how proud he was to be working with P-Funk because of his Eddie Hazel and Mike Hampton influence.
@@chazmartin5725that should be late 80s early 90s
Thanks
I think Prince was one of the best guitarists, he was up there with Rory, Jimmy, Glen, Clapton.
True but interesting group of guys you mentioned all amazing, glen especially, and all different genres of music. Apparently EVH wanted a lesson from glen...
Santana isn't Italian ( Latin) Or, Hispanic.(.Spain)..He's Mexican
Semantics, amigo.
Actually, he's all of the above, as Raymind implies, all semantics amigo 😂😂
The Latin language originated from what is called Italy, or then the Roman Empire. Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and Romania are considered speakers of the Romanic Language, yet 25% of the English language has roots from the Latin (the largest of English, too). The Caribbean (not Jamaica), Mexico, Central America and South America are considered Latin American countries, most by the primarily English speaking countries, where the also use the word Hispanic. These are all labels. My parents are from Spain, yet when asked my ethnicity, I say Mediterranean, probably more accurate, but how can I be offended being call Hispanic or Latino, both describing my family's origin. Labels, labels, labels and labels.
He played Stratus alot in concert so he was obviously a Tommy Bolin fan
Didn’t know that but it should have made sense with the styles and fusion influence. Cheers.
terry kath
Right - Purple Haze, Purple Rain? No connection. It was Santana he was imitating. NOT.
The tone has nothing to do with Hendrix and closer to Santana playing
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Prince said that Santana "played prettier" than Hendrix, but neither Carlos nor Prince was on a level with Jimi. They didn't have his chops and overall feel and ability with the guitar. Listen to "Cry of Love", Hendrix' last album
Who is the best guitar player? That's like asking who was the greatest painter or sculptor, it's all in what moves the individual when you hear or see it.
Yeah indeed , listen to '' Somewhere '' or '' Bold as love '' or any live version of '' Little wing '', even the sessions with Lonnie Youngblood, Jimi Hendrix was limitless musically....
i thought prince was saying that hendrix played more blues than prince himself does/did and that santana played prettier than he/prince did. ... NOT that santana played prettier than hendrix. any way, why can't all 3 be great players?
@@johnrunion5357 the answer to that is easy - it’s because some people never grow up
@@dirtydawg448 there are so very many guitarists i love and for many, many different reasons. i can not begin to name them all. scotty moore (elvis/sun),
james burton (rick nelson),
link wray,
dick dale,
duane eddy,
fuzz master general davie allan,
whoever played for the ventures ; many membership changes + studio musicians employed
whoever played for the shadows (england) ; many membership changes + studio musicians employed
john fogerty,
brian jones,
chuck berry,
keith richards,
robby krieger (the doors),
my all time favorite is roger McGuinn of the byrds,
steve jones solo + sex pistols,
mark knopfler,
ry cooder (movie soundtracks),
marc bolan,
berton averre (the knack) (my all time favorite guitar solo is his from my sharona),
pete townshend,
dave davies,
Chris Britton troggs,
steve marriott of small faces,
jeff beck / yardbirds,
ronnie wood,
peter buck of REM,
johnny marr of the smiths,
robert smith of the cure,
buddy holly,
james calvin wilsey from chris isaak's band,
Pino Rucher from sergio leone films,
my home boy carl perkins,
cliff gallop of gene vincent's blue caps,
brian setzer,
billy zoom of X,
jimmie vaughan stevie ray's BROTHER,
Dave Alvin of the blasters / X / the knitters,
slash,
billy duffy of the cult,
Steve Stevens of billy idol,
mike campbell of TP's heartbreakers,
Clarence White of the latter era BYRDS'
Andy Summers the police , hendrix, steve cropper of STAX, Marco of adam & the ants / adam ant, prince ,
I still feel like he should have CONFORM!!! DAMMIT 😡
He could have made more money and be in a 🌈relationship with
D. Piddy
LOL! D PIDDY, That priceless lol!😂
@ezsmith3765 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I have to disagree with Prince. You can't get any prettier than Jimi's Little Wing.
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I mean this in a very non sexual way, Prince is one of the most enjoyable musicians to just watch. He does ooze sex appeal, but i don’t really find him particularly sexy. The music and his performance puts that out there. If anyone can understand what I’m trying to say here. 😂😂
Was it disrespectful for Prince to dominate the trade-solos-open-jam in “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” ? Undoubtedly, his playing was great, but he kinda forced other estimable guitarists to not do their own big solos… I don’t know if he was deliberately shaming them or not-
you must be joking you have no idea how he let his collaborators to show their abilities under his songs and how he wanted all to participate even if he was too strict to them....He respected so much the guitar opening from Wendy in Purple rain cause it was her's. Have to learn a lot and hear more on his works dude. He took his revenge onmusic industry cause he was neglected on purpose. Even Duran Duran payed tribute to Prince. John Taylor adored Prince
@gfanarakos oh, no, friend: I’m not talking career-spanning-lifetime-wise, no: I agree with everything you typed. I was (and still am) wondering just specifically about the Tribute to George Harrison event-
@@miahconnell23 the reason Prince was like that is the fact he was always told to be the best and forced by his will and his parents to be always the best cause it was never enough - especially his father. Thats why he always differentiate himself on his works to his mates even his ethos and music innovative commands was always Prince to be competitive to the rest. You should be top notch to work with Prince and prince always came the top even if he had to work 72 hours straight hours to bring something different and be the top. Every musician knows this except the non musicians and of course the non listeners or just pop listeners. Prince always in his lives gave 120% while the rest gave 100% as expected from him. Prince killed the solo without even rehearsing it leaving all to ashes as during all his life was screaming : "Iam working as a beast and iam the best out there" I would be pissed if i was and industry paid no respect. So he gave the finger killed the solo everybody felt amazed song went to next level and left... So Keith for instance Of Roling fucking sTones can burry himself in his toomb with his hands in 3 metres deep of ignorance
@@gfanarakosKeith’s speech after the performance “….Prince wow Prince was dynamite 😂”