1970s Top Guitar Shredders (Al Di Meola, Allan Holdsworth, John McLaughlin, Eddie Van Halen, etc)
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- 1970s Guitar Shredders (Jazz Fusion, Progressive Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal)
01) 00:00 Ritchie Blackmore (1972-74)
02) 01:32 Jan Akkerman (1973)
03) 02:01 Michael Schenker (1975)
04) 02:39 Neal Schon (1974)
05) 04:26 Eric Johnson (1975)
06) 06:15 Allan Holdsworth (1974)
07) 06:57 John Etheridge (1975)
08) 07:17 Gary Boyle (1974)
09) 08:09 John McLaughlin (1974)
10) 09:24 Al Di Meola (1976-78)
11) 11:20 Gary Moore (1978)
12) 13:36 Eddie Van Halen (1978)
13) 15:06 Steve Lukather (1978)
14) 15:58 Shawn Lane (1979)
00:00 Ritchie Blackmore (1972-74)
01:32 Jan Akkerman (1973)
02:01 Michael Schenker (1975)
02:39 Neal Schon (1974)
04:26 Eric Johnson (1975)
06:15 Allan Holdsworth (1974)
06:57 John Etheridge (1975)
07:17 Gary Boyle (1974)
08:09 John McLaughlin (1974)
09:24 Al Di Meola (1976-78)
11:20 Gary Moore (1978)
13:36 Eddie Van Halen (1978)
15:06 Steve Lukather (1978)
15:58 Shawn Lane (1979)
Don't forget about Raymond Gomez.
The idea that Petrucci isn't here is really laughable since He's the Best Guitar player there is! But the list is saved by Blackmore so I'll give it a pass !@
@@highwaystar3780 Petrucci isn’t from the 70s
@@BluesRockAcademy 😬Oops
Petrucci wasn't a player based in the 1970s, he came along later. @@highwaystar3780
Robert Fripp could shred guitar like there's no tomorrow.
Conclusion = The Jazz guys could blow the Rock / Metal guys out of the park, for technique and especially musicianship. I say this as a huge Metal fan loving the artists that the Jazz guys influenced. Best guitarist of all time Allan Holdsworth. A total one off and the one all the world class guitarists worshipped and still do.
@@SeattleMartin Not trying to be pedantic or anything, but Allan is more influential than you might think.....even in other genres. Did you not see the HUGE list of guitarists paying their respects in 2017? Have you not seen the numerous magazine interviews with other guitarists over the decades, who mention Allan? Many of these are real life interactions they had with him, not merely casual comments with no substance etc.
@@SeattleMartin I would say what you call over playing in this instance, is actually long form melody, which is deeper, explorative, more spiritually profound and more complex than what regular genres offer. Benson is an excellent musician and worthy of respect. However Allan was leagues ahead of most people in the composition and melody stakes, and on his own planet so to speak.
I went through a few years where I became very depressed and disillusioned with my entire music collection, because Allan's music made my collection seem infantile and basic, and I have a lot of Jazz, Classical, Prog Rock and others etc, many featuring world class musicians. It took me a long time to readjust to listening to my old music again.
@@SeattleMartin Good reply. Who knows maybe I will follow suit in time; I am 51 so still time yet, before I hang up my music boots. I sometimes listen to very simple music occasionally, just for fun or as a break from the complex stuff. I'm just glad we have such a wealth of music to draw upon.
Check out Larry Meyer the jazz superfreak.
That's a no brainer. John McLaughlin's staccato. And his great understanding of jazz-lines . Holdsworth next to him, in the 8-tees and 9-tees in particular. And then second comes the rest, pulling off fast boring blues lines, or getting lost in their speed going nowhere. The others, Akkerman, Lukather and Gary Moore especially , were great all good players though.
DiMeola's picking to finger speed, Holdsworth technical mastery and brilliance, especially later, are in my playlist continually.
Wow! I had no idea Eric Johnson was shredding it up way back in the 70s! Thanks for the list, Steve Morse and Uli Jon Roth would’ve been cool too.
Oh yes... And I get why Randy isn't on here because he broke with Ozzy in 1980 but he could be on here too. But then again maybe he didn't shred with Quiet Riot? Uli was never that fast but influenced others. Steve Howe is missing. Alvin Lee gets left off of these lists a lot too. Danny Gatton should be on here as his first solo recording was in 1978, Redneck Jazz. And many of those Coullntry guitarists could shred too but many started in the 60s... lol
And the guy looks like he's only like 50
Allan Holdsworth's playing and style is so unique. Especially with that guitar and clean sound. He was beyond his time. Before him noone was playing such virtuoso licks on guitar. Not Hendrix but Allan was the real deal.
@@SeattleMartin
That's why he's only popular with guitar players.
It's hendrix for me nobody moves me the way hendrix does
As great as they all are I still hear something different in Edward's playing.
You forget Steve Morse!!
Yep and also Steve Howe. Everyone always overlooks his solo on Yes's Awaken, and all the guitar playing on Parallels and On The Silent Wings Of Freedom. Also Frank Zappa was starting to shred around 1977. Listen to The Ocean Is The Ultimate Solution.
I am surprised how much I hear John McLaughlin in Eric Johnson's playing.
He even have Jimmy Pague a few lessons
I thought he did a better John than John...he still doesn't have a good timbre.
Gary Moore absolutely brutalized that Gibson Melody Maker.
Allan Holdsworth is just unreal, an alien on guitar. Decades ahead of his time, so much so that still to this day nobody has caught up to him.
What blows my mind about Holdsworth was that from the moment he picked up the guitar to the day he passed in his 70s, he still wasn’t content with his playing and forever pushed himself to innovate. Ever-evolving in a way that few if any guitar players have ever matched.
Technique, harmonic language, phrasing, tone, improvisation and composition. He had it all, and never compromised on his artistic vision. One of the greatest musicians of all time
Ollie Halsall , a forgotten hero!
The missing link... every guitarist should check his early work with Patto where he plays some of the craziest out guitar playing on rock tunes you're likely to hear until Vernon Reid. Very underrated, and ahead of his time
Yes! Love for Ollie! Even Allan Holdsworth said Ollie influenced him.
I can't Believe that Holdsworth and Eddie are gone
I’m a massive Eddie fan as I’m sure everyone watching this is, definitely a bunch of early shredders pre-Yngwie, but Shawn Lane takes it, Holy Mackerel!!!
For mere speed yes, definetely shawn, but his best music was done in the late 80s and early 90s in my opinion.
Shawn Lane was 16 years old in this clip. Fuck me man. That’s insane.
After Mahavishnu everybody was shredding,sounding like John McLaughlin,a lot of it.
I’m guessing the Eric Johnson footage was from a local Austin TV program? I have yet to finish watching, got as far as Gary Moore. What was that taken from? I often wish early footage of Steve Morse with the Dixie Dregs wasn’t so scarce, especially seeing videos like this. One not mentioned herein but I must pay my respects, RIP Jeff Beck
My guess as well, that could have been when he was in the Electromagnets.
Plus Uli Jon Roth, Alvin Lee...
As a long time John fan I was impressed by Eric Johnson playing and great to see Gary in his colosseum 2 days one of the best JAZZ ROCK groups bravo !
Allan, no one comes close.
A lot of noodling, not much sauce.
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The holdsworth lane axis are crushing.
Allan
The best of the best.
Al Di Meola is tops for me of the video clips provided in this list of shredders. I love his music and not just how fast he can play. I never saw or knew about Shawn Lane before. Very impressive young dude. Everyone else was familiar. I think Johnny Winter was a monster blues guitar player who was killing it in the 1970's doing many arena and stadium shows, he probably should be on this list. Certainly more musical than a number of the shredders on this list.
Same here. DiMeola all day long.
Edward👍👍👍
Al Dimeola
Allan Holdsworth
John McLaughlin
Eddie Van Halen
Shredding is the most unmusical thing a guitarist can do...still it is attractive...I know of a guy that play so fast, that all of his notes ends up creating one generic note...That's fast...
Should've put Tony Iommi up here as well as Frank Zappa and Frank Marino too. But i will say this an amazing list full of Godlike talent here.. Hats off to who made this list.
Add Steve Howe, Jeff Beck, and Ted Nugent.
Ahhh, the eel-fingers themselves. For me it’s Blackmore. Not because of sheer proficiency, though he clearly could shred with anyone… but because his phrasing was so distinctive. And also because without him, there’s likely no EVH or any of the neoclassical guys (Malmsteen etc) as we know them. Incidentally, a young Dave Edmunds would also be appropriate to include in this list.
For sheer speed it's Shawn Lane all the way. There's very few can match him even now, 45 years later, (Roy Marchbank being one of them).
No Frank Marino? He was ahead of his time.
If only Al Dimealo played with some feeling!!🤣
Shawn Lane was wicked.
Check out Jazz superfreak Larry Meyer. He's different. Not a shredder. Best guitarist improvisational monster musically I've seen.
There's not Uli Jon Roth
None of them were shredders.
Terry Kath with his live 25 or 6 to 4 solo would have been good. See the Tanglewood version.
I would have included Rory Gallagher, Frank Zappa and Robin Trower.
They weren’t real shredders
Maybe not but it’s not as though they couldn’t
What is the originally source for that Steve Lukather clip? Cause it’s amazing!
7:00 John Etheridge.
Uli Roth, Michael Schenker, Danny Gatton, Roy Buchannan . Great footage, thanks for sharing
Gary Boyle - Did he also do some caveman ads for Geico ?
Steve howe, Jan Akkerman
My god Eddie stole loads of licks from Shawn Lane, first time i've heard him. Incredible!
No guy they both listened to Holdsworth, McLaughlin and Al DiMeola. Shawn is 63 to 2003. EVH is 55 to 2020. Where do you get EVH copied Lane from? 🤣
No Holdsworth was his main influence
Listen to Girl Gone Bad and other VH solos. Eddie admitted he was ripping Holdsworth in 84.
@@Heaven-dy9lj Eddie Van Halen was doing that 7 fret stretch in the mid 1970s in ICE Cream Man and Eruption live.
Uli Roth is missing.
What songs were those by Al di meola??
Unlistenable until Eric Johnson.
I realize it's impossible to get everyone when you try to make a list like this... but I think Uli Jon Roth is a huge omission, as is Steve Morse... and I'd also have the great Ollie Halsall of the band Patto on there too
Uli Roth (Scorpions - Sails of Cheron)
Neil schon? Might as well have put ace frehley for fucks sake
Not a shredder
Neil is a lot better than people realize
Listen to Journeys first album . It is instrumental jazz/fusion. He is a killer guitar player. IMO way better than mindless shredding like Blackmore and Schenker!!
Neal*. His name is in the video, ffs.
Buck Dharma, Alvin Lee and Ollie Halsall deserve a spot here.
Where's Derringer? Is Alvin Lee on it. I didn't watch the video. These lists need to stop
Dang that’s a young Shawn Lane!!!
They still are!
Thanks
Most unique and innovative goes to VH.
Steve Morse....Randy Rhoads...?
Hahaha...