Nuno Bettencourt of Extreme's top 5 Guitarists of all time!
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Nuno Bettencourt of Extreme's top 5 Guitarists of all time!
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You don't hear Al Di Meola mentioned so much more, so Props to Nuno for mentioning him.
Also so Di Meola at the Santa Monica Civic in 1980 or 81 with Jan Hammer in support of that album. Incredible stuff and a great run at the Civic in the early 80's.
Yes
Surprised he knows who he is!
@@realscience948 why?
Yet, he is not underrated...
So glad he said Elliot Easton!
Alex Lifeson is criminally underrated as well
Great choices. Nuno is so great and so humble. Just always a positive experience whenever he speaks or plays. I know Edward Van Halen isn't underrated but he seems to always play the perfect solo for each song. For example: Dancing in the Streets is mind blowing in how tasty it is.
Full of enthusiasm and passion for music, Nuno is the man.
Neal Schon is definitely one of the most underrated guitarists. Period.
Neal is just a pure melodic genius. Every Journey song is made so well because of his ability to serve the song.
HSAS is brilliant, and he's done more great stuff with Sammy, too.
Neal Schon is a good sensible guitarist in Journey in his heyday, he's melodic when playing for the song like the singable Open Arms interlude with the keyboard, Dont stop Believing and Faithfully outro, After All this Years, etc. but now if you watch him play Journey live, he's most of the time wanking, 🤦♂there's a guitar solo spot (all members have a spot to solo) and he's becoming like those UA-cam amature shredders who just want to showoff speed and demo how fast they can play. No disrespect, just telling facts.
(watch here on UA-cam there's so many Journey 2023 concerts to see what I mean.)
U MEAN OVERRATED
I love his playing also, but I'm not sure he is underrated.
So great to hear Al Dimeola mentioned. What a technician. Blessed to be able to see him in concert 2x.
Thanks for giving props to Neal...imo...probably one of the most underrated players of all time.
Amen❤
@@KristinBloomMS wow! Your beautiful woman that obviously has an ear for musicians that transcend the obvious...cheers!
Oh stop. He’s by far NOT underrated. I don’t care what nuno says.
@@tdz69 who is rating him highly? I've literally never heard people talk about his playing in depth.
Glad he mentioned Neal Schon
Nuno is on my top 5 favorite guitarist list.
Top 2 for me.
Al Di Meola is really a great artist and an incredible guitar player
And should not be even mentioned in the same sentence as Nuno!
@@realscience948 lol stop trolling!
Just now bought tickets to see Al Di Meola live in Sacramento on June 10th. Should be fun.
Absolutely Don Felder ! 🔥🎸
I looked after Nuno at a signing event at a guitar store in Sydney, Australia - Nuno was the nicest most gracious bloke I've ever met. Lovely lovely dude.
Pat Travers band on Go For What You Know was killer. Two best live bands Rush and Pat Travers Band. Mars Cowling and Tommy freakin Aldridge were locked. Crazy good.
YEP.. greatest fusion band of their generation
I'm waiting for the day he, or a reputable guitarist mentions Bill Nelson from Be Bop Deluxe, but it was really nice to hear the ones he mentioned for a change.
My favourite most underrated guitarist is bill Nelson.. one of my favourite all time solos is the one on axe victim.....there are far too many brilliant underrated guitarists to cram into a top ten...I loved pat travers but preffered his partner in crime pat thrall... also you can't not mention Frank marino .jonny winter .the wonderfully melodic Michael schenker Brett garsed richie kotzen Billy liesegang just a few fairly old school ones...but we don't always need to keep rating them..just listen and enjoy 😊
@@davidthorn8076 Oh my goodness, someone FINALLY mentions Axe Victim!!!
Yes... there is nothing so good as that solo and the (I'm not a guitar playing girl, but I have an ear:) other guitar line that plays under it, and the bass line.
Noodling, whiny guitar solos are my least favorite thing, but when they have incredible feel, are melodic and have purpose; there's nothing better.
Here's to Bill!
Play for the song is the best advice out there.
Such brilliant choices. These are so NOT the obvious guys you would think of but players who in their way really had an influence on the progression of the instrument. I love this list. Elliot Easton's solos are so completely perfect for every song. It's just mind blowing. Great list, Nuno!
Nuno is the man. Incredible artist that is still learning and getting even better (if that’s possible)
Fantasic list!
Glad he gave props to PT!
Love him throwing Elliot Easton some props!!!!
Man, Al Di Meola is a force. His acoustic work blew my mind. World Sinfonia III - The Grand Passion, inspired me so much. The track Asia De Cuba is such a fun track. The man's chord voicings are from another dimension.
Yes..amazing...the complete opposite of Nuno's playing?
Frank Marino is incredibly underrated and practical forgotten..
Great taste from Nuno. Good choices.
Elliot Easton wow great call. So underrated
Thank you SO MUCH for mentioning Neal. For my ears Neal is the greatest guitar player who has ever lived. I love him so much. Also thank you for pronouncing his last name correctly. I hate hearing people say Shone. Drives me nuts. Lol!!!
Excellent list.
Al Di Meola omg, Live in Philly 6 song CD. This guy’s picking clarity kills me to this day. This was in the 70s armed with a Les Paul loaded with Dimarzios. Another underrated guy for me would be Steve Howe of Yes.
Yes yes yes. Steve is my favorite guitarist in rock. Thank you for mentioning him
Neil really crafted brilliant solos that fit the song. That's very important.....I remember his lead break on 'Stone in Love' was electrifying. Just the lines, the build & the phrasing. Fitting perfectly with Steve's voice. Paco De Lucia was MIND BOGGLING . In ANY guitar genre. His fingerpicking & sense of RHYTHM was pure Atomic SPITFIRE.
The McLaughlin / DiMeola / de Lucia collabs were great.
@@rugxulo YES …Friday Night in San Francisco was INCREDIBLE..Landmark live recording. And interestingly it was players like John McLaughlin who helped Paco De Lucia how to IMPROVISE better…Plus Paco’s Flamenco helped both John and Al’s playing evolve….These were great players who helped each other to grow as musicians….Same with EVH and Allan Holdsworth at the Roxy and M.I.T.
Agree with Nuno about "Hotel California" as the greatest solo, very melodic and sing-able, as well as Al DiMeola's "mutola" or palm muting effects.👍Although Neal Schon is a good sensible guitarist in Journey in his heyday, he's melodic when playing for the song like the singable Open Arms interlude with the keyboard, Dont stop Believing and Faithfully outro, After All this Years, etc. BUT now if you him watch him play Journey live, he's most of the time wanking, 🤦♂there's a guitar solo spot (all members have a spot to solo) and he's becoming like those UA-cam amature shredders who just want to showoff speed and demo how fast they can play. No disrespect, just telling facts.
(watch here on UA-cam there's so many Journey 2023 concerts to see what I mean.)
@@powerbuilder1019 ESCAPE is a brilliant album & when I heard him play stuff from it live he wasn't being self indulgent to my ears. He was SMOKING like on the vinyl record. Just my opinion.
Dave Meniketti & Dann Huff are amazing duel threat players who can sing & shred brilliantly!
Pat Travers amazing guitarist. Still kills it live.
What are the best couple of Pat Travers albums to check out?
@michael dineen I'd recommend; Heat In The Street, Crash and Burn, Puttin It Straight, Live Go For What You Know.
Tommy Bolin ( RIP) numero uno
Not sure if Nuno is familiar but can't imagine he would not agree.
Check the " Teaser" album
Favorite album guitarist 🎸 / artist period 🔥
I always said when I heard those first two Cars albums, Elliot was an underrated guitarist.
Agreed.. so underrated!
Richie Sambora is the most underrated guitar play in music história.But , Nuno choices are also amazing.
Pat Travers Band at the Oakland Auditorium in Ca. 1980, my first concert. Def Leopard opened. They were supporting their first album “On Through The Night”.
Wow finally someone shouts out Pat Travers. Also, Peter Cowling is THE underrated bass player in music history. Most of the big names couldn't hold a candle to Mars. 👌
So good to hear an honest guitarist. Usually it’s that “oh yeah Hendrix, best ever” trope
The classic era Pat Travers stuff is amazing. As Nuno points out, the 'Go For What You Know' live album is a masterclass of groovy, bluesy, funky rock guitar playing. The whole band are on fire. And I'm guessing a lot of people don't know that the Pat Travers Band is where the likes of Tommy Aldridge and Nico McBrain cut their teeth. And just listen to Peter Cowling on the bass. Go and check out some PT stuff, it's well worth a listen.
Love that PT. BBC live, has the Crash And Burn stuff on it. Iconic. Great band/time.
Well said! ❤
I actually came across Pat Travers Gettin Better some years ago because Nuno was playing it live.
Great list. Love his mention of Eliot Easton, Don Felder and Pat Travers. Frank Marino is another…also Michael Schenker and Glenn Tipton.
Curious! Nuno, in turn, is on the list of many of us.
Nuno himself obviously tops that list. Most of the world only knows him as the "More Than Words" guy.
As always I agree with Nuno. After seeing Journey on the Escape tour I actually debated for a while if Neal or Eddie would be #1 in my mind then I saw the Diver Down tour the next year and Eddie took the title for years to come. If you all want a freaking GREAT party tune, "Boom Boom, out go the lights" off the Live! Go for what you know Travers album.
OMG yes!! Boom Boom Out Go The Lights!!!
Pat Travers did guest vocals on Get The Funk Out
Did he ?
He has done his homework!
yes al di meola for sure but when he played with paco de lucia wow, paco was so mindblowing
Wow great list and It blew me away that Pat Travers finally got some love. Gotta take a brag moment I seen Pat Travers in my hometown Toronto Canada 4th row centre stage Massey Hall those who know this venue know how great that night was. I was 16 yrs old the buddy I went with won the tickes on local radio. Pat played incredible and showmanship was top notch. Anyway Robin Trower is another player who needs some love.
Cheers
Doug 😎
Very astute choices! So glad he validated my opinion of Pat Travers as I have always felt he was severely underrated/under-appreciated. We're in good company as Paul Gilbert has the same opinion. Pat's solo in the song, "Evil," is a tutorial on how to get it done!
Slash, Richie Sambora? They are the definition of playing for the song. I would throw in Jie Perry as well.
but they're not underrated. ^^
He ain't wrong!
"Always play for the song."
Wise words.
Pat Travers sang some backup vocals on Get The Funk Out!
One of the best guitarists I’ve ever heard that I rarely see/hear mentioned in these lists is the late Jesse Ed Davis. Talk about playing for the song!
Saw Pat Travers at the Santa Monica Civic in 1980 and is still one of the best shows I've ever seen. Nuno's right on this one. Another great live album - Strangers in the Night (UFO).
Michael Schenker on Strangers in The Night influenced a whole generation of players myself included. With his brilliant melodic awareness & his deep singing penetrating midrange....& his emotions expressed on his V were breathtakingly BEAUTIFUL.
@@walterevans2118 "Save Yourself" was always a favorite of mine.
@@rugxulo Yes,that was a great one. What Michael would do in MSG would be to create brilliant Instrumentals like INTO THE ARENA …or CAPTAIN NEMO and they would be like Musical storytelling narratives in their construction with the themes and melodies changing and evolving like a story with a beginning, middle and an end. They were so tasteful and beautiful beyond the cliche of much formulaic rock. Michael kept his original identity even when the rest of the guitar world were all trying to sound like EVH. Same with Jeff Beck of course. Michael greatly respected Jeff with his incredibly smooth slide guitar playing and the way it was almost impossible to tell whether he was playing notes by finger vibrato or by vibrato bar. And of course Jeff’s use of the vibrato bar which was simply MIND BOGGLING.
Jeff could thumb pick just ONE note like on the beginning on Nadia and with a bottleneck create an 8 note melody for the price of one. Same with the vibrato bar on Where Were You….Jeff was just astonishing with both his beauty and his unorthodoxy.
I've been saying for decades that "Strangers in the Night" is the most underrated live album. Actually UFO in general never get the recognition they should. I'm 60 and to this day, when I wanna get away from it all, I put the good headphones on and let "Rock Bottom" pierce through my sole. Fuckin magical what Schenker does.
Ty Tabor from King's X! Nobody writes riffs like him.
YES. Good one!
I'll add my favorite "under-rated" player of all time.... Vito Bratta of White Lion
Excellent player.
I wish John Sykes name was thrown around more as an underrated player. Dude has a pretty good rap sheet of music behind him and many great collabs and he’s just a monster player. Warren DeMartini and Andy Timmons are also hugely underrated axe slingers, I will say though it did make me smile to see Neal Schon here, dude has a great ear for melody and his feeling for playing is almost unmatched, one of those you can play his songs but you can’t play it like him types.
def. warren de martini- when he plays he makes it look so easy
@@sean8470 still blows my mind that he had only been playing seriously like 3-4 years when he recorded out of the cellar.
@@gameroftheyear1000 yeah i read that too; i can't believe it either
Yes gettin betta Nuno you got it one of my all time favorites, and Wishbone Ash Live dates
I was certain he would say Ty Tabor!
(KingsX). Great picks! I bet he could name dozens. Really cool to see how much he loves music and guitar within the context of a band and a song.
Most excellent choices...
Awesome list!
Nuno definitely knows what the music is all about when he picked Neal Schon as one of the most underrated guitarists of all. Just listen to the whole body of work by Neal Schon, and you'll agree.
Where's John Frusciante in that list?
Just joking 😆
He nailed it with playing for the song with Elliot Easton
Pat Travers!!! Amen!!! “Snortin’ Whiskey……forget about it, man!”
tom schultz of boston is beyond underrated
Massively!
1976! My year!!!!
I have to go with criminally underrated Brian Setzer! Alex Liefson never got the flowers he deserved either! But Nuno named some good ones.
Al is the man, Nuno knows his shit.
Buckethead, Robin Trower, June Millington, John Cipollina, Dweezil Zappa.
Al Di Meola 😍
What a list!! ❤
What is the Pat Travers Live album Nuno refers too? Pat Travers has passed me by, need to go listen...
do you know the brand of nuno t-shirt? it would make a perfect gift. but will you ever stop loving this boy?
Pat Travers for the win! And what a humble guy! Out there doing it on the regular and ALWAYS hangs with fans after the show etc. True rock God!
Amazing. Can't believe he didn't mention Eddie.
Because most people don’t consider him “underrated”.
Frank Marino is the most underrated guitarist
He was certainly one of the best of his generation.
Danny Gatton
Ah, Nuno’s playing makes a lot of sense after hearing Pat Travers!
Eric Johnson, Phil Keaggy, Mark Knopfler, Brian May, and Tom Scholz.
GREAT list!! Throw in Neil Neil Giraldo too!
People keep misunderstanding when a person named his/her top guitar heros, it doesn't mean the person mentioned was the greatest of all time, it's more to who's influences them the most.
hey Nuno, thought you were gonna chuck in Dave Leslie there, of the baby animals! heard you say it before, and I totes agree with you!
Absolute gem of a list from an absolute gem.
Big ups for Al Di!!!!!!!
This title is wrong, of course. What he was asked to list is top 5 underrated guitarists of all time. I hate clickbait
underrated billy squier
Ronnie Montrose is ALWAYS overlooked.
I totally agree with Pat Travers “LIVE”, the albums were great but him playing LIVE was so much meatier and better.
"Friday Night in San Francisco" was the live album that Di Meola, Paco, and John McLaughlin did in '81, phenomenal record. Neal Schon and Elliot Easton are two criminally overlooked guitarists from the 70's and 80's, go back and listen to how their solos fit perfectly within the structures of the songs. Both killer rhythm players and composers as well.
Incredible!
I agree Nuno but I would say also other 5 guys: Alex Lifeson, Damon Johnson, Ty Tabor, Reb Beach and Roy Buchanan.
Pat Travers-yeah!
It's great to hear an all-time great mention Al Di Meola. He truly is underrated
I don't think Al Di Meola is underrated at all it is just that he is not known to rock fans that much, but in the realms of Jazz and Fusion he is very appreciated.
@@regev1970 Agreed. Along John McLaughlin, Allan Holdsworth, Scott Hendrson, Steve Morse...
Such a great list - Neal schon and pat travers are such great picks!!!!!!
Pat Travers, yeah! 🎶🎶
Neal Schon is such an incredible guitarist!!!!
Elliot Easton !!
Elliot Easton is so f’n good and you NEVER hear anyone talk about him. Nuno went up four spots in my book.
Joe Walsh is is definitely in my top 5 greatest guitarists along w/ Pat Metheny and Clapton.
Nuno knows. #NealSchon severely underrated.
Shawn Lane? Holdsworth? Gary Moore? Ronnie Montrose?
Elliot Easton ftw!
My opinion is
George Lynch
Warren Demartini
Mick Mars
Vivian Campbell
John 5
replace mick marrs and/or John 5 with vito bratta and your list is perfect