Guitar playes

[McC]

For me, it's always been more about style than speed or number of notes. Also, uniqueness is huge for me too. And soul. Some guys can squeeze out more soul in four notes than other guys can in thirty.

Clapton--love him for being right at home in any style or genre.

Love and admire all the usual suspects. But one of my favorites is Mark Knopfler, who rarely gets mentioned is discussions like this but is a guitar genius in my mind. Still remember the exact moment I first heard "Sultans of Swing." Felt like life was different after that moment, much like the day I saw Blazing Saddles for the first time. Or maybe I was different. Or both.

This is what music does. It opens places in you that you didn't know were there and it puts places in you that weren't already there. I didn't know how much I needed this song or that song or this or that artist until I first listened.