In your opinion...
2007-10-23 13:22:26 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
Ritchie Blackmore. Steve Howe is good, but not as good as Ritchie Blackmore. Just look at the legendary riff "Smoke on the Water", along with some of his other riffs. His solos are superb, and it's always great that he did trade-off solos with Jon Lord.
2007-10-23 15:34:20 · answer #1 · answered by Montag 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As far as technical ability, sheer virtuosity, and range of styles, I'd have to say Steve Howe. I have always been big fans of both guitarists. I know that Steve is classically trained, and well versed in jazz (Wes Montgomery is his idol) and Ritchie dabbled with some classical in his early teens, but lost interest. Ritchie's roots are more blues based, with some tiny bits of classical scaling here and there.
Believe me, it's a tough call, but as a guitarist myself it's definitely Steve Howe (only my opinion). Once you have all of your classical theory down, you can pretty much play anything. Too bad Ritchie gave up his classical training before he even got started, he might have been even greater than he already is!
By the way, they would both be in my top 10 greatest and most influential rock guitarists of all time. Good question!
2007-10-23 15:44:09 · answer #2 · answered by Smiley 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Shoooot... Ritchie Blackmore. Very tough though, gaah. I keep second guessing myself! But Ritchie... yes him. Love Rainbow and I love Deep Purple. Final answer.
2007-10-23 14:16:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-04 11:12:17 · answer #4 · answered by persaud 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ritchie Blackmore. I've never heard someone play a strat like he cab during concerts.
2007-10-23 22:56:57 · answer #5 · answered by afbdrummer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ritchie Blackmore..I think he is extremely overlooked as one of the greats. Love the guitar rifts on 16th Century Greensleeves.
2007-10-23 13:26:38 · answer #6 · answered by Jem 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I loved Ritchie's stuff on Rainbow and my sis is a huge fan of his...so Blackmore for me...
2007-10-23 14:40:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both are great guitarists in their own right. But I must give a slight edege to Steve Howe
2007-10-23 14:28:38 · answer #8 · answered by Peepaw 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Got to go with Ritchie, sad that he through away his rock career.
2007-10-23 13:32:58 · answer #9 · answered by Brad Y 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blackmore by far.
2007-10-26 18:05:51 · answer #10 · answered by John S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋