INTRODUCTION
Personally, when I say the words “guitar hero" I think of Jimi Hendrix. Maybe that’s because of his War Heroes album; when the distinctions get blurred there’s really no difference between a sniper running through the jungle and a crazy man pouring lighter fluid on an electric guitar.
INTRODUCTION
Personally, when I say the words “guitar hero" I think of Jimi Hendrix. Maybe that’s because of his War Heroes album; when the distinctions get blurred there’s really no difference between a sniper running through the jungle and a crazy man pouring lighter fluid on an electric guitar. There’s a romantic aspect to the guitar that rock ’n’ roll’s not only encouraged but thrived upon: whatever I might personally think of Angus Young’s prowess as a guitarist, I’d much rather see him on the cover of CREEM than Christopher Cross or Linda Ronstadt. Because, obviously, rock ’n’ roll and those two pop singers are barely related, and because of that hint of “outlaw blues” behind the guitar that 15 million synthesizers and as many Elton Johns can never hold a candle to. It’s in the vocabulary, basically.
