AH Malmsteen - Do you like Joe Satriani and Steve Vai? I like Midnight by Satriani - Steve Vai, I like Tender Surrender and Bad Horsie - in fact I haven't listened to bad horsie in years. It's very chunky.
I think it was the black napkins that Steve Vai had to transcribe or something for Zappa.
Do you like Prince?
Satriani and Vai are both on the list, though I don't usually seek them out much, when I'm listening for pleasure.
Prince would probably have been a better guitarist, had he played just guitar. As it was, he played many instruments and excelled at none of them. It's a very different feat than what is required to make this list, and it's equally respectable.
When I'm done with this list, which could be a while, I plan on doing a "featured guitarist of the week" series. He'll be covered in that series, though it's a long ways out. I'll be working on this list for quite a while longer.
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