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Originally Posted by fringe_dweller
 jealous!? hardly, great advertisement for tooo much nose candy tho! i remember when they come out, it was like he had suddenly invented the guitar and all those tricks, well guess who started the whole finger tapping thing 
from that same era Mark Knopfler was head and shoulders over that kinda 'fluff'
i dont think eddie will be having, or has had ,a career at the top for 40 plus yrs!! and still going!
i did like some van halen - the band that is |
Well I guess that all depends on how you look at it. Eddie just took it to a
different level, one that turned me on for sure. Personally I've never looked
at a guitarist as being the best or whatever, to me that just doesn't exist.
Different players do different things to me. Although I would have to say
Jeff Beck certainly rings my bell, not too many top 40's there. but then I've
never judge a musucians ability by making the top 40.
Besides if we really want to get purist on who did what first, finger tapping
wasn't invent by Mark Knopfler either. Try Nicolo Pagini (1782-1840) a
violinist from the early 1800's
. I did a couple of shows with Dire Straights
back in 85's I think.... I'll have to look back through my stage passes.
regards,CS