Admittedly, any list of top guitarists that didn’t include Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour would be bigger news than any that did. Nonetheless, it’s worth noting the U.K.’s Classic Rock magazine has featured him on its list of “100 greatest guitarists of all time” published in the September issue.
The peer-generated list created by polling 100 guitarists includes a write-up about Gilmour by Marillion‘s Steve Rothery.
“It’s down to playing what the song requires, and no more, basically. If somebody’s playing fast for a reason, that’s great, but mindless shredding has never really done much for me,” Rothery writes. “A lot of what Gilmour does is about feel and emotion and atmosphere.”
Well put.
A couple pages later you can read Gilmour’s tribute to Jeff Beck.
