That article is really interesting...
Some really good things said there!!!
I especially like this part:
During a rare interview with GP in the July, 2004 issue, Prince laid his feelings about the state-of-the-guitar on the line, and his point still resonates today: “Kids don’t learn to play the right way anymore. When the Jackson 5 came up, they had to go through Smokey Robinson and the Funk Brothers, and that’s how they got it down. I want to be able to teach that stuff, because kids need to learn these things, and nobody is teaching them the basics. See, a lot of cats don’t work on their rhythm enough, and if you don’t have rhythm, you might as well take up needlepoint or something. I can’t stress it enough. The next thing is pitch. That’s universal. You’re either in tune or you ain’t. When you get these things down, then you can learn how to solo.”
I would love to play like Prince / Knopfler / Clapton / SRV combined!
Obviously Prince is the underrated one though! Even Knopfler to a certain extent i think!!
