Battle of the Underrated Guitarists: #29 (Semi-Finals) Billy Gibbons vs Prince

[a21schizoidman]

Suprise Suprise, who would have thought this would be Semi-Final matchup?

BILLY GIBBONS

William Frederick (Billy) Gibbons (born December 16, 1949), nicknamed the Reverend Willie G, is best known as the guitarist for ZZ Top. He is also the lead vocalist and composer for many of the band's classic songs. A Houston native, Gibbons is known for playing a classic 1959 Gibson Les Paul guitar he calls Miss Pearly Gates. He is known to play his guitar using a quarter or a peso as a pick, lending a distinctive sound to his playing.

Joe Blues:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPhzn2iVptA

Sharp Dressed Man:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW_QCRGvT-g

Blue Jean Blues:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LlxRX8fgsU

vs

PRINCE

Prince Rogers Nelson (born June 7, 1958, in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American musician. He performs simply as Prince, but has also been known by various other names, among them an unpronounceable symbol, leading fans and critics to dub him The Artist Formerly Known As Prince or simply The Artist.

Prince is a prolific artist, having released several hundred songs both under his own name and with other artists. He has won six Grammy Awards and an Academy Award, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004. In 2004, he was named as the top male pop artist of the past 25 years by ARC Rock on the Net,[1] and Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Prince #28 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[2]

From his early material, rooted in R&B, soul and funk, Prince has expanded his musical palette throughout his career, absorbing many other genres including pop, rock, jazz, new wave, psychedelia and hip hop. Some of his primary influences include Sly Stone, Curtis Mayfield, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Madonna and Carlos Santana. The distinctive characteristics of the early-to-mid 1980s work, such as sparse and industrial-sounding drum machine arrangements and the use of synthesizer riffs to serve the role traditionally occupied by horn riffs in earlier R&B, funk and soul music—was called the "Minneapolis sound" and has proved very influential.

(Prince doesnt allow youtube vids so..)
http://www.last.fm/music/Prince

PLEASE LISTEN BEFORE YOU VOTE!
(edit=forgot to add close date on poll: poll will close on 10-21-08 @ 11:00 AM CST)

[AxlVanHagar]

Allow me to lend a hand here schiz.

Prince - Whole Lotta Love (Live)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6r...ove-2002_music

Prince - Bambi (Live)
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?doc...ce+bambi&hl=en

Prince - Computer Blue (Live)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ub-pCC27y0

Prince Live at the Superbowl
http://video.libero.it/app/play?id=8...2f8f282683c6fe

[a21schizoidman]

Allow me to lend a hand here schiz.

Prince - Whole Lotta Love (Live)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6r...ove-2002_music

Prince - Bambi (Live)
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?doc...ce+bambi&hl=en

Prince - Computer Blue (Live)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ub-pCC27y0

Prince Live at the Superbowl
http://video.libero.it/app/play?id=8...2f8f282683c6fe

thanks Axl, couldn't find any vids myself when I started this, because Prince doesn't usually allow ANY videos of him playing anywhere

[afterstasis]

definitely prince.

[Jhail83]

Prince. I knew he was awesome but I love that Whole Lotta Love cover!

[thedoorsdk]

Billy Gibbons melts Prince's face.

[TooFun]

Prince for me!

[AxlVanHagar]

thanks Axl, couldn't find any vids myself when I started this, because Prince doesn't usually allow ANY videos of him playing anywhere

NP man, google video is a great alternative to YouTube.

Oh voted for His Royal Badness btw. Nothing against Gibbons, he's a monster player but for my money Prince is leaps and bounds ahead in overall ability and feel.

[Rockbandfan23467]

thanks Axl, couldn't find any vids myself when I started this, because Prince doesn't usually allow ANY videos of him playing anywhere

Prince Rogers Nelson + cat = James Bond Villian.

[AxlVanHagar]

Prince Rogers Nelson + cat = James Bond Villian.

LOL! Never thought about that before but I'll be damned, you are correct.


And I'd like to add I'm stunned that this one is tied atm. If it comes down to Gibbons and Zappa in the finals my vote there will be all too easy.