Battle of the Underrated Guitarists: #7 Nancy Wilson vs Terry Kath

[a21schizoidman]

NANCY WILSON

Nancy Lamoureux Wilson (born March 16, 1954, San Francisco, California) is an American singer and guitarist who, with her older sister Ann, became a part of the Seattle band Heart.

Barracuda:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpkitLUbeEg

Crazy On You:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gpNqB4dnT4

If Looks Could Kill:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR0fIUu0rWU


vs

TERRY KATH

Terry Alan Kath (January 31, 1946 – January 23, 1978) born in Chicago, Illinois, was the original guitarist and founding member of the rock band Chicago. He died in 1978 at the age of 31 from an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Beginnings:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYRrTpBSCWE

Make Me Smile:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og-xLFBhH4M

25 or 6 to 4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2y5-DY5oU4

PLEASE LISTEN BEFORE YOU VOTE!

[polishdog90]

Crazy on you does it for me. That guitar intro is so awesome.

[JukeBoxHero]

I vote for Nancy Wilson this round, I did a take listen to Chicago , Terry Kath is pretty good.

[synthesizedpiano]

Nancy Wilson, Crazy on you's intro seems very complicated and hard to play.

[NX013]

Wow, no Kath love, he was the white hendrix. Hendrix even said he was better.

[frizzy_bj]

I Heart Nancy! (I know, that was a terrible play on words.)

[topperharley]

Different styles, but I've always been more of a Heart fan than a Chicago fan, so my vote has to go to Ms. Wilson.

And why did people use to refer to Heart as "a female Led Zeppelin"? I've never understood that...

I Heart Nancy! (I know, that was a terrible play on words.)

Get out! *points towards door* (j/k)

[HMXMusoman]

Chicago get a bad rap because of all the schmaltzy stuff they recorded later on, but Kath was amazing-- There's a track called "Poem 63" (or something like that) on the first Chicago album, where the first few minutes are basically a guitar solo, and he just shreds on that. The Carnegie Hall album has some pretty epic solos too.

Nancy Wilson could certainly play, but she usually had another guitar player in Heart to do the flashy stuff.

[a21schizoidman]

looks like Nancy Wilson is going to win

[Murricane93]

I'm very unhappy about this.

I love Heart and I love Chicago, but Terry Kath was one of a kind. He was one of the best, and it's a shame that he isn't here today.