unknown my ASS! he's one of the worlds greatest guitarists! mainstream these days no, but in the 80's he was pretty big, and still is. and @light487, Steve Vai was mainstream in the 80's as well, due to the fact that he played with Whitesnake, and David Lee Roth. So.. he's mainstream in his own right too. i will agree that Eric got a lot more of a showing with guitar hero, but he was still a pretty well known guitarist even before then
Eric Johnson has been a total badass since the early 80's, maybe even longer. I remember getting a flexidisc in a Guitar Player magazine back in the day that just blew my mind.
In a way the whole Guitar Hero thing was good, I mean if it gets his music across to more people then i dont see anything wrong with it. I'm young and alot of my friends wouldnt know who he is only for Guitar Hero.
Closer to 7 Billion , yes. And to the uninformed masses , true , Eric is virtually unknown. I for one , am glad I'm not one of the uninformed. You could ask those same 100 people who Steve Morse or Steve Lukather are as well , and even though they played for two very well know bands , anonimity surrounds them. The same holds true for very many seriously amazingly talented musicians stuck in bands that they don't get to showcase their talents in , be it rock , country or otherwise. I just enjoy.
Great composition, although I wish this piece was more based on SRV's style, being call and response, with a few of SRV's trademark licks. A wah pedal wouldn't have hurt to use either. Nonetheless, a great guitarist for many generations to come.
Yes, it's true... Even Steve Vai is not mainstream. Walk up to 100 people on the street and ask them who these people are.. the best you could hope for is some sort of vague response. Joe Satriani is fairly well known in the "mainstream" but still you will get a lot of people scratching their heads if you ask them.
Outside of the whole "guitarist" and musicians circles, not many people knew who Eric was until GuitarHero.
unknown my ASS! he's one of the worlds greatest guitarists! mainstream these days no, but in the 80's he was pretty big, and still is. and @light487, Steve Vai was mainstream in the 80's as well, due to the fact that he played with Whitesnake, and David Lee Roth. So.. he's mainstream in his own right too. i will agree that Eric got a lot more of a showing with guitar hero, but he was still a pretty well known guitarist even before then
DatGameShow 1 month ago
Eric Johnson has been a total badass since the early 80's, maybe even longer. I remember getting a flexidisc in a Guitar Player magazine back in the day that just blew my mind.
RongWang23 2 months ago
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In a way the whole Guitar Hero thing was good, I mean if it gets his music across to more people then i dont see anything wrong with it. I'm young and alot of my friends wouldnt know who he is only for Guitar Hero.
mexistratman1 2 months ago
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mexistratman1 2 months ago
Closer to 7 Billion , yes. And to the uninformed masses , true , Eric is virtually unknown. I for one , am glad I'm not one of the uninformed. You could ask those same 100 people who Steve Morse or Steve Lukather are as well , and even though they played for two very well know bands , anonimity surrounds them. The same holds true for very many seriously amazingly talented musicians stuck in bands that they don't get to showcase their talents in , be it rock , country or otherwise. I just enjoy.
cncdaddy 3 months ago
There are closer to 7 billion people on our planet today... Just saying.
blisteredvision 4 months ago
this is actually not a good recording i saw the same exact video just the audio was better
rockstar0337 6 months ago
Great composition, although I wish this piece was more based on SRV's style, being call and response, with a few of SRV's trademark licks. A wah pedal wouldn't have hurt to use either. Nonetheless, a great guitarist for many generations to come.
TheTwistedmistr 10 months ago
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@EugenVittorelli You´re right won a grammy ,played the national anthem ,he was big back then ,bigger than now
but I like his new album !
Mr Johnson was great and will be great ,very underrated by most of the young musicians
Moltograesslich 1 year ago
@EugenVittorelli You´re right won a grammy ,played the national anthem ,he was big back then ,bigger than now
but I like his new album !
Mr Johnson was great and will be great ,very underrated by most of the young musicians
Moltograesslich 1 year ago
believe me in the guitar community he is well respected for decades now...many years before guitar hero
nemogre 1 year ago
Yes, it's true... Even Steve Vai is not mainstream. Walk up to 100 people on the street and ask them who these people are.. the best you could hope for is some sort of vague response. Joe Satriani is fairly well known in the "mainstream" but still you will get a lot of people scratching their heads if you ask them.
Outside of the whole "guitarist" and musicians circles, not many people knew who Eric was until GuitarHero.
There are almost 5 billion people on this planet.
light487 2 years ago 2