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Guitar - Jimmy Page - Led Zeppelin (much more versatile than Ed, so he's on the list)
Drums - Alex Van Halen - Van Halen (deepest groove, best snare sound ever, better time than Bonham)
honorable mention - Dave Grohl - Nirvana years. (great energy and very dynamic)
Bass - Jack Bruce - Cream
I gotta add one here:
Back-up vocals - Mike Anthony - Van Halen (it aint VH without Mikey)
Best Guitarist-Jerry Garcia
Best Drummer-Art Blakey
Best Bassist-Victor Wooten
Best Lead Singer (this one's hard, because it's so subjective) but if I HAVE to- Otis Redding
OK...I'm going to go with this list in the Rock 'n' Roll Genre...and please forgive if I cannot narrow it down to just one guy in each category, but I will try my best to keep it short...
Guitarist--Jimi Hendrix (50 years later and guys are still trying to copy and interpret his music); Joe Satriani (for sheer technical brilliance); Mark Knopfler (a personal favorite because I just dig the way he sounds!)
Lead Singer--Freddie Mercury--I have always claimed he had the best voice ever in rock and I always will. So good he could have sung--and did!--Opera.
Bassist: Tough pick. For all around music talent ya gotta go with Paul McCartney, right? But for just Bass playing skills? I think maybe John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin. Also Geddy Lee. Oh, and maybe John Entwistle.
Drummer: My favorite has always been Keith Moon; But for pure technical brilliance--and boy,Ido mean brilliance: Neil Pert.
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