Who is the greatest musician of all time

Bob Doran · Post by **Bob Doran** » 25 Jan 2005 5:04 pm

on any instrument?
This means the whole package, creativity, improvisation- the works.
I would like to put in a vote for Mozart.
if you have ever heard his Twinkle, Twinkle in 12 variations, it seems to show a knowledge of just about everything there is to know about improvisation.
Bob

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 25 Jan 2005 5:15 pm

Jerry Garcia

Chris Lasher · Post by **Chris Lasher** » 25 Jan 2005 5:27 pm

Probably some bedroom warrior who never plays out and who nobody's ever heard.

edit: On second thought, someone's going to argue you have to play out to be a great musician, otherwise you're missing that perspective and not complete. For pure technique, I stand by my guess. There's no real answer here, of course. This is gonna be one of them "opinions are like @$$holes" threads.

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Stu Schulman · Post by **Stu Schulman** » 25 Jan 2005 5:30 pm

Harry Houdini

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 25 Jan 2005 5:37 pm

HowardR... ROTFLMF'inAO!! I owe you a beer in Dallas for that one!

Bob Doran · Post by **Bob Doran** » 25 Jan 2005 5:38 pm

I'm told both Bobby Darin and Aretha Franklin could pick up essentially any instrument for the first time and play it well!
Bob

Henry Nagle · Post by **Henry Nagle** » 25 Jan 2005 5:52 pm

David Lee Roth

Drew Howard · Post by **Drew Howard** » 25 Jan 2005 6:07 pm

This is a dumb thread. O.K., Louie Armstrong.

Drew

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Ken Lang · Post by **Ken Lang** » 25 Jan 2005 6:13 pm

I'd say the greatest musician of all time got a little uppity and lost his place and talent and was booted out, never to play his heavenly music again.

Bill Hatcher · Post by **Bill Hatcher** » 25 Jan 2005 6:19 pm

I would easily submit that JS Bach was the greatest musician of all time.

If you only take under consideration his prowess on the pipe organ then this still could hold true. His sons said after his death that his organ compositions were not really a true representation of how formidable his talents were when he played concerts live. His organ concerts often lasted for hours and would include hour+ long improvisations on whatever theme he had in front of him at the moment.

If you have ever studied his compositions, his life and his effect on musicicians for the last couple of hundred years after his death then you might agree that Bach may very well be the greatest master of music.

There are other musicians who were/are also spectacular, but Mr. Bach receives my vote. Had Mozart lived a full life, he could very well have acheived as much and maybe more.

Chris Lasher · Post by **Chris Lasher** » 25 Jan 2005 6:26 pm

Alright, time to end this.

It's God.

Stephen Gregory · Post by **Stephen Gregory** » 25 Jan 2005 6:27 pm

Who is the most beautiful woman? What is the best food? What is the best town or city? Who was the smartest? Which is best E.T. or J.I.? C'mon, It's all too subjective, let's move on! Chris I had to edit my post, you got it right. Now, let's move on![This message was edited by Stephen Gregory on 25 January 2005 at 06:28 PM.][This message was edited by Stephen Gregory on 25 January 2005 at 06:38 PM.]

Bill cole · Post by **Bill cole** » 25 Jan 2005 6:42 pm

Hell I think I am if you don't believe me just ask me

Eric West · Post by **Eric West** » 25 Jan 2005 6:46 pm

Raphael the Archangel.

It's in the book.

EJL

Henry Nagle · Post by **Henry Nagle** » 25 Jan 2005 6:58 pm

Freddie Mercury

Lem Smith · Post by **Lem Smith** » 25 Jan 2005 7:02 pm

It's hard to say exactly who the best is, but we can narrow it down a bit. It's not me!

Lem

Rick McDuffie · Post by **Rick McDuffie** » 25 Jan 2005 7:40 pm

Paul McCartney

Frank Parish · Post by **Frank Parish** » 25 Jan 2005 8:47 pm

I second what Rick said. What are you guys thinking?

Al Terhune · Post by **Al Terhune** » 25 Jan 2005 9:04 pm

One of them foreign violin players whose names I can't replicate in print. They're pretty tricky!

Or Buck Owens, cause I like all the sparkles he wore on his clothes.

Should this be moved to nonpedal?

John P. Phillips · Post by **John P. Phillips** » 25 Jan 2005 9:19 pm

O.K. if nobody else will say it, I will. TINY TIM !

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John Rosett · Post by **John Rosett** » 25 Jan 2005 9:24 pm

i'm with drew-louis armstrong. name one other person who could sing "hello dolly" with carol channing and still sound cool.

John Steele · Post by **John Steele** » 25 Jan 2005 9:29 pm

"Of All Time" sounds a bit Apocalyptic.
Can we not just say "up to this point in time"?

-John

Henry Nagle · Post by **Henry Nagle** » 25 Jan 2005 9:45 pm

Meatloaf!

Dave Zirbel · Post by **Dave Zirbel** » 25 Jan 2005 9:53 pm

It's a toss up between Stephane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt........

....and then Meatloaf!

DZ

Andy Greatrix · Post by **Andy Greatrix** » 25 Jan 2005 10:52 pm

When he was on his game, Lennie Breau would be up there with the best.