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Old 11-23-11, 03:15 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by vienna View Post
"Oh man, you really paled with Hendrix? I'm so sorry, I had no idea...". Suddenly, Yngvie was all apologies to Laughlin and almost bowing down to him for the rest of the interview. Malmsteen may be able to play a gazillion notes a second and may possibly be a better technical technical player than either Laughlin or even Hendrix, but even an arrogant, self-centered/serving shredder like Malmsteen recognizes the genius of someone who will continue to be a benchmark long after Yngvie's work is in the dustbins of musical history...
Sounds like Malmsteen
malsmsteen opened up the whole neoclassical style and while there are people that play much better faster and cleaner than him....he is Jimi Hendrix of the style.
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