There ya go. I knew I wasn't hallucinating this morning although I wasn't wide awake when I read it. Sounds like a country clubber to me. I knew there was something fishy about him and his captaincy in Philly.
- Phillywhiteout

Best player in the world!

The country club…

It’s a daily topic around here. The words are used so much it’s worn out. The Country Club. In terms of how fans feel about “The Country Club”, I can’t really pick up on. Bobby Clarke, head of the country club exposed Hextall by not listening to his scouts, drafting Nolan Patrick and trading Brayden Schenn within that hour. You would think this would make Clarke a hero but we all know Clarke is behind the scenes with his own agenda. Making phone calls, putting a word in for his long time buddy Chuck Fletcher. That boy is like a son to old Clarkie. We want to put an end to the Country Club, don’t we? I mean Cam Atkinson came in here and exposed the locker room as being like a Country Club. It must have made Atkinson sick with all the winning he was doing down in Columbus. So we bring in John Tortorella to put an end to the funny business in our locker room. Atkinson led the campaign for Torts. Now Torts is here for world domination. Full control of the Flyers. This is serious business. If dry island taught us anything, we can’t win if the Flyers are having fun. I mean Chicago was taking off their shirts in limbos and Kane was attacking cab drivers for making him pay his tab, all while winning Cups and becoming a dynasty. That can’t be us. We’ve gotta take a game kids play for fun in a serious manner.

This was a great discussion, especially right now when we don't have much else to talk about. There are so many good ones and so many great points made. I'm not saying they are tops of all time, but big fan of Pete Townshend, George Harrison, and Brian May.
- Don Nachbaur

Did you ever read Pete Townsends autobiography ?

I saw the Ramones in, maybe, ‘82 in Philly. What was the name of that club on/near Penn campus? 38th street? Chestnut Cabaret? Joey stood front and center, head down, hair in front of his face, for pretty much the whole show. They just powered through. Barely paused between songs.
- Dkos

saw the ramones there several times as well as soul asylum, the replacements, concrete blonde off the top of my head.


then visit wizards for some roast beef......

There is a new boss in town for rock guitar. Nuno bettoncourt and extreme have a new single out and the guitar work is sick.
Listened to a few guitar legends slobbering all over the tape when they were reviewing the song.
Give me Ritchie Kotzen, John Petrucci Nuno, Steve Vai and I’m jamming.
- bird_dog_pa

OMG that Rise solo is next level badassery.

https://www.rollingstone....eatest-guitarists-153675/

its pretty nuts some of the players listed. It should probably be recategorized as most influential guitarists or something. Because some of these people can barely play. I am not a massive Van Halen fan but he should be #1 or #2. He is the most under rated guitarist ever. Yes, I said under rated. Van Halen may be the best rock player of all time and some people still don't truly understand how great he actually was.
- MBFlyerfan

Funny that McLaughlin is only 67th and Ry Cooder doesn't even make it to the list. I guess if you find rock music to be puerile and move on to more challenging realms, you lose your claim to being a "great guitarist."

The other amusing thing about this list is, when RS started this "greatest of" stuff in the 80s, people complained that reviewers were choosing influential musicians from their own youthful days of listening. Reverse ageism, so to speak.

But now, 30-40 years later, a new crop of reviewers, many names 50ish or younger, the same group of guys still occupy the top of the list. Hendrix, BB King, Duane, Clapton, Beck etc etc.

In other words, Rock Music, which largely arose as a reaction to an established order and was associated with iconoclasm, irreverence, and youth, now has willy-nilly created its own canon. A new group of old farts have replaced classical musicians, just much more rich, all under the guise of accessibility (while leading impossibly opulent jet-set lives that would make the old stuffies look like country bumpkins).

As the pedophile once wrote: "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss" except that it is pretty easy to get people fooled again.