Topic: Rate-It-All Web Site - www.rateitall.com - Best Guitarist of All TIme
Hi:
I recently posted my first message on the introduction page and a few minutes ago, I completed the form for the Street Team.
I did the latter because after hearing Joe for the first time only in the last week, I am convinced that he is the future of blues guitar. And I don't make that comment lightly. As a 53 year old, I've seen and heard alot of great young blues guitar players - especially since the life / death of SRV, who re-ignited interest in blues / guitar. And while I was and am impressed with many of the players, my interest was essentially limited to listening to their cd's, enjoying their music and attending the occasional show when they came to Toronto.
But Joe is different. I almost feel compelled to let all of my guitar player friends / sports buddies know that there's this incredibly gifted guy who they may not have heard of.
In fact, there's a web site - www. rateitall.com - that allows users to rate everything from best restaurants in NYC, for example, to the best cell phones. It rates everything and allows users to post comments.
Well, I've posted a few comments in one area - best guitarist of all time.
In this section, there's 209 different guitar players listed and each of them has various comments. The most well know, for example, like Eddie Van Halen will have lots of comments. Lesser known players may have only one or two comments.
But I was very surprised to see when I scrolled through the list that Joe Bonamassa's name wasn't even listed.
To me, that was absoultely nuts. Here's a guy who may very well be the BEST player on the planet today and he's not listed amongst the top 210 players..???!!
Give me a break ..!!
Well, he is now..if you go there, you will see my comment about Joe. In fact, I would recommend that everybody go to this site, create an account and then post a positive comment about Joe. There's alot of guitar players and music fans who post on this site / section and like me, many of them may not of heard of Joe. But when they do, they'll be convinced that this guy is the REAL DEAL..!!
Mark