Declan is ridiculously beautiful. 9/10 for me, simply for the tone and melodies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO2JAA47Mgk

Bloomfield ripping shit apart...

8/10 ...great blues licks from Bloomfield as always .... the whole track itself was groovy like anything ..... thats 2 good tracks from the album ive heard ....

one of my favorite instrumentals

Nice, though nothing really amazing. 7/10 for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVsNlchp0GE

Intense shit from 1954! Can never understand why people like this get overlooked in the general history of rock guitar.

Oh, man, this is really from 1954!? It's brilliant! This man was obviously ahead of his time. 9/10 from me!

To continue the trend of instrumentals:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ImCNG02vVQ

I love Knopfler, but that really didn't do much for me. 6/10. Great melody though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8wO1EplWww
Possibly the first feedback intro, three years before the Beatles did it on I Feel Fine.

9/10 , awesome cool and wicked, nothing much to be said, this is just brilliant stuff, i have heard this tune before, but its always good for relistens now and then.

definitely one of my favorite performances from Townshend

As an overall perfomrance, pretty great. Just not that impressive guitar wise, other than the fact that it's pretty hard to play like that and sing at the same time. 6.5/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIzUL-7Csng

9/10. Some of Ritchie's finest playing! And Gillan actually sounds awesome there, with no falsetto wailing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGYwx0lXpm4

Wow, Jeff can actually sing too?? Never knew that! His guitar playing there is incredible! The man is a genius! 9/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt6Jo5U3 ... re=related

I still love the 'pre Brothers in Arms' material, but the whole big production stuff that followed hasnt really aged well for me. Knopfler is such a unique and gifted player though. I remember the 1st time I heard Sultans on the radio - I went straight to the record shop and bought the LP. Still play it now !! .

Private Investigations isnt a huge test of Knopflers talents, it's more of an atmosphere piece I guess.

For something a little different -here's 2 clips from Antonio Forcione. They call him the 'Jimi Hendrix' of acoustic guitar. He plays everything - Pick,fingers, slapping, tapping etc etc.

The first clip is him playing 'I heard it through the grapevine'. He is a great showman and adds lots of comedy amongst the serious stuff. The 2nd clip is one of his comedic pieces

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7z84VCgnfc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qw--TQZ ... re=related

Private Investigation definitely works more as a song than a guitar performance

Yep, he really does have a great bluesy voice. Too bad he didnt sing more often.
Much better voice than Clapton, imo...

I would never say that he has a better voice than Clapton.

The Seeker, those clips were great, he is indeed a gifted showman! The playing in the first clips was absolutely sublime... I'd give it 8.5/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umbWzGnt3WY