Comments on: “Rockin’ Horse” – Derek Trucks Guitar Solo

By: weathered79

weathered79 — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:09:21 +0000

thank god finally a bunch a people who dislike mayer yo he’s way overrated just another white bread blues one a be

By: cpignone

cpignone — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:41:29 +0000

Derek is good but he hits a lot of notes that aren’t even in the key of the song which kind of ruins it for me. Using out of key notes as passing tones is one thing but to land on them as target notes kills the line you are playing. John Mayer is actually a very very good guitar player and is much more polished than Derek. The problem with Mayer is that he doesn’t play the cool stuff like he did with the john mayer trio, he’d rather sell out to the radio-friendly crowd.

By: Phishboy26

Phishboy26 — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:11:51 +0000

Mention Mayer with Buddy Guy, Clapton, and SRV. Derek is a pure guitarist. He only uses the overdrive of his amps. No pedals. He also doesnt use a pick or atleast ive never heard of him using one. Warren Haynes is a monster. He Is in his own league. His PAF tones and his soulful voice are what has kept me a fan for a long time. His work with his band Government Mule and early work with Coe turned him from just Warren Haynes to an icon in Blues and Southern Rock

By: atl2maryland

atl2maryland — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:52:44 +0000

@cpignone are you serious.. Derek Truck is way more polished than those sloppy blues licks he played with the trio.. get out of here… from technique to phrasing to execution.. John Mayer is barely better than average guitar players I see around

By: atl2maryland

atl2maryland — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:25:20 +0000

@Phishboy26 Derek to me is a solid all around guitar player.. John Mayers playing seems so restricted to just basic blues technique.. he shouldnt even be mentioned in some guitar discussions

By: cpignone

cpignone — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:06:19 +0000

I’m not saying that Derek isn’t good, he just doesn’t do it for me. When he is improvising with the slide in this video, he lands on a bunch of sour notes up near the 20+ frets, which makes me cringe a little. He does play some interesting stuff though. I’m not even really a JM fan. I just like his style a little more. My favs are SRV, Freddie King, Joe Bonamassa. Look up on YouTube a local PA guy by the name of Johnny DeFrancesco brother of the great jazz organist Joey DeFrancesco.

By: atl2maryland

atl2maryland — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:31:20 +0000

@cpignone cool.. I know about Joey D Ill check out his brother

By: fangjangler

fangjangler — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:34:33 +0000

Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi rocked the hell out of the Nateva Festival yesterday!

By: Kefienzel

Kefienzel — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:16:29 +0000

@cpignone are you talking about like 2:48? those don’t sound like sour notes to me

By: Pandolin11

Pandolin11 — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:57:04 +0000

@cpignone To me Derek is the best guitar player on the planet these days. John Mayer just gets the attention because he’s a total showoff on stage, not to mention a total smartass. Derek is up there showing them the guitar, not his facial expression or movement all over the stage. Yes, he has hit a bit of bum notes before, but who hasn’t in the history of music. Yes, that includes John Mayer too.