Sometimes during a gig, I will get tired and play some sloppy, but really fast, loud crap. Afterwards some drunk dude or chick will come up and tell me how I sound exactly like their favorite guitart player, (insert famous, loud, fast, guitar player name here). It is usually someone I've never heard of, or at least never listened to very much.

There must be alot of real popular, loud, fast, crappy guitar players out there.

Jimi Page is not one of those. I really like his playing. He's not exactly a monster shredder, but a great self-producer of compelling licks and diliberate composition. The guitar work on Radioactive is inspiring and will haunt my musical soul forever, and much Led Zepplin is timeless, and will be listened to long after everyone reading this is 6 feet down.

However, alot of wannabee's trying to sound like him play fast loud crap.

There might be some important info in my post, then again I might just be a tired, old, jaded, fast loud crap player.

Peace,
-Rick