# Do you consider Chuck Berry a great guitar player **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [August 20, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-chuck-berry-a-great-guitar-player/949236 "2021-08-20T18:40:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 13
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-chuck-berry-a-great-guitar-player/949236/13 "2021-08-20T22:36:43Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Django Reinhardt wrote zero great rock n’ roll songs. So now, the hallmark of a great guitarist is whether they can write a rock 'n roll song? I don’t know whether to believe you or these guys: > By far the most astonishing guitar player ever has got to be Django Reinhardt … Django was quite superhuman, There’s nothing normal about him as a person or a player. — **Jeff Beck** > “He was the greatest guitarist in my mind. I’d do anything to play as great as he did.” **Les Paul** on Django Reinhardt > “Even today, nobody has really come to the state that he was playing at. As good as players are, they haven’t gotten to where he is. There’s a lot of guys that play fast and a lot of guys that play clean, and the guitar has come a long way as far as speed and clarity go, but nobody plays with the whole fullness of expression that Django has.” - **Jerry Garcia** --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-chuck-berry-a-great-guitar-player/949236)._