Underrated Guitarist Christopher Cross

TGIF - it's been a long week. I've still got lots of work to do before I'm officially done for the week, but I wanted to go ahead and post a little something for everyone to chew on. I was listening to Christopher Cross earlier today and it dawned on me that he might be one of the most underrated guitarists of all time. He made it big in 1979/1980 with his self-titled debut. He has five Grammy awards and an Oscar too... and he filled in for Richie Blackmore during a Deep Purple tour in 1970. He opened for Led Zeppelin too. Cross has a great tone, is an incredibly talented songwriter and can shred should the need arise. Cross had a very bad bout with COVID-19. The disease temporarily paralyzed him and he developed Guillain-Barré Syndrome. Cross still has long-haul COVID, walks with a cane and fights brain fog. But he is able to play his guitar again and can't wait to tour again when it is safe. I have seen Cross live and it was pretty incredible. Here's "Ride Like The Wind" live - guitar solo is at 3:30 (also one of my favorite songs of all time!)

Here's "All Right" with a nice solo around 2:30ish. From the album Another Page - the solo is done by Steve Lukather on the album and Michael McDonald sings backup.

There are so many other great songs - these are just two examples. Do you agree Cross is an underrated guitarist?