Favorite Guitarists?

[Dane]

Lowell Fulson
BB King
Clapton
Buddy Guy
Keith Richards
and many more #ad


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[FATCAT]

- Steve Howe
- Steve Morse
- Angus Young #ad


Overall singer, song writer, and guitar player ..... Hank Williams Senior
(especially as Luke the Drifter) #ad

 

[Ross]

Steve Morse
Eric Johnson
Billy Gibbons
SRV
The lead guitarist from the Boston-based group "Extreme"
Jeff Healey (gotta love that lap-style!)

 

[Caleb Thompson]

Tony Rice the man is a flat picking monster. All of his works are out of this world.

 

[Arcticat]

ANGUS!!!
Eddie Van Halen (was originally a clasical pianist with his brother Alex, and played the drums in his first band - Alex played guitar)
Randy Rhodes of Ozzy fame (also formed the group Quiot riot)
Dave Gilmour - Pink Floyd
Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath (BTW has a cool new album featuring him on guitar with a different guest vocal on every song - Dave Grohl from Foo Fighters, Billy Corrigan from Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Idol, others)
James Hetfield - Metallica, he plays it hard, soft, fast, slow and everywhere inbetween
Can't remember his name but the guy from STP can ROCK
Ross, the guy from Extreme is Nuno Bettencourt - he is good and they are an underated band
Many more I cana't think of

 

[Lil' Dog]

All this talk about James Hetfield, How about Kirk Hammet???
Eric Johnson
Steve Vai
Stevie Ray Vaughn
George Lynch (Dokken)
Colin James (Canadian eh)...
Steve Warner

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[HEMI®Dart]

What about Keith Richards? #ad
#ad


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[BCFAST]

What about Keith Richards? There are stylists, and there are masters. David Gilmour is a stylist... . I wouldnt call him a great guitarist, but his 'sound' is unmistakable. One musician that you guys missed is Stevie Vye (sp. ?) who played with Frank Zappa straight out of Berkley Music School. Frank could write stuff he couldnt play, and just handed it to Stevie, who easily ripped off the licks... LOL, amazing!

 

[Andy Perreault]

Another one worth mentioning is Gary Pihl, who used to be with Sammy Hagar and is now in Boston. What a treat it was to see him and Tom Scholz on stage together. If Boston ever tours again, I'm there!
I just downloaded a Yngwie Malmsteen song off napster (I just picked it out at random) called "Tocatta". It's almost like a classical song with strings, and the delicate fingering is somewhat like a Spanish guitar. Wow, he has incredibly fast, nimble fingers.
I used to watch Hee Haw with my folks when I was a kid, and I was always impressed by Roy Clark. I'm a fan of talent, I don't care if it's Classical or Heavy Metal or anything in between. What I can't stand is all this no-talent crap on the radio these days. The singers can't sing and the guitarists just grind out the same chords over and over. I'm starting to sound like an old fart now. Long live rock and roll!
Andy

 

[Champane Flight]

Lets see,
Patti Larkin
Kelly Joe Phelps
Richard Thompson
David Lowery:Cracker
John Hiatt
Steven Stills
Jeff Beck
Late great Jerry Garcia
and on and on.

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[rich m]

drifting a little, but both Buddy Guy and John Lee Hooker are coming to Las Vegas! Both will play "the Joint" in the Hard Rock Hotel, separately... . I bet the dates are "webbable"
https://ticketing. ticketmaster.com/cgi/purchasePage. asp?event_id=A00323FB9E749A5&event_code=EVHR0323
(date 3/23)

https://ticketing. ticketmaster.com/cgi/purchasePage. asp?event_id=A003186A783A20D&event_code=EVHR0218
(date 2/18)

---cool, huh?

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[HEMI®Dart]

According To Rolling Stone....

BEST Guitarists are:



#1 Jimi Hendrix (well deserved in my book)



Other notables:



#2 Jimmy Page



#5 Jeff Beck



#6 BB. King.



100 Greatest Guitarists: Jimi Hendrix | Rolling Stone



My Take on JH and some Rolling Stones







Thousands of guitarists have emerged since his untimely death in 1970 at age 27. But out of everyone who has ever played the instrument, Jimi Hendrix is the all-time greatest, according to a new Rolling Stone list that includes plenty of notable axemen among its voters. Played a right handed guitar with His left hand. It always amazed me that all the sounds that came out of that group was made by three band members and how he could play behind his back, and never miss a beat. A vail of mystery has always surrounded the fantastic sounds that Jimi Hendrix managed to get out of his guitar. To this day people are trying to copy his sound, and many seem to believe that there were some magic ingredient to his sound, but the fact is that he used mostly stock amps, guitars and effects, maybe with the exception of the Octavia, wich was not available to the public at large for some years after jimi's death. Mainly his sound could be reproduced with stock effects and amps. But not many are able to reproduce the sound of Jimi Hendrix, even today. In other words, Jimi Being left-handed, Hendrix found it necessary to re-string the guitar in reverse. In later video, he is often seen playing a right-handed Stratocaster upside-down.



One of my fav Jimi Hendrix songs is EZ Ryder



Jimi Hendrix - Ezy Rider w/Lyrics - YouTube



Throw me under the bus if you wish. :-laf

 

[BIGNASTY]

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This is a truly subjective opinion. It would depend on your style of music and your opinion of GREAT. There are different Artist that excel in their own field. These are not in order they are just what comes to mind. #'s 4&5 ARE MY FAVORITE PICKERS They need no accompaniment





(1) Philip Sayce



(2) George Benson



(3 )Slash Obsession Confession by SLASH - YouTube Sweet Child O' Mine - Rare Acoustic - Slash & Myles Kennedy - Live Max Sessions 2010 HQ - YouTube

(4) Al Marconi

Redemption - Heartbreaking Spanish Guitar Instrumental by Al Marconi - YouTube

(5) Ana Vidovic Ana Vidovic - YouTube



(6) Paula Jo Taylor



(7) Charo



(8)Armik ARMIK - FOR ANNETTE - YouTube

 

[guldam]

Andy Gill of the Gang of Four. Definitely not mainstream but a huge influence on post punk guitarists.

 

[HEMI®Dart]

What left a bad taste in my mouth was Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest greatest songs:



#1 Bob Dylan, 'Like a Rolling Stone'



#2 The Rolling Stones, '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction'



They are both good songs!



But talk about "Shameless Self Promotion"



Here is the list: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, 'Shop Around' | Rolling Stone



It is very slow loading.

 

[Mike B.]

Jerry Garcia

 

[Tractorat]

Ive always put Satisfaction up there at number one. And its been in that position as long as Ive been hearing about these lists. But Like a Rolling Stone ? Come on. That shouldnt even be on this list.



What really amazes me is that Bob Dylan is listed as the 7th greatest singer. IMO, he is not even in the top 500. I like to listen to him sing his songs. But I sing better than him. And on a list like that, I would expect to see Dean Martin and Bing Crosby in at least the top 10.

 

[jhenderson]

Glen Campbell, u-tube Wm Tell overture and Classical Gas. I know he is not popular but the man can play anything.

 

[p-Bar]

Michael Hedges, if you don't know him watch the movie August Rush that was a lot of his music . He ROCKED

 

[BIGNASTY]

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Glen Campbell, u-tube Wm Tell overture and Classical Gas. I know he is not popular but the man can play anything.

classical gas was mason Williams



Mason Williams - Classical Gas - ORIGINAL STEREO VERSION - YouTube