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Favorite guitar players not named......
We all know there names Hendrix, Page, Clapton, Beck Stevie Ray. But who are your favorite guitar players that are not house hold names? Here are a few of mine not in any order.
Robert Fripp
Martin Barre
Richard Thompson
Roy Buchnan
Rory Gallagher
Mason Ruffner
Neil Young and Lindsey Buckingham know but not so much for the guitar work.
also Dave Alvin and Alvin Lee
Robert Fripp
Martin Barre
Richard Thompson
Roy Buchnan
Rory Gallagher
Mason Ruffner
Neil Young and Lindsey Buckingham know but not so much for the guitar work.
also Dave Alvin and Alvin Lee
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Good call on Glenn Campbell. I never knew how good he was until recently. I saw a Jimmy Webb concert and he played a video of Glenn doing MacArthur Park. Check it out at about the 4:30 mark. His health is already affecting his voice in this one; but I can't tell by his playing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AjVTwzL3sg Others I didn't notice mentioned: Richie Havens Wayne Ceballos - AUM Bonnie Riatt Eric Johnson Dave Mason Freddie King Guitar Shorty Steven Page & Ed Robertson - Bare Naked Ladies Robbie Robertson Skip Spence - Moby Grape (RIP) Paul DesLauriers - Black Cat Bone Big Jim Sullivan (RIP) look him up! |
Duke Robillard If you like Blues this one is great , especially track 7 where Duke imitates most of the great Blues Guitarists https://www.amazon.com/Guitar-Groove---Rama-ROBILLARD-DUKE/dp/B000E5KU6U/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=... Good Listening Peter |
Emily Remler - incredible Wayne Kramer - solo stuff ultra Ed Mundell - monster magnet Steve Tibbetts - get Yr Pat Metheny - Steve Stills Pat Martino - a master Billy Gibbons Scott Henderson - heavy, tight Nels Cline - Steve Khan - a fav Lenny Breau Kenny Burrell Tommy Iommi Andy Summers - solo work super Jim McCarty - Cactus Randy Bachman - check out Undone and Guess Who Peter Frampton - recent solo stuff Tony McPhee - Groundhogs, SO underrated 70s psych blues rock Bob Welch - mid Fleetwood Mac Ted Nugent - great rock played on a traditional jazz hollowbody Mike Stern - outer space fusion Leni Stern - lyrical jazz on a tele Carlos Santana - emotional wail Randy California - one of Americas lost treasures - Spirit Wayne Krantz - unique style who played with Leni S - beautiful duets on Separate Cages Kim Simmonds - a major Fav Robbie Krieger Larry Reinhart - check out Captain Beyond self titled , real cosmic rock , George Harrison - so underated Glenn Campbell - an american treasure John McLaughlin - Inner Mounting Flame Pete Townsend - check out acostic on Tommy and sonic industrial machine of Live at Leeds Johnny Winter Tal Farlow - ultra jazz, from NC Phillip Catherine -euro jazzer duets with Coryell if you like great guitar you should google these....to original post-er...great topic!!! |
As someone said, many greats mentioned already. But would like to mention some I didn't see on here.... Phil Keaggy Robert Cray Kazumi Watanabe Ty Tabor Ian Moore Lonnie Mack Neal Schon Popa Chubby Tinsley Ellis Kevin Eubanks Mike Stern Allan Holdsworth Stanley Jordan Leo Kottke and many more, but I'm too lazy to go downstairs and look through my albums. |
Classical: Ana Vidovic Emanuel Baruecco(her teacher) Rolan Dyens Folk: Doc Watson Tommy Emanuel Jazz: Bill Frisell David Torn Terje Rypdal Vlatko Stefanovsky Miroslav Tadik (classically trained Macedonian guitarist that plays any style of music) Fred Frith Eivind Aarset Andy Summers (Police acts) Allan Holdsworth (Soft Machine) Marc Ribot (most of Tom Waits acts) Jan Akkerman Torsten De Winkle (played with Pat Metheny) Arto Lindsay Manuche: Bireli Lagrene Stochelo Rosenberg Angelo Debarre Rock: Andrew Latimer -- Camel Buckethead Steve Stevens (Billy Idol acts and great solo works) Adrean Belew |
Many names mentioned are known by the casual "mainstream" music crowd. Many music lovers would know and respect the following but are IMO still overlooked or unknown. Vito Bratta Glen Buxton Paul Gilbert Eric Johnson Frank Marino Rickey Medlocke Gary Moore Criss Olivia Dave Prichard John Sykes Mark Tremonti Vinnie Vincent Congrats on mentioning Michael Bloomfield(vinylvalet) he is probably the most overlooked of the first wave of great rock/blues players!!! |
I think it's great that many of the artists named here, famous and not so much, are not by definition "shredders." I saw Buckethead mentioned earlier here, and while he is indeed a shredder when and most often he is inclined to be, there are cuts within his prolific output over the years that are restrained, melodically emotional, beautiful. I actually research the posts here in order to broaden my appreciation - an often time consuming albeit enlightening endeavor - and it should be said that many names here can be found in the used cd/vinyl sections of those dwindling number of bricks and mortar shops for a pittance! One more addition...Bill Nelson of Be Bop Deluxe. Specifically "Live In The Air Age." A little bit of pyrotechnics and flash, but on "Adventures In A Yorkshire Landscape" everything comes together in a gorgeously rendered song. It's also an excellent live recording to boot. Keep 'em coming! |
