Favorite guitar players not named......

Derek Trucks
Gary Clark Jr.

Leslie West

Alvin Lee...somebody please stop me...

Neil Schon
Carlos Santana
David Gilmour
Prince!

Marco Tansini
Warren Haynes

Vince Gill
Jeff Healey
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Muddy Waters
Buddy Guy
Albert King
Robert Cray

Steve Howe of Yes

meant to include Shuggie Otis.

+1 onhwy61

-Paul Weller (The Jam)

-Elliot Easton (The Cars)

-David Byrne

-George Gobel (best ever, IMO)

DeKay

Bill Connors, Terry Kath (Chicago), Vernon Reid, Larry Coryell, Mick Taylor, Eddie Hazel (Funkadelics), James Mankey (Concrete Blonde), Oscar Moore (Nat King Cole), Jesse Edwin Davis (Taj Mahal), Bill Nelson (BeBop Deluxe), Shuggie Otis, Steve Cropper, Bill Frisell, Jeff Buckley, Magic Sam, John Abercrombie, Pete Anderson (Dwight Yoakam), Andy Gill (Gang Of 4), Hubert Sumlin (Howlin' Wolf), James Blood Ulmer, Janis Ian, Dave Davies (KInks), David Hildago (Los Lobos), Marshall Crenshaw, James Honeyman-Scott (Pretenders), Duke Robillard, Joni Mitchell and David Williams are all really interesting guitarists who sometimes get overlooked.  There are hundreds of others.

Another vote For  Robin  Trower

also Richie Blackmore



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Bert Jansch

A musician buddy turned me onto this artist whose music DNA is embedded in a ton of artists from the last 50 years.

Ana Vidovec
Julian Bream
Angel Remirez
Pablo Delagas

Alan

The late, great Ronnie Montrose.

Duane Allman, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards. Are these too well known?

If so, I'd put Robin Trower, Warren Haynes, Richard Thompson on the too well known list.

Have to second the Michael Hedges vote. I saw him twice in small settings and the guy was incredible. His untimely death was so unfortunate. Here are some others...

Tony Levin
Buckethead
Joe Satriani
Robin Trower
Robert Fripp (a second vote)
Dickey Betts
Warren Haynes
Ken Bonfield (Who? Look him up.)
Anthony Phillips

Guthrie Trapp

Michael Hedges

Peter Klett
Stephen Stills
Jorma Kaukonen

If we can include other stringed instruments:
Be'la Fleck
Jerry Douglas
Eric Heywood

Here are a few of mine:
Jesse Cook
Chris Standring
Jim Adkins
Chieli Minucci
Craig Chaquico
Chuck Loeb
Steve Oliver