Joe Bonamassa is the best of all of them. Hands down no one can play like this kid, no one. |
Joe Bonamassa hands down. |
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Strunz & Farah!!!! Americas |
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Pehare ..
They are all great. The guitar is one of my favorite instruments. Oh, on the last post I made, I made a mistake. It should have been ... for flamenco guitar, its Manita de Plata. Here's a link to a three LP set that I own. Found one that is currently for sale on Ebay. If you like this stuff, buy this one ... fabulous sound and performances.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Manitas-De-Plata-Flamenco-Guitar-3-x-LP-1965-SRL-8643-/261802030128?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cf49df430
Take care ... |
Oregonpapa you just reminded me - checkout the youtube performance of Barney Kessel, Grant Green & Kenny Burrell...Blue Mist - fantastic! These guys are tops |
Well, on second thought its Barney Kessel for jazz, John Williams for classical and Manita de Playa for flamenco. Glen Campbell isn't too shabby for country either. |
Easy question. Barney Kessel. |
Paco de Lucia
John McLaughlin
Julian Lage |
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Coming up to date...I have to go with Joe Bonamassa .
Check out An acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House .
Happy Tunes |
Plectrum--John McLaughlin. Fingerstyle--Paco de Lucia. |
For jazz it's Bireli Lagrene
For classical it's Jason Vieaux
For rock it's Frank Zappa.
No overall yet... |
Not real familiar with him but some old Earl Hooker on Sun Records stuff just played. Hot stuff!!! |
George Benson and Santana, good call. |
So many, including: Hendrix, Clapton, Page, Santana, Robin Trower, Buddy Guy, BB King, SRV, Albert King, Chuck Berry....Yes, Chuck Berry, he's absolutely amazing IMO, Muddy Waters, George Benson, Al Di Meola, Paco Di Lucia....too many others to mention. |
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Paco De Lucia, John Williams, Tommy Emmanuel |
I'll take Dave Laibman in his prime. |
Of late, Chuck Berry has been hogging the spotlight at my place. His playing just defined so much of what makes rock n roll music...well... rock n roll music.
Marty |
Joe satriani is on my top 5 list. :D |
Santana . my favorite since Supernatural . |
Few favorites here ;
Earl Klugh, George Benson, Larry Carlton, Tommy Emmanuel and Francis Goya. Love 'em all! |
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i was just listening to david lindley's incredible solo on "late for the sky", the jackson browne song (which appeared in "taxi driver", just before travis brickle went on his shootout). damn thing was so purty i nearly cried. talk about playing with emotion.... |
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Paco is great. His best albums with Camaron are 1974, 1975 and 1977(Castillo de Arena) releases. |
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I don't think I've ever heard anything quite as mind-blowing as "La Fabulosa Guitarra de Paco de Lucia," an album which he recorded quite early in his career in the mid- to late-60s. Not just technical fireworks, but technical fireworks blazing with some real fire in the belly. Can't recommend it highly enough to any guitar enthusiast. He also did some great work with the flamenco great Camaron de la Isla, most notably their album "Castillo de Arena." |
J Mascis. No matter whether he's wailing his electric guitar through amps turned to 11 or playing a quiet acoustic song, I just love his music. |
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My favorite is Carlos Santana. |
Jobim?
An introvert, more of a composer and poet, but all the same.... |
I was surprised by Justin Hayward in concert, kind of like Pete Townsend with the competent, understated licks but occasionally turning it up a notch, very tasty. |
larry carlton. versatile guitarist, writes musical passages that are very well thought-out and constructed. |
Lately, I've been revisiting the stuff from Pentangle and John Renbourne and Bert Jansch (particularly Jansch) put on quite a display of fancy pickin'. The recent Ron Wood release also serves to remind just how good he can be. I'll stick with my earlier choices for overall favorite, but these guys are all terrific in their own right.
Marty
PS Anyone heard the new Jeff Beck "Rock 'n' Roll Party", yet? |
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Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues is a much under appreciated guitarist.
He knows how to embellish music with his playing and has done so on many of my favorite recordings. He can be lightning fast and flashy also when needed, but seldom over does it. |
just heard Sandy Bull and Marc Ribot for the first time recently, both are unique and terrific - go listen for yourself! |
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My current favorite is Guitar Shorty. |
After a long and fertile journey through literally hundreds of concerts starting in 1963 which included ALL of the usual suspects, Rolling Stones, Cream, Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green era), Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Jeff Beck, Rory Gallagher, Clapton, Gary Moore, Richard Thompson (in all of his incarnations), Allman Brothers, ZZ Top, etc.
My current favorite guitarist who I feel can best the best of all of them is Joe Bonamassa. He's still finding his way as a writer/composer but posseses the technical skill to play in any style, cleaner and with more command of tone than any other guitarist I've ever heard and he's only in his 30's.
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My opinion- 1. Jimi Hendrix 2. Chet Atkins 3. Al Di Meola 4. Jeff Beck 5. John Mclaughlin 6. Steve Howe 7. Frank Zappa 8. Joe Satriani 9. Steve Vai 10 Eddie Van Halen 11. Robert Johnson 12. Eric Clapton. I've heard and studied most of the great ones and these are the ones who I know are real in the blood, true blue, extra ordinary Guitarists. |
Kirk Hammett of Metallica. Somehow only mentioned once (that I saw).
Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath. I'm not the biggest fan of the band after Ozzy's departure. Actually, I don't like it at all. I haven't seen him mentioned either.
No one IMO played a bass guitar like the late Cliff Burton of Metallica. YouTube search "Cliff Burton for whom the bell tolls." |
Carlos Santana has to be my top pick for pure musical enjoyment. |
Pablo Traberzo from Uruguay. He´s got the blues. |
Marty, I'm not saying that Hendrix used Clapton's technique, but that he copied their format, forming a trio,
lots of Marshall amps, and double bass drums in the drum kit Digitaldreamdoor, regarding the "35 Million records
sold by Cream ", I got those numbers from an article back in 2002 off the net.The article pointed out that they sold
just over 15 million records in the States. Also, their is one guitarist not mentioned in this thread that is always underrated, the ingenious Leslie West of Mountain, who joined up with Jack Bruce after he left Cream, The Group was "West, Bruce,and Lang ". I saw the group in Seattle in 1971. |
