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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
North of the Owyhees
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Interesting progression, Largo.
Jeff Beck is far and away my favorite guitarist in a lot of ways.
But Segrovia, Al DiMeola........Arrrgh.
The moment is all.
If you're doin' it right.
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wayne w
Trad climber
the nw
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Saw Elliot Sharp here in Seattle just over a fortnight ago. The man can play in a style that is all his own. No small thing, that.
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Brian
climber
Cali
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John,
I wouldn't put the following in the same class as some of the guitarists we've chatted about before, but this guy has been near the top of my playlist since a friend turned me on a couple of weeks ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNcOyMLJ1xI
Brian
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Largo
Catch a disk of Tony Rice and Norman Blake sometime.
OHHHHH!
Heaven with flatpickers!
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ron gomez
Trad climber
fallbrook,ca
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Nice post John, you might enjoy some Chet Atkins as well. Guitar is a great instrument that gives way to some ingenious creativity.
Jimi was a great one on the acoustic strings that we didn't get to hear too much of. Just got within the last year a great gift from my wife and kids...a prized...Martin guitar. Fell in love with playing all over again!
Peace
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Duane Allman
'nuff said.
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JOEY.F
Social climber
sebastopol
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John's got the funk.
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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I saw Chet Atkins a number of years ago. Good concert. He told a story about how he and his wife went on a cruise and Chet had grown a beard so looked a bit different. One night he was playing guitar on deck and a woman said "You are almost as good as Chet Atkins"
My favorite guitar player is Lenny Breau. Chet said that Lenny was the greatest guitar play to have ever walked the earth. Because of Lenny's personal problems and poor career sense the general public doesn't know too much about him. If you ever see the album "The Velvet Touch of Lenny Breau Live" buy it. Hard to find because it is out of print.
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wbw
climber
'cross the great divide
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Robben Ford is a very tasteful guitar player, although he hasn't seemed to put out a lot of variety in the last ten years or so.
Stevie Ray Vaughn used to say that Eric Johnson was the best player around Austin; when he was a teenager! He is amazing, but apparently is such a perfectionist, that he has a hard time putting out recorded music. I've read that if a roady changes the brand of a battery in one of his pedals, he notices the difference.
Steve Morse always floored me, and Dixie Dregs was to me a true fusion band.
Pat Metheny may be the single greatest guitarist in history, and is said to read music like a horn player - quite the feat for an instrument as not-logical as guitar. His playing can be so fast and fluid that it is hard to appreciate his expertise.
For something very unique, I really like Sonny Landreth and his ecclectic mix of heavy rock slide guitar with Canjun vibes.
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hooblie
climber
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AP, the website thefilter.com search function came up with some results for lenny breau and i immediately thought you would like a small sean penn movie called "sweet and lowdown" that is about a quirky, gifted guitar player of the same genre who was obsessed with his "rival" DJANGO RHEINHARDT,another favorite known for that gypsy jazz. he also self sabotages and note that the mute girlfriend got a nomination for her performance without any lines. lot's of thirties vintage guitar performances touring those honky tonks with american roots guitar extraordinare
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