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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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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Paco de Lucia
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pip the dog
Mountain climber
planet dogboy
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Redwreck,
>Richard Thompson!
yeah! i just posted that song (hell, that specific URL) on the "Red Hair" thread just the other day. he's a god.
if you play, check out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka5irLvdorE
Thompson in '84 playing other guitarist's sounds on his '57 Strat as quick as the twerp interviewing him can name them. total control.
on the electric front, i'd pick "I Feel So Good". that or "You Dream Too Much" -- he rips that one live. ("She fell on her food like a lioness//She had a chassis like an XJS..." -- he's pretty good with lyrics too.)
> I go see him perform whenever I get a chance and he's
> never failed to blow me away.
ditto...
^,,^
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surprised no one has mentioned Hendrix yet (well, not in the 17 of the above i've listened to so far -- on these headphones as the suits think i'm working (i'm "not working"): "Hey Joe" is pretty damned perfect.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeems8BzURY
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Redwreck
Social climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Hey pip, good to see another RT fan here. He's one of the most relaxed and seemingly effortless performers I've seen, and his songwriting is amazing.
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crusher
climber
Santa Monica, CA
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One of my all time favs is Chris Whitley. "Living With the Law" was probably his best known album but he's got a lot of other stuff too, some real gems. He tragically died of cancer a couple of years ago. Will have to re-post later after I look for some links.
Any of you heard of him?
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maldaly
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Wow, that some great guitar playing. I'll have to find them somewhere to get better sound quality than YouTube.
But they all suck compared to Stevie Ray Vaughan playing Little Wing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdYRzH10L2M
close your eyes because the visual is a Fender factory promo.
It's pure bliss.
For the real deal, get his last album, The Sky is Crying and listen to it blast out at yu on a pair of studio monitors. You can hear the tubes buzzing and almost smell them cooking.
Bliss.....
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Gonna take a while to go thru this stuff. All good!
Speaking of SRV; About the most incredible piece of pick'in I've ever heard was a recording made in a kitchen at about 3:00 in the morning of SRV with his drummer playing the phone book working out a new tune.
As far as I know it was never published. A DJ in LA used to do a Monday blues show at noon in the 90's and had Jimmy on for an interview and played it for him. He'd never heard it.
Got it on cassette tape and have about worn it out.
on another note there was a boob tube history of The Who on a while back and one of the interviewd musicians demonstrated how while the Stones riffs (and most other Brit bands)were American Blues based, the Who's were more Flamenco based. Made complete sense when you heard it.
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DanaB
climber
Philadelphia
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Anybody like Charlie Christian? I sure do.
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Porkchop_express
Trad climber
the base of the Shawangunk Ridge
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Steve Vai can wail...Yngwie Malmsteen shreds but he also does some wild flamenco on the acoustic.
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
Sprocketville
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trower
Hannah
track only
spooky
Trower buffs will note the increased midrange due to the use of the Marshall cabs with 10 inch speakers.
Robin would change over to 12's during the Bridge of Sighs album and later, for reliability on stage for the rest of his life, so the first album is a real treasure.
Both the bass and drums have since left the universe.
reg isadore was the only drummer i ever saw live that did not use or need microphones on his drum kit.
this track is a prime example.
listen to the drums during the jam.
do they sound like they are getting the holly sh#t pounded out of them? well, thats because they are.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiA9md4aKSg
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wayne w
Trad climber
the nw
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Yes Crusher, Chris Whitley was a masterful guitar player, as well a great songwriter, and had a very original voice. He covered a lot of territory on his various recordings and is greatly missed. I was lucky enough to see him on his last tour in September of 04 at the 12 Galaxies in the Mission in SF. When the club closed last year, sadly, the owner listed his top ten shows that took place there, and that one was on it.
Living with the Law was covered brilliantly by another favorite of mine I am lucky enough to be able to see often, as we share the same adopted hometown. Bill Frisell.
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aldude
climber
Monument Manor
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Some obscure shredders :
Steve Ferris - Mister Mr.
Danny Johnson - Derringer, Axis
Chris Cain - Robben Ford disciple
Wayne Ceballos - AUM
Chris Poland - Megadeath
That guy in Pat Travers Band...?
oh yeah edit...Pat Thrall
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Apr 10, 2009 - 12:27am PT
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Ottmar Liebert is pretty pure....Nouveau Flamenco...heard him at a small gathering a couple years ago...sweepin' the strings.
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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Apr 10, 2009 - 11:39am PT
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John McLaughlin is one of the great ones. Saw him with Joey Defrancesco and Dennis Chambers in sort of the ultimate organ trio. Also saw him with the new Shakti.
There is some some good McLaughlin on the DVD of a 2004 Carlos Santana Montreux concert "Hymns for Peace". Plus others in the band are Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Ravi Coltrane. Carlos has such great phrasing and a sense of space and time.
Pat Martino is a great jazz player. He was a top guitar player at age 16 then started suffering from seizures when in his 30's. He had a brain operation to fix things up. When he woke up he was cured but had total amnesia. Did not remember his life, parents, how to play the guitar, anything. He taught himself to play over the next 7 years before starting to record again. Eventually he was even better than before.
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wayne w
Trad climber
the nw
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Apr 11, 2009 - 04:12am PT
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Nels Cline, who has a solo career, and plays with Wilco, among others, is an especially impressive player. I really look forward to seeing him in concert again.
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