BEHOLD!!!! The guitar gods!

[MrScorpio]

Post some more!

[matcom]

1. GODS of my youth

[eyepaddle]

34. Sweet!

they were my favorite band. I suppose if I averaged it out over the years they'd be my favorite band of all time.

For a trip down memeory lane I'm catching their show in MN on June 1st!

[ProfessorGAC]

60. WoW!!!!

I never hear anybody else who liked them the way i did. The album Desolation Boulevard was one of the best heavy pop albums ever! Just one outstanding rock song after another, impeccably recorded and produced.

I saw them live twice. They were not just a studio band. Those guys could play!
The Professor

[matcom]

74. i have 8 live shows under my belt

in 3 countries :bounce:

[ProfessorGAC]

80. Another Super Fan!

Those guys were way underrated. People remember "Little Willie" from the first album and thought they were the Monkees or something. That was a superb band and the next two albums were outstanding. People just didn't have enough patience. They should have been huge.
The Professor

[Lannes]

2. I have a old Guitar magazine

With an Interview with Jeff Beck and SRV,with them on the cover.SRV live at the El Mocambo DVD gets played often at my house.

[Kat45]

39. I went to one of the shows when the two of them toured together.

What a show!

[matcom]

3. one more

[MrScorpio]

4. I's gots to have me some Ernie

[FogerRox]

9. who's that lady ?

Jeff Beck--pre 1977
Jimmi Page and Hendrix

Hendrix said he liked the guy from ZZ top


Prince knows how to play some blues

Eric

Carlos

AL Dimeola

[kclown]

118. Dave Mason

Good as any

[SnowGoose]

5. Thou shalt have no other gods before...

... Andy Latimer (Camel frontman).

Bow down, you damn infidels!

[MN ChimpH8R]

8. WOW!

Someone else in the world remembers Camel? One of my favorites back in the mid-70s.

:yourock:

[SnowGoose]

15. They've only gotten better!

Thanks for letting me know I'm not alone in the universe!

A few years back I read an interview with Andy L, in which he said something like: when I was young, it was all about how many notes you could pack in, but now I think the challenge is to play only the notes that are absolutely necessary.

Kind of reminds me of Chopin's thingy that music was actually the spaces between the notes.

They've got a website www.camelproductions.com, where you can hear some of the newer stuff (and some not-so-new) in the 'jukebox'. Personally, I find their newer material more emotionally full than the older stuff (which is great, too).

[MN ChimpH8R]

22. TNX - will check out the site! n/t

[FogerRox]

11. watch it--here comes Savoy Brown

Dont forget -oh geeze-- the guy who did
"living in the day of the eagle"
"The eagle of Love"

RObin Trower thast who

[Lannes]

6. Paco Paco Paco

[Dukkha]

7. my man!

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. There is only one at the top

[Bluzmann57]

12. No pics (yet)

I'm still relatively a low tech guy in a in a high tech world, but Eric Sardinas is a newer guitar god. Give him a listen sometime. He looks like a long haired hard rocker, he is flamboyant, and he can really play the guitar! But he is a new wave Blues guitarist. He's good.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

19. I know him...he's from Orange County and my band used to follow his

at the Studio Cafe:

[donheld]

13. This is God

[Crazy Guggenheim]

17. You've got that right!

[Floogeldy]

18. God

[PittPoliSci]

52. Mr. John Petrucci

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/pittpolisci/petrucci.bmp

[Bake]

54. THERE. YOU. GO.

BINGO. Followed closely by EC, of course.

Bake

[MissMillie]

67. I always considered him to be more of a mater of effect

than a good guitar player.

Mind you, he was good, but he was known for his effects.

[Fenris]

14. ...

[JimmyJazz]

16. How about this guy?

[Fenris]

20. Are those white jeans?

:7

[JimmyJazz]

30. I dunno - but look what an ass he turned out to be!

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http://www.notbored.org/townshend.html&h=300&w=301&sz=46&tbnid=8jeOVgse0hwJ:&tbnh=111&tbnw=111&hl=en&start=11&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpete%2Btownshend%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG

:cry:

[progressoid]

32. Yeah, that's dissapointing

I don't know which is worse; declining F911 or accepting the Hummer deal.

But I still like the music.

[ProfessorGAC]

62. Eeeep! No!

Good songwriter, but not a guitar god. The Who were better before Townsend started to think he was a guitar god.
The Professor

[Dr Fate]

21. Titans

[MrScorpio]

23. Gotta give Jimmy P. some props

[FogerRox]

28. I can hear the strands of Kasmire already

Jimmi Page & Hendrix----hmmmmmm good

SAw page & Plant COnt. Airlines arena NJ--when was that '98 ?

they smoked

[ghostsofgiants]

24. Not as oldschool as some of the aforementioned, but...

[donheld]

25. I still love these guys

[donheld]

27. I think Mark Knopfler is very underrated.

[FogerRox]

29. yeah Mark is got his own thing/style very good player

ahhh yes the Sultans of Swing----sa weet

[Elidor]

37. Knopfler is god as far as I'm concerned

I'll throw in:



And-


Both of them also very underrated.

And let's not forget:

[ProfessorGAC]

63. He Used To Be A God of Guitar

Then he got a distortion unit. It ruined him. The first two albums were utterly brilliant. The songs were great and his playing was superb. Since then, meh!
The Professor

[Elidor]

117. He's still doing good non-distorted stuff.

Some very tasty licks on Sailing to Philadelphia.

[redqueen]

120. He is my very favorite.

I have mad love for Jimi and Chet and some others... but Mark makes me melt.

[Lannes]

26. T-Bone Walker

One the greats and an influence on Hendrix,especially his stage act.

[Zuni]

40. fuckin a right

Practically invented the guitar solo as we know it now

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

31. My Own Personal Favorites

A list of guitarists I have most admired for being unorthodox, untraditional, and very personal and uniquely creative.

Jimi Hendrix



John McLaughlin



Lenny Breau



Wes Montgomery



Manitas De Plata



Roland Dyens

[Hand]

33. Ahem... THIS is God... aka The Originator.

(Sigh) Must I do EVERYTHING around here?

[progressoid]

35. Midwesterner makes it big(ish) Leo Kottke

[Hand]

68. And the guy who taught him...

The late great John Fahey, aka Blind Joe Death.

[eyepaddle]

36. Wow, there are some FINE choices here tonight,

and I'm not disagreeing (well, not with many anyway! ;) )
I just thought I'd add another pair--although I'm sure some may complain :P







and dang I didn't realize Camel had been around that long--they play a fair bit of Camel on XM Musiclab.

[beam me up scottie]

38. Yngwie Malmsteen

1985 at the Meadowlands Summerfest


Yngwie and his arsenal


Yngwie and RJD



from :
http://www.yngwie.org/news/Contents.html

[Zuni]

41. Three incredible but almost forgotten masters of blues

Peter Green, the Greatest British Blues player ever, and possibly my all time favorite guitarist. (He plays so cool and emotionally, sparse yet brilliant. Absolutely intoxicating to listen to.)He took over for Clapton in John Mayall's band and recorded one album, A Hard Road, with Mayall that is among the greatest British blues albums ever. He also founded the band Fleetwood Mac, originally a blues band, in 1968. Unfortunately, he took too much acid and had a mental breakdown and left the band in 1970. He has since returned and is playing the blues again. His 1959 Les Paul is also legendary, being one of the sweetest sounding rock machines ever played:


This guy is Mike Bloomfield, America's first guitar hero and my other favorite guitarist. His playing is so wild and off the wall, it tops Hendrix in my book. He was the lead Guitarist for the Paul Butterfield Blues band (one of the best blues bands ever recorded) and later Electric Flag. Also well known for his "Super Session" album with Al Kooper and Stephen Stills. His playing is frantic, jazzy and intense. Unfortunately, Bloomfield died of a heroin overdose in the 70s.



And finally, but surely not least is Hubert Sumlin. He was the guitar genius that gave Howlin' Wolf's songs their electric edge. He riffs and rocks with the best of them. His playing is way ahead of his time and he rocks like no other.

Here he is, on the left, with the Wolf.

[driver8]

128. Peter Green is amazing!!

I was listening to a show on the radio one night where they were playing some of his music -- it absolutely blew me away!

He had a few problems mentally, didn't he?

[FreedomFry]

132. Absolutely! Mike Bloomfield was a master.

I also saw Mick Taylor at the Roxy in L.A. with John Mayall, and he was amazing.

[KittyWampus]

42. Robert Fripp Cause I Can't Find A Pix Of Ry Cooter

[Lannes]

43. Was watching "Southern Comfort" last night on DVD

Ry Cooder did the soundtrack.I remember watching the film at the theater and staying through the end credits just to listen to it.

[MrScorpio]

51. Ry Cooder

[CrownPrinceBandar]

59. He's playing here in town next month.............

and I can't wait!!!!!!

[KittyWampus]

44. Stanley Clark

[bertha katzenengel]

45. the Guitar Goddess

[eyepaddle]

47. Don't forget, Jennifer Batten, a little obscure,

but she played with Jeff Beck--and no doubt about it she holds her own!

[Zuni]

49. oh, she is bad ass. big time

she is one of the best slide players since Elmore James

[ProfessorGAC]

65. One Of The Finest Slide Players EVER!

Silky smooth. Terrific intonation! Wonderful tone. There are only a few slide players who are even in her class. (Of course, Duane, Ry Cooder, Les Dugget (sp?), are up there, as is Warren Trucks.) But, she's is a wonderful slide player.
The Professor

[Zuni]

78. ahem

Robert Johnson, Muddy waters, Elmore James, Charley patton, Mike Bloomfield

[ProfessorGAC]

79. Talking Modern, Zuni!

Besides, i can't count RJ, since that's acoustic slide and that's a completely different style of playing. (I play both and i know it requries different technique and different thinking.)

I'm not wild about Muddy or Elmore, and i never really liked Bloomfield that much. I think his tone was too brittle for my ear. I'll agree on Charley Patton.

Boy, here i try to agree with you and you're all over me! LOL!
The Professor

[Zuni]

82. you can't tell me

That Muddy doesn't do some incredible slide work on "I can't Be Satisfied" or "Long Distance Call" or "Rollin and Tumblin"

and Elmore James totally revolutionized how slide guitar was played

[ProfessorGAC]

86. A Little Too Sloppy For My Ear

That's just me. It's not a knock. It's just doesn't do it for me. I like the slide players that are really "on" each of the notes, which is harder than most people think it is. (You'd know, i'd guess.) James and Waters miss a lot of notes in their single note stuff. It's interesting, but not "careful" enough for my taste. Although i will grant you that "Rollin' and Tumblin'" is great.

All the people i mentioned in my first post have the smoothness and sustain that good slide players get, and can use some of the swoops and whines, but they're all very accurate players. That's catches my ear much more than the others.
The Professor

[Zuni]

90. Slide playing is very difficult

to be a real good slide player, I think you have to be more comfortable in open tunings than I am. I can mess around a little, especially with Open G

In reality, I am a bass player first. Bass is my best insturment.

[ProfessorGAC]

95. Open G!

I use the DGDGBD tuning a lot. I've got one guitar that is never tuned to anything else. In fact, i use it so much that i can play lots of standard chords on it, even though they mostly don't resemble the chords we'd use in standard tuning. (For instance, to play an E chord you leave the 6th unplayed, then (string/fret) 5th/1st, 4th/2nd, 3rd/1st, 2nd/open, 1st/2nd. It's nothing like the open E on a standard tuning, but it sounds good and i can use the slide on my pinky to fret the first string.)

Now i've always got the open chord for slide and can still play chords, both minor and major. Took some time, but i'm glad i did it. I've written two Kottke-esque instrumentals using that tuning and i'm very happy with them.
The Professor

[Zuni]

98. I think Open G is the best open tuning

I used to be mystified by Robert Johnson, but I realize some of his stuff is possible with open tunings, hitting the bass then chord while working the slide with the pinky. When I first got into Robert johnson I could never figure out how he could play the rythym/bass and slide parts at the same time.

Then again, he may have walked hand in hand with the devil, with a hellhound on his trail :scared:

[ProfessorGAC]

107. With Willie Brown, Blind Dog Fulton

I love that movie.
The Professor

[Zuni]

109. are you talking about Ralph macchio in "Crossroads"?

the duel with steve vai :rofl:

[Lannes]

112. I got that DVD

Love the battle at the end with Steve Vai.Ry cooder worked on that soundtrack too.

[ProfessorGAC]

116. Yep!

Love that movie!!! Incidently, it's Vai v. Vai, since he plays both parts, once Ralph puts down the slide. Before that, it's Ry Cooder doing Ralph's guitar parts. Vai actually played the first run on the very Tele that Ralph's using, so it would sound like it was played on on an old plank Tele. Then he does the second time through (the one he screws up) on his ripper guitar. You know, like the one i use!

The Professor

[Lannes]

124. I actually read about that in a guitar magazine

Years ago.I saw Steve Vai in concert in Orlando 5 years ago and his mentor Joe Satriani when he opened for Bowie at the meadowlands during his sound and vision tour.Both can shred,no doubt.

[Lannes]

46. Jaco Pastorius

[Maestro]

133. I used to play bass and Jaco

made me look like a three old playing a freakin' toy guitar. God is was good. He died way too young.

[ralps]

48. Don't forget Richard Thompson!!!!!!!! Or David Crosby!!!!!!!!!!!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[KittyWampus]

50. Ben Harper

[AntiCoup2K4]

53. And we cannot forget......

Mick Taylor & Keith Richards (circa 1972)


Eddie Van Halen (with David Lee Roth) 1979


Randy Rhoads

[Zuni]

58. I think the Brian Jones/Keith Richards team was the best Stones

guitar team

[enigmatic]

55. Eddie Hazel- God

[MrScorpio]

64. I bow to your funkitude

You may electric spank my war baby

[MsAnthropy]

56. What a great thread!

Thanks MrS!

[graywarrior]

57. God

[CrownPrinceBandar]

61. My contribution.................

Andy Summers:


Chris Whitley:


Deaner of WEEN :7:

[MissMillie]

66. Always overlooked

except by Guitar Magazine who voted him Best Overall Guitarist for 5 straight years.... and this in when Clapton was in his prime.


Steve Howe

[Zuni]

69. if you are into that kind of thing....

[silvermachine]

70. Paul Kossoff

One of the most underrated guitarists ever. He had a sound and technique that expressed more in one note than any shredder could ever hope to with a thousand. Nuff said.

[MrScorpio]

71. One of my ALL TIME FAVES

[Finbar]

72. Rock!!!

[graywarrior]

73. Lest we forget the women

[luvLLB]

75. Henry Garza...one to watch.

[progmom]

76. Joni Mitchell is my guitar god(ess)

[Lannes]

100. "Blue" always chokes me up

Not many records do.

[Zuni]

108. hippie

:P

[Lannes]

115. Not even close pal

LOL.But its a beautiful record.

[Beware the Beast Man]

77. Hanneman & King need to represent:

[dbt]

81. Arthel "Doc" Watson!

End of acoustic discussion.

:evilgrin:

[Tektonik]

83. The best bass player ever, Peter Hook

[kwassa]

84. Dust My Broom

The one and only slide master, Elmore James.

[Zuni]

88. tell that to professor GAC

I have been arguing about the merits of Elmore's playing for a while now

[ProfessorGAC]

97. Pffffffffffffffffffft!

Like i said, too sloppy for my ear. I'm not that huge a fan of "raw". I like a little polish on my music, thanks.
The Professor

[Zuni]

104. I was just joking, my friend

I have enjoyed talking to you! :)

[kwassa]

85. Django Rienhardt

[Lannes]

92. There you go

Nice Pick.Djangologie USA vol 2 is one of my favorites.

[Zuni]

87. Steve Cropper----the greatest Soul guitarist ever

Guitarist for Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, the Blues Brothers (yes, even in their movie he was the guitarist) Sam and dave (Soul man) and Booker T and the MGs, this Stax/Volt House guitarist and band member wrote the book on Soul and funk guitar. You have heard his funky Fender Telecaster in a million famous songs, but his playing is more famous than he is: The Colonel Steve cropper, a white country boy who revolutionized black Memphis Soul Music and Funk

[Lannes]

96. Zuni Ever see the 40th anniversary of Atlantic Records documentary?

A big part of it was about him and backing up Aretha Franklin.Its not available,Im still looking though.

[Zuni]

102. he and the Bass player Donald "Duck" Dunn

(my bass mentor, I am bass player and the Duck is my hero) played on so many old soul records. If you listen to any oldies station or any Memphis soul records, you are more than likely to hear at least one of them, more likely both along with Booker T. Jones on the organ and Al jackson on the drums

[Lannes]

105. Yeah Duck was the *(&^(

[MrScorpio]

89. Kazumi Watanabe

[tsakshaug]

91. Les Paul

[Zuni]

93. not only was he a great player himself

but the guitar he helped design, the Gibson Les paul is among the most popular musical insturments ever made, and one of the best sounding. The Gibson les paul Standard could be considered the Standard guitar of rock music

I have an Epiphone Les Paul Standard, which is actually made by Gibson, and the biggest single difference is it is not as fancy and is much cheaper. Other than that, it is a fantastic insturment.

[tsakshaug]

94. Have some

Les Paul / Mary Ford stuff on my computer.
Nice change of pace to listen to it.

[Lannes]

106. He also invented multi-track recording

[Zuni]

110. I forgot all about that

I remember reading not too long ago how he was the first musician to track recordings

amazing guy. All musicians owe him a big debt.

[Lannes]

103. I saw Les Paul at Fat Tuesday's in the late 80s

Was still amazing even at this age .About half a dozen musicians came to the show with their Les Pauls to have them autographed.

[tsakshaug]

111. broken arm

shattered his right arm and had it set at a right angle so he could still play

[Zenaholic]

99. Jer

[Liberal_Andy]

101. Anyone remember Pete Haycock?

of the CBB? Sorry, no pic.

[LynneSin]

113. There is only one guitar god that I worship and his name is...

[Guitarman]

114. Five of My Favorites

[Dukkha]

119. Surprised no one's mentioned

The late great Dimebag Darrell

[HEyHEY]

121. ahem

[graywarrior]

122. Dick Dale is always a blast

[Jara sang]

123. Yngwie Malmsteen

[beam me up scottie]

130. Check out my post

#38.

I was feeling very lonely until now...

[seemunkee]

125. Wes Montgomery

[seemunkee]

127. Robert Johson

Would have posted him first but figured he would have already been mentioned

[MrSlayer]

126. Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King

Best one-two punch in extreme Metal.

[Hand]

129. This is shameful. We forgot...

Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly), King of the 12-String...

[Gold Metal Flake]

131. A few...

Ricky Wilson



Jimmy Thackery





Mississippi Fred McDowell



Bruce Conte



And, just because they fucking ROCK, Fu Manchu



(so thirsty!)

[orleans]

134. todd rundgren, frank zappa, jimi hendrix, david gilmore

and just for fun: flo & eddie (not guitar players exactly--but oh so fun!)