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01-31-2008, 10:04 AM #1
Guitar Players Who Don't get Enough Credit
The recent back and forth yakity-yak in the Zep thread got me thinking of guitar palyers I like and don't seem to be mentioned in such discussions as being in the pantheon of axemen.
In no particular order, and with no claim of completeness:
George Harrison
Mike Campbell
Jeff Beck
Pete Townshend
Steven Stills
Prince
David Lindley
Waddy Wachtel
Ry Cooder
Keith Richards and the forgotten Mick Taylor
Lindsey Buckingham
Adrian Belew
Robert Fripp
Robbie Robertson
Steve Howe
Rodney CrowellQuando paramucho mi amore de felice carathon.
Mundo paparazzi mi amore cicce verdi parasol.
Questo abrigado tantamucho que canite carousel.
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01-31-2008, 10:43 AM #2
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01-31-2008, 11:18 AM #3
Mato Nanji
Unreal.
Oh - and Pete Townsend gets plenty of credit, as do Fripp, Belew, Beck, and Cooder... at least from me.
I'd add Steve Hackett to that list, as well as Alex Leifson and Mark Knopfler.
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01-31-2008, 11:25 AM #4Registered User
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Alex Lifeson
Gary Moore
Alan Holdsworth
Frank Marino
Uli Jon Roth
Ronnie Montrose
David Gilmour
Ty Tabor
Frank Hannon
Dave Meniketti
& how could I forget Buckethead"The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original size."
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01-31-2008, 11:30 AM #5
Cooder was ranked #8 in Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists issue in 2004. But even if all he had ever done was play the solo on Sister Morphine, he'd still be one of the greatest.
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01-31-2008, 11:37 AM #6
Robert Smith (The Cure)
Mick Jones (B.A.D and the Clash)
Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac)
BJ Armstrong (green Day)
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01-31-2008, 02:51 PM #7
FZ will always be underrated in the mainstream, but for good reason.
Hiram Bullock shreds. Check out Jaco Pastorius Live in NYC Vol. 2.
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01-31-2008, 03:00 PM #8
He's actually at the top of my list. Mick's not totally forgotten though. It's been a few years, but back in the 90s he toured with his own band several times. Made it around to the world too. All in smaller, really cool venues. I saw 3-4 of his shows and they were awesome. Even said hi and shook his hand a couple of times. Awesome guy. Oh and I have one of his CDs in the rad special box with a guitar pick and stuff...might be signed too.
The other name that comes to mind is Nick McCabe of the Verve. He's mindblowingly good, and thankfully they got back together and are putting out a new album.
As for Keith Richards, he's pretty universally considered the greatest rhythm guitarist ever. And if I recall correctly, when "Sympathy" was recorded he played all of the guitar for it. Brian Jones was too fucked up to play at that point. That said, Mick Taylor's take on "Sympathy" is incredible. You can hear it on Ya-Yas.Last edited by Arty50; 01-31-2008 at 03:03 PM.
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01-31-2008, 03:13 PM #9Head down, push foreword
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Duane Allman
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01-31-2008, 03:32 PM #10
Robert Cray.
Ricky Skaggs.
JJ Cale.
Who forgot Mick Taylor?Something about the wrinkle in your forehead tells me there's a fit about to get thrown
And I never hear a single word you say when you tell me not to have my fun
It's the same old shit that I ain't gonna take off anyone.
and I never had a shortage of people tryin' to warn me about the dangers I pose to myself.
Patterson Hood of the DBT's
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01-31-2008, 03:36 PM #11
2nd for Mato Nanji
Vernon Reid
Todd Park Mohr
Robert Cray
Tom Morello
Dicky Betts
Mark KnopflerBush got C's.... Obama probably failed lunch
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01-31-2008, 05:49 PM #12
Last edited by Arty50; 01-31-2008 at 05:57 PM.
"I knew in an instant that the three dollars I had spent on wine would not go to waste."
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01-31-2008, 06:01 PM #13
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01-31-2008, 06:19 PM #14
Steve Vai
Pat Travers
Brian May ( from Queen )
Paul Barrere (Little Feat )
Frank Zappa
Bobby Kreiger
Dimebag Darrell
Dave Mustaine
Kirk Hammett
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I'm gonna live forever if the good die young
Life is a suicide mission
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01-31-2008, 06:25 PM #15
NELS "fuckin" CLINE
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01-31-2008, 06:43 PM #16
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01-31-2008, 08:00 PM #17
It's hard to objective in this thread. It's guitar and music freaks that are going to respond to this post. So many of the names on this thread are veritable talents known to those posting on this thread but not appreciated by the masses.
I didn't see...
Johny Marr - Geez, that guy plays so clean and shimmering.
J. Mascis - Who else could write something like 'Freak Scene' that rips and has a melodic sensibility that could make Robert Smith drool? Note, J. covers 'Just Like Heaven' with Dino and solo.
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01-31-2008, 08:46 PM #18
a lot of under-appreciated talent mentioned here
that said, historically:
Duane Allman-agreed big time
Robben Ford
Joni Mitchell/David Crosby- gave us alternate tunings- hell, invented some alternate tunings..."if you plant ice, you're gonna harvest wind..."
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01-31-2008, 09:47 PM #19
Tom Morello
Rich Robinson
Dave Navarro
Bonnie Rait
Robert Johnson"All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring."
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01-31-2008, 09:53 PM #20
Mike Bloomfield.
Bob Dylan.
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01-31-2008, 09:55 PM #21
Daniel Lanois.
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01-31-2008, 10:04 PM #22
Billy Gibbons
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02-01-2008, 01:39 AM #23
When you said axemen, I immediately thought of: Michael Schenker
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02-01-2008, 10:26 AM #24
Geordie Walker. Sweet ax too:
I'll always say that Hank Garland's playing on Elvis's "Little Sister" set the standard for all rock-n-roll guitarists who followed.
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02-01-2008, 01:15 PM #25is not skiing
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Ry Cooder blows my mind. I've been listening to a bunch of his Buena Vista stuff recently... straight awesome.
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