Jimmy Page...Clapton...Satriani...Yngwie.... Lets hear em'

Clapton, Winwood, Harrison, Atkins, Townsend, Santana, May Good Lord what a long list you can make!:eek:

S R V , Jimi H., Steve Howe, Jimmy P. , Neil Young, Angus, Gary Rickrath(what can i say,i was young then), Mark Knopfler, Frampton, Alex Lifeson,Eddie VH, Al DeMeola (only saw him once at my college in '79?,but WOW .
this could be a long list

Jerry Garcia
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Hendrix
John Lee Hooker
Clapton
Carlos Santana
Jimmy Page
JJ Cale
Jeff Beck
Robin Trower
Lester Flatts

Trey Anastasio, Frank Zappa, Jerry Garcia, Bucket Head, Mark Knopfler from Dire straits, Peter Tosh played a mean guitar for a rasta...

the list goes on and on......

Eddie Van Halen
George Lynch
Warren DeMartini
Vito Brata
Randy Rhodes
Angus Young
KK Downing / Glen Tipton (great rym/ld)
Nuno Bettencourt
Jimmy Page
Neil Young
SRV
This was in no order... I'm not saying I loved the clothes or the lyrics but I loved the sound and style of those 80's guitar heros :D johnny "the Ratt Boy"

BB King
Duane Allman
Hendrix
Clapton
Santana
Kenny Burrell
SRV
Warren Haynes
#^&#^&#^&#^&ey Betts
Alvin Lee
Townsend

Originally posted by Eben
Bucket Head
:btu:

Only saw him once live, but what a hoot!

-spence

SRV
Clapton
Buddy Guy
Albert King
Hendrix
Leslie West
Jeff Beck
Santana

SRVSRVSRV

:claps:

Terry Kath (Chicago)
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Alex Liefson (Rush)
Don Felder (Eagles)
Lindsy B#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&gham ( Fleetwood Mac)
Duane Allman (Allman Bros)
Allen Collins (Lynard Skynard)
Randy Rhodes (Ozzy Osborne)
Carlos Santana

With all those names guitar must be easy , huh? I trashed mine in disgust 30years ago. Where would Hendrix be now?.... Ahhh Randy Rhodes , pure genius!

Clapton
Hendrix
SRV
Santana
Knopfler
Albert King
Duane Allman
Robert Cray
Ernie Isley
Roy Buchanan
Al DiMeola
Early Jeff Beck

David Gilmour :btu:

A lot of GREAT people named above!

I'd like to throw another of my favorites on the list and that's Blues Saraceno.

I had the opportunity to play in a garage band with Blues WAY BACK in the day.

I remember one time we were just foolin' around with Johny B. Goode and Blues went off on a tangent. I put my sticks down, walked around the front of my drum kit, sat down with my back against one of the bass drums, and watched / listened to him erupt. It was awesome and, he was only in Jr. High at the time!

Thanks for the post. It brought back some good memories of some 20 years ago!

Cheers,
Rob

You guys pretty much nailed all of them....But how about ....
Ritchie Blackmore
Ronnie Montrose

Out of the rock genre....a little jazz

Joe Pass
Wes Montgomery
Tal Farlow
Jimmy Bruno
Kenny Burrell

rock guitarists are one chord wankers!

Good ones DF!

Blackmore was a great one!... I love listening to Rainbow

our RUSH tix ship today... your PM's were full...

Havn't heard Blues Saraceno in years! Another overlooked one...Steve Morse. One of the best all around guitarist. And a nice guy too! Vito Brata- I remember that tribute he did for SRV-"Blue Monday". Michael Schenker(not Ravi). Lawng Islands(Carle Place) own Joe Satriani and the student Steve Vai. John Petrucci of Dream Theater(L.I. again).Alan Holdsworth, Segovia,Eric Johnson and on and on...

Originally posted by Bliz
Good ones DF!

Blackmore was a great one!... I love listening to Rainbow

our RUSH tix ship today... your PM's were full...

Saw Rainbow/Pat Traverse/New England @ the Orpheum back in '80 awesome show


And aniother one that popped into my head just now...Randy Rhodes.....Saw him at the Orpheum as well in '80-81 (kind of a haze back then :D )

Andre Segovia
Carlos Montoya
Jimmie Page
Steve Howe
Joh Coltrane
Stevie Ray
Taj
Jerry
Carlos

:)

so friggin many good ones.......

Originally posted by Bliz
our RUSH tix ship today...
:happy: :happy: :happy: :happy:

I printed mine out from email. Can't wait for the show. My step-son is going to have his mind blown :devil:

-spence

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Originally posted by Bliz
our RUSH tix ship today...
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5th row at the Meadows baby! :D

Jerry
Trey
Gene Ween (makes some pretty cool faces when he plays)
Niel Young
Jiimy's (Page and Hendrix)

thought this (http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/27/tony.iommi/index.html) pertained...

Alvin Lee
Leslie West
Jeff Beck
Robert Fripp
Steve Howe
John McGlaughlin

Ditto on many of those already noted - Clapton, Hendrix, SRV, Duane Allman, Steve Howe. But here's a few not mentioned yet:

Peter Buck (REM)
The Edge (U2)
Lowell George (Little Feat) - for those who like slide guitar
Pat Metheny (Jazz)
Martin Barre (Jethro Tull)

and maybe my all time favorite - Johnny Marr (Smiths)

Okay, I was keeping it to rock and blues, here's a few more:

Taj (major omission on my part, best in terms of blues history)

Pat Metheny, certainly -

Doc Watson and his late son Merle

Lowell George,Billy Gibbons,Albert Collins, MUDDY,MUDDY,MUDDY,Henry Vestine.

Don't forget BB King he plays a mean guitar!!!

Hendrix
Page
Clapton
Cooder
Zappa
Santana
SRV
Allman
KWS

How about Roy Clark??? Not what I listen to but he can definitely work a guitar

Mick Ronson
Jeff Beck
Jimmy Page
Jimi Hendrix
Frank Zappa
Kenny Wayne Sheperd
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Albert King
Buddy Guy
Adrian Beleu
Reeves Gabrel

Except for Ronson at the top the rest are in no particular order of rank, they are all fabulous in thier own right.:D

Mick Abrahams
Martin Barre
Rory Gallagher
Peter Green
Joe Walsh
Tony Rice
Robben Ford
Jon Butcher
Larry Coryell
John Abercrombie
Billy Gibbons

Page
Gilmour
Eddie
Eric
Pete
My old roomate Larry

Hendrix
Clapton
Buddy Guy
Albert Collins
Johnny Guitar Watson
BB King
Johnny Lang
Kenny Wayne Shepard

Eric Clapton
Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Page
Jeff Healy
Dave Gilmore
Carlos Santana

Very glad to see Zappa is still remembered,but I was surprised to
see no one mentioned Ted Nugent.
And just because its heavymetal doesn't mean some of the following aren't truly talented:
Kirk Hammett from Metallica(before the commercial crappola)
Dave Murray from Iron Maiden
Randy Rhodes with Ozzy
And several others.Plus the many already mentioned here.

All of the above... plus Brian May (Queen) Amazing tone and sounds... also Brian Setzer if your into that sort of thing...

So, uh ....Bryan, ya mean to tell me you like any guitarist named Brian -

Hey, not that there's anything wrong with that....:p

Here's a few more:

Toy Caldwell
Leo Kottke
Craig Chaquico
"Buck Dharma"
Neil Schon
Kim Simmonds
Sonny Landreth
Bryan Lee

One of my favorites is .......me! check it out www.eaststreetjazz.com

I played rock and metal for 15 years. I have been playing only jazz/swing and blues for the last 10. For non-jazz, I really appreciate guys who can play without a ton of distortion or effects. I agree with all of the above except for Nugent. from interviews I've read, he always rags on Jimmy Page, he says he's sloppy, that may be true but Page's playing is a 10,000 time cooler than Nugent's one chord wank.
Here are some of my non-jazz favorites.

Danny Gatton - mind blowing work on a telecaster -this guy is rock, jazz, blues, country and rockabilly all rolled into one.

Jimmy Bryant with Speedy West - incredible western swing guitar. Amazing playing.

Les Paul - sure you've all heard of the guitar, ever hear the man? You won't think Hendrix was wild when you hear the stuff this guy played 20 years earlier. He developed multitrack recording, echo, reverb but the guy is an amazing guitar player. I saw him playning in NYC last year. 83 and still plays great. He is the father of all rock guitar IMHO.

Chet Atkins - beautiful player


Jimmy Vaughn - I agree with all the blues greats but I did not see Jimmy's name. He is not as in your face guitar as his brother but he is a wonderful player. His phrasing is like nothing I've heard. Check out his early stuff with the Fabulous Thunderbirds, not the cheezy stuff on the radio but the stuff on the albums. They were one of the greatest white blues bands.

Duke Robillard - Best music to come out of Rhode Island. Great all around player. I love his jump blues swing playing.

Django Reinheardt - Okay he;s jazz but - My stomach hurts when I hear him play. Jaw dropping and only had 2 usuable fret fingers.

I can post all day.

Very nice version of Autumn Leaves:cool:

Frank Zappa
Jimi Hendrix
Alvin Lee
Carlos Santana
Angus Young
Deep Purple guy

Originally posted by Tagger
Deep Purple guy

Ritchie Blackmore?

Leo Kotke is awesome. Saw him a couple summers ago in a coffee house type show in Chatham of all places. Fabulous. Forgot Duane Allman, self taught and could not read a lick of music, unbelievable on slide.:D