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Post by CentreHice on Jul 24, 2013 10:15:28 GMT -5
Superb player, CO.
Here's one of the top influential jazz players....Joe Pass.
This music isn't for everybody...(I don't think I could listen to an entire concert of it)....but the mastery of the guitar is unquestionable.
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Post by Bones on Jul 29, 2013 16:50:53 GMT -5
Gilmour is a good one....Rolling Stone had the solo in Comfortably Numb, voted the best Guitar Solo of all time. For sure. When I think classic Fender Strat tone, I think of Gilmour. Shine On You Crazy Diamond is my favorite. I'm with you yossarian, one of my favourite songs of all time. I personally love this acoustic version! |
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Post by CentreHice on Jul 29, 2013 18:40:14 GMT -5
That's a great sub-topic.
ICONIC MAINSTREAM ROCK GUITAR SOLOS
*Jimmy Page, Stairway To Heaven
*Don Felder and Joe Walsh, Hotel California
*Eric Clapton, Sunshine of Your Love
*Ritchie Blackmore, Smoke on the Water
*Ted Nugent, Journey to the Centre of the Mind
*Jimi Hendrix, Purple Haze
*Eric Clapton, While My Guitar Gently Weeps --uncredited on "The Beatles" (White Album). Harrison asked him to provide the solo. And Clapton made sure the engineer made it sound "Beatley".
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Post by Doc Holliday on Aug 29, 2013 14:14:27 GMT -5
Lots of amazing guitarists mentioned but I just have to throw in there Hank Marvin of The Shadows.
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Post by Polarice on Aug 29, 2013 18:51:17 GMT -5
Lots of amazing guitarists mentioned but I just have to throw in there Hank Marvin of The Shadows. I remember him with Cliff Richards. |
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Post by duster on Sept 1, 2013 11:23:34 GMT -5
I had this detailed write up for my favourites and somehow it all got blown away while I was typing it. Briefly:
- Django Reinhard: Amazing what you can do with two fingers and a thumb. He played his solos with only two fingers and used his injured fingers for chords. Simply remarkable
- Lightning Hopkins: His style incorporated lead, rythm, percussion and vocals all at the same time. A true virtuoso
- Brian May: Besides being one of the few truly ambidextrous guitar players out there, his work on Night at the Opera and some of the earlier Queen albums was groundbreaking. Superb technique and unique sound.
- Duane Allman: A master of the slide guitar. I rate him right up there with Clapton, Page and Hendrix. Just listen to his work on "Whipping Post" and "Layla" and you get the idea
- Robert Johnson: I have his complete works and it never ceases to amaze me how ahead of his time he was both technically and musically.
I'd give a an honourable mention to Steve Hackett. A master of the 12 string. His work on "Ikhnaton and Itsacon and Their Band of Merry Men" on Foxtrot's "Supper's Ready" is simply amazing.
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