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Icebear said:
Well, if you are talking transcendental then John Mahavishnu McLaughlin jumps directly into the conversation. HE did an album with Carlos Santana who was another student of Sri Chimnoy was Love, Devotion, Surrender was soaring transcendentalism.
Al Di Meola is another great who has gone unmentioned and, also, recorded with McLaughlin and Paco de Lucia.

Another jazz giant is Joe Pass whose work with Oscar Peterson was a match of giants. Peterson who was the antithesis of Count Basie could play a couple dozen notes where one might do for the Count but Pass could swing with both and played with all the jazz greats. LINK Peterson and Pass LINK 2 Joe Pass solo Summertime
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I'm surprised you didn't include Larry Carlton in your jazz section (on lots of Joni Mitchell albums).
And the guy Clapton played with recently in England... name escapes me (Joe something), but a great blues guy. Also Robert Cray.

Great thread.
 
PacoSwede said:
I'll be the first to second Metheny.

Followed by Hendrix and McLaughlin, but I'm not familiar at all with many of these people, and only familiar with others by reputation. This is a very educational thread.

And thanks very much, Icebear, for the links. Just finished Jimi/John jam. Wowsa.
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Very much agree about this being an educational thread. Takes me back to a youth during which many a day was spent with friends just listening to records. Listening to guitarists is pretty much how this entire day has been spent.
 
speedoo said:
Wow. I never got to see Duane live, in fact he and Berry were gone before I got turned to the Allmans. But after a friend played a few of their albums I was hooked forever.. What exactly did you do in performing with Duane?
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My band opened for them for a couple of performances in GA. I got to jam with them and did some back up vocals. I was only 15 years old and in high school at the time. The rest of my bandmates were several years older. I mostly sang lead in my band.
 
ScarlettB said:
I had the privilege of performing with Duane Allman many years ago in GA and he was one of a kind, but I have to say, my favorite is Clapton. Hendrix would be next, then Duane.
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What was your instrument(s)?
 
Have been a huge Knopfler fan for years. The sound, the precision of his work, his songwriting, the just-plain-fun of his music. If you think he is just Dire Straits, may I recommend from his solo work, "What It Is" and "Heart Full of Holes," two very different things.
 
VAUConnFan said:
What was your instrument(s)?
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My instrument was my voice. I was the female lead vocalist and played tambourine. I can play a little guitar and keyboards, but not well enough to be comfortable in front of a crowd.
 
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uconnfan68 said:
I'm surprised you didn't include Larry Carlton in your jazz section (on lots of Joni Mitchell albums).
And the guy Clapton played with recently in England... name escapes me (Joe something), but a great blues guy. Also Robert Cray.

Great thread.
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Larry Carlton, absolutely. Played for a while with one of my current favorites, Fourplay, who I hope to see up in Tarrytown, NY on June 1st. Carlton succeeded Lee Rittenour, and was replaced in Fourplay by Chuck Loeb.

Joe Bonamassa.
 
VAUConnFan said:
Larry Carlton, absolutely. Played for a while with one of my current favorites, Fourplay, who I hope to see up in Tarrytown, NY on June 1st. Carlton succeeded Lee Rittenour, and was replaced in Fourplay by Chuck Loeb.

Joe Bonamassa.
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That's him. Thanks.
 
When it comes to Guitar virtuosos I like the ones that are multi talented and can excel at any style.
One name comes to mind. Steve Howe from Yes. He can play Rock Classical Country Flamenco
IMHO he's the best "all around" guitarist in the world. Here's a video of his Chet Atkins influenced The Clap and his Classical inspired Mood for a Day.
 
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"Old Love"... Eric Clapton live in Hyde Park!

A Top 5 all-time performance for me
 
Bobanozz said:
When it comes to Guitar virtuosos I like the ones that are multi talented and can excel at any style.
One name comes to mind. Steve Howe from Yes. He can play Rock Classical Country Flamenco
IMHO he's the best "all around" guitarist in the world. Here's a video of his Chet Atkins influenced The Clap and his Classical inspired Mood for a Day.
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I meant to include Howe who was a favorite since the first time I saw him when Yes was still playing a college circuit tour at Gettysburg College in 1971-2
 
As I recall, when they opened the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, the featured performer was, appropriately, the immortal Chuck Berry. In this great thread, we were a little late to mention this "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man." So, "Roll Over, Beethoven!" and make room for Chuck.

I think we missed Wes Montgomery and his inimitable jazz style. Picked his guitar with his thumb. "A Day in the Life" was a classic.

Somebody should forward the priceless content of this thread to Rolling Stone magazine for publication. We Boneyarders might have shortcomings as handicappers but Damn! we (collectively, with help from welcome friends) sure know pickers!
 
My son - who is in the music biz and plays guitar - sent me his picks: Joe Satriani, Jeff Beck, Steve Vai and John Mayer.
 
After sirviving the OMG moment that inspired my post above about Chuck Berry and Wes Montgomery, it was followed by a WTF moment as I realized that we forgot Buddy Holley.

Now, everyone log into Rhapsody or Amazon Music and listen to nine minutes of Don McLean doing "American Pie" to do penance for (y)our collective oversight.

". . . the day the music died."
 
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Has no one mentioned Keith Richards or Pete Townsend?
 
Forgot about her. Orianthi. Maybe mostly because she's a ....she? :) . But as Santana says in the video, it's past "It's cute, a girl playing guitar". She's good.

 
Curtis Mayfield
Steve Cropper
Pops Staples
Jimmy Nolen
Les Paul
Jeff Beck
And all the Motown guitar players....Robert White, Eddie Willis, Joe Messina, etc.
 
Top two:

Bass: Paul McCartney, back in the day. Incredibly innovative solos.

Doc Watson
 
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Thinking about all the great guitarists mentioned, got me thinking about some of the all-time great opening guitar riffs. Here's several (in no particular order) off the top of my head:

Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry
Foxy Lady - Hendrix
Money For Nothing - Dire Straights
Layla - Clapton
Soul Sacrifice - Santana
Sweet Home Alabama - Skynyrd
Classical Gas - Mason Williams
Round About - Yes
Sweet Hitch-Hiker - Creedence
From The Beginning - EL&P
Revolution - Beatles
Don't take Me Alive - Steely Dan

 


I don't know how I forgot Roy Buchanan in my original list. One of the primary seminal guitar artists. He played at the same roadhouse in Maryland for close to twenty years, refused record contracts, was uncomfortable with fame. I heard about him in the early 70's through a roadie for the Rolling Stones who said that whenever they were in the Baltimore area they would sneak into his club to see him play. It seems that many including J.J. Cale, Hendrix, Beck, Garcia and Clapton also stopped by when possible. There's a 3 part PBS documentary on YouTube. He was a family man but when he did bite the fame cookie in the later 70's he couldn't handle it and died in a holding tank apparently a suicide.
 
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