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bombenhagen
Joined: 21 Jun 2006
Location: NL
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Here is my list...
Janik Gers
Dennis "Piggy" D'Amour RIP
Alex Lifeson
Gilby Clarke
Alex Skolnick |
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JJMcClure
Joined: 22 Nov 2006
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falco
Joined: 26 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 11:15 pm Post subject: |
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This guy at the left is the late Fred Smith. Him and his co-guitarist Wayne Kramer were two of the greatest axe-manglers to ever grace the stage. Their band the late, great MC5 was one of the more tragic stories of the late 60s, early 70s.
- falco. |
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skinhead
Joined: 11 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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Adrian Belew
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Adrian Belew (born December 23, 1949 as Robert Steven Belew) is an American guitarist and vocalist (and sometimes drummer, pianist and bass player), perhaps best known for his work as a member of the progressive rock group King Crimson, which he first joined in 1981. He has also released a number of solo albums for Island Records and Atlantic Records, and has worked with many other musicians. He was nominated for a Grammy in 2005, for his single, "Beat Box Guitar", which was nominated for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.
In addition, Belew is well-regarded for his contributions, particularly on guitar, to various other artists' recordings. In 1977, he performed with Frank Zappa, appearing in Zappa's 1979 concert film Baby Snakes, as well as Zappa's controversial album Sheik Yerbouti. In addition to playing lead guitar on David Bowie's 1979 album, Lodger, he also supported him on his Stage world tour in 1978 and the Sound + Vision world tour in 1990 as musical director, playing guitar and singing backing vocals.
Belew's other session credits include the 1980 album Remain in Light by the Talking Heads, Lights Out by Peter Wolf, and Paul Simon's landmark 1986 album Graceland. He worked with Laurie Anderson during the mid-1980s, appearing in her concert film Home of the Brave. During the 1990s, he contributed to two Nine Inch Nails albums, The Downward Spiral and The Fragile. He played synthesized guitar on the song "God Shuffled His Feet" by Crash Test Dummies in 1993.
In the late-1980s, Belew formed the pop band The Bears with ex-Raisins members and released two albums, The Bears and Rise and Shine. A third album, Car Caught Fire, followed in 2001.
He features prominently on Tori Amos's 2001 cover album, Strange Little Girls. He also contributed his lead guitar stylings to Porcupine Tree's latest album, Deadwing (2005) as well as to a track ("I Can't Get Behind That", also featuring Henry Rollins) on the 2004 Ben Folds-produced William Shatner album Has Been.
He even appeared in a series of Japanese advertisements promoting the mechanic company Daikin in which he emulated animal noises with his electric guitar and appeared as the conductor, conducting a symphony in which all the members were himself playing guitar.
Adrian is currently touring the U.S. and in August of 2006 in Atlanta, GA he will perform on The Acoustic Planet Tour with Bela Fleck & The Flecktones and Umphrey's McGee. |
In a perfect world, "Fish Head" off of Twang Bar King and "1967" off of Mr. MusicHead and "Three of a Perfect Pair" off of the King Crimson album of the same name would be on every MP3 player in existence.
After Adian Belew, I'd name Joe Satriani and Pat Metheny. |
Saw Belew participating in a rock quiz show called Rockwiz a few weeks ago. Charming fellow, about as funny as a fart in an elevator, but man the dude can still play that axe. His knowledge of Frank Zappa trivia is intimidating.
Frank Zappa. Anyone mentioned Frank Zappa yet? |
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catycat
Joined: 05 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 1:33 am Post subject: |
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| Dont know if he has been mentioned already, but John Squire is an amazing guitarist. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 1:54 am Post subject: |
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Robert Johnson...yes, THAT Robert Johnson. To truly hear him play, you have to slow down his music. It was sped up by the record producer to make it more marketable because the tastes of blues fans had changed, and Robert Johnson played a slower, more traditional, style of blues. You'll also notice that his voice recovers its original tone, which is not that of a teenager as it was released, but rather that of a grown man who smoked cigars.
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"Recording pitch question
Johnson's recorded work has become more widely heard since the Columbia double CD release. Some musicians have opined that the recordings run too fast. Johnson mainly used open tunings like open G and open E, and often used a capo to change the pitch of the song. This means that some passages would be played very high upon the neck of the guitar, which would make them very difficult to execute, or in some cases impossible to play at all (for example, the intro of "Walkin' Blues, which should be played on the 16th fret of a 12-fret-to-the-body-guitar). Some passages of Johnson's guitar playing sound constrained and not natural to the modern ear (as modern music would sound when it is sped up), and some of his vocals sound out of tune and robotic. When Johnson's music is slowed down (one article [2] even suggests slowing it down as much as 20%), Johnson's music sounds more natural, his guitar sounds warmer and fuller and more in line with other recordings from the late 1930's. His voice becomes more expressive although it loses some of Johnson's trademark emotional "whine". Speeding up recorded music is common in popular music, as it makes music sound fresher and it adds punch and energy."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Johnson_%28musician%29
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pastis
Joined: 20 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 3:39 am Post subject: |
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Anyone mention Nick Drake yet? That guy was great- really haunting acoustic folk stuff. I think the Pink Moon album is practically unplayable, cuz apparently he custom tuned the strings for each song.
Not exactly unknown, but I figure Ledbelly deserves a mention as well - king of the 12-string guitar. |
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shifter2009
Joined: 03 Sep 2006
Location: wisconsin
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| Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 7:57 am Post subject: |
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| I can't believe no one has mentioned Skwisgaar Skwigelf..... |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 8:08 am Post subject: |
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Skwisgaar is a legend for sure, but not underrated.
I know you normally can't use "punk" and "talented" in the same sentence, but Olga from the Toy Dolls has done some amazing guitaring.
One of my favourite Korean guitarists is Skele from Captain Bootbois/Choke Slammers. He has a lot more talent than he can usually show off.
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twg
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
Location: Getting some fresh air...
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| Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 8:08 am Post subject: |
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| shifter2009 wrote: |
| I can't believe no one has mentioned Skwisgaar Skwigelf..... |
He IS fast, but I prefer Toki Wartooth's rhythmic strumming. |
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cbclark4
Joined: 20 Aug 2006
Location: Masan
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| Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 9:15 am Post subject: |
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Robert Johnson - "Killin' Flo'"
Brian Robertson
cbc |
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luvnpeas
Joined: 03 Aug 2006
Location: somewhere i have never travelled
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| Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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All this attention to rock guitarists, and nobody mentioned Mark Knoppfler.
Nobody can solo like Pat Metheny.
Some Jim Hall is truly beautiful, particularly his duets. |
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ddeubel
Joined: 20 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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I haven't scrolled through ALL the posts but I will put Harry Manx's name up there. He has the hands of a guitarist and is super creative. I love his banjo version of the thrill is gone.... He studied in India for years (and has an Indian wife) and combines the music of the two cultures on the guitar. If you have a moment, download some of his tunes. One of my best finds, over the last 5 years.
DD |
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seoulunitarian
Joined: 06 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 11:30 pm Post subject: re: |
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Victor Wooten, and his brother (forgot his name  )
Peace |
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seoulunitarian
Joined: 06 Jul 2004
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