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zappalives
Joined: 15 May 2006
Location: Gyeongju
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 Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 5:09 am Post subject: Best damn lesser-known guitarists |
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| Without mention of the gods- Hendrix, Clapton, McLaughlin, BB King, et al- who's guitar work do you think is some of the greatest, yet sadly not as popular as it should be (ie. all over the radio)? I think Richard Thompson. And Leo Kottke is excellent 12-string. And in the jazz vein, Sonny Sharrock- probably most famous for the Space Ghost theme song. |
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otis
Joined: 02 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 5:49 am Post subject: |
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| Snowy White. |
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indytrucks
Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: The Shelf
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 6:03 am Post subject: |
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Kenny Burrell
Barney Kessel |
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fruitcake
Joined: 18 Apr 2004
Location: shinchon
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 6:08 am Post subject: |
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Jimmy Herring (Aquarium Rescue Unit, Jazz Is Dead, Frogwings, Project Z)
Dave Fiuczynski (Screaming Headless Torsos)
Frank Vignola |
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Hobophobic
Joined: 16 Aug 2004
Location: Sinjeong negorie mokdong oh ga ri samgyup sal fighting
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 6:51 am Post subject: |
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| Vinnie Vincent (Not the KISS stuff) |
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Woland
Joined: 10 May 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 6:54 am Post subject: |
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| Martin Barre of Jethro Tull |
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canuckistan
Mod Team
Joined: 17 Jun 2003
Location: Training future GS competitors.....
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:27 am Post subject: |
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Frank Marino of Mahogany Rush, a Montreal institution--"Dragonfly" is such an excellent tune.
http://www.myspace.com/frankmarinoandmahoganyrush
As much as he is part of the "et al"--Stevie Ray Vaughn --just had to say it.
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:58 am Post subject: |
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I reckon Johnny Lang has a great feel. I haven't heard that much by him but he certainly knows his way around a fretboard.
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:34 am 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. |
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:44 am Post subject: |
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-- The Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Nick Zinner.
-- Johnny Marr
-- John Frusciante
-- _*_ |
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Woland
Joined: 10 May 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 9:12 am Post subject: |
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| Bulsajo wrote: |
| Adrian Belew |
I'll second these. |
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tweeterdj
Joined: 21 Oct 2005
Location: Gwangju
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Tiberious aka Sparkles wrote: |
-- John Frusciante
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sorry sparkles, i disagree with this one. frusciante is just a spaz. he's decent enough to do what he does, but i've never heard something played by ol' john and thought, "man, that was sweet". |
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pauly
Joined: 24 Sep 2004
Location: Incheon
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Phil Keaggy |
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captain planet
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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al demiola, paco de lucia, joe pass, django reinhart, andres segovia, eric johnson, steve vai- these guys are all basically guitar gods in their genres, but i'll mention them anyway, since satriani n mclaughlin were mentioned. and chet adkins, although he was all over country music for years.
robert randolph(lap steel)
blind willie mctell(fingerpicked blues)
kaki king (percussive acoustic fingerpicking)
me (i'm just badass)
what's his name from the mars volta(aggressive and atonal rock)
keller williams(amazing folk riffs and a loop station)
the gypsy kings(flamenco- i don't know much flamenco, but they sound good to me)
johnny greenwood of radiohead(just to piss off jinro- great space sounds and some of the best rock riffs around) |
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zappalives
Joined: 15 May 2006
Location: Gyeongju
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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Bulsajo wrote:
Adrian Belew
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It's funny how many albums I have with him playing, yet I never connected them to a single guitarist, nor would I have made the connection had you not mentioned it.
Good stuff. I am enjoying many of what's been mentioned.
Another player sadly off the mainstream map, but not that far off: Bill Frisell
Oh, and Billy Zoom of X. |
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