Great Guitarists

[jerrymahoney]

OOPS looks like they at YT took down my Mike Bloomfield solo. OK try this one:

 

[quake]

Eddie Van Halen

Great guitarist.

he even played on beat it for Michel Jackson.

 

 

[sirineou]

2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Could have been me. I was learning the guitar while wintering over in Antarctica, but someone had a fight in the bar and broke the only guitar on the base.

 

Never too late to take it up again. Hours of enjoyment for you , and annoyment for the wife.

I had also given it up for decades since my youth.  And only took it up now that I am retired and have the time. Unfortunately as we age the my left hand is not very cooperative, and my pinky locks up , it is called trigger finger, I saw a doctor about it, first we tried steroid injections but it did not help, so he suggested surgery, which would had required the left hand pinky to be immobilized four three months. 

So I just stay away from chord changes that require pinky action. Lucky for me it's not the pinky I use to pick my nose 

[bokningar]

Numer one Garry Moore  RIP

 

 

 

Edited January 11 by bokningar
Wrong link

[quake]

2 hours ago, sirineou said:

Never too late to take it up again. Hours of enjoyment for you , and annoyment for the wife.

I had also given it up for decades since my youth.  And only took it up now that I am retired and have the time. Unfortunately as we age the my left hand is not very cooperative, and my pinky locks up , it is called trigger finger, I saw a doctor about it, first we tried steroid injections but it did not help, so he suggested surgery, which would had required the left hand pinky to be immobilized four three months. 

So I just stay away from chord changes that require pinky action. Lucky for me it's not the pinky I use to pick my nose 

 

Same here, 

Started again after I retired,  love it.  play everyday for about 20 minutes.

My singing is very dodgy. 

But defiantly better than the local drunks,  on the back garden karaoke machine at 2 am.

 

[thaibeachlovers]

4 hours ago, sirineou said:

Never too late to take it up again. Hours of enjoyment for you , and annoyment for the wife.

I had also given it up for decades since my youth.  And only took it up now that I am retired and have the time. Unfortunately as we age the my left hand is not very cooperative, and my pinky locks up , it is called trigger finger, I saw a doctor about it, first we tried steroid injections but it did not help, so he suggested surgery, which would had required the left hand pinky to be immobilized four three months. 

So I just stay away from chord changes that require pinky action. Lucky for me it's not the pinky I use to pick my nose 

I'm too busy to be trying to learn the guitar and in any event I have no audience to impress.

[NextG]

 

[NextG]

 

[NextG]

 

[Trippy]

What about the guitar king of Thailand?

 

 

[sirineou]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I'm too busy to be trying to learn the guitar and in any event I have no audience to impress.

In life you only have  to impress an audience of one. 

Edited January 11 by sirineou
typo

[Georgealbert]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I'm too busy to be trying to learn the guitar and in any event I have no audience to impress.

555555555

 

You so busy posting multi post on threads here everyday.

 

Why post this comment, adds nothing to the thread.

 

I think my favourites are all bias, based on the types of music I like.

 

Yardbirds, Clapton, Beck, Page.

 

Who, Townsend.

 

Muddy Waters

 

B B King

 

Being tone deaf does not help.

 

 

[KhunLA]

When you hear some of these youngins play, your opinion of the greats kind of diminish 

 

Starts @ 1:36 w/great finish 🎸🎸🎸

 

Along with old bird ...

 

Edited January 11 by KhunLA

[thaibeachlovers]

1 hour ago, sirineou said:

In life you only have  to impress an audience of one. 

I'm far too hard to please to ever be impressed by myself.

 

I only ever learned one song before the guitar got smashed in a bar brawl ( and by a good American friend of mine to boot ), and I kept getting requests to learn another. I have no doubt they were all happy I was no longer the base guitarist.

[quake]

1 hour ago, Trippy said:

What about the guitar king of Thailand?

 

 

Is he still about,

He looked a bit old, last time I see him in the Blues factory ( gone )

many many moons ago. ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 11 by quake

[quake]

Angus young, AC DC 

Wonder if he had a giggle at this lot.

Just for fun.

 

Angus, !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Angus, !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Angus. 

 

 

Edited January 11 by quake

[Trippy]

4 minutes ago, quake said:

Is he still about,

He looked a bit old, last time I see him in the Blues factory ( gone )

many many moons ago. ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's where I first saw him, at the Blues factory maybe '94 or'95. He had his own club for a short time, then became a regular at Hot Tuna. He's 79 now and fighting illness. Here's a write to what I think is the last time he performed.

 

https://www.pattayamail.com/news/lam-morrison-reignites-the-stage-in-epic-rock-the-night-concert-439011

[quake]

2 minutes ago, Trippy said:

That's where I first saw him, at the Blues factory maybe '94 or'95. He had his own club for a short time, then became a regular at Hot Tuna. He's 79 now and fighting illness. Here's a write to what I think is the last time he performed.

 

https://www.pattayamail.com/news/lam-morrison-reignites-the-stage-in-epic-rock-the-night-concert-439011

 

Nice to see his still around.

good luck to him. 

[Isan Farang]

11 minutes ago, quake said:

Is he still about,

He looked a bit old, last time I see him in the Blues factory ( gone )

many many moons ago. ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Isan Farang]

Just now, Isan Farang said:

 

 

[NextG]

11 minutes ago, Isan Farang said:

 

A song written by Stevie Wonder. 
 

I think this is the original:

 

Though I’m more familiar with the version by the Crusaders:

 

[Mutt Daeng]

22 hours ago, Mutt Daeng said:

On 1/10/2024 at 3:39 PM, Yellowtail said:

Tony Iommi

Duane Allman

Eric Clapton

Jimmy Page

Derek Trucks

Glen Buxton

Steve Gaines

Randy Rhoads

Expand  

What @Yellowtail said, plus
Jeff Beck
Alvin Lee
Rory Gallager
Joe Satriani
Gary Moore
Justin Johnson
Jimi Hendrix
Slash
Carlos Santana
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Mark Knopfler

Hank Marvin

Jack White

and Peter Green

[it is what it is]

On 1/9/2024 at 5:49 PM, Keeps said:

Johnny Marr from the Smiths is pretty good. Does a very good cover version of one of their own songs aswell

 

 

 

he's alright but has a limited scope to his playing, could never be described as a great guitarist

[it is what it is]

 

i'm into music rather than guitarists, but check out youtube, that guy prince could certainly play.

[tilaceer]

Lenny Breau 

Guthrie Govan
Pat Metheny
John Scofield
Shawn Lane

[FruitPudding]

On 1/10/2024 at 11:19 AM, BigStar said:

Here you go:

 

The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time

 

All we need, so can close the thread now--unless of course this is really about "I know guitarists you don't."

 

Did you see that list?

 

The top 10 looks like some kind of woke, politically correct BS.

 

[Andrew Dwyer]

I grew up listening to:

Steve Howe

Ritchie Blackmore 

Dave  Gilmour 

Paul Kossoff

Duane Allman

Eric Clapton

Joe Walsh

Jimmy Page

Rory Gallagher 

Carlos Santana 

Alvin Lee

 

then came :

Gary Moore

Robert Cray

Kenny Wayne Shepherd

Mark Knopfler

Doyle Bramhall ll

 

More than enough great guitarists to keep me happy into my old age and I stopped looking for anything new, i can happily live off the classics from the early 70’s, don’t need any new stuff …… at least that’s what I thought until i discovered Derek Trucks !!

A breath of fresh air, his unique phrasing brings a whole new dimension of joy.

Solo or together with Susan in Tedeschi Trucks , doesn’t matter it’s all good .

 

 

 

 

Check out Layla Revisited for a classic album brought back to life.

 

 

[Yellowtail]

19 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

I grew up listening to:

Steve Howe

Ritchie Blackmore 

Dave  Gilmour 

Paul Kossoff

Duane Allman

Eric Clapton

Joe Walsh

Jimmy Page

Rory Gallagher 

Carlos Santana 

Alvin Lee

 

then came :

Gary Moore

Robert Cray

Kenny Wayne Shepherd

Mark Knopfler

Doyle Bramhall ll

 

More than enough great guitarists to keep me happy into my old age and I stopped looking for anything new, i can happily live off the classics from the early 70’s, don’t need any new stuff …… at least that’s what I thought until i discovered Derek Trucks !!

A breath of fresh air, his unique phrasing brings a whole new dimension of joy.

Solo or together with Susan in Tedeschi Trucks , doesn’t matter it’s all good .

 

 

 

 

Check out Layla Revisited for a classic album brought back to life.

 

 

Got to see Doyle Bramhall II and Derek Trucks with Clapton in Bangkok 10-15 years ago, what a show.

[bunnydrops]

John Renbourn

leo kottke

 

[NextG]

10 hours ago, FruitPudding said:

 

Did you see that list?

 

The top 10 looks like some kind of woke, politically correct BS.

 

What do you think of these two?