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Here's one guitarist who inspires me whenever I pick up my guitars, or when i listen to his music, he's one of my favorite guitarists, Eric Johnson, I always keep wondering how he gets such a fat tone out of his Stratocasters, to my ears his playing sounds very musical, here's a youtube video of him performing the instrumental "Righteous" live, just listen to the tone he gets:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X9CYo5TKY0
I really like his chord voicings
Rory Gallagher is the man for me, or was when he was alive, switched me from playing drums to guitar the very 1st time i heard him in 1967 with Taste.
https://youtu.be/nPNWQ6EOoKQ
I'm also a massive Rory fan, have you read Riding Shotgun by Gerry McAvoy about his years playing alongside Rory, it's worth tracking down he had an interesting career.Quote:
Originally Posted by tonyw
Players I try to draw inspiration from today are, Jerry Donohue, John Jorgensen and Brent Mason
I have read Riding Shotgun a great read, not much i dont know about Rory, i was heavily involved in a few Rory projects including a recording in support of his charity the "Irish Youth Foundation"Quote:
Originally Posted by dave.king1
Big fan of Roy Buchanan as well here he gives his guitar Nancy a good kick in the guts.
https://youtu.be/DDOIL5OqvYs
Some great players mentioned there guys.
For me, Andre Segovia. Here he plays Bach. Remembering he is well into his Eighties here....
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eBQfHJA2Lng&autoplay=1#
listening to John Williams helped me to discover Segovia.
he doesnt care about slides and other sounds equated with getting around the fretboard, he is about the end result, really defined classical guitar.
Eric , Roy and Rory certainly have the blues / rock thing down
another is Danny Gatton, the Telemaster:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmgAjkxq4Gc
and to me the current king of blues rock, Joe Bonamassa, and the awesome lonesome road blues:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckNe27y3fdQ
Possibly explaining my 'eclectic' tastes in music somewhat, my earliest inspirations in guitarists...
Django Reinhardt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TmiDC_a6ss
Mark Knophler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh2GFoDae8Y
And David Gilmour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3CHT7rQQVc
Thanks to my Dad.
I've heard lots of great things about Rory Gallagher so there's another guitarist I should start getting into, cheers, Andre Segovia is very highly regarded too as well as John Williams, incidentally, John Williams did some great stuff while in the band Sky, pretty cool progressive rock, here's one of Sky's instrumentals:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F6z1-uhpH0
Django Reinhardt is cool, what's really amazing about him is what he was able to play on his guitars since he had only two working fingers on his fretting hand which got damaged in a fire accident when he was younger, for me he serves as a lesson in that you can overcome any difficulties.
I love Mark Knopfler's guitar playing and tone too, very tasteful.
Dave Gilmour's playing is cool too, to me his playing is not only about what you play but also what you don't play too....phrasing.
Going back to Eric Johnson, his guitar tone and playing seems to take on a kind of three dimensional quality to my ears.
Joe Satriani is another guitarist who inspires me, his music shows me how chords and scales can work together to create great sounding music.
love Satriani, Gilmour, Knopfler, have all of Skys stuff, Larry Carlton...
great thread this one. I have too many favourite guitar players to list, but have to thank Angus/Malcolm Young and the Brewster brothers of the Angels for getting me interested in the sound of the electric guitar in my teens.
A few of my other favourite players are Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Gilmour, Slash, Bonamassa, Dimebag, Billy Gibbons, Randy Rhoads, SRV, EVH, Tom Morello just to name a few.
I also love all the early blues players were really the start of many awesome bands and genres.
I will go back and read this whole thread and watch some video links
Here's an example of Jerry Donahue on Tele pretending he's a pedal steel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv6miU6X6n4
Brent Mason on the silver Tele ( also with Vince Gill who can play a bit )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeJHnkUKg_M
Here's another JD Simo who is one of the younger hotshots, tearing Folsom Prison Blues apart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLbgUvfAszA
Roy Sludge with Duke Levine on guitar ( sideman for many top artists )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIFzAFluzlU
Redd Volkaert ( with the wonderful Cindy Cashdollar ex Asleep At The Wheel on lap steel )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E69WAp6pd9c
John Jorgenson with the Hellecasters ( also featuring Jerry Donahue and Will Ray ), he also does a lot of Django stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d424fO4RZpg
Johnny Hiland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYVwYN8mmYw
Off to the Blues world now
Rory Gallagher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPNWQ6EOoKQ
Walter Trout covering a Jimi song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4vusv0_VVc
Popa Chubby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW9G_9nZlSM
Joanne Shaw Taylor ( just for the boys :-) )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxy2JnVoR_I
That should help you consume an hour or two
wow nice group of youtube links DK, I'll have a bit of a gander
Yeah, we shouldn't forget to mention the Young brothers, I love the way they worked together so effectively in AC/DC, the Brewster brothers of the Angels too, I got into the Angels as I was growing up in the 90's cause my older brother was always playing their tapes in the workshop as we worked, definitely another one of the classic Aussie rock bands, what about the guys in Rose Tattoo?, or Midnight Oil?, Peter Garret was a great frontman for them.
@ dave,king1, Looks like I have some catching up to do, cheers for the links.
yes Doc I liked Rose Tattoo and saw Midnight Oil live a few times, great bands.
I'm about a third of the way though DK's list of youtube links
some cool tracks, very country/chicken picken styles
Aussie Blues
Chain
Have done a few gigs with these guy back when i was with Premier Artists
https://youtu.be/_0oJv_ArrrU
Muddy Waters and Johhny Winter
Cross Eyed Cat
https://youtu.be/X-V4ytkl2p0
Chain. Awesome band.
For me it's Steve Morse that gets my juices flowing!
http://youtu.be/cxx8-tYB3DE One for the twang factor.
http://youtu.be/yIu7UA-823Y On the nylon string.
http://youtu.be/Mk_GMvIea6s just blistering!
Great list guys - certainly some names that are new to me.
Glad to see someone else put Johnny Winter on the list ;)
I'm also quite partial to Robert Cray - https://youtu.be/ilZPZawbw5w?t=2m7s
Couldn't agree more but did prefer them pre Matt Taylor.Quote:
Originally Posted by dingobass
For a couple of hot Sydney bands from back in the day check out Kavas Jute and Mecca, Mecca at one stage had a singer by the name of Clive Coulson who was a Led Zep roadie
For me you get guys like -
Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings/Transatlantic)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTLTtCkvkAk
Alan Morse (Spocks Beard) - although there is no way I could use his strange pickless technique
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHdhf1MJWYY
And Gutherie Govan's playing on Steven Wilson's "Hand Cannot Erase" and The Raven who refused to sing" albums is blowing me away at the moment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaH2C2Qe97Y
Here's a bit of the other GuthrieQuote:
Originally Posted by Fretworn
Guthrie Trapp
A bit of hot soloing here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEeovg8dltQ
How he derives it here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNbSXM-Pwdc
In a band situation playing a bit of 12 bar stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq7dGUA7Qe0
Here's a couple from Arlen Roth another player that I like a lot
House Of The Rising Sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYl6q5xIEQI
When A Man Loves A Woman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6aTiNcj7Dg
You learn to play guitar and then you learn to play Telecaster, I'm still struggling with the first bit of the equation :)
My guitar preference is the Telecaster ,well my G&L ASAT special, more Fender then Fender, but i have a few teles and a few more on my to do list.
Albert Collins The Iceman
https://youtu.be/ihvvf1R_vWo
Bill Frisell
https://youtu.be/rog4I40Heko
Love me some Bill Frisell.
It's good to see names coming up who aren't mainstream
Verlon Thompson - The Guitar
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T_Lkg7GsKQQ
Bill Frisell - Surfer Girl
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fnDZ7yb5g-c
This is the stuff i grew up on, my older brothers listened to and played trad blues and jazz, i had no choice but to listen.
https://youtu.be/N0jRX69mxcE
And a bit of a tune i have been known to break into live
https://youtu.be/c8RtayjqqIw
Good stuff there Tony!