Who Is Your Favorite Guitar Player/Guitarist?

Greatest Guitarists ^

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

Per popular demand, after the very successful "Who Is Your Favorite Drummer?" thread, here we have a new posting to determine who is your favorite guitarist of all time.

[Sax]

In the beginning
Back in nineteen fifty-five
Man didn’t know about a rock ‘n’ roll show
And all that jive
The white man had the smoltz
The black man had the blues
No one knew what they was gonna do
But Tchaikovsky had the news
He said -

“Let there be light”, and there was light
“Let there be sound”, and there was sound
“Let there be drums”, and there was drums
“Let there be guitar”, and there was guitar
“Let there be rock”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2Fm8NW-SEs

Rock guitarists were born of the blues. Here’s a perfect example of hard rock with a blues guitarist. You may need to suffer through Bonn Scott’s unique voice (not for everyone, for sure,) but Angus Young’s guitar work is POWERFUL - Bad Boy Boogie, Colchester, 1978.

[MomwithHope]

Stevie Ray Vaughn

[Man50D]

Did you see BB at The Palace? here in Stamford a few years ago?

Unfortunately no.

[divine_moment_of_facts]

I'm sure everyone remembers this kid!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjA5faZF1A8

[ChildOfThe60s]

I never had the good fortune to see Rory Gallagher in person.

But I have seen Kim Simmonds multiple times over the years. The first being in 71 or 72 in Tampa. Then several times in the last 8 years or so in small venues.

Kim Simmonds is a dedicated craftsman. He has just gotten better over the years as a truly great blues guitarist.

[Domestic Church]

Shades of Stephen Grapelli too! That link was a real treat!

[cyberstoic]

Favorite Guitarist?

Definitely Steve Howe from YES

or Eric Johnson

[ChildOfThe60s]

Leo Kottke

[MrsEmmaPeel]

Mark Knopfler.>

Rock on JC, Rock on.
That's my vote.

[Ciexyz]

Jimmy Page is my choice too.

[Diverdogz]

[alicewonders]

Definitely Steve Howe from YES

Mood for a Day - great song!

[Domestic Church]

Charo (Coochie! Coochie) studied under Segovia.

[dfwgator]

Pat Metheny.

[Revolting cat!]

The gittarist for the next century is none other, me thinks, than Lola Palooza herself!

[Grunthor]

You are welcome.

[Old Flat Toad]

Have to draw a line between those musicians who are technically proficient and those who’s music I enjoy. Edgar Winters is proficient but I don’t like his music. Give me Nokie Edwards of the Ventures, Justin Hayward or Greg Lake. Throw in LLiona Boyd and Michael Dintrich for classical interest.

[alicewonders]

A.W.E.S.O.M.E. video of Frank Zappa!

Tears running down my face - he was an absolutely BRILLIANT genius - a true renaissance man!

One of the most talented artists of our time.

[cmsgop]

I have to disagree with The Garcia Nomination, I did the 3 dayer at Laguna Seca inn ‘88 and it was awful, every 40 minutes he and the Dead would take a break while us in the Audience would BAKE ALIVE in 100 degree heat.....

[dfwgator]

Here's the PMG (circa 1980) with April Joy (from the 'White Album')

I miss Pat's Gibson ES-175 sound from those early ECM albums.