Posted on 05/23/2009 8:38:10 PM PDT by knarf
Rambling through youtube ... guess what I stumbled upon?
Steve Hackett.
Steve Howe.
Adrian Belew.
LOL....my bad, missed it..... like the guy !!
Thanks !
I would have put George Thorogood somewhere before Eric Clapton, and I would have put Jimi Hendrix somewhere after Angus Young.
If nobody mentioned Robin Trower yet...
That list is a little suspect to me. Stevie Ray Vaughn is too low, should be at least top 3. Same for Robert Johnson, no way is Van Halen better than Robert Johnson. And finally, Randy Rhodes is way out of it. He’s a top 10 talent (was a top 10 talent). Angus Young should also be top 5.
Rearrange the with those listed above and you have the start of a good list.
bfl
My first thought was Andre Segovia.
Someone noted Chet Atkins, but no Roy Clark.
I suppose it's all personal preference, but a list of rock 'n rollers exclusively is an affront to guitar players everywhere.
Anyone here like Luca Turilli? Not just a great guitarist but also a great songwriter (well the music anyways, his lyrics are very cheesy).
I have heard all (and know personally many) of the greatest of the greats; Clapton, SRV, George Benson, John McLaughlin, Pat Metheny, EVH, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, the list is too long and eclectic to mention.
Jerry Garcia... the broadest scope of styles, the deepest appreciation of "the perfect note(s)" as opposed to "how many notes", simply greatest that ever lived, or ever will.
IMHO
;-/
Joe Walsh made me think of Jeff “Skunk” Baxter who played with Steeley Dan and I think the Doobie Brothers. Jeff is a top consultant to the Air Force!
Somehow he became an expert on missile defense.
Great guitarist? Hard to say but he played on Steeley Dan’s records and they used some for the best especially drummer Steve Gadd.
http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=2257200,60
Defense consulting career
Baxter fell into his second profession almost by accident. In the mid-1980s, Baxter’s interest in music recording technology led him to wonder about hardware and software that was originally developed for military use, i.e. data-compression algorithms and large-capacity storage devices. As it happened, his next-door neighbor was a retired engineer who had worked on the Sidewinder missile program. This neighbor bought Baxter a subscription to an aviation magazine, provoking his interest in additional military-oriented publications and missile defense systems in particular.
He became self-taught in this area, and at one point he wrote a five-page paper that proposed converting the ship-based anti-aircraft Aegis missile into a rudimentary missile defense system. He gave the paper to California Republican congressman Dana Rohrabacher, and his career as a defense consultant began.
Yes, I’m a dork, but I think Rick Nielsen should be in the top 20.
Thanks ... I like that.
A man (or maybe woman) with very good taste. The two British Steve’s are among the best.
Rick Neilsen is good. Cheap Trick was one of my favorite American groups.
A lot of American rock bands were hippy lib scum from CA that created dreadful music. One good one was The Byrds with Roger McGuinn’s 12 string picking style on the Rickenbacker.
Top rockers... probably. Top guitarists... nope. Too many good ones missing.
Oh, yeah. I agree.
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