[grey_whiskers]

Yeah, you started it, calamity.

Here are a few of my favorite Keaggy clips.

Ebow. (He was doing this stuff 30 years ago as I saw him in concert doing this tune then...)

Michael-Hedges style tapping from a 1987 album.

Volume swells

Channeling Holdsworth again from a 1987 album.

Electric goodness (reminds me of Larry Carlton, only different: love the riffs from 1:25 to 1:44) from an album recorded in 1978.

How to do it on acoustic from a 1998 album.

Not the fastest, not the best finger picker, not the most soulful -- but he can keep up with the best across ALL of them.

Cheers!

[politicalamity]

Keep ‘em comming :) I will submit more too. Lets just all enjoy some great guitar craftmanship and try to keep the arguments at a minimum :)

[willyd]

BUCKET HEAD is the best guitarist hands down. Forward to 1:48 in the video to see the good stuff.

[BADROTOFINGER]

Keaggy is so incredible! Malmsteen has been far more influential, but Keaggy is so smooth, innovative and tasteful.

I wish I hadn't put down the guitar so many years ago. I was pretty good (so people told me), but too many years of playing in bands with the wrong musicians and it started to feel like work. I just got a Digitech GNX4 and am getting back into this, and the sort of freestyle vamping and really playing makes me wanna jump all over it again. It is frustrating, but taking a break to watch masters like Keaggy, Malmsteen, Eric Johnson, Richie Kotzen, and so many others like them on youtube is fantastic inspiration. Thanks for those posts!