Posted on 07/11/2015 4:06:53 PM PDT by Baynative
When we talk of guitar playing it is often in the text of rock and roll and what immediately comes to mind for most folks is the driving and powerful popular classics of Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones and others. Because guitar playing and rock music most always conjure up the hits that made us stomp our feet and dance.
A former hard rocker and “party ‘til you puke” concert consumer myself, I don’t quarrel with any of the hard rockers getting their due. But, just for fun on a slow Saturday night I’d like to offer up a couple of my favorites who got a lot of emotion from their audiences without rocking the house off it’s foundation.
Bruce Cockburn
Danny Gatton
He is intentionally not so.
Back in ‘76-’78 he did the rock god/guitar hero thing and then deconstructed it. He ended up detesting it.
Changed direction and lost a lot of fans as a result.
He’s worth checking out. ‘Pod.
Greg Howe, Tosin Abasi.
Wasn’t that the “Tullavision” tour? I saw them at Tampa Stadium in ‘76. I understand that there is a DVD of the Tampa
concert available. Might only be the Tull portion, though.
Doyle Bramhall II doing a pretty amazing version of Muddy Waters’ She’s Alright. He’s mining the Trower vein here and/or the darker end of Hendrix:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSzbDsbCR88
Oz Noy, a great new-ish Israeli guitarist, playing outside the box over a funky groove:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49xpR3hpb0g
Albert Collins showing the correct way to play a slow blues solo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09sySWQJABE
Albert King, another great slow blues solo here, a real goose bump raiser. Love the dark vibe and the strings:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5shJatE7b3w
Danny Gatton, Harlem Nocturne and Perry Mason Theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_jmeU505GI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Odief0dc1s
Richard Thompson playing some cool gnarled up angular stuff on Hard On Me from his Mock Tudor album. This song builds and gets really intense:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_jmeU505GI
Whoops, make that Freddie King, not Albert King (although Albert’s awesome too of course)
9.00 to see Jethro Tull and Robin Trower. That sane bill would cost 80.00 bucks today..
Yep. A great historical song writer. I love “Nostradamus” as well. You know what other band had a history theme in some of their songs? Abba.
Don't know. But I remember them bringing Ian Anderson's beloved flute out in a baby carriage under a bright spotlight, implication being the flute was his pride and joy, his 'baby'.
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