Top 10 Guitarists

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 8:56 pm

buddhu wrote:Here's the definitive list. Pay attention and don't make me post it again.

What was that, bud? I didn't quite hear you....

chas · Post by **chas** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 9:11 pm

Without thinking really hard, just folks that I listen to and think about a lot:

Django
Jimi Hendrix
Frank Zappa
Steve Howe
Leo Kottke
Richard Thompson
Ry Cooder
T-Bone Walker
John McLaughlin
Eric Clapton
Duane Allman

Seems there's lots of overlap with others' lists. I'd say we pretty much have a consensus that Django's pretty damn good.

Unseen122 · Post by **Unseen122** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 11:43 pm

Since I listen to mostly ITM my list includes mostly Irish or Celtic players.

Django (of course)
Donogh Hennessy
Ed Boyd
Joe Pass
Hendrix
Donal Clancy
John Doyle
Tony McManus
Soïg Siberil
Dennis Cahill

buddhu · Post by **buddhu** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 9:18 am

Bugger. I forgot Cooder and Segovia

buddhu · Post by **buddhu** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 9:24 am

What I love about Django is that thing he did where he'd screw up, but then he'd repeat the 'mistake' to make you think it was a deliberate feature!

Check out the dodgy slide on 'Beyond the Sea' at about 2:13 whch he repeats, more cleanly a second later. Brilliant fun. He did that loads.

dapple · Post by **dapple** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 9:50 am

Unless I missed it, I haven't seen Roy Buchanan's name. Has anyone listened to him? I think he's a fine guitarist.

djm · Post by **djm** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 10:02 am

Roy Clarke was an award-winning banjo player, but he could really light into a guitar, as well.

djm

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 2:34 pm

Leona Boyd used to be pretty hot. On the guitar I mean.

BrassBlower · Post by **BrassBlower** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 9:07 pm

You mean I can only pick 10?

Django
Carlos Santana
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Jimmie Vaughan
Donal Clancy
Eric Johnson
Ritchie Blackmore
Brad Paisley
Steve Howe
Alex Lifeson

...and an honorable mention for Mary Coogan of Cherish the Ladies just for being one of my favorite people on earth, and an awesome guitarist to boot.

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 4:40 am

Rory Gallagher

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 7:31 am

I listen regularly to dozens of guitarists I like. I've been playing since my teens. I couldn't prune it down to 10. I can list people I like who've been highly influential, so in (almost) each case there'd be a whole stack of favourites who play in the style they pioneered, some of whom I might like better.

Django Reinhardt
Charlie Christian
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Blake
Son House
T-Bone Walker
B.B. King
Chuck Berry
Rev. Utah Smith
Lowman Pauling
Jerry Hahn
Jimi Hendrix
Davey Graham
Richard Thompson
Winged Eel Fingerling
Nick Drake
Pierre Bensusan

buddhu · Post by **buddhu** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 7:49 am

Joseph E. Smith wrote:Rory Gallagher

Bugger, I can't believe I forgot Rory Gallagher...

CHasR · Post by **CHasR** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:56 am

buddhu wrote:What I love about Django is that thing he did where he'd screw up, but then he'd repeat the 'mistake' to make you think it was a deliberate feature!

Old trick. Mark of a pro. Lucky he was playing in a genre where one can get away with that sort of thing, unlike Segovia. {who I dont see in this list so far??, or that kid, wotzizname, i forget...Julian Bream?(sic)}

Personally, I feel the guitar's atomic-explosion-like popularity in the 20th c. has largely run its course. I mean, what hasn't been done on the thing? Really? How hard does a true guitarist have to work to find something ORIGINAL these days? AND, even if theyre fortunate enough to find a new juicy lick, how soon will it be before it's compared to the greats on this thread?

Same thing happened to the violin from Vivaldi through Paganinni: notice how the recent generation of violinists make their mark by playing great 18th + 19th c concerti, with a little modernistic crossover thrown in for good measure?

Generations of future guitarists will be judged on how closely they can mimic the styles of the players in this list.

rorybbellows · Post by **rorybbellows** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:56 am

buddhu wrote:What I love about Django is that thing he did where he'd screw up, but then he'd repeat the 'mistake' to make you think it was a deliberate feature!

I do that all the time when I,m playing the pipes ,sometimes the repeat the mistake many times !!
Does that make me better than Django ??

RORY

Is this, see who can name the most guitarists ? What about yer man Mark Knobler from Dire Straits

Did you hear that Chris Rea was going to join Dire Straits,But declined as then they would have too be called , dire rea

BrassBlower · Post by **BrassBlower** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 1:53 pm

rorybbellows wrote:Did you hear that Chris Rea was going to join Dire Straits,But declined as then they would have too be called , dire rea