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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Taking off from thoughts being shared in another forum, was there a particular artist or two who influenced you to pick up a guitar or to develop a specific style?
Mine were James Burton, Carl Wilson, the Ventures (Bogle, Wilson and Edwards), and Dick Dale. Later on, John Denver was also an influence and it is interesting to note that James Burton was a member of his touring and recording band from '77 on. |
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| I guess the first person I ever saw who looked cool holding a guitar was George Harrison. Then came the guitar solo on You Really Got Me (whether it was Dave Davies or Jimmy Page or Big Jim Sullivan - who knows, who cares?) and I was hooked. It's been downhill ever since. |
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Location: North Carolina | Bob Shane |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | ...or Knopfler |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | In chronological order: Chet Atkins, the Everly Brothers and the Ventures. |
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Location: Indiana | Beach Boys and Ventures. I actually learned to play of of 2 ventures albums, "Learn to Play with the Ventures".Worked for me.
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Kevin Lacey*.
(* Names have been changed to protect the innocent.) |
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Location: South Windsor Connecticut | The late great Harry Chapin. Not the greatest guitar player I know, but either am I. His songs and style were the best.
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Jose Feliciano. |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Not Tiny Tim? |
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Location: Jet City | well...
my list is WAY different.
Alex Lifeson
Rik Emmet
Randy Rhodes
And all the local guitar heros in the East Bay Area (SF) like:
Brad Gillis
Mark McGee
Dan Chauncey
Vinnie Moore
Ross Alexander
Brian Roundtree
Alex Scholnick
Kirk Hammett
and so many more... |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | My cousin Craig Swan, Jorma Kaukonen, and James Taylor. |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | A guitar playing friend in college talked me into it. He noticed my left hand was double jointed and convinced me that I would be able to finger nearly impossible chords with ease.
I'm still playing 25 years later, but he was dead wrong about the chords. :rolleyes: |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | July 1991, Johnny Carson played SRV's Riviera Paradise over a photo tribute to his son on the Tonight Show. I've been a music and guitar fan all my life, but that was the moment. |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Mel Bay.
That's probably why I don't play any better than I do! |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Riviera Paradise - great tune. |
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Location: big island | i was most influenced by one who really wasn't much of a guitar player but that did not seem to matter. his name was/is elvis presley. anybody ever heard of him? |
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Location: NJ | Unfortunately, all too often . . |
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Location: Veedersburg, Indiana | I'd say Bob Shane from the Kingston Trio. When I started folk music was all the craze and the Trio were the biggest there was. After that pretty any of the folk/country/soft rock singer-songwriters. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Jay Bartlett, David Gates and Bread. Jay was a guy I went to college with that played decent guitar and better bass. He was playing the intro to "Diary" one day and I told him that wasn't how it goes. He said I didn't know what I was talking about, since I didn't even play guitar. I went home and found a kids' guitar my brother had tried to learn on years before, got out my portable taple player and learned the intro note for note, so the next time I saw Jay I could show him how to play it. I progressed at the torid pace of about one song per year after that for a couple years and then tried learning every Jim Croce and John Denver song I could find. |
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Location: Delaware | My oldest brother (not pictured here). He played in a band when I was a kid and I thought that was cool. He played the Gibson. He eventually gave it to me and I lost it. Boy I hate me. I'll bet that guitar is worth a pertty penny now. Oh yea he taught me how to smoke too !!   |
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Location: Delaware | Sorry, I'm trying to figure out the picture post procedure with no luck as you can see. The pictures are in my gallery, if interested. I'll keep workin on it. |
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Location: Vernon CT | There were many that I admired but something about what Lindsey Buckingham and Mark Knophler did with right hand !! |
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Location: Jet City | Here you go FriDave, didn't know which one you wanted.
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Location: Yucaipa, California | ...Andres Segovia. |
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Location: Maple Shade, NJ. | I guess you will all find my list strange, but here goes in no particular order.
Tom Shultz,... Nancy Wilson
Ron Montrose,... Alex Liefson
George Harrison,... Toni Iommi
Frank Zappa!!!,. Jim Croce
Eddie VanHalen,... James Taylor
Jeff Beck,... Jimi Hendricks
Robin Trower,... Jimmy Page
Clapton,... My Band Mate,Tony Rockey
Dickie Betz
I'm not saying I think everyone on this list are "Great" players, but they sure made me want to pick up a Guitar!!! |
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Location: Jet City | Yeah man, I forgot Zappa! And Fripp and Belew! |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by alan814:
folk music This was the genre that I enjoyed/embraced back in my high school senior year ('63/64) as the sole git support for the "Briars", a pair of talented twins, Rhonda & Lhonda, who had perfect harmony. PP&M were the mainstay of our repertoire. We 'placed/showed' in several local/regional talent shows.
Our senior assembly performance was beyond description due to our student body's response. I can understand how performers can get 'hooked' on that type of feedback (major, major rush)!
After graduation I joined the Air Force and only then did I realize the political implications of the mainstream folk messages. I think Barry Sadler was the first to counter that movement within the 'top 40'.
I still have a fond appreciation of folk music and even respect, but not embrace some of the 'messages'.
I'm now more into re-capturing the ballads and soft/pop rock of my past. The learning curve is much steeper now that I'm 61 y.o. and after a 35 year hiatus. But it's an exercise that has helped me to retain my sanity in light of my bride's medical challenges and miraculous progress this past year! ( A-D , you have more 'support' than you may realize!)
Now that I've placed one foot on politics and the other on religion, I would like to thank alan814 for triggering some precious and meaningful memories!
I can not close without thanking ALL of ya'll for the info, offerings and 'family' atmosphere (albeit at times dysfunctional  ) provided by the OFC 'hive mind'! |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | Two people: Bob Peterson, a wonderful guitarist who led worship on guitar long before it was an accepted church practice; he would show me how to play different things and encouraged me greatly. After Bob helped me get started, there was Glenn Zervas, the lead guitarist of the Christian rock band I was in for 10 years--Glenn's songs really stretched me a lot. Great musicians, both of them--I owe them both far more than I will ever be able to repay.
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Numerous folkies, my sister, people like the band, the beatles, lots of local bands, like Bruce Springsteen etc. Can't really pin it on one person. |
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Location: Utah | The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
Glen Campbell (tv show)
Liz Y., the Aubuchon sisters, Suzy, the girl from the Noxema commercials with Joe Namath, and Esther. |
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Location: Hicksville, NY | Jim Croce is/was my primary influence to take up the guitar. Lately, I've been trying to learn James Taylor stuff, but Croce will always be my primary influence... |
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Location: Detroit Mi | 19th Nervous Breakdown, Rolling Stones
A Whiter Shade Of Pale, Procol Harum
All Day And All Of The Night, Kinks
Born To Be Wild, Steppenwolf
Brown Eyed Girl, Van Morrison
California Dreamin', The Mama's and The Papa's
Classical Gas, Mason Williams
Don't Sleep In The Subway, Petula Clark
Downtown, Petula Clark
Elenore, Turtles
For What It's Worth, Buffalo Springfield
Georgy Girl, Seekers
Go Now, Moody Blues
Hang On Sloopy, McCoys
Happy Together, The Turtles
Help!, The Beatles
Honky Tonk Women, Rolling Stones
I Can See For Miles, The Who
Incense And Peppermints, Strawberry Alarm Clock
It Ain't Me Babe, Turtles
Jumpin' Jack Flash, The Rolling Stones
Last Train To Clarksville, The Monkees
Like A Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan
MacArthur Park, Richard Harris
Monday, Monday, The Mama's and The Papa's
Mr Tambourine Man, Byrds
Mrs Robinson, Simon and Garfunkel
My World Is Empty Without You, Supremes
Paint It Black, Rolling Stones
Paperback Writer, The Beatles
Penny Lane, Beatles
Pleasant Valley Sunday, The Monkees
Proud Mary, Creedence Clearwater Revival
Revolution, The Beatles
Ruby Tuesday, The Rolling Stones
Scarborough Fair/Canticle, Simon and Garfunkel
Somebody To Love, Jefferson Airplane
Sunshine Of Your Love, Cream
The Letter, Box Tops
The Sounds Of Silence, Simon and Garfunkel
There's A Kind Of Hush, Herman's Hermits
Ticket To Ride, The Beatles
Time Of The Season, Zombies
Walk Away Renee, Left Banke
White Rabbit, Jefferson Airplane
White Room, Cream
Windy, Association
Yellow Submarine, The Beatles
You Keep Me Hangin' On, Supremes
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Location: CA | Kingston Trio early on. Bud and Travis. Smothers Brothers (Tom was actually a dang good guitar player outside the 'act'.) Later the Ventures for sure. Beatles, Grassroots, Credence, Campbell, Steve Goodman, Buffett, etc, etc. etc. |
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Location: Tuscany, Italy | James Taylor, America, CSN, Joni Mitchell....when I was more young.
Trevis, Teitur, Niccolò Fabi (see video).....recently.
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=vi1U_MQqOm8
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Location: Tennessee | Roy Rogers was the first time I remember wanting to play guitar.
John Lennon with the Beatles made me want to play the guitar and sing.
Dave Mason is the guy who made me actually go out, buy a guitar, and learn how to really play the damn thing. |
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Location: Central Florida | As a small kid, it was the Beatles who inspired me to want to be a musician, but it was a few years later when I first heard / saw Glen Campbell play that made me realize I wanted to be a guitar player. He's still my "yardstick" of what defines an accomplished player. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Peter, Paul and Mary inspired me to add vocals and harmonize with others around the campfire. Their songs were easy to learn and could be played in any key. The entire folk music era was a great time to take up the guitar. Anybody else remember attending a hootenanny? Over a hundred guitars all playing 3 and 4 chord songs. I recall leading a few at the La Verne College gymnasium outside Los Angeles. |
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Location: Huntington Beach, CA | The Beatles.
At that age, I liked them but more than that wanted to have screaming girls. Little did I know just how annoying screaming girls could be.
Later, I followed John Hartford before getting lost in hard rock (the "heavy metal" of the time). In this era, I didn't even pick up an acoustic guitar for around 15 years.
By the way, now the only screaming girls I get are those that are clawing their way out of the clubs when I start singing.
Poetic justice is something that must be earned. |
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Location: NJ | ". . Little did I know just how annoying screaming girls could be . ."
. . . pretty much what Whitehead says when he's "gardening" in the backyard . . . |
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Location: closely held secret | They really need 'speedo' ordinances in his neighborhood... |
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Location: NJ | not where I was "going", but . . . . "okay" . . . |
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Location: NJ | Jeffy "got it" . . |
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Location: closely held secret | ...when you put 'screaming girls' & 'Whitehead' in the same post the first thing that came to mind was collateral damage, not Hugo Selenski.
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Location: Tuscany, Italy | I upload a video of N. Fabi from y-tube this mornig that has been removed by the user. Sorry. I found another one here....
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=DKTG8YQICrA
It is not the official video...more a tribute, but its nice.
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Location: SoCal | Jimmy Dodd (seriously, 'cause it looked so cool)... |
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Location: NJ | The “Ringo Starr” comment came about from the Beatles’ Sullivan appearance.
About a month later, my older brother, Dave bought a set of white pearl Ludwigs.
Dave taught me the rudiments of drumming, and I’d sneak “practice” sessions on his drums when he was at work.
Couple years later, he got married and the drums got sold.
Years later, my friends were learning either guitar or drums & forming garage bands.
Nobody played bass, so I seized the opportunity. It was then I started singing as well (no one else wanted to).
A few years later, I had a girlfriend who was a dead-ringer for a young Rita Coolidge (only better looking) who played guitar.
She had a KILLAH brand-new Epiphone 12-string.
She loaned me her old Harmony 6-string & taught me some chords, so that I could accompany myself while singing.
It just took off from there . . . |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by cliff:
It just took off from there . . . Jeez, we all thought it crashed on takeoff...... |
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Location: NJ | Better t'take-off & crash than t'not take off at all . . . |
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Location: SoCal | I'm still taxi'ing around the terminal trying to find the damned runway..... |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | " Who influenced you to take up the guitar? "
MY DRUM INSTRUCTOR!!!!! |
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Location: Berkeley, CA | If you mean actually get a guitar and start learning, at age 62? My (adult) daughter Sue, who plays.
I've "wanted to" all my life, but always let other s*** get in the way.
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Location: Jet City | Now that I think about it, there were some players that influenced me, but the first time I ever played an electric guitar... well it was that guitar that made me excited about playing.
An Ovation Preacher... then when I had enough $, I traded it and some cash to the same store a few months later for the UKII.
THAT influenced me more than any WHO | |
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Location: Yorkshire, England | My Dad and probably Roy Wood. | |
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Location: SoCal | One of my guitar heros, Jimmie Dodd.....
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Location: Tidal Mudflats of Virginia | Blame it on DAD (RIP) {fingerpicking in white}
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Stratocaster Mikey, a Street Musician in Harvard Square, Cambridge MA. (although I don't try to emulate Hendrix)
Don't know about nowadays, but in the 70's you could go from one corner to another and sample dozens of excellent musicians of all genres.
Strat and LP players, hammer dulcimers, conga drums, even one dude from NC with a Banjo!
Steel drums and marimbas in the subway. (Great Acoustics for that!)
Anyone could sit with a guitar-and-open-case and get change... But the Good People would attract a crowd of fifty people on a corner, and pass the popcorn bucket every fifth song or so...
When not working, these folks would sit around the park and swap licks and progressions. Half of them were studying at the Berklee School of Music, and playing on the street paid the bills and gave them the most important thing...
An opportunity to play whatever they wanted before a Live crowd of critics.
Left an impression on me! :cool: BTW- Robin Trower is playing at the Berklee Performance Center Tomorrow - I\'ll miss that! | |
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| Listened to the Beatles and all kinds of early Rock but did not think to learn until Steve Howe and the whole YES sound experience, Jimmy Page, and then as the 70's progressed so many more. this was my teenage years. and the time we are most influenced anyway.
As I learned I began to appreciate Acoustic music as it was not as easy as I once thought it was. I found I had a flair for creating "drama" on an acoustic but not the blinding speed the new generation of electric guitarists were reaching for. Acoustic Bands like CSN, America, and all the rest became my first actual practical teachers.
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| The kid down the street had a Roy Acuff Silvertone, he gave it to me. That's where it all started... :rolleyes: ;) | |
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Location: Tuscany, Italy | She is an italian folk-rock singer. She is really nice and sing both in English and Italian. Pretty famous across Europe. I hope you enjoy it....
It's seam difficult to play but it's not.
R.
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Location: San Fernando, CA | Hank Marvin of The Shadows (backup group for Cliff Richard in England back in the 50's to 70's)- that fiesta red color stratocaster looks beautiful still.
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Who influenced you to take up the guitar?