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Location: atlanta | Kaki is number 14 !
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/top-50-acoustic-1028...
I realize it's Gibson, but I'm still mighty proud of her.
Dave King
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | With good reason my man, with good reason.
Take pride that YOU nourished that. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Not something I'd brag about |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | That's terrific, and she earned it under endorsement of another manufacturer, too. I'm curious who the top 10 are. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | On a par with Hedges, De Grassi and Kottke! Heavy stuff for a young lady. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | yeah. |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
On a par with Hedges, De Grassi and Kottke! Heavy stuff for a young lady. #30- John McLaughlin
#22- Phil Keaggy |
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Location: closely held secret | No disrespect to Kaki, but that list is BS. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | All lists are BS, especially the "honey-do" ones. |
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Location: SoCal | The list is subjective and silly.
Having said that, there are 3 players who should occupy the 3 top slots, Chet Atkins, Django Reinhardt, and Andre Segovia. The three of them taught the world new ways of playing that had never been done before.
We'll see..... |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | "The list is subjective and silly."
No disrespect to any of those chosen but I totally agree, Paul. Are they all great players? Sure, but the whole concept of ranking "the best" (and I don't care if it's songs, players, colors or doughnuts) is ludicrous. |
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Location: Flahdaw | #3- Richie Havens |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Kaki is better than Pete Townshend, Jimmy Page, and Paul Simon?
(Yeah... They're all Old Dudes!)
Wow... That might inflate someone's ego! :rolleyes: |
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Location: Newington, CT | Boston Creme is the best doughnut.
Congrats to Kaki on a very nice honor!
Easy to agree that all lists are subjective and silly, but at the very least it means that she impressed enough people to be considered 14th best of all time.
Nice job! |
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Location: NW Washington State | It's nice to see an Ovation player who's doing something interesting rated high.
You could argue that Michael Hedges- or 100 other players- should be on the list too. Or did I miss him?
Is the Eric Clapton on the list the same guy who was a great electric guitarist in the late 60s and early 70s? I thought he passed away in about 1975. Didn't realize he played the Acoustic Guitar.
-Steve W. |
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Location: SoCal | Move Segovia up to the #3 slot and at least they would have had the top 3 correct.
Always get pissed that Glen Campbell is never recognized for the guitar player that he is/was..... |
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Location: Flahdaw | Top 3 million Ukelele Players:
#1- Iz Kamakawiwo
#2- Capt Lovehandles
#3- Tiny Tim
#2,937,842- Dave Witko |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | No Nancy Wilson? No Glen Campbell?
I ain't buying none of their guitars no more! :mad:
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Gibson.com’s Top 50 Acoustic Guitarists of All Time
1. Django Reinhardt
2. Chet Atkins
3. Michael Hedges
4. Robert Johnson
5. Tommy Emmanuel
6. Adrian Legg
7. John Fahey
8. Bert Jansch
9. Andres Segovia
10. Richard Thompson
11. Leo Kottke
12. Doc Watson
13. Joni Mitchell
14. Kaki King
15. Pete Townshend
16. Merle Travis
17. Jimmy Page
18. Paul Simon
19. John Martyn
20. Ry Cooder
21. Bob Dylan
22. Phil Keaggy
23. Martin Simpson
24. Stephen Stills
25. Buddy Miller
26. Son House
27. Paco de Lucia
28. Nick Drake
29. Jorma Kaukonen
30. John McLaughlin
31. Neil Young
32. Clarence White
33. Bill Frisell
34. Jerry Reed
35. James Taylor
36. Steve Howe
37. Scotty Anderson
38. Al Di Meola
39. Tony Rice
40. Albert Lee
41. Eric Clapton
42. Martin Carthy
43. Bryan Sutton
44. Rik Emmett
45. Brownie McGhee
46. Duane Allman
47. John Hammond
48. Arlen Roth
49. David Lindley
50. Mississippi Fred McDowel |
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Location: SoCal | I honestly believe that if Django Reinhardt were playing guitar today, he'd play an Ovation.... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Easy to argue about any of them, or with the results of the Gibson.com readers' poll, listing Neil Young as Number 1. I'd just like to thank the OFC for opening my eyes and ears to a lot of these people. There are still a few I've never heard of, but if it wasn't for the OFC, I wouldn't have heard of most of them.
Personally, I just can't get past Django smoking a cigarette in every picture I've ever seen of him. |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Instead of saying here's the 50 top players. They should just say here's a list of 50 great players.
These lists are made to get people talking and piss people off. It drives traffic to their website. |
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Location: Baton Rouge, LA | ROY CLARK ?
ELLIOT FISK ?
I could do this all day long. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | First, I'm happy that Kaki King should be recognized.
Second, maybe we should start a better more intersting list, like the most influential / inspiring guitar players of all time. Have Al moderate it, and then submit it to Ovation Fender for publication. Everybody would be allowed to submit one name.
My vote goes to Johnny Ramone. |
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Location: Texas | People love lists and rankings, even when they are, of necessity, extremely subjective. Yes, that list could be debated endlessly…
More importantly, Kaki (deservedly) is ranked quite highly on a list of stellar acoustic guitarists, most of whom are more than twice her age or no longer with us. For a young contemporary artist to be included ANYWHERE on that list of legendary players is a genuine compliment to her talent… and to be ranked 14th just reinforces what we already know; she's a very talented and creative guitarist, and popcritic has every right to be proud…
(…and she plays nice guitars, too!) ;)
Congrats to Kaki AND Dad… |
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Location: NW Washington State | Originally posted by numbfingers:
You could argue that Michael Hedges- or 100 other players- should be on the list too. Or did I miss him? I see they put him high in their Top 10 which wasn't up yet when I looked.
I saw Segovia a couple of times and agree that he should be at or near the top. I don't think he'd play an Ovation!
If you took Moody's list and added a couple, you'd have a great range of acoustic styles to study...
Andres Segovia
Django Reinhardt
Chet Atkins
Michael Hedges
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I'm a longtime John McLaughlin fan so I might include him. Or maybe Tony Rice who can cover bluegrass and dawg/fusion. But Doc Watson should be up there. Then again, Adrian Legg is really innovative and played Ovation for a long time. Hard to make the perfect list. |
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Gibson's top 50 acoustic players of all time
