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Location: Hyattsville, MD | Heard a funny story about Segovia. It went something like...a student brought him a recording of John Hurt, and Segovia liked it and asked who the second guitarist was. And of course there wasn't a second guitarist. Who knows if it's true or not, but it is funny. |
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Location: N W Ohio | Steven Stills,have you heard Black Queen? Doc and Tony Rice close behind. |
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Location: Germantown, MD | Yep. Steven Stills. (I guess I could ask for Clapton, or B.B. or somebody like that, but why be greedy?) |
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Location: Powder Springs, Ga. | 1. Doyle Dykes
2. Phil Keaggy
3. Al DeMeola
4. Roy Clark
5. Wes King |
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Location: WV | The one that makes the most money!
Seriously though probably David Gilmour.
After all these years I still think Pink Floyd is proof that a simplistic arrangement and imagination goes a long way. "Hello...Is there anybody in there?" |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I wondered if David would get a knod, He is an elegent player. |
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Location: Monroe, Ohio (Cincinnati) | Scott Dente of "Out of the Grey"
He is not the best or well known, but I saw him in concert with his wife, Christine (aka "Out of the Grey") playing acoustic. I never saw anyone so fully carry and define the overall sound the way he did, and he also looked like he was having so much fun.
I would love to be able to play like that. |
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Location: Orlando, FL | I like the way Steve Morse can play so many styles so well. |
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Location: Avondale AZ | Both of mine were mentioned already but I'll mention them again. Carlos Santana and Mark Knopfel. Both are extreamly creative with thier work and every note is necessary. No sound is wasted.
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Location: Valparaiso, FL | You know, I've been thinking I might revise and extend my remarks. I love SRV, but in order to keep one foot in the acoustic camp I'm going with Jonny Lang. |
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Location: OK | Stevie Ray Vaughn, his unplugged version of pride and joy just leaves me in awe every time I hear it. |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | I have heard a list of pickers that I admire as much as any of you in my many years of pickin' and listenen'. I could add a few that I've been lucky enough to hear like Ike Everly and some other stars of the 30's and 40's that are now dead that traveled the 70's folk circuit after having recordings that were popular in the pre 1950's.
A similar star is amongst us today and I bought his CD "Con La LLuvia", as a successful mandolin player and an atrocious guitar player who tries. I would love to be able to play like OUR OWN MEMBER, Mr Sergio Lara a great picker on guitar AND mandolin (the bastard), I vote for Sergio as someone I would want to imitate.
Imitate shit, I want to play like him!!
What do I know, 50 years of bluegrass have destroyed my brain. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | "...What do I know, 50 years of bluegrass have destroyed my brain..."
Bailey,
I'm guessing you must be a pretty halacious player yourself. After 50 years and bahzillion lost brain cells. (I find the more I "think" about what I am playing the worse it gets.)
I was also cogitatin' on your comments about Keith Richards. Though he gets lead billing as a character and songwriter, It seems that he's been in the shadows of Jimmy Page, Mick Taylor, Pete Townsend etc...He is a stellar rhythm player and plays only what needs to be played. Painters talk about, "negative space", the spaces between objects ie... not the leaves of the tree but the space between them. Richards uses that same concept musically to perfection, while playing only just the right notes. |
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Location: Snellville, GA | I forgot about Steve Morse, especially his stuff with the Dixie Dregs. |
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Location: State College, PA | I want to play finger-dancing chords & fills like Jimi's rhythm work - think "Castles made of Sand" or "Bold as Love" - the rhythm parts, not the lead parts, now picture it on acoustic...
I want to finger pick like Leo Kotke and flat pick like Doc Watson, and play bass like Rick Danko.
But most of all I want to live long enough to keep developing, growing and getting better and better and better and better like Robin Trower, my single favorite living guitarist.
Michael
It's all very, very good. |
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Location: Atlanta GA | I would be satisfied if I could play like anyone who is better than me (and that's most people) But if I could play like Jerry Douglas, I never wish again. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Jerry Douglas/Edgar Meyer/Russ Barenberg:
CD=Skip, Hop, Wobble.
One of the 5 best Albums ever. A must. |
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Location: Carle Place, NY | I'm glad to see some responses for Steve Morse. IMHO he's the best guitarist ever.
For those who may not be familiar with his work, I recommend seeing him live. You will truly be amazed. He's touring now. Check his website for the schedule:
http://www.stevemorse.com/ |
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Location: Dayton, Ohio | kaki king. wow. watched her last night on carson daily. my lead guitar player and i both said we hope that maybe in 20 years, if we practice enough, we could play like her. |
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Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma | Michael Hedges..... I've never really been able to play anything that he did so I just sit, listen and drewl... I know he's obscure and dead but, what the hell... |
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Location: NJ | If you like Hedges, then check out Willy Porter . . .
www.willyporter.com
Al:
He's gonna be at the TinAngel on May 17th . . .
. . . you GOTTA check him out! |
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| Im listening as I type. Very good - but he's no Richard Thompson in any category ;) .
If we get as many goes here as we want - Roy Buchanan, Steuart (correct spelling) Smith, the incomparable Eddie van Halen, Doc Watson, The Skunk, Peter Green, Joe Walsh all deserve a mention.
And nobody mentioned Django, Wes, or my all-time favourite guitar player Joe Pass.
All these great players that have been mentioned on this post and SOMEONE voted for Steve Howe. :confused: |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | I get inspired by so many players, both popular players on cd and local musicians I see live. SO many people make my jaw drop, and I like it that way.
If I HAD to choose for acoustic playing other than those already chosen:
James Taylor-his ability to construct beautiful guitar parts with such creativity to perfectly match his songs is just amazing. I've read it somewhere that he has more in common with Hendrix's approach to guitar than Jimmy Buffet's. But he's probably grouped in with the latter, and is highly underrated. I'm more into writing songs than being a guitar player, and I love this guy's creativity and feel on the instrument within the context of a song.
Keb Mo-I love his versatility, style, feel and voice. Great songwriter too.
On Electric:
Gary Moore
Stevie Ray-amazing feel!
Steve Vai and Yngwie Malmsteen...simply for their mastery of their instrument and level of musicianship. They are more amazing to watch than to hear. I don't necessarily love their playing and what they choose to do with their ability, but I would love to have that same level of mastery to apply to my own music.
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Location: Orlando, FL | Jeff if you like Skip, Hop, wobble you might want to check out a CD from about the same time called Strength in Numbers. Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Mark o'Connor, Edgar Meyer and Belk Fleck. |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Hey, What about Ry Cooder?
The was a guy named Jimmy Nalls that palyed for a band called Sea Level back in the seventies that did some great jazz meets southern rock music. Some great instrumentals. Chuck Level and the rhythm section from the Allman Brothers were in it. They had a couple of guitarists. Jimmy Nalls was the one I really liked though. |
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