Guitar players: POX

fuck everyone else

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lists are always changing though.

Because of pure instrumental skill:
Eddie Van Halen
Joe Satriani
Steve Vai
Yngwie "Fucking Fury" Malmsteen

Bert Jansch
Robert Johnson
Jerry Garcia
Barthelemy Attisso
Jimmy Nolen
Richard Thompson
Jimi Hendrix
Sneaky Pete Kleinow
James Burton
Hubert Sumlin
Clarence White
Phelps Collins
John McLaughlin
Robbie Robertson

1. Chuck Berry
2. Hubert Sumlin
3. Joseph Spence
4. Keith Richards
5. Jimmy Page
6. Ray Crawford
7. Joe Pass
8. Scotty Moore
8. Gurf Morlix
9. King Sunny Ade
10. Jimi Hendrix

(I don't really like Gurf Morlix more than Robbie Robertson or Billy Gibbons but he's never gotten much recognition, so I'll throw him out there.)

Where to begin with Derek Bailey

rfi: amm

douglas made my day right there.

Paul McCartney [Beatles era, not solo work]
John Lennon
Andy Partridge
Paul Leary [though I still hardly ever listen to the Butthole Surfers]
Robert Fripp
Fred Frith
Hans Reichel
Uchihashi Kazuhisa [this is mostly based on faith, since I've only heard Ground-Zero Plays Standards--I'm still not sure if he just has great sounds, or if he can really move me]
Franco Falsini [even though I can't get hold of Sensations' Fix on CD]
Every French, German, or Italian Fripp wannabe at one moment or another.

(If the last one is too vague, then David Garlitz in the category of "very gifted guitarist/bass player who I almost know socially, who I think could become pretty famous in muso circles, eventually, especially now that he's moved to New York.")

Thinking about it, I've concluded that I tend to like particular instances of guitar playing more than I like particular guitarists.

And just for shits and giggles...
Kurt Cobain

THAT'S RITE! SUCK IT, BITCHES!!!1

you kind of need to see him live if you can: very dextrous handwork, using the whole of the guitar to get that sound and some twisted logic.

Yep. It's East Bay Ray.

just pluck, plunk and plink at random...and wait for pretentious folks to consider it as music.

and various other people that pluck, plunk and plink at random.
Dunno why I'm doing this at 3am on Christmas day so I'm going to bed now.

you won't be the last person to say stuff like this. One of the things abt Bailey is how ppl really struggle with what he does and they call ppl who like him pretentious. To hate the fans its the easy way out, whatever it takes to stop you from thinking of better reasons to dislike his music.

if you don't get it fine but it is music to many ppl.

roger- how many bands do very different things from record to record. same goes for ppl in the 'avant garde'. you find what you're interested in and explore it. Like cecil, he has found is language on the instrument, his own way of playing it, by the early 70s but its flexible enough to allow engagement. and so it becomes a way to live.

Its not about doing different stuff from record to record anyway, its improvising with ppl and I feel he really does engage with whoever he is playing: it may not make for 'classic' albs at all times but its never is abt that: these concepts really seem to fuck up with ppl's bearings in a way that few things in music do (I feel like I'm posting similar things on this for the 100th time) so I must admit that that has become another reason to like him.

And there is a variety of things that he tries but the 'playback' experiment don't sound very interesting though I haven't heard it. I quite like to someday but the one off things: ballads, that feedback record, are the ones i listen to least (but maybe a good starter).

Taku Sugimoto's Italia

Andrea Neumann

Jeff Beck
Ry Cooder
Jimmy Page
Taj Mahal
Glen Campbell
Duane Allman
B.B. King
George Harrison
Dave Davies
Doc Watson

Jimi Hendrix
Sonny Sharrock
Masayuki Takayanagi
Charley Patton
Leo Nocentelli
John Fahey
Al Perkins
John Cipollina
Magic Sam
Keith Richards

I honestly hope Davey Graham, Chuck Berry, Duane Allman, Mick Box, Thurston Moore, Burkhard Stangl, Otis Rush, Kim Thayil, Taku Sugimoto, Steve Cropper, Jerry Garcia, Jim O'Rourke, Chet Atkins, Eddie Hazel, Jimmy Page, Steve Howe, John Fahey, Leo Kottke, Ishman Bracey, Eddie Van Halen, Kerry King, Jeff Hanneman, Greg Ginn, Richie Blackmore, Jimmy Nolan, Bert Jansch, Charlie Christian and Robert Nighthawk can forgive. Among many many many others.

I would like to see George Smith and Dave Q and Sundar post..

Adrian Belew (monstrous textures)
Eddie Hazel (en fuego passion)
Trey Spruance (melting pot to the max)
Michael Brooke (infinite atmosphere)
Jimi Hendrix (extraterrestrial energy)
Paul Leary (super precision slop)
Larry LaLonde (like a fucking roller coaster)
Marc Ribot (perfect harsh/pleasing balance)
Jimmy Page (black magick motherfucker)
BUCKETHEAD (the Godzilla/Ultraman of guitar)

Hugh Cornwell
Dave Navarro
Jimi Hendrix
Tom Verlaine / Richard Lloyd
Marty Willson-Piper / Peter Koppes
Black Francis / Joey Santiago
Angus Young / Malcolm Young
David Gilmour
Jimmy Page
Nick Drake

Honourable mentions: Prince, Nile Rogers, Dean Wareham, Billy Gibbons, Johnny Marr.

Hon. mentions: Kaukonen, Frith, Ribot

I didn't see this. Makes me feel like adding Jaco Pastorius to my list.

I'd put definitely put Watt, Jaco and maybe even Geddy in the list, but there is a Bass Player POX thread. Putting a guitarist on that list would not be right, so scratch putting bassists on here for me.

Tom Verlaine
Richard Lloyd
John Perry(Only Ones)
Dave Gilmour
John McGeoch
Keith Richards
Pete Townshend
Paul Weller
Nile Rodgers
Wilco Johnson

Bobby Womack.

Curtis Mayfield.

I'm not much of an admirer of Fripp or those kind of guitarists. Altho I heard this totally obscure British folk-rock record from around '70 by a guy named Colin Scott, I think his name is, with Fripp, and he was OK in the background. Fripp's is good guitar playing, very accomplished. I never ever saw any point, compositionally or otherwise, to his own music; good sideman, though, on Eno records. I mean I think Eno records in the '70s would be immeasurably improved by having Bobby Womack playing on them, just like on "There's a Riot Goin' On," which is what Eno was always going for anyway.

Oil & water, bro.

and also, "The Poet" by Womack is draggy and manic expressionism if Eno records are. I honestly don't see what the point is of making needless distinctions about music at this late date, plus it's just fun to think about.

don't lose your sense of humor...

John McLaughlin
Ray Russell
George Benson (pre-rhinoplasty)
Allan Holdsworth
David Byrne (great rhythm guitarist)
Arto Lindsay (ditto, at least in his DNA days)
Jimi Hendrix
Peter Green
Jeff Beck (pre-fusion)
Gary Moore (or fill in the blank with any modern-day blues virtuoso)

sorry if that seemed grumpy, remember I'm from Cincinnati ;-)