Top 5 Guitarists

Jackson Doofster · Post by **Jackson Doofster** » Thu Jul 10, 2003 2:02 am

Oily

I do indeed love you very much...........I have to strop out occasionally though. Oh....and yes............your memory is quite remarkable.....

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Thu Jul 10, 2003 8:28 pm

Okay, this is a rather intimidating arena but I'll bite. These are my faves, in no order, cause they're people who each have a super distinct voice that I love:

1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Marc Ribot
3. Jeff Beck
4. John Hyatt
5. Richard Thompson
6. Robert Fripp

Oh wait that's six, so sue me.

And for no good reason I'll throw in Stevie Wonder on the harmonica cause it's pratically a guitar when he plays it.

norman brain · Post by **norman brain** » Thu Jul 10, 2003 8:45 pm

Mug, you're the queen! I was wondering who would be the first to include Richard Thompson!

My faves are (in no particular order):

Richard Thompson, George Harrison, Pete Townshend, Peter Buck, and Dave Edmunds.

A rope leash · Post by **A rope leash** » Thu Jul 10, 2003 8:56 pm

In no particulary order:

Frank Phukin Zappa

Robert Feckin Fripp

Eddie Van Fuckin Halen

Jeffery Beck

Elvis Costello

Clap Ericton

A rope leash · Post by **A rope leash** » Thu Jul 10, 2003 9:49 pm

Okay then Roy farking Clark

Leslie Paul

Clay Lespool

Todd Richter

Mr. Hendrix

Punky Brewster

Flea

Santos Carlanta

John Entwhistle

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Thu Jul 10, 2003 10:48 pm

john entw...exactly o drinking one. played better leads than 1/2 the players accumulated here. another pete, i give up. and it's norman. that does it. i gotta edit again.

and the love. speaking of accumulating. overseas affection. wait a minute.........is TAFKAJM picking at the ugly american again? what the hell does "strop" mean?

Jackson Doofster · Post by **Jackson Doofster** » Fri Jul 11, 2003 2:33 am

Oily..........no, I wasn't picking on you again. It's a Brit way of saying I'd had a bad day was throwing my toys out of the baby cariage in a tantrum.

Goody2Shoes · Post by **Goody2Shoes** » Fri Jul 11, 2003 12:48 pm

BWAP--nope, didn't know Kessel ever had anything to do with Ricky Nelson. Cool.

Yep, the stuff with Grappelli is so great. I grew up on 'Limehouse Blues'.

I also really like his work on Julie London's 'Julie Is Her Name', as I'm a fan of girl singers. I love how he manages to impress without showing off.

Boy With A Problem · Post by **Boy With A Problem** » Fri Jul 11, 2003 1:55 pm

Goody -

Yes - both great albums. Do you remember Julie London on "Emergency"?

I always thought it was sort of weird that Jack Webb put both his ex-wife and her current husband (Bobby Troupe) on his show. And what is one to make of his zealousness against drugs on the "Dragnet" show, when he was a huge officianado of jazz (reportedly he had one of the best record collections in LA) and his circle of friends most certainly were hop-heads.
Sorry, I digress.

pophead2k · Post by **pophead2k** » Fri Jul 11, 2003 10:35 pm

Y'all are dull and predictable for once....not something I usually associate with this crowd:

J. Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.)
Thurston Moore and Lee Renaldo (Sonic Youth)
Paul Westerberg
Jamie Nebel (The Makers)
Willie Nelson

So There.

sulkygirl · Post by **sulkygirl** » Fri Jul 11, 2003 10:43 pm

A-HA!

Stood me up, pophead (***sniff***)

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Sat Jul 12, 2003 12:39 pm

willie nelson? there must be more than 1?

randy rhoads is who needs to be on the fuckin' list

SweetPear · Post by **SweetPear** » Sun Jul 13, 2003 10:29 am

This list is made with very limited knowledge on the subject.
In no particular order:

Eddie Van Halen
Mark Knopfler
Pete Townsend (Did somebody mention the late, great John Entwizzle(sp?)b/c he had a really great solo record out that escapes me now so he could be on the list.)
James Honeyman-Scott
I'd like to add a female to the list, so I wanna say Chrissie Hynde but that may be argueable.

I apologize to all the great guitarists that should be on that list.

What a mess. Why did I post this?

Boy With A Problem · Post by **Boy With A Problem** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 6:54 pm

A few names not mentioned -

T-Bone Walker
Dave Edmunds
Michael Bloomfield
Dave Alvin
Curt Kirkwood

and nobody has the same sound as -

Johnny Ramone
Steve Jones
Poison Ivy
D Boone

Post by **BlueChair** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 8:06 pm

Clarence White of The Byrds offered some amazing lead guitar work in the late 60's early 70's. His guitar playing sounded like bluegrass on a distorted electric guitar. Some of the live stuff in particular is just amazing.

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 9:22 pm

I like that Willie has kept that same guitar all these years. Eric C bores the hell out of me! as well, Doofster. Fell asleep at his concert long about '79-80. Muddy Waters opened and put on a much better show.

I'm not really into guitars, but is there some reason no one's mention Keith?

p.s. to BWAP--yep, Dave got a mention already. But he probably deserves two.

*I forgot to mention John Prine. It is my ambition to one day play guitar like him. This will involve selling my soul to the devil, but sacrifices must be made.

Post by **spooky girlfriend** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 9:49 pm

MS - I was watching that Willie Nelson special on USA and noticed how beat up that guitar was. I was wondering how old it actually was.

HungupStrungup · Post by **HungupStrungup** » Sun Aug 03, 2003 9:45 am

norman brain wrote:Mug, you're the queen! I was wondering who would be the first to include Richard Thompson!

smm may indeed be the queen, but her status doesn't rely upon having been the first to mention the very wonderful Richard Thompson in this thread. It was in fact bobster who did so (unless tricky editing has been done), and I for one don't think bobster's a queen.

kudos to this board for most of their choices. I'm very impressed that Tom Verlaine, Richard Lloyd, Django Reinhardt and Sonny Landreth have all been mentioned, as they are geniuses at the instrument, each in his own way.

I'll just mention a few who haven't made anyone's list so far, not necessarily because they're actual Top 5, but because they certainly deserve consideration:

Jorma Kaukonen - original and inventive, not in a particularly flashy way and in a variety of styles; also, as adept at acoustic as electric, which Jerry Garcia said was difficult, so it's worth noting

Phil Manzanera - he caught my attention with Roxy Music, but with John Cale or Eno, his original band Quiet Sun or 801, or as a solo artist, he displays great fluidity and a unique musical vision

Chris Spedding - the king of the 70's and 80's session, in the UK at least, and frequent sideman to Robert Gordon and Bryan Ferry

David Byrne - with Talking Heads he didn't play many solos, but when he did, they were brilliant; his playing was always in service of the songs, and particularly before Jerry Harrison joined, the importance of that was plainly evident; still an artist to watch

Adrian Belew - amazingly adept and completely original, and with Robert Fripp in King Crimson, he's half of the only lasting guitar duo I know of in the same class with Verlaine and Lloyd; a partial list of his many credits tells a lot of the story: Talking Heads, Frank Zappa, David Bowie, Laurie Anderson, Peter Gabriel

PS A general spelling tip that might help my pals remember. Take that "h" that people keep trying to add to "Entwistle" and give it to "Townshend" instead.

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Sun Aug 03, 2003 11:47 am

-Mississippi John Hurt
-Ry Cooder
-John Fahey
-Chuck Prophet
-Jimi Hendrix

Copenhagen Fan · Post by **Copenhagen Fan** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 3:25 am

JESUS...!

I just lost respect for most of you...

can you say JIMMY PAGE?????!!!!

1) Jimi Hendrix (the KING, the innovator, the soul)
2) Jimmy Page (listen to the live stuff and hear the orgasmic jizz eminating fra his Les Paul)
3) Pete Townshend (best power rythmic playing, great sound, crunchy choppy and fluid) ..."chomp ,chakak chakak! boom"
4) Jerry Garcia (one of the most original players ever, melodic and fantastic sound...he hits one note, you know it's him)
5) Keith Richards....(one of the worst guitarists with the BEST sound)

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 12:15 pm

Can't believe only one person has said Jimmy Page!!!!

Top 5..in no particular order...

Jimmy Hendrix
Jimmy Page
Eric Clapton
Robert Johnson
Eddie Van Halen

What about top bassists??

Id go for...

John Deacon
Charles Mingus
Flea
Jaco Pastorius
Nick Lowe

Copenhagen Fan · Post by **Copenhagen Fan** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 2:55 am

mood swung wrote: Eric C bores the hell out of me! as well, Doofster.

ME TOO! I walked out of a Clapton concert after 5 songs one time....the same boring leads, and not much soul for a guy who is suposedly a blues god.....

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 11:36 am

so all of us who find Eric dull should get front row seats at his next appearance and snore!

re: bassists--Flea just blows me away. I have wrecked my speakers cranking up 'Throw Away Your Television.' But they were factory issue anyway, so time for some new ones.

cosmos · Post by **cosmos** » Sun Aug 17, 2003 3:50 am

Before Jimi and Jimmy and Jeff and Clapton and Chuck and B.B. and Django was THE GREATEST GUITARIST OF ALL TIME:

Andres Segovia

And don't you dare argue with me until you've actually heard him.

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 12:48 pm

if there has been discussion of this, i missed it, but the comedic listing of the top 100 guitarists in the latest rolling stone should have came up somewhere. after seeing john hiatt and the goners and the robert cray band 2 nights ago it makes one wonder how the cavalcade of humdrums got on that list and mr cray and sonny landreth stayed off. i don't know if they belong on it, but i believe that some that are there don't. sonny is such a stud and hiatt was extremely deferential in allowing that to be displayed.

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