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5 INFLUENTIAL GEETAR MEN .. DISCUSS
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Only one person has suggested Richie Blackmore. One memorable riff imitated by so many that music shops actually banned it from being played. Now that's influential.1
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never heard of him before ... having watched a few YouTube clips .. he is terrific, a bit of a one off ?Suffolknwot said:Have a look at Tommy Emmanuel on You Tube. This guy is enough to make you treat your guitar like Pete Townshend! Watch and listen to his version of Lady Madonna and walk away from your guitar before you cause irreparable damage.
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How 'bout someone who wasn't overtly influential but who many people would have heard play the guitar and thought this or that riff was cool - someone like Glen Campbell for example.1
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Just because I haven't seen them from anyone else yet.......apologies if I missed them and they have already been mentioned:-
Johnny Winter
Hank Marvin
Stevie Ray Vaughan
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Gary Moore. Credited by many of his peers. Still Got The Blues For You covers every emotion that can be wrung from an electric guitar.0
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People are still just naming guitar players!
I think it was Page or Clapton who when asked, "who is the greatest guitar player", replied "probably some 17 year old kid in his bedroom somewhere"0 -
What's his name though?Greenie said:People are still just naming guitar players!
I think it was Page or Clapton who when asked, "who is the greatest guitar player", replied "probably some 17 year old kid in his bedroom somewhere"1 -
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I have just realised .. Duane (not Allmann) could also be the instigator of 'Surf geetar'
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Surf maestro Dick Dale .. he is of Lebanese descent .. notice the Eastern Mediterranean influence
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I'll chuck a new name in,
Tosin Abasi
and some others not mentioned,
Robin Trower
Steve Vai
Joe Satriani0 -
Plays with QueenStig said:3 -
I nominate Peter Green0
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I was gonna suggest fripp but I thought the numbskulls on here would shout me down%)IAgree said:Chuck Berry
BB King
Jimmy Page
Robert Fripp
Johnny Marr0 -
I would agree with him being considered one of the great guitarists - not sure he would be in the top 5 most influential though.sillav nitram said:
I was gonna suggest fripp but I thought the numbskulls on here would shout me down%)IAgree said:Chuck Berry
BB King
Jimmy Page
Robert Fripp
Johnny Marr0 -
It's about influential players.
Why is that difficult to understand?3 -
Has anybody mentioned Roger McGuinn? Plenty of people copied him over the years.
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because people don't necessarily have to quote to be influenced.Greenie said:It's about influential players.
Why is that difficult to understand?0 -
Val Doonican played a mean acoustic!0
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I'd include Pat Metheny as his clear intricate sound is emulated lots by other guitarists.1
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and influenced lots of cardigan wearers.Solidgone said:Val Doonican played a mean acoustic!
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Quick heads up.
Planet Rock are holding a poll for the best guitar solo ever and will reveal the top 40 countdown on Bank Holiday Monday, 26th August. I'm sure Wives and children will understand as they head out for the coast/zoo/theme park on their own as you take up position in the living room/ garden with your preferred relaxant and head nod / finger boogie through the afternoon.
https://www.planetrock.com/news/rock-news/we-want-you-to-help-us-choose-the-best-guitar-solo-ever/?
https://www.relate.org.uk/
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Albert Lee
David Gates0 -
Right, well, here’s 5 guitar players that made me want to pick up a guitar in the first place and then made me want to keep playing it. So these are just 5 who influenced l’il ol’ me ( not that i was able to match any of them in the slightest unfortunately)
Hank Marvin ( loved the sound and look of his guitar when I was 7)
Jimi Hendrix ( for the live version of Johnny B Goode alone)
Ritchie Blackmore ( for the tone and style of Lazy - I can play the solo now - just)
Francis Rossi ( Piledriver - played along to that record till it was knackered)
Mark Knopfler ( for his tone and those sweet finger picked solos)2 -
For me Hendrix version of JBG is the best ever, rock n roll at 200mph.3blokes said:Right, well, here’s 5 guitar players that made me want to pick up a guitar in the first place and then made me want to keep playing it. So these are just 5 who influenced l’il ol’ me ( not that i was able to match any of them in the slightest unfortunately)
Hank Marvin ( loved the sound and look of his guitar when I was 7)
Jimi Hendrix ( for the live version of Johnny B Goode alone)
Ritchie Blackmore ( for the tone and style of Lazy - I can play the solo now - just)
Francis Rossi ( Piledriver - played along to that record till it was knackered)
Mark Knopfler ( for his tone and those sweet finger picked solos)0 -
Carlos Santana - Black Magic Woman.
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If it’s influential, how about:
Robert Johnson - blues
Jimi Hendrix - rock/metal
Nick Drake - folk
Steve Jones (Sex Pistols) / Johnny Ramone - punk
Andy Gill (Gang of Four) - indie
lots of great guitar players over the years but these guys had their own styles that others adopted.
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I think the question was flawed in a number of ways from the outset, people will of course answer with a bias as to who their ‘favourite’ guitarist is because it’s the one who influenced them in some way or another.
Further more, what exactly is meant by influential.....as a fan, as a player, as a musician or even as someone who was encouraged to pick up a guitar and learn to play?
Also have to say a list that didn’t include EC is seriously in trouble from the get go.0 -
Knopfler, Clapton, Thompson, Emmanuel, Isaac Guillory, Clive Gregson. John Martyn.0
