Lesser know guitar greats.

brianlux
brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
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We always hear about the guitar "gods"- Hendrix, Page, Clapton, SRV, McCready, etc- and for good reason. But what about some of the lesser know outstanding players? Some of my favorites:

Roger Miller (Mission of Burma)
Ry Cooder
Adrian Belew
Robert Fripp
David Lindley
Harvey Mandel (not the comedian)
Peter Green
Phil Manzanera
David Hidalgo

Who are some of your favorite lesser know outstanding guitarists?
"It's a sad and beautiful world"
-Roberto Benigni

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  • red mos
    red mos Posts: 4,953
    Joe Bonamassa. Seen him like 10 times. Dude is awesome. Highly recommend seeing him, although his tix have gotten rather expensive. Met him a few times too. Guy is phenominal!
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  • -.- Glorified GnothingMan -.-
    -.- Glorified GnothingMan -.- Posts: 434
    A few I can think of...

    Mato Nanji
    Leo Kottke
    Sean Lane (RIP)
    Terje Rypdal
    John McLaughlin
    Gary Hoey
    Warren Haynes
    Steve Kimock
    Jeff Healey (RIP)
    Buckethead
    Steve Stevens (Billy Idol's G-player)
    Stanley Jordan
    Gary Moore (RIP)
    Michael Schenker
    Bill Frisell
    Steve Tibbetts
    Michael Hedges (RIP)
    Steve Morse
    Paul Gilbert
    Fareed Haque
    Trey Anastasio (Phish)
    Frank Zappa (RIP)
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  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    Nice list.

    To add to it:

    Tommy Emmanuel
    Rory Gallagher
    Don Ross
    Wes Montgomery
    Pat Martino
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  • EarlWelsh
    EarlWelsh Buffalo, NY Posts: 1,127
    Kaki King
    Annie Clark (St. Vincent)
    Nels Cline
    Stuart Braithwaite
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    ^^^ Excellent!

    Some other great lesser known guitarists:

    Fred Frith
    James Blood Ulmer
    Larry Coryell
    Sharon Isbin
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • EdsonNascimento
    EdsonNascimento Posts: 5,531
    Robert Fripp is a great one. I will nominate a new young one...

    Quinn Sullivan is Buddy Guy's 14 (maybe he's 15 now) yo protege and played with the big boys at the Crossroads Guitar Festival. He's what's next.
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  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    brianlux said:

    We always hear about the guitar "gods"- Hendrix, Page, Clapton, SRV, McCready, etc- and for good reason. But what about some of the lesser know outstanding players? Some of my favorites:

    Roger Miller (Mission of Burma)
    Ry Cooder
    Adrian Belew
    Robert Fripp
    David Lindley
    Harvey Mandel (not the comedian)
    Peter Green
    Phil Manzanera
    David Hidalgo

    Who are some of your favorite lesser know outstanding guitarists?

    Rory Gallagher never received enough recognition IMHO.
    I'm a big fan of Peter Green.
    And I can't believe you brought up Harvey Mandel. I actually saw him live in 1975!
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Who Princess said:

    brianlux said:

    We always hear about the guitar "gods"- Hendrix, Page, Clapton, SRV, McCready, etc- and for good reason. But what about some of the lesser know outstanding players? Some of my favorites:

    Roger Miller (Mission of Burma)
    Ry Cooder
    Adrian Belew
    Robert Fripp
    David Lindley
    Harvey Mandel (not the comedian)
    Peter Green
    Phil Manzanera
    David Hidalgo

    Who are some of your favorite lesser know outstanding guitarists?

    Rory Gallagher never received enough recognition IMHO.
    I'm a big fan of Peter Green.
    And I can't believe you brought up Harvey Mandel. I actually saw him live in 1975!
    Gallagher, for sure.

    Yeah, love Peter Green! His album "The End of the Game" is a favorite- both the record and the album cover.

    You know of Harvey and have seen him- excellent! I've seen HM a number of times. My favorite was in the late 80's at a little club, the Cotati Cabaret in Cotati, CA. It took Harvey a few number to warm up but once he got going man, the guy was on fire and his band was top notch. We kept cheering him back at the end of the show. He came out and said, "Oh, awwwwwright, one more," and we went nuts. Great guy.

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

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  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Danny Gatton
    Phil Wandscher
    Marc Ribot
    John Frusciante
    Billy Zoom
    Glen Buxton
    Mick Ronson
    Randy Rhoads
    Lee Ranaldo
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  • samjam
    samjam New York Posts: 9,283
    Tim Reynolds comes to mind first for me.
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    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,549
    Graham Coxon
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Left Mike Campbell off my earlier list.
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,273
    take the time to watch this:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMcjPZgK9GM

    RIP Roy. Hung himself in a jail cell :(
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,273
    ^^^^^ whoprincess....is that you in the audience? :))
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    Vancouver 11
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    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,273
    not unknown, but KWS and jonny lang can rip pretty good.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
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    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    ^^^
    ^^^ Oh man, Buchanan was great- master Tele player. Haven't seen this one before- thanks for posting it!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,273
    brianlux said:

    ^^^
    ^^^ Oh man, Buchanan was great- master Tele player. Haven't seen this one before- thanks for posting it!

    check out Nils at about the 8 minute mark. didn't know he could jam like that :D

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N9qTFiVWaw
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    ^^^ Roy Buchanan and Nils Lofgren together... WOW!! Excellent! Nils is cookin', Roy digs it!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

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