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Lesser know guitar greats.

brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,042
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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?
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  • red mosred 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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  • BinFrogBinFrog Posts: 7,309
    Nice list.

    To add to it:

    Tommy Emmanuel
    Rory Gallagher
    Don Ross
    Wes Montgomery
    Pat Martino
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  • EarlWelshEarlWelsh Posts: 1,118
    Kaki King
    Annie Clark (St. Vincent)
    Nels Cline
    Stuart Braithwaite
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,042
    ^^^ Excellent!

    Some other great lesser known guitarists:

    Fred Frith
    James Blood Ulmer
    Larry Coryell
    Sharon Isbin
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  • EdsonNascimentoEdsonNascimento Posts: 5,521
    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 PrincessWho Princess 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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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,042
    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.

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  • rmartin70rmartin70 Posts: 64
    edited February 2014
    Johnny Winter
    Buckethead
    Omar Rodriquez Lopez
    Prince
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    Danny Gatton
    Phil Wandscher
    Marc Ribot
    John Frusciante
    Billy Zoom
    Glen Buxton
    Mick Ronson
    Randy Rhoads
    Lee Ranaldo
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  • samjamsamjam Posts: 9,283
    Tim Reynolds comes to mind first for me.
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    Graham Coxon
  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    Left Mike Campbell off my earlier list.
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,175
    take the time to watch this:

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

    RIP Roy. Hung himself in a jail cell :(
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,175
    ^^^^^ 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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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,175
    not unknown, but KWS and jonny lang can rip pretty good.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,042
    ^^^
    ^^^ Oh man, Buchanan was great- master Tele player. Haven't seen this one before- thanks for posting it!
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,175
    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
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    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,042
    ^^^ Roy Buchanan and Nils Lofgren together... WOW!! Excellent! Nils is cookin', Roy digs it!
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  • cutzcutz Posts: 11,840
    edited February 2014
    He's not lesser know, but he might be as a guitarist?

    Make sure you watch until the end though.

    http://youtu.be/6SFNW5F8K9Y
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,042
    ^^^ His guitar playing what I've always liked best about Prince. At the end there- where the heck does that thing go?? It's like it just vanishes
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  • rmartin70rmartin70 Posts: 64
    ^^^ I have seen Prince over 40 times and he never ceases to amaze me with his guitar playing. He will also blow you away when he picks up the bass.
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  • cutzcutz Posts: 11,840
    A LITTLE Robin:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOB9pt9UKNc
  • Who PrincessWho Princess Posts: 7,305
    imalive said:

    ^^^^^ whoprincess....is that you in the audience? :))

    Busted! :\"> :))
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  • YefaYefa Posts: 1,133
    edited February 2014
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    Dave Rawlings
    Denis "Piggy" D'Amour (RIP)
    Michael Schenker
    Eddie Hazel (RIP)
    John Neff
    Sylvia Juncosa
    Marty Friedman
    Curt Kirkwood
    Danny Whitten (RIP)
    Michael Bloomfield (RIP)
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,042
    ^^^ Dave Rawlings, yeah! Him and Gillina Welch together- image

    Bloomfield- one of the best, gone too soon. Danny Whitten too which reminds me-

    Frank "Pancho" Sampedro, the great Crazy Horse rhythm guitarist with the green thumb. Long live the Horse!
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  • CobCob Posts: 857
    Al Di Meola
    Steve Howe
    Mike Campbell
    Alex Lifeson
    David Gilmour
    Dave Davies
    Steve Vai
    Adrian Belew
    Jerry Garcia
    Mick Ronson
    John McLaughlin
    Eric Gale
    Jeff Beck
    Larry Coryell
    Billy Gibbons
    Vince Gill
    Mark Knopfler

    These are just some of the under rated guys in my opinion.
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,042
    Cob said:

    Al Di Meola
    Steve Howe
    Mike Campbell
    Alex Lifeson
    David Gilmour
    Dave Davies
    Steve Vai
    Adrian Belew
    Jerry Garcia
    Mick Ronson
    John McLaughlin
    Eric Gale
    Jeff Beck
    Larry Coryell
    Billy Gibbons
    Vince Gill
    Mark Knopfler

    These are just some of the under rated guys in my opinion.

    Great list- every one, first rate!

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  • cutzcutz Posts: 11,840
    Is this guy considered a lesser known?:(I don't know much about him)

    http://youtu.be/GT0Sz6iRUpo
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