Avoid his eighties stuff like the plague, but I'd definitely recommend all his albums from his second release, The Tumbler (1968) to One World (1977). His latest album, On The Cobbles (2004), is pretty fine, too, although he doesn't like it much.
He was very good friends with Nick Drake, and their styles mesh a lot (though I consider JM the superior guitarist, singer and songwriter).
Here's some more.
The drum machine is very primitive, but John's playing is beautiful and moving:
Iv learned a shitload from listening to eric clapton,dave gilmour and joe bonomassa, And learned even more from ripping off mike mccready
When anybody asks you to pick your favourite guitarist its pretty easy cause a name just comes off the top of your head, but when they ask you to explain why it really makes it fuckin difficult to pick a favourite
1996: Ft Lauderdale
1998: Birmingham
2000: Charlotte, Tampa
2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
2004: Kissimmee
2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
2010: MSG2
2012: Music Midtown
2014: Memphis
2016: Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Jacksonville, JazzFest 2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1 2022: Nashville 2023: Ft. Worth II
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hendrix
dave mustaine
marty friedman
james hetfield
scott ian
tom morello
slash
chris poland
zakk wylde
randy rhoads
kim thayil
alex lifeson
adam jones
and me
to name a few.
a few I forgot to add:
buckethead
jason becker
darrell abbott
david gilmour
robin trower
jerry cantrel
tony iommi
angus young
dave navarro (yeah he's a douche but I like some of his guitar work)
larry lalonde
jeff hanneman
No-one has mentioned Billy Gibbons. It was a rainy Sunday yesterday, and I was home alone, so I sat down with the Tascam CD Trainer, and a tab to Gimme All Your Loving, and hammered out the first page of the solo.
He is just the man for grungy harmonics, and deceptively quick too, while always fluid and melodic. Testing, but approachable for complete amateurs.
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Saying he is a superior songwriter to Nick Drake. Eh...
Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
I hate to compare, but if I tell the truth, yeah. It's like comparing Bob Dylan to Phil Ochs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofPpzAdhIOU
JM wrote this song in 1970. This is a 1978 live recording.
When anybody asks you to pick your favourite guitarist its pretty easy cause a name just comes off the top of your head, but when they ask you to explain why it really makes it fuckin difficult to pick a favourite
2. Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmy Paige, Tom Morello, Slash, Eric Clapton and so many more
Atlantic City: 09/30/05, 10/01/05
1996: Ft Lauderdale
1998: Birmingham
2000: Charlotte, Tampa
2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
2004: Kissimmee
2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
2010: MSG2
2012: Music Midtown
2014: Memphis
2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
2022: Nashville
2023: Ft. Worth II
a few I forgot to add:
buckethead
jason becker
darrell abbott
david gilmour
robin trower
jerry cantrel
tony iommi
angus young
dave navarro (yeah he's a douche but I like some of his guitar work)
larry lalonde
jeff hanneman
He is just the man for grungy harmonics, and deceptively quick too, while always fluid and melodic. Testing, but approachable for complete amateurs.