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SavedFuckerSavedFucker Posts: 215
edited November 2011 in Other Music
don't get the credit they deserve

1) Steve Jones (sex pistols)
2) McCready and Gossard
3) Sean Kinney (drummer AiC)
4) Chris Shifflet (foos, me first..)
5) Troy Van Leeuwen (qotsa..)

lets hear em...
i'll trade you my tee shirt for a grilled cheese
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    Mike Campbell of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers is one....
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    GiventoFall wrote:
    shaggy 2 dope (INSANE CLOWN POSSE)

    ur kidding right?
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    As a lyricist, Gord Downie from The Tragically Hip. Simply stunning lyrics.
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    tybird wrote:
    Janet Weiss from Sleater-Kinney
    Anybody in Primus...well, except for maybe Les....not that he is probably the best at what he does. :twisted:
    Agreed
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  • HermanBloomHermanBloom Posts: 1,764
    keeponrockin wrote:
    As a lyricist, Gord Downie from The Tragically Hip. Simply stunning lyrics.
    Love the Hip, but find a lot of the lyrics cheesy and bad (not all, but a lot)
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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    keeponrockin wrote:
    As a lyricist, Gord Downie from The Tragically Hip. Simply stunning lyrics.

    I think his lyrics are a bit too Canadian for me to always get them, though he does have some great imagery/impressionism in them.

    That said, I'm going to throw Rob Baker into the mix... for me, his guitar playing is what makes the Hip so amazing. He never overdoes it with guitar wanking, but he's so soulful in his playing. Listen to the New Orleans is Sinking version from Live Between Us... most other guitarists would have played twice as many notes and shown off, but he doesn't and it makes the song so much more powerful. Love this guy.

    I'll also mention Dough Martsch... maybe he does get respect, but Built to Spill are the most mind-blowingly good guitar band that nobody knows.

    And I second McCready/Gossard. I can't think of a single guitar duo that plays better together than these two, but they're always forgotten when it comes list-making time :(
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    soulsinging wrote:
    keeponrockin wrote:
    As a lyricist, Gord Downie from The Tragically Hip. Simply stunning lyrics.

    I think his lyrics are a bit too Canadian for me to always get them, though he does have some great imagery/impressionism in them.

    That said, I'm going to throw Rob Baker into the mix... for me, his guitar playing is what makes the Hip so amazing. He never overdoes it with guitar wanking, but he's so soulful in his playing. Listen to the New Orleans is Sinking version from Live Between Us... most other guitarists would have played twice as many notes and shown off, but he doesn't and it makes the song so much more powerful. Love this guy.

    I'll also mention Dough Martsch... maybe he does get respect, but Built to Spill are the most mind-blowingly good guitar band that nobody knows.

    And I second McCready/Gossard. I can't think of a single guitar duo that plays better together than these two, but they're always forgotten when it comes list-making time :(

    The lyrics ARE pretty Canadian, but I think they're great..

    38 years old, Bobcaygeon, Wheat Kings, Nautical Disaster, all AMAZING songs IMO. Wheat Kings especially because it's a true story...
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  • HermanBloomHermanBloom Posts: 1,764
    soulsinging wrote:
    keeponrockin wrote:
    As a lyricist, Gord Downie from The Tragically Hip. Simply stunning lyrics.

    I think his lyrics are a bit too Canadian for me to always get them, though he does have some great imagery/impressionism in them.

    That said, I'm going to throw Rob Baker into the mix... for me, his guitar playing is what makes the Hip so amazing. He never overdoes it with guitar wanking, but he's so soulful in his playing. Listen to the New Orleans is Sinking version from Live Between Us... most other guitarists would have played twice as many notes and shown off, but he doesn't and it makes the song so much more powerful. Love this guy.

    I'll also mention Dough Martsch... maybe he does get respect, but Built to Spill are the most mind-blowingly good guitar band that nobody knows.

    And I second McCready/Gossard. I can't think of a single guitar duo that plays better together than these two, but they're always forgotten when it comes list-making time :(

    Agree about that guitar playing he never overdoes it and is very smooth; however, sometimes I like overdoing it a la Mr. McCready
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,475
    i think that Elliott Smith is one of the most underrated songwriters & guitarists of the last 15 years or so. the guy could flat-out play & his fingerpicking is beautiful. structurally, the songs are quite complex & he used harmonies better than most of his peers. and the words...wow. just my opinion, but i really wish the guy was still writing music today.
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  • PJGARDENPJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    mfc2006 wrote:
    i think that Elliott Smith is one of the most underrated songwriters & guitarists of the last 15 years or so. the guy could flat-out play & his fingerpicking is beautiful. structurally, the songs are quite complex & he used harmonies better than most of his peers. and the words...wow. just my opinion, but i really wish the guy was still writing music today.

    +1. Went through a serious Elliott stage a while back where I listened to him all the time. The guy was incredible.
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    dave abbruzzese. haha!

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  • JordyWordyJordyWordy Posts: 2,261
    all good suggestions so far.

    Rodrigo Y Gabriela

    John Butler

    Mark Lanegan

    Colm MacIonaire (violinist for The Frames)

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    Agreeing with Prince. He is an awesome guitar player.
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,189
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    soulsinging wrote:

    And I second McCready/Gossard. I can't think of a single guitar duo that plays better together than these two, but they're always forgotten when it comes list-making time :(

    They made the Rolling Stone "Top 20 New Guitar Gods." I wish I could find the article online....something about "wail and response." :mrgreen:
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • JordyWordyJordyWordy Posts: 2,261
    imalive wrote:
    Bob Mould

    James McMurtry
    soulsinging wrote:

    And I second McCready/Gossard. I can't think of a single guitar duo that plays better together than these two, but they're always forgotten when it comes list-making time :(

    They made the Rolling Stone "Top 20 New Guitar Gods." I wish I could find the article online....something about "wail and response." :mrgreen:

    wasnt that a "top 20 that didnt make the original top 100" list?
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,189
    JordyWordy wrote:
    imalive wrote:

    They made the Rolling Stone "Top 20 New Guitar Gods." I wish I could find the article online....something about "wail and response." :mrgreen:

    wasnt that a "top 20 that didnt make the original top 100" list?

    It was this list:

    John Mayer : Blues Preacher, Pop Prince, Friend to Clapton

    Derek Trucks ( The Derek Trucks Band and The Allman Brothers) : On Tour Since Age Nine! Jams a Specialty!

    John Fruciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers) : World’s Leading Psychedelic-Funk Guitar Visionary

    Luther D ickinson (North Mississippi All-Stars) : Southern-Fried Rocker (there's a space in his last name because otherwise it'll be edited)

    Nels Cline (Wilco) : The Avant Romantic

    Warren Haynes (The Allman Brother Band and Gov’t Mule) : Blues-Rock Road Warrior

    Jim James & Carl Broemel (My Morning Jacket) : Skynard-Art Theorists

    Adam Jones (Tool) : Prog-Metal King

    Chuck Garvey & Al Schnier (MOE) : Space-Guitar Heroes

    Kaki King : Van Halen Meets Bootsy

    Mike McCreardy & Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam) : Four-Armed Monster

    Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave) : Iron Man Of Hip-Hop Guitar

    Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (Mars Volta) : The Extremist

    Ed O’Brien & Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead) : Dark Side Of The Moon Explorers

    Matt Pike (Sleep and High on Fire) : Stoner Metal Ruler

    Jack White (The White Stripes and The Raconteurs) : The Crawling King Snake

    They really did have a good take on how Mike and Stone play together.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    Philly I & II, 16
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