favorite guitarists

“amen to that!!
it is even challenging just to keep up with him in a listening capacity....staggers the imagination to comprehend how he can play that way!!”

“No mention of Kenny Wayne Shepherd? I think he's well on his way to being one of the legends.”

“Yngwie Malmsteen”

“toejam, you should take another listen to Steve Howe. As far as talented guitarists go, he is among the best.”

“Good one Mapfreak”

“Rising to fill in Bonnie Raitt's blues-rock woman shoes: Shannon Curfman, a "neighbor" of Johnny Lang. Something in the Fargo water apparently.”

“Leo Kotke
Martin Barr
Joyce (a brazilian jazz chick)
any of the gypsy/flamanco guitarists
There are a few more I can't think of right now.”

“I've been groovin' on Megadeth the past few days. Awesome stuff!”

“Anyone ever hear of a kid named Derek Trucks?”

“nope”

“sheesh....thank YOU lee.............i couldnt believe mark knopfler was not mentioned either!
maybe they never heard any of the stuff on the Goldenheart CD like " goldenheart" and the end of " are we in trouble now"
and when he and chet atkins teamed up.....whoa!
not to mention all the dire straits stuff....and movie soundtracks...like the princess bride...man
mm
ok....i voted twice...heh.....”

“OM -

Making Movies has to be one of my favorite albums. Have you seen the movie "cal" . . depressing irish thing . . .but GREAT soudntrack. I have his stuff with Chet Atkins . . . his latest albumn, Sailing to Philadelphia is fantastic as well . . .the title duet with JT is awesome.

Speaking of Emmy Lou Harris (we were speaking of her weren't we) . . .for a few months this past winter I had Red Dirt Girl and Sailing to Philly both in the cd changer . .”

“There are some great "Blues Chicks" out there;
Sue Foley
Shannon Curfman
Susan Tedeschi”

“Hey Tom T., I got to see Shannon Curfman at Summerfest in Milwaukee in 2000, and she was everything live that she is on disc. Incredible voice and hot licks for her age -- let's hope the future sees her get even better.”

“Some Fender-Bendin' women for sure!”

“Jimi Hendrix made me by a Stratocaster.”

“How did he do that?”

“Since I got a Telecaster the Stratocaster has been gittin' lonely.

There is just SOMETHING about that primitive "slab o' wood".............

Well, I did "Tex" it with a Strat pickup in the neck position and "hot" p u at the bridge~@%^>”

“Chet Atkins”

“Tom Terrific
You like the Telecaster over the Strat! I never really liked a Tele that much.
Of course I was a BC Rich man myself.”

“Yeah, there's just something about it.
I played the Strat for ten years.....and then along came the Telecaster.

B. C. Rich be some butt-ugly guitars.”

“Ah YES! The the Rich Bitch! Kind of like my fat Aunt Millie, ugly yet powerfull.”

“Sammy Hagar rocks!”

“All those mentioned above would be nothing if it weren't for the likes of Lester Polfuss........... LES PAUL.”

“Page,Satrani,Van halen,Harrison and to a much lesser degree-myself. I owned a strat. I bought a carvin-the strat had to go! I wouldn't trade it for any other instrument. Oh yeah,Zep rules!”

“Leo Fender is....er, uh, was....my favorite non-guitar-playin' guitar dude.”

“How could I forget Travis Meeks!?”

“Beats the sh!t outa me?”

“Hmmmm...found a mule in my mailbox this mornin'. Thanks for contraban Budder. Very fine stuff!”

“Hope ya dig it!”

“Eddie Van Halen was good when DLR was the front man. The Sammy Hagar days stunk!”

“(Hendrix)
Just had to say it again!”

“Do you think Eddie Van Halen was making room for Hagar when they played together? That would have been pretty big of him if he was.”

“I liked Hagar before he joined Van Halen. Together they just plain stunk. Their music just kinda laid there. Nothing, Absolutly nothing.”

“Sammy Hagar was better when he was on his own before the Van Halen days.”

“Oh Yeah, Susan Tedeschi DOES rock!
So does Diana Krall, But she's not a guitar girl.

And Mark Knopfler, KIng of the finger pickers (sorry, Chet)

And speaking of guitars, can't leave out Gibson and the Les Paul line, favorites of the cool set everywhere. And Paul Reed Smith, Instrument maker extrordinaire.”

“Hey, we could get into the bluegrass pickers if we wanted to talk flat pickin'.”

“Huh, I must be the odd man out here cause I loved Van Hagar. The old DLR stuff was so worn out and old. Eruption could barely even raise my blood pressure any more. Sammy brought something DLR never had and that was the ability to actually write.

Sammy's Marching to Mars was a great CD. If you ever get to see him live jump at it. He is great live.”

“I dug the raw energy of the Van Halen I and II eforts. The Van Hagar days were also musically productive, cause like Mr.Nigal said..."Sammy could write" (and sing), it's just that it was more lovey dovey music. But killer, none the less. The chemistry between Sammy and Eddie was exponentiallly greater than if they were both solo...like maaany other duos in musical history.”

“i really like hagar's early work with ronnie montrose....

get on your bad motorscooter and

rrrriiiiiiddddddddeeeee!!!!”

“Leslie West is still ALIVE and well........and about 250 pounds lighter!!!

Man Mountain could MOVE the whole joint!

They say he could snap a guitar neck......maybe when he was too drunk!”

“Robert Cray defines the blues...”

“I would prefer that Robert Cray ditch the horns.....but he is a great one!”

“Rusty Travis”

“The "Tenacious D" duo”

“Todays music sucks because nobody plays Guitar solo's anymore! It's like songs have a big gap in them or something.
Where's the Beef!?!?”

“Mr.Terrific...if you like Leslie West than I KNOW you'd like Gov't Mule. He was one of Warren's influences, and has played with the band a number of times. The Mule does an looong and incredible Nantucket Sleighride jam.”

“buddur....saw leslie west and mountain years ago at the ohio theater in columbus before they restored it....we were sitting in the balcony and they were SO LOUD!! that big chunks of plaster from the ceiling were falling down.....awesome show!!”

“robin trower....”

“Cheese & rice...can't forget TOMMY IOMMI.”