Most satisfying musician to play . . .

Doesn't matter what instrument you play or if you sing . . . who do you think are the most satisfying or inspiring musicians to play?

On the guitar for me is Neil Young and singing would have to be Janis Joplin...

 

Jimi Hendrix, David Gilmour, Eric Clapton.

 

i second that.

 

yeah i'd say any pink floyd.

 

I would be more likely to say Neil and Janis, only the other way round!

Guys like Neil and Dylan give singers like me hope. As for Janis, I play alot of her songs, and getting them right isnt always easy, but alot of fun and satisfying. There isnt much of hers I dont know, and doing the weirder stuff is great.

Of course the most satisfying is playing my own tunes for an appreciative audience.

 

Noel Gallagher's solo acoustic stuff.

Syd Barrett and Keith Richards are great when it comes to barre chords.



...but lately I've been realizing that playing other's people work is boring as hell, especially if you learn from tabs or what not. Playing your own songs is so much more fun.

 

Well aside from my own stuff, I really love playing anything by Dylan or John Prine or Carol King..

 

don cherry.

 

BB King
The Kingston Trio
John Lee Hooker
Robert Junior Lockwood
Eric Johnson
Mississippi John Hurt
Buddy Guy
Neil Young
Ramblin Jack Elliot
Robert Johnson
Big Bill Broonzy
Wes Montgomery
Chuck Berry
Joe Walsh
Larry Carlton
John Denver
Steve Howe
Bo Diddley
Rory Gallagher
John McLaughlin
Joe Pass
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Derek Trucks
Sonny Landeth
Django Reinhardt
Big Maceo Merriwether
Blind Lemon Jefferson
John Hiatt
Victor Wooten
Michael Hedges
Stephen Stills
Albert King
Bob Dylan
Son House
Albert Collins
Chet Atkins
Leadbelly
Peter, Paul, and Mary
Tommy Emmanuel
Bill Mondroe
Ricky Skaggs
Jonny Lang
Jimmie Vaughan
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Robert Cray
Steve Vai
Honeyboy Edwards
Jimi Hendrix
Jerry Garcia
Hubert Sumlin
Pete Seeger
Richie Havens
Joan Baez
Howling Wolf
David Grisman
John Prine
Muddy Waters
Mark Hansen
Doyle Dykes
James Taylor
Woody Guthrie
Bruce Cockburn
Trey Anastasio
Laurence Juber
Ani DiFranco
Tom Paxton
Mason Jennngs
Keller Williams
Adrian Legg
Justin King
Martin Sexton
Leo Kottke

 

Not sure I quite understand the question...
If it means "whose songs do you like to play", the answer is "my own".
If it means "who do I like to listen to" or "whose playing is most satisfactory to my ear", the answer is "that's a really difficult question and it really depends on what instrument we're talking about"...

 

for drums it'd be mitch mitchell (hendrix) for keyboard it would probably be ray mansarek (doors) for me

 

i agree with this guy... and throw in some late 60s early 70s dead

 

Myself.

 

as other have said, most satisfying is definately your own. but otherwise, theres really no single artist or group whos take the cake.

 

as for guitar i'd have to say Hendrix and Santana are very satisfying
on bass Flea and Marcus Miller are the shit
when i can hit the notes, vocally Chris Cornell is very satisfying (at least his shit with Soundgarden)
as people have already said, it's much more satisfying playing my own music tho

 

It all depends on the MOOD I'm in. MY tastes span 300 years of music.

Can't list them all.
I go from Brahms, and Mehndellson to LLCoolJ!

 

I preffer to play my own stuff.

 

Bob Dylan.

 

i'd have to say my own stuff as well.

 

Right now I would say classical music, it's sometimes very difficult to get it right and then when you master it, ít's such a great feeling. But I'm not very good with the chords and everything yet so this might change.