Little known gutarists

I was thinking the other day that there are so many great guitarists out there and I thought I wonder how many more are out there that I have never heard of. So tell me all about the great gutarists that you don't think get enough recognition. Now I want to hear about the little known ones not Jimmy Hendrix, Jerry Garcia, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page, Slash, Angus Young and so on. Try to post it like...

Jimmy Page

I think he is a great guitarist because he...

If you don't have alot to say leave it to somebody dose. Thank you

 

Jeff Beck, David Gilmour, and Dave Mustaine. All three are great guitarists that do not get alot of attention, they get some but not alot.

 

One that I've been listening to is Brij Bhushan Kabra, he's an Indian classical guitarist who's just awesome.

Robbie Robertson is one of the greatest guitarists I've ever heard...

um....

My mind doesn't seem to be working right now, so I can't think of any others, but in my opinion George Harrison is a very underrated guitarist, people just seem to shrug him off because he was a Beatle.

And then of course there's George Snow.. he's awesome.
I know he'll have a huge list, if he feels like posting it...

 

Davd Gilmour, which he'll never get or any member of Pink Floyd get the fame they deserve because the name Pink Floyd is much bigger then any of them, he is such a great guitarist, everything he does is beautiful.

Lindsey Buckingham too, he is amazing, especially live, and you never see him on any great guitarist list.

 

Django Reinhardt-Gypsy Jazz guitarist from the 20's & 30's
Tom Verlaine-was In Television, NYC 1977
Paco De Lucia-Spanish Flamenco master
whoever the guitarist of the Jesus Lizard was
George Harrison, the Beatle
50 old blues guys
lots more, me

 

Doug Gillard – played with the later-era Guided by Voices
Andy Summers –for The Police
Frank Black – The Pixies (get to see them June 12th yay!)
My favorite, but I don't know if he counts….
Walter Becker – Steely Dan… he makes it sound so easy

 

Little known guitarists, hmm...

John Oates: 5' 6"
Angus Young: 5' 2"
Dan Spitz (Anthrax): 5' 1"

I couldn't resist

 

My favorite guitarists have always been the kind that let the instruments do the talking for them, though many are great writers.

Hmm, I've heard of most of these...

Sonny Landreth, I need not explain... he's great when he wants to be, but he holds back often and knows how to control himself with John Hiatt in the Goners. His solo stuff is great. Modern Louisiana zydeco... I have his Grant Street and I-10 album. http://www.sugarhillrecords.com/ecard/sonnylandreth/

Peter Mayer is great as a guitarist, but he's one of my favorite songwriters. I don't often mention him as I like to keep the musician's musicians my little secret... http://www.petermayer.com/
http://www.petermayer.com/AUDIO/mb/PeterMayer-FaithInAngels.mp3

There's also the older guys you know, RJ, I don't have to speak about, he is most likely the most inspirational songwriter/guitarist of the 20th century, I believe... Robert Johnson and Bob Dylan seem to be the two most influencial people in music.

Of course, there's Frank Zappa. http://www.livecollection.net/mp3/zappa_solo.mp3

Rory Gallagher... http://www.livecollection.net/mp3/rorygallagher_solo.mp3

Slash http://www.livecollection.net/mp3/slash_solo.mp3

There's a lot of great guitarists people don't know about... Tommy Emmanuel often being one of them, as well as Lawrence Juber, Doyle Dykes, Mark Hansen... they're all amazing fingerstyle folk guitarists. They do a lot of videos and such, you can find them on Homespun Tapes' website.

As far as progressive and arena rock goes, yes, there's many and of course there's David Gilmour, there's also Steve Howe, Allex Lifeson, Dave Amato, Gary Richrath, James Young, Peter Frampton as well as Neil Schon... All guys I really don't have to speak for, Dave Amato has really turned around REO Speedwagon. People often say Journey is corporate/pop rock, but I don't really care for it, I like Neal Schon's solo stuff. If you listen to the ending track of the Star Spangled Banner on CD 2 of the crossroads guitar festival DVD, that's him playing. Eric Johnson is your new version of Zappa, with his amazing hendrix covers and after touring on the G3 bill. Neil Zaza is fairly unknown. He played at NAMM. Very fast but also very melodic. I think he has done mostly stuff he produces himself...

Anyway, I'm trying to stay away from blues in this thread as that's often what I always speak of. Of course, I already did mention people with a lot of blues influence. Don't forget Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon are touring. Leo is amazing, saw him at the Birchmere near DC. I'm hoping to catch Eric Johnson there this year.

Derek Trucks!!! I prefer Derek is on another spectrum as far as slide playing goes with the Allman Brothers Band and his own, Derek Trucks Band. He's pretty well known with the Jambase crowds, along with the Allman Brothers, Gov't Mule, Warren Haynes, Robben Ford, and Gregg Allman and friends. Susan Tedeschi and Derek seem to be making a great couple, as well. Haha, it's amazing how the music can bring two people together. The power to make you happy, sad, or make two bind.

 

Tommy Bolin, he was awsome...He played with James Gang, & Deep Purple. He also did solo albums.
Saddly he OD'd in '76 at age 25.
Joe Satriani
Ygwie Malmsteen
Steve Vai

 

Did you not grow up in the 80s??? Dave Mustaine got lots of attention... he's an insane guitarist... so much so that it was too much for metallica... and they dropped him from their band... becuase hetfield couldnt keep up with him.. metallica should've dropped hetfields lame ass and kept mustaine... mustaine and burton would have been one of the greatest duos in music history

 

Oh forgot the women guitarists:
Lita Ford
Bonnie Raitt
Nancy Wilson (of Heart)

 

hell yea... you cant say great guitarists without mentioning Slash.... hes by far one of the best guitar players EVER.. im sure he'll go into the rock n roll hall of fame one year..... you hear his opening riff for the Velvet Revolver cover of Money.... its insane

 

Ah, Walter Becker... that reminds me, I forgot to mention Larry Carlton.

http://www.larrycarlton.net/
lmao, I have Josie stuck in my head now. Yeah, all the shit's gonna go down when Josie comes home... we're gonna lay down the law and break it, etc. I don't care for Steely Dan as a whole, but Larry owns.

Ohhhh, also, almost forgot Scott Henderson, too. Also, check out David Henderson and the Henderson Brothers Band. They aren't too known. David is probably one of the best musicians in the Colorado area and around the Rockies, IMO. I like learning about local bands in other areas.

Also, there's a lot of heavy blues players in the Hotlanta area... Guys like Mudcat and Doug Jones Sr. If you're ever in Atlanta, stop by Fat Matt's Rib Shack. There's a lot of history there. There's the king of Chicago, as far as I'm concerned, Buddy Guy.... Odd, but he's on Jive Records, same as britney spears and justin timberlake, which I found funny. Haha, Silvertone Records I visited the spot where Duane Allman crashed last year in Macon, GA. A couple years ago while traveling around and going to visit relatives, we headed to Austin and Dallas, I visited SRV's grave at Laurelland in Austin, as well as Antone's. Also, the area he grew up in at Oak Cliff in Dallas.... Oak Cliff used to be seperate from Dallas, a lot of music history in that area of town. I'd say, the most eerie feeling I ever got was being there and one time I when I was in Memphis, too. I visited the Stax Record site... you know, Booker T and the MGs/Albert King Stax Records, etc... I've gotten lotsa chills.

The one place I've yet to make it to is Greenwood, MS and Drew, MS. I need to pay a visit to Zion and see Robert Johnson's grave.

 

Bonnie Raitt is amazing, her older slide stuff and I've heard bootlegs of her with John Prine. She briefly babysat my dad's friends and I think him too, until one of his friend's brothers drowned at the beach... I think that was in North Carolina while he lived in the appalachians there, but I'm not sure... Oddly, my dad went to the same school as Robert Cray in Newport News, Virginia, while living there. Bah, I would have taken advantage of that... my dad used to play dobro and slide guitar back in the 60s and 70s, but he quit when he had to join the military to get out of Virginia.

 

i think jan akkerman out of the band Focus is a very good guitarist

 

I've been considering seeing VR this year, but Hoobastank is playing and I find that crowd to be annoying. But, oh well, it's music. I don't pass any concerts up if I can get there.

I also forgot to mention Joe Pass. People often debate him and Wes Montgomery. Alvin Lee of Ten Years After, although Ironic, I believe Ten Years After only lasted about 6-8 years, can't remember the exact dates... of course, he's famous because of Woodstock... Eric Clapton kind of outdid him as far as popularity goes, then again, I love EC's stuff. He started the whole guitar and blues scene in England with John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers in '62.

Carlos Santana, you know him, I don't need to say anything about him. Bob Marley is also really inspirational as far as a lot of his acoustic and folk stoff goes, I'm sure anyone can recognize the intro to Redemption Song nowadays. He had a strong message and it still lives today...

Richie Havens... the often forgotten dude from Greenwich Village who often played with and around Bob Dylan. I love his stuff. I have Grace of the Sun. I use it for meditating... I could go on forever.

Jam bands, Trey Anastasio, Jerry Garcia, etc. etc. I don't really think I need to say much about them.

 

Er, yes, don't forget Joe Walsh!!! :H

There's also John McLaughlin, if you've heard the Mahavishnu Orchestra, you probably know who he is.

Rick Danko is pretty underrated, but he'd done a little work with Eric Clapton and such. I also have to mention Andy Fairweather-Low and Doyle Bramhall II. Of course, Doyle Bramhall I did work with Jimmie Vaughan and Stevie Ray and knew them since they were kids. I saw Bob Dylan and the Band last year.... Neil Young, Frank Sampedro, Stephen Stills... I've talked to David Crosby, amazing guys they are. CSN is getting well into their sixties but they're still amazing. Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, Rev. Gary Davis, Jimmy Reed, Merle Travis... etc. have always been in my group of inspirations as well.

edit: I think I forgot Michael Hedges and Keller Williams... Oh, and Tim Reynolds...

“This is more than just guitar music—it’s open to everyone. And if anyone wants to lock me into the guitar pigeonhole, I’ll make like a pigeon and crap on their windowsill.” - Michael Hedges

I've also been into Hank Williams III lately.

 

haha.

 

Is Django Reinhardt that Gypsy Jazz player that was fucking amazing. Also he had a really fucked up hand. Is that him? I forget the artists name.

 

Yeah, that's Django. David Crosby named his son Django, after him. His stuff is awesome. Django had an odd life, his fingers were fused together... I can't remember, I think it was in a fire. I read his story a year or so ago. I've played the Selmer Macaferri gypsy jazz guitars, they're great. Django has always been a favorite of mine, as well.