LiveMusic Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 ...is the guy that plays in Ricky Skaggs' bluegrass band. I introduced myself and can't remember his name. But how the hell does a human being move his hand/arm that g.d. fast. Sombitch. Who's the best acoustic picker? Doesn't have to be lightning fast. FantasticSound, who is it in Nashville. BTW, I watched a video about Lindsey Buckingham. Now, he is very interesting, to say the least. Not bad. Damn sure, unique. Okay, shoot me. I actually LOVE EC's acoustic album. I LOVE IT. Don't like it. I LOVE IT. > > > [ Live! ] < < < Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Strat Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 My short list of acoustic favorites would be: 1) Jim Croce (Time in a Bottle, etc.) 2) Marcy Playground 3) Jimmy Page w/ Led Zepplin 4) Lightnin' Hopkins 5) Nirvana Unplugged 6) Jerry Reed 7) Willie Nelson 8) Johnny Cash BlueStrat a.k.a. "El Guapo" ...Better fuzz through science... http://geocities.com/teleman28056/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamsa2000 Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 Here's some other ideas for a thread... How about Who Has the Longest guitar strap? Or Most worn out G string? Or The Guy Who Pulls Better Faces Than BB KIng?? Or how about The Guy With the Ugliest Groupies? Or The Guy Who Has Been Nominated More Times Than Anyone Else in a "Who is the Best...."Thread AHHHH what the heck! It is my considered opinion that Johnny Winter has a particularly Bad Ass. A very, VERY Bad Ass indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratasaurus Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 Check out Tony Rice and Doc Watson for some killer acoustic guitar stuff. That James Taylor guys not bad either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fendercaster Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 How about Leo Kottke on acoustic 12 string? My gear: http://fendercaster.freeservers.com/guit3.html If you own two Lexus cars, do you have Lexi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMcGuitar Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 For different styles I'd pick different folks. For different categories (like "best finger picking", "most melodic", etc.) I'd pick differnt folks. But.. For the "baddest ass" ("bad-assiest"?), I'd say noone kicks more butt on the acoustic than Pete Townshend. May all your thoughts be random! - Neil www.McFaddenArts.com www.MikesGarageRocks.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveMusic Posted August 17, 2003 Author Share Posted August 17, 2003 Originally posted by bluestrat: 8) Johnny CashJohnny Cash? Does he know more than three chords? Johnny Cash? > > > [ Live! ] < < < Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 Here I go again... Chris Smither Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstreck Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 Chet Atkins? Mike Petting Hendrix Do you know what it's like to fall in the mud and get kicked in the head by an iron boot? Of course you don't--no one does--that never happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Knutson Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 John McLaughlin. https://bunny.bandcamp.com/ https://theystolemycrayon.bandcamp.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveMusic Posted August 17, 2003 Author Share Posted August 17, 2003 There is a Moody Blues song, can't recall the name, but whatever it is, this guy is playing a super fast strum and man, I don't see how he does it. For any length of time, especially. Amazing. The young guy for Ricky Skaggs, though, he has the fastest hands I've ever seen. He's in his early 20's. > > > [ Live! ] < < < Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazoo u Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 There's lots of great ones but I think that the late Michael Hedges should be included in any list for his inovation and contribution to guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael saulnier Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 Lots of good ones so far... A few others... Al DiMeola Paco De Lucia Jesse Cook Strunz & Farah Acoustic Alchemy Larry Coryell Love ALL these guys!!! guitplayer I'm still "guitplayer"! Check out my music if you like... http://www.michaelsaulnier.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Knutson Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 Guitplayer, I assume you've heard recordings of McLaughlin, DeLucia, and DiMeola playing together as a trio. Absolutely amazing, isn't it? Unbelievably talented and passionate players! https://bunny.bandcamp.com/ https://theystolemycrayon.bandcamp.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael saulnier Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 Yup, I actually got to see them together both on the "original" tour... "front row"! and on the "re-union" tour many years later. The first tour in particular was phenominal. It was amazing to see them each do a solo performance, then all the duets, then all three together... They really "played" off each other, and the level of musicianship was amazing. I hadn't seen or heard of Paco de Lucia before that, and came away VERY impressed with his ability and musicality. VIRTUOSO's to be sure!!! guitplayer I'm still "guitplayer"! Check out my music if you like... http://www.michaelsaulnier.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 Django and Freddy Green should each be mentioned here, in respectful tones... Funny how their names aren't often associated with "acoustic" guitar, even though that was the instrument of choice for both of'em. Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dak Lander Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 Anyone here remember, or ever hear Merle Watson? He was THE guy doing all those wonderful acoustic riffs on many of Doc Watson's albums. Our Joint "When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it." The Duke... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 Merle was Doc Watson's son, wasn't he? I heard a very little bit of his playing quite a while back, and it was enough to convince me that he most definitely knew how to play a guitar. Meaning that, I would have had to figure out what he was doing, to play it. Another guy who's name should be brought up here is Lenny Breau. And how about Michael Hedges? And, Andres Segovia kinda rates, doesn't he? Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoffam Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 David Bromberg When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanmass Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 Originally posted by kazoo u: There's lots of great ones but I think that the late Michael Hedges should be included in any list for his inovation and contribution to guitar.Hedges is my pick as well... I love Johnny Cash, but a great guitarist he ain't. I also love Jim Croce, but he had another guy, Maury Muehleisen, that played lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanmass Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 Originally posted by kazoo u: There's lots of great ones but I think that the late Michael Hedges should be included in any list for his inovation and contribution to guitar.Hedges is my pick as well... I love Johnny Cash, but a great guitarist he ain't. I also love Jim Croce, but he had another guy, Maury Muehleisen, that played lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 Big fan of many listed here. In particular, James Taylor Michael Hedges Jim Croce and Maury Muehleisen Lenny Breau (Great catch, K) Chet Atkins Tony Rice Doc Watson Mark O'Connor (yes, Mark was a flatpickin' champion years ago. He won with a wonderful version of Blackberry Blossom Pete Townshend Laurence Juber Steve Stevens Kenny Loggins Dean Parks (LA session player) John Fahey Leo Kotke Eric Johnson Jimmy Page Harry Chapin John Denver Thom Bresh (Merle Travis' son) . ...and many more! . But the most incredible acoustic player I've ever heard has got to be Doyle Dykes. If you haven't heard him play... well, you won't understand. Get a copy of the first volume of the Taylor Guitars/Windham Hill compilations, Sounds Of Wood & Steel. Just about every cut is amazing, including songs from at least 5 of the above named players. As for Nashville session players, Mark Casstevens, Biff Watson, Bernie Leadon, Josh Leo, Billy Joe Walker Jr., Chris Leuzinger, Randy Scruggs, Paul Worley, and Brent Rowan, among others. Every one of these guys is a monster player. It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Strat Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 Originally posted by LiveMusic: Originally posted by bluestrat: 8) Johnny CashJohnny Cash? Does he know more than three chords? Johnny Cash?Does it matter if he doesn't know more than three chords? How many chords do you have to know to be able to kick ass? I'd also nominate Jack White. BlueStrat a.k.a. "El Guapo" ...Better fuzz through science... http://geocities.com/teleman28056/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Thorne Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 I love all the cats mentioned but IMO the baddest assed acoustic player of ALL TIME is Django Reinhardt. Not only did he play blindingly fast; he played breathtakingly inventive lines with an unerring melodic sense and developed the idiom for all jazz guitarists that followed him, and did it with only two fingers on his left hand. Never mind that he damaged that left hand permanently while rescuing his wife and infant son from a terrible fire... BTW, Django did play an electric later in his career but, again, to my ears his thing was more suited to acoustic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GetOffTheStageYouSuck Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 Tim Sparks is da man! Fingerstyle, baby. Check out http://www.timsparks.com/ and his Guitar Bazaar CD/tabs. As seen in FingerStyle Guitar No. 15 or you can just search the Internet for other stuff. He's got a reach for someone who looks like he has small hands. You can get sample tabs and MP3s on his site. I'm listening to him playing Mahsav [new one] right now... One of his best is called Bach-n-Aliya and you can get the MP3 on http://www.timsparks.com/sounds.html Seriously, it's worth the download. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dak Lander Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 Originally posted by CaevanO'Shite: Merle was Doc Watson's son, wasn't he? I heard a very little bit of his playing quite a while back, and it was enough to convince me that he most definitely knew how to play a guitar. Meaning that, I would have had to figure out what he was doing, to play it. You got it K, Merle was Doc's son. He got killed when run over by his own tractor som years ago. Our Joint "When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it." The Duke... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groove guru Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 Michael Hedges was great. His sound was amazing when I saw him live. Does anyone know what his setup was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc taz Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 Damn it! Nobody mentioned Steve Morse! He did release a solo acoustic album sometime ago, but I can't find it anywhere. He got most of his classical traning from the U. of Miami, though his acoustic playing isn't limited to that. sevenstring.org profile my flickr page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 Originally posted by groove guru: Michael Hedges was great. His sound was amazing when I saw him live. Does anyone know what his setup was?Which one? For many years he toured with his favorite Martin dreadnaught and a early 1900's, Dyer harp guitar. The Martin, according to one early 1990's article, became unstable from Michael's playing style and had to be relegated to studio work only. Somewhere along the way Steve Klein built Michael a custom electric harp guitar. A quick search of google yielded this web page. I can't vouch for it's authenticity, but the information seems accurate. It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-berger Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 Someone was mentioning the Al D, John McLaughlin, Paco trio recordings...you saw that shit live? I am eternally jealous!! Anyways, as far as acoustic playing, any of those three guys are worthy candidates, but come on, Paco has to take the cake, he's just inhumanly good!!! I've heard that guy play stuff I didn't know could be done on guitar, just for that he deserves it! Django deserves a huge mention too, he was doing this crazy stuff before any of us, (or anyone we've mentioned) was even born!! Have you ever heard SRV's acoustic stuff (only heard it on Austin City Limits), that's just ridiculous too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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