nhcomp45aol.com Posted March 6, 2004 Share Posted March 6, 2004 Eric Braunn of Iron Butterfly. He was seventeen when he recorded In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, This whole album deserves a listen, recorded almost two years before Woodstock. He had a sound so unique, I wonder who his infuences were. He died last July at 52 of a heart attack, Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comfortat Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 A String, I must be ignorant. I did not know Ian ever played the guitar. I always thought he played flute and sang, and had another guy do his guitar work. Forgive me if I'm wrong. peace If you don't wanna be nibbled, don't play with the bunny. God created Eve and me, not Steve and me. - Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A String Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 Originally posted by comfortat: A String, I must be ignorant. I did not know Ian ever played the guitar. I always thought he played flute and sang, and had another guy do his guitar work. Forgive me if I'm wrong. peace Ian did have a guitar player (Mick Abrahams I belive was his name) but he himself is a very accomplished player (Writing a lot of the guitar parts himself). He also plays Flute (Of course), Bouzouki, Mandolin, Harmonica and many other instruments. Here is an old pic of him with his guitar of choice (A Martin) http://www.fredcorp.com/tull/archives/ianstrum.jpg Sorry, can you tell I'm a bit of a fan... Craig Stringnetwork on Facebook String Network Forum My Music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kjart Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 Terje Rypdal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmee Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 tuck andress --_ ______________ _ "Self-awareness is the key to your upheaval from mediocrity." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dak Lander Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 Peter Lewis 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...
Tedster Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 I mentioned Todd Rundgren on the other thread. Although known mainly as a producer and songwriter...he's no slouch with a six string. "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve LeBlanc Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 Originally posted by A String: Originally posted by comfortat: A String, I must be ignorant. I did not know Ian ever played the guitar. I always thought he played flute and sang, and had another guy do his guitar work. Forgive me if I'm wrong. peace Ian did have a guitar player (Mick Abrahams I belive was his name) but he himself is a very accomplished player (Writing a lot of the guitar parts himself). He also plays Flute (Of course), Bouzouki, Mandolin, Harmonica and many other instruments. Here is an old pic of him with his guitar of choice (A Martin) http://www.fredcorp.com/tull/archives/ianstrum.jpg Sorry, can you tell I'm a bit of a fan... yeah but he used a Capo I'm a big Ian Anderson fan, his acoustic guitar playing is somewhat underrated...not a GREAT guitar player but pretty dang good...wrote great songs on it. http://www.youtube.com/notesleb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BooRadley79 Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Elliott Smith... an amazing underrated guitarist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WornNeck Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Hughie Thomasson - Outlaws, Skynyrd Gary Richrath - REO "I've been imitated so well I've heard people copy my mistakes." - Jimi Hendrix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillydor Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Great thread, full of worthwhile information. I'm going to throw in the late great Clarence White because no bloody record shops in Sydney have any of his music apart from the Byrds and I've had to import his Kentucky Colonels recordings, and he doesn't seem to get much of a mention these days. Very important and influential player, was Clarence. Hey, and he co-invented the B-Bender, still being made by Gene Parsons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesape Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Bugs Henderson - ridiculously good Gatemouth Brown - incredible innovator Frank Marino - pushed the boundaries way out Mel Brown - makes intricate licks look easy Pat Travers - frightening chops Chris Duarte - worthy of comparison to SRV Jeff Healey - brilliant with a unique method Lenny Breau - jazz virtuoso alone at his level Never a DUH! moment! Well, almost never. OK, OK! Sometimes never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramer Ferrington III. Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 I agree with an ancient post that mentioned Marc Ribot who, yes, played guitar for Tom Waits but has also put out some amazing Caribbean influenced albums, especially "Marc Ribot Y Los Cubanos Postizos", which is absolutely wonderful. Band MySpace My snazzy t-shirt empire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitar55 Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Richard Thompson!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Ellwood Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 BILL PERRY Mic Ralphs http://www.thestringnetwork.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picker Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 James Honeyman-Scott w/the Pretenders. Very visceral. Al Kooper - not only a pretty good organist, but actually a pretty fabulous guitarist too. Don Felder - I couldn't believe it when I heard he'd been fired by the Eagles. Ron Conkin - you probably never heard of him, but he's been on the road forever with everyone from Jewel Aiken to the Jimmy Van Zant Band. He's the best guitarist I know personally. Jon Flynn - local dude. His tone is a little bright and edgy for me, but his playing is sinless perfection. Jimmy Spheeris - Weird San Francisco folkie dude, but a pretty great acoustic guitarist. Me. I like what I do sometimes... Always remember that you are unique. Just like everyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramer Ferrington III. Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Well, I went to see STEVE VAI recently, and HE was half joking half complaining about not being on MtV. He's right too. I haven't seen a guitarist's video on priem time MtV in God knows how long. So, in a way ALL guitarists are unsung. Band MySpace My snazzy t-shirt empire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myles_rose Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Gary Hooker - with Brad Paisley Erik Halbig and Casey Pollock with Sara Evans. Myles S. Rose www.guitaramplifierblueprinting.com www.la-economy.blogspot.com www.facebook.com/mylesr www.twitter.com/myles111us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbue Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Scott Henderson of Tribal Tech Mix of Rock, Metal & Heavy Fusion http://www.visualcliff.net My new band...Melodic Hard Rock http://www.fallofechoes.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaeton Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Didn't have a chance to roll through 6 pages, but: 1) Martin Barr (Jethro Tull) Seriously. What a badass. 2) Mick Box (Uriah Heep) 3) Rick Miller (S.C.O.T.S.) 4) Dave Mustaine - everyone harps on him for being an asscrack and does the whole "metal is dead, blah" stuff, but the d00d has MAD friggin' chops- you can't deny it. And it's not all aggression- he's got some tender moments in a lot of those solos. It's not complexity and speed for complexity and speed's sake- he's a great songwriter as well. 5) James Hetfield - Everyone knows about his rhythm work, but IMHO he's also 10x the soloist that Kirk Hammet is. 6) Scott Ian - also a great soloist, but typically sticks to rhythm. He's very tight and very articulate, and he gets +100 points for being 100% true to self all the time- no bullshit, ever. 7) Toni Iommi - He gets some press (mostly bad) but with two and two half fingers he blows away most people I've ever met. Plus he was the only guy doing what he was doing at the time. 8) Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac) - The guy plays solos that make me weep with empathy. Weep i say, weep... Danny Kirwin is no slouch either, but early FM albums are a rollercoaster of emotions. It's too bad that he poisoned his mind the way he did... 9) And on that token, let's talk about Syd Barrett.... A great guitarist and songwriter in his own right. Few people were playing guitar like he did in the sixties, but lots of folks followed suit afterwards. Another great mind lost. Listening to some of his later works are saddening- makes him sound very lonely and depressed. A far cry from See Emily Play, The Gnome, Chapter 24, and Flaming... Dr. Seuss: The Original White Rapper . WWND? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tone Taster Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Originally posted by AlChuck: I highly recommend Wayne Krantz's Two Drink Mimimum, with afore-mentioned "Whippersnapper." So far 2 have recommended listening to Wayne Krantz 's Whippersnapper at http://waynekrantz.com/index_new.html The other 2 cuts are Track 3 & One of 2 Aside from having sick chops, the first impression that I got about Wayne Krantz was IMAGINATION Some of the most imaginative playing & composing I've yet to hear He covers alot of ground either solo or with a trio Another Cat who I believe is overlooked is Jimmy Herring He can switch gears from playing straight up Burning Blues/Southern Rock To playing Coltrane-like outside stuff without sounding like a Guitar School Geek practicing his scales and arpeggios while the band is playing Definitely one of the sickest cats out there, no doubt Chris Poland is pretty ill too. Definitely an imaginative player licking pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Flea Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Nathan Larson from Shudder To Think. Totally 'out' playing in a rock context. Amazing. Sorry I'm late. I had to tame a wild honeymoon stallion for ya'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Iverson Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 Dave Tronzo is a great slide player in a jazz vein. Wolfgang Muthspiel and Clint Strong are also excellent jazzers. The people who played with Capt. Beefheart back in the day are very under-rated, at least in terms of being creative. For classical guitar, check out Hubert Kappel. His version of the Bach Partita #6 is still the best Bach guitar I ever heard, and I've heard a lot of fine players! Chris Proctor is still my favorite fingerstyle guy. Fine player but GREAT guitar composer! Otis Rush is not "unsung" exactly, but young bluesers who haven't heard him owe it to themselves to do so! And finally: check out the guitar playing on Marty Stuart's "Soul Chapel" CD - it's wonderful how the two guitar parts intertwine. There's more to music than flashy virtuosity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Sadites Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 Kevin Breit - The Sisters Euclid, Toronto, Ontario www.sadites.com/music.htm www.sadites.com/GP%20Forum%20Special.htm Jason Sadites www.sadites.com New CD 'WEVE' available now! Featuring performances by: Tony Levin, Kenny Aronoff, Marco Minnemann, Brett Garsed, Gregg and Matt Bissonette, Chad Wackerman and more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedro Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 Glenn Tilbrook. His massive songwriting chops overshadow his abilities on the guitar, but he is a very tasteful and smart player. Everybody knows rock attained perfection in 1974. It's a scientific fact. - Homer Simpson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basshappi Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 Steve Bartek - Oingo Boingo In fact all the members of this band are incredible musicians. Danny Elfman's personality/presence simply over-shadowed them. Nothing is as it seems but everything is exactly what it is - B. Banzai Life is what happens while you are busy playing in bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabberwocky Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 Was interested to see the little fracas about Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull...good guitarist, superb flautist, brilliant vocalist with a totally unique style. Have seen Tull live at least 10 times. I am also delighted that someone metioned the guitarist in the band, Martin Barre. The guy is blues based but his riffs are awesome, and he is VERY underrated. Probably because he has been a one man one band artist.....Tull. Great thread tho. Gives pointers to some true unsung greats. Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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