Whose The Best Guitar Player Ever?

[Schumi]

Chuck Berry plays a show in St. Louis every week, either at Blueberry Hill or another venue. Every week pretty much. The guy is 83. Small venues, and they sell out every week.

[Looking_for_911]

Originally Posted by Schumi

Chuck Berry plays a show in St. Louis every week, either at Blueberry Hill or another venue. Every week pretty much. The guy is 83. Small venues, and they sell out every week.

He's still amazing.

You Be so lucky to be in St. Louie!

[Vonzipper]

I'll let this stand on it's own

[Wilywilly]

Only went through the first page or two and can't believe that no one mentioned Roy Buchannon I guess it's all on the genre. I'm sure the four fiingered Diego Rheinhart (sp)was listed somewhere in here too. Will look at the each page when I have some down time. If not mentioned you don't guitar players.
Bill

[pete3799]

Anybody mention Doc Whttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdUrg2Cqxdwatson yet?
Woops. How do i Get that to play on here?
This computer stuff baffles me.

[esample]

Originally Posted by Wilywilly

Only went through the first page or two and can't believe that no one mentioned Roy Buchannon I guess it's all on the genre. I'm sure the four fiingered Diego Rheinhart (sp)was listed somewhere in here too. Will look at the each page when I have some down time. If not mentioned you don't guitar players.
Bill

Django Rheinhart But you're right, he has to be mentioned in any discussion of great guitarists. He only had the use of two fingers on his left hand and completely reinvented chord fingerings for himself. A must listen for any guitar player!

Tele players will swear by Roy Buchanan and Danny Gatton. There are LOTS of guitarists that could be on this list but haven't been mentioned yet. Depends on who/what you like.

Cheers

-e.

[adrian jaye]

2 spring to mind

Jimi & Chuck

[adrian jaye]

big up !

Originally Posted by Schumi

Chuck Berry plays a show in St. Louis every week, either at Blueberry Hill or another venue. Every week pretty much. The guy is 83. Small venues, and they sell out every week.

[Schumi]

I don't know if I mentioned this somewhere else in this thread or not yet-

I used to play Jazz, played drums... one time Larry Coryell came to town.. Larry was one third of the great trio that was John Mclaughlin, Paco de Lucia, and himself. The man has played with everyone under the sun.

I ended up playing a few sets with him... it was was just amazing... the feel that you would get when the rhythm guys are just locked up... comping over his solos was so much fun. He'd throw a rhythm out there and I'd throw it back, and it was like everyone just knew what it was all going to sound like before it was played. That kinda talent just spreads to people when they play together.

[Maffett]

I vote for Jerry Garcia (and he only had nine fingers)
Peter Frampton is also a favorite
Duane Allman

[356RS]

Frank Zappa..........

[Wilywilly]

Sorry, still have to say Roy Buchannon. I cried when I read that he killed himself by hanging himself in a jail sell in Virginia after being busted for public intoxication in 1988. I was 43 then. Get a copy of the "Livestock" albumn you won't regret it.



YouTube - Roy Buchanan - Blues Shuffle (Instrumental)

YouTube - Roy Buchanan - Can I Change My Mind

Bill

[paulgtr]

buddy guy

[Wilywilly]

Buddy was and still is great. Back in the 60's he played with Muddy Waters along with another of my favorites Elvin Bishop best known for "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" but I liked him best when he was with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and then later on his own with "Traveling Shoes" which had one of the best verses (excepting Randy Neumann).............."These hard headed women dont' hear a word I said, gonna get me a baseball bat and standarize their head"..............the Video of Fooled Around is a good one:

youtube elvin bishop - Google Videos

youtube elvin bishop - Google Videos

[esample]

Hey Willy

With all the guys you've cited, you must dig Michael Bloomfield..?

Regards

-e.

[Don Ro]

+1 Michael Bloomfield
.
Hon. mention: Leo Kottke, John Fahey, & Miss. John Hurt.
My three favs.

[cwiert]

this guy has totally not gotten enough respect in this thread. He's my favorite:

[Wilywilly]

Bloomfield was great and if he had lived beyond 1971 I'm sure would have been near the top of the list. Most folks think you have to be black to really play the Blues but there were a lot of white blues guitarists who IMHO could really rock the house dowm. Quite a few have already been mentioned - Clapton, Hendrix, Page, etc and a few who haven't. I particulary like the British Blues Bands from the 60's. I had the good fortune of living in Europe from age 17 - 20 and saw many great bands at clubs in Frankfort, Munich, Heidelberg, Amsterdamn and London (I was an AirForce Brat) as well as going to LeMans 3 times and hitchiking to most of the Gran Prix cicuits in the summer and ski bumming during the winter. One of my favorite bands back then was Chicken Shack - doubt many know what band it spawned and who the lead singer was. Unffortunately my great lifestyle ended in 66 when I was selected to serve by the Selective Service Administration.

YouTube - Christine Perfect with her Chicken Shack -Mean Old World

[Burkie61]

If you are not one of the 65 million that have already watched this piece on Youtube...take a look....he's good for an amateur sitting in his bedroom playing a"classical" piece...


YouTube - guitar

[nostatic]

Originally Posted by Wilywilly

Bloomfield was great and if he had lived beyond 1971 I'm sure would have been near the top of the list.

Not sure if you mean his playing died in '71, because he actually OD's in 1981. I saw him at a small hall in San Diego in 1980. He was kind of a shell of his former self, but he could still play. I still have some Bloomfield/Kooper albums on vinyl in the garage.