I have friends cousin that is like that... most people don't realize there is a lot more to being a great musician that just playing... you have to give up your privacy and a lot of your free time AND put take a lot of BS from the industry... some VERY talented people just can't/won't put up with it.

imho seeing TE should be a "bucket list" event for anyone who even remotely loves guitar playing, or even music in general. I've seen a lot of great players over the years (both known and unknown) and I don't think I've ever seen such a combination of chops and sheer joy on stage.

Agreed on all points and he has to be one of the happiest performers (of any type) - he was obviously having a ball.

Tom Scholz

I have much respect for Tom. He has a BS and MS from MIT in mechanical engineering, built his own studio (not purchased the gear and put it together, built his own board and much equipment), and recorded the greater part of the first Boston album solo in his basement.

Yes May did, it's the Red thing you see him play 90% of the time.

Sholtz is as much an engineer as he is a musician.

Sometimes more of one than the other depending on his state of mind.

I heard somewhere that Brian May has a PhD in Astrophysics... He interrupted his education for his career with Queen, and completed his Doctorate after Freddy Mercurys death

BRIAN MAY BIOGRAPHY


Found it:

My new favorite is Joe Bonamassa. Check out the DVD of his "Live at the Royal Albert Hall"!
He's unbelievable!

I'm pretty sure i know who the best 11 year old guitar player is ......

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Here's a few that have been mentioned as the greatest playing together, if you like 12 bar blues you gotta like this:

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FYI:

Starz and/or Encore (cable TV) is playing a pretty cool guitar documentary this month called "It might get loud" with Jack White, The Edge, and Jimmy Page. Worth checking out/Tivo-ing. :cool:

Al Di Meola

Santana , second my son Thomas

The best guitar player EVER??

Surely it's this guy... (:D, watch it completely)

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Deserving of consideration ...
 

It is widely quoted that Eric Clapton is on record as stating that Albert Lee is, in his opinion, "the greatest guitarist in the world." Emmylou Harris has stated that Lee is "a brilliant guitar player. His sound is unmistakable—often emulated, never equaled. When Saint Peter asks me to chronicle my time down here on earth, I'll be able to say (with pride if that's allowed) that for a while I played rhythm guitar in a band with Albert Lee."

Albert Lee deserves, at minimum, to be mentioned in the same breath with all the others here and puts most of them on the trailer in my opinion.

well said..

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I'd never heard of him before, but I'm not much of a country bumkin. He's pretty darned goo tho ................

There's just sumthin about a pencil-neck pasty faced brit trying to be a redneck that seems weird.

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LOL, never thot I'd be embedding foggy mountain, but check out the talent in this group:

Earl Scruggs, banjo - Glen Duncan, fiddle - Randy Scruggs, acoustic guitar - Steve Martin, 2nd banjo solo - Vince Gill, 1st electric guitar solo - Marty Stuart, mandolin - Gary Scruggs, harmonica - Albert Lee, 2nd electric guitar solo - Paul Shaffer, piano - Jerry Douglas, dobro - Leon Russell, organ - Glenn Worf, bass - Harry Stinson, drums

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Has anyone mentioned Michael Bloomfield yet?