--I like Phil Keaggy.--

The first I heard of Phil Keaggy was in a urban legend. According to legend, during a Tonight Show appearance, when asked who was the greatest guitarist ever Jimi Hendrix responded it was Phil Keaggy. It trurns out the rumor was false.

Though during The Dick Cavett Show, Jimi did praise a pre-ZZ Top Billy Gibbons, then an unknown guitarist with a group named Moving Sidewalks.

--And my Uncle Chris Jammin' with him is so fun, because no matter what *I* play on keyboards, he makes it all sound good--

But could he make my singing sound good?
btw .. I think he's good because of his name and I won't tell you my name.

Favorite?

Me, and I'm not even that good. But I sure do like me. In fact, I'm so not good at guitar that I switched to bass. I can play anything else, but I can't bar chord for crap either. B.B. King rocks. (although I do agree, I like John Lee Hooker better.) Screw you, Iconoclast.

Real guitarists? A guy you've never heard of by the name of Jim Simmons. He never made it big, but he was one of the most amazing players I ever heard. I also like a guy named Jody Evans who used to be a friend of mine. Nothing fancy, but I like his sound.

dead:

robert johnson
'magic' sam maghett
roy buchannan
reverend gary davis
mississipi john hurt
wes montgomery
les paul
george harrison
guitar slim
sam 'lightnin' hopkins
pete glover's friend

living:

buddy
bb king (who doesn't need to bar chords)
taj mahal
steve cropper
mick taylor
richards
larry carsman
stuart smith

other guitars:

david lindley
ry cooder

maybe dead or not...i'm unsure:

jeremy spenser

clapton coulda never recorded anything but the first bluesbreakers' album and it woulda been enuff to establish his greatness. everything else is a bonus.

dammit it's too damn difficult to do this. even trying to limit myself to blues artists (too difficult as well), i have too many favorites.

add jimmy vaughn to my list.

People forget that Blues and Rock N Roll were basically invented for those who aren't "great" at an instrument. As with everything else, Rock N Roll has progressed in many different directions with musicians taking it in as many directions as they feel the urge.

Metal, Punk and Grunge each served the purpose of bringing Rock & Roll back to that concept for the generations in which they were "invented".

Metal was the late 60's answer to "glam" rock; Punk was the 70s answer to Progressive Rock, and Grunge reminded us that guitars were not just for "hair bands".

It's interesting to me that the "hair bands" took the glam of "glam rock" and made it their own... "New Wave" introduced "progress" to the punk scene and what we call "alternative" today is a progressive twist to grunge.

So, not that I don't have a soft spot in my musical heart for Prog Rock, and I still listen to The Ramones, and really liked Nirvana... I wonder what will happen next to remind us that Rock N Roll isn't highly technical notes, scales and chords in a melodic manipulation of sound and silence... it's merely fun music that anyone can play. ;~D

Steve Vai was with Frank Zappa for awhile.

Damn. I don't know how I could have forgotten Ritchie Blackmore. Deep Purple was my favorite band for about 30 years.

Nothing wrong with being a bass player. Them and the drummers are a big part of the band. And definitely nothing wrong in his taste in music, either. I bet you were a proud papa listening.

Does it show?

I agree, Ted's the most overrated. But he's only overrated because he's louder'n everyone else....lol

--Most people do not even know stevie vai I am suprised you do.-- Is he still around? Is he playing with anyone? Touring solo or with a group? He's too talented to have stopped.

do not know where he is last time I saw him anywhere he was the devils Haircutter in "CROSSROADS" the movie with ralph Macchio. {sp?}

he is on tour right now with a band called the breed. but the fucker is only doing europe. waaaaaaaaa!!!!!

Señor Jorge Orozco

and some others...classical or Spanish guitarists, I've felt have always been cut differently from blues guitarists.

--Me, and I'm not even that good. But I sure do like me. In fact, I'm so not good at guitar that I switched to bass. I can play anything else, but I can't bar chord for crap either. B.B. King rocks. (although I do agree, I like John Lee Hooker better.--

At the bar, where I play poker tournaments at, has one of those internet jukeboxes and every week I play a lot of blues. I heard one guy say to another guy,"Who is this?" when John Lee Hooker's Boom Boom was on. Last week when I was there again the same guy who asked the question played it.

--Real guitarists? A guy you've never heard of by the name of Jim Simmons. He never made it big, but he was one of the most amazing players I ever heard. I also like a guy named Jody Evans who used to be a friend of mine. Nothing fancy, but I like his sound.--

I wonder how many "Jim Simmons" are out there. A older brother of a friend used to tell us about some incredible player who according to him "would blow away Eddie Van Halen".

---robert johnson
'magic' sam maghett
roy buchannan
reverend gary davis
mississipi john hurt
wes montgomery
les paul
george harrison
guitar slim
sam 'lightnin' hopkins
pete glover's friend---

I see you DO like blues guitarist. Roy Buchannan is another underrated guitarists. I only have one from Wes Montgomery,"The Incredible Jazz Guitar" one. Who's Pete Glover's friend?

--buddy
bb king (who doesn't need to bar chords)
taj mahal
steve cropper
mick taylor
richards
larry carsman
stuart smith--

Reminds me of how two of my friends used to argue constantly over which player was better. And one of their fights was over who was a better rhythm guitarists - Steve Cropper or Keith Richards.

--other guitars:

david lindley
ry cooder--

Even Ry Cooder's soundtrack work is good.

--clapton coulda never recorded anything but the first bluesbreakers' album and it woulda been enuff to establish his greatness. everything else is a bonus.--

It's how I feel about Stevie's first one.

--add jimmy vaughn to my list.--

Is he playing with Double Trouble?

--#35 by ParaTed2k
Sunday, October 09, 2005 --

Your whole post deserves an insightful, Ted.

--People forget that Blues and Rock N Roll were basically invented for those who aren't "great" at an instrument.--

It's the same reason I sing rock and roll.

--Damn. I don't know how I could have forgotten Ritchie Blackmore. Deep Purple was my favorite band for about 30 years.--

Every time I hear about Ritchie Blackmore, the first thing that pops in my head is how much Eddie Van Halen would bad mouth him. Anybody out there know why?