Who's Your Favorite Guitarist

of All-Time

Published on October 8, 2005 By uDigItTheMost In Entertainment

I'm asking who's your favorite. Your favorites who are still living, and your favorites who are no longer living. They don't have to be who you think is the greatest, just ones you like for whatever reason. The only thing I ask is to keep each question to 3 answers or less. I know that's asking alot considering how many fantastic players there really are all there. I had trouble sticking with my own request but I narrowed it down.

My 3 favorite guitarists that are no longer with us is:

STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN - His first album is still my favorite from him. I absolutely love the song "Texas Flood" from it. I was very fortunate to see him in concert 7 times.

JIMI HENDRIX - When I was young my father bought me a stereo from a garage sale. It had an 8-track player, my uncle gave me my first 8-track, "Smash Hits" from Jimi. I been a fan ever since.

KURT COBAIN - Singer, songwriter and guitarist from Nirvana. As great as "Nevermind" was, I was blown away by "Unplugged in New York". From beginning to end it's perfection.

My 3 favorite living guitarists are:

BUDDY GUY - I'm embarrassed to say I used to think he didn't match up with Robert Johnson, B.B. King or Muddy Waters. One day on the way to a blues festival, I heard "A Man and the Blues", then I seen him performed, made me realize how dumb I been. Possibly the greatest living guitarist.

TOM MORELLO - The guitarist for one of my favorite bands of all-time, Rage Against the Machine. Unfortunately the group broke up. If you never heard them, get their self-titled debut album or "The Battle of Los Angeles". Very good live. He nows plays in the group Audioslave.

JACK WHITE - Guitarist, singer and songwriter from the group The White Stripes. A friend of mine gave me a bootleg tape of him doing a Son House song, which made me buy their album "White Blood Cells". I rank it every good as Nirvana's Unplugged in New York. Another one who's great live, if you have the chance to see him perform, go. Very underrated guitarist.

Okay that just made me think of another question - Who's the most overrated guitarist?

My choice ( and I might get some flack for this) is:

TED NUGENT - Some friends I grew up with think he's in the top ten. I never been a fan of his. He doesn't suck. I always like his song "Strangehold", and if I heard it just one time a year "Cat Scratch Fever" wouldn't be bad either. Tell me your choices.

Comments (Page 5)

uDigItTheMost

on Oct 12, 2005

--#51 by kingbee
Tuesday, October 11, 2005--

nice story. Too bad you didn't have his performance recorded.

--'hey man,' he said. 'i don't really play guitar. i play piano. keyboard is my instrument.'--

I told my mother when I was young I wanted to learn how to play the piano cause if I did, it would be easier to pick up other instruments. I never did learn.

--richards does berry better than berry. none of those three (chuck, keith and steve)really needs/needed a 2nd guitar on stage cuz they were/are that good.--

Ever see "Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll"? Chuck is really hard on Keith. Excellent movie.

--one of my current fav tunes is cooder's 'across the borderline' with freddy fender doin the vocal (altho i have 6 other versions as well). cooder co-wrote it with john hyatt and jim dickinson for the film, 'the border'--

John Hiatt is somewhat underrated, too.

--the first four stones us album releases ('england's newst hitmakers', '12 x 5', 'outta our heads' and 'rolling stones now') are fulla really great stuff. still amazes me they were at all familiar things like 'down the road apiece'...much less able to do it so well. while richards continued to do some pretty cool stuff, to me those four are real treasure--

I loved their early bluesy sound.

--boz scaggs. if you've ever heard 'lend me a dime' you know why--

I know who he is but I don't think I ever heard the song. Unless I heard it but never knew it was Boz Skaggs.

uDigItTheMost

on Oct 12, 2005

--I've played guitar now for over 30 years. I've had many favorite players in that time, but only a few have stayed my favorites. I realize now that not only are they my favorites, but also my biggest influences in my own style. Here is my list, a mixture of living and deceased artists,--

Excellent choices. I never really was fan of Randy Bachman though.

--starting with whom I believe is by far the greatest player ever:
Lenny Breau--

I only have one of his works, "Live at Bourbon St.", and it's not even on vinyl or a CD. But it still sounds good as hell.

--Chet Atkins--

I'm surprised he didn't get mentioned sooner.

uDigItTheMost

on Oct 12, 2005

--Most of my favorites are already mentioned, but I'm surprised that no one mentioned Duane Allman, Jimmy Page or Pete Townshend--

Not enough people know about Duane Allman.

Other I thought might be mentioned are David Gilmour, Robert Fripp or Tony Iommi. Or another some people I know really like, Yngwie Malmsteen.

SanChonino

on Aug 29, 2006

Okay . . . favorite guitarists . . . (most of which weren't mentioned by anyone here, it's a cryin' shame)

Alex Lifeson
Steven Wilson
Jim Matheos
Arjen Lucassen
Lori Lindstruth
Adrian Smith
Mikael Akerfeldt
Daniel Gildenlow
John Petrucci

That's my list, and it could still continue . . . there are some great underground guitarists out there . . .

ntisafron

on Aug 29, 2006

My favourite living guitarists are

1) Jason Newstead
2) Wes Borland
3) James Hartfeild

Fave dead ones

Kurt Cobain

Most overrated guitarist is Slash,I just for some reason dont like him at all

uDigItTheMost

on Aug 29, 2006

San Chonino:

---Alex Lifeson
Steven Wilson
Jim Matheos
Arjen Lucassen
Lori Lindstruth
Adrian Smith
Mikael Akerfeldt
Daniel Gildenlow
John Petrucci---

I have nothing against any of your picks. I love Alex Lifeson's early work. I also like Adrian Smith, Mikael Akerfeldt and John Petrucci. They just aren't my favorites.

---That's my list, and it could still continue . . . there are some great underground guitarists out there . . . ---

You ain't lying, so much talent out there. And I wish I was one of them.

uDigItTheMost

on Aug 29, 2006

ntisafron:

---My favourite living guitarists are
1) Jason Newstead
2) Wes Borland
3) James Hartfeild----

Hmmm a Metallica fan?

If Wes Borland would've kicked Fred Durst's ass he would've made my favorite list.

---Most overrated guitarist is Slash,I just for some reason dont like him at all---

I know what you mean. BTW ... Is Velvet Revolver still together?

ntisafron

on Sep 01, 2006

Hmmm a Metallica fan?

Yes,yes,yes-----I wanted to write Kirk Hammit too but then it wd've been all metallica.

If Wes Borland would've kicked Fred Durst's ass he would've made my favorite list.

I love WES,but I think Fred's good too.I wish hey hadnt finished off with the band.Limp Bizkit was Kind of crazy different band.I liked it alott.

I know what you mean. BTW ... Is Velvet Revolver still together?

I think so,ya.THough I didnt get to hear much of them lately.

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