OT: Great Forgotten Rock Guitarists
It's hot. It's (almost) summer. Not much going on in the "on topic" world so...
Was savoring some Elmer T. Lee with my bourbon drinking buddy and we started talking forgotten rock guitarists. My selection was the late, great and very much forgotten Toy Caldwell. Played with Marshall Tucker in the 70's. Check out his work on the song "Ramblin."
And your selection is?
One of the original Animals. So many others though.
House of the Rising Sun was GREAT!
ray vaughn.
I'm going to go with Jimi Hendrix.
Delaney Bramlett
Personally, the first time I ever heard of Lukather was from listening to another great, underappreciated guitarist, Nigel Tufnel. He was giving an interview on the radio and provided his own list of the guitar greats - Beck, Satriani, and Lukather.
BTW, Lukather contributed to "Break Like the Wind."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Break_Like_the_Wind
Lmao, I think he contributed on everyones album from about '85-'94
When Lukather's body of work is evaluated in toto, I think he'll be well thought of by his peers.
I immediately thought of Lukather too.
wait, I can't remember his name...
Ronnie Montrose: Montrose I is still IMO the greatest hard rock album from start to finish every recorded. And "Rock Candy" is the best needs to be played REALLY loud song (amazing drum intro) ever.
Rick Derringer: "Rock and Roll Hootchie Coo". Need I say more?
Manny Charlton: Nazareth. The song "Hair of the Dog" (usually misnamed as "now you're messing with a son-of-a-bitch") is another great party anthem.
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It helps that the album had Sammy Hagar singing. I still love me some mean motor scooter!
The track Mwandishi, which has a crazy 15/8 time signature. Montrose played the guitar, while David Rubinson (legendary Bay Area producer now retired in the south of France) handled the wah-wah pedal to fit the 15/8 time. True story.
When Ronnie Montrose died I was a senior in undergrad. I explaimed to the small class I was in at the time that he died and I was sad, and naturally nobody knew who the hell I was talking about.
Hell yeah. Class of 2008.
Gamma 1&2 albums very good!
Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd. Marquee Moon is one of the great all-time guitar albums.
Also, Robert Quine's work is oft-overlooked. Just listened to Lou Reed's The Blue Mask on the way to work, and it was amazing.
And, to tie it together, check out Matthew Sweet's Girlfriend, one of the great guitar-pop albums of all time. The line-up of Sweet, Quine, and Lloyd was just fantastic.
Thank you, thank you, a thousand times thank you. The guitar solo on "Waves of Fear" perfectly captures the spirit of the song and is as inventive as it is unconventional - truly a spirited, artful guitarist. All of the (albeit limited) Richard Hell catalog wth Quine is incredible, as are most all of his other collaborations.
Religious reader of MGoBlog, almost never post but felt compelled to do so when I saw this - Tom Waits recognized how talented Quine was, yet somehow he has slipped through the cracks as far as known, influential guitarists go.
Seconded. Verlaine and Lloyd were brilliant on "Marquee Moon" and Sweet's "Girlfriend" is amazing as well.
Dickie Betts - he didn't get the credit he deserved for keeping the Allman Brothers going.
He's not forgotten but do yourself a favor and go check out some clips on the YouTubes of Johnny Marr. That man could hear leads in simple chord structures that are just incredible.
Fun possibly apocryphal fact: I once heard that the Smiths would lay down the basic tracks and then Marr would crank up the volume to 11 and then play leads off of the overtones. That's why the notes simultaneously don't seem to be "there" and why they work perfectly when overdubbed.
I mean:
Brad Whitford. I know, how can a guy be "forgotten" when he's in one of the biggest American bands of all time? He was constantly overshadowed by Joe Perry, and did his blue-collar work on the rhythm. But MAAAAAAAAN, that guy can rip it when given a chance!
Although I would put Malcolm Young of ACDC just above him.
Alex Lifeson always gets overlooked when it comes to amazing guitar players
Totally agree! Think he's overlooked mostly because the other two in the holy trinity are so highly regarded in their own rights.
LOVE me some Rush. Greatest band of all time (in my mind, which is obviously totally subjective, I know...).
1. Led Zeppelin
2. Rush
Led Zep was actually my number 1 for a long time until about a year or two ago. Just something about Rush's longevity and variety of styles made me change my mind.
For 3 guys to do what they do and soud that good live, it's hard to argue against RUSH being the greatest. Their longevity is hard to match by anybody so appearently they are doing something right ;) !
Lifeson is absolutely one of the greatest ever in the greatest band ever! Alex, Geddy Neil are the consummate professionals. Next to Pink Floyd there is no one better for a live show!
because of Neil on the drums. I agree his riffs in spirit of the radio, working man and free will are excellent.
I think my pants just got tighter...
a long fret board.
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