Favorite Guitarists
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my favorite guitarist? hmmmm
blues - Albert King, Albert Collins, Danny Gatton, Peter Green
funk - Jesse Johnson, Glenn Goins, Nile Rogers, Jimmy Nolan, Jamie West Oram
fusion - Tony MacAlpine, Jeff Beck
metal - Chris DeGarmo
prog rock - Ian Crichton, Alex Lifeson
jazz - Larry Carlton, Alan Holdsworth
rock - David Gilmour, Angus Young, Jake E. Lee, Randy Rhoads, Andy Scott
rock (rhythm) - Jeff Lynne
favorite Stick player: Steve Adelson, Nick Beggs
btw, my personal favorite bass player - and my biggest influence - is Louis Johnson
blues - Albert King, Albert Collins, Danny Gatton, Peter Green
funk - Jesse Johnson, Glenn Goins, Nile Rogers, Jimmy Nolan, Jamie West Oram
fusion - Tony MacAlpine, Jeff Beck
metal - Chris DeGarmo
prog rock - Ian Crichton, Alex Lifeson
jazz - Larry Carlton, Alan Holdsworth
rock - David Gilmour, Angus Young, Jake E. Lee, Randy Rhoads, Andy Scott
rock (rhythm) - Jeff Lynne
favorite Stick player: Steve Adelson, Nick Beggs
btw, my personal favorite bass player - and my biggest influence - is Louis Johnson
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Favorite electric bass...
Jack Bruce
Brian Wilson
Paul McCartney
Rick Danko (The Band)
Sting
Glenn Cornick (Jethro Tull)
Jack Casady (Jefferson Airplane)
John Paul Jones
Jimmy Cobb (Starbuck)
Jack Bruce
Brian Wilson
Paul McCartney
Rick Danko (The Band)
Sting
Glenn Cornick (Jethro Tull)
Jack Casady (Jefferson Airplane)
John Paul Jones
Jimmy Cobb (Starbuck)
Im more influenced by jazz and funk players:
Louis Johnson,
Marcus Miller,
Ray Ransom (Brick),
Aaron Mills (Cameo),
John Taylor (Duran Duran)
Nick Beggs (Kajagoogoo)
Johnny B. Gayden,
Dave LaRue, etc,
but thats a great list of rock players up there. I thought the Jimmy Cobb mention was interesting, because one of their keyboard players - Sloan Hayes - is actually a personal favorite keyboard player of mine.
For rock, a lot of guys I like are in your list but Id have to add
Geddy Lee (Rush)
Chris Squire (Yes)
George Mcardle (Little River Band)
Mike Mills (REM)
Kelly Groucutt (ELO)
John Deacon (Queen)
If you like funk and jazz and awesomeness, check out a band called Kung Fu. Their guitar player is ridiculously good. They are an awesome band.
I have to add the word Motown, since I don't know the various names of the studio bass players who made me love pop music in the first place, one of whom was a white lady. Anybody know her name? I can't recall.
The two most famous Motown bass players were James Jamerson and Bob Babbitt, and both were phenomenal....there are a bunch of basslines that I thought were Jamerson, like "Signed Sealed Delivered", that were Babbitt
The lady you refer to is Carol Kaye, and she has done some incredible basswork as well. I love the stuff she did with The Monkees, with "Im a Believer" one of my favorite Carol Kaye basslines...Here is a link to just a sampling of her discography:
The Official Carol Kaye Web Site
Tom Petty
Keth Richards
Slash
Rory Gallagher
Mark Knopfler
Keth Richards
Slash
Rory Gallagher
Mark Knopfler
hmm, I like this question! Without a doubt...
1. Eric Clapton
2. Eric Clapton
3. Eric Clapton
4. Eric Clapton
and 5....hmm let me think
Eric Clapton!
1. Eric Clapton
2. Eric Clapton
3. Eric Clapton
4. Eric Clapton
and 5....hmm let me think
Eric Clapton!
Wax on wax off- gotta be Ralph maccionne...AKA karate Kid AKA...guitar god! even steve Via cant keep up with him
seriously,
1. Stuart Adamson - he of the Skids, Big country-
1. Stuart Adamson - he of the Skids, Big country-
forgot - hammett - Metallica.(had to look his name up !) no more from me- ive hogged enough screen time.
What do Kirk Hammett (Metallica), Steve Vai (solo, Frank Zappa, DLR Band), Larry Lalonde (Primus) and Alex Skolnick (Testament) have in common??
They all had Joe Satriani as a teacher at one point or another!
All hail Satch \w/
Have seen him many times over the years, First (and best) time was the Flying in a Blue Dream tour in 1990. Satch on guitar, Stu Hamm on bass (an awesome player, look him up) and Jonathan Mover (Alice Cooper and too many other bands to list. Bonus points for Mover for being from my home state of MA!) on drums. Orpheum theater in Boston, MA. This show is easily in my top 5 and I've been to many shows over the last 28 years. These guys were just sick musically. Literally had chunks of plaster falling from the ceiling, they rocked so hard.
They all had Joe Satriani as a teacher at one point or another!
All hail Satch \w/
Have seen him many times over the years, First (and best) time was the Flying in a Blue Dream tour in 1990. Satch on guitar, Stu Hamm on bass (an awesome player, look him up) and Jonathan Mover (Alice Cooper and too many other bands to list. Bonus points for Mover for being from my home state of MA!) on drums. Orpheum theater in Boston, MA. This show is easily in my top 5 and I've been to many shows over the last 28 years. These guys were just sick musically. Literally had chunks of plaster falling from the ceiling, they rocked so hard.
Wax on wax off- gotta be Ralph maccionne...AKA karate Kid AKA...guitar god! even steve Via cant keep up with him
Ry Cooder played many of Macchio's parts in that movie. The guy is a monster player.
Michael J. Fox actually was a pretty decent player. He played a lot of his own parts in this movie as well as in The Light of Day. Unfortunately, Parkinson's Disease put an end to his playing