If it werent for Dickies first " Fender 100 watters" thered be no Eddie van Halen or maybe even Jimi Hendrix.
Surf Rock took a long time to die.
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Sun 31 May, 2015 03:16 pm
Many Englishmen scorn surf music, but thanks to Dick Dale, it set them free when it came to "wall of sound" styles of music. No reflection is made on his estimable Lordyship.
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Lordyaswas
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Sun 31 May, 2015 03:18 pm
Here's Joe Bonamassa at the Royal Albert Hall.
(I was in the fifth row over to his right, and had whistling in my ears for a day or so afterwards).
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Setanta
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Sun 31 May, 2015 03:24 pm
This woman is one of my favorite guitarists and singers.
Here's another one of the coolest women around....
Joan Armour Plating.....
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Lordyaswas
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Sun 31 May, 2015 03:40 pm
Seasick Steve......
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Setanta
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Sun 31 May, 2015 03:41 pm
This joker and his brother Ray were hillbillies from some place called Muswell.
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edgarblythe
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Sun 31 May, 2015 03:46 pm
I find it telling that nobody thought to play Les Paul. In my view, he came up with a great guitar, but I never liked the sounds he made.
In the Fifties, I think it was, he ended a record with the old shave and a haircut, but omitted the two bits. Disc jockeys were steamed because they would be caught waiting for two final licks that never came. So, he recorded two licks and had them sent around to djs.
His sound was, like Wes Montgomery, unique, nd forggettable.
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Sun 31 May, 2015 04:10 pm
Slash, playing the closing theme tune on Top Gear. Good guitarist, him.
My lad first picked up (stole) my guitar after discovering Slash when he was in Guns n Roses. He still has it somewhere, and it's now been strung for a right hander. Bugger.
Metallica.....and one of the nicest geetar ballads around.
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Sun 31 May, 2015 04:33 pm
Because Rory Gallagher's been gone for so long (died in 1995 at age 47), his memory gets lost in the haze; however, while he was with us, he was one of the most amazing performers of his time:
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Lordyaswas
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Sun 31 May, 2015 04:55 pm
Have we had any Gary Moore yet?
Classic.
Parisienne Walkways.
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Setanta
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Mon 1 Jun, 2015 03:12 am
Although Alan Parsons plays guitar, most of their lead work in the Alan Parsons Project was done by the Scot, Ian Bairnson. He continues to be a respected guitarist, notably, playing for Kate Bush.
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Setanta
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Mon 1 Jun, 2015 03:35 am
Here's another Scot, David Stewart of Eurythmics.
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Setanta
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Mon 1 Jun, 2015 04:48 am
Rtagman's post made me think of Roy Buchanan, another unknown great guitarist. Sometimes called the pioneer of the Telecaster sound, he "electrified" the blues sounds of his Ozark background. (Literally, he was born in Ozark, Arkansas, and his father was a share cropper in Arkansas who moved to California.) He was well known and widely respected in the 60s, but is forgotten today. He died in 1988, age 48.
Both guys Jeff Beck admired and emulated. Roy being one of his major influences.
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Mon 1 Jun, 2015 05:30 am
@Setanta,
Peter Green was the original lead guitarist of Fleetwood Mac, back in the late-'60s when they were strictly a blues group. This is Peter with John Mayall, I believe, when Peter was part of John Mayall's Blue Breakers (or perhaps just afterward). Young Eric Calpton also originated from Mayall's band.
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Setanta
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Mon 1 Jun, 2015 05:38 am
I saw him in 1969. I didn't know who he was, but i knew he was damned good.
