Here's an underrated fella: Lindsey Buckingham. If you have heard him do any picking and such, you'd know what i mean...his work on the FM singles was nothing spectacular...but his work on the late 90's and since AND his live stuff... none too shabby. Don't take my word for it....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdXbiB354us
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Not only is he amazing, but his work with the Dixie Dregs: truly amazing! 
Morse I can take or leave. He was OK with the Dixie Dregs, but I thought his work with Kansas and Deep Purple was pretty weak.
Buckingham's a complete a$$, but a great player when he's not completely coked-out.
Buckingham's a complete a$$, but a great player when he's not completely coked-out.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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To be fair, I havn't listened to any of his stuff in years, but it just didn't move me.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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danlo wrote:I don't think you've listened to enough Dregs...Ever heard Cruise Control? frigging amazing song. No I was, primarily talking about Dregs and solo stuff...
ah...danlo and i simpatico again. LOVE Cruise Control AND Night of the Living Dregs!!
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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Alvin Lee RULES!!!!!!!
10 Years After, Live at Woodstock, I'm Goin' Home
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..ahh Pat Travers and George Thoroughgood would be nowhere without this guy...
fall far and well Pilots!
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Spring 2011 Listmania - Top 3 Guitar Gods
Now I'm sure that this one's been done to death many times, but as it seems to be season of the list, it's guitar god time - top 3 and second 5. Honourable mentions, plus a couple that you're excluding and why, if you wish. Here goes nothing...
The Holy Triumvirate
Dave Gilmour
Ritchie Blackmore
Jimmy Page
The Lesser Pantheon
Jimi Hendrix
Carlos Santana
Steve Vai
Billy Gibbons
Gary Moore
Honourable Demigods
Angus Young
Eddie Van Halen
David Knopfler
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Ry Cooder
JJ Cale
John Lee Hooker
Bo Diddley
Johnny Winter
Not Worthy
Slash - Massively overrated.
Yngwie Malmsteen - Flawless skills but all technique and no soul.
Eric Clapton - JJ Cale's far better.
The Holy Triumvirate
Dave Gilmour
Ritchie Blackmore
Jimmy Page
The Lesser Pantheon
Jimi Hendrix
Carlos Santana
Steve Vai
Billy Gibbons
Gary Moore
Honourable Demigods
Angus Young
Eddie Van Halen
David Knopfler
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Ry Cooder
JJ Cale
John Lee Hooker
Bo Diddley
Johnny Winter
Not Worthy
Slash - Massively overrated.
Yngwie Malmsteen - Flawless skills but all technique and no soul.
Eric Clapton - JJ Cale's far better.
Newsflash: the word "irony" doesn't mean "a bit like iron" 
Shockingly, some people have claimed that I'm egocentric... but hey, enough about them
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I occasionally post things here because I am invariably correct on all matters, a thing which is educational for others less fortunate.
Shockingly, some people have claimed that I'm egocentric... but hey, enough about them
"If you strike me down, I shall become far stronger than you can possibly imagine."
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I occasionally post things here because I am invariably correct on all matters, a thing which is educational for others less fortunate.
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Hmmm...
I'd have to move Eddie V.H. into the top group...but I don't want to lose any of them guys...so it would have to be a tetrad.
And I'd switch Carlos' and Stevie Ray's groups.
And, even though it's a bit off-style/fame level for your list, I can't stand any guitar lists that don't have Allan Holdsworth on them.
[At least in the lesser pantheon section...but probably at the top, making it a quintet.]
The rest of it, I can live with.
I'd have to move Eddie V.H. into the top group...but I don't want to lose any of them guys...so it would have to be a tetrad.
And I'd switch Carlos' and Stevie Ray's groups.
And, even though it's a bit off-style/fame level for your list, I can't stand any guitar lists that don't have Allan Holdsworth on them.
[At least in the lesser pantheon section...but probably at the top, making it a quintet.]
The rest of it, I can live with.
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the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.
the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.
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Re: Spring 2011 Listmania - Top 3 Guitar Gods
It has.TheFallen wrote:Now I'm sure that this one's been done to death many times
Dandelion don't tell no lies
Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion
I'm afraid there's no denying
I'm just a dandelion
a fate I don't deserve.
High priest of THOOOTP
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Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion
I'm afraid there's no denying
I'm just a dandelion
a fate I don't deserve.
High priest of THOOOTP
* * This post carries Jay's seal of approval
I'll add the likes of Derek Trucks and Jimmy Herring to the mix.
Derek Trucks is the son of Butch Trucks, drummer for the Allman Bros. The kid had his own touring blues band at the age of like 14 or something. He was good back then and has since grown into an amazingly soulfull and rocking blues guitarist. Having grown up in the Bros. family, he is no doubt inherently influenced by their music, and likely by Duane Allman in particular. But Derek has developed his own style which incorporates many styles.
Jimmy Herring played for Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit. He has since gone on to play for Phil Lesh and Friends, the Allman Bros., Jazz is Dead, and is currently the lead guitarist for Widespread Panic. I've always loved him for his liquid fast finger work, but often felt like he was a bit too mechanical or technical with his playing. But over the years he too has expanded his repertoir by playing with Phil and Warren Haynes and many other musicians. He can be mind blowing.
One of my favorite live guitar experiences was at a Derek Trucks Band show with Jimmy Herring as guest guitarist. It was a tiny show, maybe 40 or 50 people in a small venue in Asheville, NC in '96. And with Jimmy on stage, Derek could focus on playing slide, which is sort of his specialty. They've played together alot over the years.
Derek Trucks is the son of Butch Trucks, drummer for the Allman Bros. The kid had his own touring blues band at the age of like 14 or something. He was good back then and has since grown into an amazingly soulfull and rocking blues guitarist. Having grown up in the Bros. family, he is no doubt inherently influenced by their music, and likely by Duane Allman in particular. But Derek has developed his own style which incorporates many styles.
Jimmy Herring played for Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit. He has since gone on to play for Phil Lesh and Friends, the Allman Bros., Jazz is Dead, and is currently the lead guitarist for Widespread Panic. I've always loved him for his liquid fast finger work, but often felt like he was a bit too mechanical or technical with his playing. But over the years he too has expanded his repertoir by playing with Phil and Warren Haynes and many other musicians. He can be mind blowing.
One of my favorite live guitar experiences was at a Derek Trucks Band show with Jimmy Herring as guest guitarist. It was a tiny show, maybe 40 or 50 people in a small venue in Asheville, NC in '96. And with Jimmy on stage, Derek could focus on playing slide, which is sort of his specialty. They've played together alot over the years.
"Verily, wisdom is like hunger. Perhaps it is a very fine thing--but who would willingly partake of it."
--Saltheart Foamfollower
"Latency--what is concealed--is the demonstrable presence of the future."
--Jean Gebser
--Saltheart Foamfollower
"Latency--what is concealed--is the demonstrable presence of the future."
--Jean Gebser
and LF's thread instrumental thread reminded me of one of my favorite guitar gods
Aerial Boundaries - Michael Hedges
Aerial Boundaries - Michael Hedges
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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been getting back into Robert Poss - Band of Susans
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band_of_Susans
The Last Temptation of Susan - Band of Susans
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-kXMeyCutI
Paint it Black
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACyV64VxHFA&feature=related
Blind
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9fF91Tif9Y&feature=related
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band_of_Susans
The Last Temptation of Susan - Band of Susans
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-kXMeyCutI
Paint it Black
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACyV64VxHFA&feature=related
Blind
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9fF91Tif9Y&feature=related
Lenin, Marx
Marx, Lennon
Good Dog...
Marx, Lennon
Good Dog...
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Guitar Goddess anyone?
Orianthi is a lass from Adelaide who had the Michael Jackson guitar gig for the tour that never eventuated. She's done some reasonable commercial type stuff, toured and played with Carlos and few others including Stevie Vai check out the link of Vai and her getting it on..... lovely modal harmonies. She's hot (and not bad on the eye either!).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7b-_YcACuQ&fea ... AgLos61EsJ
I believe this is her composition too.....
Orianthi is a lass from Adelaide who had the Michael Jackson guitar gig for the tour that never eventuated. She's done some reasonable commercial type stuff, toured and played with Carlos and few others including Stevie Vai check out the link of Vai and her getting it on..... lovely modal harmonies. She's hot (and not bad on the eye either!).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7b-_YcACuQ&fea ... AgLos61EsJ
I believe this is her composition too.....
"Winston, if you were my husband I'd give you poison" ................ "Madam, if you were my wife I would drink it!"
"Terrorism is war by the poor, and war is terrorism by the rich"
"A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well."
"The opposite of pro-life isn't pro-death. Y'know?"
"What if the Hokey Cokey really is what its all about?"
"Terrorism is war by the poor, and war is terrorism by the rich"
"A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well."
"The opposite of pro-life isn't pro-death. Y'know?"
"What if the Hokey Cokey really is what its all about?"
I was expecting more...Vai stole the show. She really didn't show anything...
On the other hand, take a look at Courtney Cox (not the one that you are thinking). She is a guitarist from the female tribute band to Iron Maiden, the Iron Maidens.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=98uAXDHeBAQ
She shreds!!!
On the other hand, take a look at Courtney Cox (not the one that you are thinking). She is a guitarist from the female tribute band to Iron Maiden, the Iron Maidens.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=98uAXDHeBAQ
She shreds!!!