Well, as I've mentioned before, I follow the Sea of Tranquility page on Youtube, and each month, they do a different music theme. Could be favorite vocalists, favorite albums, etc. This month, the theme is Favorite Guitarists. One player per day. Not easy to wittle it down to just 30, but I think I have a pretty solid list. I have all the way to #4 with just 3 left. Now, mine aren't really ranked, just players that I'm a fan of. IAlong with the players, I also included 3 albums they're on, along with one song since that's the rules of this theme. There's plenty who aren't in the list, but you can't include them all. Here's who I have so far:
#30. Toy Caldwell (Marshall Tucker Band)
Albums: Marshall Tucker Band, Searchin' For A Rainbow, Carolina Dreams
Song: Can't You See
#29. Robert Cray
Albums: Strong Persuader, Midnight Stroll, Nothin' But Love
Song: Right Next Door (Because Of Me)
#28. Joe Walsh (James Gang, Eagles)
Albums: James Gang Rides Again, The Smoker You Drink The Player You Get, But Seriously Folks
Song: Life's Been Good
#27. Joe Satriani
Albums: Surfing With The Alien, The Extremist, Unstoppable Momentum
Song: Rubina's Sky Happiness
#26. Johnny Winter
Albums: Progressive Blues Experiment, Johnny Winter, Still Alive & Well
Song: Rock Me Baby
#25. Sonny Landreth
Albums: Grant Street, From The Reach, Elemental Journey
Song: Gaia Tribe (feat. Joe Satriani)
#24. Henry Garza (Los Lonely Boys)
Albums: Los Lonely Boys, Sacred, Forgiven
Song: Real Emotions
#23. Keith Urban
Albums: Golden Road, Defying Gravity, Fuse
Song: Stupid Boy
#22. Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits)
Albums: Communique, Making Movies, Get Lucky
Song: Brothers In Arms
#21. Freddie King
Albums: Freddy King Sings, Getting Ready, Burglar
Song: I Love The Woman
#20. Peter Frampton
Albums: Rock On, Fingerprints, All Blues
Song: Cornerstones
#19. The Edge (U2)
Albums: Unforgettable Fire, Joshua Tree, All That You Can't Leave Behind
Song: Bullet The Blue Sky
#18. Brian May (Queen)
Albums: Queen, Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack
Song: Killer Queen
#17. Michael Schenker (UFO)
Albums: Force It, Obsession, Lovedrive
Song: High Flyer
#16. Gary Moore
Albums: Corridors Of Power, Victims Of The Future, Still Got The Blues
Song: Still Got The Blues
#15. B.B. King
Albums: Singin' The Blues, Completely Well, Indianola Mississippi Seeds
Song: Night Life
#14. Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi)
Albums: Slippery When Wet, Stranger In This Town, Crush
Song: Next 100 Years
#13. Eric Johnson
Albums: Tones, Ah Via Musicom, Venus Isle
Song: Cliffs Of Dover
#12. Robert Randolph
Albums: Unclassified, Colorblind, Brighter Days
Song: Traveling Shoes
#11. Mike Campbell (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers)
Albums: Damn The Torpedoes, Into The Great Wide Open, Mojo
Song: Good Enough
#10. Buddy Guy
Albums: Damn Right I've Got The Blues, Slippin' In, Skin Deep
Song: Damn Right I've Got The Blues
#09. Carlos Santana
Albums: Santana, Abraxas, Santana III
Song: Song Of The Wind
#08. Jeff Beck
Albums: Blow By Blow, There and Back, Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop
Song: The Final Peace
#07. Duane Allman
Albums: Allman Brothers Band, Idlewild South, Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs
Song: Hey Jude (Wilson Pickett on vocals)
#06. Billy Gibbons
Albums: Rio Grande Mud, Tres Hombres, Fandango
Song: Blue Jean Blues
#05. Albert King
Albums: Born Under A Bad Sign, I'll Play The Blues For You, I Wanna Get Funky
Song: Blues Power
#04. Eddie Van Halen
Albums: Van Halen, Van Halen II, Fair Warning
Song: Light Up The Sky
Interesting list. All of yours so far are certainly fine guitar players.
You have three left and I assume Jimi Hendrix will be 3, 2 or 1 since he always is number 1 or 2 on every list I've seen since 1971. But as you said, yours aren't really ranked.
Dickey Betts is my favorite and Porkchopbob said on here not long ago that Dickey was his favorite too.
I'd have to think for awhile to come up with 30 then what do you do if you realize you like 2:or 3 more? Then remove some to add those you forgot?:)
Love so much guitar music from Django and Freddy Greene and on down but a list would be pointless for me as Duane is so far above and beyond all comers for me anyway so like I said pointless. But interesting to read.
That’s how I feel about Jimi - so far above & beyond all comers
then Duane & Dickey, both as a singular entity in the ABB, & individually, but esp the former
love everything people like Clapton, Beck Page did in that period (late 60s-early 70s)
@tenorsfan This closing night version of Done Somebody Wrong is a version I hadn't noticed until recently although One Way Out from that show is on Eat A Peach.
If you haven't head this, it's a blistering slide guitar solo from Duane Allman. Probably the hottest slide solo I've ever heard. Duane was burning ROCKET FUEL ⛽
Danny Kirwan doesn't make too many lists these days [Peter Green either] but he's still one of my favourites. Still feel Duane's ears perked up when he heard these guys, especially Danny.
I hear that robertdee - this version of JBGoode has gotta be the greatest Chuck cover of them all!🎼🎸🎶 thx for posting
have also always adored the takes of ROBeethoven by Mountain & ELO
good mention of Danny Kirwan - those players in Canned Heat, Henry Vestine & Alan Wilson, come to mind (also Bob “Bear” Hite) - their live take of Bullfrog Blues is Burn-Down
Steve Cropper
Jeff “Skunk” Baxter
like everything of theirs I’ve ever heard
🎸so many greats out there🎸
a few that haven't been mentioned
Leslie West
Andy Powell
Marc Ford
Jorma Kaukonen
Mick Taylor
Keith Richards
Neil Young
Michael Bloomfield
Roy Buchanan
Someday, everything's gonna be different
When I paint my masterpiece.
So many greats & just as you mentioned both Mick & Keef, 🎸may I mention Ted Turner along w/Andy🎶 - Pilgrimage is on as we speak
same Lonnie Mack, he & Roy, 2 (of a kind) blazing blues-rock players
ALVIN LEE
💥good Sunday morning folks🌞
Well, here's No. 3 & 2 on my list. I'll post #1 tomorrow.
#03. Jimi Hendrix
Albums: Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold As Love, Electric Ladyland
Song: Midnight
#02. Stevie Ray Vaughan
Albums: Texas Flood, Couldn't Stand The Weather, In Step
Song: The Sky Is Crying
No Jerry
Albert Collins, the Ice Pucker
Rory
Page
Peter Green
Double D from F'n Macon G
Hendrix
Jerry
Schenker
Zappa
Livgren
Lifeson
VH
Rhoads
Iommi
Johnny Winter
Billy Gibbons
All the Skynyrd 6 string Boys
Toy Caldwell
Derek Trucks
Warren
Blackmore
Beck
Mick Box
Frankie F'n Hannon
Criss Oliva
I throw Kim Simmonds, Roy Buchanan, Bloomfield, Henry Vestine, Bill Kirchen, Lightning Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, Jorma. Mick Taylor, Howlin Wolf, Emore james, and Jimmy Reed into a one size fits all thang. (LOL)
The many great tandems
🎼🎸Duane-Dickey🍄🎶
Jerry-Bobby
Warren-Derek
Powell-Turner
Kirwan-Green
Wilson-Vestine
as was mentioned all the Skynyrd players
Keith-Mick
1997-99 shows w/Dickey Jack & Derek, burndown to sublime at any given time - brilliant peaks - short-lived, just like Double D from F’n Macon G (like that😀🤙)
I love the ABB
Rory & Ritchie should’ve been mentioned sooner than they were, same Kim S - realize “favorite” anything is subjective
robin trower, a favorite of many fans, deserves mention
Duane & Dickey, no need to repeat any releases.
These are in no particular order, depends on the day and what I'm interested in listening to.
Terry Kath
Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago, ChicagoV
Song: Make Me Smile
Albert Castiglia
Living The Dream, Burn, A Stone's Throw
Song: Teasing The Trains
Lowell George
Feats Don't Fail Me Now, Dixie Chicken, Waiting For Columbus
Song: Tripe Face Boogie
Jack Pearson
William Howse & Jack Pearson, Do What's Right, Rendezvous With The Blues (Jimmy Hall)
Song: I'm Not Crying
Tommy Bolin
Spectrum (Billy Cobham), Live At Ebbets Field, Teaser Deluxe
Song: Quadrant Four (from Spectrum)
Les Dudek
Les Dudek, Ghost Town Parade, Delta Breeze
Song: It Can Do
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Couldn't Stand The Weather, Texas Flood, In Step
Song: Cold Shot
Jeff Beck
Jeff Beck Group, Blow By Blow, Beck, Bogart & Appice
Song: She's A Woman
Ry Cooder
Taj Mahal, Borderline, Bop Til You Drop
Song: Crazy 'Bout An Automobile
Steve Gaines
One In The Sun, One More From The Road, Street Survivors
Song: T For Texas
Dru Lombar
Macon Tracks, Right On Time, (both Grinderswitch) Cure For The Common Groove (Dr. Hector & The Groove Injectors)
Song: Pickin' The Blues
Peter Green
Blues Jam In Chicago, Blues Jam in Chicago Volume Two, Robert Johnson Songbook
Rory Gallagher
Against The Grain, Blueprint, Tattoo
Song: Souped Up Ford
Albert King
I Wanna Get Funky, Born Under A Bad Sign, Albert King Live
Song: Personal Manager
Tinsley Ellis
Live Highwayman, Trouble Time, Storm Warning
Song: A Quitter Never Wins
Jimi Hendrix
Electric Ladyland, Band of Gypsies, Are You Experienced
Song: Voodoo Chile
That's 18 the rest to follow.
"Is that a real poncho or is that a Sears poncho?"
Jeff Beck,Duane, and Dickey are my favorites,and there are many others,but three I really like that I think are often overlooked are
Roger McGuinn
Neil Gerardo
Tommy Emmanuel
Jeff Beck,Duane, and Dickey are my favorites,and there are many others,but three I really like that I think are often overlooked are
Roger McGuinn
Neil Gerardo
Tommy Emmanuel
Coot seeing Les Dudek on Sunday with the "Live Dead & Brothers" tour. Looking forward to Les, Mark Karen and Berry Oakley Jr at the old Woodstock site (Bethel Woods) indoors.
Sonny Landreth
Bound By The Blues, South of I-10, Blues Attack
Song: Sugar Shack (with Tommy Bolin posthumously) from "Great Gypsy Soul" Bolin Tribute
Jimmy Page
Zeppelin I, Zeppelin IV, Zeppelin BBC Sessions
Song: Dazed & Confused (from BBC Sessions)
Derek Trucks
Soul Serenade, self titled first release, Already Free
Song: Maki Madni
Elvin Bishop
East/West (Butterfield Blues Band, Let It Flow, Juke Joint Jump
Song: Travellin' Shoes
Johnny Winter
Johnny Winter And "Live"' Still Alive & Well, Third Degree
Song: Still Alive & Well
Pete Townshend
Live At Leeds, Who's Next, Tommy
Song: Won't Get Fooled Again
Neil Young
Comes A Time, Zuma, Tonight's The Night
Song: Albuquerque
Mark Knofler
Brothers In Arms, Making Movies, Love Over Gold
Song: Telegraph Road
Joe Walsh
You Can't Argue With A Sick Mind, But, Seriously Folks..., So What
Song: Life's Been Good To Me
Eric Clapton
Layla, Unplugged, Journeyman
Song: Layla
Billy Gibbons
Tres Hombres, ZZ Top Raw, Rio Grande Mud
Song: Just Got Paid
Mike Bloomfield
East/West (Butterfield Blues Band), The Electric Flag, Live At The Old Waldorf
Song: Buried Alive In The Blues
"Is that a real poncho or is that a Sears poncho?"
ROBBEN FORD
yes, & that Robben brings to mind Tinsley Ellis, Lee Roy Parnell, Kenny Wayne Shepard…..
Well, my #1 is a guy I've been a huge fan of since I was a little kid. He was my first concert at 5 years old on April 25, 1990. Just 2 days after I turned 5. Have seen him live 11 times now!!! Love most of the music he's done, although a couple of his mid 70s albums aren't my favorites, but not terrible either. Talking about the great Eric Clapton!!!!
Albums: Journeyman, From The Cradle, Reptile
Song: Old Love (24 Nights Version)
I forgot Terry Kath & Tommy Bolan.
Always forget someone when doing these lists
here goes in no particular order;
duane
dickey
roy
rory
richard thompson
peter green
zappa
richie
derek
bloomfield
danny kirwan
beck
django
leslie
etc.
