Recommendations for guitar based solo acts?

thecolourbox

Hi all, i have a project in ny head id like to do, a solo act where its just me, a guitar, maybe some keys, and a drum machine or looper. In my head it'd be like a mix of the musicality and melody i like in Jeff Buckley, but with the attitude and punchiness of the Strokes singer, stylewise i guess its be a bit of a mixing pot but definitely rocky.
I thought it might be good to ask other peoples recommendations for solo acts, predominantly guitar based, that represent well the possibilities if this kind of act. Id prefer no Seasick Steve, but not averse to stuff like the well known kt Tunstall on jools Holland performance, love the full sounds of Bert jansch, also very keen on Beck style stuff,
So go on then, what you guys got?

spacecadet

Not the kind of style you're looking at but why not just do this. ;-)

thecolourbox

I can't see youtube on my phone at the mo but will give it a go! Should point out (i forgot to say in the OP) I'm not an acoustic strummer type!

DulcetJones

Billy Bragg might be worth a look for some ideas,

thecolourbox

Ooh yes i forgot about him, good one thanks

not_the_dj

Howie Day did some epic looping, both with his guitar and vocals.

EricTheWeary

Rainer Ptacek. Might be a bit bluesy for you and some of his stuff was with a band but he was a pioneer of looping and using that at creating atmosphere.

thecolourbox

Thanks folks

Space cadet...yeah I could just do that one right away, easily, honest...maybe in another lifetime haha

Dulcetjones - really enjoyed the Billy Bragg, a different attitude for sure, I liked his suspensions in the tune, and the rhythmic power intervals (stickler for not calling them chords haha) whilst singing is a nice touch to give different texture and make it easier to do the two together I guess

Notthedj - not a style I would ever attempt, nor would I ever get that kind of control over loopers like that, very impressive to keep each bit of that going in your head. I think I'd like it more played on synths though, nicer texture to me, so maybe try and do stuff strummy style to jam/busk it through, then play it on synths for proper version.

Erictheweary - interesting phrasing this guy has, not so keen on his playing, different though it is, might look see if he did any electric playing as that may sit better with me. I do like his stop start kind of thing though. He does look a bit like he might be Gareth from The Office's dad

Thank you all very kindly

richardhomer

Pre-band John Martyn. You Tube is full of examples. Check out 'Small Hours' for his acoustic through effects side and 'Couldn't Love You More' for straight acoustic playing....

wordy

I saw Tommy Emmanuel a couple of months ago.  Went wondering if a bloke playing acoustic, who cant really sing that brilliantly, could be interesting for a couple of hours. 

Thought he was brilliant, sometimes exhilarating drawing gasps form the audience, sometimes really touching.... and always very musical.

At one point he gave the crowd a 'lesson' on exactly how he was making the different sounds, demonstrating the microphone inside his guitar, and the different ways he strikes it to get his percussive sounds.

Seemed like a great guy too.

ICBM

If you want to try unusual techniques, check out Kaki King.

I don't like her first two albums where it was all instrumental with too much repetitiveness of the tapping/clattery thing, but after that she started writing proper songs and incorporating that style into them… very good.

thecolourbox

Brilliant thanks all, will give them each a lesson. Keep em coming, particularly if there are more electric based rather than acoustic, keen to see what can be done solo with electrics rather than strumming acoustics really i think.
Thank you all kindly !

rpr

Seiichi yamamoto (of Boredoms fame), sing song-y bit starts about 4.20 ish

ToneControl

Elliott Randall - Heartstrings

http://elliottrandall1.bandcamp.com/album/heartstrings

GuyBoden

Stuart McCallum, solo. Quality music, doesn't get much better than this.

spacecadet

Theres also this option.

thecolourbox

Big old necro bump. Looking for guitar solo acts again, with a brief shockingly similar to my original brief above in fact. But now I can actually sing a bit I feel I might get on better with it this time around.

So, solo singers with guitars, not Ed Sheeran, bonus points for electric guitar but not essential. 

UnclePsychosis

Always love a bit of Ed Hamell but I suspect he wont be melodic enough for you. 

thecolourbox

UnclePsychosis said:

Always love a bit of Ed Hamell but I suspect he wont be melodic enough for you. 

It's all good can learn from lots of different styles even if they aren't for me generally - seems like a storyteller, which is interesting

Kilgore

You said no Seasick Steve so this might be too far down the blues rock alleyway for you.

gatheredinsong

William Tyler -