Guitarists Who Are Better Than Most Would Think?

jaygtr

"Learning to crawl" is a great album.
Didn't like any later pretenders albums after this as much.
must dig it out tonight.

EricTheWeary

ICBM said:

RocknRollDave said:

Back On The Chain Gang is a song I've wanted to cover for a long time. Love the twangy guitar part.

It's quite easy. Even I can play an approximation of it . Although the tone-up key change at the end of the middle eight - which is my favourite in all recorded music, I think - makes it a bit harder.

But Honeyman-Scott didn't play it - Billy Bremner did. The song is actually about the death of Honeyman-Scott.

I couldn't think of his name earlier and this has reminded me - he needs sticking on the session guitarist thread. I think Billy was on 60% of all records made in the 1970's. Worldwide.

ICBM

EricTheWeary said:

I couldn't think of his name earlier and this has reminded me - he needs sticking on the session guitarist thread. I think Billy was on 60% of all records made in the 1970's. Worldwide.

He somehow managed to find time to captain Leeds United in amongst all that too.

imalone

Been trying to pick up some Nile Rodgers recently:

Edit: timed link didn't work, but start at 8:20 if you're not up for 9 minutes of video.

UnclePsychosis

Prince. 

If Prince decided to release an album of guitar-based wankery under a pseudonym he'd have guitar mags and forums creaming themselves with excitement. One seriously talented man. 

Bellycaster

UnclePsychosis said:

Prince. 

If Prince decided to release an album of guitar-based wankery under a pseudonym he'd have guitar mags and forums creaming themselves with excitement. One seriously talented man. 

That's true, I always liked Prince's playing, plus he has great stage presence too, he could fuck a solo up and no one would probably notice.

 

I had another one pop into my head, can't believe I forgot him.

Bill Nelson, Be-Bop Deluxe and Red Noise.

He is a Multi Talented guy too, and a Yorkshireman ;-)

 

streethawk

Well I've got to vote for me old mates Dave and Reg. 

Two of my favourite riffs, 80's tastic 

And a live one, nice sounds. 

>:D<

EricTheWeary

UnclePsychosis said:

Prince. 

If Prince decided to release an album of guitar-based wankery under a pseudonym he'd have guitar mags and forums creaming themselves with excitement. One seriously talented man. 

When Doves Cry is one of those great whooa guitar intros.

streethawk

http://proguitarshop.com/andyscorner/five-underrated-guitarists

Looks like ProGuitarShop have finally caught up with us. 

Good, good shout on Jeff Buckley. 

EricTheWeary

streethawk;58015" said:

http://proguitarshop.com/andyscorner/five-underrated-guitarists

Looks like ProGuitarShop have finally caught up with us. 

Good, good shout on Jeff Buckley. 

not sure who was thinking Robert Fripp and Alex Lifeson are cack handed 3 chord bashers.

johnnyurq

bertie;50623" said:

Mr Dunnery,  but everyone knows that anyway

For sure he has been criminally underrated for years.

StageStruck

Jeff Lynne, known more for production and songwriting but a fine player indeed, even if it does tend to be buried under layers of production.
Paul McCartney, played a good amount of guitar throughout his career despite being known as a bassist.
Ronnie Lane (of the Faces), much the same as McCartney, good guitar player as well as a bass player.
Peter Frampton, great player, known most for Frampton Comes Alive but I was amazed at how good when I saw him live a few years back

Glad to see a a few others mentioned like Steve Marriot and Rossi & Parfitt

Bellycaster

@StageStruck

Jeff Lynne has always been a bit of an unknown quantity to me. I have heard lots of E.L.O tracks but never knew whether there was an additional Guitarist to Lynne in the Band through their main years.

I love the Guitar on "Shine a Little Love" and a few others obviously. I'll have to check out their Band Member Timeline.

StageStruck

As far as I know, apart from the short spell where Roy Wood was part of the band, Jeff Lynne was the only guitarist during the original era of ELO. Definitely far better than he's given credit for.

Bellycaster

@StageStruck

Yes, he probably was the only one come to think and if so, he is a very decent player.

hywelg

Rossi. Hugely underrated.
Chris Rea.
Michael Shenker

dogload

StageStruck said:

As far as I know, apart from the short spell where Roy Wood was part of the band, Jeff Lynne was the only guitarist during the original era of ELO. Definitely far better than he's given credit for.

I'm not a big Jeff Lynne fan but he gave a very creditable performance with The Idle Race. I think he was the only guitarist with them. Check this out.

Bellycaster

@dogload

That's a rare gem. A real piece of Music History there. It sort of typifies the era doesn't it?

Edit: I couldn't see that particular song on their albums although it is listed as a Single.

dogload

It's definitely one of those 'kitchen sink' productions (as in; 'everything but...'!), but is always cited as one of those 'classic' psych singles. Maybe it's with hindsight, but you can almost hear what would become ELO in The Idle Race.

Bellycaster

dogload said:

It's definitely one of those 'kitchen sink' productions (as in; 'everything but...'!), but is always cited as one of those 'classic' psych singles. Maybe it's with hindsight, but you can almost hear what would become ELO in The Idle Race.

@dogload

It maybe hindsight, but I was also trying to see if I could hear that too, it's like you want to hear it, but it's really difficult to be sure.

Although this song is earlier than what I'm about to say, what I can hear though is a similarity in style and sound to some of Brian May's early Queen Lead Licks/Fills on Queen I Album (1973). Maybe it's just me but I do think some of Brian's early Lead sounds are quite similar to this.