Amazing Guitar Performances
Years ago Bobby Radcliff performed at the very small and now defunct "Arts for the Arts Cafe" here in Maplewood on Baker Street. Had a beer with him before the show and told him this was my favorite tune. As he started to play it he said "This one's for Wayne". The real fun starts at 2:40 in but must be painfully loud.
John McGlaughlin. If you’re impatient, start at 1:17. And check out Johnny Carson’s band.
Playing in NYC at City Winery on June 24
bettyd said:
Anybody into Surf? Only guitar player with a guest spot on SpongeBob.
Then for fun there’s this guy. B-b-b-b-b-b-bad to the bone, b-b-b-b-b-b-but not for everybody.
A thousand years ago I took a girl to see him live in New York but she wasn’t really into him even though she was a professional musician herself (she was more of a Pat Methany enthusiast and knew him personally). Throughout the concert she steadily sunk lower and lower down in her seat (I think trying to somehow escape) and afterwards said “Well that was interesting”. We never went out again.
steel said:
Then for fun there’s this guy.
For a few years in the ’50s, that kid grew up across from my grandparents. It’s a small state.
I’m not a player. I don’t know mastery from flash. But these get me every time.
This has almost no guitar in it (except as punctuation for Cee Lo) but I'm posting it anyway because I so love how Cee Lo effortlessly brings that amazing voice up from the depths in this slow version of "Crazy".
PS: I may get two dogs just so I could name one "Gnarls" and the other one "Barkley".
The Prince thing turned into almost a meme. He’s a competent player but nothing he’s doing is anything you wouldn’t hear from a competent bar band player on your block. If I had to guess most of the “looks” he’s getting are not “wow he’s great!” looks but are “hmm I guess he’s never going to hand it off?” looks.
Guy was a terrific musician but he can’t be counted amongst the greats as a guitar player.
Of the guys listed Knopfler is the one you’d hear bumping into a guitar and go “yep, Mark Knopfler”. Had his own sound and nobody sounds like him (perhaps due to being sans pick). Frampton too if he had his talk box going.
Jackson_Fusion said:
Guy was a terrific musician but he can’t be counted amongst the greats as a guitar player.
Pshaw. Been counted plenty of times.
And Dhani Harrison called. He said, “Don’t guess.”
The thread is entitled "Amazing Guitar Performances," not most technically amazing guitar solo. So I think the Prince thing definitely qualifies.
DaveSchmidt said:
Jackson_Fusion said:
Guy was a terrific musician but he can’t be counted amongst the greats as a guitar player.
Pshaw. Been counted plenty of times.
And Dhani Harrison called. He said, “Don’t guess.”
Tried to find a medley of Steely Dan guitar soles, many by the great Larry Carlton, but could only find clips by unknown people covering them (not badly). So I'm going whole song here and will continue. To make it fun . . . you'll see. Ignore the musical intro. Lead starts around 1:50 and sort of never ends.
steel said:
Am I the only one who wants to post a story with their selection?
I saw Stevie Ray Vaughan in concert three times. First time was as the opening act of a triple bill with Marshall Crenshaw and Dave Edmunds at Convention Hall in Asbury Park. We only knew of him as the guy who had played on Bowie's previous album. The acoustics in that joint are terrible most of the time, and even worse with the place only half full for the opening act. We couldn't make out half of the notes he was playing, but what we could hear blew us away, especially the playing behind his head and behind his back, and with his teeth. Second time was at the Count Basie Theater, on the Couldn't Stand The Weather tour. One of the best shows I've ever been to. His playing was so fluid and effortless, and so filled with soul.
The last time was unfortunately a complete mess. Saw him at the Livingston Gym at Rutgers, which has acoustics even worse than Convention Hall. The horrendous sound was one thing, but the worst aspect of the show was Stevie Ray's condition. It was a couple of months before he went to rehab, and the show was absolutely terrible. Long, pointless, self-indulgent jams. Portions of the show were just noise. We heard reports afterward that the few times he left the stage, it was to indulge in various substances. Turns out the show circulated on bootleg, and it's posted on YouTube. The evidence is there for how bad the show was, particularly the rambling speech at the end of the show (which I had actually forgotten)
Thankfully he cleaned up, and went back to making great music in the last years of his life.
ml1 said:
The thread is entitled "Amazing Guitar Performances," not most technically amazing guitar solo. So I think the Prince thing definitely qualifies.
DaveSchmidt said:
Jackson_Fusion said:
Guy was a terrific musician but he can’t be counted amongst the greats as a guitar player.
Pshaw. Been counted plenty of times.
And Dhani Harrison called. He said, “Don’t guess.”
Not looking for Alan Holdsworth either. He’s simply playing the same licks that have been copped for 50 years, adequately. Just.
I am assuming Dhani Harrison is related to George. Given the comments when that clip went around the first time, using George’s look as some sort of appeal to authority saying “A Beatle was blown away!” I’m entitled to my opinion. George Harrison’s hair was not blown back that day. Not by Prince at least.
I guess you have a lot of emails to send to the thousands who have said otherwise. They shouldn’t be guessing either amirite?
You are of course entitled to fanboi out! I dig Prince too.
Fun Facts:
Some of you might recognize Jeff Healey (who lost his eyesight as an infant) as the guy who played Patrick Swayze's brother in "Road House".
The Count Basie Theater was first simply a grand old movie theater that my brothers and I watched cowboy movies in (I grew up in Red Bank). I've since seen Chris Wicked Thing Isaak play there and it looked exactly the same as it was when I was a kid including the little man and woman's silhouette signs for the restrooms (funny what you can remember).
Jackson_Fusion said:
Given the comments when that clip went around the first time, using George’s look as some sort of appeal to authority saying “A Beatle was blown away!” I’m entitled to my opinion. George Harrison’s hair was not blown back that day. Not by Prince at least.
You are correct. George's hair was not blown back. He was quite dead at the time.
Sponsored Business
Promote your business here - Businesses get highlighted throughout the site and you can add a deal.
This one by Michael Hedges I think is just amazing. Please post your favorites.