Sonic Boom: The Guitar Gods Thread

[thangaran]

Satriani is my favorite by far. His songs are just legendary

 

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Satriani is my favorite by far. His songs are just legendary

Care to share your faves with the public?

 

[thangaran]

Care to share your faves with the public?

So many to name!!

Revelations
Always with you always with me
Flying in a blue dream
Crushing Day
Until we say goodbye (the last half of the song is simply masterful)
Time Machine
Raspberry Jam delta 5
Ten words
Summer song
Lords of Karma
Crystal Planet
Circles
Rubina
Why

 

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So many to name!!

Revelations
Always with you always with me
Flying in a blue dream
Crushing Day
Until we say goodbye (the last half of the song is simply masterful)
Time Machine
Raspberry Jam delta 5
Ten words
Summer song
Lords of Karma
Crystal Planet
Circles
Rubina
Why

I will be complete honest... Joe is name I have heard tossed around my whole life but I couldn't name a song he did or played on to save my life.

Thanks for the list.

 

[thangaran]

I will be complete honest... Joe is name I have heard tossed around my whole life but I couldn't name a song he did or played on to save my life.

Thanks for the list.

Of course any time! Hope you enjoy them. One I forgot to mention which is absolutely critical is If I Could Fly, the song Coldplay ripped off for which he had to take them to court to sort out. That isa beautiful song dedicated to his wife

 

[thangaran]

I will be complete honest... Joe is name I have heard tossed around my whole life but I couldn't name a song he did or played on to save my life.

Thanks for the list.

thanks for starting this thread! Will have to check out the many recommendations from the prior pages!!

 

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thanks for starting this thread! Will have to check out the many recommendations from the prior pages!!

I beg of you...

Give Matthew Sweet a chance.

 

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Future Rock stars Alex and brother Eddie Van Halen, 1957.

 

[Lily Adler]

And here I thought this was a thread for a Sonic the Hedgehog/Guitar Hero crossover.

 

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Jimmy Page, playing with Neil Christian and the Crusaders, 1961.

 

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And here I thought this was a thread for a Sonic the Hedgehog/Guitar Hero crossover.

It can be two things.

 

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@DKDetective



Enjoy if you haven't seen yet.

 

[DKDetective]

@DKDetective



Enjoy if you haven't seen yet.

Ooooohhhhhh, I have seen it. Highly recommend it to anyone else who frequents this thread and has not.

By the way, I have asked my life for a new turntable for Christmas and my in-laws for a mint first pressing of Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs that I found on Discogs.

 

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Ooooohhhhhh, I have seen it. Highly recommend it to anyone else who frequents this thread and has not.

By the way, I have asked my life for a new turntable for Christmas and my in-laws for a mint first pressing of Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs that I found on Discogs.

Quite nice. Should make for a rockin' Christmas morning.

I sometimes actually miss the popping and hissing of vinyl.

 

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Grateful Dead - September 1966

Spoiler: The Greatful Dead=- Viola Lee Blues (live)

Johnny Rivers, 1966.

Spoiler: Johnny Rivers- Secret Agent Man

Hendrix and The Who in the U.K., September, 1966.

Jeff Beck, 1966.

Spoiler: The Yardbirds (Beck and Page) Stoll On (1966)

 

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Clapton in Scotland, 1967.

That white Fro' though, huh @DKDetective ?

 

[DKDetective]

Clapton in Scotland, 1967.

That white Fro' though, huh @DKDetective ?

Yeah, Clapton went through a bit of a stage for about a year after he met Jimi Hendrix...

 

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[DKDetective]

Since it is Black History Month, I thought we should take a moment to remember that the foundations upon which all of these "Guitar Gods" built was the playing of African American Bluesman (and some jazz players).

In particular, the first wave of British lead guitarists in the 1960s and early 70s all idolized American Blues musiciana and taught themselves to play guitar by listening to blue records.

Some fundamental influences:
Robert Johnson


B.B. King


Freddie King


Otis Rush


Albert King


Buddy Guy

 

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Indeed.

Masters and pioneers all.

 

[Thanos]

In regards to Stevie Ray Vaughan, the one thing that really impressed me was the way he used his pick hand to play the knobs and switch like a mixing board. If you watch his pick hand closely, he is constantly adjusting the knobs to make a different tone or increase/decrease the volume. He does it so fast, you don't really even notice it. Some times, it looks like he is just strumming but he is moving the toggle switch up and down while he is strumming. It's amazing to see someone doing SO much at the same time. SRV is one of my favorites.

 

[Albert1981]

I like the studio/session guitarists the most: Al Caiola, Steve Cropper, Hank Garland, Chet Atkins, Tommy Tedesco, Jerry Reed, Billy Strange, James Burton, Grady Martin, Wah Wah Watson, Joe Messina, and Bob Bain and probably dozens of others I forget to mention. I also like Duane Eddy, Dick Dale, and the Ventures. I enjoy country "pickers" a lot. There's a ton of great ones in Nashville that nobody's ever heard of.

 

[Lobo]

Any Joe Bonamassa fans in here? Started his career opening for BB King at age 12

 

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