The last Playpen of a not so fun year, this seems like a timely topic, given the news of Tony Rice’s passing.
Man, I’ve seen a lot of great ones, but for my money, it’s this guy.
Electric or acoustic, Richard Thompson is just as brilliant. I ought to know, given the number of times I’ve heard him perform.
Who’s your best?
Get The Picture 
I appreciate many, but at this particular moment, Russell Malone comes to mind. Never disappoints.
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Prince
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+1 to this.
Also saw Dick Dale..
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Amen brother, saw him more times than I can count. Saw Eddie Van Halen twice. And Warren Haynes is no slouch either.
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Eric Clapton
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Angus Young
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Adam Jones
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Duane. Always and forever will be the best I ever saw live. I listen to Live at Fillmore East at least weekly, sometimes more, just to hear him (and Dickie, who is grossly underrated) rip.
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I got to see him twice, in NYC and Boston Commons, FREE!
https://www.allmusic.com/album/fresh-picked-boston-common-8-17-71-mw0001129637
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Saw the Brothers live at Central City Park in Macon a couple of times well before they became “big”. Was astounded to sit and listen to the extended jams of incredible intensity and complexity. Never saw anything like it before or after that. Still haven’t recovered from Duane and Berry’s tragic ends.
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Dave Davies. The solos on You Really Got Me and All Day and All of the Night are unbelievable.
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One of my bigger regrets is never seeing The Kinks live.
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Their show at the Fox was amazing!
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m unable to select just one. Im old and the late 60s and into the late 80s when my concert attention began to wane. There were just so many great ones and personal taste goes into it too.LikeLike
Rich Brotherton (Robert Earl Keen)
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Speaking of sidemen, Bill Hinds, formerly of Paul Thorn’s band is a cookin’ slide player.
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Chet Atkins?
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I never saw Chet live, but I saw his grandson play. The kid was playing lead for BR-549 opening for ZZ Top at Chastain. My wife and I were right in front of the stage and he was really impressive. Billy Gibbons was pretty good too.
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Jimmy Page. John Bonham best drummer.
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Ginger Baker would like a word….
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Great movie.
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That I’ve seen live? Keith Richards. Richie Sambora is pretty good, too, but it has to be Keith.
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Keith is the best I’ve seen live. There are some better. But I missed those shows.
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EVH.
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Jerry Garcia.
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Definitely.
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For me its gotta be Derek Trucks followed closely by Robert Randolph on the pedal steel guitar. I’m a huge Jeff Healey fan but sadly never got to see him perform live.
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Saw Derek Trucks in Athens back in the early 90s while a UGA student. Derek couldn’t have been more than 12 or 13 then.
He was stupidly good back then.
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Nils Lofgren, the most fluid and harmonic electric player alive.
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I saw Nils in his early days when he incorporated a trampoline (!) into his act.
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Saw him open for Charlie Daniels of all people. He was with Grin and did the bouncy thing.
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He was the original “Rock ‘N’ Roll Crook”!
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Jerry Cantrell was pretty amazing at the Roxy a few years ago
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Only one I saw live in person was Derek Trucks. I do love watching SRV Live at El Macambo on some late nights from time to time.
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It’s a shame I haven’t been to more live shows….
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Mahavishnu John McLaughlin.
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My wife and I enjoy live music. Among others we’ve seen Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Duane Allman, Eddie Van Halen, Steve Howe, Alvin Lee, Randy Rhodes, Richie Blackmore, Peter Frampton, Prince, and Mark Knopfler. They were all incredible. Santana is certainly the most joyful of the group and perhaps the most fun to watch. Allman was the most soulful. Clapton has the most stage presence. But for sheer technical proficiency Knopler is hard to beat.
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That is one helluva list, P Paul. You’re fortunate to have seen all those pickers. I’m inclined to agree with Mark Knopfler as technically best but also as a personal favorite. Never saw him live.
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Chet Atkins and Knopfler did an album together. It’s worth a listen if you haven’t already.
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Sept 5, 69. Sat on a concrete floor in Oakland Army Base for two days waiting to muster out. My buddy in the city picked me up, we go right and went to see some dude I’d never heard of for $3. https://live.staticflickr.com/1254/4730380404_eb58893f07.jpg
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Glenn Campbell.
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He was very underrated as a guitarist. Glen could flat out play.
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I never got to see him live, but another of that same crowd, Chet Atkins, could hold his own with any of the greatest guitarist.
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Saw him on his farewell tour in Galveston. Great show but heartbreaking, too, knowing what he was fighting. He could still play though.
He had a teleprompter for the lyrics, but he got lost on “Galveston”, oddly enough. However, the crowd just sang that much louder and carried him through until he picked it back up. There weren’t many dry eyes in the place that night.
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I’m not astute enough to post the link but he has a great live video on YouTube playing the William Tell overture. If you watch it you will be glad you did.
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Yep, you were right.
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Thanks! I’m terminally low tech.
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Glen Campbell, Beach Boys
https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/glen-campbell-last-show-with-beach-boys/
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Glen Campbell was the guitarist of the famed “Wrecking Crew” studio/session band of the 60’s. Played on many hit records but not credited in many cases. Highly respected in the industry.
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Joe Walsh and Don Felder are hard to separate the toe. My first concert ever was the Eagles 1976 Hotel California tour in Savannah and the two of them on dueling guitars at the end of Hotel California is a masterpiece. I also got to see Derek Trucks when he as just a kid playing a set (with I think it was the Artimus Pyle band) at a little hole in the wall in Jacksonville. He could not have been more than 14-15 at the time. They brought him up as a guest and he took over the show.
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I was at that concert Texas. Good show.
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I’ve got Tom Verlaine. Seen at the 40 Watt, of course.
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I’ve seen Duane, Jerry, Jeff Beck and many others but the best I ever saw was in 68 between tours in asia. We went to the “Kinetic Underground” in Chicago to see Beck with the band on Truth so it was Rod Stewart, Nikki Hopkins and Ron Wood. The opening band was “Pacific Gas and Electric” and the lead player was a guy named Glen Schwartz. He was the original James Gang lead player and was replaced by Joe Walsh when he left the gang. This dude blew Jeff Beck out of the water. It was one of those shows that just left you breathless. PG&E had one hit in “Are You Ready” and Glen became born again and formed The All Saved Freaks Band. In his later years he played a little bar in Cleveland and he died last year.
https://www.loudersound.com/features/glenn-schwartz-the-fall-and-salvation-of-the-white-hendrix
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Thanks for the intro. I was not familiar with Glen Schwartz. I looked him up and found a clip of PG&E “Are You Ready”. You are correct. He can flat out bring it. The ‘fro he sported back in the day was pretty impressive as well. These are my favorite “Play Pens”. When it’s subjects like this, I learn a lot of fun stuff. When it’s political, it only succeeds in raising my blood pressure.
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This is from the article I posted. “A friend drove Glenn out West, dropping him on a corner with just a suitcase and a guitar. At one of his first pick-up gigs in California, Duane Allman saw him and asked him to join the Allman Brothers. Glenn turned him down. Instead, he opted to throw in his lot with Pacific Gas & Electric, an eclectic multi-racial blues/soul/jazz/rock band, after meeting their singer Charlie Allen.”
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Steve Vai. Finally got to see him at the Tabernacle a couple of years ago.
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Saw Vai with David Lee Roth a couple of times, he can flat git it.
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Nice.
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B B King, Duane Allman and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
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Fortunate to be within 20 feet or closer to watch the following…
Old school: BB King and Buddy Guy
New School: Kenny Wayne Shepard
You Never Heard of: Eric Tessmer
Seen Before becoming Legendary: Joe Bonamossa
All Time Greatest: Stevie Ray Vaughn. New Years Eve show at the Fox.
Shout out to Eddie Van Halen who I did not see live.
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Meant to add Gary Clark Jr. to New School list.
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I’d like to add two more to that list. Jack White and Sturgill Simpson. Sturgill isn’t going to light the world on fire with his technical acumen. But, he’s got good feel and seems to know when to put the right note in the right place.
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Watch out for Marcus King too. GREAT young blues guitarist who can also sing.
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Thanks for the tip!
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Marcus is kind of amazing. Looks like a doofy plump redneck… and then he plays. Haven’t seen him live, though.
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mick taylor, jj cale
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Clapton, Prince, Waylon
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His name is Billy Strings for a reason.
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In no particular order….but Derek is probably #1, so unique
Derek Trucks, John Mayer (best Jerry since Jerry who i never saw live), Buddy Guy, Trey Anastatio, Warren Haynes
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Slash, Derek Trucks & Tim Reynolds
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Hard to pick a “best”. Al Di Meola is certainly one of the most talented and flashiest I’ve seen. Saw him a couple of times, but the best was when the classic lineup of Return to Forever reformed with Chick Corea, Stanley Clark, Lenny White and Al. He was incredible.
Others include Clapton, Santana, Buddy Guy, Steve Morse (old DD show opening for Santana – two great guitarists that night in the Fox), Derek Trucks, Trower, Dick Dale (too loud but still impressive), and many more I’m forgetting.
I know in the early 80’s I used to enjoy Tinsley Ellis around Atlanta and Athens. Not sure how he ranks but he sure put on a good show. And I have to give a shout out to my good buddy David Blackmon, who can play anything with strings.
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Tinsley Ellis is a bad dude…saw him last a couple years back at Terminal West with Blues is Dead….great bluesman
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Tinsley was in my class at Mercer Law for a couple of weeks ’til he figured out that giggin’ with the Heartfixers between Macon and Atlanta and citation checking were not compatible. Great talent.
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Derek Trucks
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Davis Causey is no slouch! https://youtu.be/20btdgktqf4
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Vinnie Vincent. \m/
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Pat Metheny
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Yesterday Allen Collins Lynyrd Skynyrd Today Jake Cinnager. Umphreys McGee
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Roy Rogers
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Neil Young.
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Joe Bonamassa
Frank Morino
David Gilmour
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I really didn’t know how great of a guitar player Prince was until after he died.
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Same. You don’t know what you have until it’s gone.
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Tom Petty’s last tour came through Baltimore in July ’17. By the time I was aware of it, tickets were hard to come by and I opted not to splurge on them. A few months later he was gone. Big regret.
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I passed on Soundgarden the last time they were in Atlanta. Big mistake.
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Ouch. I feel your pain.
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Saw Prince’s last live performance at the Fox exactly one week before he died. No guitar work though. It was just him, sans band, at a piano, singing, playing, talking and joking. Wouldn’t take nothing for seeing that show.
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Wow…That’s something you’ll always remember…
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Dude could play bass, drums and piano just as well as he could play guitar. One of the best musicians we’ll ever see.
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He could do anything. An amazing musician, as you point out.
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Jeff Beck
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I’ll have to cop out w/ a list: Jimmy Page, Steve Howe, Steve Morse, David Rawlings, Clapton, EVH, Don Felder, Robert Fripp.
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How could I forget Robert Fripp? I saw King Crimson twice in 2017 (Chicago and Dallas). Just amazing shows with a stage full of excellent musicians.
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SRV
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That’s a cold shot. . .
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His brother Jimmy is a wonder live.
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And then Neal on Knock Knock Knockin from the Dylan 30th Anniversary Show (lousy video).
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Neil
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Trey Anastasio in his prime (he, unfortunately, no longer has it)
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Doc Watson
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What could have been:
“Before nearly losing a finger during an on-tour gunfight, the future Doctor had been a prevalent guitarist on the New Orleans session scene”
His inimitable skills as a piano player are just as recognisable as his gravel-rich voice and necromantic 70s stage garb, but the six-string guitar was Mac’s initial career instrument of choice.
Before nearly losing a finger during an on-tour gunfight, the future Doctor had been a prevalent guitarist on the New Orleans session scene and the US’s vibrant 1950s Chitlin’ gig circuit.
This accident ultimately forced Mac to concentrate more on his keys playing and he went on to become a significant member of LA’s Wrecking Crew session scene during the 1960s, before his solo career kicked off in such exuberant style towards the end of that decade.
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Glad no one mentioned Ted Nugent.
He’s a MAGAt.
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Man, you shoulda been at his show years ago when he brot out his big ol macheene guns and said he wanted Obamer to suck on this one and Shuv the other one up Hillerry’s ass! Then he was all like Hey Christians! FREEEDOM! I was awesum! Murica!
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Sounds a call for “law and order!”
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Killjoy.
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Ted Nugent, even if he is a damn yankee
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The best I ever saw live was Leo Kottke.
My wife and I love live music but hate crowds, and my hearing is so messed up that in an arena with the echo and background noise it’s just LOUD.
We really enjoy seeing pickers and small bands in bars. Some are not so good, some are amazing.
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You know, I’d forgotten him. I saw him in Atlanta in a small theater years ago. I was blown away because I didn’t expect him to be that good.
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Caught Leo and Mike Gordon back in 2001(I think) at the Variety playhouse. Amazing set of acoustic wizardry.
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Circa 1972 we saw him live at The Great Southeast Music Hall, and I was blown away. From the “My Feet are Smiling” album there is a medley (Crow River Waltz….Jack Fig) and on a recording you think he has a band with other guitars, but no, live all by himself is stunning sounds like at least two guitars, maybe three. Guy also lived in Athens for a short time. And “Louise” may be the best song ever written, even if he can’t carry a tune in a bucket. 🙂
I don’t disagree with anyone’s assessment – I have seen Duane, Eric and some of the others, but I think it is like comparing apples with oranges. Also, there really great studio guitarists no one knows the names of. Saw Lucinda Williams at the Georgia Theater a few years ago (pre-fire) and the guitarist she brought with was really good. Don’t know his name; probably never will.
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https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=leo+kottke+lyle+lovett&docid=608016929748159775&mid=3995EA571921D4DE72863995EA571921D4DE7286&view=detail&FORM=VIRE
Here’s one I found down the road a ways, but I love the song.
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If you ever get a chance to see Derwin “Big D” Perkins in New Orleans, do it.
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SMOOVE
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John Mayer is the only person I’ve ever seen live who would even register. One of the last of a dying breed.
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I can’t help but think of this when I hear John Mayer:
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Great tune.
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Peter Mayer of Coral Refer fame,not because of buffett, dude can play, little Stevie Winwood on guitar, Joe Satriani, Bonnie Raitt, Alex Lifeson, Steve Morse, Eddie Van Halen didn’t know what i was experiencing…
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Sonny Landreth
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Underrated for sure.
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Holding tix to see Scaggs at the Fox. Supposed to have happened in October. Now on hold until 31 July… looking forward to that one, first time seeing Boz.
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Make sure you go. He’s a treasure. Loan Me a Dime is the highlight of the show.
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for his age Jonny Lang – Chastain Amph. Check him out if u havent.
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Saw Jonny Lang open for Buddy Guy in San Antonio. Great show!
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BB King (blues). Christopher Parkening (classical). Doyle Dykes (fingerstyle).
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Lindsey Buckingham can pick a little, also Waddy Wachtel.
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Leslie West interviews Waddy Wachtel
http://www.waddywachtelinfo.com/LeslieWestWaddyWachtel.html
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Back in the day, the girlfriends wanted to go see Huey Lewis & the News. The guys went to keep the girls happy, but mainly we wanted see the opener: Robert Cray.
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“Nobody who played a guitar ever turned out to be worth a shit for anything.”
– That asshole I called dad.
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So I’d pick my gittar with a great big grin
And the money just kept on pourin’ in
But then one day my Uncle Sam
He said (sound of 3 footsteps) “Here I am”
“Uncle Sam needs you, boy
I’m-a gonna cut your hair
ah-Take this rifle, kid
Gimme that gittar
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That’s what Got Sr. always said, or some version of it. My musically inclined cousins would sit on the porch (Grandparents house was across the road from our farm) and play for hours. Being tone deaf with plumber hands I usually ended up covered in sweat and cow shit.
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Hehehehe yep. Dad’s side of the family are contractors and engineer types. Collect old shotguns and new rifles. Mom’s side is more musical. A lot of teachers and fuckn lawyers with old Martins and Gibsons they break out at gatherings. Haven’t seen any of ’em in about a year.
Going out for supper with friends for the second time since last January. Wear my mask and wash and sanitize my hands like a healthy lil prog should.
Dammitman.
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Exactly. I should have fleshed that out a little. While they sat on the porch and picked Got Sr. and I worked cows and a big ass garden. And cut firewood. Fucking piles and piles of firewood.
Be careful around other people. I’m getting over COVID now. It is like a bad cold, nothing serious for me other than a stuffy head. I never ran a fever, but the worst thing is when they say you lose your sense of smell and taste, they aren’t kidding! Can’t taste or smell anything and that’s a cruel trick this time of year. It lasts about a week.
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Keep getting well, GC.
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Thanks Man. It really wasn’t all that bad other than the taste/smell thing. Don’t misunderstand me…I wouldn’t wish it on anyone else.
Unfortunately I had to quarantine from work, so I took my stuffy, COVID ridden ass outside. 😉
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Quarantined in your COVID cabin, did you? Wasn’t bad for me, either–just a three-week cough. My wife nearly had to be hospitalized, though. Damn virus.
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Tractor shed. 🙂
Fortunately I’m the only one out of my family that had any issues. Hope your wife feels better.
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Damn, fellas. Hope your wife is better Munsoning. Y’all dodged a bullet and make it seem like no big deal. I hope you get your senses back soon. I can’t imagine not tasting bacon.
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I didn’t lose my sense of taste or smell, thank God. Just sucked off-brand Ludens for three weeks–and wished I couldn’t taste ’em. I blame my employer. The day before we went WFH they gathered us all together–I’m talking a hundred or so people–in a room so that our three bosses (now my former bosses) could bloviate for a couple of hours. I’m sure I got the virus from an asymptomatic colleague in that room.
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Carlos Santana
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Brian Setzer. That dude can play.
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Never saw him live but, yeah. Loved the Stray Cats back in the day.
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I have seen and appreciated most the obvious (Clapton, Page, SRV, Beck, Gilmour, Keef, Hackett, Buckingham, Knoffler, EVH, Fripp, R Thompson, Trey, Trucks, and so on). I always love seeing Alex Lifeson, Steve Howe, The Edge, and Adrian Belew.
Dexter Romweber blew me away every time I saw Flat Duo Jets
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I’m no expert, but I saw three that made big impression. Warner Hodges with Jason and the Scorchers and Mike Campbell with the Heartbreakers were really good to me. I also used to see Peter Buck with REM sit in with the Normaltown Flyers at Allen’s in the late 80’s. I don’t know if he was that good or if I just had never seen a player that up close and personal.
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Thanks Don. That was nice!
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Everybody loves Warner in a slow, mellow tune
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Great band. “Still Standing” was a favorite when I was at UGA, but I don’t remember seeing them live…Not their fault, obviously even if I did.
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Marty Stuart playing Clarence White’s Tele is a sight to hear.
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Marty is a seriously underrated picker and its very cool that he owns the very first b-bender guitar.
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Jorma is awesome.
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Tim Reynolds can shred
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I had the good fortune of seeing Chuck Berry live and he didn’t disappoint. Tim Reynolds is the best I’ve ever seen live. In this video, after Tim absolutely shreds it, Dave has this chuckle and look on his face that just says “Dayyyum.”
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Sumbitch…
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Eric Clapton or Derek Trucks.
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Unknown Hinson
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Who could forget this classic?
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Saw SRV at the UGA student center in 84. Tinsley Ellis and the Heartfixers opened. That didn’t suck.
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In no particular order: Brad Paisley, Warren Haynes, Dickie Betts, Tom Morello, Eric Johnson, Zakk Wylde, Doyle Dykes, Joe Satriani, Joe Perry, Dimebag Darrell, John Frusciante and Kirk Hammett.
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2020 is taking us to the wire. Maryann (Dawn Wells) has died from Covid.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dawn-wells-dead-mary-ann-gilligans-island-was-82-1149549
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Yeah, but she had no soul…
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i”ve been blessed to have seen most of the greats (except SRV and JImi). Just wanted to name one with a little local flavor, Tinsley Ellis. .
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So many… Steve Morse, Joe Satriani, Jeff Beck, Buddy Guy, Roy Clark, Sonny Landreth, Billy Gibbons, Eric Clapton, Ry Cooder, Tab Benoit, BB King, Paul Barrere, SRV, Jimmy Vaughn, Richard Thompson, Dick Dale, Jimmy Page, David Gilmour, Keith Richards, Ron Wood, Alex Lifeson, Leslie West, Derek Trucks, Jennifer Batten, Jake E. Lee, John Frusciante, Pete Townsend, Dickie Betts, Jimmy Herring, The Edge, Red Volkaert, and more…
All were the best at what they do.
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Steve Cropper. Never fancy. Never over the top. Always perfect. I can listen to every Stax/Volt single he played on a million times and those lines never get old.
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After my initial response, I started to think about all the greats I had seen. Walsh, Felder, Trucks were the first to pop in my head. I’m getting old so it takes a while to run through the memory bank, but I have been fortunate to see a plethora of what I consider greats. Warren Haynes, Gary Rossington, Neal Schon, Carlos Santa, Gary Richrath, Billy Gibbons, Mike Campbell, Howard Leese, Ted Nugent, Kerry Livgren, Steve Morse, Sammy Hagar, Eddie Van Halen. I’m sure my aging brain (and a little alcohol back in the day) has made me forget a few, but what a great time in music history.
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Johnny Winter.
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1a Norman Blake
1b Uwe Krüger – Krüger Brothers
Losing Tony Rice just caps a shitty year.
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Never seen him live but Mark Knopfler is the best to me. Such smooth, lyrical playing. Great writer. Listen to Tunnel of Love, Sultans, Going Home so much my wife thinks I have mental issues. Possibly so.
As for those I’ve seen live:
Brad Paisley – not much variety but so fast.
Doyle Dykes – able to create unbelievable sounds from a guitar.
Rich Brotherton – such great timing. Never too much, never too little when he takes his breaks.
Jack Pearson – had no clue who he was. Not to insult but I thought he was an older bus boy or something. Played a songwriters night in Nashville and absolutely shredded it. Looked him up afterwards and learned he played with ABB. One of those serendipitous nights. Unbelievable
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The musical input on this blog is one of it’s best features. Now that I have my tastebuds back, I’m enjoying a good red wine and following the prompts, great, great musicians here.
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Never saw him live but always liked Jim Hall. Acoustic jazz guitarist who recorded a couple of great, intimate albums with Bill Evans.
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Jimmy Page
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Doc Watson, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Eric Clapton, and Derek Trucks. All seen live in the state of North Carolina. One guitarist that I’ve yet to see and that’s on my bucket list is Pete Townsend. IMO, he’s so underrated. This live version of Eminence Front is some of him at his best.
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Here’s another underrated guitarist. I never saw him live but it’s the playpen, so what the hell:
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=chet+atkins+jerry+reed+jerrys+breakdown&view=detail&mid=12C3A1C27E1D34BA400812C3A1C27E1D34BA4008&FORM=VIRE0&ru=%2fsearch%3fq%3dc
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I saw Felder and Walsh on the Hotel California tour at the Forum in Inglewood. In the same league was Johnny Vernazza when he was with Elvin Bishop, saw him in Orange CA. Also under rated was Carl Verheyen, great LA session player who used to be with Supertramp Saw him at a small venue in Bakersfield.
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Almost forgot, Paul Kossoff of Free(“All Right Now”, “Mr. Big”) The Guitar Player’s Player. Nobody could torture a guitar like he did. NObody gets vibrato and sustain like he did. Gone way too soon.
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Probably Buddy Guy.
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