# Guitar-God recommendations? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 1, 2007, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-god-recommendations/428480 "2007-12-01T19:58:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-god-recommendations/428480/21 "2007-12-03T10:27:35Z")
The Who. My Generation\*. He’d even have a chance of being able to play it 🙂 Pinball Wizard and various CSI theme tunes. The Beatles. Dizzy Miss Lizzy, one (easy) lick - proper Rock and Roll music (see also their cover of Chuck Berry’s _Rock and Roll Music_ though it’s the vocal that makes that one). Zeppelin. No mention yet of _Stairway?_ Every guitar player has to know this\*\* For inspirational guitar I’d vote for _Rock and Roll, Black Dog_ and _Heartbreaker_. Pink Floyd. Money, Time and Comfortably Numb. If just for the guitar solos. Would any System of a Down be appropriate? \*The current (rather depleted) version of The Who played this on last week’s _Later with Jools Holland_. They’ve still got it people. \*\*Though they also know to never, ever, play it in public. ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-god-recommendations/428480/22 "2007-12-03T12:21:16Z")
I did this exact thing for my nephew a couple of (actually six) years ago. (In two parts.) disc 1: 1. So You Wanna Be A Rock and Roll Star - the Byrds 2. Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream 3. Voodo Child (slight return) - Jimi Hendrix 4. Jumpin’Jack Flash (live) - Johnny Winter And 5. Can’t Find My Way Home - Blind Faith 6. Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen - Santana 7. Blue Sky - Allman Brothers Band 8. Going Down - Jeff Beck Group 9. Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple 10. Rock And Roll - Led Zepplin 11. Mississippi Queen - Mountain 12. RAM - Steve Howe 13. Bridge Of Sighs - Robin Trower 14. Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd 15. Couldn’t Stand The Weather - Stevie Ray Vaughan disc2: 1. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zepplin 2. Paranoid - Black Sabbath 3. Funk #49 - Jame Gang 4. Baba O’Riley - the Who 5. Let It Ride - Bachman Turner Overdrive 6. Long Train Runnin’- Doobie Brothers 7. Savannah Woman - Tommy Bolin 8. Toys In The Attic - Aerosmith 9. Fly By Night - Rush 10. Stranglehold - Ted Nugent 11. Franklin’s Tower - Grateful Dead 12. Dreams - Molly Hatchett 13. Ain’t Talkin’ 'Bout Love - Van Halen 14. Cheap Sunglasses - ZZ Top 15. The Man’s Too Strong - Dire Straits 16. One Of These Days - Pink Floyd For contrast, I made a third that was all instrumentals (named Speechless): 1. Ghost Riders - Steve Hunter 2. Trademark - Eric Johnson 3. Red Label - Danny Gatton 4. Flight of the Phoenix - Grand Funk 5. Day At The Dog Races - Little Feat 6. Europa - Santana 7. Bouree - Jethro Tull 8. Sylvia - Focus 9. Testify - Stevie Ray Vaughan 10. Jessica - Allman Brothers Band 11. Freeway Jam - Jeff Beck 12. Always With Me, Always With You - Joe Satriani 13. Echo - Joe Satriani 14. The Great Spectacular - Dixie Dregs 15. Something’s Happening In Room 602 - Wishbone Ash 16. Babylon - Frank Marino ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-god-recommendations/428480/23 "2007-12-03T16:43:30Z")
Throw in some Andres Segovia here and there, he could shred better than any of those guys ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-god-recommendations/428480/24 "2007-12-03T16:46:29Z")
The underappreciated [Walter Trout](http://www.waltertrout.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-god-recommendations/428480/25 "2007-12-03T18:44:50Z")
Venus by Television ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-god-recommendations/428480/26 "2007-12-03T19:01:32Z")
I’d throw in Rush, _2112 overture_ because it’s really easy to play (except the solo, but that’s always true) and sounds fairly impressive for a beginner. Just bang out a buncha power chords while playing along with the album. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-god-recommendations/428480/27 "2007-12-03T19:49:42Z")
[QUOTE=DfrntBreign] I did this exact thing for my nephew a couple of (actually six) years ago. (In two parts.) disc 1: 1. So You Wanna Be A Rock and Roll Star - the Byrds 2. Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream 3. Voodo Child (slight return) - Jimi Hendrix 4. Jumpin’Jack Flash (live) - Johnny Winter And 5. Can’t Find My Way Home - Blind Faith 6. Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen - Santana 7. Blue Sky - Allman Brothers Band 8. Going Down - Jeff Beck Group 9. Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple 10. Rock And Roll - Led Zepplin 11. Mississippi Queen - Mountain 12. RAM - Steve Howe 13. Bridge Of Sighs - Robin Trower 14. Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd 15. Couldn’t Stand The Weather - Stevie Ray Vaughan disc2: 1. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zepplin 2. Paranoid - Black Sabbath 3. Funk #49 - Jame Gang 4. Baba O’Riley - the Who 5. Let It Ride - Bachman Turner Overdrive 6. Long Train Runnin’- Doobie Brothers 7. Savannah Woman - Tommy Bolin 8. Toys In The Attic - Aerosmith 9. Fly By Night - Rush 10. Stranglehold - Ted Nugent 11. Franklin’s Tower - Grateful Dead 12. Dreams - Molly Hatchett 13. Ain’t Talkin’ 'Bout Love - Van Halen 14. Cheap Sunglasses - ZZ Top 15. The Man’s Too Strong - Dire Straits 16. One Of These Days - Pink Floyd For contrast, I made a third that was all instrumentals (named Speechless): 1. Ghost Riders - Steve Hunter 2. Trademark - Eric Johnson 3. Red Label - Danny Gatton 4. Flight of the Phoenix - Grand Funk 5. Day At The Dog Races - Little Feat 6. Europa - Santana 7. Bouree - Jethro Tull 8. Sylvia - Focus 9. Testify - Stevie Ray Vaughan 10. Jessica - Allman Brothers Band 11. Freeway Jam - Jeff Beck 12. Always With Me, Always With You - Joe Satriani 13. Echo - Joe Satriani 14. The Great Spectacular - Dixie Dregs 15. Something’s Happening In Room 602 - Wishbone Ash 16. Babylon - Frank Marino [/QUOTE] Hey - where can I get a copy of those CD’s?? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-god-recommendations/428480/28 "2007-12-03T20:06:30Z")
Joe Pass: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI-1sq5dFD4](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI-1sq5dFD4) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZfQUYOEzpg](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZfQUYOEzpg) Tuck Andress: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diZjE1lYoQw](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diZjE1lYoQw) Bireli Lagrene: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI5P9REpiPM](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI5P9REpiPM) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg3eo8x\_9rw](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg3eo8x_9rw) ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-god-recommendations/428480/29 "2007-12-03T20:16:13Z")
The best guitarist that I have ever seen in concert I saw a little club in Chicago called Mama Rosa’s. The guitarists name is **Melvin Taylor** and he plays there regularly. He may not be super famous, but as far as I can tell, he is every bit as good as any mentioned here. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-god-recommendations/428480/30 "2007-12-03T20:27:34Z")
I always whip out Dragonforce in these discussions, because [Herman Li and Sam Totman](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFbuj92ylLk&feature=related) are just absolutely jaw droppingly fast and innovative. The rest of the band sounds like 80’s euro metal sped up as fast as it can. Nothing really offensive for kiddies out there. ---
**Author:** ![TheMichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@TheMichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMichael)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-god-recommendations/428480/31 "2007-12-03T23:46:20Z")
Wordman you either show your age, or you are on the computer too much! Good choices though. For first time guitar players, I reccomend an electric, not an acoustic. It is easier to hold the strings, and to practice streching the hands. Less frustration. I’ll give you one: Chris Pennick- ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2007, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-god-recommendations/428480/32 "2007-12-04T00:46:43Z")
Sunday, in my car, I heard the tail end of something about an old school acoustic guitar god who had died. I just barely heard that much, so I’m wondering if any of the posters here know of any recent deaths? Peace, mangeorge [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-god-recommendations/428480.md?page=1)