Guitar-God recommendations?

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The Who. My Generation*. He’d even have a chance of being able to play it :slight_smile: 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.

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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
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Throw in some Andres Segovia here and there, he could shred better than any of those guys

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The underappreciated Walter Trout.

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Venus by Television

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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.

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Hey - where can I get a copy of those CD’s?? :slight_smile:

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Joe Pass: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI-1sq5dFD4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZfQUYOEzpg
Tuck Andress: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diZjE1lYoQw
Bireli Lagrene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI5P9REpiPM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg3eo8x_9rw

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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.

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I always whip out Dragonforce in these discussions, because Herman Li and Sam Totman 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.

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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-

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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