# Guitarists: Whom Do You Admire Most As A Player? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [August 10, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399 "2021-08-10T19:52:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/61 "2021-08-11T20:01:34Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Tuck Andress has an amazing percussive style of playing. I was going to mention him. He plays amazingly well with the flailing-arm thing, although not always, in my opinion. I prefer the steadiness seen in this video from 1979. Notice he plays with a pick in the first part and fingerstyle in the second (sounds like Billy Joel’s “Just the Way You Are”). Gotta laugh at the corny camera effect at about 5:00. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1RirnbWMM7k/maxresdefault.jpg "Tuck Andress solo") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RirnbWMM7k) ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/62 "2021-08-11T20:07:26Z")
Among current guitarists, Molly Tuttle (mentioned in the OP) and Julian Lage. From the past, well, so many, but I’ve been listening to a lot of Grant Green lately. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/63 "2021-08-11T20:11:24Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Glen Cambell-[William Tell Overture.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUBhE00h9U0) I first heard Campbell play that piece back in the 1970s, when he had a studio recording of it as the B-side to his hit “Southern Nights.” Seeing him play it makes it even more impressive. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/64 "2021-08-11T20:48:40Z")
These are the types of threads that remind me just how old the SDMB community is. If you were to judge based solely on responses to all these types of “Most talented/Favorite all time” you would think noone born after 1980 contributed to the arts as much as or were more talented than anyone from the 70’s or earlier. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/65 "2021-08-11T23:24:13Z")
Doc Watson and Tony Rice. Doc specialized in playing traditional fiddle tunes on the Guitar. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/y-Vl-BcwS4Y/maxresdefault.jpg "Doc Watson, Tony Rice, Sean Watkins "Salt Creek" MerleFest 2002") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-Vl-BcwS4Y) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/66 "2021-08-11T23:26:46Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > These are the types of threads that remind me just how old the SDMB community is. If you were to judge based solely on responses to all these types of “Most talented/Favorite all time” you would think noone born after 1980 contributed to the arts as much as or were more talented than anyone from the 70’s or earlier. I think it’s partly the age of the SDMB’ers, it’s partly that it takes some time to establish a reputation as a great guitar player, and it’s partly that guitar-based music isn’t nearly as big a part of this century’s music scene. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/67 "2021-08-12T00:22:19Z")
For something a bit different: Robert Randolph on the steel, playing Voodoo Child. This guy is really something to see live. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gt5BVuIv4t8/maxresdefault.jpg "Robert Randolph - Voodoo Chile") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt5BVuIv4t8) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/68 "2021-08-12T00:50:51Z")
I’m only a wanna-be guitar player, but if I could play like anyone it would be Michael Hedges. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/69 "2021-08-12T01:02:33Z")
Eddie Van Halen asked for a guitar lesson from Glen Campbell. Alice Cooper claims Campbell was one of the five best guitar players out there at the time (they were very close friends). [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Xn3EWcticBo/maxresdefault.jpg "Alice Cooper Reflects on the Amazing Talent of His Close Friend Glen Campbell") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn3EWcticBo) There have been some other examples linked earlier but I think this shows Campbell at his best: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ETkzK9pXMio/maxresdefault.jpg "Glen Campbell - Gentle on My Mind (terrific guitar break)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETkzK9pXMio) Different but also great would have to be Les Paul: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NkGf1GHAxhE/hqdefault.jpg "HOW HIGH THE MOON LES PAUL MARY FORD 1951") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkGf1GHAxhE) Or: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7iGXP_UBog4/hqdefault.jpg "Les Paul & Mary Ford Show: World Is Waiting For The Sunrise") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iGXP_UBog4) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/70 "2021-08-12T13:35:58Z")
Another great: Paco de Lucia [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2oyhlad64-s/hqdefault.jpg "Paco de Lucia - Entre dos aguas (1976) full video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oyhlad64-s) ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/71 "2021-08-12T15:19:13Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > I mean shit, May and his pops made a guitar that he still uses today out of a fireplace mantle, lol. Billy Strings (mentioned upthread a couple of times) has May beat. When he plays electric, he often plays a guitar his grandfather made in the prison workshop when he (the grandfather, not Billy) was locked up for a while. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/72 "2021-08-12T20:56:04Z")
While I don’t consider myself a real guitarist, and I have a hard time narrowing down who I’d want to be when I grow up, the first thing that popped into my head when I read the thread title was Larry Carlton’s solo on Kid Charlemagne. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/73 "2021-08-12T22:05:16Z")
LOL, I was thinking the same thing as I read through the replies. Been trying to get back here and conversate but been busy. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/74 "2021-08-12T22:09:22Z")
I endorse this reply. Slash is awesome. That Velvet Revolver song (and video) “Fall To Pieces” is a genius guitar lick/hook, and the video is simply heartbreaking given what happened to Scott Weiland later IRL. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/75 "2021-08-12T22:13:08Z")
Heck yeah, I remember reading about that online in Billy’s FB group that he was breaking it out for the “Billy and The Kids” shows with Kreutzmann and the rest at Red Rock. I watched a part of that show, very beautiful to look at and listen to, I’m just not huge on the Dead’s music, but I like it better when Billy Strings plays it, just like with bluegrass. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/76 "2021-08-12T23:20:21Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Van Halens songs mostly suck. Cancels subscription to the FoieGrasIsEvil newsletter. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/77 "2021-08-12T23:29:50Z")
LOL. I mean that in the nicest possible way. It’s more about trope avoidance with me. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/78 "2021-08-13T00:48:02Z")
Alas, as a ‘Non-Guitarist’, I am a Wretched Outcast with no right to post in this thread! Steve Howe ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/79 "2021-08-13T01:08:29Z")
Was listening to some Gary Moore tonight. Thought you’d all want to know. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pvu7Y91xUKM/hqdefault.jpg "Gary Moore - Red House (Jimi Hendrix Cover) (Fender Stratocaster 50th Anniversary) [HQ]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvu7Y91xUKM) ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/80 "2021-08-13T05:19:52Z")
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