# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/142 "2021-08-22T04:22:23Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > “I’ve suffered for my music, now it’s your turn.” ^ like ---
**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 22, 2021, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/143 "2021-08-22T07:36:05Z")
John Prine: “Holden thouest mein gros stein bier mein fraulein” ---
**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 22, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/144 "2021-08-22T13:24:22Z")
Here a little more Trower… [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sTpvd3UAXP4/hqdefault.jpg "Robin Trower - Day Of The Eagle - 3/15/1975 - Winterland (Official)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTpvd3UAXP4) ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/145 "2021-08-23T01:21:06Z")
I was reminded of another of my favorites from back in the day when he popped up on the playlist of my old MP3 player as I mowed grass today. Was really into this guy when he was at his peak, late 80s, early 90s. RIP Jeff Healy [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uQwqSrPdwjQ/maxresdefault.jpg "The Jeff Healey Band - Confidence Man") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQwqSrPdwjQ) ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/146 "2021-08-23T01:22:39Z")
Nice! Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/147 "2021-08-23T01:55:45Z")
Robben Ford can play. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vM0CWfVZczY/hqdefault.jpg "Robben Ford - Talk To Your Daughter") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM0CWfVZczY) ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/148 "2021-08-23T01:59:03Z")
Very nice! Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/149 "2021-08-23T02:28:00Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > RIP Jeff Healy You mean from **Road House**? ---
**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 23, 2021, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/150 "2021-08-23T05:47:01Z")
That was Patrick Swayze on guitar. That blind dude was Ralph Macchio with a blonde wig and sped-up fretboard work. . ---
**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 24, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/151 "2021-08-24T22:05:32Z")
Yep, I loves me some Jeff Healey. It’s weird watching him play though. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/152 "2021-08-31T15:02:29Z")
Another guitarist whom I admire is all due to a cassette tape I found in the parking lot of the Broward Mall when I was 16 or 17 years old. I popped it into the boombox we had in the storage room where I worked and was instantly in love with the music on _Road Games_. I found out later, much later, that Frank Zappa loved his work and that Eddie Van Halen pretty much was trying _be_ Allan Holdsworth. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/txSs03ET-js/maxresdefault.jpg "ALLAN HOLDSWORTH - tokyo dream (Live 1984)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txSs03ET-js) I still can’t believe that anyone would purposely discard that tape. This guy was smart AND talented: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wts2Mw6Nb5s/hqdefault.jpg "Allan Holdsworth talks about scales") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wts2Mw6Nb5s) ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/153 "2021-08-31T15:42:48Z")
Due to the death of Charlie Watts, I have been listening to a lot of Rolling Stones lately. I have discovered 3 things. Keith Richard is really good, Brian Jones complemented Richard very well and Mick Taylor’s playing took the Stones to a new level. ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/154 "2021-08-31T16:40:50Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > …Allan Holdsworth Yeah, among the all-time best, for sure. He always sounded to me like a guitarist who’d time travelled back from the future. Came back to edit this because, although I don’t know anything about you, I know from your posts that you’re very much into music. So I had to laugh when you wrote about finding a cassette tape in a parking lot and keeping it just to hear what was on it. 😀 ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/155 "2021-08-31T23:52:38Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > Due to the death of Charlie Watts, I have been listening to a lot of Rolling Stones lately. I have discovered 3 things. Keith Richard is really good, Brian Jones complemented Richard very well and Mick Taylor’s playing took the Stones to a new level. Yep, I’ve got nothing against Ron Wood or Brian Jones, but the version of the Stones with Mick Taylor was the best one, easily. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2021, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/156 "2021-09-01T02:38:35Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > Yep, I’ve got nothing against Ron Wood or Brian Jones, but the version of the Stones with Mick Taylor was the best one, easily. You know, I agree, but (in my opinion, which is worth about half a Zimbabwean dollar) that’s because Mick and Keith were hitting their peak as songwriters, not because of Taylor’s guitar playing. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/157 "2021-09-01T03:04:51Z")
> [@Saintly\_Loser](#): > > You know, I agree, but (in my opinion, which is worth about half a Zimbabwean dollar) that’s because Mick and Keith were hitting their peak as songwriters, not because of Taylor’s guitar playing. Well, but you can’t discount the fact that Mick often said the reason he left was that he was disappointed that he never got any songwriting credit for songs that wouldn’t have existed in their current form without him. Perhaps the songwriting being better during that time was partly due to his input. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2021, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/158 "2021-09-01T03:08:09Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > Perhaps the songwriting being better during that time was partly due to his input. Could well be. And I remember reading somewhere that Bill Wyman complained about lack of credit, too. ---
**Author:** ![Dogginit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogginit/32/16920_2.png) [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/159 "2021-09-03T20:37:27Z")
Acoustic: Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, whether his work with Tull or solo. Particularly thinking of intros to “Baker Street Muse” & “Salamander” off the top of my head. Electric: Steve Hackett of Genesis & solo work. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/160 "2021-09-04T01:41:14Z")
Good list. Please also add: [Kaki](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UqV_5rVTNc) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399/161 "2021-09-04T09:28:31Z")
> [@Dogginit](#): > > Acoustic: Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, whether his work with Tull or solo. Particularly thinking of intros to “Baker Street Muse” & “Salamander” off the top of my head. “[Life’s a Long Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flz5lL9V2Bk)” is my favourite. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-whom-do-you-admire-most-as-a-player/948399.md?page=9)