# Recommend some music to me **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 26, 2002, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-music-to-me/138885 "2002-11-26T14:01:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-music-to-me/138885/1 "2002-11-26T14:01:13Z")
What I want to hear are basically guitar-driven instrumental albums. Don’t want to hear no singin’. 😃 I love Joe Satriani. I love Jeff Beck’s _Blow by Blow_. Steve Vai has his moments… I need some stuff in that vane. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-music-to-me/138885/2 "2002-11-26T14:13:33Z")
The Shut up 'n Play yer Guitar series by Zappa Al Dimeola John McLaughlin Mostly 70’s and 80’s stuff, if that’s OK ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-music-to-me/138885/3 "2002-11-26T15:44:13Z")
Yngwie Malmsteen’s _Concerto Suite_. Full orchestra with an electric guitar thrown in just for fun. ---
**Author:** ![super\_head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@super\_head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/super_head)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-music-to-me/138885/4 "2002-11-26T16:17:03Z")
Monte Montgomery’s cover of Hendrix’s “Little Wing.” Video clips of it can be found [**here**](http://www.brushyland.com/monte/). If you like his guitar work, check out the albums “Mirror” and “First and Repair” - avoid “Wishing Well” and “Live at the Caravan of Dreams” (that one was made against his wishes) - any live bootlegs you can find are well worth it too. ---
**Author:** ![Tygr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@Tygr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tygr)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-music-to-me/138885/5 "2002-11-26T19:10:34Z")
I haven’t laid hands on any of his albums yet, but what I’ve heard of Eric Johnson (on the radio) is quite good. From what [Yahoo](http://shopping.yahoo.com/shop?d=product&id=1927003956) says, it sounds as though his albums aren’t purely instrumental, but his best songs are. He won a Grammy for [Cliffs of Dover](http://shopping.yahoo.com/shop?d=product&id=1921008640&clink=dmpr-hm-rp/ha) (click the song name on the “Tracks” list for a sample). And according to that biography page, he’s co-headlined a tour with Satriani and Vai. ---
**Author:** ![NYR407](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@NYR407](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NYR407)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-music-to-me/138885/6 "2002-11-26T20:40:59Z")
My cousin is a fan a Buckethead and I have read others around here give him good reviews. I can’t really say for myself. I keep meaning to borrow one of his CDs. I just did a quick search and came up with 10 hits here on SD over the last 6 months with “Buckethead” (three seemed unrelated). Check them out if you are interested in him. FYI, Buckethead was a gutiarits on stage with Axl Rose during the MTV Awards (yeah, the guy with the bucket on his head). Supposably, his identity is a secret and he has created a history of how Buckethead myth came to existence. ---
**Author:** ![DaddyTimesTwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@DaddyTimesTwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaddyTimesTwo)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-music-to-me/138885/7 "2002-11-26T21:43:31Z")
Jeff Beck’s _ **There & Back** _ is also good.