Under rated guitar players
 

Ok, you've seen the Rolling Stone top 100 in this forum.
Let's name under rated guitar players!

I'll start with Neil Schon(Journey)
Tommy Shaw and James Young (Styx)
Kenny Wayne Shepard
Prince (or the artist formerly known as)
Robin Trower
Gary Rossington
Joe Walsh
Dan Fogelberg
Help me with these two, I can't believe I can't think of their name's!
Guitar player for Foreigner
Guitar Player for Bad Company

dave mustaine
django reinhardt

john frusciante

Re: Under rated guitar players
 

This one should start some discussion:

George Harrison.

Everybody gives him credit for being a singer/songwriter/member of The Bealtes, but I think he is under-rated most of the time as a guitar player.




I also think Bruce Kulick is under-rated.

He is generally thought of as the replacement of the replacement of the replacement for Ace Frehley, but he spent 12 years as the lead guitarist for KISS. Not a bad gig, if you ask me.

Thanks G.O.T.- I knew they both shared the same first name!

As for George Harrison, I think he gets credit from people who really know music.

Hey... I know alot of people on this board don't like country music, but you can't leave this guy out (Was he on the RS 100?)

ROY CLARK

Nope, went back and looked-
Roy friggin Clark wasn't even on the list- How the hell can that be?

As promised:

SLASH!

No one gives Nuno Bettencourt the respect he deserves.

Also, Martin Gore is great, but not really known for the guitar.

Nuno rocks! I'm a huge extreme fan because of his guitar playing-
Help me out with Martin Gore, not sure who he is.

Please Please Please...

Mark Knopfler.

there is a DINOSAUR named after him fer Crissakes....

Couldn't agree more.

Also: Rob Caggiano and Scott Ian

I think Mark Knopfler is in the same catergory as George Harrison. As perripken pointed out,

why thank you:)

Trey Anastacio
Rye Cooder
Satriani
Mike McCreedy

etc.

Asta!!

Amen. And not just guitars.
If it's got strings, Roy Clark can play it.

johyn frusciante
trey anestascio

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Asta!!

chet atkins if your talking about country music

Junior Brown
Andy Taylor (Duran Duran)
Pete Anderson (Dwight Yoakem)

Just to name a few

Martin Gore is the guitarist/songwriter for Depeche Mode. His stuff is simple, but it sounds great.


I forgot this one. Johnny Rzeznik from Goo Goo Dolls. Awesome songwriter, great rock player.

Re: Under rated guitar players
 

No friggin way I was gonna say Neil Schon!! He was offered to play with Eric Clapton before he started with Journey, but he turned Clapton down, cuz he wanted to do his own thing. I'll also say Mark Knopfler, and the chick from Heart.:)

Almost forgot: Vernon Reid

Re: Re: Under rated guitar players
 

Does that mean you don't think Neil is underrated?
Knofler was on the Rolling Stone top 100

Vernon Reid was also on the top 100, rightly so, he is awesome!

Dean Ween.

Alex Lifeson (rush)

Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave)

Nuno Bettencourt
Dave Navarro
Trey Anastasio
Bootsy Collins

Dave Gilmour
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James "Reverend Horton" Heath.

My 2nd favotie behind Gilmour. Completely different genres. Heath just flat out kicks it rockabilly style.

Also the guitarist for Radiohead is fucking unreal.

John Petrucci of Dream Theater.

He is so skilled and can play any style of music with style and emotion, yet he is so under appreciated

David Gilmour
Hillel Slovak
Dave Navarro
Chet Atkins

joe satriani nuff said

Hey... I was just driving home from work the other day and Molly Hatchet came on, how could I forget,
Duane Roland and Dave Hlubek!

Page Hamilton

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Richie Havens

nuff said

Richie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow)

John Lennon as a rhythm guitarist and this is felt y no less an authority as John Fogerty of C.C.R. fame. John could really drive that band of his. Not sophisticated or technical, just that gutteral rhythm.

Great pick Ramones. That performance he did was awesome. I saw the video of woodstock on a documentary. The guy who was supposed to play after him didn't show so he had to stall and keep on playing eventually playing Sometimes I feel....Like a motherless child... Shit was great. Very moving he was exausted and sweating too. Wish I was alive then.

Asta!!

Adam Jones of Tool.
His style is a mix somewhere between east indian and hard rock, along with a few other mixtures of his own.

He can seemlessly go from soft and beautiful to a hard and dark style of playing.

A very underated guitarist in my opinion.

dave grohl (foo fighters) -- though i don't know if i'd consider him under rated.

Touche'

Ronnie Montrose is another great player who never got the respect he deserved.


listen to Space Station #5, or I've Got the Fire

either of this should be enough evidence for anyone

The Reverend Horton Heat; this dude can flat out rip. I saw him in concert a year ago and he blwe me away. Pure energy.

Alex Lifeson of Rush
Walt Becker of Steely Dan.

Can't disagree with Horton Heat but I'm going to go with Jon Schaffer of Iced Earth.

Gary Rossington and Dave Gilmour

well since i see a hole lot of overrated guitarists here, I'll just note down a couple of the best guitarists in the world(i'll try to stick to under rated)

Joe Pass, Wes Montgomery, Charlie Christian, Pat Martino, Pat Metheny, Russel Malone, John McLaughlin, John Scofiel, Bill Frisell, Mike Stern, Al DiMeola, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Birelli Lagrene, Martin Taylor, Jim Hall, John Abercrombie, Frank Zappa, Jeff Buckley, George Benson.

and just for the record.... Mark Knopfler is a wimp...

Knut Schreier (aka Euroboy)....