Stri - Friendly Place

Hi guys,

About me. I'm 34, I'm from the UK and I love, well all sorts of stuff.

I've been playing for a few years. I can play simple open chords, some decent rhythm and some pretty decent finger picking too. I'm here though because I did a google search on 'friendly guitar forum' or some such thing and it brought me here. I feel with a few well placed pointers I should be off in the right direction. I don't believe for one second I lack the competence to learn as I can stretch my fingers across multiple frets and once I get into the learning process and feel I'm making progress I don't put the guitar down.

So that's my objective, to learn lead.

I need some good suggestions. Some nice easy stuff to give me some confidence to get really start hammering the practice like I did with chords and picking. It's a bit of a mountain for me this, a personal milestone but I want to conquer it. As such I'm going to place some of my favourite bands below and hopefully you guys can post some good suggestions. I don't have a preference on style. As you can see below I have taste that spans several genres.

However if you're explaining please be patient with me. I'm not an especially quick learner.

Here are some of my favourite bands and musicians. Thanks for reading.

Stevie Wonder, Queen, Bob Dylan, Mozart, Black Crowes, Rachmaninov, Vivaldi, Bruch, Beethoven, Eminem, Johhny Cash, Led Zepplin, Joni Mitchell, Massive Attack, PJ Harvey, Pink Flloyd, R.E.M, Radiohead, Paul Simon, Simon & Garfunkel, The Smiths, The Who, James Taylor, Steve Earle, Jose Gonzalez, Curtis Mayfield, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Dionne warrick, Oasis, Stone Roses, Bill withers, Beuna Vista Social Club, Tenacious D, Snow Patrol, Jeff Buckley