john frusciante
Doesn't get enough props round here IMHO. The new RHCP album is first class.
A :-)
Could be because of his dark years. At least he is plaing with the peppers better than ever now :) .
"Talent is luck. The important thing in life is courage."
Django
Joe Pass
Kenny Burrell
Charlie Christian
Al DiMeola
"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." -- HST
muddy waters--- could play one string attached to the house and make ya say.. um um umm
john lee hooker.. hey man whats goin on my feet won't stop tapping.. ahh lil johhny lee is bringin it down...
howling wolf... i swear when his mouth opened i saw his soul jumping round in there doin harmony
R.L burnside... it just driped off his fingers
and anyone else with something in their hands who makes me believe. don't want no hand me down's
gotta be real..
LIVELY UP YOURSELVES!!
Wes Montgomery*
Dizzy Gillespie
Django
Eric Clapton*
Thelonious Monk
Rory Gallagher
Jimi Hendrix
Miles Davis*
Buddy Guy
* = big influence.
At this time I would like to tell you that NO MATTER WHAT...IT IS WITH GOD. HE IS GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL. HIS WAY IS IN LOVE, THROUGH WHICH WE ALL ARE. IT IS TRULY -- A LOVE SUPREME --. John Coltrane
By far Jeff Beck and Roy Buchanan,lately though Joe Bonamassa,uggh I'm aging
GG
jimmy page
jeff beck
steve morse
johnny winter
gary moore
ritchie blackmore
just to name a few 8)
even god loves rock-n-roll
For right now, for bass at least, it's the unknown guy who plays the walking line in the song "Somewhere Beyond the Sea" in the animated feature "Finding Nemo;" the end title sequence.
Frank Zappa somehow is an influence as well, though I can't specify why, really.
Neil Geraldo
And...Dave 'Feet' Rogers.
jimmy paige
Miyavi
Kurt cobain
the rhcp album is wicked I toatally agree!
Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, and Eric Clapton are my top 3 I guess. I think I learned the most about guitar from Jimmy Page.
I was big into Steve Howe of Yes as well. Great guitarist.
So many, I liked Chuck Berry, Alvin Lee, BB King, Marc Bolan, Ted Nugent, Peter Frampton, and on and on.
If you know something better than Rock and Roll, I'd like to hear it - Jerry Lee Lewis
My list is about identical to Wes. I might add George Harrison, Niel Young, John Fogarty, John lee Hooker, Albert King, Freddie King, Most of the other old blues men, Kieth Richards, and Junior Brown, Luther Perkins, and............. :D
Carlos Santana, for his phrasing.
Stevie Ray Vaughn, for his fire.
George Harrison, for his taste.
Jeff Beck, for his innovation.
But by far, Roy Buchanan, before I heard him, guitar playing was just a diversion, but after hearing "He will come again", I wanted to play just like that! That was the biggest motivation in my guitar playing life and I'll probabily never be that good but I have found my own voice. Thirty plus years later I'm still chasing that man and am grateful that I can still run the race!
When I die, I want to go peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather, not screaming......
like the passengers in his car.
Carlos Santana, for his phrasing.
Stevie Ray Vaughn, for his fire.
George Harrison, for his taste.
Jeff Beck, for his innovation.
But by far, Roy Buchanan, before I heard him, guitar playing was just a diversion, but after hearing "He will come again", I wanted to play just like that! That was the biggest motivation in my guitar playing life and I'll probabily never be that good but I have found my own voice. Thirty plus years later I'm still chasing that man and am grateful that I can still run the race!
I just love roys version of "Hey Joe" I think he was born with a Telecaster in his hands :D 8)
mine would hav to be:
David gilmour
Jimi Hendrix
Neil Finn
"If you give a man a Les Paul guitar, he doesn't become Eric Clapton. If you give a man an amp and a synthesizer, he doesn't become whoever. He doesn't become us." - Roger Waters, Pink Floyd
My biggest influence is Eric Clapton, I play in a very similar way. Probably because he is my favourite guitarist. Also Carlos Santana, although his studio stuff is great, some of his life stuff is even more amazing.
Jeff Beck, Adrian Belew, Mark Knopfler and very early on Maury Mulheisen and Ritchie Blackmore; but I end up sounding more like Gilmour or Django depending upon whether I'm electric or acoustic. Go figure.
-=tension & release=-
