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Joe Bonamassa's 10 Underrated Guitarists

BlindBoyGrnt said:
I can name at least one guitarist who's fallen under JH's influence: Montreal's own Frank Marino, a fine player in his own right.
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FM indeed. Let's add (besides Trower) Randy California (Spirit), Jeff Mironov (geetarist at large), Fred Caban (Agape -- SoCal "jesus rock" pioneer), and so many more.

Of course they all owe a debt to Albert King, the main influence of Jimi.
 
c.coyle said:
Lindsey Buckingham just might be the 2d best guitarist to ever play with Fleetwood Mac.
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Come to think of it, you never see Peter Green on these sorts of lists, do you?

EDIT -- Okay, I went and checked; he's on several lists. But people don't talk about him very much.
 
1tumbleweed said:
If I did that list, no question who'd be Number One: Yngwie Malmsteen.

Happy trails,
Larry B.
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As a guitar player for over 35 years, I have to disagree. The man can play and was a major influence for a lot of guitar players even today. I STILL can't play Blackstar correctly despite trying since 1985, He also is a very nice person contrary to the few outbursts in the past. I met him in 1988 and have seen him several times over the years. Last time was in Lackawanna back in the late 90s. We were guests of his for the show which was incredible. Same show when he fired Ripper Owens for lackluster performance
 
Northwinds said:
As a guitar player for over 35 years, I have to disagree. The man can play and was a major influence for a lot of guitar players even today. I STILL can't play Blackstar correctly despite trying since 1985, He also is a very nice person contrary to the few outbursts in the past. I met him in 1988 and have seen him several times over the years. Last time was in Lackawanna back in the late 90s. We were guests of his for the show which was incredible. Same show when he fired Ripper Owens for lackluster performance
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There's so many better players out there! Past and present IMO!
 
You guys are cracking me up. Ron, don't feel bad....I have exactly ONE Gangplank Marmoset lick I can pull off, at speed. He was an absolute 3rd explosion for guitar, behind Hendrix and EVH.

I think we're confusing a guitarist that can hit you in the feels, vs. a brilliant player that can pull off technically amazing stuff that perhaps laymen do not appreciate. Perhaps. Just my opinion.

MANY of these guitarists are fantastic AT WHAT THEY DO. The guy for Concrete Blonde?Sad to say I don't know his name, but whoa....what a painter.

Same goes for Eliot Easton of the Cars and my personal favorite unsung guitarist, Chris Hayes for Huey Lewis and The News. The guy can BURN.

Listen to this from the debut for Huey and the gang. A PERFECTLY constructed pop solo that is very technically demanding.

go to 1:40 for the solo, but listen to the whole song to see just how perfect this is.

 
Agreed on all points, onwardjames.
Eliot Easton is a huge fan of the chicken pickin' style, as it turns out- listen to the solo on "Best Friend's Girl"- double stops, slapback echo and all.
James Mankey played for Concrete Blonde. His tones are very tasty- I'm thinking of the solo on "Joey."
From the same era, Kenny Withrow of New Bohemians has a fascinating pick-and-fingers style- I was never able to really nail any of his stuff.
Pat McDonald, formerly of Timbuk3, is a super talented musician- there are Y.Tube videos of some recent solo performances, and he's just really good.
Another favorite of mine is Greg Lisher of Camper Van Beethoven.
 
Steve Hunter
From Rock and Roll Animal and Train Kept a Rolling to Solisbury Hill - the man knows how to work rhythm and melody into a song.
2013 Steve Hunter release
 
onwardjames said:
MANY of these guitarists are fantastic AT WHAT THEY DO. The guy for Concrete Blonde?Sad to say I don't know his name, but whoa....what a painter.

Same goes for Eliot Easton of the Cars and my personal favorite unsung guitarist, Chris Hayes for Huey Lewis and The News. The guy can BURN.

Listen to this from the debut for Huey and the gang. A PERFECTLY constructed pop solo that is very technically demanding.

go to 1:40 for the solo, but listen to the whole song to see just how perfect this is.

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As long as we're talking about cool solos in pop songs, I've always been amazed at how good the solo in this otherwise cheesy classic is--I think they edited it out of the single version to make it shorter for radio airplay, so most people don't even know that there IS a cool guitar solo in "My Sharona." I wouldn't say the guitarist is one of the greatest ever (I don't even know his name), but if you're going to trot out a Huey Lewis number, I'm gonna see your Huey and raise you a Knack. The solo starts at 2:40.

 
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