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Joe Bonamassa's 10 Underrated Guitarists

Berton Averre was the lead guitarist.
My Sharona remains a kick ass song, and I still have the occasional Knack Attack. :)
I just checked my 7" 45 and it's almost 5 min long just, so I'm not sure if there was a shorter radio version. The whole Get The Knack LP is good. 1979....mmmmmm.

And then there's this. heh.


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Sweet solo. My radio station I worked for played the unedited version, and that solo cooks.

Ron Strykert lays down a beast of a tasty solo for the band Men At Work in nearly every song they do, but particularly on "Overkill" and "It's A Mistake".

I had to learn both, I loved them so much.
 
TudorTurtle said:
Berton Averre was the lead guitarist.
My Sharona remains a kick ass song, and I still have the occasional Knack Attack. :)
I just checked my 7" 45 and it's almost 5 min long just, so I'm not sure if there was a shorter radio version. The whole Get The Knack LP is good. 1979....mmmmmm.

And then there's this. heh.


TT
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Not to mention Weird Al's first-ever single (and I won a signed poster for "Bad Hair Day" for knowing that little factoid during a live webcast back in the late 90s)...

 
Farmhand said:
Yes on Hubert Sumlin! The man who basically invented the modern blues band guitar solo.
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You can certainly hear is influence on a good number of guitarists. He had such a unique style for his time. None of his peers played like he did, at least none that I've heard.

So many talented musicians were mentioned in this thread. Some names I haven't thought of in years. Time to mine the music collection.

-Dave
 
noogies said:
Bloomfield deserved a lot more notice than he got.
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Agreed! When I first heard Super Session with Al Kooper and Steven Stills was when I first realized that I loved blues and particularly electric blues guitar. I remember listening to that album over and over back in like '69 or '70 and don't think it was out that long. I don't know about other music lovers or players but this was an influential album to me but back then so were a lot of albums (timing is of course a lot of it) as my musical tastes were expanding, great times, great tunes. I just had to put Super Session on the stereo and hear it again and it's at least as good as the first time I heard it!!
 
IPADave said:
You can certainly hear is influence on a good number of guitarists. He had such a unique style for his time. None of his peers played like he did, at least none that I've heard.

So many talented musicians were mentioned in this thread. Some names I haven't thought of in years. Time to mine the music collection.

-Dave
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A player who played in similar fashion did so by seeing and learning from Hubert: Magic Sam, he of the LP entitled West Side Soul.
 
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Tommy Tedesco, though he is considered the most recorded guitarist in history, is not a household name. "The Twilight Zone" music, that creepy three-note thing? That's him. Bonanza, Green Acres, Batman, M*A*S*H*, and those are just some theme songs. Then there are the thousands of singles... maybe the ultimate session man.
 
nelsress said:
Agreed! When I first heard Super Session with Al Kooper and Steven Stills was when I first realized that I loved blues and particularly electric blues guitar. I remember listening to that album over and over back in like '69 or '70 and don't think it was out that long. I don't know about other music lovers or players but this was an influential album to me but back then so were a lot of albums (timing is of course a lot of it) as my musical tastes were expanding, great times, great tunes. I just had to put Super Session on the stereo and hear it again and it's at least as good as the first time I heard it!!
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If you haven't already, you REALLY need to hear "East-West". Bloomfield's guitar sounds like a cross between a sitar and a clarion bell.
 
IPADave said:
Thanks, I'll check him out.

-Dave
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Here ya go:


Sam ripping it up on Earl Hooker's guitar. Speaking of under rated, Earl is up there, too.

And yeah, don't get me started on Sumlin. He's probably influenced about a million players who haven't even heard of him.
So glad I checked him off my concert bucket list a few years ago.

Oh, and another thing. The DVD where this clip comes from is fantastic. There are a few of them in a series call American Folk Festival Of The Blues(I think). No self respecting blues fan should be without them, IMO.
 
noogies said:
If you haven't already, you REALLY need to hear "East-West". Bloomfield's guitar sounds like a cross between a sitar and a clarion bell.
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Elvin Bishop and Paul Butterfield also solo on that tune. I have to agree it's one of the hottest jams ever.
 
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