Who's your guitar daddy now?

Andrew Latimer and Neil Young

"JM has a LONG way to go before being considered "guitar daddy"

Is he even old enough to be a "daddy"?

Justin Hayward.

"Stop calling Mayer NEW guys!"

He is relatively new compared to a lot of the old geezer guitar god names we are throwing out there.

For example, Justin Hayward is in his 60's now I believe as is Neil Young and probably Clapton, Beck, and most of the others as well.

Many of them can still play guitar as well or sometimes even better than they did when young. Practice does make perfect for this I think.

It is all relative......

"Atkins couldn't play an ugly sound even if tortured to do so."

That's a great line! I'd have to agree with that!

I think he was the first guitar player I took notice of on records when I was a kid and he set a high standard

I don't think Clapton is necessarily overrated, because he is without doubt quite good, but more I think he just gets a lot more love from the media and masses in general than many other equally gifted and lesser known players.

Onhwy61,

You are right, BUT, Kobe has to face other people trying to stop him who are also good every game.

Musicians do not have others being paid also to impede what they do. Its mostly up to them.

The golf analogy might be a little better one. But even there, if Tiger doesn't have a good day, someone else does. Those who pay to watch still get their money's worth. If I drop a couple hundred to see Clapton or any other musician for that matter perform, I expect them to deliver. Otherwise, lower the price.

My best guitar daddy experience live recently was seeing Dick Dale live in a very intimate venue and being right up front.

Despite his age qualifying as a guitar great grandaddy even, he was energized, spontaneous and seemed geneuinely happy to be there, even staying to chat with fans afterwards while sitting on stage. Needless to say , he smoked throughout the night on guitar, even breaking out into other genres besides his trademark "surf guitar" style. The best guitar concert ever for me. Worth 10X the $18 cost of admission.

At the moment, after spinning his "Travellin" album, its Chet Atkins.