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Guitar Alphabet. Please fill out unused letters...

I've just got an idea of creating the short guide to rock and jazz guitar players. So you will see that it's sorted by guitarist's last name in ascending alphabet order. Than I provide an information about the band he/she had been playing. You will see in caps the most respected guitarists on my list. Also there should be one or two bands or credits that he/she had been playing with. Please feel also free to add to the letters that already have one or more guitarists.

Here we go:

A -- AKKERMAN JAN / Focus
B -- Bruce Jack / Creme
-- Beck Jeff
-- BELEW ADREAN / King Crimson
-- BUCKETHEAD / Praxis, Guns and Roses.
-- BERLIN JEFF /
C -- Clapton Eric / Creme
-- Corryell Lary
-- Creme Lol / 10CC
D -- DiMeola Al
E --
F -- FRIPP ROBERT / King Crimson
-- FRITH FRED / Company
G -- GUNN TRAY / King Crimson
-- Godley Kevin / 10CC
H -- HOLDSWORTH ALLAN /
-- Hacket Steve / Genesis
-- Howe Steve / Yes
-- Hendrix Jimi
-- Hammill Peter / Van Der Graaf Generator
-- Hall Jim
I --
J -- JOHNES PERCY / Brand X
-- Johnes John Paul / Led Zeppelin
K -- KARN MICK / Japan
-- KAROLI MICHAEL / Can
L --
M -- MANZANERA PHIL / Roxy Music
-- McLaughlin John / Mahavishnu
-- METHENY PAT / Pat Metheny Group
N -- Nelson Bill
O --
P -- POHJOLA PEKKA
Q --
R -- RIPDAL TERJE
S -- Nicky Scopelitis / Material
-- Stern Mike
-- Sylvian David / Japan
-- Sharp Elliot
T -- TORN DAVID
U -- UBU PERE
V -- Vai Steve / Motley Crue
W -- Wobble Jah
X --
Y -- Yamanashi / California Guitar Trio
Z -- ZAPPA FRANK
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ben_campbell
1,169 posts
 
Mick Karn is also a bass player,like wise whilst David Sylvian plays guitar so does Robert Plant and Bono!
Hardly guitarists.
Hendrix not amongst your favourites?
It's clear also you have a heavy slant towards modern left field,progressive avant-garde rock in your list.
It's not difficult to fill the letters(The Edge is for E-duh) but what's the point,what's the slant because the list of great guitarists is too involved to go into,really but boy you are missing some serious greats from Gene Vincent,Segovia,James Burton,Buddy Holly,Bert Janch,Peter Green,Jimmy Page,Richard Thompson,Eddie Van Halen,Neal Schon,Greg Allman,Dave Gilmour,J Mascus,John Squire,Steve Morse,Johnny Marr,Charlie Sexton,Keith Richards-Robert Johnson!!!!!----it's almost endless
ben_campbell
1,169 posts
 
To answer Marakanetz query about Dylan and lead guitar.
Dylan was obviously a folk-based guitarist to start with despite returning to his rock n' roll roots circa'64 subsequently he always allowed his main guitarist of the time to play lead (Robbie Robertson in the main)until '76 during the Hard Rain era (Mick Ronson played guitar)when he started playing lead,which at the time he really couldn't do that well.
It's something that's never left him since then and despite having noticably better guitarists throughout the years-G.E Smith and now Charlie Sexton(awesome lead player)and Larry Campbell he still likes to play lead,sometimes a lot certainly the last few years have seen him play more than possibly ever before.
Whilst he has improved and can occassionaly do some brilliant stuff,it's fair to say he is not a top class player.
I saw him twice recently and he played lead a fair bit despite obviously being constantly outplayed by Sexton and Campbell.
If you wanted to analysis it,it could be said that '76 heralded a time when he felt he couldn't deal with the confusion he had in his life via words (totally at least)and tried using his own sonics although sonics had been part of his live sound since '66.
Of course Dylan's genius has never been on the technical level-I think he has an amazing voice but it's not a technical purist voice likewise he is often derided by fellow musicians as not being technically that great a musician and yet he has produced music in his field light years ahead of his contempories.....
I wouldn't have him on this list anymore than Springsteen and Springsteen's obviously a better guitarist.
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