Favorite guitar players not named......


We all know there names Hendrix, Page, Clapton, Beck Stevie Ray. But who are your favorite guitar players that are not house hold names? Here are a few of mine not in any order.

Robert Fripp
Martin Barre
Richard Thompson
Roy Buchnan
Rory Gallagher
Mason Ruffner
Neil Young and Lindsey Buckingham know but not so much for the guitar work.
also Dave Alvin and Alvin Lee
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Phil Manzanera

Gary Boyle

Phil Miller

Nels Cline

David Torn

Terje Rypdal

Steve Hillage

Hopefully not repeating but . . . 

Tom Verlaine (Television and solo)

Richard Lloyd (Television)

Carrie Brownstein (Sleater Kinney)

Guitarists who worked with David Bowie: Mick Ronson, Carlos Alomar, Earl Slick, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Adrian Belew, and Reeves Gabrels

Neil Clark (guitarist for Lloyd Cole & the Commotions)

Did anyone mention David Gilmour?

East Bay Ray (Dead Kennedys)

Andy Gill (Gang of Four)

Robert Quine (Richard Hell & the Voidoids and worked with Matthew Sweet notably on the song "Girlfriend")

Peter Woods (guitarist for Romeo Void)

Steve Bartek (guitarist and arranger for Oingo Boingo and Danny Elfman's scores)

John McGeoch (guitarist for Siouxsie and the Banshees)

Courtney Barnett

Madison Cunningham

Mary Timony

Joey Santiago (Pixies)

Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead)

Did anyone mention Ry Cooder? 

Sadie Dupuis (Speedy Ortiz)

Paul Simon

Snakefinger

Glenn Johansson (Echobelly)

Guy Kyser (Thin White Rope)

Probably all the session guitarists who played with Steely Dan

Midge Ure (Ultravox)

Todd Rundgren (often forgotten or ignored for no reason that I know of)

(Probably more but I give up)