Guitar chord forum - chordie — Your guitar hero?

Re: Your guitar hero?

null@example.com (tubatooter1940) — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:55:18 +0000

My grandmother played guitar and sang when she was young. I begged her to play but she explained her fingers were old and sore. One fine day I got her to play one song - "Oh Those Golden Slippers" . I remember her arthritic fingers making a "D"chord. She sounded so fine to me.

Re: Your guitar hero?

null@example.com (caromshot) — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:23:24 +0000

Wow, so many to choose from. I have to say the one person that inspired me to pick up the guitar most was my Dad. We used to gather as a family in the livingroom, my Dad would bring out the guitar and we would have a sing-a-long. Songs from John Denver, The Kingston Trio, Don Williams. He is the one that got me to pick up the guitar. I want to continue that tradition with my future kids. Others I admire are:

Jerry Reed
Chet Atkins
Eric Johnson
Mark Knopffler

I am sure there are others if I put my mind to it. If I think of them I will add to the list.

Re: Your guitar hero?

null@example.com (jms.62) — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:56:51 +0000

oh, I'll never reach the level of Doc Watson. I just think the range of his music is amazing. especially without sight!

Re: Your guitar hero?

null@example.com (badeye) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:53:58 +0000

Brownie MaGhee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd8i4j6zQSw

badeye

Re: Your guitar hero?

null@example.com (Zurf) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:34:27 +0000

Doc Watson? No way I would pick him as an idol. I may as well try to emulate Michelangelo using Jell-O as for me to try to sound like Doc Watson.

Re: Your guitar hero?

null@example.com (jerome.oneil) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:29:21 +0000

Shawn Lane, Bryan Sutton, and Bill Frisell.

Re: Your guitar hero?

null@example.com (jaygordon75) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:49:32 +0000

Doc Watson and Doyle Dykes...

Re: Your guitar hero?

null@example.com (auxi) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:27:10 +0000

There's a little boy on Youtube ... Shunga Junga... or something like that. He's my favorite.

Re: Your guitar hero?

null@example.com (jms.62) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:10:56 +0000

have you guys never heard of Doc Watson?

Re: Your guitar hero?

null@example.com (janzi5) — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 08:36:20 +0000

Mark Knopfler, formely of Dire Straits, fantastic guitar player, essentially a finger picking player, unique in style and sound, some dont like Dire Straits songs but they arent usually guitarists themselves so it really is an appreciating thing of perfect guitar solos. I quite like Chris Rea too..

Re: Your guitar hero?

null@example.com (steelstrings) — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 06:51:30 +0000

Gary Moore is epic. If you haven't listened to him, you should.

R.I.P. Gary.

Re: Your guitar hero?

null@example.com (TeaAnd12tone) — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:16:20 +0000

Classical:
Andres Segovia, the maestro
Ana Vidovic
Narciso Yepes
Julian Bream

Others:
Chris Smither
Bob Log III
Rodrigo Y Gabriela
Andy McKee
James Hetfield
Martin Taylor
Roy Zimmerman (no, not the other Zimmerman)
Newton Faulkner
Eric Roche
Mason Williams
Tommy Emmanuel

I have also been listening to the great composer and diverse player Al Di Meola recently. There was a great quote of his in Total Guitar magazine: "Shredding is a bull**** term for not saying anything"

Re: Your guitar hero?

null@example.com (patrickjacques) — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 12:18:53 +0000

FastLane wrote:

Discovered an amazing guitar player a few months back. Peppino d'agostino. Simply amazing guitar playing. Close to the Heart is a terrific album. Check him out on YouTube as well.

this guy peppino was in town a few years ago at the montreal jazz festival and for whatever reason palayed a concert at a local music school. apperently it had to do with something in reguards to godin guitars, some big wig from the company told a story of how they hooked up with peppino when they started off in the buisness in california dealing out of a hotel room. any way if you notice all his guitars are godins. anyway I had never heard of this guy before. it was just by chance that I went to see him. there were only about 25 people in the audiance. I could not comprehend how someone would go about studying to become that advanced. I have been playing for close to 30 years and the stuff he was playng made me feel like I knew nothing. I was very impressed, although for me he is just a little to complicating. dont get me wrong, I really did enjoy the show . saying this guy is amazing is an understatement

in reguards to my (favorite) guitar hereos they seem to change depending on what I am practicing at the time, right now its Brian Setzer I beleive a lot of people dont realize just how good of a guitarist he is

Re: Your guitar hero?

null@example.com (Buzzwagon) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 07:18:59 +0000

Albert Lee, not only a guitar genius, but a great piano player and an all round nice bloke.

Jerry

Re: Your guitar hero?

null@example.com (joeyjoeyjoey) — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 21:55:08 +0000

that is true.I have a hard enough time with two.Like I said it was an awful joke but I couldnt resist