[kj] (OT) guitarists...

[fluw]

Check out Gabor Szabo, very weird player. Next too Geordie - Marc Ribot is
the ultimate un-tethered creator IMO. Hubert Sumlin made blues palatable and
very very interesting. Jamie West Oram is very creative, like Geordie, but
he makes pop funk a new. Andy Gill of course is irreplaceable in guitar
innovator history. And nothing is more odd yet perfectly sublime than Mick
Ronson, his playing is simply orgasmic, creating notes as if from the most
beautiful source in the ether.

 

Other notables imo (some less weird but still amazing):

Adrian Belew

Clarence Gatemouth Brown

Mickey Baker

Herman the German

That Frippertronic man, Will Sergeant, Johnny Marr

The original "out there" guitarist - Les Paul - nutso stuff for the time.

Daniel Ash

Evan Johns!

Reeves Gabrels

Jeff Beck

Scotty Moore, Cliff Gallup, Danny Cedrone, Eddie Cochran and Paul Burlison
(If only for "lonesome train")

And of course me, absolute legend;] 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of Matthew Burke
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 9:47 PM
To: gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) guitarists...

 

 

This is the geekiest thread in some time, thank you all.  (Great to see
Fripp fan gatherers.)

 

Moving in the direction of unconventional guitar . . . 

 

Robin Guthrie has been mentioned enough, but I'll mention him again, and
suggest you explore his solo work if you haven't, and also his
collaborations with ambient legend Harold Budd.

 

For fans of the delay pedal, Lanterna, name for guitarist Henry Frayne, is
an example of a genre called ambient-Americana.  Great for driving in
Autumn, if I may be so flakey.  First album more ambient, and the two
followups more "accessible".  Surprised no tracks were ever grabbed for a
car commercial.

 

And Jeff Pearce, in the ambient vein, though nakedly obvious he's playing a
guitar, albeit drenched in layer upon layer of reverb.

 

Finally, I'll blow the whole thing up and mention my high school
classic-rock geek hero Pete Townshend!  Through who's fingers did run part
of the roots of punk. (let the debate begin)

 

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