Have you ever heard Stevie Ray Vaughns version ? I have an old tape of his, the other Stevie even appears on it. Brilliant guitarist, pity he died so young. :huh:

I never heard hsi version, but i do know him and he was excellent! I've a couple of his songs on some bluesy compilations somewhere. My mate is into blues and is a guitarist and he is a big fan.

Well, Al, here's the version for you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPDJicA816s

I'll take that funky beat any which way it comes..! Intriguing video btw...

:ok: Superb stuff.

I'll post my selection soon, its a little bit one-dimensional though. :rolleyes:

nothing wrong with that hun!

Some General Information, for starters.

Please include a link to youtube (or another site if possible) for the song that you wish to include on this thread, to enable people to hear the song/ see the video.

When posting your link, please include the title of the song and the name of the artist along with your link.

It would be great if you could also write a bit about why you love a particular song, or perhaps there is a funny story to tell about it, or maybe it brings back other good memories?

Also, if you wish to include a link to a great site relating to this style of music, then please add it to this thread!

I shall write a little about this section, and also post an example to start this off :)

This thread is all about those guitar heroes!

The sort of people that spring to mind include Eric Clapton (incuding Cream), Jimi Hendrix, Robert Cray, Ry Cooder, George Thorogood, JJ Cale, Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Of all the categories where vituoso guitarists are prevalent, it should definitely include Blues Guitarists. Examples of this are BB King. I've just found a list in the web that should just about cover many of the others!

http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_bluesguitar.html

Yes, quite a lot!!! :lol:


This section should probably exclude Rock bands even though they have fine guitarists.. They should of course be posted in the rock section.. :)

In many peoples opinion Eric Clapton is the best white blues guitarist ever.
He is probably best known for his early days in Cream who were the first Supergroup, and he really has a place in music history for turning blues into rock .
After seeing him live in '85 I got myself an electric guitar and managed to learn to play a few notes of these two classics , both recorded in the Nineties when he was at his very best :

Badge (written by Clapton and Harrison)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMY_V7vK8a4

Cocaine ( JJ. Cale)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtHVDTnxy1c

Al,

cocaine is a brilliant song - i love it. Here's a couple of my clapton faves:

Tears in Heaven unplugged

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-1pHylLK1A

and

Layla (also unplugged, but i like the original version too!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNF3RjK1xGk

Cocaine by JJ Cale is a brilliant song. Just love the laid back guitar groove. :D

Have to admit to just nto being a big Clapton fan, although of course I do admire his guitar skills. I am not fond of may of his hits, however I've heard a lot of old stuff by him as my guitarist mate is Clapton obsessed, and you cannto deny how great he is at the blues.

OK SB, heres JJ Cale with his original laid-back version...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbGSZXqcV_U

OK. here's the Red Devils for you;

Backstroke - The Red Devils

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAl-aAPuTrs

hardest rockin blues band; post war chicago style. Singer/harp player unforunatly died in 1997 (OverDose). The lad on the strat is 21 year old(!)

THis is recorded in 1993 at the Pinkpop fest in The Netherlands. I was there. They played around 11:00 AM, yet they played tight like hell.

Play Loud!

There was a Guitar Legends festival at Sevilla in 1992. Heres some of my favourites:

Joe Satriani 'Satch Boogie'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxhPda-LQXo

Brian May 'Driven by you'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAt-0wefQFk

Brian May 'Tie your mother down'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dWOHyyTuy8

May, Satriani and Steve Vai :bow: 'Liberty'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnoIHpqGluA

Roger Waters 'Another Brick in the Wall' ,one of the best ever guitar solos in rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epVeYFq6ea0

By way of contrast, great Jazz guitarist George Benson:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AzMoV5ubTg

Edit: I havent watched these all the way through ! :unsure:

Re. The Wall: That didnt look like Dave Gilmour on guitar ! !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULEBSxP725w

Eddie Van Halen-Eruption

Eddie hammerin' on,and he literally gets his guitar smoking.

I'm really surprised no one has mentioned the amazing Mark Knopfler who's a fab guitarist with a unique sound.Remember his solo in Dire Strait's 'Sultans of Swings'? :bow:

Sultans of Swing

Guitar legends?

Look no further...

john mclaughlin paco de lucia and larry coryell - Manha de Carnaval

Surf or post on and just let this one flow over you..

The Eagles almost deserve a category of their own , but Joe Walsh was an inspiration to many of the other guitar heros mentioned so far so I post it here :

Don Henley had a solo hit with Dirty Laundry in 1982 ,great song B)

BTW, It was recorded at the Rod Laver arena B)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSRjRIQ_WO0

'Lifes been good ' (1978 hit single for Joe Walsh)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHP_hShzWqM...related&search=

'Rocky Mountain Way' , classic early seventies great slide guitar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sgVPnawl0U

I love Rocky Mountain Way, i have some compliation album and it's on there. Does Don Henly do Boys of Summer cos if so I love that one too.

Yeah Henley did Boys of Summer. He had a very successful solo career, the drummer of the eagles but obviously multi-talented.

Yeah I never realsied he was in the Eagles until a few years back. Also th eother guy - is it Glen Frey? He had solo hits too. I think he sings a song in Thelma and Louise, I can hear it but cant; think of the title. It's played out at the end of the movie I think. Part of You, Part of Me maybe?

Bit of James Taylor for you - not sure if anyone else counts him as a lord of the strings, but I think he's great!!! I'm sure it'll moved if it's in the wrong thread!!!

Fire and Rain - James Taylor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0gETPM25L0

I don't know much of the work of Ry Cooder.. but I love the soundtrack that he did for the film 'Paris, Texas'.

Here are the opening 3 minutes to the film..

Paris, Texas - Ry Cooder

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jMAWY5JRPw...related&search=


The soundtrack is really cheap to pick up, and is worth every penny.

I first saw the film when I was about 16.. and recall being rather taken by the haunting feel of the film (where the music undoubtedly helps create this atmosphere).. oh, and Nastassja Kinski too! :wub:

And the film also features Harry Dean Stanton.. :bow:

Have pretty much forgotten most of it (kind of fitting as I think that memory loss features in the film..!). Worth another viewing, I would think.

I think this has got to be in here...

Deliverence - Dueling Banjos

'tis a classic :)

Great choice Lex. :ok:

Just realised, 'Lords of the Strings' is a tad sexist ! :blush:
Heres one of my favourite Ladies though , often wanted to marry her ;)
The multi-talented Bonnie Raitt and John Lee Hooker in a blues duet 'Mood for Love'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1BBTQxiV5A...related&search=

'Rock Steady' with Bryan Adams :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjV2K-aVeMk

Had to put this one in, though probably deserves another category:

Bonnie Raitt and Aretha Franklin :'Since you've been gone'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzTrLTBhaIY...related&search=

Lynard Skynard anyone ? B)
'Freebird' is an absolute classic and a dream for self-indulgent guitarists, but my favourite is Sweet Home Alabama :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boX7MDXWuCM

Specially for Nick :)

Some info on Cooder :

The 1981 film Southern Comfort (starring Powers Boothe John Carradine) had a similarly atmospheric slide guitar soundtrack by Ry Cooder. Set in the swamps of Louisiana as it was, and a great film in its own right . Havent managed to find a link for it yet, but heres a selection of his other stuff :

Jesus on the Mainline :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6CPSCuTmD0

'Lets have a ball ' by the Moula Banda rythm Aces.

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

This was from an excellent concert in 1987 in Santa Cruz, I have all 90 minutes on an old VHS tape . Must see if its available on DVD. B)

'Vigilante Man'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gUZmYJiCCQ...related&search=

And he recently won this award:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/worldmusic/a4w...wm_cooder.shtml

was introduced to 'The Mahavishnu Orchestra' by my then brother-in-law in the 70's and have enjoyed listening to John McLaughlin ever since.

This piece is nnniiiccceeee...

Bireli & John McLaughlin

Don't forget to exhale B)

can't believe there isn't any Hendrix here!

I don't remember where I was when Kennedy got shot, but on the night Hendrix died, my brother and I snuck downstairs to watch the news to find out more!

Jimmy Hendrix - Hey Joe

Jimmy Hendrix - Purple Haze

my favourite guitarists are listed as so

1. Jimi Hendrix (PLEASE NOTE THE SPELLING ON THE GREAT MAN!!!! GRRRR!!)
2. Jimmy Page
3. Eric Clapton
4. Kirk Hammett
5. Saul Hudson (some may know him as 'Slash')
6. James Hetfield
7. Izzy Stradlin
8. Tom Morello
9. Dave Mustaine
10. Jerry Cantrell

Now, observe the greatest band that there ever has been

all live performances, of course!

METALLICA!!

METALLICA!

THE GREATEST SONG EVER WRITTEN

Stevie Ray Vaughan was acclaimed to be the new Jimi Hendrix . So they both died young tragically and were great guitarists.
Anyway, heres Stevie doing a Jimi (note the spelling Stradlin) cover

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAG-kX_IlUw...related&search=

Gary Moore and BB King playing The Thrill is gone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqAuuIDU2sw

Mark Knopfler Money for Nothing ( with Eric Clapton and one or two other people you might recognise ) :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82evezX17nQ

Not sure if this is a guitar legend as such but I cant; really find the right category. I'm sure Al will like it anyway :D

Don Henley (ex-Eagle) - Boys of Summer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjGmhLmk-ok

I just love the vibe of this song. It is so evocative of driving down the beach in the sunset, as you do! :D I keep hearing it played a lot these days, i think someone did a rubbish dance version of it like they did with Stevie Winwood's fab Valerie, but at least ti has made it popular again. I heard a guy play this in a bar last week and it was most enjoyable.

Again not sure where to post this but it a very much a guitarist's song. I saw a great rendition of it last week by two guys with guitars in a Brixham pub. Lovely summery tune

Ventura Highway by America

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd2Ch6WBeQU

The qualitys not great on this one, but its taken from a tour in the late eighties called the Night of the Guitar,
Randy California and Groove Thing ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_K3j_EMuqs

(doesnt he look like Jonny Mac ;) plays a lot better though :P )