Recommended Posts

Posted

If you play guitar and haven't seen/heard Monte Montgomery or Tommy Emmanuel... you should.

Tommy Emmanuel:

There was this Guitar Player magazine article way back that listed the Top 50 best guitar players of all time. On that list was Tommy Emmanuel. Most of the other musicians got a paragraph or so dedicated to them. Tommy got 1 sentence and it went something like "You've never heard of him, but he's better than you." I had the privilege of seeing him play in Birmingham, AL in the mid 2000's. He was booked in a local Private School's Auditorium which was packed to capacity. In attendance were mostly accomplished guitar players and their families and friends. I've never seen so many dumb-founded musicians in one place before or since. Unbelievable. And for all you Aussies-- you'll be happy to know he's a local boy :)

http://youtu.be/JNZL7GkqeRI

http://youtu.be/8VTrlpN9S1Y

Monte Montgomery:

Monte was born and raised in Birmingham, AL but is now based out of Austin, TX. His aunt was a nurse who worked with me at UAB in the Neuro-Interventional suite and she convinced me to come see her nephew who was this up and coming guitar player perform at a local venue for new talent called Workplay. Nothing could have prepared me for what came next. It was like taking Michael Hedges, Jimi Hendrix, SRV, Eric Clapton, and Lindsey Buckingham and putting them all in one body. Watch the videos and see for yourselves. Amazing.

Posted

Yes Phoenix, Tommy Emmanuel is an amazing guitarist :perfect10:

Been listening to him for years. I'm from oz so he is well known in the guitar circle :clap:

As for the other guy, I've never heard off. But you have great taste in music so I'll check it out

Posted

Here's the one I'm always shocked people don't know; even jazz musicians (not guitarists- guitarists always know about him): Lenny Breau. Check out his album "Live from Bourbon Street", just him and a bass player. One of the most profound musicians I've ever heard, and maybe my favorite brain to ever tackle the guitar. He was a great one.

Posted

Here's the one I'm always shocked people don't know; even jazz musicians (not guitarists- guitarists always know about him): Lenny Breau. Check out his album "Live from Bourbon Street", just him and a bass player. One of the most profound musicians I've ever heard, and maybe my favorite brain to ever tackle the guitar. He was a great one.

Own it. Incredible album. Lenny Breau and Dave Young laying it down. Here's a bit of trivia: the album was produced by none other than Randy Bachman (of The Guess Who and BTO fame).

Nice call! :perfect10:

Posted

Own it. Incredible album. Lenny Breau and Dave Young laying it down. Here's a bit of trivia: the album was produced by none other than Randy Bachman (of The Guess Who and BTO fame).

Nice call! :perfect10:

Here's Lenny playing a BIll Evans tune solo. Beautiful.

Posted

Here's Lenny playing a BIll Evans tune solo. Beautiful.

Very Cool. :2thumbs:

BTW... Lenny was pioneering the 7-string guitar (which he's playing in this video) and alt tunings WAAAAAAAY before it was hip or cool.

Posted

How about Gordie Johnson (Big Sugar, Grady)? I think he is well known in Canada though, and the Austin TX area.

Posted

Tommy Emmanuel is incredible. If you want to check out someone young, female and incredible, Khaki King. And then check out Michael Hedges.

But Khaki King will blow your mind.

Posted

Somewhat forgotten but still around. Michael Schenker. He's a self taught, classically influenced hard rock / heavy metal guitarist. Founding member of the Scorpions he went on to achieve 0success with Bristish band UFO in the 1970's.

Another guy who is not given his dues is Alex Skolnik of Testament. Yes, he plays thrash metal but his playing is very jazzy. You can even find bootlegs of club shows where he plays jazz versions of famous metal songs. Very trippy.

Posted

Too many to list but Paco de lucia, I like guitar and personally I don't think there has ever been better.

Joscho Stephan here

Posted

Saw Tommy Emmanuel live here in Kansas City area a year or two ago. He did a guitarists "workshop" earlier in the day and about 500 of us showed up to hear what he had to say. Really bright, personable and funny guy. And so incredibly talented on guitar. Talked a lot about he and his brother learned to play as kids and challenged each other on long car rides through Oz.

My own tastes lean a lot towards blues guitarists these days. One of the old, often forgotten guitarists is Mike Bloomfield. His Super Session album is one of my personal favorites. Easy Top 10.

Posted

Phoenix, when I read the title of your post, before I even opened it the first name that jumped into my head was Monte Montgomery! Back in the 90's I lived in Austin TX working in bands and once shared a bill with Monte in San Antonio. From that night I went to see Monte play at a tiny little gig in Austin every Sunday night for years! Monte solo or with full band is a guaranteed fantastic show!

I don't think there is a muso in Australia who doesn't know who Tommy Emmanuel is. Aussie Legend.

Posted

And who could forget the flatpicking style of Tony Rice shown here with an allstar cast including Jerry Douglas, also known as the greatest dobro player that ever lived.

The first couple of comments are funny too:

quote: im liking this not only because this is a video with phenomenal musicians, but also because one of the tags is "beer"

quote: These guys are like my dad and his buddies if they were awesome musicians and not unemployed alcoholics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r67DmWECcvQ&feature=related

Posted

Phoenix, when I read the title of your post, before I even opened it the first name that jumped into my head was Monte Montgomery! Back in the 90's I lived in Austin TX working in bands and once shared a bill with Monte in San Antonio. From that night I went to see Monte play at a tiny little gig in Austin every Sunday night for years! Monte solo or with full band is a guaranteed fantastic show!

Was it this joint? ;)

post-2201-0-17011200-1343931517.jpegpost-2201-0-09893700-1343931533.jpg

Posted

Personally I think Gary Lucas deserves mention in this list as well (that's to say I don't know his status outside Europe where he is severe 'unsung')

Posted

And who could forget the flatpicking style of Tony Rice shown here with an allstar cast including Jerry Douglas, also known as the greatest dobro player that ever lived.

The first couple of comments are funny too:

quote: im liking this not only because this is a video with phenomenal musicians, but also because one of the tags is "beer"

quote: These guys are like my dad and his buddies if they were awesome musicians and not unemployed alcoholics.

Saw Tony Rice multiple times in the 70's/80's when he was playing with the David Grissman Quintet. If you like flatpicking, these guys were phenomenal. Took great country style instruments and turned them into a jazz/swing thing that I still love and listen to.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.

Community Software by Invision Power Services, Inc.