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Who is the most underrated prog rock guitarist? |
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Cosmiclawnmower 
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I agree and thought the same; but thought i'd mention him anyway
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BarryGlibb
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Posted: January 02 2021 at 17:00 |
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Johnny Fean from Horslips
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Progmind
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Posted: January 02 2021 at 20:43 |
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Kavus Torabi (Cardiacs, Guapo, Knifeworld, all great bands!)
Reine Fiske (Landberk, Paatos, Morte Macabre, Elephant 9) Robien Guthrie (Cocteau Twins, Violet Indiana) Marty Wilson-Pipper (The Church, Anekdoten, All About Eve, Noctorum) Piggy (Voivod) Gordon Giltrap, great!! great guitar player |
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iluvmarillion
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Posted: January 02 2021 at 20:50 |
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Does Steve Morse qualify here? He's so well known but he doesn't get a lot of attention on this site.
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: January 02 2021 at 21:13 |
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I do like Kavus a lot
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SteveG
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Posted: January 02 2021 at 21:19 |
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Alan Morse of Spock's Beard.
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Posted: January 02 2021 at 22:38 |
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Jerzy Antczak (Albion)
Michel St-Pere (Mystery, Huis) Adrian Jones (Nine Stones Close) Dave Brons (Celestial Fire, Brons) Janos Varga (East, Varga) Bryan Josh (Mostly Autumn) Mike Holmes (IQ, the Lens) Phil Manzanera (Roxy, Manzanera) Jamie West-Oram (the Fixx) Colin Tench RIP Mirek Gil (Collage, Believe) Bill Nelson (Be Bop Deluxe, Nelson) Mick Rogers (Manfred mann, Aviator) JP Louveton (Nemo, JPL) Colin Masson (The Morrigan, Masson) Gilbert Gandil (Pulsar) Chris Spedding (Nucleus, Ferry) |
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Posted: January 02 2021 at 22:39 |
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Posted: January 03 2021 at 00:17 |
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Often talked about, but still overlooked as a player overall IMHO! Smooth and full of feel. Great tone for his era as well. I'd also add Gary Green from Gentle Giant, and Alex Abercrombie from Billy Cobham to this list.
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cstack3
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Posted: January 03 2021 at 03:16 |
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Daryl Stuermer would get my quick vote here, although everyone has excellent suggestions!
It's a pity that Genesis didn't take full advantage of his talents.
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A Crimson Mellotron
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Posted: January 03 2021 at 04:36 |
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^Interesting mention for sure, I would add Roine Stolt to the bulk, whose name I think hasn't come up yet.
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Posted: January 03 2021 at 04:43 |
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I can make a never ending list, but here are among the overlooked ones by prog masses, even highly regarded in prog circles by connoisseur
Karl Groom from Threshold Mick Rogers from Manfred Man's Earth Band Christer Åkerberg from Trettioåriga Kriget And many more who put their mark in prog even is prog rock or prog metal and remaining in shadow of other names, even their contribution is really important and of a high value |
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b_olariu
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Posted: January 03 2021 at 04:46 |
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Any way some great names i saw here, Gary Green indeed one of a kind and sub estimated for sure
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Posted: January 03 2021 at 17:56 |
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My new additions to the list: Tony Duhig of Jade Warrior and Richard Thompson of Fairport Convention.
Previously mentioned: Phil Manzanera, and Johnny Fean.
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Catcher10
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After reviewing all suggestions, I might have to make Karl Groom my main suggestion. Even though I am a lite listener to Threshold, I like his playing quite a lot.
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Posted: January 03 2021 at 23:05 |
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Brian May for sure
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BarryGlibb
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Surely Richard Thompson has never be underrated...just unknown and not listened to by most young axe-head, head nodders..........with a name such as Richard Thompson he could not possibly be cool, could he?! But probably up there with any of the top tier either acoustic or electric guitarists of the past 50+ years.
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richardh
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I would go with Mike Holmes , John Mitchell or Chris Fry.
Greg Lake is an interesting one. He started as lead guitarist and had to learn to play bass later on when he joined King Crimson. I'm not sure he was ever going to be a top class guitarist but tracks like Battlefield, The Sage and KE9 1st Impression Part One definitely demonstrate some ability.
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Posted: January 04 2021 at 03:33 |
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how is Brian May, one of the most famous rock guitarists, underrated? I don't get it.
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