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Who is your favorite under-appreciated guitarist? |
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Rednight 
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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Rednight
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Posted: October 22 2018 at 18:50 |
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Gary Green of 'Giant. He's no virtuoso, but he's very clean.
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Posted: October 22 2018 at 20:24 |
Good call. How do you define virtuoso though? I'd say he's as good as Martin Barre, David Gilmour or most other prog guitarists.
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Fischman
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Posted: October 22 2018 at 20:30 |
Nice choice. On a related note, he's also underappreciated as both songwriter and vocalist. He really is the whole musical package. |
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Posted: October 22 2018 at 20:35 |
Not prog... but I agree completely. I never tire of listening to Hughie. |
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Posted: October 22 2018 at 20:41 |
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Probably not popular in these parts, but I think Rich Williams of Kansas deserves far more praise.
Edited by Fischman - October 23 2018 at 14:27 |
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cstack3
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Posted: October 22 2018 at 22:16 |
That is exactly why I phrased the question as I did!! Justin Hayward was indeed voted into the RRHOF, but I still find little written about his technique, style etc. in professional guitar periodicals. Hackett, Fripp, Howe and others seem to have sucked the air out of the room regarding prog guitar (my own opinion). Some have mentioned the late Peter Banks...I consider him under-appreciated, even though he was very prominent in the formation of Yes. Later on, his style evolved from his angular jazz-rock phrasing to a style more like Steve Vai (his solo CD "Self Contained" showcases this style). Hear Peter shred!! |
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BaldFriede
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Posted: October 23 2018 at 03:24 |
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How about Tony Hill? |
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Posted: October 24 2018 at 11:56 |
NP: Adagieto from EOS I would think that two very special guitarists deserve a mention here, for their work, although for the most part I am not sure that most people can handle it ... these are strong, weird and further out in left field kind of position. John Weinzierl - AD2 ... no one could use effects and placed an amazing sound in such incredible spots within the music. And he could also improvise from here to Pluto and back. Witness YETI, the main piece in the album, which is stated to be an improvisation! Ax Genrich - Guru Guru first several albums. I picked up his 3 solo albums, because I thought this guy would be interesting and off his rock'er! Yep .. he is that and then some. But for sheer insanity and sound and noise, no one could come close to what he did on the first Guru Guru albums, and how 2 of those pieces are still played today left and right. |
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Cosmiclawnmower
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Posted: October 24 2018 at 14:57 |
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Phil Miller from Hatfield and the North/ National Health Vincent Mc Cusker of Fruupp John 'Charlie' Whitney of Family/ Streetwalkers |
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Cosmiclawnmower
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Posted: October 24 2018 at 15:08 |
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Micky Jones and Deke Leonard of Man.. 2 of the best, most inventive rock guitarists ever!! And I agree whole heartedly regarding Donald 'Buck Dharma' Roeser of Blue Oyster Cult.. a fantastic rock guitarist.. as was Ronnie Montrose, also already mentioned,
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Posted: October 24 2018 at 16:56 |
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I don't know if he is a virtuoso, but he is pretty skilled and very distinctive sounding, though he doesn't sacrifice the "song" to his technique, and he is Mirek Gil from Collage, Believe and Mr Gil.
The solo is after 3 mins |
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Posted: October 24 2018 at 17:09 |
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The term virtuoso seems to be reserved for those who have some kind of technical ability(ie shredding)or classical training. I usually see it applied to the neo classicalists like Uli Jon Roth, Ygwie Malmsteen but also to Steve Morse, Al Dimeola as well as the guitar hero guys like Satriani and Steve Vai.
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Posted: October 24 2018 at 21:51 |
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JP Louveton of Nemo Adrian Jones (Nine Stones Close, Jet Black Sea...) Bruce Soord ,The Pineapple Thief Phil Manzanera (Roxy Music, etc...) Bastiaan Peeters of Odyssice Mick Rogers of manfred Mann's Earth Band Steve Hillage (Gong and solo) Mirek Gil of Collage and Believe Janos Varga -his Janos Varga Project as well as East Dave Lambert (Strawbs) Gilbert Gandil of Pulsar Dave Bainbridge (Iona and solo) Jamie West-Oram of the non-prog the Fixx
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cstack3
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Posted: October 24 2018 at 21:53 |
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Hey, I said no lists!!
 Good stuff, I've been waiting for Dave Lambert to show up! Well done!
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How about Muck Groh? Here his solo album "Muckef**k" (German word for ersatz coffee; has nothing to do with the f-word, so it is silly that this site hides the title).
He also plays the bass guitar on this album.
Edited by USAGirl - October 25 2018 at 01:16 |
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PROGMAN
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Posted: October 25 2018 at 07:43 |
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Alex Sandor Szalay of the Hungarian Fusion/Symphonic band Panta Rhei
His brother Andras was also the Bassist of the group and is a excellent Underrated player too.
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Posted: October 25 2018 at 07:49 |
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If no one said him yet then Steven Wilson. A much better guitarist than given credit for.
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Posted: October 25 2018 at 08:00 |
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Agreed about Steve Wilson and my father recently a convert of his music
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Posted: October 25 2018 at 08:09 |
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I agree that Gary Green is one of those under-appreciated, but great guitarists.
Another one worth to be mentioned here is Denis Jalbert (Hamadryad).
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