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Poll Question: Who is the best Prog guitarist
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47 [17.67%]
10 [3.76%]
42 [15.79%]
52 [19.55%]
64 [24.06%]
21 [7.89%]
19 [7.14%]
4 [1.50%]
7 [2.63%]
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I voted for Andrew Latimer - a much underrated guitarist with distinctive style and a lot of 'feel' for his instrument. I've seen him play live and he really does put across a lot of emotion and soul in his playing

Zappa is amazing in a totally different way.
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A very little known player who sadly belongs among the deceased already is Christian Boulé. He used to play with Clearlight and made two solo albums, "Photo Musik" and "Non-Fiction", which are both worth listening to, especially "Photo Musik". He sounds a bit like Steve Hillage, and for people who don't know Clearlight's "Symphony" album it is a good guessing game which of the two tracks he plays on (on the other Hillage plays the guitar). It is not surprising that Hillage used him as rhythm guitarist in his band for some time, although he admitted in an interview that Christian was an excellent soloist too.

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from list latimer..
my personal all time fav: frank bornemann
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Fripp it is!! Rothery rocks though!
PROG ROCKS!
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I love all these guys dearly, so I couldn't come close to a decision that wouldn't change by tomorrow.

I guess I'll go with Rabin, who only has one vote right now.

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Points: 286 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 10 2009 at 18:45

fripp by far, followed by howe, and then zappa
you and whose army?
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Points: 10266 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 10 2009 at 17:26
Originally posted by akamaisondufromage akamaisondufromage wrote:

Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Originally posted by akamaisondufromage akamaisondufromage wrote:

Ou est le Hillage?

Steve Hillage started out with the bands Arzachel and Khan, which made one album each, and is best known for his work with Gong and his solo work. He also guested on albums of Clearlight, Nik Turner and Egg and now plays with System 5.
 
Merci beau peep BaldeFriede.  Mais 'ou' ? Big smile ( I asked for that ! ) Where is Mr Hillage on the list?  Smile
 
System 7   I think you'll find! Or have they lsot 2 members?Wink
 
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I could list dozens of guitar players I like. Hillage is definitely one of them.


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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Originally posted by akamaisondufromage akamaisondufromage wrote:

Ou est le Hillage?

Steve Hillage started out with the bands Arzachel and Khan, which made one album each, and is best known for his work with Gong and his solo work. He also guested on albums of Clearlight, Nik Turner and Egg and now plays with System 5.
 
Merci beau peep BaldeFriede.  Mais 'ou' ? Big smile ( I asked for that ! ) Where is Mr Hillage on the list?  Smile
 
System 7   I think you'll find! Or have they lsot 2 members?Wink
 
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Points: 8052 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 10 2009 at 17:07
No Gary Greene?

John McLaughlin would probably class as my favourite 'prog' guitarist, if I had to pick one, but I'm not really a guitar person, and I think that originality/eclecticism is maybe a bit more important than solo-berkery (Peter Hammill would thus qualify as one of my 'favourite' guitarists, though certainly not the 'best'). Oh, and Mike Oldfield, I really like his guitar-work. Oh, and 10cc are collectively great. And John(?) Cann of Atomic Rooster, while a lousy singer, is pretty good... Gary Moore (who played with Colosseum II, among others) is a favourite, as well... and so on and so forth.

yeah, I don't really fuss about guitarists, Knopfler and Hendrix would be my two favourites, and after that it's a jumble.
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Points: 10266 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 10 2009 at 16:58
Originally posted by akamaisondufromage akamaisondufromage wrote:

Ou est le Hillage?

Steve Hillage started out with the bands Arzachel and Khan, which made one album each, and is best known for his work with Gong and his solo work. He also guested on albums of Clearlight, Nik Turner and Egg and now plays with System 5.
Here a few videos of him:
http://tinyurl.com/c4p6ct
http://tinyurl.com/ksm2ce
http://tinyurl.com/ngyjat
http://tinyurl.com/mobsuf




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Ou est le Hillage?
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Points: 66600 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 10 2009 at 16:45
Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

Originally posted by mono mono wrote:

Fripp by light years.


How strange. For me, he's probably the worst.
The guitar work has never really stood out for me when I have listened to King Crimson.  I enjoy them more for their drums and percussion, the mellotron, the use of the violins and viola and the sax.  I know that Fripp also played the mellotron and he is known for his Frippertronics.  I don't really know what the Frippertronics are though so I am not sure what he is or is not doing musically on the album.  I really need to see a live KC video to check him out. 

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Hackett from the list

My Fave:
Al Di Meola
Alex Lifeson
Steve Morse
Alan Holdsworth
John Goodsall
John Mclaughlin
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Points: 7024 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 10 2009 at 16:25
Originally posted by mono mono wrote:

Fripp by light years.


How strange. For me, he's probably the worst.
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Roman Bunka of Embryo, Aera, RoRo and solo gets my vote. Here threeo videos to show why:

http://tinyurl.com/4xh7nz
http://tinyurl.com/kuduen
http://tinyurl.com/nmxmfg

Also note the excellent drums of Christian Burchard in the first two videos. He is not in my top five drummers for nothing.




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Impossible to choose really, but I can never pass on the opportunity to vote for the man responsible for the hair curling solos in The Great Escape & Neverland.
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Points: 6336 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 10 2009 at 13:14
Easiest poll ever... Bob of course
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Points: 66600 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 10 2009 at 12:14
Since it is my duty to bring him up and he hasn't been mentioned yet: Alex Lifeson. Big smile
 
From the list: Steve Howe.
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Points: 81 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 10 2009 at 12:06
Voted for Howe, was disapointed by the lack of HIllage though!
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Fripp by light years. followed by Zappa.
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