Underrated prog-related guitar heroes

 

 

A good poll, Mr Heptade, but you forget to cast your vote for Thompson

 

Tony McPhee I never believed has abandoned his strong blues roots. Even Split was more blues rock than anything else.

 

However, as you will read in Rolling Stone magazine every 5 vyears, when they yet again produce an all time Top 100 LP chart, Richard Thompson will be there with 2 or 3 albums - in other words the US has greater respect and awareness for this class British guitarist than  his own countrymen.  (So under-rated????????????????)Steeped in Anglo Scots folk tradition, the three CD set and retrospective Watching The Dark (Hannibal) , and the most excellent CD/DVD set A 100 years Of Popular Music , clearly demonstrate a guitarist with great breadth, for instance the latter for instance with covers of Gilbert & Sullivan and Britney Spears (Whoops I did it again as a madrigal!!!!!), had moments of pure genius. And whether you listen to A Sailor's tale as released with Fairport or the alternative take on Watching  The Dark, you hear a rare bit of class psychedelic folk, which helps explain why Fairport was sometimes compared with early Jefferson Airplane.