What guitar player influenced you most?
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age 12: Angus Young and Eddie Van Halen
age 13: George Lynch(Dokken),Warren DeMartini (Ratt)
age 14-19: C.C. DeVille(poison),Oz Fox amd Michael Sweet (Stryper)
age 20-present: Stevie Ray Vaughn,B.B. King,Eric Clapton,the various guitarists of Steely Dan.
now you all know the dirty little secret of my Hair Metal past.
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age 13: George Lynch(Dokken),Warren DeMartini (Ratt)
age 14-19: C.C. DeVille(poison),Oz Fox amd Michael Sweet (Stryper)
age 20-present: Stevie Ray Vaughn,B.B. King,Eric Clapton,the various guitarists of Steely Dan.
now you all know the dirty little secret of my Hair Metal past.
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His name was Jerry Robitaille of the Eastern Townships of Quebec, played a Fender Tele, and played pedal steel as well,later in life he became half of the award winning Quebec country duo Jerry & Joanne, was always a good friend and was well respected in this part of the world, may the Mountain Man rest in peace........
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I'd have to say George Harrison and Jerry Garcia. Not that I ever aspired to play guitar much, but those two always played real melodies. Even when Jerry was noodling aimlessly, it was always melodic to my ears. George wrote parts that actually defined the songs that contained them. Wish I could do that!
Nowadays I really enjoy Bill Frisell.
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Nowadays I really enjoy Bill Frisell.
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Yeah, Harrison, Garcia, Clapton, most of those guys-but the one guy whose style has translated to steel for me in some fashion I haven't seen mentioned here and it's a surprise because he was an absolute deity.
Clarence White! How can a bunch of steelers talk about guitarists and not mention Clarence? I still get shivers down my spine when I hear Nashville West.
Also David Nelson. And yeah, Glen Campbell. That segment of his show where they all sat in a circle and jammed out a couple of tunes each week was my favorite 8 minutes of TV.
JB
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Clarence White! How can a bunch of steelers talk about guitarists and not mention Clarence? I still get shivers down my spine when I hear Nashville West.
Also David Nelson. And yeah, Glen Campbell. That segment of his show where they all sat in a circle and jammed out a couple of tunes each week was my favorite 8 minutes of TV.
JB
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Clarence White, Robert Fripp, Pete Cosey, James Burton, Don Rich are probably foremost among the wellsprings of guitar I constantly dip into for inspiration...Lately, Bill Frisell.
Hearing Bill Kirchen (and Bobby Black) with Commander Cody way back when I was first learning to play was a huge influence, as was the Rhodes/Bud combo with Ernest Tubb.
Hearing Bill Kirchen (and Bobby Black) with Commander Cody way back when I was first learning to play was a huge influence, as was the Rhodes/Bud combo with Ernest Tubb.
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I think it is fair to say that most steel guitar players play guitar or even started on guitar. If nothing else they listen to guitarists and are influenced by them whether they know it or not. The guitar has been so prevalent in rock, country, jazz, blues, and bluegrass that it is impossible to dismiss it as not having an influence.
That was my thinking in starting this thread.
I may not sound like Jimi Hendrix but I sometimes play with his attitude in mind - especially in creativity.
When it comes to dynamics I sometimes draw from Charles Sawtell from the bluegrass band "Hot Rise". I obviously don't play his guitar licks on steel but I do experiment with trying to emulate his musical attitude when it comes to dynamics.
Those that are influenced by Clarence White might not try his licks but rather his sycopation style.
We all have "favorite" guitar players but what technique or characteristic about a particular player actually influences you?
I include pedal steel players in the question - after all it is a guitar too!
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That was my thinking in starting this thread.
I may not sound like Jimi Hendrix but I sometimes play with his attitude in mind - especially in creativity.
When it comes to dynamics I sometimes draw from Charles Sawtell from the bluegrass band "Hot Rise". I obviously don't play his guitar licks on steel but I do experiment with trying to emulate his musical attitude when it comes to dynamics.
Those that are influenced by Clarence White might not try his licks but rather his sycopation style.
We all have "favorite" guitar players but what technique or characteristic about a particular player actually influences you?
I include pedal steel players in the question - after all it is a guitar too!
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George van ep, Howard Aldin, Tommy Alsup .
........and I dasn't forget Roger Miller.
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........and I dasn't forget Roger Miller.
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Theresa, is there a little prejudice showing there, I notice Gregg is first on your list.
Gregg is one of my favorites also, I have listened to him for years on all those Gospel recordings that came out of Hilltop Studios, and he always sounded great.
Here's more of my favorites:
Dwayne Friend
Chet (of course)
Bobby Caldwell
Joe Pass
Howard Roberts
Clint Strong
Martin Taylor
Johnny Smith
George VanEpps (master of the 7 string)
Russell Malone
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Gregg is one of my favorites also, I have listened to him for years on all those Gospel recordings that came out of Hilltop Studios, and he always sounded great.
Here's more of my favorites:
Dwayne Friend
Chet (of course)
Bobby Caldwell
Joe Pass
Howard Roberts
Clint Strong
Martin Taylor
Johnny Smith
George VanEpps (master of the 7 string)
Russell Malone
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Have you ever noticed that when people sing Beatles songs, they always sing at least one George Harrison guitar part. Now that's the test of a great pop musician. He was a huge influence on me, now that I look at it.
While I wouldn't list these guys as influences, a couple of guitar solos that were really influencial to my playing were:
David Spinoza's solo on Dr. John's "Right Place Wrong TIme"
Amos Garrett's solo on Midnight at the Oasis.
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While I wouldn't list these guys as influences, a couple of guitar solos that were really influencial to my playing were:
David Spinoza's solo on Dr. John's "Right Place Wrong TIme"
Amos Garrett's solo on Midnight at the Oasis.
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