What guitar player influenced you most?

Bill Bosler · Post by **Bill Bosler** » 17 Sep 2004 3:33 pm

Mark Knopfler! His chord voicings are incredible.

john widgren · Post by **john widgren** » 17 Sep 2004 4:11 pm

Jimi because he changed everything

Charles French · Post by **Charles French** » 17 Sep 2004 6:31 pm

Did anyone mention Reggie Young or Bucky Barrett? Ohh or Robert Lockwood or Louis Myers. Or Hubert Sumlin? Oh yea and that Redd Volkeart guys can play pretty good. And Herb Ellis and Kenny Burrell. Ang all the others mentioned plus Jimmy Messina, aw heck I like em all.

Dustin Rigsby · Post by **Dustin Rigsby** » 17 Sep 2004 8:27 pm

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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Billy Murdoch · Post by **Billy Murdoch** » 17 Sep 2004 11:08 pm

The first guitarist who ever made the hair on my neck stand up was Cliff Gallup on
race with the devil(gene Vincent)
Since that time there have been many others including....

Scotty Moore
James Burton
Chet Atkins
Albert lee
Peter Green
Brian Setzer

The beat goes on.............

Best regards
Billy

Bob Smith · Post by **Bob Smith** » 18 Sep 2004 3:31 am

Here ya go, I was totaly blown away by Hugh Thomasson from the country rock band the "Outlaws" circa. 1975 ,i think? This cat got an awesome steel guitar sound on a 6 string. Anyway , he influenced me more than any other player. Before that James Burton on the Ricky Nelson show. Bob

Gene Jones · Post by **Gene Jones** » 18 Sep 2004 4:15 am

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Farris Currie · Post by **Farris Currie** » 18 Sep 2004 5:47 am

haven't seen the steel from porter wagner,lets go all the way,pretty miss norma
jean,and tom brumley buck owens,together again, wore the records out!!!!

Stu Schulman · Post by **Stu Schulman** » 18 Sep 2004 1:37 pm

Oh yeah,I forgot the most important one,The late George Harrison.The only reason why I wanted a guitar was to be able to play Beatle songs,,His chord knowledge was just great,even when he was a teenager,his voicings were beautiful,and those cool parts that he played wow.

Dale Bessant · Post by **Dale Bessant** » 18 Sep 2004 1:44 pm

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........

Chris Lasher · Post by **Chris Lasher** » 18 Sep 2004 2:27 pm

Eric Johnson, Brad Paisley, Wes Montgomery, and Pat Metheny.

Great topic! Love some of the players mentioned here!

frank rogers · Post by **frank rogers** » 18 Sep 2004 3:08 pm

Emily Remler! Too bad she left us at such a young age, a wonderful player.

Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 18 Sep 2004 5:14 pm

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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JB Arnold · Post by **JB Arnold** » 18 Sep 2004 5:39 pm

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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Stu Schulman · Post by **Stu Schulman** » 21 Sep 2004 10:43 am

J.B.I did mention Clarence White on the 2nd page of this thread.I like throwing in a C.W.lick in the middle of a blues solo these days just to tweak off the "Blues Police"that hang out at the Blues club that I play guitar in,They write me up a lot for playing non Blues licks.

Kevin Macneil Brown · Post by **Kevin Macneil Brown** » 21 Sep 2004 12:28 pm

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.

Terry Edwards · Post by **Terry Edwards** » 21 Sep 2004 12:52 pm

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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Jerry Clardy · Post by **Jerry Clardy** » 21 Sep 2004 1:14 pm

The guitar player that influenced me most was Eugene Moles, originally from Bakersfield and now working in and out of Nashville and on sessions. He's really a joy to play with, listen to, and to learn from. What a player!

Mark Krutke · Post by **Mark Krutke** » 21 Sep 2004 6:18 pm

George van ep, Howard Aldin, Tommy Alsup

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........and I dasn't forget Roger Miller.

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Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 22 Sep 2004 4:25 am

Gregg Galbraith
Brent Mason
Mark Knofler
Phil Baugh
Thumbs
Dan Huff

Charles Curtis · Post by **Charles Curtis** » 22 Sep 2004 4:41 am

On the psg; years ago, Jay Dee Maness, what a great guy.

Darvin Willhoite · Post by **Darvin Willhoite** » 22 Sep 2004 4:44 am

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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Bill Bosler · Post by **Bill Bosler** » 22 Sep 2004 5:03 am

Wow! Someone else remembers Gene Vincent.

Dan Tyack · Post by **Dan Tyack** » 22 Sep 2004 10:22 am

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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Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 23 Sep 2004 4:38 am

Darvin,
Of course I'am!

I forgot to mention my younger brother
"Brian Franklin" to my list of influences!

Theresa