2. music
  3. 126418-83997

Favorite guitar players not named......

We all know there names Hendrix, Page, Clapton, Beck Stevie Ray. But who are your favorite guitar players that are not house hold names? Here are a few of mine not in any order.

Robert Fripp
Martin Barre
Richard Thompson
Roy Buchnan
Rory Gallagher
Mason Ruffner
Neil Young and Lindsey Buckingham know but not so much for the guitar work.
also Dave Alvin and Alvin Lee
128x128lenmc2964
weebeesdad
80 posts
 
Richard Thompson should be at the top of anyone's list...
Mark Knopfler, although he may be more of a "household name" than not.

tsugury
208 posts
 
As someone said, many greats mentioned already. But would like to mention some I didn't see on here....
Phil Keaggy 
Robert Cray
Kazumi Watanabe
Ty Tabor
Ian Moore
Lonnie Mack
Neal Schon
Popa Chubby
Tinsley Ellis
Kevin Eubanks
Mike Stern
Allan Holdsworth
Stanley Jordan
Leo Kottke
and many more, but I'm too lazy to go downstairs and look through my albums. 
jond's avatar
jond
3,400 posts
 
Ernest Ranglin
raymonda
847 posts
 
Roy Clark

effischer
477 posts
 
Dweezil Zappa - chip of the old block
Steve Hackett

Seconds (or thirds) for:

Fripp
Belew
Holdsworth
DiMeola
Benson
McLaughlin
Howe
Bonamassa
George
Santana
Coryell
Gilmour
and Frank himself
More to discover