Lot of great music / musicians listed here, but how about some of those "talentless hacks" that don't know what "technique" is yet somehow manage to make you want to tear the house down playing air guitar ? Some great "get in / get out" type guitar work on a tune called 12XU by Wire. Some others that are great to listen to but don't fall into the Jeff Beck school of guitar finesse are Cheetah Chrome ( rocked good enough that a band from Italy named themselves after him ) from The Dead Boys , Johnny Thunders of the NY Dolls and solo efforts, Robert Quine ( the originator of "bad" disjointed guitar solos* ) who played with quite a few NY based bands, Richie Stotts of the Plasmatics ( THEE original "crossover" punk-metal guitarist ), etc...
One guy that i haven't seen mentioned here that most of you have probably heard is Tom Scholz. Who can forget the tone and singing sustain that gave the band "Boston" their signature sound ? Not only could he play guitar, he designed several different guitar effects that were quite successfully marketed ( Rockman & Power Soak ) and recorded and mixed most of the band's music in his basement studio. Truly a talented guy, but supposedly very demanding and hard to work with due to being a perfectionist. Sean
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* I could be wrong here as some would say that Neil Young was being "robbed" by me on this one. Close call either way : )
