Favourite Guitar CDs

Try John Williams' The Magic Box on SACD - nice recording, some great guitar based music. It has classical roots with a 'world music' style....interesting mix!

For layering of many voices with great harmony Steve Howe from YES is awesome. Try Quantum Guitar and Turbulence.

Allan Holdsworth's Live CD called ALL NIGHT WRONG is the best live recording I ever heard...its expensive though thru www.audiophileimports.com

Richard Thompson's CD's have tons of incredible fingerpicking style...

Check out YES's Relayer album,,,,its basically what I consider the best guitar playing on any album period..

Best guitar CD's
1) Joe PASS ....Virtuoso Series - Solo Acoutic Jazz guitar
Probably the best series that shows off this mans absolute talents as a musician.
2) Conversations in Swing Guitar...Duke ROBBILARD and Herb ELLIS....Great tunes, and swings like a pendulum
3) Jimmy THACKERY...Guitar...all instumentals, great playing and production
4) Danny GATTON...88 Elmira Street...Outstanding playing from someone who left too early.
5) Arlen ROTH... Toolin Around...Great playing and production by Mr. ROTH and friends.
6) Jeff BECK...Blow by Blow...highly influential
7) Jimi HENDRIX...Electric Ladyland...groundbreaking
8) Guitar Player Magazine...Legends of Rock: The 70's Great cuts from some of the most stalwart players from the 70's - Nugent and the Amboy Dukes to Frank Zappa.
9) Guitar Player Magazine - Legends of Guitar - Country/ Volumes 1 and 2. Covers alot of territory between Chet ATKINS to Doc WATSON with everyone else in between. jaw dropping!

Bernard Allison: Hang On! He's the man now for blues.

Ronnie Earl....I can't believe that he has not been mentioned yet. I think it was Bigkidz who pointed him out to me on a similar post I had some time ago. Thanks for that one Bigkidz! I now have three of his CDs and all are played regularly. My favorite CD of his is probably I Feel Like Goin' On, try the "Blues for the Homeless" track, it's certainly played with feeling.