God doesn't need to know what time it is.

@sokogear 

Well it's better to discover him late rather than never! 

If your taste's can be inferred by the players you've listed, you might enjoy "We'll  Be Together Again" (very melodic and mellow duo with keyboardist Gil Goldstein) or  "Remember-- A tribute to Wes Montgomery".  

Scofield has recorded in a wide variety of settings, so if you like Jazz guitar, I wouldn't give up on him until you've  sampled a cross-section of his work. Needless to say, Spotify is your friend, in this regard. 

Clapton great hands, but a muddled mind. Maybe the tragedy in his life.

As to watches not sure if God has a wrist, but I do know he carries a handkerchief.

Tony Rice and Norman Blake are my nods to acoustic guitar world. A lot of smearing and distortion in plugged in quitar world.

@mahgister 

Indeed, Martino was a musician, brilliant intellectual, passionate teacher and mystic, all rolled into one. 

@jpwarren58: Tony Rice was Art Dudley’s favorite acoustic guitarist. I’ve been finding some of Tony’s Rounder Records LP’s lately in local shops, including his s/t debut on the label (cat. no. 0085), The Tony Rice Unit (0150), the Unit’s Backwaters album (0167), and an album with his brothers (0256). Playing upright bass on all but the last is Todd Phillips, who in 1971 was playing a Fender P Bass in the same band as I around the San Jose area.

Todd was a member of Psychograss, and has a number of his own albums. I heard his 18th Century German upright bass up close ten years ago, when we played together for an afternoon. I now know what it should sound like when reproduced by a hi-fi system ;-) . Todd left the band to concentrate on studying mandolin with David Grisman up in Marin County. David told him there were plenty of good mandolin players, but a dearth of upright bassists, and advised him to get one. Todd took David’s advice, and ended up playing bass in David’s band! Last I heard he was on the road with Joan Baez, whom I am just now belatedly getting into. Her version of Dylan’s "Sad Eyed Lady Of The Low Lands" brings me to tears.

Here’s a "timely" occurrence ;-) :

I returned home from my drive into Portland yesterday with a couple of LP’s containing music made by some of the names mentioned above:

- Robben Ford: The Inside Story (Elektra Records), produced by Steve Cropper. Near Mint condition, $4. On the front cover Robben is shown holding an ES335.

- Mary Kay Place: Tonight! At The Capri Lounge, Loretta Haggers (Columbia Records), produced by Brian Ahern (Emmylou Harris’ producer of course). Also in near Mint condition, $5. Loretta Haggers was the character Mary Kay played on the great early/mid-70’s late night sitcom parody show, Mary Hartman Mary Hartman (in which also appeared Martin Mull, whose own albums are worth hearing. Much funnier than Zappa, and musically more to my taste).

On this album MKP is provided instrumental and vocal accompaniment from the following, all names familiar to most participants in this thread: Glen D. Hardin, Albert Lee, Hank Devito, Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Emory Gordy, John Ware, Byron Berline, Herb Pedersen, Mickey Raphael, Skip Conover, Dolly Parton, and Anne Murray. Wow!

I vaguely remember this album, but have never heard it. I was recently reminded of it in a Vinyl Finds review posted by one of my favorite YouTube Vinyl Community members who uses the handle "Another Fat Bearded Man Talking About Records" ;-) . His name is Hedley (how British is that? ;-), and is located in the UK. Great guy, great taste in music. Check him out!