Eric Johnson...lightening fast, articulate fingerings, unmistakable tone and a great songwriter. I've only had the pleasure to see him live once, and will travel far to get the chance again.
Greg Carmichael and Miles Gilderdale of Acoustic Alchemy...great synergy between them and virtuosos individually in their own right
Mark Knopfler...nuff said
Joe Walsh...i dunno, just like the guy and he can squeeeze alot of music outta a few notes
Greg Lake...C'est la Vie, Lucky Man, Still You Turn Me On--best sounding acoustic guitar on my stereo
Pete Townsend...king of the power chord
Steve Howe...the guy must have six fingers on his left hand (Count Rugan had six on his right hand as I recall)
Frank Zappa...I remember (vagely--I was in college and toasted at the time) seeing a claymation of him playing where his left hand morphed out about 4 extra fingers and snaked their way up and down the fretboard...saw him in Montreal at the Forum once, and that is an even more distant and fuzzy memory...I do remember having a flat in the car we borrowed from the housefather (big yellow Buick) around midnight in downtown with a trunk full of Bradors...so we emptied the trunk full of beer onto the sidewalk and proceeded to change the flat when the lug wrench broke in half...what happened next is little foggy, but we did make it back to UVM with most of the beer...I swear to this day the drummer was in a gorilla costume for much of the concert
Greg Carmichael and Miles Gilderdale of Acoustic Alchemy...great synergy between them and virtuosos individually in their own right
Mark Knopfler...nuff said
Joe Walsh...i dunno, just like the guy and he can squeeeze alot of music outta a few notes
Greg Lake...C'est la Vie, Lucky Man, Still You Turn Me On--best sounding acoustic guitar on my stereo
Pete Townsend...king of the power chord
Steve Howe...the guy must have six fingers on his left hand (Count Rugan had six on his right hand as I recall)
Frank Zappa...I remember (vagely--I was in college and toasted at the time) seeing a claymation of him playing where his left hand morphed out about 4 extra fingers and snaked their way up and down the fretboard...saw him in Montreal at the Forum once, and that is an even more distant and fuzzy memory...I do remember having a flat in the car we borrowed from the housefather (big yellow Buick) around midnight in downtown with a trunk full of Bradors...so we emptied the trunk full of beer onto the sidewalk and proceeded to change the flat when the lug wrench broke in half...what happened next is little foggy, but we did make it back to UVM with most of the beer...I swear to this day the drummer was in a gorilla costume for much of the concert
