"Unknown" Telecaster Greats

TerryOz · September 19th, 2005, 08:27 AM

There has always been great players out there who are are not well known internationally and often even Nationally...You only have to look at the Roy Buchanan/Danny Gatton stories to see that they were always seen as something special, but for various reasons, obscure musical styles and lack of drive etc, it took huge campaigns by musical peers and Journalists to get them their just recognition...I guess that this has been done before in this forum, but I don't recall seeing it, so I am wondering who you guys might be able to turn us onto. Who is a great Telecaster Picker who has got under the radar? Maybe if you put up a name you might let us know what to check out work wise from him/her...I personally have always dug the idea of getting something great to listen to that is a little "obscure" and of course it might help their CD sales, especially in this era of "Independent" recording artists...I personally reckon that the American fraternity should have a lookout for the Australian Telepicker, Stuart French, a lot of you will know of him already from when he was over there with his band "The Feral Swing Kats" a few years ago (Michel Rose on Pedal Steel). So lets hear it guys, Who is out there that we all need to know about?

Rizo · September 19th, 2005, 11:36 AM

Teddy Morgan (of Teddy Morgan and the Pistolas). The last time I saw him he was admitted hungover and put on a less than stellar show. But the first time he completely rocked and blew me away (and hopfully this coming week when I see him again, he'll do much better.)

When I saw him the first time he was playing a standard tele through a Hot Rod series amp and last time it was an Esquire through a tweed reissue.

Jakedog · September 19th, 2005, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Rizo

Teddy Morgan (of Teddy Morgan and the Pistolas). The last time I saw him he was admitted hungover and put on a less than stellar show. But the first time he completely rocked and blew me away (and hopfully this coming week when I see him again, he'll do much better.)

When I saw him the first time he was playing a standard tele through a Hot Rod series amp and last time it was an Esquire through a tweed reissue.

Teddy!! I love that guy. Opened for him a couple of years ago. I have his "Freight" CD in the truck right now. Great player, and a great singer and writer too. I really love his use of trem and vibrato effects. Great Baritone work too.

Hope the show is a good one, tell him to get back up here to The Beachland Ballroom again. I'd love to play with him again.

Jake

ryokan · September 19th, 2005, 01:28 PM

Zoot Horn Rollo. And Syd Barrett. Two of my favorite guitarists.

jhundt · September 19th, 2005, 01:36 PM

he played with Paul Kelly from Australia. I'm guessing it was a Tele, just by the sound and the style. Even if it wasn't, he's still be a Tele great who was playing some other guitar.

Rizo · September 19th, 2005, 05:28 PM

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Teddy!! I love that guy. Opened for him a couple of years ago. I have his "Freight" CD in the truck right now. Great player, and a great singer and writer too. I really love his use of trem and vibrato effects. Great Baritone work too.

Hope the show is a good one, tell him to get back up here to The Beachland Ballroom again. I'd love to play with him again.

Awesome Jake, Teddy can put on a good show and I'm hoping this weekend is no different . I'm going to buy his new album at the show. If you feel like taking a 5 or 6 hour roadtrip, he'll be doing a two night stand in Pomeroy, OH which is pretty far south of you but you'd get to see my second "unkown great";

Preacher Zeb of the Wailin' Elroys. They're about my favorite local band. Zeb does some crazy Luther-ish picking on their first album (haven't heard the other one). Check 'em out at www.wailinelroys.com and check out the place Teddy's playing at www.courtstreetgrill.com

gbenson · September 19th, 2005, 05:28 PM

two of my favorites:

David Kilgour of The Clean (he also has solo albums). Tobin Sprout of Guided By Voices (solo albums, too).

Both are not traditional Tele twangers by any means. They are, however truly talented rock singer/songwriters.

Their tone is very Tele-dependant and they play great catchy rhythm-based songs with some accented lead parts. If you want to support some independent types and you like that kind of thing, check em out!

Chris S. · September 19th, 2005, 05:38 PM

Actually, we did have a similar thread almost exactly a year ago:

http://tdpri.com/viewtopic.php?t=24386

But there are always new players coming up and more unknown greats lurking out there... ;-) CS

Tele-Whacker · September 19th, 2005, 05:49 PM

Right now, I'd have to say that I am my favorite. .................................................. .................................................. ...........but, only because I've made me more money than all the rest of 'em put together...Ha, Ha.

Drak · September 19th, 2005, 09:31 PM

Johnny Kidd from The Pirates.

Sort of revved up rockabilly, but rockin' out with a Tele all the same, you can ~hear~ it.

Davey265 · September 20th, 2005, 04:17 PM

Drak

The most famous Johnny Kidd records had various players on. Early stuff ('58-'62) had the lead played by Alan Caddy, with Joe Moretti guesting on Shakin' all over. I'm pretty sure neither was a Tele player.

Telemeister Mick Green joined in '62 and was ripping it up with the reformed Pirates through the '70s and on and off until recently (he had a near fatal heart attack on stage with Brian Ferry in New Zealand). Now, he's an unsung Tele hero. Mainly unsung that is.

Sorry if I'm being an anorak.

Check this for loads of info: Ahoy there!

Dave

RHP335 · September 20th, 2005, 04:24 PM

Al Anderson ex of NRBQ

OutlawSteph · September 20th, 2005, 04:37 PM

Jim Fish. Most recently, Jim played with the Byron Berline Band. http://www.doublestop.com He did more acoustic flatpicking than Tele playing on their albums, but there are some wonderful Tele moments. He's in the style of Clarence White, James Burton and even a little Albert Lee.

Drak · September 20th, 2005, 05:54 PM

Yeah, Mick Green, that's who I was referring to. I had some of the Pirate's '70's offerings, loved that stuff.

Don't know where the Johnny Kidd reference came from...

tpaul · September 20th, 2005, 08:48 PM

Don't know if you can find his stuff anywhere... but if you happen to be in the Woodstock ny area this Saturday, you might catch his new band, The Pagans, at the Joyous Lake.

Drak · September 20th, 2005, 09:56 PM

I wish to humbly add Prince Tomopato to the list.
As good it gets for the DC Tele sound.

Not ~strictly~ Tele, but plays a Tele a lot, enough to be known as an unknown Tele-ist.

Did that just not make sense? :P

And Pete Kennedy!
Horray for the Unknown DC Telecaster contingent!

I've seen Kennedy stroll atop plenty of bar tables whippin' his Tele around like a switchblade.

Never seen Principato mount a bar table in all the times I've seen him, but I'd bet he's owned his fair share of 'em.

I might even go out on a cliff and say I've seen more Tele players walkin' bar tables than any other!

:D

David Barnett · September 21st, 2005, 04:18 AM

Evan Johns

TerryOz · September 21st, 2005, 09:34 AM

Well.....Thanks for that, I was hoping I would have a bunch of CD's to track down, with a bunch of pickers to get to know that I had never heard of......I guess things are a bit slow out there in Televille!

transmaniacon · September 21st, 2005, 10:06 AM

Hey Terry oz, i'm a fan of the Ferals and i had a guitar lesson from Stuart last year, he is a great player and a great bloke, i last saw them a month or so ago in Balmain and really enjoyed myself , some other guitarists you may like are Bruce Mathiske (check spelling) and Michael Fix both play generally acoustic but really well (i won't mention Tommy) but i think they all do an occasional Telecaster track. As far as overseas telecaster players go I highly recommend Steve Piticco from canada (check out his website) & Paul Chapman
of course as far as Australia is concerned Brent Mason, Johnny Hiland and Albert Lee need somewhat of an introduction - although i've seen Albert around 5 times (here) now but the last time was around 1994....

apart from those guys Denniz Tek and Buck Dharma are my rock favourites,

cheers
steve.

Jef · September 21st, 2005, 10:11 AM

Arty McGlynn does some impressive Celtic stuff on a tele with Patrick Street and Four Men & a Dog.

Buck Cannon · September 21st, 2005, 11:54 AM

just about everyone here who is a TDPRI-ier gets my vote as the trully best Tele unkowns!
I tell ya waht most all you guys can PLAYyyyyyyyyyyyyy!
I've been to NAMMs and the jams and gigs with a bunch of us here ... and I was always impressed

(sorry to hijack this thread-- Had do do it ;-)

LEFT-ON · September 21st, 2005, 01:14 PM

Bill Carter of The Screaming Blue Messiahs.

emisilly · September 22nd, 2005, 11:17 AM

Will Sargeant of Echo and the Bunnymen has always been an inventive tele player. Not in the traditional county/r n'b sense, but more of the eclectic, non-conventional sense. A very underrated player for sure.

TwinReverb · September 22nd, 2005, 11:33 AM

I like Evan Johns too. Love his album Rollin' thru the nite.

cheers
Erik

tucker gypsy · September 22nd, 2005, 11:34 AM

There's a guy named Ty Tyler who plays for Chris Knight. Saw them live at WorkPlay in Birmingham, Alabama, and was completly blown away. Ty played a beat up early 60s Tele and was masterfull!!!

Here's the only pic of Ty that I could find on the net:

That's him on the left side of the frame.

Al

Doug 54 · September 22nd, 2005, 03:15 PM

Scotty Anderson.

lightnin1 · September 22nd, 2005, 03:43 PM

Wayne Hancock

September 19th, 2005, 08:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
TerryOz Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Australia Age: 54 Posts: 126	"Unknown" Telecaster Greats There has always been great players out there who are are not well known internationally and often even Nationally...You only have to look at the Roy Buchanan/Danny Gatton stories to see that they were always seen as something special, but for various reasons, obscure musical styles and lack of drive etc, it took huge campaigns by musical peers and Journalists to get them their just recognition...I guess that this has been done before in this forum, but I don't recall seeing it, so I am wondering who you guys might be able to turn us onto. Who is a great Telecaster Picker who has got under the radar? Maybe if you put up a name you might let us know what to check out work wise from him/her...I personally have always dug the idea of getting something great to listen to that is a little "obscure" and of course it might help their CD sales, especially in this era of "Independent" recording artists...I personally reckon that the American fraternity should have a lookout for the Australian Telepicker, Stuart French, a lot of you will know of him already from when he was over there with his band "The Feral Swing Kats" a few years ago (Michel Rose on Pedal Steel). So lets hear it guys, Who is out there that we all need to know about?

September 19th, 2005, 11:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
Rizo Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Athens, OH Posts: 1,141	Teddy Morgan (of Teddy Morgan and the Pistolas). The last time I saw him he was admitted hungover and put on a less than stellar show. But the first time he completely rocked and blew me away (and hopfully this coming week when I see him again, he'll do much better.) When I saw him the first time he was playing a standard tele through a Hot Rod series amp and last time it was an Esquire through a tweed reissue. __________________ "You say you want to play country, but you're in a punk rock band."

September 19th, 2005, 01:36 PM	#5 (permalink)
jhundt Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Netherlands Age: 54 Posts: 3,012 9 Photos	Steve Connolly he played with Paul Kelly from Australia. I'm guessing it was a Tele, just by the sound and the style. Even if it wasn't, he's still be a Tele great who was playing some other guitar.

September 19th, 2005, 05:38 PM	#8 (permalink)
Chris S. Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Near TELE-Town (Wash. DC) Posts: 2,894 7 Photos	Actually, we did have a similar thread almost exactly a year ago: http://tdpri.com/viewtopic.php?t=24386 But there are always new players coming up and more unknown greats lurking out there... ;-) CS __________________ "I go online sometimes, but everyone's spelling is really bad. It's depressing." – Tara, from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" "It was born at the junction of form and function." – Bill Kirchen, from "Hammer of the Honky-Tonk Gods"

September 19th, 2005, 05:49 PM	#9 (permalink)
Tele-Whacker Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Millsap, Tx. Posts: 266	Favorite Telecaster players... Right now, I'd have to say that I am my favorite. .................................................. .................................................. ...........but, only because I've made me more money than all the rest of 'em put together...Ha, Ha. __________________ Chuck Cusimano

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ryokan Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 288	Zoot Horn Rollo. And Syd Barrett. Two of my favorite guitarists.

September 19th, 2005, 05:28 PM	#7 (permalink)
gbenson TDPRI Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 90	two of my favorites: David Kilgour of The Clean (he also has solo albums). Tobin Sprout of Guided By Voices (solo albums, too). Both are not traditional Tele twangers by any means. They are, however truly talented rock singer/songwriters. Their tone is very Tele-dependant and they play great catchy rhythm-based songs with some accented lead parts. If you want to support some independent types and you like that kind of thing, check em out!

September 19th, 2005, 09:31 PM	#10 (permalink)
Drak Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: DC 'Burbs Age: 47 Posts: 447	Johnny Kidd from The Pirates. Sort of revved up rockabilly, but rockin' out with a Tele all the same, you can ~hear~ it.

September 20th, 2005, 04:17 PM	#11 (permalink)
Davey265 Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Devon, UK Posts: 167	Ummm... Drak The most famous Johnny Kidd records had various players on. Early stuff ('58-'62) had the lead played by Alan Caddy, with Joe Moretti guesting on Shakin' all over. I'm pretty sure neither was a Tele player. Telemeister Mick Green joined in '62 and was ripping it up with the reformed Pirates through the '70s and on and off until recently (he had a near fatal heart attack on stage with Brian Ferry in New Zealand). Now, he's an unsung Tele hero. Mainly unsung that is. Sorry if I'm being an anorak. Check this for loads of info: Ahoy there! Dave __________________ There's no such thing as too much Tele!

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RHP335 NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 3	Al Anderson ex of NRBQ __________________ RHP335

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OutlawSteph Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 453	Jim Fish. Most recently, Jim played with the Byron Berline Band. http://www.doublestop.com He did more acoustic flatpicking than Tele playing on their albums, but there are some wonderful Tele moments. He's in the style of Clarence White, James Burton and even a little Albert Lee. __________________ 'From the hills they came, from backwoods without a name, carrying their guitars and a heartful of southern soul..'

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Drak Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: DC 'Burbs Age: 47 Posts: 447	Yeah, Mick Green, that's who I was referring to. I had some of the Pirate's '70's offerings, loved that stuff. Don't know where the Johnny Kidd reference came from...

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tpaul Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingston, NY Posts: 753	Chris Zaloom Don't know if you can find his stuff anywhere... but if you happen to be in the Woodstock ny area this Saturday, you might catch his new band, The Pagans, at the Joyous Lake.

September 20th, 2005, 09:56 PM	#16 (permalink)
Drak Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: DC 'Burbs Age: 47 Posts: 447	I wish to humbly add Prince Tomopato to the list. As good it gets for the DC Tele sound. Not ~strictly~ Tele, but plays a Tele a lot, enough to be known as an unknown Tele-ist. Did that just not make sense? :P And Pete Kennedy! Horray for the Unknown DC Telecaster contingent! I've seen Kennedy stroll atop plenty of bar tables whippin' his Tele around like a switchblade. Never seen Principato mount a bar table in all the times I've seen him, but I'd bet he's owned his fair share of 'em. I might even go out on a cliff and say I've seen more Tele players walkin' bar tables than any other! :D

September 21st, 2005, 04:18 AM	#17 (permalink)
David Barnett Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: LIttle Rock, AR Age: 52 Posts: 5,434	Evan Johns

September 21st, 2005, 09:34 AM	#18 (permalink)
TerryOz Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Australia Age: 54 Posts: 126	Well.....Thanks for that, I was hoping I would have a bunch of CD's to track down, with a bunch of pickers to get to know that I had never heard of......I guess things are a bit slow out there in Televille!

September 21st, 2005, 10:06 AM	#19 (permalink)
transmaniacon Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Sydney,NSW Posts: 267	stuart french Hey Terry oz, i'm a fan of the Ferals and i had a guitar lesson from Stuart last year, he is a great player and a great bloke, i last saw them a month or so ago in Balmain and really enjoyed myself , some other guitarists you may like are Bruce Mathiske (check spelling) and Michael Fix both play generally acoustic but really well (i won't mention Tommy) but i think they all do an occasional Telecaster track. As far as overseas telecaster players go I highly recommend Steve Piticco from canada (check out his website) & Paul Chapman of course as far as Australia is concerned Brent Mason, Johnny Hiland and Albert Lee need somewhat of an introduction - although i've seen Albert around 5 times (here) now but the last time was around 1994.... apart from those guys Denniz Tek and Buck Dharma are my rock favourites, cheers steve.

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Jef Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Antwerp, Belgium Posts: 685 2 Photos	Arty McGlynn does some impressive Celtic stuff on a tele with Patrick Street and Four Men & a Dog. __________________ Amplification is not a social dinner, a literary event, a drawing or an embroidery; It cannot be done with elegance and courtesy. Amplification is an act of violence... (Mao Tse-Tube)

September 21st, 2005, 11:54 AM	#21 (permalink)
Buck Cannon Banned Tele-Holic Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 516	just about everyone here who is a TDPRI-ier gets my vote as the trully best Tele unkowns! I tell ya waht most all you guys can PLAYyyyyyyyyyyyyy! I've been to NAMMs and the jams and gigs with a bunch of us here ... and I was always impressed (sorry to hijack this thread-- Had do do it ;-)

September 21st, 2005, 01:14 PM	#22 (permalink)
LEFT-ON NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 8	Bill Carter of The Screaming Blue Messiahs.

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emisilly Tele-Meister Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 485	Will Sargeant of Echo and the Bunnymen has always been an inventive tele player. Not in the traditional county/r n'b sense, but more of the eclectic, non-conventional sense. A very underrated player for sure.

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TwinReverb Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 477	I like Evan Johns too. Love his album Rollin' thru the nite. cheers Erik

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tucker gypsy Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: birmingham, al Posts: 214	Ty Tyler There's a guy named Ty Tyler who plays for Chris Knight. Saw them live at WorkPlay in Birmingham, Alabama, and was completly blown away. Ty played a beat up early 60s Tele and was masterfull!!! Here's the only pic of Ty that I could find on the net: That's him on the left side of the frame. Al

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Doug 54 Tele-Holic Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ohio, Dayton area Posts: 640	Scotty Anderson. __________________ The Bobby Mcfarrin of guitar

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