Are SRV & Hendrix The Only Players To Inspire Wanna Be Clones?

[sax4blues]

I have heard it said of Robin Trower he is just a Hendrix clone. I've heard Chris Duarte called just an SRV wannabe.

What other guitarist have inspired famous players to be wannabe clones? Are there any Jimmy Page clones? Any EVH wannabe's? How about Pete Townsend, any players you say just mimic his style?

 

[jazztele]

The Jazz world has plenty of Wes Montgomery wanna-be's.

 

[dugums]

John Mayer

 

[BigDaddyLH]

John Mayer

John Mayer wannabes, or John Mayer, wannabe?

 

[62 Jazzmaster]

I was first drawn to electric guitar by Carlos Santana, but Chuck Berry was hugely influential to many early guitarists.

 

[sax4blues]

John Mayer

John Mayer is a wannabe clone of whom?

I'm wondering about for lack of a better word, famous or recorded/radio play artists who are tagged as just being a clone of another famous player other than Hendrix or SRV?

Or more specifically, who else besides Hendrix and SRV are people compared to, mainly in a derisive way? Is anyone dismissed as just another Keith Richards wannabe clone?

I know it's a convoluted question.

 

[Janitor Julius]

I can think of about 30 or 40 folks I'm a wannabe of... I think we all are wannabes, that's why we all started playing in the first place.

 

[Larry F]

I was a serious Larry Coryell wannabe. Here are some songs I played in 1974:

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Jim Hall, Zappa, not Joe Pass, Kenny Burrell, Pat Martino.

 

[Mightyaxeman]

It seems to me like every slide player is trying to sound like Derek Trucks now. That urks me.

 

[brookdalebill]

Last fall a young man from Europe (Italy, I think) visited the store I worked in.
He was seriously into Peter Green.
He had a 59 reissue LP with the PG mods, and did a credible Greeny impersonation.
Had the circa 69' haircut and everything.
He was checking out the BF Twins, we had three at the time.
Being an Austinite, I've seen way too many Stevie Ray Vaughanabees.
Mr. Green is my personal favorite British rock/blues guy.
It was kind of cool seeing someone so into his style of playing.

 

[goldtopper]

Edge and Keef come to mind.

 

[jjkrause84]

Chuck Berry was hugely influential to many early guitarists.

Especially this guy:

 

[mindlobster]

Jeff Waters from Annihilator does a SERIOUS Women And Children First-era EVH...they cover Romeo Delight on their latest CD. Make of that what you will. I'm not even sure what it says about me that I know stuff like that!

 

[chippertheripper]

I can think of about 30 or 40 folks I'm a wannabe of... I think we all are wannabes, that's why we all started playing in the first place.

Bingo

 

[mr natural]

"I started off trying to play like Big Bill Broonzy, and I'm still trying."
-John Renbourn

I dunno, I'd say that EVH started a lot of cats tapping, doing pinch harmonics and trying to get that "brown" sound.
-Mr. Natural

 

[weezy109]

SRV and Hendrix made it into the stream of public consciousness. Listen to Lonnie Mack and you will see that SRV was a Lonnie Mack wannabee, etc. There is a difference between a wannabe and being influenced but it seems like any blues player now gets thrown into the wannabe catagory of Hendrix and SRV. Actually SRV was considered a Hendrix wannabe, still is to an extent, until he died and became a "legend".

 

[Coach305]

Johnny Ramone. He's Hendrix to the punk-rock crowd, no?

 

[elihu]

If I'm not mistaken, Carlos Santana was a Peter Green wannabe. Listen to The Supernatural and you'll hear it.

 

[Sleph]

I wouldn't go quite as far as calling John Mayer an SRV wanabe....but you can certainly see the influence Stevie Ray had in a lot of JM's playing.

 

[dugums]

John Mayer wannabes, or John Mayer, wannabe?

I was saying he inspires some wannabes. An no, I'm not a JM basher.