List the lesser-known living guitar legends

[ole6string]

What a great thread! I will have to list my favs......

1. Scotty Anderson
2. Eric Johnson
3. Robben Ford
4. Frank Vignola
5. David Wilcox
6. Lloyd Jones
7. Monte Montgomery

Man the list could go on and on....

 

[holndav]

Tom Principato

 

[Home Grown Tele]

Jimmy Vivino
Larry Campbell

 

[mudshark]

Jimmy Herring
Mike Eldred
Ronnie Earl

+1,000 on Scotty Anderson...wow.

 

[ole6string]

almost forgot Tuck Andress

 

[SMPTE]

Guitar Shorty
Robert Cray
Steve Van Zant
Steve Cropper
Peter Green (who seems to be making a comeback)

And +3 on Scotty!

 

[trag-o-caster]

Peter Green (who seems to be making a comeback)

Not lately, unless you know something that I don't know.

Don't forget to add the name Junior Barnard to that list!

Edited to add:

OOPS! Living! Sorry about that.

Strike Jr. Barnard (R.I.P.) and add Jim Campilongo.

 

[SMPTE]

Not lately, unless you know something that I don't know.

Don't forget to add the name Junior Barnard to that list!

Sorry I always get Gary Moore and Peter Green mixed up....

 

[Pete Galati]

Sam The Sham

 

[bender-freak]

will ray
tommy emmanuel
buster jones
Redd V. (already mentioned, but unknown to many around here, sadly)
same for Scotty A. (i only learned of this monster within the last year)
Duane Eddy

gone:

Phil Baugh
Danny Gatton (amazing to me the number of players that have never heard of him......and sad)

lots more, if i would think about them....

 

[Crotalus Atrox]

Jimmy Thackery
Denny Freeman

 

[TWANGNUT]

Kelly Black
Tim Mensy (sp?)
Damon Johnson
Brent Rowan

 

[furrfurrfurr]

Larry Musson

 

[Sleph]

Dick Wagner
Steve Lukather

 

[macheesmo3]

Richard Thompson
Junior Brown ( lesser known by the masses anyway)

My brain just died.....

 

[morroben]

Jim Campilongo
Kelly Joe Phelps
Doug Martsch

 

[tbp0701]

I'll throw in another Scotty Anderson.
And John Jorgenson and Jerry Donahue, because I haven't seen either mentioned.
I also really like Eric Skye's playing. He plays jazz on a flattop acoustic. (http://www.ericskye.com/)
And I'll mention Poppa Chubby. I'm not sure about the legend thing, but I listened to him a lot when things were bad.
I don't know if Pat Martino's lesser known, but he definitely deserves legend status. Just the fact that he learned to become a virtuoso on the instrument twice. (Edit, if you don't know the story, he had a brain aneurysm. Afterwards, he had no memory of guitar and re-learned to play using his own recordings to help his recovery).

 

[sound dog]

Isn't Joe Maphis dead?

Yes...he passed away in 1986.

 

[marquis de jonny]

jeff lang.

brilliant, young australian player

something recent:



something 11 odd years ago:



greatest unsung australian guitarist? more than likely.

 

[colonelrobert]

Bubba Feathers. Charlie Feather's son. He is one of the hottest pickers I've ever worked with.
Check out his picking and singing here http://silverdollarmusic.com/index.php?page=songwriter&display=113&from=0

That's me on drums.