Name your favorite Tele player if you can.

[littlebadboy]

Richie Kotzen!

 

[Reedo]

These three...

Wilko Johnson.
Joe Strummer.
Daniel Ash.
A few more too.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Bill "Too Much Fun" Kirchen.

(I love Mike Bloomfield, too, but he wasn't strictly Tele.)

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

I’m sorry you missed post #8.

And who is Roy Buchanon?

One of the greats. But you have YouTube, so you know that!

 

[tworedsquirrels]

I say if you can because I’m not sure I can. There’s Steve Cropper, Don Rich, Buck Owens, Pete Anderson, Ed Bickert, Albert Collins, and many others but I guess if I was to have to pick a favorite it would be Don Rich. I only recently in the last few years started getting into the Bakersfield country really heavy and came to love Don Rich but I will always be a Steve Cropper fan. See if you can name a favorite.

I choose Roy Buchanan

 

[Wrighty]

Not forgetting Chrissie

 

[Twangandy_]

Brus Spristri, Brus Spinsteen, Bruce Spristr…

… no I can’t

 

[johnny k]

Jimmy bryant, jerry reed.

 

[Lonn]

Kotzen.

 

[TeleBackelaer]

Keith, Steve Cropper and Joe Strummer for me.

 

[lancefrei]

Vince Gill. Thoughtful, nothing overplayed. Add that to the perfect pitch voice and that’s something I’ll listen to again and again.

Saw Vince Gill in concert last night. He started at 7pm sharp, and I mean you could set your watch on it. Played for 3 hours and 15 minutes without a break. Voice was still as perfect at the end of the night as at the beginning. His guitar chops are still there, and he makes it look so easy.

 

[Maguchi]

Hmm , hard choice. Maybe Danny Gatton or Albert Lee.

 

[Lockback]

Saw Vince Gill in concert last night. He started at 7pm sharp, and I mean you could set your watch on it. Played for 3 hours and 15 minutes without a break. Voice was still as perfect at the end of the night as at the beginning. His guitar chops are still there, and he makes it look so easy. View attachment 1404737

I saw him in Columbus a week ago and everything you said was exactly correct. I went in knowing how great he was ... and he STILL exceeded expectations. He never hit a wrong note with that beautiful tenor voice or the various guitars he played (Strats, Teles and a Les Paul as well as numerous Martins.)

 

[Shorty Medlock]

My signed James Burton autograph... Ricky wasn't available that day!

 

[gwjensen]

Right now I'd say Pete Anderson considering how much Dwight I've been listening to lately, Dwight being one of my top five country faves and Pete being a huge part of that sound...

 

[bottleupandgo]

Saw Vince Gill in concert last night. He started at 7pm sharp, and I mean you could set your watch on it. Played for 3 hours and 15 minutes without a break. Voice was still as perfect at the end of the night as at the beginning. His guitar chops are still there, and he makes it look so easy. View attachment 1404737

Three hours and fifteen minutes, without a break?!! That's a seriously long time. Respect.

 

[NewTimerJH]

Johnny Greenwood

 

[msalama]

Danny Gatton

Oh feck me, how did I forget Gatton!? He was one of the best Tele players ever, and absolutely belongs to my list above. So sad he went the way he did, and only proves again that depression is something you NEED to take care of if you're affected. No ifs or buts!

 

[JonnyDee]

Sorry, but I just I just couldn't pick a favourite. So many:

Albert Lee (pre MM)
Danny Gatton
Brad Paisley
Jerry Donahue
Matheus Canteri (not widely known... but what a player. Watch his star rise)

 

[MrTwangy]

It has to be Vince Gill, but can't forget Don Rich, Marty Stuart, Kenny Vaughan, Keith Richards.