Musicians you admire

[John]

I love people that are great musicians whatever genre they play. For me I love the sound of the Guitar Violin Cello and Saxaphone
One of my all time heros is Django a Gypsy guitarist who only had two fingers to play
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UVw5C0SDkc
This is double video clip of two great musicians the first is Miles Davis playing with John Coltrane pure magic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UVw5C0SDkc
Joseph Heifetz just a great violin player
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVSgx7gKc_k&feature=related
Jacqueline du Pre
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH0jUQTCCQI
Shawn Lane was a great fusion player I saw him live and he totally blew me away he had total command of the fretboard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax02a5q-hNE
Micheal Hedges What a great musician!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgKB8zG5qP0&feature=related

[Beechwoods]

Just came across this guy. He's demo'ing the B-Bender but I live the way he builds the track up - and he can play the guitar too. Playing the B-Bender well is a pretty tough challenge:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUAULCawbMs

[John]

Nice country tone check out Danny Gatton or the Hellecasters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfBF4rr7FiA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcpofztr19E

[John]

one of the unknown greats Lenny Breau
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9SvTtaQLC4&feature=related

[chris@panteg]

I really rate this guy ' yes i know very much an acquired taste but i like his music and he is fascinating to listen too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSStufx6jYU

[Sand Dancin Donkey Walker]

Here are a few of the musicians that I admire;

Larry Carlton - Guitarist
Lee Ritenour - Guitarist
Michael Hedges - Guitarist
Marcus Miler – Bass Palyer
Al Jarreau – Vocalist
Dianne Reeves Volalist
Mary Stallings – Vocalist
Nnenna Freelon – Vocalist
George Duke – Keyboard Player
Dave Sanborn - Sax Player
Andy - SDDW

[DSJR]

A bit of a lazy get-out here, but I admire all the wonderful musicians who've enriched my life with their recordings.... I tried to make a list but like my posts, it went on and on and on and on..........

[John]

Here are a few of the musicians that I admire;

Larry Carlton - Guitarist
Lee Ritenour - Guitarist
Michael Hedges - Guitarist
Marcus Miler – Bass Palyer
Al Jarreau – Vocalist
Dianne Reeves Volalist
Mary Stallings – Vocalist
Nnenna Freelon – Vocalist
George Duke – Keyboard Player
Dave Sanborn - Sax Player
Andy - SDDW

I seen both Larry and Lee a few times both great players but really love Larry playingI saw Marcus Miller once with Mike Stern and Bob berg greatnight of music so better live than record
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwGHaKbnoL8 Larry Carlton
and Michael Hedges well just genius

[Simon]

No question for me - the man who kick-started my passion for sound, ladies and gentlemen, with his Band, The One and Only Roorrrry Gallagh-er! ( Rory Gallagher )

An absolute guitar great, wickedest live performer of all time - and marvellous to have round for a cup of tea!

[Sand Dancin Donkey Walker]

Hi Guys

Have seen Larry Carlton once, and really loved the gig, would like to see Lee Ritenour some time.

Have seen Marcus Miller a couple of tmes now, last time at the - I think Town & County Club in either Camden or Kentish town London, can never remember which is which. A fantastic gig, what a player along with Patches Stewart and Co

Andy - SDDW

[John]

Simon
Rory was such a geniune person totally committed to sharing his love of music

Andy
Its Kentish Town and the sameplace I saw Marcus play too one of the best bass playersI seenthe guy who really blew myaway bass wise is Brian Bromberg who I saw with Lee Ritenour at the Jazz cafe in Camden

[Sand Dancin Donkey Walker]

John

Been to the Jass Cafe a few times too, one of those places when the Ex and I visited London we would drop by and go and see who was playing that night.

The one that really sticks out was seeing Rachelle Ferrell. What a voice and range she has, bloody fantastic it was. As you know the JC is an intimate place and the feeling and emotion was just brilliant. Should really go there more often. Will have to start agin when life calms down a touch.

Andy - SDDW

P.S. Would add Rachelle Ferrell to my list of admired musicians.

[Simon]

John,

I see you're a Django appreciationist (?!).

I recently acquired 2 boxed sets on the English JSP label - a grand total of 9 cds in all! - 'Classic Early Recordings' and vol.2 Paris and London.

A veritable sonic time machine containing countless breathtaking moments of magical musical mayhem and mastery. (just ran out of 'm's)

So hats off to Django Reinhardt-Stephan Grapelli - Quintet of Hot Club du France.

[The Grand Wazoo]

No question for me - the man who kick-started my passion for sound, ladies and gentlemen, with his Band, The One and Only Roorrrry Gallagh-er! ( Rory Gallagher )

An absolute guitar great, wickedest live performer of all time - and marvellous to have round for a cup of tea!

I saw him a few times & always came away staggered by the performance. A great performer with a genuine love for the blues & its practitioners. He was perhaps the hardest gigging musician ever........he just never seemed to be resting from touring!

I loved his style when it came to guitars as well. He loved cheap instuments and he & his brother were always picking them up in pawn shops - the argument being that the old blues guys couldn't afford the best guitars & they made some pretty respectable sounds on them, so why not?

Even his famous battered Fender Strat was a bargain priced gem. Though new, it was sold as 2nd hand, despite being the first Strat in Ireland. The musician who'd ordered it wanted a candy apple red one, but Fender sent the music shop a sunburst & he didn't want it, so they sold it to Rory at the price of a used instrument. Meantime, the intended owner waited for his red one while Rory tore it up!

The reason so much of the paintwork was missing was that it was stolen & spent a few weeks in a ditch before Rory got it back.

I have a theory that scruffiness and length of guitar strap have a direct relationship to the ability of the musician to have intuitive 'feel' for guitar playing:

Exhibit A - Rory Gallagher: Apparel -Jeans/lumberjack shirt. Result: Can't read music, never had a lesson but made some of the most compelling British blues records
Exhibit B - Neil Young: Apparel -Jeans/lumberjack shirt. Result: At best always on the edge of feedback. A gloriously messy but poetic racket.
Exhibit C - Johnny Ramone: Guitar position - near the knees. Result: Another glorious racket.
Exhibit D - Eric Clapton: Apparel - Armani suits. Result: None of the above.

It's enough to know that Jimi Hendrix apparently said, "How does it feel to be the greatest living guitarist in the world? I don't know, go ask Rory Gallagher".

[The Grand Wazoo]

To illustrate my point above, just watch this youtube clip of Bob Dylan's 30th Anniversary concert. It's 'My Back Pages'. On the stage are Neil Young, Clapton, Roger McGuinn, George Harrison, Tom Petty, Dylan, and others, not to mention Steve Cropper & Donald 'Duck' Dunn.

Clapton & Young each take a solo. Listen to the solos..........look at their clothes........see the embodiment of their playing styles!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKBSIyK_GSE

Usually I find these 'let's all get together onstage' moments leave me cold, but this is one exception.

To give Clapton his due he also turns in a great blues inspired version of 'Don't Think Twice, It's Alright', but the playing only really gets going when the amp is properly overdriven!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCJ15r-ny5Q&feature=related

[John]

P.S. Would add Rachelle Ferrell to my list of admired musicians.

I must check her out Thanks for the tip

[John]

John,

I see you're a Django appreciationist (?!).

I recently acquired 2 boxed sets on the English JSP label - a grand total of 9 cds in all! - 'Classic Early Recordings' and vol.2 Paris and London.

A veritable sonic time machine containing countless breathtaking moments of magical musical mayhem and mastery. (just ran out of 'm's)

So hats off to Django Reinhardt-Stephan Grapelli - Quintet of Hot Club du France.

Yes Django was a true genius Grapelli might of been the one with the techinical powers but its always Django who gives me goose bumps with his playing

[John]

I saw him a few times & always came away staggered by the performance. A great performer with a genuine love for the blues & its practitioners. He was perhaps the hardest gigging musician ever........he just never seemed to be resting from touring!

I loved his style when it came to guitars as well. He loved cheap instuments and he & his brother were always picking them up in pawn shops - the argument being that the old blues guys couldn't afford the best guitars & they made some pretty respectable sounds on them, so why not?

Even his famous battered Fender Strat was a bargain priced gem. Though new, it was sold as 2nd hand, despite being the first Strat in Ireland. The musician who'd ordered it wanted a candy apple red one, but Fender sent the music shop a sunburst & he didn't want it, so they sold it to Rory at the price of a used instrument. Meantime, the intended owner waited for his red one while Rory tore it up!

The reason so much of the paintwork was missing was that it was stolen & spent a few weeks in a ditch before Rory got it back.

I have a theory that scruffiness and length of guitar strap have a direct relationship to the ability of the musician to have intuitive 'feel' for guitar playing:

Exhibit A - Rory Gallagher: Apparel -Jeans/lumberjack shirt. Result: Can't read music, never had a lesson but made some of the most compelling British blues records
Exhibit B - Neil Young: Apparel -Jeans/lumberjack shirt. Result: At best always on the edge of feedback. A gloriously messy but poetic racket.
Exhibit C - Johnny Ramone: Guitar position - near the knees. Result: Another glorious racket.
Exhibit D - Eric Clapton: Apparel - Armani suits. Result: None of the above.

It's enough to know that Jimi Hendrix apparently said, "How does it feel to be the greatest living guitarist in the world? I don't know, go ask Rory Gallagher".


Ahh I always wondered way I still have that long haired scruffy look; now if I only I was an intuitive guitar player
Great Hendrix quote
Rory was just in love with music and the blues

But the most intuitive player ever and closest to genius has to be Django
There is a great story about Django and Segovia at a party
"And then there was the time he met Andrés Segovia. He played for the Spanish classical maestro a short jazz crepuscule on his Selmer guitar. When Django finished, Segovia was dazzled by the piece and asked for a transcription. Django laughed and shrugged, saying that it was an improvisation"

[Simon]

But the most intuitive player ever and closest to genius has to be Django
There is a great story about Django and Segovia at a party
"And then there was the time he met Andrés Segovia. He played for the Spanish classical maestro a short jazz crepuscule on his Selmer guitar. When Django finished, Segovia was dazzled by the piece and asked for a transcription. Django laughed and shrugged, saying that it was an improvisation"[/QUOTE]


Attitude - it's all in the attitude. Play it the way it is, never put anyone down unnecessarily.

There are endless stories - and interviews - documenting Rory's musical munificence.

I'm sure there's loads about Django too.

Rory always disliked being associated with Eric Clapton - as he said, his music came from a far broader blues base than Clapton's, not meant as a snide remark just stating the obvious.

Even without the hair and the battered Strat (which I got to see right up close at the travelling Fender Museum exhibition a few years back and it IS battered, believe me ) Django had it all, it flowed out of him, technique, attitude in abundance.

God bless the pair of them.

[Barry]

A bit of a lazy get-out here, but I admire all the wonderful musicians who've enriched my life with their recordings.... I tried to make a list but like my posts, it went on and on and on and on..........

No 'get-out' at all. The title of the thread is 'Musicians you admire'. In my case, and it would appear yours, a succinct, if not especially erudite response, would be: 'Far too many to list' !

Barry