Underrated or Ignored Musicians from before 1987

HolyGrail · 10-04-2007, 10:37 AM

Here's a small start .

George Harrison ~ Guitar, Singer, Writer
Leslie West ~ Guitar, Singer
Lindsey Buckingham ~ Guitar,Singer, writer ( Plays more with 6 notes than many do with 50 )
Steve Smith ~ Drums
Johnny Winter ~ Guitar
Edgar Winter ~ keyboard player, vocalist, saxophonist
Steve Perry ~ Singer , Writer
Bob Mayo ~ keyboardist, guitarist, vocalist

refin · 10-04-2007, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by HolyGrail

Here's a small start .

George Harrison ~ Guitar, Singer, Writer
Leslie West ~ Guitar, Singer
Lindsey Buckingham ~ Guitar,Singer, writer ( Plays more with 6 notes than many do with 50 )
Steve Smith ~ Drums
Johnny Winter ~ Guitar
Edgar Winter ~ keyboard player, vocalist, saxophonist
Steve Perry ~ Singer , Writer
Bob Mayo ~ keyboardist, guitarist, vocalist

+1 on Harrison................a song's best friend!
Leslie West......king of the 4 "Ts" of playing (Tone-touch-taste-timing).

mmcquain · 10-04-2007, 11:52 AM

I'll add these guys to the list of "overlooked guitar players"...

Billy Jones - great guitarist (Hughie Thomasson is better known but Billy was a killer
player - heck I'll even add Hughie to the list!)

George McCorkle - another great player (usually played rhythm but could do some nice leads
as well) just like Billy to Hughie, George was often over shadowed by Toy Caldwell (another
great player - never used a pick - Charlie Daniels said that Toy had the "fastest thumb" he'd
ever seen)

John Fogerty (CCR)

Greg Martin (Kentucky Headhunters)

Dave and Rod from Foghat

Duane Roland (Molly Hatchet - Dreams I'll Never See solo, etc.)

Jerry Reed (way more than "Smokey & The Bandit"

)

Vince Gill (super great singer and a monster on a Telecaster)

Caretaker · 10-04-2007, 12:11 PM

Jim McCarty
Paul Kossoff
Adam Schmitt
Paul Simon
Steve Hunter
Dick Wagner
Mick Ronson
Dave Hlubeck
Henry Paul
Dave Feister
Terry Kath
Mick Taylor
Snowy White
Eric Bell
I can probably go on for hours. ALL of these guys are talented beyond belief.

HolyGrail · 10-05-2007, 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Caretaker

Jim McCarty
Paul Kossoff
Adam Schmitt
Paul Simon
Steve Hunter
Dick Wagner
Mick Ronson
Dave Hlubeck
Henry Paul
Dave Feister
Terry Kath
Mick Taylor
Snowy White
Eric Bell
I can probably go on for hours. ALL of these guys are talented beyond belief.

This is why I started this thread. So members can start to listen
to other Great players that didn't make it into the Spotlight

lp59aholicDon · 10-05-2007, 12:26 AM

Luther Allison
Roy Buchanan
Gary Moore ( not nearly as well known in the US as Europe)
Danny Gatton
Pete Kennedy ( was once my guitar teacher, and a close friend of Danny's)
Maura Kennedy
John Marx
Tinsley Ellis
Tab Benoit
I could go on for days myself here, along with many others have mentioned also

coldsteal2 · 10-05-2007, 01:51 AM

Ronnie Montrose

lp59aholicDon · 10-05-2007, 02:27 AM

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Originally Posted by coldsteal2

Ronnie Montrose

THanks Cold I hadnt ment to leave our Ronnie, the guy STILL rocks too

10-05-2007, 04:36 AM

David Gilmour is so underrated that it's almost criminal.

I'll also add Mark Hitt from Rat Race Choir.

lexluthier · 10-05-2007, 04:46 AM

Ulrich (Uli) Roth
Ollie Halsall

coldsteal2 · 10-05-2007, 06:01 AM

Mick Ralphs (Mott the Hoople/Bad Company)
Brian Robertson/Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy)

M.T. Pockets · 10-05-2007, 08:11 AM

I started playing clubs in 1980 and have been pretty much ignored since.

tarddoggy · 10-05-2007, 04:25 PM

Frank Zappa
Frank Marino
Randy Bachman
Otis Rush
Gary Rossington
Steve Gaines
Allen Collins.....so many of them guys were and are so good,man

HolyGrail · 10-05-2007, 08:57 PM

Waddy Wachtell ~ Guitar

ReverendJWblues · 10-05-2007, 09:10 PM

Man is there anybody left?

I grew up here with Vince lemme tell ya the guy is totaly an awsome player even when we were kids. He never does half of what he can do with a guitar. I remember playing a local place here once........And said we are gonna follow that? Talented and Humble.

mmcquain · 10-05-2007, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by HolyGrail

Waddy Wachtell ~ Guitar

+1

I'll also add Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Eric Gale, and some of the studio guitarist that Steely Dan used... of course, Larry Carlton is well known but the other guys aren't so well known.

10-06-2007, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by mmcquain

Jerry Reed (way more than "Smokey & The Bandit"

)

I am with you an all that you posted but Jerry Reed is my secret weapon when I need to steal licks from. I am huge Jerry fanatic!

Also a huge George Benson fan. Steve Miller as well. Jerry Garcia. Also Tommy Castro. You know as for some cool great southern rock type licks but with a modern hard rock vibe, Pepper Keenan and Woodroe from COC. Last but not least, David Grissom is one of the most un-real guitar player that I would just love sit down and play backing for. It would be a dream come true for me. I am a huge Grissom fan.

edit.... How can I forget, Michael Schenker! If you don't know who he is. Get off the computor NOW and get Strangers in The Dark. Learn every song note for note enjoy the rest of your life! The extended version on CD is freaking fantastic!

10-06-2007, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by mmcquain

+1

I'll also add Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Eric Gale, and some of the studio guitarist that Steely Dan used... of course, Larry Carlton is well known but the other guys aren't so well known.

+100 on the "Skunk" & Eric Gale! I was fortunate to meet and see Skunk jam with the Doobies at a rehearsal when I was a lad. Pat Simmons was also a great guitar player as well. My mother dated a Doobie back in the day. I can't say who though....

10-06-2007, 01:14 AM

Paul Chapman... UFO's No Place To Run was another freaken underated masterpiece!

siroliver · 10-06-2007, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by KennyF

David Gilmour is so underrated that it's almost criminal.

My thoughts exactly

lexluthier · 10-06-2007, 06:37 PM

Forgot to mention Dan Toler. Back in the day he was like a supercharged version of Dickey Betts.

Frank Marino was a badass, too!

mmcquain · 10-07-2007, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by *********

I am with you an all that you posted but Jerry Reed is my secret weapon when I need to steal licks from. I am huge Jerry fanatic!

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Originally Posted by *********

+100 on the "Skunk" & Eric Gale! I was fortunate to meet and see Skunk jam with the Doobies at a rehearsal when I was a lad. Pat Simmons was also a great guitar player as well. My mother dated a Doobie back in the day. I can't say who though....

That's a cool brush with fame ("my mom dated a Doobie"

). Very cool about seeing Baxter playing with 'em. My only Doobie Brothers story is that I once sold a patch bay to Chet McCracken, former Doobie Brothers drummer.

As for your comments on Jerry Reed... yep, he's a monster on the guitar. But I have to say that I wish he'd stick more to the guitar and less to the "comedian" routine in concert (actually not sure he even tours anymore... I'm sure he's made enough $$ to never have to work again). I saw him back in the mid 80's and he did more talking than playing (was funny but I wanted to hear him unleash "The Claw" - you know what I mean

)

alpinestudio · 10-07-2007, 09:43 PM

What about John Sykes? Also I agree with Gary Moore being underrated. Also, I'd like to mention Steve Lukather as well.

HolyGrail · 10-08-2007, 12:13 PM

Tommy Bolin

lp59aholicDon · 10-08-2007, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by HolyGrail

Tommy Bolin

Definitly a good player, Hmm not sure when Junior Brown came out, but if you ever get a chance to catch this guy, he is a total trip, ya just cant classify Junior's playing but him and his " Git Steel" thru a Fender Twin, with only a volume pedal

GuitarGal · 10-08-2007, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by jwblues

Man is there anybody left?

I grew up here with Vince lemme tell ya the guy is totaly an awsome player even when we were kids. He never does half of what he can do with a guitar. I remember playing a local place here once........And said we are gonna follow that? Talented and Humble.

You mean Vince Gill?

coldsteal2 · 10-08-2007, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by HolyGrail

Tommy Bolin

Tommy Bolin was the master of the Echo-plex!
he was really getting good then.....RIP.
The list of Guitarists that have passed away is
really sad.

HolyGrail · 10-08-2007, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by coldsteal2

Tommy Bolin was the master of the Echo-plex!
he was really getting good then.....RIP.
The list of Guitarists that have passed away is
really sad.

YouTube - ROCK AND ROLL HEAVEN RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS MIKE

Righteous Brothers,

Chorus:
If you believe in forever,
Then life is just a one-night stand.
If there's a rock and roll heaven,
Well you know they've got a hell of a band, band, band.
Jimmy gave us rainbows,
And Janis took a piece of our hearts,
And Otis brought us all to the dock of a bay.
Sing a song to light my fire,
Remember Jim that way,
They've all found another place, another place to play.
Chorus
Remember bad bad Leroy Brown,
Hey Jimmy touched us with that song.
Time won't change a friend we came to know.
And Bobby gave us Mack the Knife,
Well look out, he's back in town.
They'll all be there together
When they meet in one big show.
Chorus
There's a spotlight waiting
No matter who you are
Cuz everybody's got a song to sing,
Everyone's a star
(Everybody's got to be a star).
Chorus, repeat and fade out

lp59aholicDon · 10-08-2007, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by GuitarGal

You mean Vince Gill?

Vince Gill is an incredible guitarist,not many know he was asked by Mark Knofler to join Dire Straits , shortly after Sultans of Swing hit big, Vince had just left Pure Prairie League and wanted to go solo and do the studio thing for a while

HolyGrail · 10-08-2007, 05:59 PM

Ariel Bender

Carmine Appice ~ Drums

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HolyGrail V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The Beach to the Desert . Posts: 1,113 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Underrated or Ignored Musicians from before 1987 Here's a small start . George Harrison ~ Guitar, Singer, Writer Leslie West ~ Guitar, Singer Lindsey Buckingham ~ Guitar,Singer, writer ( Plays more with 6 notes than many do with 50 ) Steve Smith ~ Drums Johnny Winter ~ Guitar Edgar Winter ~ keyboard player, vocalist, saxophonist Steve Perry ~ Singer , Writer Bob Mayo ~ keyboardist, guitarist, vocalist

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mmcquain Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Tarpon Springs, FL Posts: 3,794 Thanks: 16 Thanked 110 Times in 27 Posts	Re: Underrated or Ignored Musicians from before 1987 I'll add these guys to the list of "overlooked guitar players"... Billy Jones - great guitarist (Hughie Thomasson is better known but Billy was a killer player - heck I'll even add Hughie to the list!) George McCorkle - another great player (usually played rhythm but could do some nice leads as well) just like Billy to Hughie, George was often over shadowed by Toy Caldwell (another great player - never used a pick - Charlie Daniels said that Toy had the "fastest thumb" he'd ever seen) John Fogerty (CCR) Greg Martin (Kentucky Headhunters) Dave and Rod from Foghat Duane Roland (Molly Hatchet - Dreams I'll Never See solo, etc.) Jerry Reed (way more than "Smokey & The Bandit" ) Vince Gill (super great singer and a monster on a Telecaster) __________________ *MMCQUAIN Rock, Blues, Christian player** * mmcquain@mcquain.com Gibson Les Paul Studio 60's Tribute, Breedlove Acoustic/Electric, Egnater, Dean Markley, D'Addario, various effect pedals http://www.youtube.com/mmcquain * http://www.facebook.com/mmcquain

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