Question:
Name some awesome guitarists from old classic rock bands?
Sk8r4lyfe
2010-11-19 20:23:50 UTC
Can you name AWESOME guitarists from older classic rock and rock n roll bands ?? Like...Guns n Roses for example, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, ETC :)
Fifteen answers:
Sam
2010-11-19 20:28:41 UTC
Jimi Hendrix

Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band

B.B. King

Eric Clapton

Robert Johnson

Chuck Berry

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Ry Cooder

Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin

Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones

Kirk Hammett of Metallica

Kurt Cobain of Nirvana

Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead

Jeff Beck

Carlos Santana

Johnny Ramone of the Ramones

Jack White of the White Stripes

John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers

Richard Thompson

James Burton

George Harrison

Mike Bloomfield

Warren Haynes

The Edge of U2

Freddy King

Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave

Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits

Stephen Stills

Ron Asheton of the Stooges

Buddy Guy
2010-11-20 04:34:23 UTC
Jimi Hendrix- Jimi Hendrix Expirence, Band of Gypsys

George Harrison - The Beatles

Slash - Guns n Roses

Joe Walsh - Eagles

John Lennon (sorta) - The Beatles

Eric Clapton - Cream

Eddie Van Halen - Van Halen

Santana - Santana

David Gilmour - Pink Floyd

Steve Howe

Chuck Berry

Kurt Cobain - Nirvana

Stevie Ray Vaughan

"Buddy" Guy

B.B King

(need anymore?)
?
2010-11-20 06:26:06 UTC
Here are my Favs

Angus and Malcolm Young- Ac/Dc

Brian May -Queen

Paul Stanley and Ace Frehley- KISS

Slash - GNR/ Velvet Revolver/Slash

Rhandy Rhoad- Ozzy Osbourne

Tony Iommi- Black Sabbath

Jimi Henderix- Jimi Hendrix

Kurt Cobain- Nivarna

George Harrison, John Lennon and Paul McCartney(original lead guitarist changed to bass after george joined) The Beatles

Kirt Hamlet And James Hetfield Metallica

Eddie Van Halen- Van Halen
2010-11-20 05:30:57 UTC
Scotty Moore - Elvis Presley Band; Bo Diddley-Bo Diddley Band; Chuck Berry; Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page- the Yardbirds;Alvin Lee-Ten Years After;Jimi Hendrix - Little Richard Band, Isley BRothers,Jimi Hendrix Experience, Band of Gypsies;Duane Allman - Allman Brothers, Derek and the Dominoes; Dickie Betts-the Allman Brothers; Steve Morse - the Dixie Dregs, Deep Purple; Rory Gallagher; Roy Buchanan; Ron Wood - Faces, the Rolling Stones.

That should get you started.
2010-11-20 04:29:00 UTC
Jimi Hendrix!

Jimmy Page - Led Zeppelin.

Eddi Van Halen - Van Halen.

Slash - Guns N Roses.

Angus Young - ACDC.

Kirk Hammet - Metallica.

Kurt Cobain - Nirvana.

Randy Rhodes - Ozzy Osbourne.

Carlos Santana - Santana.

Tony Iommi - Black Sabbath.

Dave Gilmore - Pink Floyd.

Bob Dylan.

Pete Townshed - The Who.

Eric Clapton.

George Harrison - The Beatles.

Ritchie Blackmore - Deep Purple.
?
2010-11-20 04:26:56 UTC
Jimmi Hendrix

dave Mustaine

Kirk Hammett
?
2010-11-20 04:32:50 UTC
Jimi Hendrix

Kurt Cobain

Dave Mustaine
Furia [cowBELLZ]
2010-11-20 04:37:03 UTC
Lindsey Buckingham from Fleetwood Mac
Miss Vedder
2010-11-20 04:31:46 UTC
Dimebag Darrell

Pantera/Damageplan
?
2010-11-20 04:33:05 UTC
Jimmy Page

Eric Clapton

Jimi Hendrix

I love anything played by Dave Gilmour (pink floyd).
I Laid Traps For Troubadours
2010-11-20 04:28:50 UTC
Pete Townshend (The Who), Bob Mould (Husker Du), Robert Fripp (King Crimson)
Zeppelin 911
2010-11-20 05:58:49 UTC
Hi there , I'll list some of my own favorites with some links as much as possible :



##Jimi Hendrix , Jimmy Page , Eddie Van Halen , SRV , Jeff Beck , Tony Iommi and others like them are so well-known , so I will not list them and just focus on the underrated ones .



~~Rory Gallagher (Taste/solo)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUv-4dNX6Jw&feature=related



~~Uli Jon Roth (Scorpions/solo)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6996G8rBng&feature=related



~~Robin Trower (Robin Trower Band)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA6l2KgQ2Kw



~~Louis Dambra (Sir Lord Baltimore)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOeOC16Jm9g



~~Steve Howe (Yes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP7J8ONfIfs



~~Andy Powell/Ted Turner (Wishbone Ash twin lead guitars) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tna0Mmu1XlI



~~Michael Schenker (UFO)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEdwgY7oh6E



~~Alvin Lee (Ten Years After)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFpfureaCVs&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=MLGxdCwVVULXeKDEjYr2yDwNZYxE3RVjlv



~~Scott Gorham/Gary Moore/Brian Robertson ( Thin Lizzy guitarists) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjjpBb9q1PA



~~Randy Holden (Blue Cheer/solo)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTzIbdTYghw



~~~~Here are some others :



~~Frank Marino (Mahogany Rush)

~~Buck Dharma (Blue Oyster Cult)

~~KK Downing/Glenn Tipton (Judas Priest guitarists)

~~Martin Barre (Jethro Tull)

~~Joe Walsh (James Gang/Eagles)

~~Tommy Bolin (Zephyr/James Gang/Deep Purple/solo)

~~Steve Hackett (Genesis)

~~Paul Kossoff (Free)

~~Hideki Ishima (Flower Travellin' Band)

~~Randy Rhoades (Quiet Riot/Ozzy Osbourne)



...etc. just to name a few and for many of them , I just put the best period in their careers regarding bands they were with ......
tech10
2010-11-20 04:27:06 UTC
Jimmi Hendrix for sure! +++++++++
?
2010-11-20 04:24:49 UTC
thats just metal.. roy orbinson tom petty
David V
2010-11-20 06:23:48 UTC
Jimi Hendrix (Jimi Hendrix Experence, Band of Gypsys, session work)

Jeff Beck (The Yardbirds, Jeff Beck Group, session work, solo)

Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)

Eric Clapton (The Yardbirds, Cream, Blind Faith, Derek & The Dominos, session work, solo)

Jimmy Page (The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, The Firm, session work)

Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmore's Night)

Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath, solo)

Chuck Berry (solo)

Scotty Moore (Elvis Presley)

Duane Allman (Allman Brothers Band, Derek & The Dominos, session work)

Robert Fripp (King Crimson, session work, solo)

Steve Howe (Yes, Asia, the Syndicats, solo)

Brian May (Queen, solo)

David Gilmour (Pink Floyd, solo)

Carlos Santana (Santana, solo)

Pete Townshend (The Who, solo)

Steve Cropper (Booker T & the MG's, Mar-Keys, Blues Brothers Band, sesion work)

Steve Vai (Frank Zappa, Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth, Whitesnake, solo)

Roy Buchanan (solo, session work)

Steve Hackett (Genesis, solo)

Jan Akkerman (Focus, solo)

Alex Lifeson (Rush)

Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits, solo)

Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones, solo)

George Harrison (The Beatles, solo)

Randy Rhoads (Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne)

Gary Moore (Thin Lizzy, Colosseum II, solo)

James Burton (Ricky Nelson, Elvis Presley, session work)

Lonnie Mack (solo, session work)

Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia Band, solo, session work)

Dickey Betts (Allman Brothers Band, Dickey Betts Band)

Shawn Lane (Black Oak Arkansas, The Willys, HLS, solo)

Hank Marvin (The Shadows)

Bo Diddley (solo)

Frank Zappa (Mothers Of Invention, solo)

Terry Kath (Chicago)

Rory Gallagher (solo)

Tommy Bolin (Deep Purple, session work, solo)

Warren Haynes (Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule)

Andy Summers (The Police, session work, solo)

Glenn Tipton/K.K. Downing (Judas Priest)

Steve Lukather (Toto, session work)

Neal Schon (Santana, Journey)

Alvin Lee (Ten Years After)

Leslie West (Mountain)

Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top)

Vinnie Moore (UFO, Alice Cooper, solo)

Angus Young/Malcolm Young (AC/DC)

Carl Verheyen (session work, Supertramp, Carl Verheyen Band)

Adrian Belew (King Crimson, solo)

Martin Barre (Jethro Tull)

Mick Taylor (Rolling Stones, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, solo)

Dave Davies/Ray Davies (The Kinks)

Neil Young (Buffalo Springfield, CSNY, solo)

Robin Trower (Procol Harum, solo)

Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna)

Frank Marino (Mahogany Rush)

Duane Eddy (solo)

Allen Collins/Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

Paul Kossoff (Free)

John Cipollina(Quicksilver Messenger Service)

Joe Walsh (The Eagles, The James Gang, solo)

Ted Nugent (The Amboy Dukes, Damn Yankees, solo)

John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival, solo)

Bill Nelson (Be Bop Deluxe, solo)

Rick Derringer (McCoys, Edgar Winter, solo, session work)

Kerry Livgren (Kansas)

George Lynch (Dokken, Lynch Mob)

John Sykes (Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy)

Randy Bachman (The Guess Who, Bachman-Turner Overdrive)

Stephen Stills (Buffalo Springfield, CSN, solo)

Joe Perry/Brad Whitford (Aerosmith)

Steve Stevens (Billy Idol, Bozzio Levin Stevens, session work, solo)

Jake E. Lee (Ozzy Osbourne, Badlands)

Domenic Troiano (The Guess Who, The James Gang)

Peter Frampton (Humble Pie, solo)

Miller Anderson (Savoy Brown, Miller Anderson Band, Keef Hartley Band)

John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers)

Vivian Campbell (Dio, Whitesnake, Def Leppard)

Phil Manzanera (Roxy Music)

Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (Steely Dan, Doobie Brothers)

Jerry Miller (Moby Grape)

Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser (Blue Öyster Cult)

Robbie Krieger (The Doors)

Ace Frehley (Kiss)

Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd, solo)

Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne, Black Label Society)

Robert Quine (Lou Reed, John Zorn, Tom Waits, Brian Eno, session work)

Roger McGuinn (The Byrds)

Robbie Robertson (The Band)

Ron Asheton (The Stooges)

Marc Bolan (T-Rex)

Tom Johnston (The Doobie Brothers)

Kim Simmonds (Savoy Brown)

Nils Lofgren (Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, solo)

Franny Beecher (Bill Haley & His Comets)

Danny Cedrone (Bill Haley & His Comets)

Bob Bogle/Don Wilson (Ventures)

Brian Jones (The Rolling Stones)

Danny Kortchmar (session work, the City)

Jimmy Herring (Widespread Panic, Allman Brothers Band, Phil Lesh & Friends)

Dave Mason (Traffic, Fleetwood Mac, session work)

Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi, solo)

Randy California (Spirit)

Glen Buxton (Alice Cooper)

Steve Miller (Steve Miller Band)

Trevor Rabin (Yes)

Francis Rossi/Rick Parfitt (Status Quo)

Don Felder (The Eagles)

Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick)

Tommy Shaw (Styx, Damn Yankess, solo)





take care

dave


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