Some of your Playing influences, favorites...

mightymike · Post by **mightymike** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 10:55 am

In no particular Order

Page
Allman
Betts
Hendrix
Clapton
SRV
Derringer
Moore
Henderson
Johnson
Satriani
The Young Brothers
Steeley Dan
Sabath
Gino Vannelli (Santa Rosa is a bad ass song)
Gambale
Lane
Lifeson
Garsed
Shenker
Winter
Frusciante
Tower of power
Earth Wind and Fire
Rush
Al Di Meola (Espesially tour De Force Live)
Gibbons
Gilmour
Blackmoore
BB King
Skynard
Mowtown
Funk
Top 40
Even Some Rap and Country
Jazz
The Guitarist for the Stray Cats.
Gibbon's
Pat travers
ratt
Townsend

and of Corse EVH

Probably left some out.
Like bass layers
Lee
Flea
Wooton
Entwhistle

and Drmmuers
Peart
Geribaldi
Smith
Weckle

Jon Bonham
AVH

Too many to list.

NY Chief · Post by **NY Chief** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 5:04 pm

I'm with you there, Andy (and Mark). Jeff Beck is one of the most infuential and ground breaking out of the lot. Hell, even Jimi has said thet he liked "that feedback" thing that Beck was doing in the Yardbirds for crisssakes. It's interesting that most of the same names keep coming up. I guess great minds think alike!!

What's sitting on top of my computer at this moment?

The Metro CD (natch)
Humble Pie
Les Paul (yes the man, not the guitar. BTW Get Well, Les!!)
Beck (Live from the "Blow by Blow" era)
Stones Bigger Bang
Allman Bros
Rory Gallagher
Johnny Winter
Super Sessions

tonejones · Post by **tonejones** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 10:13 pm

How did I forget the good reverend Billy G.??????

mightymike · Post by **mightymike** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 7:27 am

I'm gonna have to revisit and learn some Jeff Beck stuff.
Sometimes I have to learn how to play it, to fully appreciate it, and it doesn't have anything to do with how difficult the tune is to play. I'd
had this happen with simple stuff too. Sometimes it can be a song I've heard a million times on the radio, and never gave 2 shits about.
Next thing you know, you have to learn it in a band situation, and it turns out to be a favorite from then on. It's like a gift when you uncover stuff like this..
Dendrites form, you grow as a musician. It's a beautiful thing.

rockstah · Post by **rockstah** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 10:27 am

it is a beautiful thing

NY Chief · Post by **NY Chief** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 11:02 am

Some Jeff Beck suggestions...

'Cause We've Ended as Lovers (Tribute to Roy Buchanan)

Definitely Maybe (Signature slide and melody)

Got the Feeling (Serious groove)

Train Train (Even more serious groove)

Where Were You

Any one of those will give you fits trying to learn. There's plenty of goods in there. Beck's intonation and pitch sense is amazing on both slide and the whammy bar. I defy any of you guys to nail Where Were You. There are a few notes in that song that do NOT exist on the fretboard. I should have known better but I was sure he couldn't pull it off live. He did, that fucker...

Somebody posted their version of "Cause We've Ended..." on the board recently and it was really pretty good. Better than I've ever gotten it.

There's a lot to be gleaned even from the early Yardbirds stuff. Some of his tones were outrageous for the time

rockstah · Post by **rockstah** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 11:16 am

NY Chief wrote:Some Jeff Beck suggestions...

'Cause We've Ended as Lovers (Tribute to Roy Buchanan)

Definitely Maybe (Signature slide and melody)

Got the Feeling (Serious groove)

Train Train (Even more serious groove)

Where Were You

Any one of those will give you fits trying to learn. There's plenty of goods in there. Beck's intonation and pitch sense is amazing on both slide and the whammy bar. I defy any of you guys to nail Where Were You. There are a few notes in that song that do NOT exist on the fretboard. I should have known better but I was sure he couldn't pull it off live. He did, that fucker...

Somebody posted their version of "Cause We've Ended..." on the board recently and it was really pretty good. Better than I've ever gotten it.

There's a lot to be gleaned even from the early Yardbirds stuff. Some of his tones were outrageous for the time

great choices - alot to be learned even trying to learn these songs and never even getting them note for note. let alone what you would gain learning them exactly note for note
i agree he does hit notes that dont exist

Mark

NY Chief · Post by **NY Chief** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 11:27 am

Argreed, Mark. If I could just tap into what he's thinking (or more likely feeling) rather than get it exact I'd be plenty proud. There's that one note in Where Were You that that he bends out of the atmosphere. It gives me chills just thinking about. Absolutely brillant.

rockstah · Post by **rockstah** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 11:35 am

NY Chief wrote:Argreed, Mark. If I could just tap into what he's thinking (or more likely feeling) rather than get it exact I'd be plenty proud. There's that one note in Where Were You that that he bends out of the atmosphere. It gives me chills just thinking about. Absolutely brillant.

shared chills on that one note!

Mark

SB Monster · Post by **SB Monster** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 11:46 am

dirtydeeds22 wrote:Freddie King.
Listen to some Freddie, then listen to any of the more traditional blues that Clapton played in the 60's-70's. Almost sounds the same.

Yep old Eric and a few others get quite a lot of their jams from guys like Freddie, What about Albert King? Muddy was a great guitar player too Rory, Buddy, BB, Jimmy Vaughan, Duane Allman. I'm a blues fan mostly. When I was about 12 years old I heard BB King playin a live set on the radio and it just put a hook in me.
Ther's some great 'feel' players that haven't got a mention yet. Eric Gale, Ray Gomez, Johnny Guitar Watson, Wah Wah Watson, Lowell George, jesus you could go on and on, yeah Jeff Beck for Sure. I think he found a note on the back of the neck somewhere, H sharp I think it's called.
And I'm with flames all the way on the coolest rythmn jams ever, Jimi. Every single thing he did on axis still stacks up today as brand new.

Paul

NY Chief · Post by **NY Chief** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:12 pm

Ever what it would sound like if Clapton and Freddie King played together? There's a great CD of Albert King and SRV. Anybody who does not hear Albert in Stevie needs to listen to this. Pure schooling. Of course SRV is on the up swing and Albert is on the down side but you can very esily hear the upmost respect SRV has for Albert.

rockstah · Post by **rockstah** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:21 pm

NY Chief wrote:Ever what it would sound like if Clapton and Freddie King played together? There's a great CD of Albert King and SRV. Anybody who does not hear Albert in Stevie needs to listen to this. Pure schooling. Of course SRV is on the up swing and Albert is on the down side but you can very esily hear the upmost respect SRV has for Albert.

i love that ! i do agree you can feel SRV's respect in everything he does on that cd i love how freddie laughs at some of the stuff Stevie pulls out of his hat

both do some amazing playing - Stevie is burning and the way Albert plays with and against the groove is all feel! shit, Albert plays some notes that dont exist on the guitar on this!
i love how at one point Albert says to Stevie " HAHa do that again!"

Mark

mightymike · Post by **mightymike** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 1:36 pm

I'm listening to Jeff Beck right now.
I'm really liking it.
Guess I just wasn't able to appreciate 20 years ago.
That's not the case anymore.

BashCoder · Post by **BashCoder** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 2:22 pm

Stevie Ray Vaughan
Mark Knopfler
Albert King
Carlos Santana
Larry Carlton
Jerry McPherson

And most recently, my current absolute favorite player is:

Derek Trucks (Allman Bros, Susan Tedeschi)

NY Chief · Post by **NY Chief** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:37 pm

mightymike wrote:I'm listening to Jeff Beck right now.
I'm really liking it.
Guess I just wasn't able to appreciate 20 years ago.
That's not the case anymore.

Watch ya got on, Mike?

That's funny. I answered an ad when I was in high school that said "I can teach you how to play like Clapton, Blackmore and Beck"

Blackmore was my idol back then. When I went to the first lesson guy asks "Do you like Jeff Beck?'. My buddy and I say "Nah, he plays that discoy stuff right?" (meaning the begining of "You Know What I Mean"

He nearly jumped out of his shoes "WHAT?!?!??" Beck is great. Then he put on "Jailhouse Rock" with Rod Stewart on vocals and Ronnie Wood on bass. That track STILL smokes!!. Been a fan of the man's playing ever since.