I wish I could play the guitar like...

[grifftron]

Stevie Ray Vaughan


please post guitar gods, present or past, share the love, i want to get my face shredded off!



-griff

[jgordon1111]

Hell yeah. And a lot of so called rock stars wish they could to.

[grifftron]

Hell yeah. And a lot of so called rock stars wish they could to.

Well this is NOT a so called "rock star"... he is a rock god, but he wishes he could play like stevie

EC tribute to stevie

please post other amazing guitar players we all wish we could play like from all types of music styles. New or old, will be fun to listen to some I might have not.

-griff

[wildwilliam]

leo kottke

[Gypsys Kiss]

Tommy Emmanuel

[jgordon1111]

most people dont like him but Prince.if you get past the weird part he can play

[oVo]

Jeff Beck or Eric Clapton or Jimmy Page or Frank Zappa

Ana Popovic channels a bit of SRV.

[Pirlo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dNXJwLO4eU

Pier Gonella plays with his teeth.

[jgordon1111]

Ok pirlo you going to bring that style of play in,then I am going back to the original Jimmy Hendricks

[Army of GOD]

Randy Rhoads

[grifftron]

Tommy Emmanuel

This guy was lots of fun, thanks for the post.

I'll listen to others here soon that I haven't heard of

[oVo]

Jimi Hendrix was Stevie Ray Vaughn's inspiration to push himself and master the guitar. SRV saw him play and everything changed.

[grifftron]

Jimi Hendrix was Stevie Ray Vaughn's inspiration to push himself and master the guitar. SRV saw him play and everything changed.

Was the reason why he covered so many of Jimis songs...

[Nola_Lifer]

Dimebag Darrel

[radiojake]

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Stevie Ray Vaughan held me as a baby at Adelaide Airport in late 1984 - Apparently the story was that he came up to my mum and dad and proclaimed - 'That there is a mighty fine looking baby' and decided to hold me for a bit.

Unfortunately there are no photos of this event, even though my grandma was right there with a camera around her neck (but she had no fucking clue who this weird american that was holding her grandson! - Needless to say, both my parents were stoked to have had such a legend ask to hold their child!)



Either way - I've always loved the shredding at the end of this Propagandhi song - Purina Hall of Fame

[saxitoxin]

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Stevie Ray Vaughan held me as a baby at Adelaide Airport in late 1984 - Apparently the story was that he came up to my mum and dad and proclaimed - 'That there is a mighty fine looking baby' and decided to hold me for a bit.

That's a good story, RJ.

Still, it's a little disconcerting. I often do the same thing at airports and it invariably leads to police involvement. I say the exact same phrase and then grab the child, but it always provokes a negative reaction. It could be my accent, I guess.

But, anyway - funny story but Vaughan actually held me at Adelaide airport in 84 as well, so I imagine we must have been there the same day? Of course I was in my late 40s at the time, but it was still a fun experience. It was before I learned English so I was a bit perplexed by what was happening at the time, IIRC.

[radiojake]

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Stevie Ray Vaughan held me as a baby at Adelaide Airport in late 1984 - Apparently the story was that he came up to my mum and dad and proclaimed - 'That there is a mighty fine looking baby' and decided to hold me for a bit.

That's a good story, RJ.

Still, it's a little disconcerting. I often do the same thing at airports and it invariably leads to police involvement. I say the exact same phrase and then grab the child, but it always provokes a negative reaction. It could be my accent, I guess.

Maybe it is the lack of public appreciation for your mad guitar shredding skills

[jonesthecurl]

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Stevie Ray Vaughan held me as a baby at Adelaide Airport in late 1984 - Apparently the story was that he came up to my mum and dad and proclaimed - 'That there is a mighty fine looking baby' and decided to hold me for a bit.

That's a good story, RJ.

Still, it's a little disconcerting. I often do the same thing at airports and it invariably leads to police involvement. I say the exact same phrase and then grab the child, but it always provokes a negative reaction. It could be my accent, I guess.

But, anyway - funny story but Vaughan actually held me at Adelaide airport in 84 as well, so I imagine we must have been there the same day? Of course I was in my late 40s at the time, but it was still a fun experience. It was before I learned English so I was a bit perplexed by what was happening at the time, IIRC.

It's not your accent, it's the sex toy catalogue in your pocket.

[grifftron]

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Stevie Ray Vaughan held me as a baby at Adelaide Airport in late 1984 - Apparently the story was that he came up to my mum and dad and proclaimed - 'That there is a mighty fine looking baby' and decided to hold me for a bit.

Unfortunately there are no photos of this event, even though my grandma was right there with a camera around her neck (but she had no fucking clue who this weird american that was holding her grandson! - Needless to say, both my parents were stoked to have had such a legend ask to hold their child!)



Either way - I've always loved the shredding at the end of this Propagandhi song - Purina Hall of Fame

LOL if that is a true story, that is pretty neat... if not, what sax said above! Obama held me in an airport when I was 2

[Mageplunka69]

Pink Floyd

[KoolBak]

For pure technical ability, Tuck Andress of Tuck & Patti...dude is phenominal - seen them a few times

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuqXNyE71X8&feature=related

For pure rocking awesomeness, Neil Young....anything ;o)

[HapSmo19]

Tiny Tim held me in the Sacramento Greyhound station when I was 9

[Army of GOD]

I held myself when I was 4

[PLAYER57832]

Almost anyone.. John Michael Talbot, Jimmie Hendrix, James Taylor, Pete Seager, etc. (yes, I recognize they are not equal in skill...)

[tkr4lf]

Melodic Death Metal:
Kalmah- The Blind Leader- solo only

In Flames- December Flower- solo only

Arch Enemy- We Will Rise- solo only- cover Btw, the lead singer is a chick...

Light This City- Facing the Thousand Lead singer also a chick...

Metalcore: (or something like that, I'm not sure what the genre is officially called, whatever, I like the music.)
August Burns Red- Mariana's Trench- couldn't find just a solo

All That Remains- Top 10 SolosAs rated by some dude on youtube...still good though.

Parkway Drive- Idols and Anchors- cover This guy does some amazing covers...if you like metal at all, you should check out his covers. He does an amazing job.


None of these bands/guys are really in the same league as people like Vaughn and Hendrix, except maybe Kalmah, they can play some mean guitar. But the OP asked for many different genres, etc., so I thought I'd throw in some of my favorite metal here.