We don't know when Keef was born or started playing, legend has it that he was already sitting there strumming, waiting for the rest of the Stones when the Romans showed up...
Who is on your Mount Riffmore?
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Sargeant Preston
Ambassador of The Ninth Chord
Sargeant Preston
Ambassador of The Ninth Chord
All these Keef jokes are old.
Ampeq
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So is Keef….
Sargeant Preston
Ambassador of The Ninth Chord
Yeah. He's a tad bit older than me.
Frodebro
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I thought this would be easy, but I'm struggling here.
Number one is definitely Townshend, I had an epiphany after hearing Live At Leeds in my early twenties (the album was actually released not long after I was born...).
Two would have to be Malcolm Young. Sixth grade, Back In Black released, my first rock album and the one that set my musical trajectory for life.
Three and four I'm going to go with Glenn Tipton and KK Downing. Priest was 'my' band in the eighties, and as I matured their early catalog hit desert island status. I listen to the early stuff all the time when I'm in my shop woodworking.
Number one is definitely Townshend, I had an epiphany after hearing Live At Leeds in my early twenties (the album was actually released not long after I was born...).
Two would have to be Malcolm Young. Sixth grade, Back In Black released, my first rock album and the one that set my musical trajectory for life.
Three and four I'm going to go with Glenn Tipton and KK Downing. Priest was 'my' band in the eighties, and as I matured their early catalog hit desert island status. I listen to the early stuff all the time when I'm in my shop woodworking.
Sargeant Preston
Ambassador of The Ninth Chord
It would have been a no brainer if the original question had been "Who here at TTR is on your Mount Riffmore?"
Short riffs, long riffs, or full songs, I give a nod to
@Headache
@Mouse
@frostyjr2
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Short riffs, long riffs, or full songs, I give a nod to
@Headache
@Mouse
@frostyjr2
@BFT Gibson
Would concur. And while he hasn’t added much of late, gotta add @Mitch Pearrow SJMP to this list.
Add in @C-Grin who’s been posting some pretty awesome riffage as well.
Ampeq
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Then there is a chance your little red wagon was made out of wood and stone?Yeah. He's a tad bit older than me.
Mine was in the Bronze Age, but I do believe some of the fasteners were vines.
Ampeq
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I had to really think about this, don’t make me do that.
All though maybe not their whole career, there were times when these people were invincible. (As we’re many others of course.)
Jimmy Page
David Gilmour
Michael Schenker
Eddie Van Halen
A couple of non rockers I saw that blew me away was BB King, and Roy Clark. If you think Mr. Clark is a country bumpkin that can’t play a guitar, you’ve got another think coming. He’s forgot more than most of us will ever know. (And Prince, his guitars might be weird, but his fingers sure know what they’re doing.) never underestimate the player in music you don’t like.
All though maybe not their whole career, there were times when these people were invincible. (As we’re many others of course.)
Jimmy Page
David Gilmour
Michael Schenker
Eddie Van Halen
A couple of non rockers I saw that blew me away was BB King, and Roy Clark. If you think Mr. Clark is a country bumpkin that can’t play a guitar, you’ve got another think coming. He’s forgot more than most of us will ever know. (And Prince, his guitars might be weird, but his fingers sure know what they’re doing.) never underestimate the player in music you don’t like.
frostyjr2
Ambassadress Of Shadow Essence
Indeed.
In fact, a LOT of country cats (especially in the Nashville studio scene) were darn fine jazz players in their own right ... after hours
once they were done with their money-making country gigs.
Besides Roy Clark, you have Mr. Chet Atkins of course:
Glen Campbell:
(that's almost too much polyester for me ... but hey, it was 1976 ...)
... and my personal fave from that scene, Hank Garland:
Those other guys (Les Paul, George Benson, and a 17 y.o. Gary Burton on vibraphone) aren't too shabby either, LOL.
Ps. 37
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I wasn't sure if @Headache was looking for guitarists known primarily for memorable riffs, or for guitarists with "technical" skills.
Going with riffage, the four I selected were Keith Richards, Page, Townsend, and Iommi.
Tough to limit guitarists who have influenced / inspired me on a more "technical" basis to just four, but they'd include Eric Clapton, Duane Allman, Dickey Betts, Peter Frampton.
And expanding that list would be almost endless, including Bill Nelson, Jeff Beck, Frank Zappa, Toy Caldwell, Les Paul, and countless others.
Going with riffage, the four I selected were Keith Richards, Page, Townsend, and Iommi.
Tough to limit guitarists who have influenced / inspired me on a more "technical" basis to just four, but they'd include Eric Clapton, Duane Allman, Dickey Betts, Peter Frampton.
And expanding that list would be almost endless, including Bill Nelson, Jeff Beck, Frank Zappa, Toy Caldwell, Les Paul, and countless others.
PelliX
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Wise words, indeed. There have been many great players for whom I have a deep, deep respect and very little appreciation of their music. I follow Ozzy's notion around riffs to a degree. "I don't want you to play me a riff that's going to impress Joe Satriani; give me a riff that makes a kid want to go out and buy a guitar and learn to play."
Prince was horribly underestimated as a guitarist. I'm not a fan of his music, but he was an amazing songwriter and musician.
Jeff Beck, Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, Joe Bonamassa, etc - amazing players. With the exception of a couple of tidbits by Beck, none of them make me want to play their stuff. Great skill, great talent, all of them. I love Joe B when he noodles or plays some covers, but his own songs leave me cold.
Then there are those who inspire me, yet I wouldn't really want to play their stuff but rather try to learn from the 'expression, feel and skill', whether it's Django Reinhardt or Scotty Moore or even Junior Brown.
What impresses me most and makes me personally drop everything and grab a guitar are generally simple things just executed well. Keef is a great example; none of his riffs are really 'hard' to play, but they need the right execution. Gilmour is notorious for playing slow, single note leads - but the expression is incredible. BB King could tell a story with just a couple of notes - and not very fast ones at that.
The last time a piece of music really blew my mind it was Gilmour with The Piper's Call. I've loved Pink Floyd since I started listening to music but I never really like his solo stuff all that much. Then ... boom ... I heard the song and was left with my mouth open. It took me a couple of listenings to realise that - underneath the slick execution - he's really just wandering around the pentatonic scale like so often, but in a way that makes it more than the sum of the notes.
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Ampeq
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Frank Zappa kept popping up on my list as well, I’m a big Zappa fanboy. I think we can all agree that 4 just isn’t enough. Headache is a cruel individual, cruel I say!
Sargeant Preston
Ambassador of The Ninth Chord
^^^^
Glen played a lot of Ovation guitars. Even had a signature Ovation. While my first guitar was a Yamaha 12 string, my first 6-string was an Ovation and he'd be why.
And something I learned recently watching a video of Glen. I've known that acoustic Ovations were the guitar of chooice of his.... well..... forever. I did not know till recently he also played a solid body electric Ovation. Wanna see some potentially odd shaped bodies? Check our Ovation Electric Solid Bodies.
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