Masters of the Six Strings Options

[BadKarma]

I'm gonna open this thread for fans of the Guitar. I've already started one for Stevie. Lets run this one for everyone to add their favs and to comment on others.

Weather it's a mainstream artist or someone very obscure, this is the place for them.

I'll start things off with a very obscure artist thats playing my favorite song of his:

Ottmar Liebert--Snakecharmer

and could it be Stevie reborn

Johnny Lang--Lie to me



Come on, post your favs. I will.

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[toddarice]

Ya, Brian is great. Also in my top 20. For those of you who his name isn't familiar, he used to have a band called the Stray Cats........

Satriani is so much fun., That's why I like re-doing his songs, but without the effects. He is a true innovator. Some of his protoges include (but certainly are not limited to) Steve Vai ( top 10) and Dave Mustaine from megadeath. The list is very extensive.
If you ever get a chance, do a Google search on G3- it's Satriani, Vai and Eric Johnson (Eric is incredible), or Satch, Paul Gilbert, or Satch, Vai, John Petrucci (dream theater) Robert Fripp.........the list goes on and on.
Satriani's band is ssooo good. Man, can those guys play. I'm glad to see people like Satriani finally get theirs.
But some I had really hoped for really fell off. For example, Kenny Wayne Shepard. I really thought he'd come into his own. His style and music was great, but he never seemed to advance musically. Another favorite was Jason Becker. This kid was SUPER talented. But he got sick and can't even play now. He was on the road to being better than Satch or any of them. It is very sad.
But I'm also kinda in cahoots with Mrs. D. I love the old school guitar gods like Jimmy Page, Clapton, Santana, Jeff Beck, etc. They layed the groundwork for the greats of today, but had that bluesy edge that seems to have gotten lost.
But the one I try to emulate is Yngwie. Anybody who can nail Paganini that fast and accurate is the quintessential guitar god.
Nothing against Satch and Vai and them, but if you want to have your mind blown, check these links out;

Yngwie doing Bach:
http://video.yoyoing.com:8080/yngwie/Media...%20Bach%202.mov

From one of Yngwies' albums:
http://video.yoyoing.com:8080/yngwie/Media...0Mayhem%201.mov

Yngwie doing freeform solo:
http://video.yoyoing.com:8080/yngwie/Media...%20solo%203.mov


And if you really get hungry, check this out. This is me and my old band in the studio doing Yngwie before the car wreck.
http://thoam.com/index.php?automodule=gallery&req=si&img=548

edit: For those of you who remember the phenom Jeff Healey-it is sad. He died March 2 of this year. A Tragic loss to the world and to musicians world wide. He has inspired millions of people with his life and his music. I was fortunate enough to see him in Seattle many moons ago. He flat-out rocked!
If you don't remember him, though, remember the "Road House" movie with patrick faggie (sorry-I don't like him-but he is sad, too, now that he has cancer).