Guitarists
March 14, 2009OK, so if the drummer is like the catcher on the baseball team, the guitarist is the shortstop. Flashy, attention grabbing, the talent of the crew. Good hands, good looks, can be a little self centered. Here are my top seven axe men….in no particular order.
Jimmy Page (Led Zepplin) - Beyond. Technical authority and an exotic pallate. A dark, blues/rock god from another planet. May or may not be the devil himself.
Pete Townshend (The Who) – Violence, thunder, and lightening. The pioneer of the power chord and the original guitar smashing machine. Feet off the ground well over half the time.
Neil Young (CSNY, solo) - Imperfect, slimy, and honest. I love his raw energy and rusty sound.
Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) - One less finger than the rest…a astral explorer who pushed the envelope.
Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits) - Stinging, fingerpicked notes and rich, rangy, fluid solos.
The Edge (U2) - Winding circular walls of sound. Sooo much with so little. A master of the minimum.
Willie Nelson (solo) - it’s something to do with that old guitar named Trigger.
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Tom Humes
Not to get too far ahead of this thread, but is the right-handed middle relief pitcher a roadie or a groupie?
tambourine possibly?
Stevie Ray Vaughn as Cal Ripken (big, strong , smooth) Peter Frampton as Robin Yount before he moved to centerfield, Roy Clark as Mike Mayne…the right handed middle reliever carries the box that has the tambourine in it, he always gets stopped at security check because no one knows him, recognizes him or knows what he does; a real member of the band has to tell the” Event Staff” that he’s okay.
Two words…….Nigel Tufnel. As you were soldier.
Damn, you’re right. I overlooked Nigel…..how could I have missed the only guy how has an axe that goes to 11?
He’s good but he’s no Mike Nesmith!, and how in the world did you leave Mickey Dolenz off the drummers hall of fame?