Ok, today's topic "Best guitarists still alive that are criminally overlooked"- I'll go 1st

[Urge For Going]

99. Jeff Martin of The Tea Party

Alrighty then...

Best to check these guys out when its night time.

Time for something totally different. This isn't the type of music you bring to a party. This is some deep shit, dark and mysterious, philosophical. This REALLY ROCKS. Its often really intense and dramatic. Some songs have orchestral elements to it. Think of the vibes of Zeppelin's Kashmir, Since I've Been Loving You, and The Rain Song.... that's The Tea Party, and so much more. They never wrote about trivial stuff. He's a true poet, and one of the most gifted guitarists ever. He once met Jimmy Page, and Page asked him about a few of his chords... thats pretty damn cool. He knows how to play the most obscure stringed instruments, and he is a world traveller and spent a lot of time in Morroco... it reflects in his music, and philosophies. I really dig the eastern influence in his music.. because it is soooooo gooood.

Drawing Down The Moon

The Halcyon Days

The River

Gyroscope

Underground

Samsara

This MuchMusic concert was in '98, and was excellent. They pretty much refused to play big festivals because they are a band who doesn't sound right on a hot sunny day. They are a band who thrive in small intimate venues, or as headliners at festivals when all the daylight disappears. They often do an acoustic set, with sitars and other eastern instruments.. so this concert was cool because it was meant to be an intense experience, rather than a rock concert.

The Tea Party Intimate & Interactive MuchMusic (1998)