Who are your heroes?

[jpgray]

For guitar I'd cite Julian Bream, and for melody making Ray Davies and Brian Wilson. For bass-playing, James Jamerson and Stephen Hanley.

[dbt]

1. John Fogerty.

He could hold his own, playing with the San Franciso guitar wizards, but his instinct was mostly to keep it simple. He embraced Country licks when it was not exactly fashionable to do so and he was hopelessly taken by that old Southern Swamp Romance. He was an elegant throwback in a complicated time--prolly still is.

His anti-war stance toward the First and Second Viet Nams also endears him to me, and I think it was his idea to send a boatload of supplies a couple of times each week to the American Indians who were occupying Alcatraz back in the 70s. Hell, I believe the boy's a Democrat!

[Jamastiene]

2. Chris Stein

Ricky Byrd
Marky Ramone
Joan Jett
Joey Ramone
Kurt Cobain
Deborah Harry

Most of my favorites are either dead or unknown to far too many people, but I love 'em.

[Beaverhausen]

3. My List

Bonnie Raitt
Joni Mitchell
Chrissie Hynde
Carole King
Janis Joplin
Kate Bush
Jane Siberry

[TrogL]

4. Keith EMerson, Chick corea, Rick Wakeman

[MazeRat7]

8. My vote as well with Herbie Hancock as an addition (n/t)

[opiate69]

5. Tony Iommi, Randy Rhoads, Martin Barre, Steve Vai, Jimi,

Chet Atkins. And for songwriting/lyrics: Ian Anderson, Maynard Keenan.

[Bonhomme Richard]

6. Niel Young was the reason I first picked up a guitar.....Ummm......

him and chicks, truth be told.

[XNASA]

7. It depends. They vary from week to week, but....

My favorite songwriters are Andy Partridge, Martin Newell, Brian Wilson, John Lennon, Julian Cope and Matthew Sweet.

My favorite musicians are Jonny Greenwood, Dave Gregory, the duo of Robert Quine and Richard Lloyd, and guys like Page and even some old electric Blues players like Albert Collins.

My favorite producers.....Brian Eno and John Leckie.

[ProfessorGAC]

9. Pretty Easy For Me

On Piano: My sine qua non is Monk. While i always admired Tyner and Peterson, Monk was THE man.

On Guitar: Satriani is my main man. While i was obviously influenced by others before he came around, his incorporation of noise and modality in rock guitar flipped me out. It's sophisticated harmonically, but still rocks.

On Bass: McCartney mostly. Listen to his Beatles work. It's always moving and there's a lot of counterpoint to the melody and guitars but still in-sync with the drums.

Songwriting: Bowie. Smart lyrics that paint pictures and mean something, while creating interesting soundscapes that always fit the mood of the song.

Production: Rupert Hine and George Martin. Everything is all so present and clean, but there's still tons going on. Lots of air.
The Professor

[SHRED]

10. Duane Allman and Berry Oakley

[mitchum]

11. Lou Reed (a long time ago when he was still good)

John Fahey
Hubert Sumlin
Mickey Baker
Howlin' Wolf
Tom Verlaine
Ry Cooder
John Coltrane

[Idylle Moon Dancer]

12. Cliff Burton

and anyone who plays bagpipes well.
especially the scottish small pipes.

[enigmatic]

13. In no order:

Mark Eitzel
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Richard Buckner


Walter Salas-Humara


Willy Vlautin


Phil Ochs


And as for my hero for guitar, I don't care what anybody says, there's nobody better then this man:

Eddie Hazel

[alarcojon]

14. Here are mine

off the top of my head. I'm sure I've left off a few...

John Williams (the classical guitarist)
Steve Howe
Carlos Santana
Jimi Hendrix
David Gilmour
Yo Yo Ma
Cliff Burton
Mos Def
The woman who sang "The Great Gig in the Sky"

[leftofthedial]

15. Don Schlitz

Mark D Sanders

Harlan Howard

Hank Williams

Townes Van Zandt

[SlavesandBulldozers]

16. guitarists i like

Kim Thayil, Adam Jones, Josh Homme, Jim Martin, Trey Spruance, Keith Richards, Mickey Melchiondo (Deaner Ween).



my favorite would be Thayil.

[cleofus1]

17. i have no heroes

but i really respect these two

dick dale of course...it really sounds to me like he's playing the guitar as if it were a mandolin...but i love it!




and Ottman Liebert...very accessible classical guitar artist...i can listen to him play anytime...