Your Favorite late 60's and 70's guitar players

[DavidE]

Most of the obvious, but a favorite was Leslie West - incredible vibrato and tone.

[wgarces]

Peter Frampton.  BEFORE the glamour.

You read my mind! That's scary!

[Submariner85]

Joe Perry and Steve Jones: They are the ones that made me want to play

Jeff Beck: I don't think there is anything he cant do

Ross the Boss from the Dictators 'cause he is just so cool

Is that the same Ross the Boss from Manowar?

He is killer.

[biffrythm]

Yeah, its the same guy. He's back with the Dictators again. They played here in Denver a couple years ago and he still rips.

[Submariner85]

Yeah, its the same guy. He's back with the Dictators again. They played here in Denver a couple years ago and he still rips.

Nice. Now I'm gonna have to check them out.

I have a bunch of OLD Manowar Vinyl and Cassettes lol and some CD's

[wgarces]

Billhart22, got your email, thank you! Amazing story!

Hey, Rev Willy G ain't on your list! What gives brother?

[serial]

That era for me means riffs and as such, the undisputed kings are Page and Perry/Whitford. LOTS of other notables (the obvious Hendrix), but Iommi started the heavy $hit (Pagey wasn't as heavy as Iommi at any point), and Donald Roeser came up with some mindbending stuff too.

[billhart22]

Serial - agreed! Iommi started the heavy $hit. It was so scarey at the time that I almost lost my drawers....lol...but I loved the essence of the evil, if you know what I mean....Iommi was an enchanter. What a great guitar player!

Bill

[JohnnyB]

Denny Dias - I just love Steely Dan.  You can't argue with the solo in Reelin' in the Years

Yup, Denny Dias was tasty, but he didn't do that outrageous guitar work in "Reelin' in the Years." That was a session guy named Elliott Randall who sat in with The Dan back then.

I liked Clapton with Mayall's Bluesbreakers, and also his tasty laid-back stuff on his solo albums in the '70s, such as on Slowhand and There's One in Every Crowd.

An awful lot of great guitarists to choose from in that era. I'm still in awe of Hendrix when I listen to him, and for tasty licks and fills that always served the song, George Harrison is still hard to beat. I don't think he ever put a note wrong.

One of my personal favorites is Robby Krieger, guitarist for the doors. I liked his sounds and really like his very inventive, lyrical solos, the one on the extended version of "Light My Fire" being a good example.

[iownit4]

ace is the reason why I started playing...

Terry Kath (Chicago) under rated great FEEL

George harrison what else could I say ...

[SirDouglas]

Ace Frehley ........ KISS ARMY

Alex Lifeson

Rick Neilson

Jimi Hendrix

Ted Nugent

Frank Zappa

Geddy Lee

Chris Squire

And my Biggest influence..... My High school Band Director that pushed me and told me to keep plugging no matter what and stood behind me everyday to make sure i was the best....... thank you Donald Zech

Sir Douglas

Randy

[The Hellion]

Mmmh...

Tony Iommi = one of the reasons I started to play guitar, very good guitarist

Angus Young = it's simple, he's just a great guitarist, solos aren't for my liking though...

Kenneth Downing and Glenn Tipton = both are great guitarists but most effective when playing together, solos kick ass! They're very underrated guitarist, I think. Not really virtuosos or anything, but you don't have to be that in order to be a great guitarist, they've never let me down with their riffs and solos.

http://www.judaspriest.com/video/default.asp (Guitar Special videos (ecspesially the part 2! You can spot a lot of Hamers out there, so don't start drooling!)

Of course there are a lot others as well, but ecspesially Downing and Tipton are the main reasons to my intrest to the guitars, playing guitar and music generally!

[billhart22]

Check out Crucified Barbara at crucifiedbarbara.com The Chick Mia who is the lead singer and lead guitar player kicks ass!! I bought their album and listen to it a lot. I love chick bands...but these chicks have some real balls!!

I love the old drummer for Vixen...Roxy...man, that woman can drum...she has tons of testosterone!

KK and Glenn Tipton are just too fabulous....They are scale players, IMHO, but how they resonate together. I spend most of my time listening to Priest and I am 56 years old. I am learning their music. I love Johnny Be Good and Out of Control.....not to mention Turbo Lover...etc...etc.. I have been into them since 1970.

I got into John McCafferty the other day with Eddie and the Cruisers II...man, there are some really funky old sounds on there! If you want to hear some great old guitar and amp sounds...check it out. I don't know who is playing the actual guitars, but they are hollow bodied and do great "billy" rock sounds. Reminds me of when I was 8 years old and taking music lessons on a fender in 1957. My partner and I play this album every day while working. We are contractors and listen to McCafferty in the mornings to get us going. As the day progresses, we get into the more subtle sounds of Priest, Crucial Guitar Blues and such. Then we come back to my house and tap my kegerator with tons of New Belgium Sunshine Wheat beer. Life is hell, eh? I am going to learn some of that stuff too. Takes you back to the late 50's and very early 60's.

Bill

[tomteriffic]

Lots of great choices there and all killers, IMO. A couple of important ones for me, in addition to Duane Allman, Jorma Kaukonen, and Buddy Guy...

There were two guys who taught me a TON about economy, melody, phrasing, and making every steenking note count, since I never could play a lot of them real fast. They were:

Robbie Roberston (The Band)

Steve Cropper

[MCChris]

Paul Kossoff-Killer feel.  Excellent vibrato.  Interesting chord voicings.  Les Paul+Marshall=Good

+1

His Free stuff is really awsome and very under-estimated (I'am trying for 35 years to copy it - ). And he was just 18 when he did it.

Yep. Koss was great. Free's live recordings (specifically the live disc in the "Songs of Yesterday" boxed set) are fantastic.

Another teen wunderkind I love is Thin Lizzy's Brian Robertson, my all-time favorite player. Brought a lot of flash and fire to the table while still being incredibly melodic. And IMO he was the BEST with the wah, even better than Hendrix.

[tafkathundernotes]

Randy Bachman

Rik Emmett

Tommy Shaw

Rick Derringer

[hardheartedbill]

a great list! here are a few that I don't see listed

Ed King and later Steve Gaines, great guitarist both

Toy Caldwell

Duane and Dickey

Lindsay Buckingham ( this is a bad man! )

the guys from Kansas and Styx

Ritchie Blackmore

[MCChris]

Lindsay Buckingham ( this is a bad man! )

True dat, Bill! There are a couple of different live videos of "Go Your Own Way" that get played a lot on VH1 Classic (one with Mac, one solo) and LB tears it up on both of 'em!

[edgar_allan_poe]

Terry Kath was the man. IMHO the lead in 25 or 6 to 4 is one of the top 5 ever played.

Beck is too obvious LOL!

Blackmore is often forgotten, but shouldn't be.

West had it all, tone, vibrato, and could sing his ass off.

May is another underrated player.

[MCChris]

Terry Kath was the man. IMHO the lead in 25 or 6 to 4 is one of the top 5 ever played.

He was a better guitar player than a Russian roulette player.

[HamerHokie]

Clapton, Beck, and Page. These stand at the top.

Then guys like Gilmour, Vaughn, Robertson/Gorham, DiMeola, etc. for the little things.

[sojourner]

Ronny Montrose. Neil Schon. Frank Marino. Pat Travers.

Less about the way they played, etc., and more about the times I had and the way they were part of the soundtrack of my life for those days. Nostalgia.

[lhrocker]

Gary Richrath of REO - How I wanted a Les Paul just like him!!

Ace - Wow, another Les Paul player.

Judas Priest - Ok, Gibson players at the time - a V and an SG/LP...

Peter Frampton....

Perry/Whitford

For some reason Hendrix, Page, Clapton never did anything for me.

Oh yeah... Elvis!!!!! It wasn't until later that I noticed the guitar was more of a prop.

[cmatthes]

Here's one nobody will pick up...

Rick Witkowski, Crack the Sky

They actually had Rolling Stone's "Album of the Year" in 1975, and every note this guy played just seemed to strain to get out of the vinyl. Good stuff.

James Honeyman-Scott was another favorite for me - Genius.

Angus/Malcolm - 'nuff said

[serial]

I'd really consider JH-S as 80s, but there's no denying Witkowski.