Just off the top of my musical head, I've enjoyed watching Pete Townshend play the guitar from the Who days until present.
Eric Clapton is an excellent guitarist but is boring to watch.
I don't know any relatively new guitarists that are exciting to watch. I'm sure there are many.
Do you have a favorite guitarist that you like to see on stage?
Re: Favorite Guitarist to Watch...
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 10:12 pm
by Sean
Tommy Emmanuel. He puts everything he's got into his performance. You can tell when he's going to ad-lib something new into a piece as he gets a little glint in his eye as he thinks of it and then a beaming smile as he (inevitably) pulls it off to perfection. That is, if you can drag your eyes away from his fingers long enough to see his face. The guy obviously loves what he does and it makes it all the more pleasurable to watch him play.
Me too. I like the face contortions she makes when she's really rockin'.....
Re: Favorite Guitarist to Watch...
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 12:50 pm
by MajGenl.Meade
The guy on the right
Javier Mas
Re: Favorite Guitarist to Watch...
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 1:09 pm
by Lord Jim
Was that photo taken at a "Come As Your Favorite Blues Brother" party?
Re: Favorite Guitarist to Watch...
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 1:51 pm
by Sue U
A couple of my favorites to watch:
Ira Kaplan:
Eugene Chadbourne:
Re: Favorite Guitarist to Watch...
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 2:54 pm
by Joe Guy
I see SueU is in to that mellow easy listening sort of music. It reflects her laid back middle of the road persona.
Re: Favorite Guitarist to Watch...
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 3:10 pm
by Rick
Junior Brown, I don't listen to much of his stuff but that which I do is pretty interesting, again not all that animated
Charo is an excellent Flamenco player, while she's playing she herself is not animated but she is accompanied by a background stage
Joe Satriani is a bit more animated, still nothing like Pete
Re: Favorite Guitarist to Watch...
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 3:52 pm
by Sue U
For sheer guitar showmanship and terror, I always thought the late great Bryan Gregory was the best. Unfortunately, there is shockingly little footage I could find of him on the Youtubes. If you never saw him live, you'll just have to take my word for it.
Re: Favorite Guitarist to Watch...
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 4:03 pm
by Rick
Angus Young, most folks head would have slipped their shoulders by now
Re: Favorite Guitarist to Watch...
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 4:04 pm
by oldr_n_wsr
I was always a big Pete Townsend fan as a guitarist, songwriter and overall muscian.
Way back I think it was his first solo album, Who Came First ? where he played all the instruments except drums. Keith Moon played those. IIRC PT put after the Keith Moon byline "Who else?"
I always though Carlos Santanna was a good guitarist.
