What genre? I mean there's so much it's so vast to make a choice. I guess it's favorite guitarist. But if I were to say best guitarist I would have to factor in some things..

Like Malmsteen a great guitar player but no radio play won't get my vote. I mean you can be really good to only a group of peeps that appreciate it.

Like Kerry King with great rhythm but his soloing sucks but put out good tunes.

Like Motley Crüe' s Mick Mars has all the attributes but again with the soloing just not there.

It's just too much but if I had to pick one...

Joe Satriani.

He's a musician with knowledge and teaches. His albums are awesome to me. Whenever I did any home recording I would have an idea and build on it then explain where someone like Satch can have an idea and build on it through thought out planning before even touching the guitar.

@tour2ma said:

Saw that.....now....Im a grinnin....

Warren Haynes??.

@westside-steve said:

Yup.... the real CTA apparently wasn't thrilled by the free publicity...

Either that or the city did not care for the band's sampling of the crowd chant from the '68 convention...

WSS

Newbies? Seem to know more than I own...

In no particular order...

• Found Gary Clark, Jr. when I followed the HBO series Sonic Highways... can shred it, but often steps back...
• Caught Tedeschi Trucks Band on ACL a while ago... Derek Trucks can flat play.
• Eric Gales... a true bassakwards threat.... a rightie that plays a rightie strung guitar leftie...

My first live concert... Cleveland Public Auditorium... summer of '71. Blues Image opened for Chicago...

Pop Quiz: Why the name change between LPs 1 & 2?

@westside-steve said:

Things take a turn toward the intelligensia.

@vaportrail said:

John Mayer is probably the most well known. The guy is a blues virtuoso and belongs in the same conversation as Clapton, Joe Walsh. The fact that he can also make top 40 music is a testament to his breadth as a musician.

Another really talented guitarist is Orianthi. She had some top 40 hits about 5 years ago, but has fallen off the map. She was going to be the guitarist for Michael Jackson's tour before he died.

Jake Cinninger of Umphrey's McGee is very talented. They're my favorite band at the moment, and they've got one of the best lighting guys in the industry for their live shows.

Mayer is definitely on my short list.

@mudfly said:

what this thread has done for me with all this talking about music, is i picked up my acoustic and started strumming again...my wife bugs me all the time about not playing because she thinks i'm good...i keep telling her that a matter of opinion....but wss, thanks for this thread again....

@mudfly said:

last yr alice cooper opened for motley crue which announced this was their last tour...hard to believe alice would open for anyone, but from what i understand, and i am not sure of this but alice highly promoted motley crue from the get go. he really liked them...so i can see the reason he opened...crue's last tour ever, he promoted them etc etc...makes sense...i pulled up a video of alice on that tour and he had a female guitarist in the band..guess that was who you guys are talking about...didn't know her name until now if that was her....i'll tell you what, she was incredible...that is all i can say...

@vaportrail said:

i agree...and you are talking some pretty good talent in clapton and big joe...i love joe walsh...my wife and i don't go to many big arena concerts anymore...we usually support the local musicians in our area which are pretty good..however, i saw that joe walsh is touring with bad company..don't know if joe is replacing mick ralphs with bad company or if joe is the opening act or vise versa...guess i'll follow the tour on google to see whats up...but my wife likes walsh also and likes bad company....

@vaportrail said:

She toured with Alice Cooper for a while.....

Another really talented guitarist is Orianthi. She had some top 40 hits about 5 years ago, but has fallen off the map. She was going to be the guitarist for Michael Jackson's tour before he died.

Jake Cinninger of Umphrey's McGee is very talented. They're my favorite band at the moment, and they've got one of the best lighting guys in the industry for their live shows.

@browns52 said:

Ha!...I think he's bummed cause just us old guys answered and no one else did.....degenerated or just never got going?.....you decide....

if we deleted every thread that deviated or evolved from the op, there would be none left.....

@mudfly said:

chicago transit authority.....kind of figured you would know....again, thanks for the video....

@the-cysko-kid said:

i kind of like the thread....just ignore what you don't like...i love music and there is alot of good stuff on this thread to. i'll bet judging from that picture of wss on his posts that he is a pretty darn good musician and he also enjoys talking about music...he has alot of good opinions from the posts i read from him.....

@browns52 said:

Hmm,,,,,Im gonna say either The Transit Authority or Chicago Transit Authority....

@mudfly said:

i did, i just did not mention it....awesome, just simply awesome...here is a quick trivia question you probably know, but many people don't....what were they called before they became just chicago?

Guitar virtuosos tend to fly under the radar in popular music.

I'll give it a little while, and if you still want I will take it down. You know what happens when the gipper gets involved.

WSS

@browns52 said:

the best part is that its not a pic, its a video.....click the little arrow thingy for music.....

@mudfly said:

great photo mud...makes me tear up a little...