Top 20 Guitarist's *of the last 25 years*

[Flying_Monkey]

jimi

Someone didn't read the OP...

 

[SteCenturion]

Here's Vieux Farka Touré chanelling his father, Ali, just messing about...

Like that ....

Struggling to figure where it's roots *style* lie.
Definitely an Indian flavour to my ear but obviously the African flavour too ?

Need help on this one.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

PC gone to wife's IT consultant for a good kicking, so l'm using this hunk of junk iPad

Trying to beat it, before it crashes all time

 

[SteCenturion]

Not a bad strummer is ole Joe

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo6LXD7uzn4

Obviously Joe Strummer then @meta lon

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Like that ....

Struggling to figure where it's roots *style* lie.
Definitely an Indian flavour to my ear but obviously the African flavour too ?

Need help on this one.

Well, his father Ali Farka Touré is known as the 'father of the desert blues'. From Mali, which is a crossroads of sub-Saharan African music and Middle-Eastern influence via North Africa. He also explicitly reincorporated American blues back into African music.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Here is the worthy heir of Django Reinhardt, Angelo Debarre:

 

[sight-pin]

Someone didn't read the OP...

Whoops! Didn't notice that,

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Here's two for the price of one - the, very sadly, late Paco de Lucia, and Al Di Meola, playing Mediterranean Sundance, that originally appeared on the best live guitar album ever, Friday Night in San Francisco (with John McLaughlin).

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Jack White

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnsQRpgYmaE

 

[Tojo]

Steve Vai

 

[Tojo]

Orianthi

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Gretchen Menn

View: https://youtu.be/jBaUm7VDsi0

View: https://youtu.be/Nqi7GoTIwEM

 

[stumpy66]

Johnny Marr of the Smiths

 

[SteCenturion]

2 more great blues/blues rock guys ...

View: https://youtu.be/RyFs13mMtPo

& who could forget the late & great ?

View: https://youtu.be/vkUpfw4Hf3w

 

[GM]

Brian Setzer is my choice

Although it's been 35 years(!!) since the first Stray Cats LP

He seems very under-rated, but is apparently recognised by other (big names) as a hell of player

Plus, he (almost single handedly) revived/re-popularised two musical genres;
- Rockabilly, with The Stray Cats (he also played the role of Eddie Cochran, in the film 'La Bamba)
- Big Band Swing, with the Brian Setzer Orchestra

Gretsch guitars recognised his contribution, by making him their first 'signature artist' in about 2000, since Chet Atkins in 1961!!
A Setzer Gretsch was also given for display in the Smithsonian Museums

He's good, but I prefer the master.....