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steveshark yes it s that time again when another 10 guitaristic delights get featured here for your listening pleasure it s worth reiterating that this is a very personal choice that will vary over time and the great guitar moments are placed in no particular order of merit apart from the last one of course which will be my current all time favourite steve winwood night train he was great with the spencer davis group traffic and blind faith but it s his solo work which has some obscure but essential gems scattered amongst it this track from his second solo album showcases him as a guitarist although he played all the other instruments himself it s really just a jam but it shows that he can play as well as any of his contemporaries including clapton the j b s doin it to death two guitarists for the price of one here the legendary jimmy nolen and the lesser known hearlon cheese martin this is funk with an illuminated capital f ok it s simple stuff but decidedly tricky to play for so long and keep the groove of course this is really a james brown song but dear old james created so many band offshoots that it s hard to keep track without jb s prescription for funk no funkadelic no rhcp no funk at all dig the key change from f down to d take it to the fridge er bridge steve vai blue powder i could have picked quite a few tracks by vai to illustrate why he s one of the few shredders who has something to say and not just wank away at this version was issued as an exclusive guitar player flexidisc and i prefer it to the later album version it s not exactly soothing music but it has little lagoons of calmness within it i love the subtle and hendrixy guitar at 1 55 and the way the whammy bar opens this section vai plays with feeling here but also a great deal of humour and to my mind at least that s an important and rather rare quality in rock music robert johnson stop breakin down ok johnson s been hyped and mythologised way more than anyone deserves there are plenty of other great singers writers and guitarists who contributed to the blues in a significant way however that doesn t mean that johnson isn t worthy of all the plaudits that have come his way since his untimely death it s hard to listen to his guitar playing when the vocals are so plaintive and prominent but it s worth the effort that s real driving guitar and his thumb keeps a rock steady rhythm throughout essential blues guitar les paul and mary ford how high the moon it s les s tone which blows me away in particular no one before him had such a deep rich sound and so much tonal variation i have this hunch that he had his amp turned up almost to the point of distortion certainly his guitar has an edge to it that no one else had at the time of course that s all without actually mentioning the superb playing and the groundbreaking multitracking duane eddy peter gunn ok it s really easy to play but tone is all here with duane playing the riff in unison with a piano a bass another guitar i think and possibly even another guitar a six string bass whatever s going on in the mix it all adds up to a monster riff that just powers along sometimes less really is more xtc the mayor of simpleton two for the price of one dave gregory plays electric 12 string against colin moulding s highly complex bass lines to produce a swirling piece of poptastic goodness gregory s an excellent player who s taken onboard virtually every style of playing but still manages to sound original the lines he plays at about 1 50 the end of the bridge section are just beautiful moulding s bass playing is just as uplifting and original throw in andy partridge s clever lyrics and immaculate vocals and you have pop perfection andy s no slouch on guitar either deep purple highway star the line up with blackmore that produced this track has to be one of the all time greatest hard rock bands ever yes it s headbanging music but it s intelligent too the solo section starting at 3 50 with the harmony guitars is richie blackmore in a nutshell no overt pentatonics a dash of classical influence and melodicism in spades at 4 43 he starts a rapid picking section which deserves special attention as the double tracked guitars play catch up with each other and what seems ostensibly straight forward is really quite complex there s a multitrack of this knocking about on the net which will enable you to isolate the guitar tracks and study blackmore s contribution in depth albert collins collins mix to be frank albert was a bit of a one trick pony but when the trick s so good you don t really give a fuck playing with a capo and a tuning all his very own collins cranks out angular lines which sort of spit out at you but sit well over a funky accompaniment with organ and horns collins started out as an organ player and it shows in his playing i wish he d explored the idea of a small organ guitar combo rather more than he did i have this idea that with the right person he d have ended up with the blues equivalent of kenny burrell and jimmy smith a blues organ combo now that s a very tasty prospect indeed masters of reality kill the king stoner rock from its uncrowned king chris goss i have no idea what he s singing about but the guitar lines are just beautiful with acoustic whammy bar lead and what is absolutely one of the monster riffs of all time there have been occasions when i ve played this track upwards of a dozen times in a row cranked up to the absolute max filed under entertainment guitars music obsessions whoa tagged albert collins andy partridge chris goss colin moulding dave gregory deep purple duane eddy james brown jimmy nolen les paul mary ford masters of reality richie blackmore robert johnson steve vai steve winwwod the jbs xtc leave a comment 9 other things to do with a guitar posted on november 10 2011 by steveshark it s all very well being able to play a guitar but what else can you do with one 1 you can spin around with it or even just spin it around 2 you can perform acrobatics with it 3 you can twat somebody with it 4 you can take a chainsaw to it 5 you can just smash it up 6 you can blow it up 7 you can use it for background music whilst you juggle 8 you can make a bike ride more entertaining 9 you can attach an outboard motor to a 20 foot long guitar if you have one handy and go for a cruise on the river 0 000000 0 000000 filed under bizarre entertainment guitars music win wtf tagged chainsaw cycling flip juggling keith richards nils lofgren pete townshend spin trampoline warner e hodges leave a comment 100 great guitar moments 90 to 81 posted on october 26 2011 by steveshark time for another 10 in the list an eclectic mix ranging from jazz through rock to psychedelia the shadows the savage there s nothing wrong with a simple job well done but sometimes musically it can be a tad lacklustre that s how i normally feel about the shadows but this track is an exception employing a strange rather percussive tone hank marvin plays his socks off on this track and takes a fantastic solo at 0 55 the rest of the band is great too especially bruce welch s rhythm playing martha and the muffins echo beach this was the first song i ever knowingly heard with a chorus effect on guitar and the fretted and open string riff that opens and punctuates is one of those that s nice how did he play that moments it s simple but effective and just one of those things that encapsulates 1980 for me when you still had punk attitude but the music was getting a little less basic jimmy smith who s afraid of virginia woolf hammond magnificence from the late jimmy smith set against a superbly arranged much kudos to oliver nelson backdrop of horns and a rhythm section this includes some sterling rhythm work from guitarist quentin warren which could well have been played on a stratocaster as the live video posted here shows him playing one unusual in jazz especially in the early 1960s warren kicks the whole thing along really well with a lot of funk feel and choppy chords magic sam lookin good a bit of an obscure one this magic sam maghett was a young blues guitarist hotly tipped for fame when he died soon after his breakthrough appearance at the ann arbor blues festival in 1969 if you want to hear the original of this then you re on your own as it s not on youtube or spotify however youtube does have a similar and equally brilliant version of this tune at 2 40 in it s like john lee hooker on speed and played on a borrowed guitar the late earl hooker s who was coincidentally a cousin of john lee it gets incestuous don t it charlie christian solo flight seminal stuff this although it might sound a tad polite to those raised on rock and distortion christian s playing is both raw and adventurous with his melodic but bluesy lines charting the transition from swing to bebop also of note is the way he plays across the rhythm and leaves plenty of space inside and between his lines it took a long time before jazz guitar re emerged from the blandness that followed christian and regained its freshness and vibrancy even though the price it largely paid was selling out to fusion the cars tonight she comes a pop band with rock and punk sensibilities but also a true grasp of melody eliot easton is a very tasty player indeed and his solo in this song both soars and twists with some particularly fine use of the whammy bar at 2 00 in on the video below nice to hear the idiot stick used to add to a line rather than dominate it gratuitously david grissom video end titles music you ll have to go on youtube for this as it s taken from the end of a tuition video that grissom made several years ago ok it s just a jam but with that tone and feel he could record nursery rhymes and they d sound fucking fantastic very bluesy but with country flourishes he s another player who makes you ask what the fuck did he do there a descending lick at about 0 55 in the first video below is the first of many such moments also listen to the chords grissom uses lots of open strings davy graham angi ask people who wrote angi and most will say bert jansch or perhaps paul simon however it was davy graham and this is the original version played by the composer simple it s not the most challenging piece but effective and it s all down to the execution of the composition here graham gives it a bittersweet quality by combing the melodicism inherent in the chord structure with a very bluesy feel the lemon pipers through with you obscurity time again with the band most famous for green tambourine playing perhaps the best song the byrds never wrote or recorded and stretching out into a 9 minute raga rock piece with wah wah 12 string electric guitar delay effects and panning add to that vocals which sound very like keith relf of the yardbirds and you have something very special indeed pantera walk the late dimebag darrell could be a very quirky player and his solo in walk is one of my all time favourites it s just plain loopy but in all the right ways played with great skill feel and an almost classical sense of melody with that diminished run towards the end well 20 down 80 to go 0 000000 0 000000 filed under guitars music obsessions personal heroes stuff which makes me happy tagged charlie christian david grissom davy graham dimebag darrell eliot easton hank marvin jimmy smith magic sam martha and the muffins pantera quentin warren shadows the cars the lamon pipers 8 comments lunch in tahiti posted on october 22 2011 by steveshark a good morning s digging has restored me to a far less jaded state than i ve been in since yesterday the cause of this was yesterday s visit to this area s best kept secret when it comes to restaurants the tahiti at renazé it s an unpreposessing place from the outside but it s surprisingly pleasant and comfortable inside which is what counts diners can be directed to any of three dining areas depending on how busy the tahiti is or how many people are in your party the big room is my favourite with its display of mexican sombreros supposedly fitting in with the south sea islands theme in some bizarre way but i ve never asked yesterday the five of us in our party were shown to a table in the front dining room near the bar so it was easy to see the customers arriving most were people taking their works lunch break and the mass of white vans outside attested to this it filled up rapidly and as you often read in guide books the sign of a good restaurant is one that is very busy and full of locals this is certainly the case all year round at the tahiti the lunch time menu is a mere 10 70 per person with 4 courses buffet of hors d oeuvres main cheese and dessert with as much local cider red or rosé wine as you like fantastic value bearing in mind the totally home cooked and generous nature of the food and the drinks are included the service is excellent too polite prompt and friendly which can make a good meal into a very good one which the tahiti does time after time the first buffet course meant that you could help yourself to terrine various cooked meats hard boiled eggs diced beetroot rice salad pasta salad and green salad if you re not careful you can spoil the rest of the meal if you go too mad the main course yesterday it changes radically from day to day offered several choices hake roast pork turkey milanese black pudding sausage beef tongue tête de veau a sort of brawn using meat from the head of a veal calf this was the most french menu i d seen at the tahiti and as i usually avoid eating bits of animals that i d normally see on an abbatoir floor i opted for the pork as did two more in our party the remaining two having the hake to accompany the meat or fish you had a choice of creole rice pasta green beans or chips the chips at the tahiti are one of the best things about the menu hand cut and then fried in some sort of fat as opposed to oil they taste like real chips should and are a far cry from the anaemic frozen french fries that you often get the pork two thick slices was tender and subtly seasoned and with my chips made a simple but very satisfying main course i then followed with cheese camembert port salut and emmenthal and some bread i was too full to manage dessert but i could have had ice cream fresh fruit or a choice of whipped desserts creamy or fruity throughout the meal i washed the food down with cider a medium one made some 15 km north of where we were eating and then rosé a loire one which was very smooth indeed i was very glad that mrs shark had agreed to drive us home i m sure that some of the main courses i balked at were very good it s a slight problem i have in that i was brought up in a home where my mother disliked the cheaper cuts of meat even though i now realise that she didn t have that much money to spend sometimes consequently i dislike meat with bones in and although i ll quite happily eat liver and kidney i avoid anything that might be brains bollocks or other bits of an animal like that anyway the tahiti good surro...