Top 25 Favorite Guitarists countdown thread! (Top 2 featured!!)

[Dave_Manchester]

1. Mark Knopfler

Decided to post this here because many of the guitarists mentioned in this thread feature.

Mark Knopfler has gathered together 60 guitarists for a re-recording of his 1983 tune Going Home (the theme from the movie Local Hero, for which he wrote the soundtrack). Guitarists featured include David Gilmour, Jeff Beck (his final recorded work apparently), Alex Lifeson, Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton, Slash, Joe Satriani, Brian May, Steve Lukather, Bruce Springstein, Peter Frampton and, wait for it, Sheryl Crow.

Tune's out in March and benefits charity:

https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/mark-knopfler-guitarists-going-home-charity-single-bruce-springsteen-slash-townshend-1235602787/

[LithoJazzoSphere]

Do they get 6 notes each?

[HOF]

All of these "and many more."

The song from the group dubbed Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes was produced by former Dire Straits keyboardist Guy Fletcher and also features work from Sheryl Crow, Joan Armatrading, Journey’s Jonathan Cain, Tom Morello, Peter Frampton, Buddy Guy, Joe Bonamassa, former Squeeze member Paul Carrack, Keith Urban, Steve Cropper, Steve Vai, Vince Gill, Sam Fender, Sonny Landreth, Duran Duran’s Andy Taylor, the Eagles’ Joe Walsh, Albert Lee, Rush’s Alex Lifeson, Steve Lukather, Dave Mason, Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen, Orianthi, Susan Tedeschi and Dereck Trucks and many more.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Do they get 6 notes each?

It's gonna be the full 30 minute blowout version.

[Dave_Manchester]

1. Mark Knopfler

Decided to post this here because many of the guitarists mentioned in this thread feature.

Mark Knopfler has gathered together 60 guitarists for a re-recording of his 1983 tune Going Home (the theme from the movie Local Hero, for which he wrote the soundtrack). Guitarists featured include David Gilmour, Jeff Beck (his final recorded work apparently), Alex Lifeson, Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton, Slash, Joe Satriani, Brian May, Steve Lukather, Bruce Springstein, Peter Frampton and, wait for it, Sheryl Crow.

Tune's out in March and benefits charity:

https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/mark-knopfler-guitarists-going-home-charity-single-bruce-springsteen-slash-townshend-1235602787/

Bit 'busy' but I suppose that's what you get when 60-odd guitarists play over one another...

https://youtube.com/watch?v=zBGm7gJtSZE

The tune proper kicks in at 3 minutes and the video 'helpfully' labels who's playing what and when. I think.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

"Blues Licks: The Song".  I'll bet there will be some covers of it all over Youtube in the next few days, although it would be a nightmare to catch every little buried part.  It's cool that he managed to assemble so many people together, although it's unfortunate that the format really homogenizes dozens of different unique players into mostly sounding very similar to each other. 

[Indiscipline]

Half of them - and it's the ultimate testament to greatness - you can catch without needing a name on the screen.

Most true to the original song: Peter Frampton
Dick swinging the hardest on entrance: Brian May
Most surprising melody: Toni Iommi
Most obnoxious: Tom Morello
Best tone: Joe Bonamassa

[Dave_Manchester]

Most obnoxious: Tom Morello

Agree with this. It was inappropriate for the type of exercise this was and it really pulled me out of the piece.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

I'm not sure Satch's whammy bar stuff fit either. 

[DragonAttack]

Dick swinging the hardest on entrance: Brian May

Well, of course, that line caught my eye.  His part didn't jump out at me as much as I thought it would, but I've just always wanted to
be able to include 'dick swinging the hardest on entrance' in a DTF post, and get away with it.

But, Tony Iommi and the overlap with Brian was terrific.

Frampton never ceases to amaze.  Enjoyed Steve Lukather as well.

(oy, only two commercial interruptions during the first three minutes )

[TAC]

I tapped out after 30 seconds.

[King Postwhore]

Seen Frampton 8 times. An absolutely awe inspiring show as a guitarist and singer.

[pg1067]

I tapped out after 30 seconds.

I got a little farther, but it was bland, and watching the graphics with the names gave me a headache.