Who do you wanna play like?

[Grritz]

We all have our "idols," those guys we wanna play/sound like.

Here are some of mine, in no particular order:
Buddy Guy
Clapton
John Mayer
Gary Clark Jr.
David Gilmour
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
Walter Trout
Gary Moore
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Derek Trucks

So...who's on your list?

 

[artyman]

Hank Marvin
Eric Clapton
BB King
Joe Bonamassa
Gary Moore

Likelihood - Nil

 

[MarkDyson]

In my dreams I'm squeezing every tear out of a few slow, soulful notes as a slow blues grows around me.

So, I'm thinking something like BB King. As if.

 

[sloslunas]

I do not want to sound like anybody. I will play the hand that I was dealt with...

Steve

 

[Paleo]

I feel fortunate enough to be able to sound like me.

For better or worse.

 

[MarkDyson]

There you guys go, injecting reality into a fantasy. Huh.

 

[PapaBear]

Me

 

[Elio]

We all have our "idols," those guys we wanna play/sound like.

Here are some of mine, in no particular order:
Buddy Guy
Clapton
John Mayer
Gary Clark Jr.
David Gilmour
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
Walter Trout
Gary Moore
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Derek Trucks

So...who's on your list?

Wow, great list! I might add SRV, Robben Ford and Ronnie Earl.

 

[ChrisGSP]

Oh, jeez, my list is all jazz players. Larry Coryell, Herb Ellis, Barney Kessell, Joe Pass.
But in the end, I'd just like to sound like myself, as long as I'm playing some cool stuff. And be able to cite those guys as influences without being ashamed to do it. WIP.

 

[ervjohns]

Tab Benoit and Jerry Garcia, never gonna happen....

 

[DesmoDog]

My list is huge and the name at the top changes as often as the song on my playlist.

Years ago I went to a blues festival type concert. One of the acts was Buddy Guy. At one point in the evening he started mimicing other artists. I knew even less about guitar then than I do now, but it sounded pretty good to me. Impressive.

As this was going on, someone kept calling out "Hendrix".

Buddy would then play a rif/song by some other artist.

"Hendrix!"

Buddy would play some other artist. Etc...

Finally Buddy played something in the Hendrix genre. Just a flash. Then stopped, walked up to the microphone, and said "See? I CAN play it, I just don't WANT to!"

And launched back into mimicing some other artist.

I've been a fan ever since.

 

[Boysie]

anybody but me!

 

[Paleo]

If I played like somebody else nobody would know it was me.

 

[Silicon Valley Tom]

I gotta be me!

Tom

 

[Grritz]

My list is huge and the name at the top changes as often as the song on my playlist.

Years ago I went to a blues festival type concert. One of the acts was Buddy Guy. At one point in the evening he started mimicing other artists. I knew even less about guitar then than I do now, but it sounded pretty good to me. Impressive.

As this was going on, someone kept calling out "Hendrix".

Buddy would then play a rif/song by some other artist.

"Hendrix!"

Buddy would play some other artist. Etc...

Finally Buddy played something in the Hendrix genre. Just a flash. Then stopped, walked up to the microphone, and said "See? I CAN play it, I just don't WANT to!"

And launched back into mimicing some other artist.

I've been a fan ever since.

That's a great story!

 

[blackcoffeeblues]

Albert Collins

 

[CaptainMoto]

OH BOY
Not even as shout out to Griff Hamlin?

 

[Boysie]

Steve Howe or Robbie Krieger

 

[ChrisGSP]

Steve Howe or Robbie Krieger

Hearing you mention Steve Howe just made me realise we haven't acknowledged the master - Tommy Emmanuel !

 

[Mickey Duane]

I want to sound like Mickey Duane!!



Peace