Frank Usher (worked with Fish)
Jerry Garcia (he IS prog)
Frank Usher (worked with Fish)
Jerry Garcia (he IS prog)
How about John Goodsall, He always impressed me.
But is he a distinct 'prog' guitarist?
One of the most powerful and self-assured electric guitar players I EVER heard! How could I possibly have forgotten him...? He was like the Peter Green of progressive rock; perfect technique yet highly economical at that, still insanely emotional and impulsively charged in everything he plays. His work on the final three M. Efekt records is absolutely mesmerizing.
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
Andy Dalby
Tweke Lewis
Ricky Gardiner
Hackett
Halsall
Hillage
Gerd O. Kuhn
Just realized I should have also included Peter Banks, R.I.P.
Word.
Two of my favorites EVER and they have a similar connection in their approach to rhythm that sets them apart from the rest. On most days when I'm really in the mood and feeling it, I have no need for any other guitar solos by anybody besides FZ. He is and will always be the true rosetta stone for me in terms in improvisation. Lucky for us he left behind a ton of his playing on record to be enjoyed for many lifetimes.
Fripp, Lifeson, Barre, Hackett, Gilmour, Albrighton, Latimer
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
I like Lifeson, especially up to the early 80s. But I never thought of him as being that distinctive. His early work was heavily influenced by Jimmy Page, and then later he started immitating Andy Summers. Then he went grunge. I lost track after that.
exactly! am refreshing Brand X as we speak. Think their best were Xcommunication and Manifest. Then goes Masques... very unusual, I know
Apart from that (adding to the list), the one that I'll instantly recognise will be Nick Barrett. Also Piotr Grudzinsky falls in that same melodic category. As far as high tech goes: Guthrie Govan and Mike Romeo.
yes guys, John Petrucci gets instantly recognised
tasty licks between lyrics, but super cosmic overdrive activates around 2:45
Why is it whenever someone mentions an artist that was clearly progressive (yet not the Symph weenie definition of Prog) do certain people feel compelled to snort "thats not Prog" like a whiny 5th grader?
1. Gary Green
2. Rick Witkowski
3. Rone Stolt
4. Roger Steen
5. James Young
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Good pick.
"please do not understand me too quickly"-andre gide
No fans of Marc Ribot?
His cearmic dog and work with Zorn is modern day prog for me...
Great stuff - thanks for posting it!
It is a real shame that this band is so underdocumented in their live incarnation. Someone should fix this error and carry out a deep trawl through radio and TV archives. Other legendary prog bands from the same region (and political block of the time), like Plastic People of the Universe, Collegium Musicum, SBB and Niemen, are much better served in that aspect.
Some guys mentioned above to me are recognizable due to the music as a whole, i'm not sure if they wold be as distinctive on their own. Gary Green, Lifeson, Summers come to mind. Dont get me wrong, I love their work!! But on their own I'm not sure they would be as recognizable to me as Gilmour, Hillage, Fripp, Daevid Allens glisando, Oldfield, Holdsworth, and lest I not forget, Shawn Lane.
Guys like Leo Kotke, Michael Hedges and Metheney, I know they're not prog, but they have a very distinctive sound i'd recognize all on their own with no music around them if that makes any sense.
I'm a fan, but as with Nels Cline, O'Rourke and some others, Ribot completely transcends almost every tag placed upon him. Like those two though, he's an incredibly technically apt player who - unlike the Satriani Petruccis - does not sway about his fingers unless the enormity of the material absolutely recquires it.
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
90's Steve Wilson
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