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Some of you may know these cats, but some might not, and they are worth knowing about.
Don Cabellero - if Rush morphed into Metallica, got even more complex, and ditched singers and guitar solos. Great stuff
http://www.geocities.com/brikelly/doncab/
Slint - some say their Spiderland lp of the 90's is the most important album of that decade. So many bands 2X as famous try to sound or just plain robbed these guys. It is worth the hype.
http://jumoreau.free.fr/slint.htm
Henry Cow - If King Crimson got more complex and far the fuck out there, this is what they may have sounded like. One of the greatest unknown 70's bands. You might know the lead guitarist Fred Frith's work with John Zorn and a bunch of other more famous acts.
http://www.furious.com/perfect/henrycow.html
Sonny Sharrock - This guy was one of the first guys to really push the boundries of the guitar along w/ Hendrix at the same time. One of the last albums he did "Ask The Ages" is one of the greatest and most powerfull guitar statements ever made. Like a perfect mixture of Hendrix and Coltrane. Every one from Sonic Youth to Carlos Santana worshipped this guy.
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Venue/4306/sharrock/
Shellac/ Steve Albini - This guy has recorded everything from Page/Plant to Nirvana's In Utero with pretty much every indie god in between. His bands (Big Black, Rapeman, and Shellac) are really great. Albini's guitar tone is so unique, kind of like James Browns guitar players chickn' scartch guitar tones filtered though forty layers of abrassive angst and power. I was playing Shellac's Action Park lp and it blew my speakers. I called a friend and said " I just blew my speakers playing a cd, guess what it was?" He thought for a minutre and said "Shellac Action Park?"
http://www.webinfo.co.uk/crackedmachine/shellac.htm
Uli Jon Roth - He's the first lead guitar player for the Scorpions. He quit the band right before they got huge. His solo stuff, while at time cheezy, showcases one of the greatest wank lead guitar players ever. This is where Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Vai, and Joe Satriani stole thier chops from. He was doing thier schtick years before they ever even made their first records.
http://www.ulijonroth.com/sky/main.htm
Shakti John McLaughlin - the first album has some of the most intense guitar playing yuo have ever heard. It has the effect of making some guitarist want to quit. It's that intense.
http://www.innerviews.org/inner/shakti.html
Jon Fahey - Did so much for so many years and almost fadded into total obscurity before he died. Truly a "God" of acoustic guitar.
http://www.johnfahey.com/
Joe Morris- Certainly one of the most unique guitar players out there. Not quite as avant garde as the derrick baileys, but so far from straight ahead that you might miss him. In 50 years, he will be seen as one of the most important and innovative guitar players of all time.
http://www.joe-morris.com/
Manitas de Plata - They don't call him the "man with the silver hands" for nothing!
http://helmut3000.tripod.com/
Don Cabellero - if Rush morphed into Metallica, got even more complex, and ditched singers and guitar solos. Great stuff
http://www.geocities.com/brikelly/doncab/
Slint - some say their Spiderland lp of the 90's is the most important album of that decade. So many bands 2X as famous try to sound or just plain robbed these guys. It is worth the hype.
http://jumoreau.free.fr/slint.htm
Henry Cow - If King Crimson got more complex and far the fuck out there, this is what they may have sounded like. One of the greatest unknown 70's bands. You might know the lead guitarist Fred Frith's work with John Zorn and a bunch of other more famous acts.
http://www.furious.com/perfect/henrycow.html
Sonny Sharrock - This guy was one of the first guys to really push the boundries of the guitar along w/ Hendrix at the same time. One of the last albums he did "Ask The Ages" is one of the greatest and most powerfull guitar statements ever made. Like a perfect mixture of Hendrix and Coltrane. Every one from Sonic Youth to Carlos Santana worshipped this guy.
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Venue/4306/sharrock/
Shellac/ Steve Albini - This guy has recorded everything from Page/Plant to Nirvana's In Utero with pretty much every indie god in between. His bands (Big Black, Rapeman, and Shellac) are really great. Albini's guitar tone is so unique, kind of like James Browns guitar players chickn' scartch guitar tones filtered though forty layers of abrassive angst and power. I was playing Shellac's Action Park lp and it blew my speakers. I called a friend and said " I just blew my speakers playing a cd, guess what it was?" He thought for a minutre and said "Shellac Action Park?"
http://www.webinfo.co.uk/crackedmachine/shellac.htm
Uli Jon Roth - He's the first lead guitar player for the Scorpions. He quit the band right before they got huge. His solo stuff, while at time cheezy, showcases one of the greatest wank lead guitar players ever. This is where Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Vai, and Joe Satriani stole thier chops from. He was doing thier schtick years before they ever even made their first records.
http://www.ulijonroth.com/sky/main.htm
Shakti John McLaughlin - the first album has some of the most intense guitar playing yuo have ever heard. It has the effect of making some guitarist want to quit. It's that intense.
http://www.innerviews.org/inner/shakti.html
Jon Fahey - Did so much for so many years and almost fadded into total obscurity before he died. Truly a "God" of acoustic guitar.
http://www.johnfahey.com/
Joe Morris- Certainly one of the most unique guitar players out there. Not quite as avant garde as the derrick baileys, but so far from straight ahead that you might miss him. In 50 years, he will be seen as one of the most important and innovative guitar players of all time.
http://www.joe-morris.com/
Manitas de Plata - They don't call him the "man with the silver hands" for nothing!
http://helmut3000.tripod.com/
