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Posted: 7/3/2018 9:29:49 PM EDT
For me, it all started hearing this guy play back in '77
 Geezer Butler Bass Solo Then it evolved to the following awesome players: Rufus Reid  Rufus Reid's OUT FRONT TRIO "Live"@Dizzy's ComeRainOrComeShine Jaco  Jaco Pastorius - A Portrait Of Tracy Kim Stone  Bob Goes to the Store Dave Holland  Solar - Dave Holland Solo And of course, Geddy Lee  Failed To Load Title Who's yours? |
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Posted: 7/3/2018 11:34:35 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/4/2018 11:15:02 AM EDT
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The guy who inspired me to pick up a guitar and learn as a teenager was a guitarist I saw at my very first concert: Rory Gallagher.
 Rory Gallagher - Do You Read Me (Rock Goes To College, 1979) One of my biggest blues influences happens to be the only white guitarist to have played in the bands of Freddy King, Muddy Waters, and Albert King (he got fired for upstaging Albert): Hollywood Fats, aka Michael Mann. When it comes to jump and West Coast blues styles, no one ever matched him. Not a lot of video exists.  Hollywood Fats and James Harman 2 On acoustic bluegrass, the greatest flatpicker ever, Clarence White.  I Am A Pilgram, Soldiers Joy |
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Posted: 7/4/2018 5:48:56 PM EDT
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These guys.
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Posted: 7/7/2018 12:24:56 AM EDT
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Way too many to list at this point. But what made me want to play was my Dad tuning up a cheap ass Sears acoustic that my Mom got for her birthday when I was little and showing her stuff on it. He played when he was younger but quit. Mom never caught on to it, but it stuck with me. Later on when I was 14, I ran across that acoustic in the junk closet when my Mom sent me to get some wrapping paper for some Christmas presents. I decided to grab it and started messing around with it.
Early influences were bands like Guns N Roses, Metallica, AC/DC, Megadeth, Pantera, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, ect... These days...good grief, I listen to and take in so much different stuff, that it would be a friggin' wall of text.  Basically, I listen to just about anything but crappy pop and rap. I listen to rock, metal, country (good country, not tractor rap), some jazz/R&B, big bands, oldies, ect...
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Posted: 7/7/2018 7:32:59 AM EDT
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I'm still learning. But these two, hands down.
I think a lot of people allow Jerry to overshadow Bobby, who is an awesome guitarist in his own right. |
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Posted: 7/7/2018 8:16:56 AM EDT
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I've had a lot of different guitar players influence me over the years.
Jimmy Page, Steve Howe, Clapton, Walter Becker, Tom Scholz, and others But currently I'm getting into a lot of Ron Wood from the years with Rod Stewart  Failed To Load Title |
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Posted: 7/9/2018 12:08:19 AM EDT
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Early on it was Justin Chancelor
As I got more into metal, probably a bit cliche but Cliff Burton. As I went further down the rabbit hole into death metal, it was the likes of Alex Webster (Cannibal Corpse) and Andrew Grevey (Wretched). When I played in a band I would tear up the same riffs as the guitarists, but when it most complimented the music I did my best to reel it back, lock in with the drummer, and play some more rhythmic based licks. Blazing away with guitarists in melodic death metal is fun, but being your own instrument in the mix can push sections of over the top. Guitar wise? Fuck I don’t know, I don’t write enough on guitar to really be able to recognize who influences that playing. |
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Posted: 7/9/2018 9:18:50 AM EDT
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Criss Oliva from Savatage and Andy LaRoque from King Diamond were my two biggest influences.
Everything changed when I first heard these two. |
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Posted: 7/10/2018 12:16:08 PM EDT
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Jimmy Page, EVH, Zakk Wylde & Joe Satriani.
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Posted: 7/13/2018 1:40:30 PM EDT
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I've been influenced by so many great players. Have a listen to this one and take a guess who the influence was here.
https://soundcloud.com/jparry335/smooth-jazz-c-major-es-335 |
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Posted: 7/13/2018 3:45:19 PM EDT
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I've been influenced by so many great players. Have a listen to this one and take a guess who the influence was here. https://soundcloud.com/jparry335/smooth-jazz-c-major-es-335 |
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Posted: 7/13/2018 4:22:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My first guess before I even clicked on that link would be Pat Metheny, but then I listen to it. Sounds more like Larry Carlton? Good job man! Now, try this one. Should be pretty easy. It's a collaboration I did with a couple of other guys. I take the last solo and the outro. https://soundcloud.com/4pickupguy/spanish-castle-magic |
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Posted: 7/13/2018 6:37:18 PM EDT
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Pat Metheny is definitely one of my influences but you are right on the money with Larry! Good job man! Now, try this one. Should be pretty easy. It's a collaboration I did with a couple of other guys. I take the last solo and the outro. https://soundcloud.com/4pickupguy/spanish-castle-magic  Ace Frehley - Spanish Castle Magic - Origins Vol. 1 |
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Posted: 8/10/2018 10:55:33 PM EDT
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I have weird ones I guess....didn't give a shit about technical players, still don't. To me, it's about songs and sounding good in them, so players like Mark Knopfler, Elliot Easton, Gilmour, Mike Campbell are who got me wanting to play guitar and write music.
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Posted: 8/12/2018 8:25:58 PM EDT
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My influence for wanting to learn music was Ace. Back in 1976 a kid in school showed me some KISS albums and I was hooked on KISS.
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Posted: 8/15/2018 4:26:59 AM EDT
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Probably incrediably unpopular here. Don Rich.
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Posted: 8/15/2018 6:32:27 AM EDT
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Probably incrediably unpopular here. Don Rich. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/okt9T8mpyoE/hqdefault.jpg |
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Posted: 8/15/2018 7:34:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Don was the man. To me he defined the telecaster sound. |
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Posted: 8/26/2018 11:14:39 AM EDT
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As a kid in the late 80s and early 90s
Slash, Page, Robinson, Ford, (crowes), Today Thornley, Kotzen. |
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Posted: 9/1/2018 1:47:41 PM EDT
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Started playing bass in 1985 as a Sophomore in high school
Geddy Lee JPJ Eric Avery Jaco Gary Willis I'm still playing in bands. Have gig tonight.. |
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Posted: 9/1/2018 10:50:14 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/4/2018 10:44:10 PM EDT
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Boots Randolph, David Sanborn, Eric Marienthal for starters.
Beyond the above, my handful of lesson teachers. |
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Posted: 9/4/2018 10:49:53 PM EDT
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Jack Benny for me.
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Posted: 10/7/2018 9:45:09 PM EDT
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One of my biggest blues influences happens to be the only white guitarist to have played in the bands of Freddy King, Muddy Waters, and Albert King (he got fired for upstaging Albert): Hollywood Fats, aka Michael Mann. When it comes to jump and West Coast blues styles, no one ever matched him. Not a lot of video exists.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK8L2IXFyu8with the James Harmon band  James Harman and Hollywood Fats - PART1 |
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Posted: 10/8/2018 2:37:05 PM EDT
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For me it changes.
I’m trying to really learn blues guitar and it’s slow going. I have a few standard licks that I default to but it’s confining. So lately I’ve been listening to Clapton, Jeff Beck etc. But I bounce around. |
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Posted: 10/8/2018 6:15:21 PM EDT
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For me it changes. I'm trying to really learn blues guitar and it's slow going. I have a few standard licks that I default to but it's confining. So lately I've been listening to Clapton, Jeff Beck etc. But I bounce around. |
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Posted: 11/3/2018 6:39:27 AM EDT
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I have too many influences to list.
All the usual Blues/Rock suspects like SRV, Buddy, Eric, Jimi, Jimmy, etc. Some ones that aren’t everyone else’s that have had the biggest impact on my style is Adam Jones (Tool), Tom Morrello, and Brad Paisley which is weird because I don’t particularly like his music and it’s not my style but his licks are so fun and I love to throw them at the end of a blues run. I saw him live because of a girl I was chasing at the time and his playing impressed me, more so than the girl. |
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Posted: 11/3/2018 10:37:12 PM EDT
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I have too many influences to list. All the usual Blues/Rock suspects like SRV, Buddy, Eric, Jimi, Jimmy, etc. Some ones that aren't everyone else's that have had the biggest impact on my style is Adam Jones (Tool), Tom Morrello, and Brad Paisley which is weird because I don't particularly like his music and it's not my style but his licks are so fun and I love to throw them at the end of a blues run. I saw him live because of a girl I was chasing at the time and his playing impressed me, more so than the girl. |
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Posted: 11/8/2018 12:12:18 AM EDT
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Yep, Vince Gill and Keith Urban are two that I might not purchase their music but great players I'd love to see live. I'm coming around to Keith Richards also. I just hear him differently at 49 than I did at 19. |
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Posted: 11/15/2018 3:40:49 PM EDT
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Way too many to list, the ones that really made an impression on me was Eddie Van Halen and Randy Rhoads, a few others but nowhere near the influence these 2 had on me.
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Posted: 11/17/2018 10:50:22 PM EDT
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Keith Moon and Dave Lombardo
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