Guitarists you once disliked but eventually saw the light?

Dingwall · 2013-05-12T13:58:26+00:00

Thought it may be an interesting thread as I am sure we have all had players we didn't get or even actually disliked only to discover their magic later! The...

Guitarists you once disliked but eventually saw the light?

BluJu

Jack White and John Mayor

Arno-West

Carlos Santana......mmmmm...nope. Still can't stand him. Sorry. Almost saw the light.......... Not.

Attila

Al Di Meola Funny I bought one of his albums in the early 80's "Passion, Grace & Fire" featuring John McLaughlin and Paco de Lucía, which I liked.

My mates thought it was too latino "psychedelic" so I packed it away and still have the record. Then only recently started listening to his stuff ....

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arjunmenon

John Mayer

BluJu

Arno West wrote: Carlos Santana......mmmmm...nope. Still can't stand him. Sorry. Almost saw the light.......... Not.

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Squonk

Amazing how John Mayer keeps coming up. I still don't get him, lovely tone but that's all for me :-[

Martin Simpson - disregarded him for many years - One of the finest acoustic guitarists today!
Martin Taylor - thought he was a wally, but was I wrong
Warren Haynes - what a player.

Flamencosaint

Believe it or not because of a few of Paco De Lucia's songs which I heard first before the good ones I despised him. never even bothered with the others until 1 day I heard I heard a song called "Almoraima"

After that day I listened to some more and realised he was the king!!

Kush

George Benson, he is not the greatest jazz guitarist ever or anything but I was pleasantly surprised to find what a good player he is in addition to the amazing vocals, it was after listening to a live perfomance of songs mostly from his "The ghetto" album along with some popular older songs.

John Mayer definitely, room for squares is a brilliant album, watched a snippet of a live studio recording of an acoustic version of Something Like Olivia and I quite enjoyed it. I thought he was a real "ladies' musician" till I saw him feature on one of EC's Crossroads concert.

Love the guitar work on neon see a live version below. He plays that lick with his thumb and forefinger in the original version, appreciated his skill when I had to learn it.

Bob-Dubery

Kush wrote: George Benson, he is not the greatest jazz guitarist ever or anything but I was pleasantly surprised to find what a good player he is in addition to the amazing vocals, it was after listening to a live perfomance of songs mostly from his "The ghetto" album along with some popular older songs.

I don't know about world's greatest, but he's pretty good.

Because he had so many pop hits in the 70s and 80s, a lot of people might not even have realised that he could play guitar. I know people who went to see him at Sun City and came back saying "Wow! Did you know he plays GUITAR?"

singemonkey

I didn't really dislike him, but I was no real fan of '80s style rock guitar playing - I was all into the '60s and '70s people - but at some point I realised just how freakin' amazing Randy Rhoades was. It's a combination of his incredible chops with his wonderful melodic and rhythmic sense. His death was a real loss in the same sense as Hendrix's.

Similarly, Paul Gilbert. I don't really listen to his stuff much, but when you see and interview with him and realise what an awesome dude he is, you start listening to his guitar playing much more sympathetically.

Chabenda

Singemonkey ?

singemonkey

Chabenda wrote: Singemonkey ?

The monkey appears awful, but he grows on you ?

Wormwood

Watching the end of a thin lizzie concert in Australia was a bit of an eye opener to who Gary Moore was, there was an incredible chasm of talent between him and the other guy.

about a month ago i heard crazy train.. no actually listened to crazy train for the 1st time and was blown away by randy roads, I don't particularly enjoy that solo, but his rhythm fills and amazing sound.. and just the ease with which he pulls it all off.

yeah also paul gilbert. I really hated Mr. Big but after stumbling on one of his gear run downs and then a few workshops on youtube i realized how good he is, really nice guy too.

and , weirdly, Midge Ure is a crazy good and innovative guitarist.

Lethe

John Mayer and Joe Bonamassa...

Psean

Yeah, Paul Gilbert's one who's grown on me too. As well as coming across as an awesome dude in those videos, what sold me was how into 60s and 70s rock, and even blues he is - I never expected that from an Ibanez shredder ? (check out videos of him playing Muddy Waters, the Doors, and even Johnny Cash songs at Guitar Centre). And that Technical Difficulties song from Racer X is pretty sweet - can't help moving my head to that - something that's never happened listening to any of the G3 dudes.

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