Manfred-Klose
Since were on the topic of blaming people, i would like to know who made you pick up a guitar and play?
Do give you inspiration?
I blame these peolpe for many sleepness night(in a postive way ):
EDDIE VAN HALEN
SLASH
KIRK HAMMETT
RANDY RHOADS
Garth-S
Dave Matthews did it for me.
MiKeZilLA
John mayer made me do it - Filthy bastard!! >☹
andrewjbryson
Kurt Cobain when I was 13
Kirk Hammet when I was 14
Toni Iommi when I was 15
Dave Murray when I was 16
Rhandy Rhoads when I was 18
Satch when I was 20
Riaan
Mark Knopfler when I was 13
David Gilmour at 16
Eric Clapton at 20
Jimmy Page, Jimmy Hendrix, Steve Ray Vaugh, BB King in my 30's
Tommy Emmanual, Steve Morse, Tony Cox, Steve Newman, Mauritz Lotz, Laurence Juber etc. at about 40
All of you guys since joining a few months ago...damn you all!
AlanRatcliffe
Ace Frehley :-[
Spyke
Noodles... as in Kevin Wasserman, not Maggis.
FatBoy
Angus Young, Keith Richards and Kris Kristofferson I suppose
Guy-Onraet
Andrew J Bryson - 9 The Dunes for life ?
ConradP
Mike Oldfield
Kirk Hammet
Steve Vai
Nuno Bettencourt
Angus Young
All these bastards influenced me when I was a teenager. Now I is string smiter!
Graeme
Keith Richards and Django Reinhardt
Riaan-Combrink
Ace Frehley
Mark Knopfler
Angus Young
Dave Gilmour
Eddie van Halen
Eric Clapton
Andy Summers
John Mair
Tim Parr
arjunmenon
Steve Lukather and EVH @ 12 (It started with "Beat it" )
Dave & Adrian @ 13 (Iron Maiden fanatic at that age)
Marty Friedman & Hendrix @ 14
Satch & Key Marcello and John Petrucci @ 15
Paul Gilbert and Steve Vai and Steve Morse@ 16
Robert Fripp @ close to 17 (the backwards sounding stuff on "walking on air")
FF a few years - Al DiMeola, McLaughlin, Paco (Friday night in SF - blew my mind away)
Currently, Shawn Lane, Guthrie Govan,Frank Gambale and Holdsworth influence my musical ideas. ?
Great post, i might add.
Renesongs
@ Riaan C - that's weird 8) If John Mair was still around his list would probably have read something like :
Jimi Hendrix
Johnny Winter
Richie Blackmore
Lighnin' Hopkins
Jan Ackerman
Carlos Santana
Rene Avenant (I was his cousin and guitar teacher from age 11 - 18)
Riaan-Combrink
Renesongs wrote:
@ Riaan C - that's weird 8) If John Mair was still around his list would probably have read something like :
Jimi Hendrix
Johnny Winter
Richie Blackmore
Lighnin' Hopkins
Jan Ackerman
Carlos Santana
Rene Avenant (I was his cousin and guitar teacher from age 11 - 18)
Cool! First saw John play when Sweatband had the legendary Stellenbosch pub run whilst I was at varsity in late 80s. Really made me want to learn to play!! Fortunate enough in later years to get to know him when we gigged at the same pub, and got up on stage with him from time to time (NOT with a guitar in my hand, but a microphone!!). What an absolute genius legend that was not hailed in his own land and time. I was astonished when he told me his favourite artist was a non-guitar player - Bob Marley, no less!! Really miss him.
Riaan C
Manfred-Klose
Can some of the older guys please educate me.
Who is john mair? for who did he play?
NOt much info on him in google.
dirkv
I blame that rat bastard, Eric Clapton!
azraelscorn
Daron Malakian from system of a down.
I know hes not an amazing guitarist but hes the reason i began playing..
inspiration i guess id have to thank my dad for my ears: Mark Knopfler, Gary Moore, Iron Maiden, Sabbath..
Bands of my own: Cradle of filth, In Flames(*), Behemoth, Children of Bodom
LMinnie
Kirk Hammets solo's on Nothing else matters and Enter sandman..
David Gilmore
Kurt Cobain
Eric Clapton
Spyke
and just recently John Butler
Spyke was/is my teacher ....I learn we learn.
Ive always wanted to play just never had the right teacher....but those guys above give us all something to aspire too ?
