SA Players.

Renesongs

+1 Johnny Fourie, The only person I have ever gone up to after a gig and confessed my utter admiration for his guitar playing :-[

When John McLaughlin was asked "What's it like being the top jazz guitarist in the world." he replied "You will have to ask Johnny Fourie."

ConradP

Renesongs wrote: +1 Johnny Fourie, The only person I have ever gone up to after a gig and confessed my utter admiration for his guitar playing :-[

When John McLaughlin was asked "What's it like being the top jazz guitarist in the world." he replied "You will have to ask Johnny Fourie."

I had to perform in front of that monster once for a tech audition. I have never been so stressed. He was very humble though and the world of music loist alot when he passed away. I have a fantastic jazz recording of his.

Conrad

Heath

Strange how i haven't heard Dan Platsky's name mentioned , seen him live a few times , IMO a bloody genius

Bob-Dubery

Tailon wrote: Strange how i haven't heard Dan Platsky's name mentioned , seen him live a few times , IMO a bloody genius

He certainly knows the Stevie Ray Vaughan book of licks backwards, forwards, inside out, left-to-right and right-to-left.

ConradP

I believe he has been mentioned a couple of times on this thread.

Conrad

Rocker007

Some of my favourite SA players are:

Albert Frost (pretty much everyone...)
John Ellis (Tree63)
Theo Crous (SNG)
Shawn Morgan (Seether)
Andrew McKeller (Civil Twilight, in USA playing w/ the Bravery, Switchfoot etc.)

Dirk

Bob Dubery wrote: Players I haven't seen that recently but who I believe to still be active - Jamie Scholfield, Steve Newman, Tim Parr, Larry Amos.

Saw Larry Amos at the blues room a while ago(about 2 years ago). Hes very good live, didnt like his CD much though.

Ray

bLuEs aDDicT wrote: Saw Larry Amos at the blues room a while ago(about 2 years ago). Hes very good live, didnt like his CD much though.

Try to get a listen of some old Baxtop stuff from way back just after I was a boy.

chrisgeden

Lawrence wrote: Hi Guys

Have any of you out there in guitar land ever heard of a player called Mauritz Lotz.

I picked up a single off the radio in .....um....94/95 called Groove 247...

Havent seen or heard of him since.

Any Ideas????

I played with him last in 2007 for the Guitar Festival, in Joburg. He should have a website up as far as I know. Google him.

Danny-B

Dan Patlansky is bloody brilliant! He's also an awesome dude!

Went on a guitar workshop with him and 30 other guitarists, it was brilliant!

Also a Durban guitarist by the name of Barry Thomson is brilliant. In terms of acoustic sets anyone heard of Guy Buttery?

Bob-Dubery

Danny B wrote: In terms of acoustic sets anyone heard of Guy Buttery?

He's such a good player. I had the good fortune to see him at a tiny little venue in Melville a couple of years ago. I must have sat 3 meters from him.

In the same venue on another night I saw Cabins In The Forest - Andy Jamieson and Gary Thomas. Good players, and IMAGINATIVE players. They both play acoustic, though they add quite a lot of effects at times. See them if you get the chance.

Danny-B

Cabins In The Forest are brilliant! Saw them at White Mountain Folk Festival

Banditman

Dan Patlansky is a damn good electric blues player and a nice bloke to boot. I'm looking forwrad to hearing him after a few more years when he's evolved more Dan from the Stevie influences.

Tananas - underrated by many.

To add a name from the past, anyone remember Trevor Rabin? He may be producing rather than playing nowadays, but did some lovely stuff back in the day.

Riaan-Combrink

Banditman wrote: To add a name from the past, anyone remember Trevor Rabin? He may be producing rather than playing nowadays, but did some lovely stuff back in the day.

We've had some extensive Rabin discussions on the forum, Banditman:

http://www.guitarforum.co.za/general-discussion/trevor-rabin-is-everywhere/

http://www.guitarforum.co.za/guitar-players/trevor-rabin/

http://www.guitarforum.co.za/youtube-guitar-videos/trevor-rabin-and-lindsey-buckingham-solo-acoustic-workouts/

And any of a multitude of posts you'll find if you did a 'Trevor Rabin' search in the GFSA search engine.

Please don't think I'm being rude - just some advice while you get to know your way around the forum. Took me ages to find the search function - now it's cool 'cause I can always check - before I post - if someone's already started such a thread/topic. Then I rather add to that existing thread than start a new one. The benefit for the forum is, of course, that we build up a nice resource that is tidy and easy to navigate.

Nice to read some of your posts today - keep 'em coming!!! ?

KarateBob

Gonna have to go with Dan Patlansky... He treats his guitar like a bipolar drunk treats his wife...

Bob-Dubery

Two that spring to my mind that haven't popped up yet: Tom Fox ex of Bright Blue and Willem Moller AKA "Meneer Volume" of Die Gereformeerde Blues Band.

I always enjoyed Fox's playing. Great rhythm player and a very tasteful soloist. He integrated well with the band and played FOR the band and for the song.

Moller was pretty active in the 90s. He was involved in the Voelvry tour and also played guitar in James Phillips's band as James concentrated more on songwriting and fronting the band and playing keyboards. Very good player.

needleshy

hey guys i was at a fender workshop and saw Robin Gallagher do some chicken pickin shiznit, wow, that dude is good and not just at country, he's a great all round guitarist and also a pretty nice guy. i would say he's one of my fave SA guitarists.

i was also in school with a dude called James Grace, this dude is an unbelievable classical guitarist if not the best we have here, he left our primary school because he got a scholarship at the Royal academy of music and studied there..... he came back a few years later and played some killer classical during one of our assemblies.
apparently he's now the head of the musical dept. at UCT and he should only be about 30 now i think....
this guy had the luck of the irish man, but he worked hard to get it. you should check him out if you ever have a chance.

evolucian

Ever get the idea we have a serious lack of superb musicians in this country? Most are in their bedrooms or heaven forbid, the lounge. That being said, there are a few with their names flying about... so thats cool. For myself I'd have to go with Newman, Lotz and Patlansky... Dan is cool, very humbled from his trip to the states a few years back. Mauritz impressed me wholly with his down to earth humour and super smooth playing. Its like humour found its way into his playing the same way Mattias Eckland found his.

A different one from the above is a dude called Gerrie Pansegrouw... the SAMI guy. Very natural, and oh so cool. His country licks are wicked, his rock licks are wicked... he therefore be wicked...

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evolucian wrote: Ever get the idea we have a serious lack of superb musicians in this country?

No.

Bob-Dubery

Stratisfear wrote:
evolucian wrote: Ever get the idea we have a serious lack of superb musicians in this country?
No.

Me neither.