5 Favorite Guitarists.....

[AUJarhead]

I was interested in seeing your list but no mention of Steven Hamner tells me that you have no idea what you are talking about.

My bad, I thought this was a list about guitarists, not people that Wiregrass wants in and around his mouth.

In that case:
Steven Hamner.

[Jumbo]

Yeah.  100%.  My only qualification is that he's inconsistent.  I can listen to the absolute WORST KISS song, but Ace's part is still strong.  There's some great work of his buried in some really juvenile, otherwise cringeworthy songs that languish unheard by most. 

I could be wrong, but my perception of Schon was that he did some great things on certain songs, but just kind of wandered through others with uninspired licks.

Rock & Roll all night is the worst Kiss song IMO.

[Snaggletiger]

So hard to narrow it down, as it almost seems luda-kris to put Eddie Van Halen and Chet Atkins on the same list.  I realize it's "your favorite", and not claiming who you think is the best, but I can't help but try and put them in categories.  For instance, my favorite music is straightforward, bass driven rock and roll.  Needs a little funk to it.  Has to have some killer lead licks. That makes some of my favs:

Nuno Bettancourt
Joe Perry
Angus Young
Michael Shenker
Slash

A couple of guys that I consider some of the most talented, and versatile guitarists, that I love listening to are Joe Bonamassa and John Mayer.

As for Chet, got the privilege of seeing him live in Montgomery.  He collaborated with Jerry Reed on an album, and Mark Knopfler on another. Unbelievable guitar work.

[WiregrassTiger]

My bad, I thought this was a list about guitarists, not people that Wiregrass wants in and around his mouth.

In that case:
Steven Hamner.

He is on more than one list.

[Snaggletiger]

He is on more than one list.

Epstein's list? I like em' young!!!!

[CCTAU]

Rock & Roll all night is the worst Kiss song IMO.

It’s not a song. It’s an anthem…

[Kaos]

Rock & Roll all night is the worst Kiss song IMO.

I think it wouldn't suck as bad as it does if it wasn't overplayed.  It's the kind of oatmeal people who wouldn't normally listen to KISS do listen to. 

If somebody says they're a huge KISS fan and say that's their favorite song?  I know they are not a KISS fan.

[Snakebite]

I think it wouldn't suck as bad as it does if it wasn't overplayed.  It's the kind of oatmeal people who wouldn't normally listen to KISS do listen to. 

If somebody says they're a huge KISS fan and say that's their favorite song?  I know they are not a KISS fan.

Hard to beat Detroit Rock City for me. And it all has to do with that bass riff.

[Jumbo]

I think it wouldn't suck as bad as it does if it wasn't overplayed.  It's the kind of oatmeal people who wouldn't normally listen to KISS do listen to. 

If somebody says they're a huge KISS fan and say that's their favorite song?  I know they are not a KISS fan.

My favorite Kiss songs are
Sure know something
Cold Gin
Saint and sinner
Black diamond
Hard Luck woman

[Kaos]

My favorite Kiss songs are
Sure know something
Cold Gin
Saint and sinner
Black diamond
Hard Luck woman

Black Diamond
100,000 Years
While the City Sleeps
Parasite
Shandi
Jungle
Deuce
So many. 


You wanna hear something I don’t understand?  Queue up Reason to Live from 87.  It sounds like the best of what was out at the time.  That soaring rock ballad that cheeseballs like Richard Marx peddled for millions. I don’t get why that wasn’t something that broke big for them.  It sounds dated today, sure. But at that moment in time?




Video has a super hot girl in various stages of undress.   You’ve got Bruce Kulik humping a keyboard. Gene awkwardly glaring.  What else could you want?

[War Damn Six]

Every time I visit this thread, I think of someone else. 

Has no one else even mentioned Montgomery’s own Tommy Shaw?

[chinook]

Black Diamond*
100,000 Years*
While the City Sleeps
Parasite*
Shandi
Jungle
Deuce*
So many. 

in addition to black diamond and deuce  other personal favorites of mine...

god of thunder
cold gin
heavens on fire
i love it loud

*you know better than anyone Kaos but those songs are played at every KISS concert and for good reason.

[jmar]

Every time I visit this thread, I think of someone else. 

Has no one else even mentioned Montgomery’s own Tommy Shaw?

Saw him on Darryl's Place over the holidays. House band was cooking.

[AUJarhead]

in addition to black diamond and deuce  other personal favorites of mine...

god of thunder
cold gin
heavens on fire
i love it loud

*you know better than anyone Kaos but those songs are played at every KISS concert and for good reason.

No Love Gun??

[wesfau2]

No Love Gun??

Can we please not take a decent and interesting discussion and turn it towards these clowns?

[Kaos]

Can we please not take a decent and interesting discussion and turn it towards these clowns?

Take this to the political thread.

[Snakebite]

As a sidebar in the same realm of conversation, what is everyone’s favorite guitar solo?

For the longest, Shadow on the Sun by Audioslave had mine, but now Weight of Dreams by Greta Van Fleet has taken top spot.

[AUJarhead]

As a sidebar in the same realm of conversation, what is everyone’s favorite guitar solo?

Cowboy Song - Thin Lizzy
Mulholland Drive - Gaslight Anthem
Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits

[Kaos]

As a sidebar in the same realm of conversation, what is everyone’s favorite guitar solo?

For the longest, Shadow on the Sun by Audioslave had mine, but now Weight of Dreams by Greta Van Fleet has taken top spot.

I already suggested this as a new topic.  Break it off, please.  Start something new. 

[wesfau2]

As a sidebar in the same realm of conversation, what is everyone’s favorite guitar solo?

For the longest, Shadow on the Sun by Audioslave had mine, but now Weight of Dreams by Greta Van Fleet has taken top spot.

Ooooooh....that's a good one.  Top 5:

Prince's While My Guitar...from the RnR induction ceremony
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Sweet Child o Mine
Comfortably Numb (bonus solo!)
Sometimes Salvation
The Sky is Crying