I thought, and still do think, that Lemon was a very good guitarist. Gary disagreed. (laughter) Gary started to play a very accurate pastiche of Lemon's Black Snake Moan, and Gary just opened his mouth and let out with this incredible blood curdling scream, and then he stops and says, "Man, he couldn't have sung no louder if someone was cutting his throat". He was merciless - Reverend Gary Davis, by Dave Van Ronk
Here's a French-Canadian guitarist I really love. He only plays his own compositions, which are all played out of drop-G tuning, and always uses his trademark 'brush-stroke'. Even his slow pieces have a great swing feel. His playing looks easy but it isn't (I tried...)
Here's another one of my favorite guitarists : John James In 1972 he recorded with Pete Berryman an instrumental guitar duet album called "Sky In My Pie"; it became a cult-album among fingerpickers. After 42 years they reunited and recorded one of the selections of that album. Fine, inventive and relaxed picking.
Mellow tones and a tip of the hat to Blind Willie Johnson from Mr. Dave. I find a lot to like about this duo performance. I would have posted on the 'country blues' version of the youtube thread but the bouzouki (it is a bouzouki, right? Or some kind of hybrid saz?) kind of takes it somewhere else.
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A new genre for John Paul Jones's keyboard skills...he seems to have lost his way without Bonham controlling the beat...probably had fun with it though because he hopefully doesn't need to do it for the money. Would have preferred to see him on upright bass though...