Most Underrated Guitarist?

[Beowulf]

How about Nick Barrett of Pendragon.Checkout his body of work all the way back to the mid-80s.Hell the band needs to be listed in the Most Underated Bands thread.Thier latest output Passion is just great.

Hard to disagree with you there Flashback. 'Your Black Heart' is a fabulous track. Passion is by far the best I've heard from Pendragon.

[moom]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmy8M0-LoBY


You amateurs...

[grelch]

David Hidalgo, Los Lobos. Underrated musician really. He plays just about everything that makes a noise.

[olzen]

Having rediscovered Focus recently, Jan Akkerman seems to be fairly underrated. Now, I know that back in the day, he was rated as being among the world's finest guitarists, but you hardly hear any mention of him today.

I dunno if that's a wrongful impression, though; Focus did enjoy a brief renaissance because of that Nike-commercial using "Hocus Pocus"...

[Creek]

I feel that George Kooymans of Golden Earring, didn't get the recognition he deserved. His playing on songs such as Radar Love and Twilight Zone was brilliant in my opinion.

[czgibson]

I don't often hear Joe Pass mentioned in guitar player conversations, which is a shame as he is amazing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyjQv52Nzno

[Annoying Twit]

Snowy White. He should have been a major artist or in a major band, not be a sideman.

[olzen]

I agree. If you compare him to Rick Dionzo on "The Wall - Live in Berlin", Snowy is the clear winner, even though Difonzo copies the original soloes note-for-note.

If you watch the DVD, it's also quite clear Snowy is the one of the two who actually wants to be there. Rarely have I seen a guitarist looking as bored as Difonzo does...

[Annoying Twit]

I agree. If you compare him to Rick Dionzo on "The Wall - Live in Berlin", Snowy is the clear winner, even though Difonzo copies the original soloes note-for-note.

If you watch the DVD, it's also quite clear Snowy is the one of the two who actually wants to be there. Rarely have I seen a guitarist looking as bored as Difonzo does...

On spotify, there's an anthology of his work. His hit "Bird of Paradise" has very nice guitar work, but it's a bit too Gilmour influenced for me. But, there is lot of very nice guitar on there, and a lot of songs. Songs like "At the Crossroads" perhaps show that he needed slightly better songwriting to make it big, but put him in a band with a classic songwriter, and with Snowy's playing and arranging, they could have been right up there. Of course, he was in Thin Lizzy for a while, but it didn't work out.

[moom]

Steve Hackett.

[Beowulf]

Steve Hackett.

Agreed

[Beowulf]

I agree. If you compare him to Rick Dionzo on "The Wall - Live in Berlin", Snowy is the clear winner, even though Difonzo copies the original soloes note-for-note.

If you watch the DVD, it's also quite clear Snowy is the one of the two who actually wants to be there. Rarely have I seen a guitarist looking as bored as Difonzo does...

Really not keen on Snowy White's playing; I've had the misfortune to hear him murder several of Gilmour's classic solos ...

[rosm]

Barney Kessel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAgwe8lSTgw

But I bet a lot of jazzers rate him very high...
What is underrated anyway? Some people think that certain guitar players are god, but in fact they don't even play that well. And when someone won't agree they say he's underrated...

[flashback]

still say it's Andy Latimer,just check this out and see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p15VhqT ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWwt_V-s ... er&list=UL

[Beowulf]

still say it's Andy Latimer,just check this out and see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p15VhqT ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWwt_V-s ... er&list=UL

Yes, it's very good; though I'm not entirely sure how much I actually like it. I mean, I don't dislike his playing, and I quite like Camel. But I'm not at all certain I could regard him the "most underrated" guitarist ...