Making Use of the SDUGF Faves List

[Pink Unicorn Horsey]

NOTE: I've updated one of the rules slightly. Check here, even if you've given your two-song selection.

I have an idea I'd like to throw out there to all those who participated in the SDUGF Favorite Guitarists list. Since we unofficially take this as our list of the 75 most personally inspiring guitarists, why not put together a collection of songs that best represent these guitarists? A catalog of required listening, if you will.

The reason I suggest this is because there are at least a handful of guitarists on the list with whom I am mostly or completely unfamiliar. I wouldn't know where to start with Dann Huff or Alex Skolnick. Others may not know where to start with Richie Sambora or B.B. King.

Here's how I'd like to start it, just so things don't get way out of hand in a real hurry:

• If one of the guitarists from your submitted top five list made the Top 75, pick that guitarist and offer two -- and I mean two, not one or fifty -- songs that you feel would be a great jumping off point for the uninitiated listener.
• Once you've offered up two tunes for a given guitarist, that's it for that guitarist, and that's it for you. It's on a first come, first served basis. Nobody can choose songs for that guitarist, and you can't offer songs for any more guitarists. Do not select songs from more than one guitarist!!!
• The songs you choose don't have to be the most popular or obvious choices, although they can be. Choose two tunes that exemplify the very reason you put that guitarist in your top five list in the first place.
• When naming a song, let us know who the artist is (if the guitarist is performing it with a band, rather than solo), as well as the name of the album on which it appears.
• Add a little description for each song -- what you like about it, why you chose it, what it reminds you of…anything!
• If none of your top five guitarists made the Top 75 list, you're outta luck for offering up songs, but think of all the other music you can be listening to!

You can find the Top 75 list here.

When all's said and done, we should have a nice list of 150 tunes we can hunt down at our leisure and listen to, knowing that our fellow forum members really connect with this compilation.

Since this is my idea and I tallied up the original list, I'll start.

I'm choosing #8 - Tony Iommi, since he was #4 on my top five list.

Song 1:
"Planet Caravan"
From the 1971 Black Sabbath album Paranoid
This tune shows an expectedly brooding yet decidedly jazzy side to Iommi's playing. His tone is clean -- not the heavy stuff you'd expect -- and each note, slide and double-stop is just perfect. A poignant and thoroughly gloomy performance. I could listen to that tune for an hour straight. Beautiful shivers!

Song 2:
"Black Sabbath"
From the 1970 Black Sabbath album Black Sabbath
This is classic Iommi and classic Sabbath. There's the slow, ominous power opening, plus an up-tempo galloping section that shows off his inimitable soloing style. This tune will help you decide whether you are or are not a true Sabbath fanatic.

That's it. Nobody else can choose songs for Tony Iommi, and I can't choose songs for anyone else.

Next…

- Keith

[BigAlTheBird]

Setzer:

Sleepwalk: One of his most (if not the most) famous songs, one of three Grammy's, and the only song on my iTunes I could put on continuous rotation and be happy. The original by Santo and Jonny is (in my opinion) the prettiest slide guitar/guitar compositions of all time, and his rendition keeps the spirit of the original while improving. A masterful piece, in my opinion.

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

Guitar Rag: I could have put any one of his dozens of more popular songs here, but A) they're all well known (like Rock this Town or Stray Cat Strut, etc.), and B) I couldn't decide which one to put. So watch this video, because this man can basically shred.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-ZB-SzK8lE

[Pink Unicorn Horsey]

Here's part one (guitarists 1 - 40) of a quick-view list of the guitarists taken and songs selected for those guitarists. I'll keep this list updated regularly. Part two (guitarists 41 - 75) can be found in post #6 of this thread, three posts down.

1. Jimi Hendrix
"Burning of the Midnight Lamp" - Electric Ladyland
"The Wind Cries Mary" - Are You Experienced?

2. Jimmy Page
"Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" - Led Zeppelin III
"Since I've Been Loving You [Live]" - The Song Remains the Same

3. Edward Van Halen
"Mean Street" - Fair Warning
"Take Your Whiskey Home" - Women and Children First

4. David Gilmour
"Echoes" - Meddle
"Dogs" - Animals

5. Stevie Ray Vaughan
"Little Wing" - The Sky Is Crying
"Texas Flood" - Texas Flood

6. Eric Clapton
"Layla" - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
"White Room" - Wheels of Fire

7. Jeff Beck
"A Day in the Life" - In My Life
"Shapes of Things" - Truth

8. Tony Iommi
"Planet Caravan" - Paranoid
"Black Sabbath" - Black Sabbath

9. Slash
"Estranged" - Use Your Illusion II
"November Rain" - Use Your Illusion I

10. Ritchie Blackmore
"Highway Star" - Machine Head
"Man on the Silver Mountain" - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

11. Steve Vai
"Bad Horsie" - Alien Love Secrets
"For the Love of God" - Passion and Warfare

12. Joe Satriani
"The Meaning of Love" - Super Colossal
"Up in the Sky" - Crystal Planet

13. Billy Gibbons
"Brown Sugar" - ZZ Top's First Album
"My Mind Is Gone" - Rhythmeen

14. Duane Allman
"Blue Sky" - Eat a Peach
"One Way Out [Live]" - At Fillmore East [Deluxe Edition]

15. "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott
"Cowboys From Hell" - Cowboys From Hell
"Rise" - Vulgar Display of Power

16. Jerry Cantrell
"Down in a Hole" - Dirt
"I Stay Away" - Jar of Flies

17. Paul Gilbert
"Technical Difficulties" - Technical Difficulties
"Bultaco Saturno" - Silence Followed by a Deafening Roar

18. Brian May
"Killer Queen" - Sheer Heart Attack
"One Vision" - A Kind of Magic

19. Carlos Santana
"Europa [Live]" - Moonflower
"Samba Pa Ti [Live]" - Sacred Fire: Santana Live in South America

20. John Frusciante
"I Could Have Lied" - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
"Suck My Kiss" - Blood Sugar Sex Magik

21. Mark Knopfler
"Telegraph Road" - Love Over Gold
"Speedway at Nazareth" - Sailing to Philadelphia

22. Adam Jones
"Lateralus" - Lateralus
"No Quarter" - Salival [CD/DVD]

23. Angus Young
"Touch Too Much" - Highway to Hell
"Let There Be Rock" - Let There Be Rock

24. Warren Haynes
"Nobody Knows" - Shades of Two Worlds
"Soulshine" - Where It All Begins

25. Eric Johnson
"Cliffs of Dover" - Ah Via Musicom
"S.R.V." - Venus Isle

26. George Harrison
"Within You, Without You" - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
"For You Blue" - Let It Be

27. Pete Townshend
"Sparks" - The Kids Are Alright
"I Am an Animal" - Empty Glass

28. Ace Frehley
"Black Diamond"- Kiss
"Let Me Go Rock 'N' Roll [Live]" - Alive!

29. Gary Moore
"The Loner" - Wild Frontier
"Still Got the Blues [Live]" - Blues Alive

30. Adrian Smith/Dave Murray
"The Trooper" - Piece of Mind
"Wasted Years" - Somewhere in Time

31. Alex Lifeson
"La Villa Strangiato [Live]" - Rush in Rio [DVD]
"Red Sector A" - Grace Under Pressure

31. Randy Rhoads
"I Don't Know [Live]" - Tribute
"Children of the Grave [Live]" - Tribute

33. George Lynch
"For a Million Years" - Wicked Sensation
"The Hunter" - Under Lock and Key

34. Shawn Lane
"Get You Back" - Powers of Ten
"Bhakti Ras" - Good People in Times of Evil

35. James Hetfield
"Fade to Black" - Ride the Lightning
"Master of Puppets" - Master of Puppets

36. Kim Thayil
"Outshined" - Badmotorfinger
"Jesus Christ Pose" - Badmotorfinger

37. Robin Trower
"Daydream" - Twice Removed From Yesterday
"Seven Moons" - Seven Moons

38. Michael Schenker
"Between the Walls" - Force It
"Courvoisier Concerto [Live]" - One Night at Budokan

39. Pat Metheny
"Part One" - The Way Up
"Follow Me" - Imaginary Day

40. Trey Anastasio
"Down With Disease [Live]" - Live Phish, Vol. 15
"Divided Sky [Live]" - Hampton Comes Alive

[BigAlTheBird]

Cool. #44 - Brian Setzer is out now.

Andrew, what albums can we get these songs from?

My bad! I was running out of the house and banged that post out in about 2 minutes.

Sleepwalk is on "The Dirty Boogie," released in 1998 on Interscope records. Track 5 I believe.



Guitar Rag isn't on an album, but is on the DVD "Brian Setzer Orchestra 'Live In Japan.'" He plays it live as a warmup to Sleepwalk, generally.

[jerryjg]

this requires a litle more intelligence than the average SDUGF memeber posesses. But I wish you sucsess.
1) Yngwie- anything off the 'Rising Force' album
2)John Mayer -anything off any album he never played on.

[Pink Unicorn Horsey]

This is part two (guitarists 41 - 75) of the song list quick-view. Part one of the list can be found in post #3 of this thread, three posts up.

41. B.B. King
"Sweet Little Angel [Live]" - Live at the Regal
"To Know You Is to Love You" - To Know You Is to Love You

42. Tom Morello
"Bulls on Parade" - Evil Empire
"Set It Off" - Audioslave

43. Derek Trucks
"Sahib Teri Bandi/Maki Madni" - Songlines
"High Cost of Low Living" - Hittin' the Note

44. Brian Setzer
"Sleepwalk" - The Dirty Boogie
"Guitar Rag" - Brian Setzer Orchestra: Live in Japan [DVD]

45. Al di Meola
"Race With the Devil on a Spanish Highway" - Tour de Force: Live
"Fantasia Suite for Two Guitars" - Friday Night in San Francisco

46. John Petrucci
"A Change of Seasons" - A Change of Seasons
"In the Presence of My Enemies, Pts. 1 & 2" - Systematic Chaos

47. Guthrie Govan
"Waves" - Erotic Cakes
"Ner Ner" - Erotic Cakes

47. Mike Campbell
"Lover of the Bayou" - Mudcrutch
"Breakdown" - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

49. Buckethead
"Nottingham Lace" - Enter the Chicken
"Whitewash" - Colma

50. Joe Perry
"Movin' Out" - Aerosmith
"Combination" - Rocks

51. Mikael Åkerfeldt
"Windowpane [Live]" - The Roadhouse Tapes
"When" - My Arms, Your Hearse

51. Rory Gallagher
"Edged in Blue" - Calling Card
"Brute Force & Ignorance" - Photo-Finish

53. Nuno Bettencourt
"He-Man Woman Hater" - Extreme II: Pornograffitti
"Politicalamity" - III Sides to Every Story

54. Peter Green
"Albatross" - English Rose
"Oh Well" - Then Play On

55. John McLaughlin
"Birds of Fire" - Birds of Fire
"Meeting of the Spirits" - The Inner Mounting Flame

56. Mike McCready
"Glorified G" - Vs.
"Inside Job" - Pearl Jam

57. Ty Tabor
"Flies and Blue Skies" - Dogman
"Cigarettes" - Dogman

58. Buddy Guy
"Done Got Old" - Sweet Tea
"Tramp" - Sweet Tea

59. Yngwie J. Malmsteen
"Far Beyond the Sun" - Rising Force
"I Am a Viking" - Marching Out

60. Paul Kossoff
"Walk in My Shadow" - Tons of Sobs
"Be My Friend" - Highway

60. Zakk Wylde
"No More Tears" - No More Tears
"Losin' Your Mind" - Pride & Glory

62. Richie Sambora
"Dry County" - Keep the Faith
"Livin' on a Prayer" - Slippery When Wet

63. Alex Skolnick
"Wizards in Winter" - The Lost Christmas Eve
"Transformation" - Transformation

64. Dave Mustaine
"Good Mourning/Black Friday" - Peace Sells…But Who's Buying?
"In My Darkest Hour" - So Far, So Good…So What!

65. Josh Homme
"Gardenia" - Welcome to Sky Valley
"Better Living Through Chemistry" - Rated R

66. Allan Holdsworth
"Devil Take the Hindmost" - Metal Fatigue
"Pud Wud" - Sand

67. Jake E. Lee
"Whiskey Dust" - Voodoo Highway
"Thank God for the Bomb" - The Ultimate Sin

68. Jason Becker
"Attitudes" - Perpetual Burn
"Eleven Blue Egyptians" - Perpetual Burn

68. Leslie West
"Mississippi Queen" - Climbing!
"Nantucket Sleighride" - Nantucket Sleighride

68. Steve Morse
"Odyssey" - What If
"Tumeni Notes" - High Tension Wires

71. Dann Huff
"Guiding Light" - White Heart
"Chained" - Time to Burn

71. Pepper Keenan
"Albatross" - Deliverance
"Bury Me in Smoke" - NOLA

73. John Sykes
"Is This Love?" - Whitesnake
"Cry for Love" = Nothin' but Trouble

73. Marty Friedman
"Tornado of Souls" - Rust in Peace
"Intoxicated" - True Obsessions

75. Dean DeLeo
"Silvergun Superman" - Purple
"Generation" - Army of Anyone

75. Rik Emmett
"Fight the Good Fight" - Allied Forces
"Little Boy Blues" - Thunder Seven

75. Warren DeMartini
"Way Cool Jr." - Reach for the Sky
"Lay It Down" - Invasion of Your Privacy

[Rainmaker]

I'm choosing #29 - Randy Rhoads, since he was #5 on my top five list.


Song 1:
"I Don't Know"
From the 1987 Ozzy Osbourne live album Tribute

Song 2:
"Children of the Grave"
From the 1987 Ozzy Osbourne live album Tribute


I got you a third Iommi song on the list.

[Pink Unicorn Horsey]

I got you a third Iommi song on the list.

Slick.

[pinto79]

I'm choosing #29 - Randy Rhoads, since he was #5 on my top five list.


Song 1:
"I Don't Know"
From the 1987 Ozzy Osbourne live album Tribute

Song 2:
"Children of the Grave"
From the 1987 Ozzy Osbourne live album Tribute


I got you a third Iommi song on the list.

I would suggest that Randy did a better job of Children of the Grave than Tony could of any tune he wrote, but wouldn't an actual Randy tune be better to include?

If you see my perspective, I would suggest the studio version of "Mr. Crowley" as a far better example of Randy's huge talent.

[Rainmaker]

If you see my perspective, I would suggest the studio version of "Mr. Crowley" as a far better example of Randy's huge talent.

Trev... I know how you feel.

To me, Randy's take on Children of the Grave demonstrates his talent by taking a classic Sabbath song and turning it into a different type of beast.

Knowing that you're one of the biggest Randy fans on the board, I'll defer the decision on the second song to you. I would, however, really think about leaving it as is - the solo he played on that particular live track has gotta be one of the best heavy metal solos of all time. Momentum in movement and grace that is unmatched to any of his other works.

[pinto79]

Trev... I know how you feel.

To me, Randy's take on Children of the Grave demonstrates his talent by taking a classic Sabbath song and turning it into a different type of beast.

Knowing that you're one of the biggest Randy fans on the board, I'll defer the decision on the second song to you. I would, however, really think about leaving it as is - the solo he played on that particular live track has gotta be one of the best heavy metal solos of all time. Momentum in movement and grace that is unmatched to any of his other works.

Randy's Solo on Children is very nothing short of brilliant. I can't actually imagine a better solo for it. I love playing his version of the song and think he took it further than Tony was capable of. So I'll retract my suggestion to change it.

I was hoping to be the one to help people find Randy's brilliance through Mr. Crowley and S.A.T.O. but you beat me too it!

So there are my contributions regarding the guy who should have been on the top of the list.

[B2D]

#12 - Joe Satriani

The Meaning of Love - Super Colossal
Up In The Sky - Crystal Planet

[GoldenVulture]

this requires a litle more intelligence than the average SDUGF memeber posesses.

Good thing i'm not average!

[krankguitarist]

#51 Mikael Akerfeldt

Both of these are with Opeth

Windowpane (live) - The Roundhouse Tapes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yexj8nVaeWk
This tune really shows off Mikael's melodic side, and gives ya a taste of his phrasing. I like this version even more than the original studio recording on ****ation.

When - My Arms, Your Hearse
Killer riffing, no real guitar solos for Mikael, but some really beautiful clean stuff, and some great lead work towards the end there as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G2jlXUkJ84
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_8mK8pN3xM

[daemon barbeque]

#11 Mr. Vai

Bad Horsie (Alien Love Secrets)...It shows the power ,rawness and humour side of Vai...Bottleneck on a Drop-C tuned Jem...Cool song and sound

For the love of god (Passion and Warfare)..This shows more melodic ,emotional and creative side of Vai..,His Vibrato ,his 7 string Universes tone are extremely "signature" qualities of Vai ,and the "theme" of the song shows deep understanding of music theory and practice...The best song to "catch" Vai!!!

[Lazarus1140]

#7 Jeff Beck

A Day in the Life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uwvBizKAwc

and a flashback, Shapes of Things:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CirDw...eature=related

[XSSIVE]

#65 Jake E Lee (who should be MUCH higher i should note!) was my #1 choice...why....well, that's easy he's just an amazing all around player but picking two songs is tricky. everyone knows how great what i guess would be his most well known track bark at the moon is so i won't pick that and give you something else to listen too.

Song 1:
Badlands - Whiskey Dusk, from the Voodoo Highway album
(if you can listen to this song and not inspired as a guitarist you need to pick another instrument!!)

Song 2:
Ozzy - Thank God For the Bomb, from the Ultimate Sin album
(i never get tired of this song with the little flair Jake throws in in just the right places and that real cool harmonic to tap harmonic bend hehind the nut crazy thing he does near the end never gets old!)

-Mike

[Pink Unicorn Horsey]

#7 Jeff Beck

A Day in the Life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uwvBizKAwc

and a flashback, Shapes of Things:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CirDw...eature=related

Which albums, bro?

[Rainmaker]

When naming a song, let us know who the artist is (if the guitarist is performing it with a band, rather than solo), as well as the name of the album on which it appears.

Come on guys, Keith's done a ton of work already - this is the least we could do.

[DesertRat]

#4 David Gilmour

Dogs - from "Animals"
Echoes - from "Meddle"