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    OT: Guitar / Guitarist Appreciation Thread

    Rick Beato and Nuno Bettencourt cover “The Boys Are Back In Town”:
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    OT: Guitar / Guitarist Appreciation Thread

    My favorite musician today and for quite some time is Derek Trucks. Not only for his talent but the type of person he is. He is very grounded, knowledgeable and respectful of the great music and musicians that came before him. Here is a clip of him with accolades from BB King and John Mayer...
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    OT: Guitar / Guitarist Appreciation Thread

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    OT: Mets 2026 Season Thread

    Way to get out of an inning with 2 outs.
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    OT: RIP Clarence Carter

    RIP, great singer. My favorite song by him:
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    OT: New Music (Released January 2020 or Later)

    New music from Thundercat:
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    OT: New Music (Released January 2020 or Later)

    New music from The Strokes:
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    OT: Guitar / Guitarist Appreciation Thread

    Giddens is fabulous, her music is a mix of blues and bluegrass. As you know, blues , bluegrass, country and folk music are all interconnected. Traditional bluegrass is a mixture of blues, jazz and folk music. As for BB King , of course he played “The Thrill is Gone”. It’s like The Stones...
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    OT: Guitar / Guitarist Appreciation Thread

    One player who I did not see on any of these guitar lists (unless I missed it) and who absolutely belongs is Brian Setzer from the Stray Cats . A great and underrated player. Here he is with Jeff Beck playing in the “rockabilly” style that he is known for:
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    OT: Guitar / Guitarist Appreciation Thread

    Charlie Christian should be on any best solo list and more people should be aware of him. Christian was one of the first electric guitar players to elevate the instrument to a soloing entity. Christian contracted TB in 1939 and died at age 25 in 1942. This was recorded in 1941 at Minton’s...
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    OT: Guitar / Guitarist Appreciation Thread

    Indeed. Many of the guitarists very high up on that list , especially from the ‘60s and ‘70s were heavily influenced by the “three Kings”, Albert, Freddie and especially BB King. BB was one of the very first guitarists to mix major and minor pentatonic scales into his soloing. BB had a...
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    OT: Guitar / Guitarist Appreciation Thread

    I came across this video of a list of the top 250 guitar players. This is one of the better lists I’ve seen. The rankings aren’t overly important but what I like about this is the expansiveness and inclusivity of major genres of music not just rock. There are many players on here that you don’t...
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    OT: Guitar / Guitarist Appreciation Thread

    I don’t think the reason RS dropped Clapton in the rankings had to specifically due to some of his comments, they are quite complimentary of him. . There have been a lot of revisionisms in RS music lists especially to the ‘60’s and ‘70s artists. A modernization of sorts. I like Eric Clapton...
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    OT: Rutgers gonna Rutgers, graduation speaker cancelled

    Given the extremely partisan, volatile and reactionary times we live in, more people should read and think about the following: https://billofrightsinstitute.org/primary-sources/bill-of-rights/
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    OT: New Music (Released January 2020 or Later)

    Rolling Stones have a new album coming out in July called “Foreign Tongues”, this is a tune called “Rough and Twisted”. I like this, some gritty, greasy blues rock:
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