Friday Music Meme Thing
This week's Top Five on Friday from The Music Memoirs:
Top 5 guitarists and your favorite song by each guitarist or his/her band.
Steve Howe (Yes; also Asia, GTR, Explorers Club, etc.)
Song: Mind Drive
Steve's technical skill and versatility are perhaps most evident in his work on acoustic guitar. This song shows off both his electrical and acoustic talents.
Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits)
Song: Brothers in Arms
'Guitar George' from the song Sultans of Swing may be 'strictly rhythm, he doesn't want to make it cry or sing', but Mark certainly can do so. His playing on this song is soulful and passionate, almost poignant.
Steve Lukather (Toto)
Song: Hold the Line
Steve is an accomplished and versatile studio musician whose credits include work with Asia, Wilson Phillips, Michael Jackson, Richard Marx, the Tubes, and Chicago, as well as a few solo recordings and, of course, Toto. I think he may be the most underrecognized guitar player in rock over the past two decades. This song has my favorite of his guitar solos with his own band.
Joe Satriani
Song: Crushing Day
No matter how you look at it, Satch is crazy good. This song demonstrates his ability to play melodically as well as cranking out ripping guitar solos.
Tom Scholz (Boston)
Song: Foreplay / Long Time
In this song, Tom demonstrates that he can do it all: high-flying hooks, unassuming fill-ins, power chords, and intricate solos. And he's got a degree from M.I.T. How can you not like that?
Honorable mentions for individual performances go to:
Kiss My Axe by Al Di Meola
Linus and Lucy by Gary Hoey
In The Hall of the Mountain King by Wolf Hoffman
Zap by Eric Johnson
Bohemian Rhapsody by Brian May (Queen; you're welcome.)
Schubert's Electric Ave Maria by Mark Pattison
Top 5 guitarists and your favorite song by each guitarist or his/her band.
Steve Howe (Yes; also Asia, GTR, Explorers Club, etc.)
Song: Mind Drive
Steve's technical skill and versatility are perhaps most evident in his work on acoustic guitar. This song shows off both his electrical and acoustic talents.
Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits)
Song: Brothers in Arms
'Guitar George' from the song Sultans of Swing may be 'strictly rhythm, he doesn't want to make it cry or sing', but Mark certainly can do so. His playing on this song is soulful and passionate, almost poignant.
Steve Lukather (Toto)
Song: Hold the Line
Steve is an accomplished and versatile studio musician whose credits include work with Asia, Wilson Phillips, Michael Jackson, Richard Marx, the Tubes, and Chicago, as well as a few solo recordings and, of course, Toto. I think he may be the most underrecognized guitar player in rock over the past two decades. This song has my favorite of his guitar solos with his own band.
Joe Satriani
Song: Crushing Day
No matter how you look at it, Satch is crazy good. This song demonstrates his ability to play melodically as well as cranking out ripping guitar solos.
Tom Scholz (Boston)
Song: Foreplay / Long Time
In this song, Tom demonstrates that he can do it all: high-flying hooks, unassuming fill-ins, power chords, and intricate solos. And he's got a degree from M.I.T. How can you not like that?
Honorable mentions for individual performances go to:
Kiss My Axe by Al Di Meola
Linus and Lucy by Gary Hoey
In The Hall of the Mountain King by Wolf Hoffman
Zap by Eric Johnson
Bohemian Rhapsody by Brian May (Queen; you're welcome.)
Schubert's Electric Ave Maria by Mark Pattison
posted by Michael at
7:13 AM
1 Comments:
Excellent choices :) Steve Howe did some work with Annie Haslam, who is one of my favorites. He played on her cover of It's All Over Now Baby Blue and Turn of the Century.
Thanks for playing this week!
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July 08, 2005 7:42 AM
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