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Best Slide Players
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Tue Oct 14, 2008 3:57 pmby jimmydanger
Who was/is your favorite slide guitarist? I'll start with a list of mine, you add yours:
Duane Allman (RIP)
Johnny Winter
David Gilmour
Lowell George (RIP)
George Harrison (RIP)
Joe Walsh
Posted:
Tue Oct 14, 2008 11:44 pmby fisherman bob
Derek Trucks & Bill Blue
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Wed Oct 15, 2008 12:15 amby HowlinJ
Elmore James (They didn't call him "King of the Slide" for nothing.)
Mike Bloomfield was probably the premier slide player of the 60's.
No list of prominent slide players would be complete without the mention of Muddy Waters! Muddy was a crude player,but I still love his sound.
Posted:
Wed Oct 15, 2008 3:37 amby gbheil
Always loved the singin of a good slider.
I was told it requierd a special tuning.
Anybody know anything about this?
Posted:
Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:35 pmby HowlinJ
George,
I tune the ol' Mustang up to open E when I'm in a git-fiddling, bottle neck, blues playin mood. Try it, you'll like it.
Howlin'
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Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:50 pmby philbymon
Yep, sans, & there's a gazillion ways to tune, too. Try an A9 sometime, just flat your D. Interesting stuff.
Pedal steel is a wild instrument, too. Check out the weird tunings on those.
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Thu Oct 16, 2008 1:13 amby gbheil
Cool brothers, thanks for the heads up.
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Thu Oct 16, 2008 3:53 amby neanderpaul
Mark Sandman - 2 string slide bass guitarist - morphine
Posted:
Thu Oct 16, 2008 12:10 pmby gbheil
I never got that whole 2 string thingy.
Whywould they be building 5 and 6 string bassses if some one only needs two?
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Thu Oct 16, 2008 12:52 pmby philbymon
Good Q, sans...I guess it depends on the complexity of the music, & the ability of the player...or perhaps it's just that the guy keeps bustin' strings & gave up & stuck with the last two.
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Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:29 pmby neanderpaul
It's because he's so studly that he only needs 2. Dude they are are in my top 5 of all time coolest bands. His song writing speaks for him.
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Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:18 pmby Shapeshifter
As I've mentioned before, I play a six string bass...I must be compensating for something!
On Topic: Joe Walsh and Duane Allman. Sandman was very novel, which I have a lot of respect for as well.
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Sun Oct 19, 2008 1:54 amby Andragon
What bout W.C. Handy?
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Sun Oct 19, 2008 3:03 amby HowlinJ
Andragon wrote:What bout W.C. Handy?
Andy,
It may well be true that ol' W.C did his share of blues slidin' in his day, but its highly probable that it was on the cornet! (I was under the impression that JimmeyD was lookin' for slide GUITARESTS)
To which I shall add a few more,
Robbie Krieger
Mick Taylor
Robert Johnson
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Sun Oct 19, 2008 6:32 pmby Andragon
Fair enough lol, but he was "kinda" the first one to make it so popular.