So let's hear your favorite Bay Area guitarist, past and present. The caveat is they have to have lived (or still reside) in the Bay Area. There's a
few that come to mind for me . . Neil Young, Joan Baez and Carlos Santana being the most well-known, but I'm going to go with the late John Lee Hooker. Gotta love the Boogie Man!!
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Posts: 3 04/25/09 6:45 AM |
One guy who always gets local respect is Kevin Jarvis, owner of Gelb Music. I've known him for well over thirty years. Unassuming, not one to brag but
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Posts: 569 04/25/09 10:21 AM Moderator |
Welcome, Norm! You're the second person to mention Kevin Jarvis in the past few days. Someone else . . I can't recall who . . just had some positive
comments about Kevin the other day.
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Posts: 3 04/25/09 3:36 PM |
Ya, well, Kevin's rep is well deserved. The Little Fox blues jam is a popular venue in Redwood City and the nights that the Gelb Band makes an
appearance the house numbers go up and it is largely because Kevin is making one of his rare appearances. Even so, he waits his turn and does not try to
dominate the proceedings at all. Kev and I go to dinner quite often and he is always talking up other guitarists. He loves to play but says he can't
afford the time necessary to maintain a working musician's career.
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Posts: 17 04/25/09 7:49 PM |
Joe Goldmark is still local. A good friend of mine played with him last Thursday. He can be found five days a week at Amoeba on Haight Street!
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Ryuse . . welcome to the forum!
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Posts: 42 04/25/09 11:16 PM Charter Member
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Can't overlook Tommy Castro.
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I had the chance to see Tommy a few years ago at JJ's (before JJ's was sold). Standing room only. Wow, what a good show. Tommy puts on a good show
though, so no surprise there. The surprise was how good the sound
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Posts: 4 04/27/09 10:21 PM |
Yea, Tommy puts on a good show, I've seen him at the Villa Montalvo and the Fox Theater. Some of my other favorites are Kenny Blue Ray, Johnny Cat, Kevin
Jarvis and the rest at Gelb such as Rich Healy, but one of my favorite is guitarists, anywhere, is Danny Castro! He plays with such soul and heart and along
with his tight band puts on a great show.
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Posts: 60 05/03/09 9:00 AM |
Seconds on John Lee Hooker. He has influenced countless musicians from Canned Heat to, well, me.
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Posts: 4 05/03/09 8:35 PM |
I saw Danny Castro Friday night at the Mojo Lounge in Fremont. He played 3, 1 hour sets, and man was he smokin'!
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Posts: 58 05/06/09 10:03 PM |
1. Terry Haggerty of the Sons of Champlin- probably one of the great technical electric lead guitarists- in the style of Carlton, Ford, etc.... If you
haven't heard or seen him play, do it!
2. Stevie Coyle, late of The Waybacks currently solo, for fingerstyle acoustic. 3. The late Michael Hedges (up here in the North Bay, we consider Mendocino to be an extension of the Bay Area) 4. Robben Ford. Okay, so he lives down in Big Sur now, but he's still a local boy. 5. Bonnie Raitt, Neil Schon, Jeff Watson, Brad Gillis, Tuck Andress and on and on. I've seen Tommy Castro play a couple of times. I agree that he puts on a great show, but I can't honestly say that his chops are on the same level as these other folks. He's a good bluesman and a great showman, but I don't think of him as a guitarist's guitarist in the same league as many of these others that have been mentioned in this thread Not ripping on him, just comparing his guitar innovation and chops with others in the Bay Area who have raised the bar for us all.
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Posts: 4 05/09/09 4:01 AM |
Sure, there are great guitarists out there. Some have great chops, some have heart, and some have both - all fun to watch and learn from. Just depends what
lenses one's look'n through. Its sad when the great ones make it big and leave the local scene for the most part.
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Posts: 5 05/11/09 11:13 PM |
Jim Campilongo....caught him in NYC about a year ago and ripped it up on a Tuesday night in a tiny bar in Greenwich Village, not more than a dozen people. Then
saw him fill the Great American Music Hall about a month later on tour. Weird. Anyway, always loved his chops, his signature Tele tricks, but more importantly
the guy has an ear for harmony/voicing in the popular music genre second to none. Brings very tasty jazz harmonies to pop/country and originals that play to
the song/melody without being pretentious or over wrought. Just a damn fine musician, and any guy that's a "Tele + Princeton Reverb for EVERY gig no
matter the size guy" is OK by me. I like the idea of pulling up to a gig in a taxi at the front door with a guitar and amp in each hand and walking up to
the stage, plugging in, and playing.
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Posts: 22 05/12/09 12:29 AM |
Among SF bay area jazz guitarists, my vote goes to the late legendary Warren Nunes. Known only to a small circle of guitarists, he chose obscurity, avoiding
the mainstream and devoting time to teaching. He published a few very good books on jazz technique and had a large following of private students. I had the
fortune of studying with him for a few years and learned many valuable things about music and life from him. Definitely someone who could have made it big,
but chose not to.
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Posts: 569 05/15/09 6:53 AM Moderator |
Let's not forget Neil Young. Neil may not epitomize guitar virtuosity, but hey . . he's Neil Young!
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Posts: 1 05/15/09 10:13 PM |
Joe Satriani gets my vote... |
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Posts: 569 05/15/09 10:22 PM Moderator |
green envy wrote:I forgot that he lives in the Bay Area! Is it Berkeley? |
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Posts: 345 05/16/09 12:18 AM Moderator |
I still think Bob Weir is one of the more original rhythm guitar players I've ever heard.
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Posts: 569 05/16/09 9:39 AM Moderator |
Guyute wrote: Which reminds me ... did anyone catch The Dead at Shoreline? |
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