Best Live Guitarist

[artomatic]

Jimmy Page

[Killer Rabbit]

Esteban

[NewCoach]

Apparently no one here has ever seen Carlos Santana lick his fingers before letting the sparks fly off the fretboard.

[GIMNEPIWO]

My votes would be Jimi Hendrix and Roy Clark, ( I know you said Live, but couldnt help it). Wonder if Roy and Jimi every jammed together... probably not.

Can you imagine Jimi singing with Roy, " I searched the world over and thought I found true love. You met another and plplpl you were gone"

It would be more like ... I searched the world over and excuse me while I kiss the sky then a dueling guitar break where Roy is watching his hands and Jimi is playing with his feet And since we've mentioned dead guitarists several times, mine ( Roy Buchanon ) one of them ... Yes, I saw him at the Felt Forum in NYC before he hung himself ...

[3teamer]

yes on carlos but what about ritchie blackmore

[TShark]

Ted Nugent, his Intesity in Ten Cities back in the early 8o's was phenominal. I can still see him on top of all those amps nothing but him jammin

[GIMNEPIWO]

I just re-read the title of this thread ... Skarp, did you mean LIVE or ALIVE ?

[Skarp]

I just re-read the title of this thread ... Skarp, did you mean LIVE or ALIVE ?

Live...so Stevie Ray Vaughan, for instance, is an acceptable choice.

And I'm just assuming that the responses will fall in the rock/blues genres. Obviously there are classical guitarists who could eat all of these guys' lunches without breaking a sweat.

[Killer Rabbit]

kootchy kootchy

[americanfreedom]

Charlie Sexton at 15-year-olds on stage at Antone's, Austin, Tx. cir. 1983. The greatest guitarist you've never heard of. I've seen Stevie Ray, Van Halen, and Carlos Santana all live in small venues . . . wow!