Who are the great dead guitarists?

[coloradodem2005]

I would think of four that come to mind:

Jimi Hendrix (died 1970)
Randy Rhoades (died 1982)
Stevie Ray Vaughan (died 1990)
"Dimebag" Darrell Abbot (died 2004)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. Michael Hedges and Marcel Dadi

[starroute]

2. Roy Buchanan (d. 1988)

[phaseolus]

3. Lowell George

Clarence White

...plus a couple dozen old bluesmen

[greendog]

4. Joseph Spence and Django Reinhardt

n/t

[Ron Green]

5. Charlie Christian

Ain't nobody comes close, dead or alive. Check it out.

[Magrittes Pipe]

6. John Fahey, 2001

[phaseolus]

8. I saw him play 20 years ago

Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago. A great, idiosyncratic show... He played a piece twice because he liked it so much, and interrupted a song for an unscheduled bathroom break. He apologized for his kidney problems & picked up where he left off...

[JohnnyRingo]

7. Danny Gatton

...Suicide

[ET Awful]

9. Jerry Garcia (1942-1995) n/t

[48pan]

10. John Lee Hooker

Chet Atkins
Jerry Garcia

[BOSSHOG]

11. Robert Johnson!

[mr blur]

27. I second that emotion! (n/t)

[redstateblues]

12. Chet Atkins and Duane Allman

[TheMightyFavog]

13. Frank Motherfucking Zappa!

I oughta give you a dope slap for not mentioning his name in the OP.

[louis-t]

14. Terry Kath

[rockedthevoteinMA]

15. Peter Tosh n/t

[dolo amber]

16. None

The Dead suck. :P

[MasonJar]

17. Pablo Casals

[Trajan]

19. I think you mean ....

Andres Segovia ....

Casals was a great cellist ....

[Trajan]

18. Giving us the 'dead' option really opens it up ....

Django Reinhardt ...



Charlie Christian ....



Andres Segovia ....



NONE of those you mention actually rank amongst the 'great' 'dead' guitarists .... even as I favor them myself ...

[nedlogg]

20. George Harrison

May he rest in peace.

:cry:

[Bullwinkle925]

31. Sadly - I agree with you. RIP George!!

[mr_hat]

21. Danny Gatton and Roy Buchanan! C'mon youse guys.

[driver8]

28. Both committed suicide, didn't they?? n/t

[jmowreader]

22. Add Zappa if you're talking ROCK guitarists

Django Reinhardt and Andres Segovia if you're talking classical guitarists.

[HEyHEY]

23. Robert Johnson

[tonekat]

24. Randy California

..of the 60's band, Spirit (most people have only heard "Mechanical World", their hit from back then). He jammed with Hendrix in the Village when he was like, 16, or something like that.
He used an old tape recorder for a distortion unit, as a preamp before his guitar amp. Played an old Sears & Roebuck guitar for the longest time too.

[MrScorpio]

25. Wes Montgomery, Chet Atkins, Django Reinhardt, Rickey Wilson (B52s)

Just to name a few

[Lostnote03]

26. 3 Monsters', don't know about the last guy!!!

[driver8]

29. Robert Quine

Died of a heroin overdose in 2004. He played guitar for Lou Reed. It was rumored that he killed himself following the death of his wife.

[retread]

30. Joe Pass

*

[6000eliot]

32. Mick Ronson

Played with David Bowie, Mott the Hoople, and Ian Hunter. Also, Tommy Bolin from Deep Purple and The James Gang.