Originally Posted by
MikeA
I think yesterday was the first time I'd heard of Joe Bonamassa. It was on a similar topic that was started on a Recording Forum I'm on. He got several mentions on that forum and then to see him mentioned here today with a reference to another forum....coincidence?
He's a Blues guitarist whose influences were Brit...so he's sort of a back door Blues player like Walsh who learned their licks from the likes of Beck, Clapton and Page rather than Muddy Waters, BB King and Buddy Guy on this side of the pond.
As for me picking a greatest Living stringman, I'd have to give serious consideration to Jeff Beck, but there are a slew of them that are right up there on top!