What famous guitarists live near you?

koneguitarist

No one famous in Sherborne, nearest is rock guy Jo Burt played bass for Black Sabbath and Freddie Mercury, came to watch me play a couple of weeks ago!

breakstuff

As far as I'm aware no guitarist of note has ever emerged from Grimsby although the guy who wrote Michael Jacksons Thriller was born in Cleethorpes,just down the road.

Oh yeah,my mate Gav's band supported Diamond Head in November so he's the most famous guitar player living near me

Nunogilberto

Snap;442111" said:

Nick Clegg used to live across the road, and he on the other hand, is a mighty big twat. I bet he doesn't play guitar.

He can probably shred like a bastard and is more than likely better than most of us

chrisj1602

I've seen Mani from The Stone Roses in a few pubs near me, and at the farm a few weeks back!

BigMonka

koneguitarist said:

No one famous in Sherborne, nearest is rock guy Jo Burt played bass for Black Sabbath and Freddie Mercury, came to watch me play a couple of weeks ago!

Freddie Mercury came to your gig a couple of weeks ago?! I'm sorry to break the news but I don't think that was him ;-)

BigMonka

Alex James from Blur (and now celebrity farmer) grew up not to far from where I did and used to frequent a coffee shop opposite one of the first places I worked. I think that Mungo Jerry lives in Poole which is a few miles from where I used to live, but then there'll be a lot of famous people with houses in Sandbanks (Poole) as its one of the most expensive places to buy a house in the world.

Richardj

Boris, ex-bassist with The Cure lives in town and can often be seen in the bar/cafe. Siouxsie Sioux also has a big house in town and rode (horses) at the same place as my partner and our daughter. Now she is properly glam!

monquixote

You think that's special, @monquixote lives in my house!

Fortheloveofguitar

Chappers doesn't live near me but if he did....oh if he did!

Bucket

Snap said:

George Harrison's humungous house is in Henley on Thames, which is on the berkshire/oxfordshire border.

It's actually on the Berkshire/Oxfordshire/Buckinghamshire border. Not that far from me. Really nice town.

Jimmy Page lives in the nearby-ish village of Sonning as well.

koneguitarist

BigMonka said:

koneguitarist said:

No one famous in Sherborne, nearest is rock guy Jo Burt played bass for Black Sabbath and Freddie Mercury, came to watch me play a couple of weeks ago!

Freddie Mercury came to your gig a couple of weeks ago?! I'm sorry to break the news but I don't think that was him ;-)

Thought he didn't look well!

Flanging_Fred

Bryan May'a mum lived opposite my brother's ex-girlfriend's parent's house. I'm sure she must have picked Bryan's guitar once or twice.

Oh the stories I could tell...

musicegbdf

Phil hillborne about two miles away and my friend is his next door neighbour

Jez6345789

Jeff Beck

I was standing pondering Garlic bread in Sainsburys Tunbridge Wells when I lived there, really not paying attention just out with the Mrs shopping. Voice next to me said Baguette or Ciabata what you reckon, I said Baguette looked up it was Beck. 

So we discussed Garlic bread for a couple of minutes he put two granary garlic baguettes in his trolley. 

I just stood there doing a double take then the mrs came and rescued me I said I think that was Jeff Beck she said oh yeah he lives out the back of TW, she having lived there for years. 

Gassage

Jason Leonard lives in the next street. He's not a muso though.

xSkarloey

Scott Walker. 

(He does play the guitar occasionally). 

I've seen him doing his shopping. 

Iamnobody

Skarloey;442717" said:

Scott Walker. 

(He does play the guitar occasionally). 

I've seen him doing his shopping. 

Indeed. I remember being facinated by this performance almost twenty years ago!

Iamnobody

breakstuff;442314" said:

As far as I'm aware no guitarist of note has ever emerged from Grimsby although the guy who wrote Michael Jacksons Thriller was born in Cleethorpes,just down the road.

Oh yeah,my mate Gav's band supported Diamond Head in November so he's the most famous guitar player living near me

Keith Chegwin's aunt used to live in grimsby - what more do you want?

What about Illustrious GY?!

Parker

Flanging_Fred said:

Bryan May'a mum lived opposite my brother's ex-girlfriend's parent's house. I'm sure she must have picked Bryan's guitar once or twice.

Oh the stories I could tell...

Who is this Bryan of which you refer? I'm Brian and so's my wife...

57Deluxe

Clapton...