Which slide players inspire you the most?

IanSavage

I'm going to have to play all of these videos later, sounds pretty inspiring stuff

And as the forum fanboi I'm obliged to throw Ian Siegal into the mix:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMUyGChRWKY

kin

Bob Brozman, i was going to link to a utube video called live in Luton but it has been made private. It is stunning if you can get to hear it.

RocknRollDave

Chappie who played with Black Crowes on their Warpaint Live DVD..Luther Dickinson? Very tasty slide player. Very tasty non-slide player too, the bastid.

Derek Trucks takes it to a ridiculous level, just inhumanly talented. I can't listen to his raga-infused licks for too long, though, it's just not my thing, but technically? Wow. Just..wow.

Sounds_Great_Music

Iv always been a big RL Burnside fan i like his style its really off the cuff

Sounds_Great_Music

And of course you have Rory!

SRich

+1 for RyCooder.......he's a consummate professional slide player

Honourable mention to David Lindley (especially his work with Jackson Bowne on "Late for the Sky") and Bonnie Raitt

But for slide in the groove.....Lowell George. 

SRich

not_the_dj said:

Great thread. How about Kelly Joe Phelps.

Hmmmm....I tried real hard to like Kelly Jo Phelps but I found him a little "whiddly whiddly" if you know what I mean..........IMHO of course. 

EricTheWeary

RocknRollDave said:

Chappie who played with Black Crowes on their Warpaint Live DVD..Luther Dickinson? Very tasty slide player. Very tasty non-slide player too, the bastid.

Derek Trucks takes it to a ridiculous level, just inhumanly talented. I can't listen to his raga-infused licks for too long, though, it's just not my thing, but technically? Wow. Just..wow.

Oh, Luther's earlier work in the North Mississipi Allstars is worth checking out. Amazing band.

Fusionista

No-one mentioned Roy Rogers yet ? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ3dYewtRMA

Cirrus

thumpingrug

When i was much younger i got dragged along to a Chris Rea gig and was blown away by the amount and expressiveness of his slide playing.  His later Bluesier albums have focused a lot on slide.  

hubobulous

@thumpingrug - I like older Chris Rea, but found the RTH album a bit bland. Which of his later albums would you recommend?

thumpingrug

@hubollous  blue guitars  an 11 CD box set recorded in 12 months.  One album per month, different blues style per album.  The most recent Spirito Santo Blues, is pretty good.

hubobulous

Cheers - I'll check that out

samldr1984

I'll second Robbie Mcintosh. Superb slide player and guitar player.

Clarky

Ry Cooder

Steve Howe

and our own Lewy...

ICBM

Almost forgot to mention (iTunes shuffle reminded me)…

Charlie Burchill

english_bob

Gassage said:

This has been doing my head in- Vince Gill's slide player...I couldn't recal his name...but he's bloody amazing.

Jerry Douglas.

Yep. He's *the* Dobro guy in Nashville. Turns up on all kinds of stuff as a session player and is a full-time member of Alison Krauss's band.

stimpsonslostson

Duane Allman, Kelly Joe Phelps... Jack White, technically not a great player, but I always think slide is about feel. Not a "slide guitar" player per se, but Robert Randolph is incredible on lap steel.

wayneirie

Mississippi Fred McDowell. So funky and almost impossible to emulate.