List yours. Mine is still a work in progress. I know Hendrix and Mayer belong. Yes, Mayer, that guy know matter how gay you think he is, is a genius with a guitar.
I guarantee you the real list would be five people we've never heard of. Here is my list: Danny Gatton Monte Montgomery Christopher Parkening Joe Pass Tuck Andress
[video=youtube;icdnKydffZQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icdnKydffZQ[/video] rock on bro! [video=youtube;CMcjXo8ZuqE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMcjXo8ZuqE[/video]
Yeah, there is a lot of great guitarists that we've never heard of, I was thinking the same thing. Okay, to make it easier we'll do mainstream music.
Jimi Hendrix Johnny Marr [The Smiths] Roger McGuinn [The Byrds] Slash Kevin Shields [My Bloody Valentine] I included the bands (that they're most famous for being a member of) for the guitarists who may be less well-known.
The sad thing is, I was trying to actually post guitarists people may have heard of... I probably shouldn't participate in this thread.
If you're going Jangle-Pop, the best guitarist of that genre is Roddy Frame of Aztec Camera. He's a brilliant guitarist.
Slash is on my honorable mention: [video=youtube;dW0c3F1KhcM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW0c3F1KhcM[/video]
Not explicitly Britpop. I don't really consider MBV or the Smiths to be "Britpop" (though, it's a pretty vague genre as it is). I think Shields was a genius for the layered, walls of guitars he created and Marr had the chiming guitars down perfectly. But Aztec Camera was great, no question.
Obviously this is a very different style of guitar, but man John Williams is talented [video=youtube;oPfZVflJdp0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPfZVflJdp0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPfZVflJdp0[/video]
Jim Heath of the Rev. Horton Heat [video=youtube;qn4lJqbv7So]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn4lJqbv7So[/video] Dick Dale [video=youtube;9UmmbF1Zyvk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UmmbF1Zyvk&feature=related[/video]