There are many , but Terry Kath of Chicago, Chicago Transit Authority, was one hell of a guitarist . They made a lot o syrupy songs, but they could rock and he was kick ass . If I knew how to post one, I’d put up a clip of “ I’m a Man “ great stuff and super tight group
The first 7 Chicago albums were loaded with amazing guitar music from Terry Kath. He was an amazing songwriter and performer. He didn't have the formal music training that the horns and keyboard guys but he wrote "introduction", the first song on their first album. He had the other guys write the music so they could record it. It was also a one take recording for the album. Chicago as a band was highly underrated but they lost me after Terry Kath died. The music lost it's soul.
Exactly. Never the same after that . I wish I had taken up playing when I was young, but I have a real appreciation of all kinds of picking. My dad usually played us a few tunes on his 6 string at bed time, I can still hear him play froggy went a courtin’ Or wildwood flower , my older brothers both played and my oldest son plays well. Singed him up for lessons at 13 as soon as he expressed an interest. I found out what girls were for at an early age and that took up too much time to learn it . My brothers were 6 and 7 years older than me and they usually stacked the old console record player with Zepplen albums and that’s how I went to sleep from 10 years old on.
My FIL loved to pick and sing. He was all ear taught but could mimic Chet Akins. He loved tp play and sing old tunes like "Poor Boy" and "Poor Little Robin" and "Family Man" It was really sad when the Parkinsons started taking his playing away. If your son stayed with the guitar he would have pulled the girls he wouldn't have had to work very hard with the girls.
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the most under-rated guitarist to me is ZZ Top`s Billy Gibb`s ,he should be rated much higher ,he even played with Hendrix. the greatest 3 person band there ever has or is been !
Terry Kath was the first name came to my mind. There are so many good/great pickers out there, past and present, it's really tough to even think about a "best". "Underrated" is an appropriate moniker for most.
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A lot of the folks mentioned would be anything but underrated by this guitar music fan.
Now, Donald Kinsey might fit that description. If you'd not like to listen to the whole song, his licks really start about the 2:08 mark, and again at 4:44 or so.
With Bob and the Wailers, his solo starts about 2:30 in:
He and Brothers had a band for a bit too:
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What surprises me are all the young high school age kids that can play as good or better than the average leads on groups that had hits when I was a kid. The internet and you tube took a lot of the learning curve out. My son used to sit for hours and play along with a video series that Warren Haynes put out. Haynes is no slouch either
Yep. Along with Joe Walsh whom together played one of the best dueling guitar rifts ever on “Hotel California”
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the most under-rated guitarist to me is ZZ Top`s Billy Gibb`s ,he should be rated much higher ,he even played with Hendrix. the greatest 3 person band there ever has or is been !
Yep. That “little ole band from Texas”
Not many three piece bands around that can put out that kind of sound.
They make The Rolling Stones look like rank fuggin amateurs IMO.
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