Favorite guitar player,keyboard,drummer

[Mike in Chicago]

I know this is a bass blog but...

Guitar, hands down...Terry Kath
Keys? Keith Emerson
Drums...Phil Collins pre sellout days

[tangentmusic]

Guitar - Steve Howe

Keyboards - Rick Wakeman

Drummer - Neil Peart

[bassplayer8953]

Guitar: Ritchie Blackmore

Keys: Jon Lord

Drums: tossup between Ian Paice and Cozy Powell

[India_Sierra]

Guitars - Shawn Lane

Keys - Vince Clarke or Martin Gore

Drummer - Neil Peart

[pacojas]

Guitar - Return

Keys - To

Drums - Forever

[Foamy]

Originally Posted by pacojas

Guitar - Return

Keys - To

Drums - Forever

Very nice, and agreed.

A touch more contemporary:
Guitar: Eddie Van Halen
Drums: Peart
KB (*Piano): Elton John

[MRDOOM]

Guitar- David Gilmour
Keys- M.W Gacy
Drums- John Dolmayan

[sunnycal]

If we were talking about jazz or blues then possibly someone else but when it comes to rock! Well, in my opinion it's:

Jimmy Page on guitar

and

John Bonham on drums

John Paul Jones (if you had asked)

[ducknturtle]

I don't see why this should be limited to just rock so...

Guitar: Charlie Christian

Keys: Phineas Newborn Jr.

Drums: Art Blakey

[scott123]

Guitar: Eric Johnson, Alex Lifeson
Keys: Billy Joel, Diana Krall, Dennis DeYoung. (weak keyboard list, i know)
Drums: Danny Carey, Mike Portnoy, Chad Smith

[jgroh]

Guitar: Alex Lifeson
Drums: Neil Peart
Keys: Geddy Lee

Ok, Im a phanboi

[fjadams]

Guitar: Brian Setzer
Drum: Charlie Watts
Keyboard: Rick Wakeman

But could just as easily said;

Guitar: John Cipollina
Drum: Jamie Oldaker
Keyboard: Lee Michaels

and dozens of other combos.

[BassPlayer900]

Guitar: Alex Lifeson

Keys: It's a tie between John Paul Jones and Geddy Lee

Drummer: Neil Peart

[notlob]

guitar - john frusciante and frank zappa

drums- josh klinghoffer, tony allen, elvin jones, anybody in zappa's bands over the years

keys - mccoy tyner, tommy mars

[Tanner5382]

Guitar: Joe Walsh

Keys: This is a bit harder. Jon Lord is probably number one.

Drums: Keith Moon, Jimmy Fox (James Gang)

[Journey55]

Guitar - Carlos Santana
Keys - Jordan Rudess
Drums - John Bonham

[Adam Barkley]

Dylan Carson, Elton John, JP Gaster

I'd buy that album 5 times.

[India_Sierra]

Originally Posted by jgroh

Guitar: Alex Lifeson
Drums: Neil Peart
Keys: Geddy Lee

Ok, Im a phanboi

I gave Alex serious consideration too as my guitarist of choice. Thats the thing with Rush...they're bloody great!

[Roscoe East]

Similar to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, as soon as I write down my favorites they've changed. So by the time you read this someone else's names should be inferred. But for this nanosecond they're:

Guitar - Bill Frisell
Keyboards - Barry Miles
Drums - Gavin Harrison

[BassBob1]

Guitarist: Derek Trucks
Keyboards: Close call between Kofi Burbridge and Danny Louis
Drums: This is probably the hardest one for me to pick, It's close between, Yonrico Scott, Jeff Sipe, Kris Myers & Adam Deitch.