Favourite Singer & Instrumentalist Other Than Bass

Guitarist (not in any order):

Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein
Johnny Ramone
Jimi Hendrix
Randy Rhoads
Izzy Stradlin
Slash
(sorry, it's not 5 but I couldn't leave anyone out lol)

Drummer (again, not in order):

Steven Adler
Tommy Ramone
John Bonham
Tre Cool
Mitch Mitchell
Tommy Lee
(same deal here )

Singer (not in order):

Sebastian Bach
Joey Ramone
Axl Rose
Mick Jagger
Steven Tyler
(there's a lot more)

 

I have always liked Joe Satriani. His modes just stick with me.
I also like Keith Richards & Pete Townsend for various musical reasons.

I have always loved Bill Bruford's drums & tone as with Phil Collins' early Genesis years, and Charlie Watts.

Getting into newer Country Music has revealed a lot of fine playing by numerous studio cats that are keeping my ears busy during otherwise simple Hick-Rock, Hick-Pop songs.

Blake Shelton's Who Are You When I'm Not Lookin' is I think, a terrific country song: as is; Be Cool If You Did: Both have nice bass lines too.

 

Obviously I could go and list musicians for days, but apart form the obvious ones...

I've been going through a phase of listening to John Frusciante. He's Jesus with the voice of an angel and an amazing musician too. All his solo work, his work with RHCP, Ataxia, The Mars Volta, it's all amazing.

Also there's this guy

 

I would have moved Hendrix up quite a bit, and made a few other changes. But you have made some great selections. Not too different than what I would have done.

 

All lists in alphabetical order by last name:

5 Favorite guitarists at this exact point in time (all lists could change later):

Jeff Beck
Glenn Kaiser
Phil Keaggy
Albert King
Christopher Parkening

(And lots of runners up--these are favorite to listen to--but others may have been a bigger influence on my playing)

Drummer:
Tommy Aldridge
Ed Bialach
John Bonham
Jonathan Mover
Ian Paice

Singer:
Robert Plant
Mahalia Jackson
Ian Gillan
Buddy Guy
Sister Rosetta Tharpe

 

I would rate him above Gilmour and Page. My favorite guitarists are George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Jimi Hendrix. Of course, I like all the others, too, that are on the list.

 

Guitar:

Steve Howe
Alex Lifeson
Tony Iommi
Buck Dharma
Ritchie Blackmore

Drums:

Neil Peart
Bonzo
Bill Ward
Bill Bruford
Carl Palmer

Keyboards:

Rick Wakeman
Jon Lord
Keith Emerson
Richard Wright
Ken Hensley

Singer:

Robert Plant
Freddie Mercury
Jon Anderson
Ian Gillan
Ozzy

 

Jon Anderson


Rachmanninof

Louis Jordan


Bill Bruford


Gatemouth Brown

 

Vox: Freddie Mercury
Guitar: Steve Vai

 

Guitar - Jimi Hendrix
Drums - Neil Peart
Vocals - Frank Sinatra
nuff said.

 

Ginger Baker
Jim James
Redd Volkaert

 

Guitar
Gary Moore (pre-blues)
Michael Schenker
Ritchie Blackmore
Steve Howe
Brian Robertson/Scott Gorham

Keyboards
Keith Emerson
Jon Lord
Don Airey
Rick Wakeman
Mark Kelly

Vocals
Ronnie Dio
Udo Dirkschneider
Phil Lynott
Suzanne Vega
Ian Gillan

Drums
Cozy Powell
Ian Paice
Brian Downey
Mike Portnoy
Carl Palmer

 

Are we doing a top say 5 of each?

Favorite guitarist?
#1. Alex Lifeson.
#2. Eric Clapton.
#3. John Petrucci
#4. David Gilmour
#5. Eddie Van Halen

Vocals?
#1. Geoff Tate. Although I understand he is a bit of a primadonna, I love his vocals...
#2. Ronnie James Dio.
#3. Amy Lee
#4. Jello Biafra
#5. Pat Benetar

Drums?
#1. Neal Peart
#2.

Okay not many drummers names come to mind...