Best female rock guitarist

BillB

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Mar 13, 2019, 6:08:11 PM3/13/19

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I have a ringer entry I'm holding back, but my benchmark entry will be....Nancy Wilson.

This is from 1977. It's a little rough because she's improvising a lot of it, but when she goes into that intro stumming part at 2:30...chills:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVcl0Iw3fs8

Dutch

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Mar 13, 2019, 6:31:10 PM3/13/19

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On stage she punctuates that transition with a jumping splits move which
makes it all the more dramatic. And it didn't hurt that she was smokin'
hot. Yeah, that has always been one of my favourite moments in rock.

On a slightly different topic, check out these two young girl
guitarists covering some great rock anthems.

Chloe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4bdKXdGHmM

Ayla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yJNijVVgYA

BillB

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Mar 13, 2019, 7:15:49 PM3/13/19

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On Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 3:31:10 PM UTC-7, Dutch wrote:
> On 2019-03-13 3:08 p.m., BillB wrote:
> >
> > I have a ringer entry I'm holding back, but my benchmark entry will be....Nancy Wilson.
> >
> > This is from 1977. It's a little rough because she's improvising a lot of it, but when she goes into that intro stumming part at 2:30...chills:
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVcl0Iw3fs8
> >
>
> On stage she punctuates that transition with a jumping splits move which
> makes it all the more dramatic. And it didn't hurt that she was smokin'
> hot. Yeah, that has always been one of my favourite moments in rock.

I had never seen it before yesterday. I've never been a fan of the band, but I just happened on it, and I was mesmerized. Naturally, I had to validate my opinion by checking if Nancy Wilson appeared on any of "the lists," and sure enough she was right up there.

I've been working on that strumming pattern all day. lol It's not as easy as it looks. I mastered the little riff yesterday. Good song.

> On a slightly different topic, check out these two young girl
> guitarists covering some great rock anthems.
>
> Chloe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4bdKXdGHmM
>
> Ayla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yJNijVVgYA

I'll check them out in a bit. Ya, there are A LOT of amazing young guitarists out there these days. My ringer is one of them. I think she might be the best female guitarist in the world.

popinjay

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Mar 13, 2019, 7:43:14 PM3/13/19

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On Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 4:15:49 PM UTC-7, BillB wrote:

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> I'll check them out in a bit. Ya, there are A LOT of amazing young guitarists out there these days. My ringer is one of them. I think she might be the best female guitarist in the world.

What's wrong? Don't you like any black musicians?

BillB

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Mar 13, 2019, 8:33:20 PM3/13/19

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The truth is I like anyone who can play guitar. They don't even have to be all that good. Skin color is not a factor for me. It would be rather silly if it was, wouldn't it?

Here's a great black female guitarist nobody's ever heard of:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vB90nyEfQ8

popinjay

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Mar 13, 2019, 10:38:03 PM3/13/19

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On Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 5:33:20 PM UTC-7, BillB wrote:

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> Here's a great black female guitarist nobody's ever heard of:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vB90nyEfQ8

And neither had you until you went looking for a youtube video to post. What a bullshitter.

Clave

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Mar 13, 2019, 11:35:22 PM3/13/19

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Coming from someone who looks for reasons to whine, this isn't even a
good one.

BillB

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Mar 14, 2019, 1:45:41 AM3/14/19

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On Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 3:08:11 PM UTC-7, BillB wrote:
> I have a ringer entry I'm holding back, but my benchmark entry will be....Nancy Wilson.
>

I'm going to up the ante a bit. One of the best female rock guitarists covering one of the best male rock guitarists:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK6tcgsKgps

Mad skills.

Clave

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Mar 14, 2019, 2:06:04 AM3/14/19

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Have you seen Jeff Beck's bassist, Tal Wilkenfield?

I think she was like 20 when this was recorded

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blp7hPFaIfU

Seriously, check this girl out.

BillB

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Mar 14, 2019, 3:01:10 AM3/14/19

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Ya, she's amazing. I have seen her play before. Playing onstage with Jeff Beck and the Allman Brothers at 19 is incredible. But to be honest, I'm just more of a guitar guy. Always have been.

Clave

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Mar 14, 2019, 4:00:00 AM3/14/19

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She gots mean guitar chops too, but that's fair.

popinjay

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Mar 14, 2019, 5:19:30 AM3/14/19

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You two sound like a couple of high school girls. Ugly high school girls.

Clave

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Mar 14, 2019, 5:24:44 AM3/14/19

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You really hate women. Did you ever meet your mother?

popinjay

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Mar 14, 2019, 5:28:01 AM3/14/19

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On Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 2:24:44 AM UTC-7, Clave wrote:

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> You really hate women. Did you ever meet your mother?

I met your mother.

Clave

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Mar 14, 2019, 5:41:40 AM3/14/19

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Too easy.

Christ, what an asshole.

You hate talented women.

risky biz

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Mar 14, 2019, 6:16:25 AM3/14/19

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Imagine if she had a good guitar.

BillB

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Mar 14, 2019, 8:18:52 AM3/14/19

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That's the first thing I noticed. Looks like one of those kids' guitars you'd find in a thrift store here for $30, except all worn out. Quite amazing.

BillB

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Mar 14, 2019, 8:20:20 AM3/14/19

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How so?

You sound like a bitter old man who couldn't tune a guitar if his life depended on it.

popinjay

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Mar 14, 2019, 8:34:18 AM3/14/19

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Your mother was talented.

VegasJerry

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Mar 14, 2019, 9:59:00 AM3/14/19

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On Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 4:43:14 PM UTC-7, popinjay wrote:

Yea; I'm still wondering why they keep dividing up for "The Best."
Can't there just be, what a person would consider, 'the best?'
Why carve it up?

Best Black whatever.
Best Black female whatever.
Best Transgender Black whatever.

Then:
Best over 50% Black whatever.

???

BTSinAustin

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Mar 14, 2019, 10:50:45 AM3/14/19

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Too lazy to look it up but David Letterman's band had that black woman that rocked the guitar.

Bradley K. Sherman

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Mar 14, 2019, 10:58:30 AM3/14/19

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Not rock, but Charo, 1977:
<https://youtu.be/yMcdFV1kNv4>

--bks

BillB

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Mar 14, 2019, 1:27:49 PM3/14/19

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Funny you should mention that, because when I was checking my "best female guitarist lists" the other day I kept seeing Charo on there. Apparently Guitar Player magazine named her the best Flamenco guitarist on a few occasions. I didn't even know she played guitar!

I remember her from when I was a young boy. She used to come out on various variety shows like Merv Griffin and Laugh-in and act like a braindead foreign sex symbol, shake her hips and say "coochi coochi" a lot. I don't even remember her playing guitar at all. She was more like a prop. Meanwhile, the woman was one of the best guitarists around and could speak ten languages. Just goes to show how we used to marginalize people from other cultures in the bad old days.

BillB

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Mar 14, 2019, 1:32:33 PM3/14/19

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On Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 7:50:45 AM UTC-7, BTSinAustin wrote:

> Too lazy to look it up but David Letterman's band had that black woman that >rocked the guitar.

Felicia Collins

BillB

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Mar 14, 2019, 1:40:51 PM3/14/19

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And really, there is no "best". It's art. I think the best we can do is differentiate between good and great, but even that's just an uninformed opinion half the time. If it were just a matter of who can play scales the fastest and the cleanest, then maybe we could come up with a "best", but there's a lot more to it than technical skill.

Remember when Vanek was saying Mark Knopfler was "soulless" and average at best? LOL! I miss that fucking idiot.

Clave

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Mar 14, 2019, 2:54:07 PM3/14/19

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My mom had no problem popping out talented, intelligent children when
she chose to.

Exactly the type of woman you hate.

drwhod...@gmail.com

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Mar 14, 2019, 2:54:43 PM3/14/19

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I saw Sonny Landreth a couple of weeks ago and he did a little of that weird over the neck fingering also. Rock guitar is a real sausage fest and I'm not really qualified to make "best" distinctions. Most of the women I follow I appreciate more as singer song writers than guitarists. Bonnie Raitt, maybe? I don't know.

C

BillB

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Mar 14, 2019, 4:10:02 PM3/14/19

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I probably never would have thought of Bonnie Raitt (I have so much to learn), but yesterday I was reading an interview with Orianthi, and she named Bonnie Raitt and Jennifer Batten as her greats. Good call.

Dutch

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Mar 14, 2019, 4:12:37 PM3/14/19

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Colbert's band "Stay Human" has a female guitarist.

Will in New Haven

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Mar 14, 2019, 4:19:21 PM3/14/19

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She's incredible. I've also seen her play guitar, pretty well, and sing, pretty well, but she's one of the best bassists around.

--
Will in Deerfield Beach
“There are no words to express the abyss between isolation and having one ally. It may be conceded to the mathematician that four is twice two. But two is not twice one; two is two thousand times one.”
G.K. Chesterton

Will in New Haven

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Mar 14, 2019, 4:22:31 PM3/14/19

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On Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 6:08:11 PM UTC-4, BillB wrote:
> I have a ringer entry I'm holding back, but my benchmark entry will be....Nancy Wilson.
>

> This is from 1977. It's a little rough because she's improvising a lot of it, but when she goes into that intro stumming part at 2:30...chills:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVcl0Iw3fs8

Good choice. When they cover Led Zep, she holds her own and that is tough, given the competition, and her sister obliterates Robert Plant.

Will in New Haven

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Mar 14, 2019, 4:27:14 PM3/14/19

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Bonnie is usually thought of as more of a blues guitarist than a rock guitarist but there is no doubt she can play.

--
Will in New Haven

popinjay

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Mar 14, 2019, 4:56:22 PM3/14/19

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On Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 1:22:31 PM UTC-7, Will in New Haven wrote:

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> Good choice. When they cover Led Zep, she holds her own and that is tough, given the competition, and her sister obliterates Robert Plant.
>

Nice to see you post. Although you may not return the sentiment, I'm glad you're not dead. Fatso.

popinjay

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Mar 14, 2019, 5:01:39 PM3/14/19

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On Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 11:06:04 PM UTC-7, Clave wrote:

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> Seriously, check this girl out.

I did. She's not wearing a bra.

Clave

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Mar 14, 2019, 5:32:20 PM3/14/19

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As if you have a chance.

Clave

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Mar 14, 2019, 5:41:21 PM3/14/19

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It also occurs to me that you probably need one a whole lot more than
she does.

Will in New Haven

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Mar 15, 2019, 7:33:46 PM3/15/19

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Well, I _do_ return the sentiment, asshole. You have redeeming qualities. I'll think of one in awhile.

--
Will in Deerfield Beach

https://sites.google.com/site/grreference/

popinjay

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Mar 15, 2019, 8:31:31 PM3/15/19

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Thankyou, old buddy. Coming from you that's a compliment. I miss you around here. Good health to you.

BillB

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Mar 16, 2019, 2:03:59 AM3/16/19

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Here's my ringer Will, let me know what you think. Tina Setkic, better known on youtube as Tina S, is a 19-year-old French guitarist. She hasn't put out a new video in two years, but this is her at age 17:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6rBK0BqL2w

If you're so inclined, she has a bunch of rock solos posted as well. She makes me want to burn by guitars for firewood.

BTSinAustin

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Mar 21, 2019, 2:34:27 PM3/21/19

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On Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 12:40:51 PM UTC-5, BillB wrote:

> Remember when Vanek was saying Mark Knopfler was "soulless" and average at best? LOL! I miss that fucking idiot.

OMG, I missed that one. What a moron

drwhod...@gmail.com

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Mar 27, 2019, 9:13:41 AM3/27/19

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On Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 5:08:11 PM UTC-5, BillB wrote:
> I have a ringer entry I'm holding back, but my benchmark entry will be....Nancy Wilson.
>
> This is from 1977. It's a little rough because she's improvising a lot of it, but when she goes into that intro stumming part at 2:30...chills:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVcl0Iw3fs8

Saw Rodrigo y Gabriela on kimmel last night. I should be shot for not remembering her and giving her a mention. I don't know if you would call what they do rock, but they definitely rock.

C

BillB

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Mar 27, 2019, 10:25:38 AM3/27/19

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On Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 1:22:31 PM UTC-7, Will in New Haven wrote:

> Good choice. When they cover Led Zep, she holds her own and that is tough, given the competition, and her sister obliterates Robert Plant.
>

I watched the video of them doing Stairway to Heaven at the Kennedy Center, with Led Zep in the audience. What a treat. Great rendition of the song and I got a real kick out of watching Jimmy Page's reaction. He absolutely loved it, especially the guitar solo and the choir.

BillB

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Mar 27, 2019, 10:26:53 AM3/27/19

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Thanks for the tip. I am not familiar with them. I'll check them out.

BillB

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Mar 27, 2019, 11:05:31 AM3/27/19

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Here it is:

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

fffurken

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Mar 27, 2019, 12:21:59 PM3/27/19

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On Thursday, 14 March 2019 02:38:03 UTC, popinjay wrote:

> > Here's a great black female guitarist nobody's ever heard of:
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vB90nyEfQ8
>
>

> And neither had you until you went looking for a youtube video to post. What a bullshitter.

Baha..and it's a load of shite.

As bad as 'his' taste in music is, I guaranfuckingtee you 'Billb' does not have that on in the car on the way to court.

popinjay

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Mar 27, 2019, 12:28:47 PM3/27/19

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On Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at 9:21:59 AM UTC-7, fffurken wrote:

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> Baha..and it's a load of shite.
>
> As bad as 'his' taste in music is, I guaranfuckingtee you 'Billb' does not have that on in the car on the way to court.

The only time he drives to court is when he's the defendant.

drwhod...@gmail.com

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Mar 27, 2019, 3:33:21 PM3/27/19

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If you're a guitar nut you've probably heard them if not of them. They've been around a while and their sound is unique. I have had their self titled cd and 11:11 for years. 2 acoustics playing together producing a full powerful but intricate sound. Gaby is the bees knees.

C

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Mar 27, 2019, 3:38:16 PM3/27/19

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qf-DAIvcxE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27kKqwIfMC4