Guitar Wars

Blog-Bud Dan laid down a challenge concerning guitar greats...and Andy picked it up.  Since I generally read my blogroll in alphabetical order I didn't realize Dan's challenge was all-encompassing --  I thought the challenge was limited to great bluegrass pickers (and grinners).  But it's NOT.

So... just off the top o' my head... here are a couple from Leo Kottke, one of my all-time favorite guitarists.

Another:

I've seen Kottke play four or five times... always in small venues, which is to say clubs and college auditoriums where the maximum audience was perhaps 300 souls.  The guy is the most self-effacing talent I've EVER seen and his stage patter is wry to the point of being bizarre.  Or it used to be.  It's been ten years since I've seen him.

I'll noodle on this subject a lil bit longer.  Coz my B and C ranks of heroes are chock-full of great guitarists.