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One of the greatest guitarists on the planet but still goes totally unheralded when people start talking "Guitar Gods"...

 

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Brian May on Nuno's guitar playing..

 

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[Markthirtytwo2]

One of my favourites from them

 

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One of my favourites from them

Huge fan of this one

 

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[Markthirtytwo2]

I suppose most of you would have come across videos like "best of................. in the world" e.g. best rock drummer, 10 ten soul songs, etc. and 99% of the time they come from the northern hemisphere.

And when it comes to guitarists, of course everyone has their own opinions and genre that they prefer.

Let me tell you about one of the best guitarists that ever played that instrument and he came from dear little old Adelaide, South Australia.

His name was Kevin Peek and I'd say the majority of you would say WHO?

He was in a group called Sky, but because their music was not everyones cup of tea, he wouldn't be on any best of, or greatest of lists. But that was just one of the styles he played. He played blues, heavy rock, classical, jazz, Spanish, you name it, he played it.

He could make the guitar talk and like the best of 'em, the instrument became an extension of him. He was ahead of his time.

Do yourself a favour and look him up and give him a listen. This guy would be in most people's top four or five if he'd been famous, and I'd hazard a guess there would be hundreds around the world like that, that due to not being in a popular band or being a popular artist, they go unheralded.

Here's one of his tracks:

 

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[Damp Squarie]

Country...I was a soldier to you
I did what you asked me to
It was wrong and you knew

These lyrics sum up Vietnam War in particular but the Gulf Wars as well.

 

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You'd go a long way to hear better blues guitar than Peter Green before the drugs got hold of him.

 

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Markthirtytwo2 Here you go your man Joe Bonamassa with my all time favourite singer/songwriter John Hiatt and then with my favourire all time "Rock" singer Paul Rodgers

 

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And one for the socceroos

The table moves are extraordinary!

 

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Guitar god Jeff Beck and his band tearing up the old classic Troggs song "Wild Thing"..