Fender has a list of Top 10 Unsung Guitarists. Not everyone can be Eric Clapton and be
lionized from (what seems) birth. Or
Steve Cropper and get noticed for being the perfect sideman for like a zillion acts. So this is a cool list.
Which is: Doyle Bramhall II, Tyler Bryant, Jim
Campilongo, Bill Frisell, Greg Koch, Michael Landau, Buddy Miller, Paul Pigat,
Pillip Sayce, Alex Scally.
Can’t say I have heard of all
of them, which I guess is the point. But
the write-ups sure prove these are accomplished guys.
Not sure where you would
cross the line from “unsung” to “not sung enough” but I might nominate Joe
Bonamassa, Buddy Whittington and Coco Montoya.
All masters who coulda/shoulda been bigger.
So what separates these guys
from the Claptons, Becks, Pages and SRV’s of the world? Singing?
Songwriting? The right band? Management?
Fashion sense? Luck?
We’ll never know, of course,
or else we’d all go out there and be superstars.
Anyway, play on, dudes. Your sun may yet shine brighter.
p.s. – I was just kidding
about the fashion sense. I think.
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