Best David Bowie Guitarist

Slicking in the Seventies

Oil Slick

Down With the Slickness

Ugh...I Think I'm Gonna Be Slick

^^^winner

The Earl of Slick

Touch Me I'm Slick

This has to be ALOMAR!

Alomar, aside from being a wonderful guitarist and, from the sounds of it, a down-to-earth guy also has a wonderful surname which sounds like some kind of battle cry when shouted at loud volumes... ALOMAAAAAAAAAAR! You could shout it when chopping down trees as a replacement for the well-worn "TIMBEEEEEEER!", or even when you've teed off that seriously hot drive on the golf course... *sound of golf club hitting ball* "ALOMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!"

Like, um, Remember The Alomar?

https://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mabdrqcdMo1qa2sgk.jpg

If this is the direction this thread is going, take a look at some of the names up there... we could be here until (Keith) Christmas.

No G.E. Smith?

Loved him on the Scary Monsters era stuff.

He nails Ronson's Life On Mars solo here on Carson (~2m25s):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkefglL9c4c

... but yeah that is a pretty amazing Ashes to Ashes too, he & Carlos have great interplay.

If this is the direction this thread is going, take a look at some of the names up there... we could be here until (Keith) Christmas.

― Michael Jones, Monday, February 1, 2016 11:00 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I'd like to propose "Tony Viscunti", which is what you'd get if you crossed the world famous producer of several David Bowie records with mattresslessness.

or "Dave Grohl" bc you are the Dave Grohl of ilx

No G.E. Smith?

I couldn't find any info verifying that he played on any albums. I was under the impression he just toured with Bowie.

or "Dave Grohl" bc you are the Dave Grohl of ilx

― Toof Seteltha (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, February 1, 2016 11:14 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah, I'll accept that!

Fripp, for what could be the greatest guitar riff in history. It's certainly in the conversation.

I couldn't find any info verifying that he played on any albums

isn't that him on Dancing in the Streets?

Robert Fripp in a way was a specialist on Bowie records. He was brought in to be Fripp and while that worked genius on Heroes, it might not have worked on other tracks. Fripp did similar appearances with Peter Gabriel too.

For me, Scary Monsters is basically a Robert Fripp album with some guy on vocals.

part 4 of the M.O.R. trilogy

What else did Stacey Haydon play on? I only know him from the Nassau Coliseum '76 show (where he's hilariously introduced by Bowie as, "a Canadian, but a guitarist nonetheless").

Page Hamilton??

xp

I don't know, but he's on LinkedIn!

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacyheydon

Says he recorded and toured with Bowie between 1975 and 1980, but no singles or albums mentioned.

Alomar in the Five Years saying he was kinda weirded out by the Happy Confident Bowie of the 80s is classic.

So is his guitar playing.

In the Five Years doc, that is.

I don't know, but he's on LinkedIn!

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacyheydon

Says he recorded and toured with Bowie between 1975 and 1980, but no singles or albums mentioned.

― Darin, Monday, February 1, 2016 7:23 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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yeah...um...might wanna put Bowie first there.

If we did this for bass, would vote for George Murray.

Sund4r, this Saturday your man Prasanna will be doing a Bowie tribute.

Hell yeah, re: Murray

Alomar, Murray and Davis were a heckuva band.
Writing must've been fun, knowing you had that machine behind you.

Ha, you weren't joking, James Redd!

Perhaps I will attend and engage him in a discussion about that first "Starman" chord.

Pedantic, but Fripp was more than just a sci-fi specialist cameo with Gabriel. He toured with him and produced/played on his second record. With Bowie, it always seemed like he literally just sat down and ripped out a few solos over the course of a day and then left.

so, clearly it will be an Alomar/Ronson fight (with Fripp third on the podium).
and it seems Carlos will make it to the top !

Perhaps I will attend and engage him in a discussion about that first "Starman" chord.

isn't it Bb/A ?

Heydon's brief time with Bowie was amazing, at least from what can be heard from the Isolar bootlegs. The "Panic in detroit" version from that tour is probably my favorite. I'd totally go for him but he didn't contribute to any of the studio albums, though.

The sensible choice would be Alomar.

so, clearly it will be an Alomar/Ronson fight (with Fripp third on the podium).
and it seems Carlos will make it to the top !

_Perhaps I will attend and engage him in a discussion about that first "Starman" chord._

isn't it Bb/A ?
--AlXTC from Paris

I think that chord is when you make the F chord unbarred, then slide it up to to give it a B flat with the high E string ringing out. That's what I've been playing for years and it sounds right.

George Murray appears to have vanished from the face of the earth.

Almost a 3-way tie between Ronson, Alomar, and Fripp, but Alomar gets it for longevity and consistency, and for being vaguely rude about Brian Eno.

I suspect Eno would say the same thing actually.

Pedantic, but Fripp was more than just a sci-fi specialist cameo with Gabriel. He toured with him and produced/played on his second record. With Bowie, it always seemed like he literally just sat down and ripped out a few solos over the course of a day and then left.

OK so I'm the sole vote for Reeves?

If that is how Fripp worked on Bowie's records then that just makes it all the more impressive to me.

I couldn't believe the guitar playing on "Scary Monsters". At age 13 or whatever, it sounded like the most malevolent, demented thing ever

Absolutely the high water mark for Fripp's playing, and that's saying a LOT.

I was gonna say, his playing on Scary Monsters is as good as anything he's done in his entire career, Crim included.
One of these times I'm going to need to rank the top 10 Fripp performances...

Voted for Carlos but having second thoughts, was listening to Ronno this morning, need to listen to Scary Monsters properly.

What the...? Options are screwy on Zing, don't match when clicked through.

Fripp high water mark is Eno's "St. Elmo's Fire."

which are the worst albums? tin machine ii?

I thought I'd give the Tin Machine albums a proper go because revisionism is fun but, boringly, I hated them. Even the alleged highlights are pretty rotten.

I understand that live Tim Machine album is particularly bad although I've never sat through any of them. I need a decent "best of" mix spanning from "Tonight" to "Reality".

I've made a Spotify playlist from Tonight to Blackstar.

http://open.spotify.com/user/dorianlynskey/playlist/1B8GjBVqemjDbJQuFqM6Yv

Interesting. Thanks!

I've made a Spotify playlist from Tonight to Blackstar.

http://open.spotify.com/user/dorianlynskey/playlist/1B8GjBVqemjDbJQuFqM6Yv

― impossible raver (Re-Make/Re-Model), Friday, February 19, 2016 4:13 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Awesome! Thanks!!