I will happily put Roy Clark up against anybody, in any genre. Please enjoy this little clip from a 70s "Odd Couple" episode. It's more of a guitar tour de force than a solo.

Roy Clark Guitar Wizard

Chet Atkins doesn't get excited like Roy Clark does, and his renditions are a bit more ordered. Comparing his facial expressions to Clark's, you'd almost wonder if Atkins is half asleep... But he's not.

Witness a master:

Chet Atkins

For those of you who like jazz, I offer Russ Freeman, front man for the Rippingtons. The clip is kinda old, but I saw them in Columbus just a few years back, and he's just as sharp as this video shows. This is a band that has its feces assembled! Wait for it... wait for it.....

Rippingtons Dream of the Sirens Jacksonville Jazz XII 1992

Jazz guitarists, not being saxophonists or trumpet players or even pianists, or other more jazz-oriented instrumentalists, have to work hard and KNOW THEIR SHIT. Russ Freeman is a poet with his fingers, with his songwriting, with his arrangements...

Enjoy just one more on me, and don your headphones if ya got 'em. It's worth it.

The Rippingtons - Northern Lights

Quote from: tbone0106 on December 30, 2010, 05:17:46 PM
I will happily put Roy Clark up against anybody, in any genre. Please enjoy this little clip from a 70s "Odd Couple" episode. It's more of a guitar tour de force than a solo.

Roy Clark Guitar Wizard

Oh! I remember seeing that episode. 

One of my favorite world music players is Canadian virtuoso Jesse Cook, here in a live video doing the title song of his first album, "Tempest."  Both videos below were from the same performance.

Jesse Cook - Tempest ( Live at Metropolis )

My wife and I saw him in concert at the Ark in Ann Arbor, and we even wound up with a one-song private concert, after the show. He is a phenomenal player, and a truly warm-hearted human being.

Also recommended: Cook in "Luna Lena," from Gravity.

Jesse Cook - Luna Llena ( Live at Metropolis )

...And the song we got the concert for? Also from Tempest, "Breeze from Saint Maries." My personal favorite....

Jesse Cook - Breeze From Saint Maries

Sick clips Tbone.....

Quote from: taxed on January 06, 2011, 09:42:21 PM
Sick clips Tbone.....

I take those words as compliments...  :P :P :P

Bach - "Toccata and Fugue" Guitar Rendition

:)