https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/popular-slide-guitar-players/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:12:35 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/popular-slide-guitar-players/paged/2/#post-114813 Tue, 02 Aug 2005 00:53:20 +0000 Teleplayer- Thanks! I guess I should've started with the obvious place, right?

Primeta- That sounds like an excellent opportunity to check out one of the best! Sonny Landreth rules, and Mark Knopfler is pretty damn good, too. Thanks!]]> Slide and Alternate tunings Caevan O'Sh!te https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/popular-slide-guitar-players/paged/2/#post-114813 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/popular-slide-guitar-players/#post-114727 Mon, 01 Aug 2005 18:51:10 +0000
Can you recommend either some sample-clips online so I can get a better idea what he actually sounds like, or which album would be a good introduction, teleplayer?

Check out his website http://www.ericsardinas.com/pages/discography.html each of his 3 albums have links to hear some of his stuff]]> Slide and Alternate tunings teleplayer324 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/popular-slide-guitar-players/#post-114727 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/popular-slide-guitar-players/#post-114705 Mon, 01 Aug 2005 16:35:21 +0000
Sonny Landreth appears with Mark Knopfler on the Night in London DVD for 3 songs I believe, some really good close ups.]]> Slide and Alternate tunings Primeta https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/popular-slide-guitar-players/#post-114705 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/popular-slide-guitar-players/#post-114646 Mon, 01 Aug 2005 05:33:28 +0000 Between him and Derek Trucks, they've got it all. They took it to the next level from Duane Allman.]]> Slide and Alternate tunings tinsmith https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/popular-slide-guitar-players/#post-114646 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/popular-slide-guitar-players/#post-114624 Mon, 01 Aug 2005 02:38:59 +0000
Can you recommend either some sample-clips online so I can get a better idea what he actually sounds like, or which album would be a good introduction, teleplayer?
"He's definitely not playing the stereotypical blues licks.

He's got a second guitarist (non-slide) backing him up, and I just love the Hammond playing! I've heard him introduce those guys, but the names went in one ear and out the other. (I'm still a little jumpy, I had a barrage of lightning strikes all around the house a few minutes ago. Didn't lose power or get zapped myself, though!)" Lightning, eh? What, were you playin' some Hubert Sumlin/Howlin' Wolf stuff? "Smokestack", anyone? :wink:

I'll have to give the "band-members-intro" segment a good listen again; I had wondered about a second guitarist there myself, but had thought that it was keyboards and his guitar blending together and going back-and-forth; there are definitely some parts where they do that, and to great effect. Maybe the singer plays some guitar on the instrumentals, Idunno... the 'site only lists Derek on guitars, and sarod, as well!

Either way, if it's one guitar, its some damn fine playing; if it's two at times, it's some damn fine interplay! Stellar musicianship no matter how you slice it, and live, too.

:idea: Now, in case this seems "off-topic", I'll point out again that a player's musical sensibilities- not style, but thought-out choices deliberately used to work within the tune's context- are every bit as important a factor as tunings, string-gauges, etc. Ya remember that old saw about seeing "obstacles and limitations" as "oportunities and challenges", instead? 8)]]> Slide and Alternate tunings Caevan O'Sh!te https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/popular-slide-guitar-players/#post-114624 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/popular-slide-guitar-players/#post-114615 Mon, 01 Aug 2005 01:18:24 +0000
He's definitely not playing the stereotypical blues licks.

He's got a second guitarist (non-slide) backing him up, and I just love the Hammond playing! I've heard him introduce those guys, but the names went in one ear and out the other. (I'm still a little jumpy, I had a barrage of lightning strikes all around the house a few minutes ago. Didn't lose power or get zapped myself, though!)]]> Slide and Alternate tunings Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/popular-slide-guitar-players/#post-114615 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/popular-slide-guitar-players/#post-114608 Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:33:45 +0000 Slide and Alternate tunings teleplayer324 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/popular-slide-guitar-players/#post-114608 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/popular-slide-guitar-players/#post-114606 Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:31:55 +0000
Regardless of tunings or techniques, I think that it's an excellent example of MUSICALLY choosing what to play to sit perfectly within the context of a tune, and not sound stereotypical, either. It doesn't sound like any one particular style of music or guitar playing, it's just very good music!]]> Slide and Alternate tunings Caevan O'Sh!te https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/popular-slide-guitar-players/#post-114606 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/popular-slide-guitar-players/#post-114605 Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:22:11 +0000 Slide and Alternate tunings Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/popular-slide-guitar-players/#post-114605 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/popular-slide-guitar-players/#post-114602 Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:05:34 +0000 Ricochet- Did you ever check out that particular live Derek Trucks Band download that I posted a link to back there?

(It's the same one that was listed in Diamond Dust's "Top 20 Blues Shows"-thread over on the Guitar Player Forum. If you haven't- do yourself a favor and download it and soak it all in a.s.a.p.! You'll love it, I promise...)

I'm sure that he's doing both slide and fretted guitar technique there, but whether it's all alternating or including some behind-the-slide fretwork, I'm uncertain. What do you think?

Either way, it's a stellar example of slide on an electric-guitar in an interactive group setting.]]> Slide and Alternate tunings Caevan O'Sh!te https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/popular-slide-guitar-players/#post-114602