Members Brew Posted October 11, 2007 Members Share Posted October 11, 2007 Just a thought for you guys out there, but who do you rate as the best multi-instrumentalist? I'm a great fan of David Sancious, and I haven't come across anybody who plays keyboards and guitar with such equal skill as he can. And then I was listening to the Edgar Winter Group playing Frankenstein recently, and thought of Edgar Winter's abilities on keyboards, sax and percussion. It would be good to hear about other people's views on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted October 11, 2007 Members Share Posted October 11, 2007 Good question. I thought of Prince immediately, but I don't know if he's the best or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Frantag Posted October 11, 2007 Members Share Posted October 11, 2007 Roy Clark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hush Posted October 11, 2007 Members Share Posted October 11, 2007 Mike Keneally. Monster on Guitar and Keys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted October 11, 2007 Members Share Posted October 11, 2007 Paul McCartney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PBBPaul Posted October 11, 2007 Members Share Posted October 11, 2007 I'd second Roy Clark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted October 11, 2007 Members Share Posted October 11, 2007 I didn't know that Roy Clark was a multi-instrumentalist. Where have I been? He's amazing super fantastic on guitar!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members russrags Posted October 11, 2007 Members Share Posted October 11, 2007 Steve Winwood RussNashville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted October 11, 2007 Moderators Share Posted October 11, 2007 Mark O'Conner. Known for his Nashville fiddle work but is an awsome guitarist as well. Ricky Scaggs is a very good guitarist but his Mandolin chops scream. Stevie Wonder on the Chromatic Harp, Keys, Drums and voice... Prince yes! He can outplay his band specialists on each of thier instruments. I love Edgar. Never like his precussion chops so well though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pk1fan Posted October 11, 2007 Members Share Posted October 11, 2007 Todd Rundgren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted October 11, 2007 Moderators Share Posted October 11, 2007 John Fogarty on The Blue Ridge Rangers album played it all. Drums, bass, guitar, fiddle, sax, steel, banjo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Li10 Posted October 11, 2007 Members Share Posted October 11, 2007 I thought of Jonny Greenwood, but that's because he's the only multi-instrumentalist I know really... so I can't say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AiC Cantrell Posted October 11, 2007 Members Share Posted October 11, 2007 John Paul Jones, /thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Magpel Posted October 11, 2007 Members Share Posted October 11, 2007 Mark O'Connor is a good call. Maybe not the most instruments, but maybe the most best at the ones he does play. There's so many, you know? It's almost not even that special. A musician who is really talented on that touch, kinesthetic level is going to be good at however many instruments he/she has the time to d*ck around with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MitchG Posted October 11, 2007 Members Share Posted October 11, 2007 Are you kidding? Definitely Ethan Winer!!! www.ethanwiner.com/video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MarkZ Posted October 11, 2007 Members Share Posted October 11, 2007 Richard Bona. Bassist, guitarist, percussionist, vocalist. Just sick talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted October 11, 2007 Moderators Share Posted October 11, 2007 Wayne Newton!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MarkZ Posted October 11, 2007 Members Share Posted October 11, 2007 Wayne Newton!!! But he can't dance. Prince, on the other hand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ara Ajizian Posted October 11, 2007 Members Share Posted October 11, 2007 How about Geddy Lee? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Frantag Posted October 11, 2007 Members Share Posted October 11, 2007 I didn't know that Roy Clark was a multi-instrumentalist. Where have I been? He's amazing super fantastic on guitar!! He plays guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin among others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members angstwulf Posted October 11, 2007 Members Share Posted October 11, 2007 Dunno about best but I like: Clarence Gatemouth BrownMark Oliver Everett ("E") andMike Oldfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Richard King Posted October 11, 2007 Members Share Posted October 11, 2007 A former customer of mine, the little purple guy from Minnesota. If ever there was a one man band, he is it. I think he could play just about any instrument that happened to fall into his hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted October 11, 2007 Members Share Posted October 11, 2007 A former customer of mine, the little purple guy from Minnesota. If ever there was a one man band, he is it. I think he could play just about any instrument that happened to fall into his hands. Yeah, he doesn't just play fretted instruments, but the whole array, and does 'em all super well. Amazing talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 No love for Stevie Wonder? For shame people, for shame! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Oops, sorry Lee - you're excused from my last post. Prince, Stevie Wonder, Steve Winwood, Todd Rundgren and Macca are probably the ones I generally admire / like to listen to the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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