michelej1
10-09-2008, 12:33 PM
San Diego Union Tribune, October 9, 2008
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20081009-9999-1w09slidebar.html
1. Elmore James
2. Lowell George
Jeremy Spencer (1948-): From 1967 to 1970, Jeremy Spencer slashed away with his slide guitar as fiercely as anyone. Spencer joined Mick Fleetwood and Peter Green in a blues band that would eventually become known as Fleetwood Mac. For its day, his slide raced with fearless abandon, borrowing heavily from Elmore James, but with a recklessness that was pure 1960s. Spencer left Fleetwood Mac in 1970; a 2006 comeback CD, “Precious Little,” shows that his slide playing has lost its bite and is now gentle.
4. Blind Willie Johnson
5. Deren Trucks
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20081009-9999-1w09slidebar.html
1. Elmore James
2. Lowell George
Jeremy Spencer (1948-): From 1967 to 1970, Jeremy Spencer slashed away with his slide guitar as fiercely as anyone. Spencer joined Mick Fleetwood and Peter Green in a blues band that would eventually become known as Fleetwood Mac. For its day, his slide raced with fearless abandon, borrowing heavily from Elmore James, but with a recklessness that was pure 1960s. Spencer left Fleetwood Mac in 1970; a 2006 comeback CD, “Precious Little,” shows that his slide playing has lost its bite and is now gentle.
4. Blind Willie Johnson
5. Deren Trucks