As long as you didn't say Slash, then we're good on the list. He is so over-rated. I forgot about Allman. I think he would have to be on my top 5 as well. I have never heard Wooten. I just looked him up and I'm surprised I've never (knowingly) listened to him. How did you hook up with him? Don't see Hope Mills as the next Seattle, if you know what I mean. I remember 45s. And 78s. My dad was an avid music collector and had about 4 or 5 thousand records when he died, many of them 78s. I actually played "The Chipmunks" on 78 and it was strange to hear the almost-regular voices singing the songs. Aaaaalviiiiiiin!

>I have no idea which album, but remembering it now has it running through my head over and over again. I knew almost every word to every song on that album after hearing it so many times. Over and over and over again. :0) Of course that is what teenage girls do! My favorite album during the same year though was probably The Who, Who's Next. (Gettin in Tune, Behind blue Eyes, etc)
>I agree with your choices of great guitar players, but I really think that Duane Allman and Joe Satriani are the alltime best so far. There are others that are outstanding. Of course I think the greatest bass player is Victor Wooten (he is a friend of mine) and a close 2nd would be Les Claypool.
>I remember having a record player when i was very young that had three speeds: 33,45,78. You switched the knob and we used to fool around playing 45s on 33, etc. It used to be that when you bought a single you 'bought the 45.' Now no one would know what that means!
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>>I get blocked on almost everything here at work, but which albums were those on? There one song on, I think on I or II, that goes from this bluesy sound to a variation of country that I really like too. I'll have to check it out tonight and let you know. Page was probably the best guitarist I have ever heard. I know, theres Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen and Joe Satriani, but I still like Page the most.
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>>>Best IMHO were Fool in the Rain and Hot Dog.
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>>>>I was around when these guys were first getting started. I started getting into them again recently and I'm amazed at how good they really were. I still listen in wonderment whenever I drive through a college campus and hear students blaring out Whole Lotta Love or Stairway to Heaven. I can still play most of their best known stuff on guitar, but one of my favorites is Over the Hills and Far Away.