My Top 5 Favorite Guitar Chicks
November 9, 2010 by GoofyDawg
Yeah, yeah, just about every guitar blog has one of these posts, which is why I haven’t done one of these in the almost four years that GuitarGear.org has been around. The main reason was that I didn’t just want to post a “hot babe” list. I wanted to post women guitarists who are – to me – beautiful and talented and successful, and they have to be able to really play the guitar; in other words, they’re also great musicians, and not just eye candy. In addition, to make my list, to me, they have to ooze their femininity without resorting to raunchiness. Finally, and very importantly, I have to like the music they play.
1. Nancy Wilson
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Topping the list is Nancy Wilson. I’ve had the hots for her since the 70’s! The she’s played the role of “sidewoman,” for Heart, she’s never been one to just look pretty on stage. She’s a great rhythm and acoustic guitarist! |
2. Ana Vidovic
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Ana Vidovic comes in a close second to Nancy and only comes in second because I’ve been in love with Nancy longer. 🙂 I first heard her play on a recording before I ever saw her, and loved her playing. Then to finally see what she looked like – OMG!!! By far, she is the most beautiful woman on my list, and her playing equals her beauty. |
3. Sheryl Crow
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Say what you want about Sheryl Crow, she is one of my favorite songwriters. I love her musical ideas and voice, and those just add to her attractiveness. |
4. Gabriela Quintero
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The female half of Rodrigo y Gabriela, this dynamic duo started out as metal players then converted to classical guitars and play a sizzling flamenco style, with Gabriela providing the complex flamenco rhythms to back Rodgrio’s solos. I first saw them a few years ago on a late-night show, and couldn’t believe the energy they had! It was marvelous! Then to see this gorgeous, sexy Latina ripping it up on her classical guitar. I was in love! |
5. Tal Wilkenfeld
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Okay, okay. I know, she’s a bass player, but she did start out as a guitarist, and she’s so damn talented and so naturally beautiful that I would be remiss in not including her in my list. As Jeff Beck’s bassist, she’s absolutely amazing. I could only hope to play solos on guitar as well as she does on bass. Her musical sense and phrasing is purely amazing.
I first heard of her through Ignacio “Ig” Gonzales when he had his popular blog, “igblog.” He was in love with Tal, and he spread his “Tal Fever” to all of us who followed his blog. If you’re not familiar with her, search for her on YouTube, and you’ll see what I mean. |
Well, that’s my Top 5 List. Though my musical passion is rock and roll, I do listen to a lot of different music, and these chicks cover that territory for me.
One that I didn’t put on the list is Nora Jones, whom I’ve had a crush on for a long time, and though she actually does play guitar, and I love her music, guitar’s not her primary instrument, so she didn’t make the list, but she definitely would be in my top three were I to expand the instrumentation.
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I’d add: Kaki King, Christy Cather (from Ludicra), and Wata (from Boris).
Kaki King, huh. No doubt she’s an accomplished guitarist, but I actually don’t find her particularly attractive. Maybe because she just seems so dour – never seen her smile in any photo or video. Way too serious for me. I also don’t care too much for her music, but that’s just me.
As for the other two, don’t know much about them, though I’m familiar with Ludicra. Way, way too dark and heavy for me.
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Think April Lawton please.
Samples can be heard here:
http://watch2video.net/april-lawton-engineer-blues-video-msp52pRsNB0.html and here:
http://www.aprillawton.com/aprilmusic1.html
very talented and easy on the eyes to boot. She is also multi-dimensional being an visual artist as well. The art work on one of her Les Pauls, a wood burning is credited to her a sample of which can be seen at the home page of aprillawton.com — Ron
Nice addition!
Anna Popovic!!!
Hey Ola,Great tutorials. Had a good laugh too.Do you have any tips for rnecrdiog vocals? I’m currently trying to get the demo for my band ready, but rnecrdiog the vocals is a real bitch and I can’t seem to get it recorded properly. Somehow it keeps sounding very flat and without any bass in it. It gives me a headache ugh-Tim
Recording vocals is tricky because there are a lot of variables, but having a good microphone really helps; that is, one that has a fairly wide dynamic range that has a large EQ range. However, that said, I’ve recorded vocals with pretty bad mics, and have gotten decent results by EQ’ing in Logic (or whatever DAW I use at the time) after recording.
Input compression helps fatten up vocals, but you don’t want to overdo it. But mind you, if all you’re doing is creating demos, then even a decent stage mic will do – I use my Sennheiser E835 for most of my recordings. It’s not a great recording mic, but for my demos, it serves its purpose. I just have to do a little more work in the EQ stage.
Nice addition!