Who are the hot young slide players?

[Sonics]

Originally Posted by JBF_AR

Robert Randolph!

Indeed, I've heard this kind of thing attempted on violin and I 'imagined' that it could also be done on pedal steel.

I was right, and all it took was bravery and 'testicular fortitude'.

[reeve21]

I'm kind of surprised no one has mentioned Tom Feldmann...maybe because he stays close to home in Minnesota?

He is a wonderful country blues player, very adept with the slide, and a music educator, too. I'm not sure how old he is but he looks young enough to merit a mention here. Check him out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=tP7DqeaqYyM

[dane41]

Catfish Keith...oh boy

[Earl49]

David Jacobs-Strain. Serious blues-roots slide work on a metal-bodies National resonator, the last time I saw him, among other guitars.
http://www.davidjacobs-strain.com/Strain/

[Judson]

+1 on David Jacobs-Strain

Originally Posted by Earl49

David Jacobs-Strain. Serious blues-roots slide work on a metal-bodies National resonator, the last time I saw him, among other guitars.
http://www.davidjacobs-strain.com/Strain/

[mtcross]

I will second or third both Larkin Poe and Robert Randolph. Though I'm not sure if Randolph makes the age cut....

[reeve21]

Lowell George is still a hot young slide player in my mind. He didn't make it past 34.

[Organic Sounds Select Guitars]

Originally Posted by dane41

Catfish Keith...oh boy

I love Catfish, great player and performer, but I’m pretty sure he’s in his middle 50’s....

Originally Posted by danielkn

This is a great performance. I also really like the work he does with his band The Bros Landreth. Talented guy.

[THart]

Check out Tom Feldmann for great country blues style slide. I think he's young although I may have started hearing about him close to a decade ago. Seems like everything on youtube by him are instructional (worth checking out) but I've seen him perform a couple of times & he's something special.

[Mycroft]

My thanks to everyone who posted. What i was looking for, and what most of you responded with, were younger players or players that might only be known regionally, rather than just the "who is your favorite player" answers.

I did spend some time on each of the suggestions, listening to clips of the tube of you. For example, Justin Johnson I had seen before, but I had never gotten past his "shtick" clips, where is playing slide on cigar box guitars shovel guitars, and whatnot. This time I delved deeper and found some clips where he is just playing. Awesome stuff, like this:



To jbraun the Second: personally I prefer Dobro or Lap steel as a term, as it is more of a descriptor of a technique of playing, while simply saying "resonator" does not say anything about the technique being used. After all, I play bottleneck on a Resonator too. Then again, I parse language for a living, so I am a mite particular. All that said, I love me some Lap Steel and Dobro. Andy Hall and Mike Witcher both cook with gas. So does Josh Matheny, with some great electric lap steel thrown in.

Davy Knowles plays a mean bottleneck. So does Landreth. And Jacobs-Strain.

And in the spirit of "show me yours and I'll show you mine" here are a couple people who you might not know of.

Chad Graves came to Wintergrass 4-5 years running, although it has been a few years now. Awesome player, plus a really fun guy to hang out with.





Jeff Fielder. In a town full of guitarists, Jeff is a very in demand sideman here in Seattle. He use to come in my buddy's guitar store a lot, as he lived in the neighborhood.



Roberto Luti. I came across Roberto, who is from Italy, while watching "Playing for Change" clips, a video fundraiser that had musicians from all over the world "phone in their parts." But they kept this as a solo piece:



And a group effort:



And if any mods want to fix the youtube links, please do. For some reason they never work for me...

Have a lovely evening.