Midnight Oil

Subject: Re: [powderworks] Aust guitar Magazine top 50 Aust Guitarists of all time
From: Barb BBQ
Date: 15/05/2012, 9:34 am
To: "powderworks@yahoogroups.com.au" <powderworks@yahoogroups.com.au>

Midnight Oil

How very true!  I saw Jimmy play at the Wangaratta Jazz Festival a couple of years back.  I have never seen anybody more amazing live, that's for sure!
 
 
 

From: Bruce Cameron <brucewcameron@yahoo.com>
To: powderworks@yahoogroups.com.au
Sent: Tuesday, 15 May 2012 2:14 AM
Subject: RE: [powderworks] Aust guitar Magazine top 50 Aust Guitarists of all time

 
For Jimmy ‘the human’ Hocking not to make a top 50 Aus guitarists also seems like selection was slanted toward those achieving a certain level of success.
 
 
Bruce Cameron
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From: powderworks@yahoogroups.com.au [mailto:powderworks@yahoogroups.com.au] On Behalf Of jeremy peisley
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 9:16 AM
To: powderworks@yahoogroups.com.au
Subject: RE: [powderworks] Aust guitar Magazine top 50 Aust Guitarists of all time
 
 
They just released their list, no idea who determines the placings.
 
Jim  sits at number 8. Martin doesn’t even list which is very surprising
 
Biggest surprise was Chris Cheney of  “the living end” at number 4
 
Top 50
1. Angus Young (ACDC)
2. Tommy Emmanuel (Tommy Emmanuel)
3. Ian Moss (Cold Chisel)
4. Chris Cheney (The Living End)
5. Rick Brewster (The Angels)
6. Slava Grigoryan (Slava Grigoryan)
7, Deniz Tek (Radio Birdman)
8, Jim Moginie (Midnight Oil)
9. Lobby Loyde (Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs)
10. Ross Hannaford (Daddy Cool)
Malcolm Young (ACDC)
Adalita (Magic Dirt)
Marty Willson-Piper
Mick Harvey (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds & Grinderman)
Tim Rogers (You Am I)
Rowland S Howard (Boys Next Door, Birthday Party)
Ed Kuepper (the Sains, Laughing Clowns, Black Ticket Day)
Spencer P Jones (The Johnnys, Beasts of Bourbon, Spencer P Jones)
Gareth Liddiard (The Drones, Gareth Liddiard)
Brad Shepherd (The Hitmen, Hoodoo Gurus, The Moncharchs)
John Butler (John Butler Trio)
Jeff Lang (Jeff Lang and Chris Whitney)
Kim Salmon (The Scientists, Beasts of Bourbon)
Ash Naylor (Even, Rail)
Tom Lyncolgn (The Nation Blue)
Paul Dempsey (Something for Kate, Paul Demspey)
Jim Skiathitis (The Atlantics)
Blackie (The Hard Ons)
Billy Thorpe (Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs)
Dutch Tilders (Dutch Tilders)
Orem Ambarchi (Orem Ambarchi)
Dave Hole (Dave Hole)
Kevin Borich (Kevin Borich)
Charlie Owen (The New Christs, Beasts of Bourbon, The Divinyls, Tex Perkins and the Dark Horses)
Pete Wells (Rose Tattoo)
Frank Gambale (Chick Corea Electrik Band)
Brett Garsed (John Farnham, Nelson, TJ Helmerich)
Diesel (Mark Lizotte) (Diesel, Johnny Diesel and the Injectors)
Daniel Johns (Silverchair)
Darren Middleton (Powederfinger)
John Williams (John Williams)
Jona Weinhofen (I Killed The Prom Queen)
Joe Robinson (Joe Robinson)
Michael Fix (Michael Fix)
Orianthi (Orianthi)
Phil Emmanuel (Phil Emmanuel)
Keith Urban (Keith Urban)
C W Stoneking (C W Stoneking)
Lloyd Spiegel (LLoy Spiegel)
Geoff Achison (The Souldiggers)