Books, Movies, Music & Entertainment - Women with Guitars!

So who are your favourite female guitar players?

Bobbie Gentry, excellent singer and sexy to boot!
Joan Jett is just hot.
I have always had a thing for Chrissie Hynde and her work is fantastic as well.

Bonnie Raitt plays a mean slide guitar. Check her out in this duet with John Lee Hooker:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGCgRpV4H3k

Bobbie Gentry and Emmylou Harris

Monique Ortiz!



and Joan Jett natch

Joan Jett.
:beer:

Amy Ray and Emily Saliers (Indigo Girls) are amazing singer/songwriter/guitar players.


But my favorite would have to be Pete Townsend of The Who.

Here's what he had to say about it: "I know how it feels to be a woman because I am a woman. And I won't be classified as just a man."

Bonnie Raitt and Susan Tedeschi both blues slingers (who sound remarkably alike).

Sue Foley gets my vote

Nancy Wilson...

YouTube - Heart - Crazy on you

Lita Ford.

+1 for Bonnie.

Joan Armatrading is great, too...........

for chops?

Sara Lee



for attitude:

Poison Ivy



for cool:

Michael Steele



for cute:

Britta Phillips




for Foo:

Sharin Foo

Kim Gordon!

if gina gershon doesn't count then i gotta go with the aforementioned
emmylou harris & chrissie hynde tandem. as to which one is the stoker...

So far you've missed the best,....

Carly Simon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlqOv-9qgLw)

Anticipation

Sorry I forgot about this thread!

I’m a fan of many of the women posted and I will have a look at the ones I don’t know.

I see that Ani Difranco was missed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAX1fnykxso

Some lo fi by Le Tigre: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp1TfsYFF0Y

And some Shoe gaze from Miki and Emma from Lush. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCvhc2gRBM4

Chrissie Hynde, Liona Boyd, Maggie Becker, Bonnie Raitt... that'll do for starters

I see that Ani Difranco was missed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAX1fnykxso
+32. Ani's got a sound all her own. Attitude, rage/humor, chops. The live disc Living in Clip is a great place to start.

I'm going to add to the discussion the twin guitar / no bass player attack of Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker of the defunct Sleater-Kinney. Add in some powerful drumming from Janet Weiss and they were a killer live band.

do ukes count?



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6F6hsCpT1E

Bonnie Raitt
Michelle Shocked
Melissa Etheridge

Heidi Klum at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1bpjtVXatg

Monique Ortiz!

She is great.

Margaret Garrett (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHG6MxsoPiY)

Marnie Stern

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3oxU9-zeiA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-waJkiflb0

InCurrentStanding ( Lauren ) - Chicago, Illinois

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbuTlIo1Zr4&feature=related

Nancy Wilson...

YouTube - Heart - Crazy on you (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUE5fc7eiWk&feature=related)

+10000




Bonnie Raitt might be my favorite though.....I do love slide guitar!!

+32. Ani's got a sound all her own. Attitude, rage/humor, chops. The live disc Living in Clip is a great place to start.



Ani totally jams hard. Her playing style is very unique. I am not talking about just her music, but the way she actually plays, strums, & plucks the strings. The only guy that I can think of that comes even close to playing like that is Keller Williams. He covers a few of her songs too.

Lucinda Williams. Saw her last night. It was kinda cool the way the show went because she went from her first album to her most recent and played a few tunes off each of them.

I voted for Amy Ray!

Another cha-ching! for Nancy Wilson -- not JUST guitar, a multitude of instruments!

Forgot another relative newcomer who impressed me.

Rachael Yamagata

Ipso Facto
Rosalie Cunningham and Samantha Valentine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu_nCqZqa24&feature=player_embedded#

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygtkrkyHcrI&feature=player_embedded

Orianthi Panagaris

Surprised no one's mentioned Emily Remmler yet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfV7q3NIkQo&feature=PlayList&p=9DB4E036D913627C&index=6

but +1 to Sara Lee!