About that list (in part 2) of guitarists that everyone should know...

Most of them are strangers to me. I have started taking steps to remedy this, i.e., searching my friends' collections and second hand stores for these names. This process has raised a few questions in my mind.

One - should I expect to find all of these names on tape covers eventually? Or are there some who would be found as part of a band, or as an accompanist to another name, rather than having their own names on the tape cover?

Two - I found a B.B.King tape (How Blue Can You Get) and was disappointed to find that it often wasn't easy to hear the guitar - a lot of the time the piano or brass were prominent. Does this mean that I have the wrong tape? Would it be a good idea to recommend album titles rather than names of guitarists?

Three - Jimi Hendrix - I take it that this list isn't strictly acoustic. And are all the names Peter lists (Dave van Ronk, Elmore James, Lonnie Johnson, Joseph Spence; Paul McCartney and Jaco Pastorius) bass players?

I think that a list of good influences would be a good influence on people like me who don't have strong roots in the tradition yet. But I think the list could be a lot more helpful if some information were given about what kind of player the person is, and specific albums were recommended, and if it were pointed out whether an individual is more well known under their own name or under a band name.

What do people think - could there be a thread dedicated to listing important players that students should listen to, with more info about each player listed?

Marion