Lead Guitars

On April 17, 2023, the monday night fan club feature on Colin Murray's weeknight show was on lead guitarists and featured staggering number of namedrops and in-depth knowledge from guests, Steve Lukather (Toto), Bernie Marsden, Jennale Adams and Zoe Howe. So here are the name drops (non-guitarists {in curly brackets}, songs played in background highlighted)

• Eddie Van Halen ("Eruption")
• Steve Howe
• Peter Townshend [The Who]
• Prince ("Purple Rain")
• Jimmy Page [Led Zeppelin]
• Jimi Hendrix ("Foxy Lady", "Red House")
• Bonnie Raitt ("Something to talk about")
• Sheryl Crow
• Guitar Gaby
• Desiree Ragoza
• Sister Rosetta Tharpe ("This Train") (Didn't it rain)
• Steve Lukather [Toto] ("I won't hold you back")
• Quote of the night #1: "Most fun you can have with your clothes on"
• Van Halen, Kiss, Alice Cooper, Boz Scaggs [Steve Miller Band], Jackson Browne [Eagles], Eric Clapton, Santana
• Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Dave Gilmour [Pink Floyd], Beach Boys, Beatles, Chuck Berry
• Beatles ("I saw her standing there")
• David Gilmour (Pink Floyd - "Comfortably Numb")
• {Michael Jackson} ("Beat it")
• {Dionne Warwick}, {Joni Mitchell}, {Elton John}, {Miles Davis}, {Quincy Jones}, {Stevie Wonder}
• Toto ("Africa")
• Quote of the night #2: (About Africa) "It's like herpes, just when you forget about it, get an outbreak"
• Elvis Presley
• Steve Rothery [Marillion]
• Gary Moore
• Nancy Wilson [Heart]
• Steve Vai [Whitesnake]
• Rory Gallagher ("?")
• Carlos Santana ("Black magic woman")
• Bernie Marsden [Whitesnake]
• Whitesnake ("Fool for loving")
• {David Coverdale} [Whitesnake]
• Ritchie Blackmore [Deep Purple/Whitesnake]
• Peter Green [Fleetwood Mac], John Mayall, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Rory Gallagher
• BB King ("The thrill is gone")
• {Martin Birch}
• Albert King ("Born under a bad sign")
• Brian May ("Queen - Bohmeian Rhapsody")
• Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits - "Money for nothing")
• George Harrison [Beatles]
• Keith Richards [Rolling Stones]
• Lindsay Buckingham [Fleetwood Mac]
• Wilko Johnson [Dr Feelgood]
• John Frusciante (Red Hot chili peppers - "Under the bridge")
• Angus Young [AC/DC]
• Slash (Guns'n'Roses - "Paradise City")
• Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin - "Stairway to Heaven")