Branching out a bit.
John 5. I'm not sure there's anything this guy can't play, or anyone he hasn't played with. He's written and recorded with a galaxy of stars, and he's been in bands for k.d. lang, Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie. His solo shows are a tour de force. About a month ago, my buddy bought a Tele and left it at my house for a couple weeks. I still have calluses in odd places on my fingers from trying to work up a version of this, but I might have enough to comp something together.
His medley is a highlight.
The Aristocrats. The guitarist is Guthrie Govan - simply amazing, and a wickedly dry sense of humor. I told him after a show that my goal was to play just six notes in a row as cleanly as he did, and he paused and said, "Well, we all have our journeys with the instrument, don't we?"
This is a song written by Marco Minnemann, the drummer (!). It pokes a bit of fun at blues standards. Some NSFW language. There is a story that Marco and Bryan Beller (the bassist) were walking into rehearsals for this song and Marco said he wasn't sure the song could be played at the tempo he'd intended, and they opened the door to find Guthrie playing it
faster than intended.
Another of my favorites.
Following the Beller branch, Mike Keneally. Mike is one of the finest musicians I've ever met, and he's an even better person. Ridiculously talented, brilliant sense of humor, musical mind like a steel trap reinforced with a carbon fiber/titanium blend. He's played with Zappa, Z (Dweezil's band), Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Dethklok and Chickenfoot, among a bunch of others.
Speaking of medleys, this is the Z medley from 1995, featuring Mike and Bryan Beller - and about 200+ songs.