Simple rules. Match up a musical topic with the letters of the alphabet.
Today's topic: World's Greatest Guitarists. I decided to include all musical genres because so many people aren't aware that, although the greatest rock guitar legend might have been Hendrix, he's actually only number 4 if you factor in classical, jazz, blues and country. Hail hail, Segovia! Reinhardt! Atkins!
A - Chet Atkins. Country.
B - Lenny Breau. Jazz.
C - Eric Clapton. Rock, Blues.
D - Al DiMeola. Fusion.
E - Rik Emmitt. Rock.
F - John Fahey. Folk, Contemporary fingerpicking.
G - Danny Gatton. Rockabilly.
H - Jimi Hendrix. Rock.
I - Tony Iommi. Rock.
J - Robert Johnson. Blues.
K - B.B. King. Blues.
L - Alex Lifeson. Rock.
M - Pat Metheny. Fusion.
N - Roy Nichols. Country.
O - Michael Orlando. Rock, Shred.
P - Les Paul. Jazz.
Q - Robert Quine. Rock.
R - Django Reinhardt. Jazz.
S - Andres Segovia. Classical.
T - Merle Travis. Country.
U - James Blood Ulmer. Jazz, Funk.
V - Stevie Ray Vaughn. Blues, Rock.
W - T-Bone Walker. Blues guitarist.
X - (no listing)
Y - Narciso Yepes. Classical.
Z - Frank Zappa. Rock.
4 comments:
wow!! I have to check some of these out
Hemdrix and Clapton and BB King are my all time favorites
I certainly can't argue against any of the artists you've chosen. But can I suggest an addition? How about Wes Montgomery, jazz?
very good list - BUT
Sorry..Duane Allman takes the A spot every time, no matter what.
How could you Coco???
LMAO I knew there'd be some suggestions and I deliberately left Allman off the list, Vinny, just for the sake of variety. Somehow, I knew he'd make it into the comments ... and Trav, great suggestion, too. Thanks. Dianne, always good to see you here. Great guitarists, all - there were too many to really narrow the field fairly. If anyone finds a listing for "X", please let me know. *Smooches*
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