The ABC's of the World's Greatest Guitarists

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.