1950’s Guitarists
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- 1960s | Guitarists | Player History | Rock
Link Wray
Link Wray Fred Lincoln “Link” Wray, Jr. (May 2, 1929 – November 5, 2005) was an American rock and roll guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist of Shawnee ethnicity who became popular in the late 1950s. Building on the distorted electric guitar sound of early records, his 1958 instrumental hit “Rumble” by Link Wray & His Ray…
- 1990s | Blues | Guitarists | Player History
Keb’ Mo’
Keb’ Mo’ Keb’ Mo’ – Kevin Roosevelt Moore (born October 3, 1951), known as Keb’ Mo’ , is an American blues musician and five-time Grammy Award, winner. He is a singer, guitarist, and songwriter, living in Nashville, Tennessee. He has been described as “a living link to the seminal Delta blues that traveled up the…
- Player History | 1950s | Blues | Guitarists
John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1912, or 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. The son of a sharecropper, he rose to prominence performing an electric guitar-style adaptation of Delta blues. Hooker often incorporated other elements, including talking blues and early North Mississippi Hill country blues….
- 1960s | Country | Fingerstyle Guitar | Guitarists | Jazz | Player History
Jerry Reed
Jerry Reed Jerry Reed Hubbard (March 20, 1937 – September 1, 2008) was an American country music singer, guitarist, composer, and songwriter, as well as an actor who appeared in more than a dozen films. His signature songs included “Guitar Man”, “U.S. Male”, “A Thing Called Love”, “Alabama Wild Man”, “Amos Moses”, “When You’re Hot,…
- 1970s | Fingerstyle Guitar | Folk | Guitarists | Player History | Pop
James Taylor
James Taylor James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 100 million records worldwide. Playlist 3 Videos…
- 1990s | Guitarists | Player History | Rock
Vinnie Moore
Vinnie Moore Vincent “Vinnie” Moore (born April 14, 1964) is an American guitarist and a member of the British hard rock band UFO. In the early ’90s, he accompanied Alice Cooper on his Operation Rock ‘N Roll tour, and played on Cooper’s Hey Stoopid. His guitar work has also appeared on other Shrapnel releases, including…
