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Dick Dale
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Buddy Guy
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Yngwie Malmsteen
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1960s | Country | Fingerstyle Guitar | Guitarists | Jazz | Player History
Jerry Reed
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2000s | Guitarists | Player History | Rock
Omar Rodriguez Lopez
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Hank Marvin
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