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Albert King
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- 1980s | Country | Guitarists | Jazz | Player History
Danny Gatton
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Zakk Wylde
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- 1970s | Guitarists | Player History | Rock
Angus Young
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- 1950s | Guitarists | Player History | Rock
Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. Nicknamed the “Father of Rock and Roll”, Berry refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive with songs…
- 1960s | Blues | Guitarists | Player History
Peter Green
Peter Green Peter Green (born Peter Allen Greenbaum, 29 October 1946) is an English blues-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. As a co-founder of Fleetwood Mac, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Green’s songs, such as “Albatross”, “Black Magic Woman”, “Oh Well”, “The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)”…
