1950’s Guitarists
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Carl Kress
Carl Kress Kress started on piano before picking up the banjo. Beginning in 1926, he played guitar during his brief time as a member of Paul Whiteman’s orchestra. For most of his career, he was a studio musician and sideman buried in large orchestras, and his name was little known. His work in the 1920s…
1960s | Guitarists | Player History | Rock
Ritchie Blackmore
Ritchie Blackmore Richard Hugh Blackmore (born 14 April 1945) is an English guitarist and songwriter. He was one of the founding members of Deep Purple in 1968, playing jam-style hard rock music that mixed guitar riffs and organ sounds. Blackmore is prolific in creating guitar riffs and is often noted for his classically influenced solos….
1950s | Guitarists | Jazz | Player History
Charlie Byrd
Charlie Byrd Charlie Lee Byrd (September 16, 1925 – December 2, 1999) was an American jazz guitarist. Byrd was best known for his association with Brazilian music, especially bossa nova. In 1962, he collaborated with Stan Getz on the album Jazz Samba, a recording which brought bossa nova into the mainstream of North American music….
Player History | 1980s | Guitarists | Rock
Eric Johnson
Eric Johnson John Wooden started coaching the UCLA basketball team in 1948 and it was 16 years, some of them pretty rough, until his team won its first national championship. He ultimately won 10 of them in 12 years, including seven in a row, and is considered by many to be the greatest college athletic…
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Jason Richardson
Jason Richardson Jason Richardson (born July 30, 1991) is an American heavy metal guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and teacher. Known for a highly original, deeply technical style on seven- and eight-string guitars, he began establishing his reputation when he joined All Shall Perish as a high-school student. Playlist 3 Videos Titan 4:58 All That Remains 4:13…
2010s | Blues | Guitarists | Player History | Rock
Eric Gales
Eric Gales Eric Gales (born October 29, 1974), also known as Raw Dawg, is an American blues-rock guitarist, originally hailed as a child prodigy. As of 2019 Gales has recorded eighteen albums for major record labels and has done session and tribute work. He has also contributed vocals on several records by the Memphis rap…