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Slide guitar
Slide guitar or bottleneck guitar is a particular method or technique for playing the guitar. The term slide is in reference to the sliding motion of the slide against the strings, while bottleneck refers to the original material of choice for such slides, which were the necks of glass bottles....
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Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945) is an English blues-rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer. Clapton has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Yardbirds, of Cream, and as a solo performer, being...
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- Mar 30, 1945 (age 64 years)
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George Harrison
George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English rock guitarist, singer-songwriter and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist in The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison...
Date of birth:
- Feb 25, 1943
Date of death:
- Nov 29, 2001 (age 58 years)
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Robert Johnson
Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938) was an American blues musician, among the most famous of Delta blues musicians. His landmark recordings from 1936–1937 display a remarkable combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting...
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- May 8, 1911
Date of death:
- Aug 16, 1938 (age 27 years)
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Son House
Eddie James "Son" House, Jr. (March 21, 1902 – October 19, 1988) was an American blues singer and guitarist. House pioneered an innovative style featuring strong, repetitive rhythms, often played with the aid of slide guitar, and his singing often...
Date of birth:
- Mar 21, 1902
Date of death:
- Oct 19, 1988 (age 86 years)
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Ted Turner
Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III (born November 19, 1938) is an American media mogul and philanthropist. As a businessman, he is known as founder of the cable television network CNN, the first dedicated 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he...
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- Nov 19, 1938 (age 71 years)
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Lindsey Buckingham
Lindsey Adams Buckingham (born October 3, 1949) is an American guitarist, singer, composer and producer, most notable for being a member of the musical group Fleetwood Mac. Aside from his tenure with Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham has also released five...
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- Oct 3, 1949 (age 60 years)
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Johnny Depp
John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor and musician known for his portrayals of offbeat, eccentric characters such as Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, Raoul Duke in Fear and Loathing in...
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- Jun 9, 1963 (age 46 years)
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Brian Jones
Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones (28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969) was an English musician and one of the founding members of the rock group The Rolling Stones. Jones was known for his use of multiple instruments, his flamboyant attire and his recreational...
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- Feb 28, 1942
Date of death:
- Jul 3, 1969 (age 27 years)
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David Byrne
David Byrne (born May 14, 1952) is a British musician and artist best known as a founding member and principal songwriter of the American new wave band Talking Heads, which was active between 1974 and 1991. Since then, Byrne has released his own...
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- May 14, 1952 (age 57 years)
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Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Lynn Raitt (born November 8, 1949) is an American blues singer-songwriter, born in Burbank, California. During the 1970s, Raitt released a series of acclaimed roots-influenced albums which incorporated elements of blues, rock, folk and...
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- Nov 8, 1949 (age 60 years)
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Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine (born October 1, 1945) is a singer-songwriter and musician best known for her career as a slide guitarist.
Born in Nashville, McIlwaine was adopted by missionaries and raised in Kobe, Japan giving her exposure to multiple languages...
Date of birth:
- Oct 1, 1945 (age 64 years)
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Beck
Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell, July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist known by the stage name Beck. With a pop art collage of musical styles, oblique and ironic lyrics, and postmodern arrangements...
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- Jul 8, 1970 (age 39 years)
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Keith Richards
Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943) is an English guitarist, songwriter, singer, record producer and a founding member of The Rolling Stones. As a guitarist, Richards is mostly known for his innovative rhythm playing. In 2003 he was ranked 10th...
Date of birth:
- Dec 18, 1943 (age 66 years)
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Elmore James
Elmore James (January 27, 1918 – May 24, 1963) was an American blues guitarist, singer, song writer and band leader. He was known as The King of the Slide Guitar and had a unique guitar style, noted for his use of loud amplification and his stirring...
Date of birth:
- Jan 27, 1918
Date of death:
- May 24, 1963 (age 45 years)
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George Thorogood
George Thorogood (born February 24, 1950) is a blues rock performer from Wilmington, Delaware, known for his hit song "Bad to the Bone" as well as for covers of blues standards such as Hank Williams' "Move It On Over" and John Lee Hooker's "House...
Date of birth:
- Feb 24, 1950 (age 59 years)
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Ry Cooder
Ryland "Ry" Peter Cooder (born 15 March 1947, in Los Angeles, California) is an American guitarist, singer and composer.
He is known for his slide guitar work, his interest in blues-rock, roots music from his native North America, and, more recently...
Date of birth:
- Mar 15, 1947 (age 62 years)
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Daniel Lanois
Daniel Lanois (pronounced /ˌlæn ˈwɑː/, lan-wah) (born September 19, 1951 in Hull, Quebec) is a Canadian record producer, guitarist and singer-songwriter. He has released a number of albums of his own work and has produced albums for a wide variety...
Date of birth:
- Sep 19, 1951 (age 58 years)
Leo Kottke
Leo Kottke (born 11 September 1945, Athens, Georgia, U.S.) is an acoustic guitarist. He is widely known for his innovative fingerpicking style, which draws on influences from blues, jazz, and folk music, and his syncopated, polyphonic melodies....
Date of birth:
- Sep 11, 1945 (age 64 years)
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Duane Allman
Howard Duane Allman (November 20, 1946 – October 29, 1971) was an American lead guitarist, co-founder of the southern rock group The Allman Brothers Band, and respected session musician. He is best remembered for his brief but influential tenure in...
Date of birth:
- Nov 20, 1946
Date of death:
- Oct 29, 1971 (age 24 years)
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Joe Walsh
Joseph Fidler "Joe" Walsh (born November 20, 1947) is an American musician, songwriter, and actor. He has been a member of three commercially successful bands, the James Gang, Barnstorm, and the Eagles, and has experienced notable success as a solo...
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- Nov 20, 1947 (age 62 years)
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Rory Gallagher
Rory Gallagher born William Rory Gallagher (2 March, 1948 - 14 June, 1995 pronounced /ˈrɔri ˈɡæləhər/) was an Irish blues-rock musician who rose to fame as a talented songwriter, guitarist, and bandleader. Born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal,...
Date of birth:
- Mar 2, 1948
Date of death:
- Jun 14, 1995 (age 47 years)
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Johnny Winter
John Dawson "Johnny" Winter III (born 23 February 1944) is an American blues guitarist, singer and producer.
Johnny and Edgar Winter were nurtured at an early age by their parents in their musical pursuits. Johnny Winter is known for his southern...
Date of birth:
- Feb 23, 1944 (age 65 years)
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Dean DeLeo
Dean DeLeo (born August 23, 1961 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American guitarist for the rock band Stone Temple Pilots.
He is also known for his role in the short-lived bands Talk Show and Army of Anyone, which featured his younger brother Robert...
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- Aug 23, 1961 (age 48 years)
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Charlie Patton
Charlie Patton, better known as Charley Patton (May 1, 1891 – April 28, 1934) is best known as an American Delta blues musician. He is considered by many to be the "Father of Delta Blues" and therefore one of the oldest known figures of American...
Date of birth:
- May 1, 1891
Date of death:
- Apr 28, 1934 (age 43 years)
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Steve Howe
Stephen James "Steve" Howe (born 8 April 1947 in Holloway, North London, England) is an English guitarist best known for his work with the progressive rock group Yes after replacing Peter Banks in 1970. He has also been a member of The Syndicats,...
Date of birth:
- Apr 8, 1947 (age 62 years)
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Jeremy Spencer
Jeremy Spencer (born 4 July 1948), is a British musician, best known as one of the first guitarists in Fleetwood Mac.
Spencer was born in Hartlepool, County Durham. He grew up in South London and was educated at Strand School, where he became known...
Date of birth:
- Jul 4, 1948 (age 61 years)
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Steve Hackett
Stephen Richard Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. He gained prominence as a member of the British progressive rock group Genesis, which he joined in 1970. Hackett remained with the band for eight albums...
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- Feb 12, 1950 (age 59 years)
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Xavier Rudd
Xavier Rudd is an Australian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He was born in 1978 and grew up in Torquay, Victoria. He attended St. Joseph's College, Geelong.
He has developed a strong reputation for playing live performances at musical...
Date of birth:
- 1978 (age 32 years)
Mike Campbell
Michael (Mike) Wayne Campbell (born February 1, 1950, Panama City, Florida, United States) is an American guitarist and record producer, best known for his work with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
Noted mostly for his longtime work as Tom Petty's...
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- Feb 1, 1950 (age 59 years)
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Stone Gossard
Stone Carpenter Gossard (born July 20, 1966 in Seattle, Washington) is an American musician who serves as the rhythm guitarist for the American rock band Pearl Jam. Along with Jeff Ament, Dave Krusen, Mike McCready, and Eddie Vedder, he is one of...
Date of birth:
- Jul 20, 1966 (age 43 years)
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Bukka White
Bukka White (November 12, 1906 – February 26, 1977) was a delta blues guitarist and singer. "Bukka" was not a nickname, but a misspelling of White's given name Booker, by his second (1937) record label (Vocalion). White himself disliked the spelling...
Date of birth:
- Nov 12, 1909
Date of death:
- Feb 26, 1977 (age 67 years)
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Chris Rea
Christopher Anton Rea (pronounced /'ri:.ə/, REE-ə) (born 4 March 1951) is a singer-songwriter from Middlesbrough, England, recognisable for his distinctive, husky voice. Rea has sold over 30 million albums worldwide.
Rea had not played the local...
Date of birth:
- Mar 4, 1951 (age 58 years)
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Jimmy McCulloch
James 'Jimmy' McCulloch (4 June 1953 – 27 September 1979) was a Scottish musician, born in Glasgow, who was best known for playing lead guitar in Paul McCartney's Wings from 1974 to 1977. Before that, McCulloch had been a member of the Glasgow...
Date of birth:
- Jun 4, 1953
Date of death:
- Sep 27, 1979 (age 26 years)
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Billy Gibbons
Billy F Gibbons (born December 16, 1949), nicknamed the Reverend Willie G, is a musician, actor, hot rod and car customizer and perhaps best known as the lead guitarist for ZZ Top. He is also the lead singer and composer for many of the band's songs...
Date of birth:
- Dec 16, 1949 (age 60 years)
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John Butler
John Butler (born 1 April 1975) is an American-Australian musician. He is the frontman of the John Butler Trio, a band that has achieved two platinum records in Australia with Three (2001) and Living 2001-2002 (2003). Their album Sunrise Over Sea...
Date of birth:
- Apr 1, 1975 (age 34 years)
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Blind Willie Johnson
"Blind" Willie Johnson (January 22, 1897 – September 18, 1945) was an American singer and guitarist whose music straddled the border between blues and spirituals. While the lyrics of all of his songs were religious, his music drew from both sacred...
Date of birth:
- Jan 22, 1897
Date of death:
- Sep 18, 1945 (age 48 years)
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Steve Gaines
Steven Earl Gaines (September 14, 1949 – October 20, 1977) was an American musician. He is most well-known as a guitarist and songwriter for southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Gaines was born in Seneca, Missouri, and raised in Miami, Oklahoma. He...
Date of birth:
- Sep 14, 1949
Date of death:
- Oct 20, 1977 (age 28 years)
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Matthew Bellamy
Matthew James Bellamy (born 9 June 1978) is an English musician and composer, who is best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, pianist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Muse.
Bellamy's father, George, was the rhythm guitarist in the 1960s...
Date of birth:
- Jun 9, 1978 (age 31 years)
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- 1992
Rod Price
Rod Price (born Roderick Michael Price, 22 November 1947, Willesden, North London, United Kingdom — died 22 March 2005, Wilton, New Hampshire, United States) was an English guitarist who was best known for his work with the rock band Foghat. He was...
Date of birth:
- 1947
Date of death:
- 2005 (age 58 years)
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Greig Nori
Greig Andrew Nori is a producer and musician from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada and is well known as the former frontman, lead vocalist and guitarist of the pop punk band Treble Charger. In the late 1990s he began working as a producer with Sum...
Date of birth:
- Nov 21, 1963 (age 46 years)
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Derek Trucks
Derek Trucks (born June 8, 1979) is a Grammy Award-nominated American guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. He is a long-time member of the Allman Brothers Band and his own band, which he founded at age 15 and bears his name. The Wall Street...
Date of birth:
- Jun 8, 1979 (age 30 years)
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Stefan Lessard
Stefan Kahil Lessard (born June 4, 1974) is an American musician, most famous as the bassist for the Dave Matthews Band.
Lessard was born in Anaheim, California, to musicians Ron and Janaki Lessard. After moving a number of times during his...
Date of birth:
- Jun 4, 1974 (age 35 years)
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Jonny Buckland
Jonathan Mark Buckland (born 11 September 1977), known as Jonny Buckland, is an English guitarist and musician, best known as the lead guitarist of the band Coldplay.
Buckland was born in Islington, London, and lived there until the age of four,...
Date of birth:
- Sep 11, 1977 (age 32 years)
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Warren Haynes
Warren Haynes (born April 6, 1960) is an American rock and blues guitarist, vocalist and songwriter of Gov't Mule and long time member of the Allman Brothers Band. Haynes also founded and runs Evil Teen Records, and is a member of the Dead.
Haynes...
Date of birth:
- Apr 6, 1960 (age 49 years)
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Willy DeVille
Willy DeVille (August 25, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American singer and songwriter. First with his band Mink DeVille (1974–1986) and later on his own, DeVille in his 35-year career created songs that are wholly original yet rooted in traditional...
Date of birth:
- Aug 27, 1950
Date of death:
- Aug 6, 2009 (age 58 years)
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Jesse Ed Davis
Jesse Edwin Davis (September 21, 1944 – June 22, 1988) was an American guitarist.
Born in Norman, Oklahoma, Davis began his musical career in Oklahoma City, where his dad Jesse Ed Davis II had painted all of the Native American murals on the State...
Date of birth:
- Sep 21, 1944
Date of death:
- Jun 22, 1988 (age 43 years)
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Doyle Bramhall II
Doyle Bramhall II (born 24 December 1968) is a guitarist and vocalist in his band Smokestack and is also the second guitarist in Eric Clapton's band.
Doyle Bramhall II is a songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist. He was born in Dallas, Texas and is the...
Date of birth:
- Dec 24, 1968 (age 41 years)
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Jason White
Jason White (born November 11, 1973 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is a U.S. guitarist who has played in various punk rock bands. He is most notable for being a guitarist for Green Day and guitarist for Californian punk quartet Pinhead Gunpowder. Jason...
Date of birth:
- Nov 11, 1973 (age 36 years)
Place of birth:
Cletis Carr
Cletis Carr (b. August 4, 1959) is a singer-songwriter, acoustic guitarist and record producer. American-born Carr was a founder of the Pacific Northwest 70's new wave music band Sneakers and has toured as support to John Mellencamp, Tom Petty, Huey...
Date of birth:
- Aug 4, 1959 (age 50 years)
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Peter Wells
Peter Wells or Pete Wells (circa 1948 – 27 March 2006) is best known as the slide guitarist with Australian rock band Rose Tattoo. Wells first rose to prominence as bassist with the pioneering Sydney-based heavy metal outfit Buffalo in the 1970's.
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Date of birth:
- 1948
Date of death:
- Mar 27, 2006 (age 58 years)
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Sylvester Weaver
Sylvester Weaver (July 25, 1897 – April 4, 1960) was an American blues guitar player and pioneer of country blues.
On October 23, 1923, he recorded in New York City with the blues singer Sara Martin Longing for Daddy Blues / I've Got to Go and Leave...
Date of birth:
- Jul 25, 1897
Date of death:
- Apr 4, 1960 (age 62 years)
Robert Lee McCollum
Robert Lee McCollum (November 30, 1909 – November 5, 1967) was an American blues musician, who played and recorded under the pseudonyms Robert Lee McCoy and Robert Nighthawk.
Born in Helena, Arkansas, he left home at an early age to become a busking...
Date of birth:
- Nov 30, 1909
Date of death:
- Nov 5, 1967 (age 57 years)
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Harry Manx
Harry Manx is a musician who blends blues, folk music, and Hindustani classical music. He was born in the Isle of Man where he spent his childhood, and now lives on Saltspring Island, British Columbia, Canada.
He plays the slide guitar, harmonica,...
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Andrew Latimer
Andrew Latimer (17 May 1949, Guildford, Surrey) is an English musician and the lone remaining original member of the progressive rock band Camel. He is mainly a guitarist and singer, but also a flautist and keyboardist.
Latimer's guitar playing...
Date of birth:
- May 17, 1947 (age 62 years)
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Alan Wilson
Alan "Blind Owl" Christie Wilson (July 4, 1943 – September 3, 1970) was the leader, singer, and primary composer in the American blues band Canned Heat. He played guitar and harmonica, and wrote most of the songs for the band.
Wilson was born in...
Date of birth:
- Jul 4, 1943
Date of death:
- Sep 3, 1970 (age 27 years)
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JB Hutto
J. B. Hutto (April 26, 1926 – June 12, 1983) was an American blues musician, born Joseph Benjamin Hutto. Hutto was influenced by Elmore James, and became known for his slide guitar work and declamatory style of singing. He was inducted into the...
Date of birth:
- Apr 26, 1926
Date of death:
- Jun 12, 1983 (age 57 years)
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Luther Dickinson
Luther Andrews Dickinson (born January 18, 1973 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States) is the lead guitarist and vocalist for the North Mississippi Allstars as well as lead guitarist for The Black Crowes. He hosts Guitar Xpress on the Video On Demand...
Date of birth:
- Jan 18, 1973 (age 36 years)
Will Ray
Will Ray (born 1950, Richmond, Virginia) is a long-time American session guitarist and current member of the Hellecasters. Ray has also released a number of solo albums. He is considered an influential player of the Fender Telecaster line of guitars...
Date of birth:
- 1950 (age 60 years)
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Micky Moody
Michael Joseph "Micky" Moody (born 30 August 1950) is an English guitarist, and a former member of the hard rock bands Juicy Lucy and Whitesnake. Together with his former Whitesnake colleagues Bernie Marsden and Neil Murray, he has founded several...
Date of birth:
- Aug 30, 1950 (age 59 years)
Place of birth:
Earl Hooker
Earl Hooker (January 15, 1929 – April 21, 1970) was a Chicago blues guitarist. Hooker rarely sang and in a genre where the stars were vocalists or vocalists/instrumentalists, his commercial success was limited. However, he "was undeniably a virtuoso...
Date of birth:
- Jan 15, 1929
Date of death:
- Apr 21, 1970 (age 41 years)
