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| Jimi Hendrix |
Jimi Hendrix (born November 27, 1942 – September 18,
1970) was an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter . Although
his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as
one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of
popular music, and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th
century . The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes him as "arguably the
greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music" .
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| Jimmy Page |
James Patrick Page is an English musician,
songwriter, and record producer who achieved international success as
the guitarist and founder of the rock band Led Zeppelin. |
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| Eddie Van Halen |
Edward Lodewijk "Eddie" Van Halen is a
Dutch-American musician, songwriter and producer. He is best known as
the lead guitarist, occasional keyboardist and co-founder of the hard
rock band Van Halen.
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| Slash |
Saul Hudson, known professionally as Slash, is a
British-American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the lead
guitarist of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he
achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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| Eric Clapton |
Eric Patrick Clapton is an English rock and blues
guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is the only three-time inductee to
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist and separately as
a member of the Yardbirds and Cream. He has also been a member of Derek
and the Dominos.
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| Stevie Ray Vaughan |
Stephen "Stevie" Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 –
August 27, 1990) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and
record producer. In spite of a short-lived mainstream career spanning
seven years, he is widely considered one of the most influential
electric guitarists in the history of music, and one of the most
important figures in the revival of blues in the 1980s.
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| David Gilmour |
David Jon Gilmour is an English singer, songwriter,
composer, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. |
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| Kirk Hammett |
Kirk Lee Hammett is the lead guitarist and
songwriter for the heavy metal band Metallica and has been a member of
the band since 1983. Before joining Metallica he formed and named the
band Exodus. |
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| Angus Young |
Angus McKinnon Young is an Australian guitarist of
Scottish origin, best known as the co-founder, lead guitarist,
songwriter and sole constant member of the Australian hard rock band
AC/DC.
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| Joe Satriani |
Joseph "Joe" Satriani is an American instrumental
rock guitarist and multi-instrumentalist.
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