It feel like music has abandoned the guitar. Not entirely, obviously, but certainly the guitar that birthed rock and roll. Popular artists for generations found their music centered around the six-string and it drove an entire era of popular sound. As rock music has faded from the popular spotlight, so...
It feel like music has abandoned the guitar. Not entirely, obviously, but certainly the guitar that birthed rock and roll. Popular artists for generations found their music centered around the six-string and it drove an entire era of popular sound.
As rock music has faded from the popular spotlight, so has the guitar. As they say, guitar is dead, long live the guitar. As tribute, we wanted to look back at the iconic rock guitar players of every decade. We know many of you will not like this list. We get it. These are always controversial. Just ask
Anyway, we present to you our list, albeit a bit more brief. In our case, we are focused on the iconic status of the guitar players, not who is the best. We're not getting down in the weeds with a bunch of metal shredders or fusion wankers for this. Our goal is to find the player everyone knows, everyone respects and would be a no doubter on anyone's list of the Who's Who of rock guitar playing.
We doubt you'll be able to argue that everyone on this list certainly belongs. Whether they are the most iconic of a particular decade, well, that's for you to complain about on social media. Enjoy!He could be the greatest guitar player of all time, but he certainly was one of a kind. As unique as it was to see a black guitar player in the '60s playing rock music, Hendrix brought a style and feel to music no one had even thought of before.
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