Becoming a classical guitarist is not an easy task to accomplish. Learning how to master the craft of playing the guitar is hard enough, but a classical guitarist has to take his or her skills to the next level.
Zonjic initially played guitar at age 9, and by age 15 he was lead guitarist in a local rhythm and blues band. At age 21, Zonjic purchased his first flute from a street vendor asking $50. He was impressed with the potential the instrument had, and had mastered the basics ...
Kind of overlooked, though. It might not deserve to be in the top 5 (coming from a hardcore Floyd fan here, haha), but it deserves a spot that's still worth it, like where it is now - 15! I strongly believe that Dave Gilmour is the greatest and best-rounded guitarist in all of...
Slash has received critical acclaim as a guitarist. Time named him runner-up on their list of "The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players" in 2009, while Rolling Stone placed him at No. 65 on their list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" in 2011. Guitar World ranked his solo in ...
Artworks: Guernica, The Old Guitarist, Family of Saltimbanques, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, Las Meninas (after Velázquez) Age: Dec. at 91 (1881-1973) Birthplace: Spain, Málaga Associated periods or movements: Picasso's African Period, Analytic cubism, Cubism, Picasso's Rose Period, Picasso'...
It certainly makes its mark here alongside co-guitarist Berton Averre (with an incredible solo from the latter too that is always tragically cut whenever its played on the radio). Fieger delivered a monster hit for his band here; with the Strat bite and chime punching that infectious riff ...
Simply, Jimmy Page is one of the most famous guitar players in history. He’s best known as the guitarist for Led Zeppelin, one of the most successful and influential rock bands of all time. Like Clapton – they both cut their teeth in 60s blues rock band the Yardbirds – he was heavi...
Bill Black — Elvis Presley’s early bassist and part of the Blue Moon Boys, the singer’s famed trio with guitarist Scotty Moore — was never known as one of the flashiest instrumentalists of his era, but his innovative slap-bass technique was a cornerstone of Presley’s revolutionary rock...
and these days their influence can be heard in a new wave of guitar-geek acts like Periphery and Between the Buried and Me. But as guitarist John Petrucci recalled, at the time ofImages and Words, “There were no guitar solos anymore and we kinda had this feeling like, ‘Oh, we’re ...
at “Sear Sound”, “Avatar”, “Globe Studios” and “Red House” in New York City, “Woolly Mammoth Sound” in Boston, and was produced by Kenny White and Peter Wolf. Magazine “Rolling Stone”, ranked “Sleepless” on number 427 on its list of “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”....