Stevie Ray Vaughan
Born: October, 3, 1954
Hometown: Dallas Texas
Best known for: Blues and lead singer/guitarist for the band double trouble
Type of guitar used: Electric
What made him unigue: stevie had develpoed his own unigue sound where he had had a combintation between rock and blues something that no one else had done at the time
Why was he considered great: stevie was considerd great because he started playing at a very early age, by the age of seventeen stevie had droped out of high school and started playing in a band called the cobras, from there stevie had joind other bands the best known one being double trouble where he was the lead singer/guitarist, of the fact that he was a big inspiration to other guitarist that came after him
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWLw7nozO_U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZkLVinwR4E
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2128846624109107342
Friday, April 9, 2010
Steve Vai
Steve Vai
Born on June 6, 1960
Raised in Carle Place, NY
Played mostly electric guitars and played for many 80's rock bands and his style was infuenced by Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and Alice Cooper he also created a seven string Ibanez.that didnt become popular until bonds like Korn and Limp Bizkit in the 90's.Throughout his career, Vai's creative impulses have been inspired by a deeply-held spiritual commitment to improving the world through his music and actions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw74sDWPH7U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IrWyZ0KZuk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY8wyKuLY2k
Born on June 6, 1960
Raised in Carle Place, NY
Played mostly electric guitars and played for many 80's rock bands and his style was infuenced by Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and Alice Cooper he also created a seven string Ibanez.that didnt become popular until bonds like Korn and Limp Bizkit in the 90's.Throughout his career, Vai's creative impulses have been inspired by a deeply-held spiritual commitment to improving the world through his music and actions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw74sDWPH7U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IrWyZ0KZuk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY8wyKuLY2k
Monday, April 5, 2010
Jimi Hendrix
- Born November 27th, 1947 in Seattle Washington
- Known for playing psycadellic rock with a heavy blues influence.
- Played a number of electric guitars, but mostly identified with the fender Stratocaster
- Hendrix was a very innovative guitar player. He was one of the first guitarists to use fuzz pedals, wah wah pedals, and univibe, producing sounds that had never been heard before. He used amplifier feedback to increase his sustain and transformed the way musical phrases could be approached on the electric guitar. He was also known for being able to play the guitar with his teeth, as well as behind his back.
- Hendrix is considered by many to be one of the greatest guitarists of all times. He was incredibly innovative and unique, and almost every guitarist in rock and blues has been influenced by him since. He was able to play fast runs and demonstrate incredible technique while still playing musically and connecting to his early blues roots. He transformed rock and roll and was one of the few African American artists of the time to gain acceptance with white audiences, opening the door for many others.
Videos:
Killing Floor at the Monterey Pop Festival
Voodoo Child at Woodstock
Thursday, April 1, 2010
ERIC CLAPTON
Eric Clapton was born on march 30 1945 in Ripley, Surrey, England. He like to play blues-rock on a electric guitar. Some unique thing about Eric Clapton are the "woman tone" which is a noise that he make with his guitar that is dark and distorted sound that is articulate yet thick also Although he has varied his musical style throughout his career, it has always remained grounded in the blues and last he is often credited with bringing reggae and Bob Marley to the mainstream. There are many reason that this man is great one reason is that he is the only person to be inducted in the Rock and Roll hall of fame 3 times, he is ranked number fourth best guitarist ever in Rolling Stones magazine and last he is ranked 53 on rolling stones list of Immortals : 100 greatest artist or all time.
Eric Clapton was born on march 30 1945 in Ripley, Surrey, England. He like to play blues-rock on a electric guitar. Some unique thing about Eric Clapton are the "woman tone" which is a noise that he make with his guitar that is dark and distorted sound that is articulate yet thick also Although he has varied his musical style throughout his career, it has always remained grounded in the blues and last he is often credited with bringing reggae and Bob Marley to the mainstream. There are many reason that this man is great one reason is that he is the only person to be inducted in the Rock and Roll hall of fame 3 times, he is ranked number fourth best guitarist ever in Rolling Stones magazine and last he is ranked 53 on rolling stones list of Immortals : 100 greatest artist or all time.
By eamonn vogan
Lenny Breau - Aaron Ács
What Is This This Called Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkcUwaOMDig
On Green Dolphin Street
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpUBDi4nyMQ
My Funny Valintine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J11PrEA_En8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkcUwaOMDig
On Green Dolphin Street
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpUBDi4nyMQ
My Funny Valintine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J11PrEA_En8
Wes Montgomery
Wes Montgomery
Born: March 6, 1923
From: Indianapolis, Indiana
Style: Jazz Guitar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOm17yw__6U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBGZgyl72_g&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXvdU7f-q7I&feature=related
Brent Mason
Brent Mason was born on July 13, 1959 in Van Wert, Ohio USA. He is most known for his country style of playing but is also comfortable plying Jazz and Rock. Brent can almost always be seen with his silver electric guitar on stage. He is most known for the finger picking style he uses called ‘chiken pickn’. He can play almost all styles of music very well and likes to incorporate them into his songs. Brent has won fourteen ACM Guitarist of the year awards, two CMA Awards and in 2009 he won the Grammy award. It is said that Brent is one of the most recorded guitarists in history.
Joe Pass
Joe Pass
Born: January 13, 1929
From New Brunswick, New Jersey
Style: Jazz Guitarist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=795sG19cPmU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn0lNQD2Bhg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI-1sq5dFD4
Buddy Guy - Peter Sumpter
Buddy Guys was born on July 30, 1936 in Lettsworth, Louisiana. Buddy play America blues and rock music mostly on he electric guitar. Buddy guy’s performances are unique because of the showmanship that he puts in to it, he sometimes uses drumsticks to play his guitar and walking in the crowd doing a solo on his guitar.Buddy Guy is considered the best guitar player alive because he is a great guitar player because of the different guitar methods that he uses to entertain crowds of people. He is also considered great because he has been around for 73 years playing the blues and other great guitar players have all taken little bits of inspiration from him, he plays at a vary fast tempo and all of his solos are what fans come to see when they go to one of his shows.
Andres Sugrovia
Andres Sugrovia
by Justin Clow
- Andres Torres Segrovia, the 1st of Marquis of Salobrena
- Born on the 21st of February 1893, passed away on the 2nd of June, 1987
- Segrovia is from Andalucia, Spain
- He is famous for playing flamenco style since the age of six years old. He later moved onto expressive art-music such as Torroba.
- Andres plays classical guitar, and was one of the first to use nylon strings instead of using gut strings
- Some features that make Segrovia stand out among other guitarists are his expressive method of preforming and shaping music using multiple devices (rubato, fermata, rallentando, and accelrando); he won the 1958 Grammy award for Best Classical Performance, Instrumentalist; and also his unique technique for blending two playing styles (nail and pad) together for a special performance of timbre and tone.
- Segovia is considered to be great because he was found by most scholars to be the Father of the Modern Classical Guitar Movement; he brought guitar studies to all the major universities, and his impeccable musicianship and influencing technique, as well as his immense passion for the classical guitar.
Here are a few links to see the talented Andres Sugrovia playing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG7y_CD9rMg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBQfHJA2Lng&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx9fPeaD_Ns&feature=related
Brad Paisley- Rachel VanRoestel
Brad Paisley was born in West Virginia on October 28th, 1972. He plays the acoustic and electric guitar. Playing dominantly country music. Brad is know for his speed and dexterity. He is a flawless guitar player. Brad is most commonly know as the grammy winning county western singer. He has also won many awards for his instrumentals and solos. Including back to back awards for best country instrumental performance in 2008 and 2009.
DICK DALE
BIRTH DATE: May 4th 1937
HOMETOWN: Born in Boston
STYLE OF MUSIC: Surf rock
TYPE OF GUITAR MOST OFTEN PLAYED: Electric
FEATURES THAT MAKE THIS GUITARIST UNIQUE: Dick Dale plays a right handed guitar left handed. He plays the stings upside down and memories the chords accordingly. Dick has recorded for dinseyland. He songs are played in different rides such as Space Mountian. Dick has his own signature guitar called the "Dale Signature Stratocaster".
WHY THIS MUSICIAN IS GREAT: Dick can play all of 14 different instruments all the way from the guitar to the accordian. Dale has preformed world wide in many differnt places and focusing in Europe, Austrailia, Japan, Canada, South America and the United States. Dick not only plays a variety of instruments and plays world wide, but he is the creator of surf music. That is the syle of his albums and is all due to him.
URL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xymVxcLQVT8
Eddie Van Halen
Eddie Van Halen
Date of Birth: January 26, 1955
From: Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Style: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Pop
Guitar: Electric, plays the "Frankenstrat" (pictured above)
Some things that make Eddie Van Halen unique are: his rapid guitar playing, his finger tapping, and his use of high frequency feedback.
Eddie Van Halen is considered great for many reasons, such as: his band Van Halen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007, the solo in "Eruption" was voted #2 on Guitar World magazine's readers poll of the 100 Greatest Guitar Solos, and , The All Music Guide has described him as "undoubtedly one of the most influential, original, and talented rock guitarists of the 20th century.
Here are links to some videos featuring Eddie Van Halen:
Eruption
Runnin' With the Devil
By: Brett Jenken
Andrew York
By: Amanda
Andrew York was born in Atlanta, GA in 1958. He is best known for playing classical music with a classical guitar.
Andrew York is a unique, amazing guitarist. He plays with so much feeling and puts tons of emotion in his compositions. Andrew studyed music at James
Madison University where he earned a bachelor of music degree. As he went on he won a Grammy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6aSH77Nj6I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7LY_u7qiTM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZxw3yXgDyk&feature=related
Julian Bream by Aaron Ács
Born: July 15, 1933
Location: London, England
Playing style: Classical
Instrument: Classical Guitar, Renaissance Lute.
One of the most important contributions he made to the world of the classical guitar was his development of a complete repertoire for performance. His transcriptions of works for guitar and lute span five centuries and he has particularly focused on lute works from the Elizabethan era and Spanish guitar works from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He has also had many composers create works specifically for him.
Bach's Prelude In D
Bach's Fugue In Am
Villa Lobos Choros no.1
Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
Born: August 12, 1954From: Lee's Summit, Missouri
Type of Guitar: Steel String
Style Jazz Guitarist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSONbye6n98&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApI-zA6suXE&feature=fvw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6JlE_xRRes&feature=related
Don Ross by laura
DON ROSS
Biography
Born November 19, 1960
He is from Montreal Quebec
He is a Canadian fingerstyle guitarist
Don Ross plays with an acoustic guitar
Don is unique for many reasons:His sharp acrylic nails give him a very sharp but very definite tone
His style is uncommon; heavywood style
He taps the guitar to produce sound
He is great because: He is the only person to win the U.S. Fingerstyle Guitar championship twice
He has a different style. He has a very good technique, he taps the guitar as he plays
He composed for many Toronto theatre productions
Biography
Born November 19, 1960
He is from Montreal Quebec
He is a Canadian fingerstyle guitarist
Don Ross plays with an acoustic guitar
Don is unique for many reasons:His sharp acrylic nails give him a very sharp but very definite tone
His style is uncommon; heavywood style
He taps the guitar to produce sound
He is great because: He is the only person to win the U.S. Fingerstyle Guitar championship twice
He has a different style. He has a very good technique, he taps the guitar as he plays
He composed for many Toronto theatre productions
Carlos Santana
By:Aaron Jackson
July 20 1947, Still alive today
Aultan de Navarro Jalisco Mexico
Mexican rock
Gibson les Paul custom
He doesnt’t sing his songs, Rob Thomas sings them
For his song smooth and black magic women
July 20 1947, Still alive today
Aultan de Navarro Jalisco Mexico
Mexican rock
Gibson les Paul custom
He doesnt’t sing his songs, Rob Thomas sings them
For his song smooth and black magic women
Long before the category now known as world music was named, Santana's ever evolving sound has always been ahead of its time in its universal appeal, and today registers as ideally in sync with the 21st century's pan cultural landscape. And, with a dedication to humanitarian outreach and social activism that parallels his lifelong relationship with music, Carlos Santana is as much an exemplary world citizen as a global music icon.
As profound as his artistic legacy is Carlos' dedication to humanitarian work. His Milagro Foundation, originally established by Carlos and Deborah Santana in 1998, has granted more than three million dollars to non-profit programs supporting underserved children and youth in the areas of arts, education and health. Milagro means miracle, and the image of children as divine miracles of light and hope as gifts to our lives is the inspiration behind its name.
B.B. King
(Riley B. King)
by: Sean Hannam
Date Of Birth: September 16th 1925Where He's From: United States Of America
Music Style: Blues
Guitar Type: custom Gibson semi hollow body with no sound holes, named ‘Lucille'
Features That Make B.B. King Unique: B.B. King has been deemed "The King Of Blues", he is the oldest and one of the most succesful blues guitarests
Why Is He So "Great"? his age and liveliness on stage, his great blues skills, and the pure sound he produces every preformance, both singing and playing guitar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ny5ajCn0xw
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