Guitarist

Best Guitarist of the World

Keaggy

Philip Tyler Keaggy (born March 23, 1951 in Youngstown, Ohio[1]) is an American acoustic and electric guitarist and vocalist who has released

more

than

50

albums

and

contributed to many more recordings in both the

contemporary

Christian

music

and

mainstream markets. He is a seven-time recipient

of

the

GMA Dove Award

for

Instrumental Album of the Year, and was twice nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album. Keaggy was raised in a small farmhouse

in

Hubbard,

Ohio

with

nine

brothers and sisters, and began playing guitar at age ten on a Sears Silvertone guitar. He went to high school in Austintown, Ohio Background information

graduating in 1970. He is missing half of the middle finger on his right hand due to a

Born

March 23, 1951 (age 57)

childhood accident at age 4 involving a water pump. He is frequently listed as one of the top

Genre(s)

Contemporary Christian

fingerstyle

Progressive rock

Magazine readers' polls.

Instrument(s)

Guitar, vocals

Years active

1966 - present

guitarists

by

Guitar

Player

James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix and known as Jimi Hendrix) (November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter whose guitar playing was influential on rock music.[1] After initial success in Europe, he achieved fame in the USA following his 1967 performance at the Monterey Pop Festival. Later, Hendrix headlined the iconic 1969 Woodstock Festival. Hendrix helped develop the technique of guitar feedback with overdriven amplifiers.[2] He was influenced by blues artists such as B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Albert King, and Elmore James,[3][4][5][6] rhythm and blues and soul guitarists Curtis Mayfield, Steve Cropper, as well as by some modern jazz.[7] Hendrix live at the Royal Albert Hall, 18 February 1969.

Carlos Santana has suggested that Hendrix's music may have been influenced by his Native American heritage.[8] As a record producer, Hendrix also broke new ground in using the recording studio as an

Background information

extension of his musical ideas; he was one of the first to experiment with stereophonic and phasing effects during recording.

Birth name

Johnny Allen Hendrix

November 27, 1942 Born Seattle, Washington, USA

Hendrix won many of the most prestigious rock music awards in his lifetime and has been posthumously awarded many more, including being inducted into the USA's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. An English Heritage "Blue plaque"

September 18, 1970 (aged 27)

was erected in his name on his former residence at Brook Street,

London, England

London in September 1997 and his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Died

(at 6627 Hollywood Blvd.) was dedicated in 1994. In 2006, his debut Hard rock, blues-rock, acid rock,

USA album, Are You Experienced, was inducted into the United States

psychedelic rock

National Recording Registry and Rolling Stone named Hendrix the best

Genre(s)

guitarist on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time in 2003.[9] Singer, guitarist, songwriter, Occupation(s) bandleader, producer, studio owner

Years active

1962–1970

Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945), is an English blues-rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. He is one of the most successful musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries,[1] garnering an unprecedented three inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (The Yardbirds, Cream, and solo). Often viewed by critics and fans alike as one of the greatest guitarists of all time[2], Clapton was ranked fourth in Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the "100 Clapton at the Tsunami Relief concert, 2005

Greatest Guitarists of All Time"[3] and #53 on their list of the Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists of

Background information

All Time.[4] Although Clapton's musical style has varied

Birth name

Also known as

Born

Eric Patrick Clapton

Slowhand

30 March 1945 (age 63) Ripley, Surrey, England

throughout his career, it has usually remained rooted in the blues. Clapton is credited as an innovator in several phases of his career, which have included blues-rock (with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers and The Yardbirds) and psychedelic rock (with Cream). Clapton has also

Genre(s)

Rock, blues, blues-rock

achieved great chart success in genres ranging from Delta blues (Me and Mr. Johnson) to pop

Occupation(s)

Musician, Singer-songwriter

("Change the World") and reggae (Bob Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff"). Clapton also achieved fame

Instrument(s)

Guitar, vocals

with Derek and the Dominos through the hit song "Layla".

Years active

1963 - present