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Ace Frehley　

Along with Eddie Van Halen, Kiss’ Ace Frehley inspired numerous up-and-coming rockers to pick up the guitar in the 1970s -- and come the ’90s, was listed by just about every contemporary {\ro ..more

Albert Collins　

Albert Collins, The Master of the Telecaster, The Iceman, and The Razor Blade was robbed of his best years as a blues performer by a bout with liver cancer that ended with his premature de ..more

Albert King　

Albert King is truly a King of the Blues, although he doesn’t hold that title (B.B. does). Along with B.B. and Freddie King, Albert King is one of the major influences on blues ..more

Ana Popovic　

If you’re not a blues purist, you’ll love the fiery, passionate playing and singing of Yugoslavian blues-rock guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Ana Popovic. Thanks to her father, the Belgra ..more

Known for his reliability and optimism, session wiz Andy Timmons is one of the most well-respected and talented musicians to have worked the sideman circuit. Timmons got his start at the age of ..more

Axel Rudi Pell　

German guitarist Axel Rudi Pell is one of heavy metal’s masterminds, thanks to his spiraling playing techniques and pinch-hitting riffs which crafted Pell as a mainstay in the hard rock genre fo ..more

B.B.King　

Universally hailed as the reigning king of the blues, the legendary B.B. King is without a doubt the single most important electric guitarist of the last half century. His bent notes and staccat ..more

Bernie Marsden　

Blues rock guitarist Bernie Marsden’s hot licks helped launch the career of Whitesnake, as he played on the group’s first eight releases, and lent a major hand in composing some of the band’s mo ..more

Bob Dylan　

Bob Dylan’s influence on popular music is incalculable. As a songwriter, he pioneered several different schools of pop songwriting, from confessional singer/songwriter to winding, hallucinato ..more

Bonnie Raitt　

Long a critic’s darling, singer/guitarist Bonnie Raitt did not begin to win the comparable commercial success due her until the release of the aptly titled 1989 blockbuster Nick of Time; her ten ..more

Boz Scaggs　

After first finding acclaim as a member of the Steve Miller Band, singer/songwriter Boz Scaggs went on to enjoy considerable solo success in the 1970s. Born William Royce Scaggs in Ohio on Ju ..more

Brad Paisley　

Contemporary country singer/songwriter Brad Paisley was born October 28, 1972, in Glen Dale, West Virginia; given his first guitar at age eight, he delivered his first public performance at church ..more

Bruce Springsteen　

In the decades following his emergence on the national scene in 1975, Bruce Springsteen proved to be that rarity among popular musicians, an artist who maintained his status as a frontline recordin ..more

Bryan Adams　

Bryan Adams negotiated the shifting tides of the ’80s so well that it never seemed as if he were changing to fit the times. A veteran of the ’70s studio arena rock game, Adams struck out on his ..more

Buddy Guy　

Buddy Guy is one of the most celebrated blues guitarists of his generation (and arguably the most celebrated), possessing a sound and style that embodied the traditions of classic Chicago Bl ..more

Cat Stevens　

Cat Stevens, born Steven Demetre Georgiou, was the son of a Swedish mother and a Greek father who ran a restaurant in London. He became interested in folk music and rock ＆ roll in his teen ..more

Chet Atkins　

Without Chet Atkins, country music may never have crossed over into the pop charts in the ’50s and ’60s. Although he recorded hundreds of solo records, Atkins’ largest influence came as a ..more

David Sylvian　

Following the 1982 dissolution of Japan, the group’s onetime frontman David Sylvian staked out a far-ranging and esoteric career that encompassed not only solo projects but also a series of fasc ..more

Duane Allman　

Duane Allman went from musical unknown to one of rock’s most revered guitar virtuosos, only to die a legend, all in about 24 months. He barely had time to establish his legacy, much less his nam ..more

Edwyn Collins　

Best known for his tenure fronting the Scottish pop revivalists Orange Juice as well as his international solo hit A Girl Like You, singer Edwyn Collins was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1959 ..more

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