Rock Guitar Players
Check out our comprehensive list of rock guitar players. Check out our player history for current players or new players on the scene. Includes are biographies, videos and blues guitar lessons.
Angus Clark
Angus Clark Birth Name Angus Clark Born 1960 City New York Genres Acoustic, Metal, Rock Instruments Guitar Associated acts Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Kitaro. Drill and Naked
Paul Gilbert
Paul Gilbert Birth Name Paul Gilbert Paul Brandon Gilbert Born 6 November 1966 Carbondale, Illinois, U.S. Age 53 Years Genres Instrumental rock, heavy metal, hard
Joe Satriani
Joe Satriani Birth Name Joseph Satriani Born July 15, 1956 Westbury, New York, U.S. Age 63 Years Genres Instrumental rock, hard rock, blues rock Instruments
Steve Vai
Steve Vai Birth Name Steven Siro Vai Born June 6, 1960 Carle Place, New York, U.S. Age 59 Years Genres Instrumental rock, hard rock, heavy
David Gilmour
David Gilmour Birth Name David Jon Gilmour Born 6 March 1946 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England Age 74 Years Genres Progressive rock, psychedelic rock, art rock, ambient
Peter Tosh
Peter Tosh Birth Name Winston Hubert McIntosh Born 19 October 1944 Grange Hill, Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica Died 11 September 1987 (aged 42) Kingston, Jamaica Genres
Eddie Van Halen
Eddie Van Halen Birth Name Edward Lodewijk van Halen Born January 26, 1955 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands Age 66 Years Genres Smooth jazz, jazz fusion
Steve Howe
Steve Howe Birth Name Stephen James Howe Born 8 April 1947, Holloway, London, England Age 73 Genres Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Instrumental Rock, Hard Rock,
John Frusciante
John Frusciante Birth Name John Anthony Frusciante Born March 5, 1970 Queens, New York City, U.S. Age 50 Years Genres Rock, alternative rock, experimental rock,progressive
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa Birth Name Frank Vincent Zappa Born December 21, 1940 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. Died December 4, 1993 (aged 52) Genres Rock, blues, experimental, jazz,
Billy Gibbons
Billy Gibbons Birth Name William Frederick Gibbons Born December 16, 1949 (age 70)Houston, Texas, U.S. Age 70 Genres Hard rock, boogie rock, blues rock, blues
Derek Trucks
Derek Trucks Birth Name Derek Trucks Born June 8, 1979 Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. Age 40 Years Genres Blues, Blues rock, Southern rock, jam rock Instruments
Vernon Reid
Vernon Reid Birth Name Vernon Alphonsus Reid Born 22 August 1958 London, England Age 61 Years Genres Alternative metal, funk metal, heavy metal, funk rock
Tony MacAlpine
Tony MacAlpine Birth Name Tony MacAlpine Born August 29, 1960, Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. Age 59 Genres Instrumental Rock, Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Hard
Omar Rodriguez Lopez
Omar Rodriguez Lopez Birth Name Omar Alfredo Rodríguez-López Born September 1, 1975, Bayamón, Puerto Rico Age 44 Genres Progressive Rock, Post-hardcore Instruments Guitar, Bass Associated
Don Felder
Don Felder Birth Name Donald William Felder Born September 21, 1947 Gainesville, Florida, U.S. Age 72 Years Genres Hard rock, heavy metal, blues rock, country
Jimmy Page
Jimmy Page Birth Name James Patrick Page Born 9 January 1944 Heston, Middlesex, England Age 76 Years Genres Rock, blues, folk, hard rock, heavy metal
Steve Morse
Steve Morse Birth Name Steve J. Morse Born July 28, 1954, Hamilton, Ohio, United States Age 66 Genres Instrumental Rock, Progressive Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy
Roy Buchanan
Roy Buchanan Birth Name Leroy Buchanan Born September 23, 1939 Ozark, Arkansas, US Died August 14, 1988 (aged 48) Fairfax, Virginia, US Genres Blues, blues
Robbie Calvo
Robbie Calvo Birth Name Robbie Calvo Born City London Genres Rock, Pop, Blues, R&B, Country Instruments Guitar Associated acts Nashville-based session player, songwriter, musical director
Jonny Lang
Jonny Lang Birth Name Jon Gordon Langseth Jr. Born January 29, 1981 (age 39) Fargo, North Dakota, U.S. Age 39 Years Genres Blues, gospel, rock
Joe Walsh
Joe Walsh Birth Name John Weldon Cale Born December 5, 1938 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. Died July 26, 2013 (aged 74) Genres Americana, Cajun, blues,
Angus Young
Angus Young Birth Name Angus McKinnon Young Born 31 March 1955 (age 65) Glasgow, Scotland Age 76 Genres Hard rock, blues rock, rock and roll
Jeff Beck
Jeff Beck Birth Name Geoffrey Arnold Beck Born 24 June 1944 (age 75) Wallington, Surrey, England, UK Age 75 Years Genres Blues-rock psychedelic rock, instrumental
Prince
Prince Birth Name Prince Rogers Nelson Born June 7, 1958 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. Died April 21, 2016 Paisley Park, Chanhassen, Minnesota, U.S. Genres Blues, blues
Paul Kossoff
Paul Kossoff Birth Name Paul Francis Kossoff Born 14 September 1950, Hampstead, London, England Died 19 March 1976 (aged 25), en route to New York
Duane Allman
Duane Allman Birth Name Howard Duane Allman Born November 20, 1946 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Died October 29, 1971 (aged 24) Macon, Georgia, U.S. Genres Southern
John Petrucci
John Petrucci Birth Name John Peter Petrucci Born July 12, 1967, Kings Park, Long Island, New York, U.S. Age 53 Genres Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal,
Al Di Meola
Al Di Meola Birth Name Al Laurence Di Meola Born July 22, 1954, Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. Age 66 Genres Jazz, Jazz Fusion, World
Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley Birth Name Ellas Otha Bates Born December 30, 1928 Died June 2, 2008 (aged 79) Genres Rhythm and blues rock and roll Instruments
Martin Rotsey
Martin Rotsey Birth Name Martin Rotsey Born Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Age Genres Martin Rotsey Rock, alternative rock Instruments Guitar Associated acts Midnight Oil,
Brad Carlton
Brad Carlton Birth Name Brad Carlton Born City Genres Acoustic, Blues, Jazz, Jazz Blues, and Rock Instruments Guitar Associated acts February 5th, 1970 -That was
Jack White
Jack White Birth Name John Anthony Gillis Born July 9, 1975 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Age 44 Years Genres Blues rock, garage rock revival, alternative rock,
Mark Tremonti
Mark Tremonti Birth Name Mark Thomas Tremonti Born April 18, 1974 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Age 45 Years Genres Alternative metal, hard rock, heavy metal, alternative
Joe Bonamassa
Joe Bonamassa Birth Name Joe Bonamassa Born May 8, 1977 New Hartford, New York, U.S. Age 42 Years Genres Blues-rock Instruments Guitar, vocals Associated acts
Scotty Moore
Scotty Moore Birth Name Winfield Scott Moore III Born December 27, 1931 Died June 28, 2016 Genres Rock and roll, rockabilly Instruments Guitar Associated acts
Shawn Lane
Shawn Lane Birth Name Shawn Lane Born March 21, 1963, Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. Died September 26, 2003 (aged 40) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. Genres Instrumental Rock,
Jeff Beck
Jeff Beck Birth Name Geoffrey Arnold Beck Born 24 June 1944 Wallington, Surrey, England, UK Age 75 Years Genres Blues rock, psychedelic rock, instrumental rock,
Duane Eddy
Duane Eddy Birth Name Duany Eddy Born April 26, 1938 Age 83 year Genres Rock rockabilly, rock and roll, proto-surf rock country Instruments Guitar Associated
The Edge
The Edge Birth Name David Howell Evans Born 8 August 1961 Barking, Essex, England, United Kingdom Age 58 Years Genres Rock, post-punk, alternative rock Instruments
Tony Iommi
Tony Iommi Birth Name Anthony Frank Iommi Born 19 February 1948 (age 72) Handsworth, Birmingham, England Age 72 Years Genres Heavy metal, doom metal, hard
Lowell George
Lowell George Birth Name Lowell Thomas George Born April 13, 1945 Hollywood, California, United States Died June 29, 1979 (aged 34) Arlington, Virginia Genres Blues
Stanley Jordan
Stanley Jordan Birth Name Stanley Jordan Born July 31, 1959, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Age 61 Genres Jazz, Jazz Fusion Instruments Guitar Labels Blue Note/Capitol/EMI, Arista,
Gene Vincent
Gene Vincent Birth Name Vincent Eugene Craddock Born February 11, 1935 Died October 12, 1971 Genres Rock and roll, rockabilly, blues, country Instruments Guitar, vocals
Alex Lifeson
Alex Lifeson Birth Name Alexandar Živojinović Born 27 August 1953, Fernie, British Columbia, Canada Age 66 Genres Progressive Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal Instruments Guitar
Yngwie Malmsteen
Yngwie Malmsteen Birth Name Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck Born 30 June 1963 Stockholm, Sweden Age 56 Years Genres Heavy metal, neoclassical metal, hard rock Instruments
Dick Dale
Dick Dale Birth Name Richard Anthony Monsour Born May 4, 1937 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Died March 16, 2019 (aged 81) Genres Surf rock, proto-punk, instrumental
Link Wray
Link Wray Birth Name Fred Lincoln Wray, Jr. Born May 2, 1929, Dunn, North Carolina, U.S. Died November 5, 2005 (aged 76), Copenhagen, Denmark Genres
The Marcus King Band
The Marcus King Band Birth Name The Marcus King Band Born Not Found Age Not Found Genres Blues, rock, blues rock, southern rock Instruments Not
Matthieu Brandt
Matthieu Brandt Birth Name Matthieu Brandt Born 1961 City Amsterdam Genres Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Fingerstyle, Rock, Singer Songwriter Instruments Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin Associated acts Bealestreet,