Rock Guitar Players

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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,

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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

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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,

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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,

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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,

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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

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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

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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,

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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

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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,

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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

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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

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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

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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,

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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,

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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,

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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,

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