With it being Memorial Day weekend, we figured why not remember some of our fallen guitar heroes?
God Bless all the great music that came out of these guys! Here is a short list along with their WikiPedia bio pages for all you guitar players to visit and pay your respect:
Add your favorites in the comments so that we can all remember and appreciate these amazing musicians.
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4 responses so far ↓
1 Sammy // May 23, 2008 at 1:34 pm
I’m not sure I’d consider Atkins and Segovia as “fallen” since they died at an old age. However, Jeff Healy died young. And you could add Ronnie Van Zant and Steve Gaines from Skynyrd.
But who I’d add to the list is lesser known guitarist Dave Pritchard. He played with Armored Saint before leukemia took his life around 1990. The guy could play!
2 joepasser // May 23, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Lenny Breau
3 Chris Gibbs // May 27, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Alan Murphy. He played with GO WEST and MIKE AND THE MECHANICS, among many others.
4 jimmy mac // May 28, 2008 at 9:14 am
All these guys left their mark. Jimi and Wes hit me hardest when i first heard Wes with Jimmy Smith play Baby Its Cold Outside i stopped dead in my guitar playing tracks and asked myself where is this coming from? Man, its that African Thing , playing with your thumb creating rhythm inspired by a voice within that cries out SOUL!
Hendrix, no brainer . We’ll always, as rockers, go to the Hendrix “Well” of Voodoo and natural Funk.
-Jimmy
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