America, different before Jazz.
Over The Hills And Far Away
Led Zeppelin
1974 — Houses Of The Holy
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Songcatcher (2000)
Mountain Music
1907 — Musicologist, Doctor Lily Penleric, had been denied a promotion in the male-dominated music department of the university where she taught. Frustrated and determined to get her academic due, she heads to Appalachia with nothing more than a recording device, curiosity, and a determination to document the story of the Appalachian Mountain Music.
ALAN LOMAX
W.C. HANDY
“When The Mountains Cry”
“Appalachian Hills” b/ Driftwood Fire
Bluegrass
Rock N Roll Origins
The seeds of Rock N Roll were first sown in the 1940s, when the radio was the way of “mass” communication, and music was no longer confined to its Country, Region, State, or Neighborhood. You could be sitting in Jamaica Queens, New York City, listening to Blues, that before the radio were only heard in Mississippi. In a Juke, on a street corner, or in a neighborhood house of worship.
Jazz, Rhythm andBlues, BoogieWoogie, Gospel, Jump, Country,Western, Folk, and Swing … Everything was being heard everywhere, and all genres were colliding with one another, and so started a musical Fusion that is still evolving today.
One of the first, Bluegrass, was no doubt music of the mountains, but the Country & Western influence is unmistakeable, and with the Jazz and Blues in the south, the seeds of Rock N Roll were being sown.
SUWANNEE RIVER BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL*
1974 — An annual North Florida story, told in 1974 by Bob Morris, a writer with The Independent Florida Alligator.
“Misty Mountain Hop”
1973 — Led Zeppelin
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“Mountain Jam”
1973 — Allman Brothers (KSAN) California
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“Fire On The Mountain”
1975 — The Marshall Tucker Band
Searchin’ for a Rainbow
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“If You Want To Get To Heaven”
1973 — Ozark Mountain Daredevils
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“Nantucket Sleigh Ride”
1971 — Mountain
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Birth of Jazz*
1920s — New Orleans, making its way north to New York City.
UNDER A CRESCENT MOON
ROLLIN’ ON THE RIVER
CHICAGO BOUND
TEXAS SWING
A Renaissance In Harlem
RADIO DAYS (EUROPE)
RADIO DAYS (PACIFIC)
Robert Johnson*
DEVIL’S DISCIPLE
LOVE IN VAIN
WAR OF THE WORLDS (RADIO DAYS EUROPE)
BOMBS AND BIKINIS (RADIO DAYS PACIFIC)
1940 — Rock N Roll Stew. Many say the genre originated in African-American music, and there certainly are a long list of black players to think that might be true. But then there are those who might say Ludwig Van Beethoven, Niccolo Paganini, Woody Herman, Glenn Miller, and so many unknown Hillbillies, all made contributions to the evolving concoction. And for all the talk and hypothesis regarding no one can deny the importance influence of the entire African Continent, from where the original idea of rhythmic sound was had.
1941 — Pearl Harbor (Dec. 7, 1941)
The Maltese Falcon
1942 — The Summer of ’42
1943 — SWING
1944 — D-Day (June 6, 1944)
The Longest Day
1945 —
Caldonia
Louis Jordan
1945 —
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Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima by Joe Rosenthal*
Big Joe Turner* by William P. Gottleib*
Joseph Vernon “Big Joe” Turner Jr.’s biggest claim to legendary fame is that in the early 1950s, he was producing what were called the first Rock N Roll records ever made.
Rock N Roll would have never happened without Kansas City’s (Missouri) Joe Turner.
— Doc Pomus (songwriter)
“Shake, Rattle and Roll,“ is a highlight of Turner’s career that stretched from the 1920s, and into the 1980s. Called “The Brawny Voiced ‘Boss of the Blues,’ he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
1945 — VE Day (May 8, 1945)
Germany Surrenders
1946 —
1947 — Chuck Yeager breaks the Sound Barrier
1948 —
1949 — Harry S. Truman
NATO
NBA
NINETEEN EIGHTY FOUR
GEORGE ORWELL
NEPTUNE’S DAUGHTER
ESTHER WILLIAMS
Red Roses For The Blue Lady
Vic Dana (1965)
1948 —
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NEPTUNE’S DAUGHTER
ESTHER WILLIAMS
Weeki Wachee
Cypress Gardens
Fort LauderdaLE
Johnny Weismuller
Henry Mancini
Pink Panther (1963)
The Beatles
Cassius Clay
Miami (1964)
1949 — “Red Roses For A Blue Lady”
NATO
NBA
HARRY S. TRUMAN
NINETEEN EIGHTY FOUR
George Orwell
NEPTUNE’S DAUGHTER
Esther Williams
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
NEPTUNE’S DAUGHTER
ESTHER WILLIAMS
On the Verge of Rock N Roll
Origins*
Saturday Night Fish Fry”
Louis Jordan
1949 — Many site Louis Jordan (sax) as one of the first and most important players (founders) of Rock N Roll music.
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1950 — Louis Jordan‘s raucous recordings were notable for going beyond their instrumental virtuosity, and for the story telling quality of his lyrics. It’s Jordan’s voice that took his Rhythm and Blues to the next level (Rock N Roll). “Saturday Night Fish Fry,“ is a two-part 1950 hit that was split across both sides of a 78-rpm record. It was one of the first popular songs to use the word “rocking” in the chorus and to feature a distorted electric guitar. Many describe “Saturday Night Fish Fry” (and others by Jordan) as “jump blues,” because, as NPR said, “It literally made listeners jump to its pulsing beat.”
Later, Chuck Berry later admitted to copying the song’s double-string electric guitar riff.
Jordan is described by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as “The Father of Rhythm & Blues” and “The Grandfather of Rock ‘n’ Roll.”
When inducting Jordan into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame, the Hall wrote that “Saturday Night Fish Fry” could be seen as the earliest of rap and possibly the first rock and roll recording.”
New Orleans*
(Birthplace of Jazz)
Louis Prima
1950 —
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1955 — Bo Diddley
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1958 — Chuck Berry
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At the same time moonshine runners were bringing their hot rods out of the shadows to race (legally) on weekend dirt tracks throughout the south, saxophone-led, juke bands were choosing to Rock rather than Swing.
Rock N Roll Arrival
After Jazz, the first genre of music born in the United States was Rock N Roll. As Jazz, Swing, and The Blues began to mix more freely, there was a large, appreciative audience whose passion and soul were energized by the new music being played, and they chose to call it Rock N Roll.
The term “Rock and Roll” was popularized by Alan Freed, a Cleveland disc jockey, in the early 1950s. He began using the phrase to describe the music he played on his radio show, which was a mix of rhythm and blues and country music, appealing to a younger audience. The phrase itself had been used previously in African-American music and vernacular as a euphemism for DANCING AND SEX.
The phrase “rocking and rolling” was used by sailors to describe a ship’s movement and later became a double entendre for dancing and sex in the 1920s, appearing in songs like Trixie Smith‘s “My Man Rocks Me (With One Steady Roll)”.
Alan Freed, who hosted “Moondog’s Rock and Roll Party,” is credited with popularizing the term in the context of a specific musical genre. He used it to describe a new, energetic style of music that blended rhythm and blues, country, and other influences.
Freed’s use of the term also served to “whitewash” rhythm and blues, making it more palatable to a wider, white audience. This allowed white artists to cover and popularize songs originally performed by black artists.
Johnny B. Goode“
1958 — Chuck Berry
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Time Magazine
Sam Phillips said that Rock N Roll was “specifically tailored to teenagers,” but not all agreed. Jordan was an early idol of both Chuck Berry and Bill Haley, who understood that his jump ‘n’ jive songs and hillbilly inspired, comic stories were aimed at adults as much as toward impressionable teenagers.
The Black & White Of It All
“Hound Dog”
First, Big Mama Thornton, second (Made For TV), Elvis Presley. Pat Boone, and Little Richard. The early Rock N Roll Template was built in a time and place in America that was divided socially, more than it was musically. Green Book, Motown Tour (London: Jack Bruce w/Marvin Gaye, Jeff Beck w/Stevie Wonder) Billy Preston w/The Beatles/Rolling Stones.
Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Big Joe Turner, Bill Haley & His Comets, Lewis, Richie Valens, Link Ray, Gene Vincent,
1951 — Cleveland-based disc jockey Alan Freed began playing this music style while popularizing the term “Rock N Roll” on mainstream radio.
By the time Alan Freed started using the term “Rock N Roll” to describe Rhythm and Blues, the sexual content had been dialed down enough that it became an acceptable term for dancing.”
— BBC
Freed was the first radio disc jockey and concert producer who frequently played and promoted Rock and Roll, including songs by black artists that were called R&B. Since, a number of such recordings, dating back to the 1940s, are now considered the first Rock and Roll records.
1952 —
1953 —
“Shake, Rattle, and Roll”
Big Joe Turner
1954 —
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Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
1954 — Big Joe Turner “Shake Rattle and Roll”
“Shake, Rattle and Roll” is a song, written in 1954 by Jesse Stone (usually credited as Charles Calhoun, his songwriting name). The original recording by Big Joe Turner is ranked number 127 on the Rolling Stone magazine’s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Elmore James revived the song with recordings in 1954 and 1960. National Negro Network, USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut, by First Lady of the United StatesMamie Eisenhower. White Christmas, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Caine Mutiny, The Glenn Miller Story
Scotty Moore formed The Blue Moon Boys, Elvis Presley‘s backing band, in 1954, and recorded and toured with “The King” until 1968.
Scotty Moore
Carl Perkins
Roy Clark
Glen Campbell
1955 — Bo Diddley (Ed Sullivan)
1956 —Elvis Presley‘s first Ed Sullivan Show appearance. The first episodes of As the World Turns and The Edge of Night are broadcast on the CBS Television Network. Around The World In 80 Days, My Fair Lady,NBC Peacock logo debuts, Video Tape Introduced, he Huntley-Brinkley Report debuts, Around The World In 80 Days
1957 —
1958 — NASA
1959 — DAYTONA 500 NASCAR*
Inaugural Daytona 500 (wiki)
1960 — JFK, MARILYN MONROE, RAY CHARLES
“You’re Sixteen”
Johnny Burnette
1960 —
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1960 —“You’re Sixteen,” a song written by the Sherman Brothers (Robert and Richard), was first performed by American rockabilly singer Johnny Burnette, whose version peaked at number eight on the US Billboard Chart (1960). Ringo Starr ‘s cover (1973) reached number one.
1961 — ALAN SHEPARD (May 5, 1961) First American In Space
1962 — JOHN GLENN (Feb. 20, 1962) Orbits Earth, Cuban Missile Crisis, “We Choose To Go To The Moon.”
1963 — JFK Assassination (Nov. 22, 1963), Please Please Me (The Beatles’ first album)
1964 — The Beatles Hard Day’s Night (Movie / Album)
1965 — GEMINI 4 (Ed White Space Walk)
1966 — Eric Clapton was still with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, when he adapted Robert Johnson’s “Crossroad Blues” for a recording session he did with a group of musicians he and Elektra Records producer Joe Boyd assembled. The band was called Eric Clapton and the Powerhouse, and includedSteve Winwood on vocals, Clapton on guitar, Jack Bruce on bass guitar, Paul Jones on harmonica, Ben Palmer on piano, and Pete York on drums for the project. Boyd recalled that he and Clapton reviewed potential songs; Clapton wanted to record Albert King‘s “Crosscut Saw“, but Boyd preferred to adapt older Blues. Turning their attention to Robert Johnson, Boyd proposed “Crossroads,” and Clapton chose “Traveling Riverside Blues.“
A Lighter Shade of Blue
The Yardbirds
1966 — “Shapes Of Things“
((( Anglo Blue )))
Epic Records
“Heart Full Of Soul“
1966 — The Yardbirds
((( Blues with Aggression )))
1966 — “Paint It Black” (Rolling Stones)
MUSIC ’66— Good Vibrations, Strangers In The Night, These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ Eleanor Rigby, Summer In The City, Reach Out I’ll Be There, When A Man Loves A Woman.
Gemini 8
1966 — “It takes two to rendezvous”
The Yardbirds with Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck make a cameo performance in the 1966, murder mystery, Blow Up, set in London.
The Yardbirds (wiki)
Eric Clapton(Cream)
Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)
Jeff Beck (The Highest Flying Yardbird)
The Jeff Beck Group
w/ Rod Stewart
Beck Bogert & Appice
“Superstition“
w/ Stevie Wonder
Blow by Blow
w/ Mick JaggerPrimitive Cool
w/ Roger WatersAmused To Death
w/ David Bowie …
Peter Green
John Mayall
Fleetwood Mac
Kim Simmonds
Savoy Brown
Foghat
Gary Moore
Thin Lizzy
“Crossroads”
Cream (Eric Clapton)
1968 — Wheels Of Fire
((( Straight Outta London )))
The Yardbirds are often said to be the ones who led the first of the British Invasion. The “Blues” guitarists whose popularity grew alongside the Rolling Stones and The Beatles. Those who made the electric guitar the big dog on the Rock N Roll stage.
ERIC CLAPTON
JEFF BECK
JIMMY PAGE
BLUE-EYED BLUES
Duane Allman
Johnny Winter
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Jimmy Herring
Warren Haynes
Derek Trucks
Joe Bonamassa
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Jonny Lang
Taz Niederauer.
Taz (Eat A Peach)
Birth of The Blues
1936 — “Cross Road Blues“ is a song written and recorded by Robert Johnson, the original Bluesman who made a Deal With the Devil at the Mississippi Delta Crossroads for which the song is named. Johnson always played it solo, sitting alone and singing along with his slide guitar. His playing was the birth of what became known as the Delta Blues. The song is the source of the Robert Johnson mythology, telling that the (Mississippi) Crossroads is the place where he sold his soul to the Devil, in exchange for his virtuosity.
1937 — FDR, Hindenburg, Ohio River Flood, Howard Hughes, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs …
Amelia Earhart disappears after leaving Miami.
1938 —
1939 —Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Adolph Hitler, Pan American AirwaysBoeing 314flying boatYankee Clipper inaugurates the world’s first heavier-than-air North Atlantic air passenger service, between the United States (Port Washington, New York) and Britain. Mahatma Gandhi writes a personal letter to Adolf Hitler from India, addressing him as “My friend,” requesting he prevent war. The Einstein–Szilard letter is signed by Albert Einstein, advising President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt of the potential use of uranium to construct an Atomic Bomb. It is delivered on October 11 and leads to the first meeting on October 21 of the Advisory Committee on Uranium. Gone with the Wind, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
“Train Kept A Rollin'”
Yardbirds
1966 —
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Blow Up (movie)
The Yardbirds (w/Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck) play “Train Kept A Rollin'” in a London nightclub, a scene in “Blow Up,” a murder mystery (movie) set in London, England.
“Dazed and Confused”
Yardbirds
w/ Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page (guitars)
1968 —
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Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple / Rainbow)
Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath)
David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
Brian May (Queen)
Peter Frampton (Humble Pie)
1967 — Summer of Love (Haight-Ashbury)
“A Whiter Shade of Pale“
Robin Trower (Procol Harem)
1968 — Apollo 8, Assassinations, Martin Luther King Jr., Robert F. Kennedy, Vietnam, Voodoo Chile, Electric Ladyland, Jimi Hendrix
1969 — Apollo 11, Woodstock, Bitches Brew
1970 — Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath (Earth), Deep Purple
1971 — All in the FamilyPentagon Papers
1972 —
1973 — Pink FloydDark Side of The Moon
1974 —
1975 —
SURFING WITH THE ALIEN / GO WEST (1989)
LOVE IN VAIN (ROBERT JOHNSON GRAPHIC NOVEL)
BACK (TO THE BRIDGE)
BACK (TO THE BLUES)
the bridge
BRINGING AMERICA TOGETHER AGAIN.
BLUE (THE ORIGINAL COLOR OF SIN)
HELLHOUND ON HIS TRAIL (ROBERT JOHNSON)
SACRED GROUND (THE CROSSROADS)
ROBERT JOHNSON (LOVE IN VAIN)
THE DEVIL IS SINGING OUR SONG
SEARCHING FOR ROBERT JOHNSON (VANITY FAIR)
A LIGHTER SHADE OF BLUE (THE YARDBIRDS)
BLUES (MARY McCLAIN)
ROCK N ROLL TIMELINE (YARDBIRDS)
GUITAR LIST #1 (ELECTRIC EVOLUTION)
GUITAR LIST #2 (SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL)
ROCK N ROLL TIMELINE (NO ART)
HOLY TRINITY OF ROCK
HOLY TRINITY OF JAZZ
MILES DAVIS (THE CREATOR)
JIMI HENDRIX (VOODOO’S CHILD)
PRINCE AMONG US (THE ARTIST)
NEW ORLEANS (UNDER A CRESCENT MOON)
NEW YORK CITY (A RENAISSANCE IN HARLEM)
THEY ONLY COME OUT AT NIGHT
SUMMER IN THE CITY
TEXAS SWING
CHICAGO BOUND
MUDDY WATERS (CHICAGO)
ROLLING STONES (MUDDY WATERS)
ROLLIN’ ON THE RIVER (BO, IKE & TINA)
1939 — BLUE: THE ORIGINAL COLOR OF SIN
1949 — SHIFTING TIDE (SAXOPHONE FADING)
1959 — ROCK AND BLUES SUMMIT (ELECTRIC GUITAR)
1961 — LOOK TO THE SKY
1969 —DESTINATION MOON (JAZZ ROCK COLLISION)
1979 —HIP-HOP HAPPENS
1989 — BLACK HOLE SUN
SURFING WITH THE ALIEN (1989) GO WEST
1999 — APOCALYPSE SOON
POST APOCALYPTIC BLUES
the color purple
POST APOCALYPTIC BLUES
[1930] —
[1931] —
[1932] —
[1933] —
[1951] — “Train Kept A Rollin’” b/Tiny Bradshaw
BLUE (THE ORIGINAL COLOR OF SIN)
PRINCE (THE COLOR PURPLE)
JIMI (HENDRIX)
the bridge
BRINGING AMERICA TOGETHER AGAIN.
THE ORIGINAL COLOR OF SIN ( 1.)
THE DEVIL’S DISCIPLE ( 2.)
AT THE CROSSROADS ( 3.)
ROBERT JOHNSON GRAPHICALLY BLUE
THE DEVIL IS SINGING OUR SONG
SEARCHING FOR ROBERT JOHNSON (VANITY FAIR)
BLUES (MARY McCLAIN)
HOLY TRINITY OF ROCK
HOLY TRINITY OF JAZZ
MILES DAVIS (THE CREATOR)
JIMI HENDRIX (VOODOO’S CHILD)
PRINCE AMONG US (THE ARTIST)
UNDER A CRESCENT MOON
TEXAS SWING
THEY ONLY COME OUT AT NIGHT
A RENAISSANCE IN HARLEM
SUMMER IN THE CITY
ROLLIN’ ON THE RIVER
MOUNTAIN MUSIC (ROCK N ROLL TIMELINE)
CHICAGO BOUND
CROSSROADS
GUITAR LIST #1 (ELECTRIC EVOLUTION)
GUITAR LIST #2 (SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL)
ROCK N ROLL TIMELINE (NO ART)
ROCK N ROLL GUITAR HISTORY (YARDBIRDS)
A LIGHTER SHADE OF BLUE (THE YARDBIRDS)
ROCK N ROLL TIMELINE
DEVIL MUSIC
MUDDY WATERS (CHICAGO)
CHICAGO BOUND
ROLLING STONES (MUDDY WATERS)
GUITAR LIST #1 (ELECTRIC EVOLUTION)
GUITAR LIST #2 (SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL)
ROCK N ROLL TIMELINE (NO ART)
the color purple
POST APOCALYPTIC BLUES
Bill Anders (Apollo 8)
Voodoo, Assassination & War
1968 — Earthrise (WATCH)
“On the night I was born, I swear the Lord turned The Moon Fire Red”
Colors …
This is a Voyage into Sound
inst. of change
the players
instruments
Living Colour
BLUE: THE ORIGINAL COLOR OF SIN
INST. OF CHANGE
FUSION GUITAR
Frank Sinatra
The House I Live In (1945)
Resurrection
((( Anglo Blue )))
“Spaceship Orion”
1973 — Ozark Mountain Daredevils
((( Missouri )))
“Jackie Blue“
1974 — It’ll Shine When It Shines
((( Missouri )))
“Jim Dandy”
1973 — High On The Hog
((( Missouri )))
Bascom Lamar Lunsford was known to be the most knowledgable Appalachian Mountain Man historiank and Folk (Dance) music collector. Lunsford dedicated his life to mountain music and dance in poetry and storytelling. To showcase the art, he created the Asheville Mountain Folk Festival in 1929. This is David Hoffman’s 1989 documentary film on Bascom Lamar Lunsford, exploring what drove Lunsford to fight so hard to honor, protect, and preserve Appalachian Mountain Culture.
“Misty Mountain Hop”
1973 — Led Zeppelin
((( Cross Atlantic Influence )))
“Mountain Jam”
1973 — Allman Brothers (KSAN) California
((( Georgia Hills )))
“Fire On The Mountain”
1975 — The Marshall Tucker Band
Searchin’ for a Rainbow
((( South Carolina )))
“If You Want To Get To Heaven”
1973 — Ozark Mountain Daredevils
((( Missouri )))
“Nantucket Sleigh Ride”
1971 — Mountain
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Robert Johnson
Lonnie Johnson
Joe Pass
Andres Segovia
Wes Montgomery
Django Rheinhardt
Elizabeth Cotten
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Odetta Holmes
Joan Armatrading
Tracy Chapman
India.Arie
Esperanza Spalding
Meshell Ndegeocello
Lianne La Havas
Ani DiFranco
Kaki King
Michelle Shocked
Electric Guitar: Instrument Of Change
Yardbirds
Eric Clapton (Cream)
Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)
Jeff Beck (Group w/Rod Stewart, Beck Bogert & Appice, “Superstition“ w/Stevie Wonder, Blow by Blow, w/Mick Jagger (Primitive Cool) w/Roger Waters (Amused To Death) w/David Bowie … The Highest Flying Yardbird.
Peter Green (John Mayall / Fleetwood Mac )
Kim Simmonds (Savoy Brown / Foghat)
Gary Moore (Thin Lizzy)
Jimi Hendrix
Duane Allman
Carlos Santana
Eddie Hazel
Frank Zappa
Larry Coryell
Robert Fripp
Adrian Belew
Return to Forever Guitars
Bill Connors
Earl Klugh — Gold-Top Gibson Les Paul Guitar used while playing with Return To Forever (1975), between Bill Connors and Al Di Meola. (Vernon’s Guitars)
Al Di Meola
Miles Davis Guitars
John McLaughlin
Pete Cosey
Robben Ford
Mike Stern
Steely Dan Guitars
Donald Fagen (keys)
Walter Becker (guitar)
Elliott Randall (“Reelin’ In The Years”)
Jeff “Skunk” Baxter
Denny Dias
Dean Parks
Hugh McCracken
Jay Graydon
Mark Knopfler
Rick Derringer
Larry Carlton
Steve Khan
Ray Gomez
George Benson
Lee Ritenour
Eric Gale
Cornell Dupree
John Tropea
Joe Satriani
Steve Vai
Eric Johnson
Steve Morse
Jimmy Herring (Aquarium Rescue Unit/Project Z)
Dickey Betts (Allman Brothers/Dickey Betts & Great Southern )
Warren Haynes (Gov’t Mule/Allman Brothers)
Derek Trucks (Allman Brothers/Tedesci Trucks Band)
Eric Gales
Allan Holdsworth
Frank Gambale
Steve Stevens
Stevie Salas
Richie Kotzen
John Abercrombie
Jan Akkerman
Jan Akkerman is a Dutch guitarist who found international critical, commercial, and popular success with the band Focus, which he co-founded with Thijs van Leer. After leaving Focus, he continued as a solo artist, moving toward the more experimental, instrumental, sounds of Fusion.
Phil Manzanera
Phil Manzanera is an English guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is the lead guitarist with Roxy Music, and was the lead guitarist with 801, and Quiet Sun. In 2006, Manzanera co-produced David Gilmour‘s album On an Island, and played in Gilmour’s band for tours in Europe and North America. He wrote and presented a series of 14 one-hour radio programmes for station Planet Rock entitled The A-Z of Great Guitarists.
Janne Schaffer
Janne Schaffer is a Swedish songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for his work as a session guitarist for ABBA but he has also recorded with artists such as Bob Marley, Johnny Nash, Art Farmer and Tony Williams. He also played at the 1977 Montreux Jazz Festival.His 1979 album Earmeal included session work from brothers Jeff, Steve and Mike Porcaro, as well as their father, Joe Porcaro. This is one of the few instances where the entire Porcaro family appears together on one album, the most well-known examples being Toto’sToto IV and The Seventh One.
Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple / Rainbow)
Robin Trower (Procol Harem)
Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath)
David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
Brian May (Queen)
Peter Frampton (Humble Pie)
Steve Howe(Yes)
Martin Barre (Jethro Tull)
Ronnie Montrose (Edgar Winter Group)
Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top)
Ted Nugent (Amboy Dukes)
Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
Scotty Moore
Carl Perkins
Roy Clark
Glen Campbell
“T” IS FOR TEXAS
T-Bone Walker
Johnny Winter
Eric Johnson
Darrell Dimebag (Pantera)
Buddy Guy
B.B. King
Clarence Gatemouth Brown
Ry Cooder
David Lindley
Waddy Watchell
Sonny Landreth