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Philip Keaggy is considered one of the top fingerstyle guitarists. He is a seven-time Dove Award winner for Instrumental Album of the Year and was twice nominated for a Grammy. Keaggy was influenced by blues and began playing guitar at age 10, missing half his right middle finger due to childhood accident. Jimi Hendrix was an influential American guitarist and singer-songwriter. He helped develop guitar feedback techniques and was influenced by blues artists like B.B. King. Hendrix won many rock music awards and helped pioneer studio experimentation. Eric Clapton is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter considered one of the greatest of all time. He has had success in blues

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Guitarist

Philip Keaggy is considered one of the top fingerstyle guitarists. He is a seven-time Dove Award winner for Instrumental Album of the Year and was twice nominated for a Grammy. Keaggy was influenced by blues and began playing guitar at age 10, missing half his right middle finger due to childhood accident. Jimi Hendrix was an influential American guitarist and singer-songwriter. He helped develop guitar feedback techniques and was influenced by blues artists like B.B. King. Hendrix won many rock music awards and helped pioneer studio experimentation. Eric Clapton is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter considered one of the greatest of all time. He has had success in blues

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Best Guitarist of the World

Keaggy Philip Tyler Keaggy (born March 23, 1951 in


Youngstown, Ohio[1]) is an American acoustic
and electric guitarist and vocalist who has
released more than 50 albums and
contributed to many more recordings in both
the contemporary Christian music and
mainstream markets. He is a seven-time
recipient of the GMA Dove Award for
Instrumental Album of the Year, and was twice
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock
Gospel Album. Keaggy was raised in a small
farmhouse in Hubbard, Ohio with nine
brothers and sisters, and began playing guitar
at age ten on a Sears Silvertone guitar. He
went to high school in Austintown, Ohio
Background information graduating in 1970. He is missing half of the
middle finger on his right hand due to a
Born March 23, 1951 (age 57) childhood accident at age 4 involving a water
pump. He is frequently listed as one of the top
Contemporary Christian fingerstyle guitarists by Guitar Player
Genre(s)
Progressive rock Magazine readers' polls.

Instrument(s) Guitar, vocals

Years active 1966 - present


James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix and known as
Jimi Hendrix) (November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an
American guitarist, singer and songwriter whose guitar playing was
influential on rock music.[1] After initial success in Europe, he achieved
fame in the USA following his 1967 performance at the Monterey Pop
Festival. Later, Hendrix headlined the iconic 1969 Woodstock Festival.

Hendrix helped develop the technique of guitar feedback with


overdriven amplifiers.[2] He was influenced by blues artists such as B.B.
King, Muddy Waters, Albert King, and Elmore James,[3][4][5][6] rhythm and
blues and soul guitarists Curtis Mayfield, Steve Cropper, as well as by
some modern jazz.[7]

Carlos Santana has suggested that Hendrix's music may have been
Hendrix live at the Royal Albert Hall, 18
February 1969. influenced by his Native American heritage.[8] As a record producer,
Hendrix also broke new ground in using the recording studio as an
Background information extension of his musical ideas; he was one of the first to experiment
with stereophonic and phasing effects during recording.
Birth name Johnny Allen Hendrix
Hendrix won many of the most prestigious rock music awards in his
lifetime and has been posthumously awarded many more, including
November 27, 1942
Born being inducted into the USA's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 and
Seattle, Washington, USA
the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. An English Heritage "Blue plaque"

September 18, 1970 (aged 27) was erected in his name on his former residence at Brook Street,
Died
London, England London in September 1997 and his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
(at 6627 Hollywood Blvd.) was dedicated in 1994. In 2006, his debut
Hard rock, blues-rock, acid rock, USA album, Are You Experienced, was inducted into the United States
Genre(s)
psychedelic rock National Recording Registry and Rolling Stone named Hendrix the best
guitarist on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time in 2003.[9]
Singer, guitarist, songwriter,
Occupation(s)
bandleader, producer, studio owner

Years active 1962–1970


Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March
1945), is an English blues-rock guitarist, singer,
songwriter and composer. He is one of the most
successful musicians of the 20th and 21st
centuries,[1] garnering an unprecedented three
inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
(The Yardbirds, Cream, and solo). Often viewed
by critics and fans alike as one of the greatest
guitarists of all time[2], Clapton was ranked fourth
in Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the "100

Clapton at the Tsunami Relief concert, 2005


Greatest Guitarists of All Time"[3] and #53 on
their list of the Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists of

Background information All Time.[4]

Although Clapton's musical style has varied


Birth name Eric Patrick Clapton
throughout his career, it has usually remained
rooted in the blues. Clapton is credited as an
Also known as Slowhand
innovator in several phases of his career, which
have included blues-rock (with John Mayall &
30 March 1945 (age 63)
Born the Bluesbreakers and The Yardbirds) and
Ripley, Surrey, England
psychedelic rock (with Cream). Clapton has also

Genre(s) Rock, blues, blues-rock achieved great chart success in genres ranging
from Delta blues (Me and Mr. Johnson) to pop
Occupation(s) Musician, Singer-songwriter ("Change the World") and reggae (Bob Marley's
"I Shot the Sheriff"). Clapton also achieved fame
Instrument(s) Guitar, vocals with Derek and the Dominos through the hit
song "Layla".
Years active 1963 - present

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