Famous with careers are guitarist
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Guitarist and composer who is known for his unique covers of songs by famous artists such as <a title='Michael Jackson' href='/famous/michael-jackson.htm'>Michael Jackson</a> and The Beatles. He is known for his fingerstyle and unique combination of rap and jazz. He shares personalized lessons and videos of his playing through YouTube for his over 60,000 subscribers.
Adam Rafferty
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French gypsy guitarist who is one of the founding member of Gipsy Kings. After an extended sabbatical, he rejoined the group full time in 1990.
Canut Reyes
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Rock musician and composer who established the punk band Cienfuegos in 1983. They are known for songs like "Querés Saber Lo Que Es Estar Muerto?" "Love Will Tear Us Apart" and "Llega El Dolor." They disbanded in 2007.
Sergio Rotman
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Argentinian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who became known for his standout electric guitar playing. He has recorded numerous successful albums including Siempre estaré, Desnuque and Encuentro supremo.
David Lebón
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Guitarist and founding member of the Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork.
Peter Wichers
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American rock guitarist who played in numerous bands throughout his career including Zero, KVHW and The Other Ones. In 2016, he partnered with his son John to form an ensemble called Kimock.
Steve Kimock
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Brazilian guitar player and music producer who is best known for his work with the group Cesar & Fabiano. He is known for having earned representation from the Universal Music label and the Som Livre label.
Fabiano Menotti
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British guitarist who is best known as a member of the band 65daysofstatic. His group has put out albums like The Destruction of Small Ideas, We Were Exploding Anyway, and Wild Light.
Joe Shrewsbury
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Swedish guitarist who is a founding member of the death metal band Amon Amarth. They released their first album, Once Sent From The Golden Hall, in 1998.
Olavi Mikkonen
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Paraguayan classical guitarist who has recorded over a dozen albums. She has been nominated three times for the Latin Grammy Awards, and was ranked by Classical Guitar Magazine as an 'ambassador of the classical guitar'.
Berta Rojas
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Best known for being the long-time guitarist for the indie rock band The Dears, he is also a singer-songwriter and producer with a debut solo EP called Take It Or Leave. He performed with a side band called Black Diamond Bay.
Patrick Krief
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Guitarist and composer known for his seamless blending of acoustic and electronic instrumentation. He has scored films like Friday Night Lights.
David Torn
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English guitarist and singer who is known as one of the forming member of the electronic rock, indie rock, noise pop, and shoegazing band called The Big Pink.
Robbie Furze
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American guitarist who has been a member of the bands Black Lips and Diamond Rugs. He is known for songs like "Modern Art" and "New Direction."
Ian Saint Pé
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Indonesian guitarist who is best known for being a member of the band Slank. He is also the producer of rock band Seurieus.
Abdee Negara
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Indian guitarist who became part of the wildly successful trio Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy who focus on cinematic music and compositions. He won a 2015 Filmfare Award for Best Music Direction for Two States.
Ehsaan Noorani
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Guitarist best known as a member of the American rock band Filter alongside <a title='Richard Patrick' href='/famous/richard-patrick.htm'>Richard Patrick</a>. He first rose to fame as a member of the now-defunct alt rock band Kill Hannah. He has also performed with acts like ASHES dIVIDE and Krewella.
Jonathan Radtke
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Grammy Award-winning Venezuelan-American guitarist and DJ known as DJ Afro who founded the band Los Amigos Invisibles. He's also the founder of Gozadera Records.
Jose Luis Pardo
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Guitarist who played with the power metal HammerFall from 1997 to 2008.
Stefan Elmgren
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Canadian-born flamenco guitarist and renowned world musician.
Edward Stephenson
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Belgian jazz guitarist who has collaborated with artists like <a title='Chet Baker' href='/famous/chet-baker.htm'>Chet Baker</a>, <a title='Robert Wyatt' href='/famous/robert-wyatt.htm'>Robert Wyatt</a>, and <a title='Dexter Gordon' href='/famous/dexter-gordon.htm'>Dexter Gordon</a>, among others.
Philip Catherine
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Hard rock musician who rose to fame performing lead guitar duties for the band Graveyard. The band entered a short-lived hiatus in 2016 before announcing their reunion in early 2017.
Jonatan Larocca-Ramm
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Professional musician who is best known for being a lead guitarist and vocalist for the band North Mississippi Allstars.
Luther Dickinson
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Known as the Dean of Blues in St. Louis, he was an electric guitarist who worked as a session musician, as well as a soloist.
Bennie Smith