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FAMOUS GUITARISTS

FAMOUS GUITARISTS • There are many famous artists who play the guitar. Here are some of the top

ones and some of my favourites.

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix was an American rock

guitarist, singer and songwriter. His

career lasted only 4 years but people

think of him as one of the best

guitarists of the 20th century. He died

of a drugs overdose. He was inspired

by American rock and roll and

electric blues. He had 3 UK top ten

hits with ‘Hey Joe’, ‘Purple Haze’ and

‘The Wind Cries Mary’.

Here is a link to Jimi Hendrix

performing ‘Purple Haze’.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJunCsrhJ

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FAMOUS GUITARISTS Jimmy Page

Jimmy Page was the lead guitarist

and founder of the rock band Led

Zeppelin. My dad told me this as he

absolutely loves Led Zeppelin and

thinks Jimmy Page is the greatest

guitarist of all time!

He was made famous as he created

lots of guitar riffs and tunings and

used distorted guitar tones.

My dad says that their most famous

song is ‘Stairway to Heaven’ which

has a Jimmy performing a big guitar

solo. Here is a link to Jimmy Page

performing the ‘Stairway to Heaven’

guitar solo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q18-Bt6zImg

FAMOUS GUITARISTS Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton is an English rock and

blues guitarist and singer. He was

part of the group Cream. His solo

career began in the 1970’s. His two

most popular recordings were ‘Layla’

and ‘Tears in Heaven’ which he wrote

about his dead son. Eric Clapton is

also said to be one of the greatest

guitarists of all time.

Here is a link to Eric Clapton

performing ‘Layla’ at Live Aid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9myqi7VL9s

FAMOUS GUITARISTS Angus Young

I have chosen to include

Angus Young because he is

the lead guitarist of one of my

favourite bands ACDC. He is

famous for his outfits and his

own ‘duckwalk’ when he

performs the guitar. He is also

thought of as one of the

greatest guitarists of all time.

‘Highway to Hell’ and

‘Thunderstruck’ are two of

their most popular songs that

have great guitar solos by

Angus. Here is a link to my

favourite – ‘Thunderstruck’.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_GF

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FAMOUS GUITARISTS Tom Morello

Tom Morello is a guitarist who

performed with Rage against the

Machine. He is best known for his

unique guitar playing style which

uses feedback noise, picking and

tapping. I have chosen to include

him as he worked with composer

Ramin Djawadi to create and

perform the Pacific Rim film theme

tune which I love. They did this to

bring a big rock feel to the theme

to match the robots. Below is a link

to the Pacific Rim theme featuring

Tom Morello.

https://www.youtube.com/wat

ch?v=IzMCgyKvcn4

FAMOUS GUITARISTS Tyler Joseph

Tyler Joseph is part of 21 Pilots along

with Josh Dun. I have included him

as 21 Pilots are one of my favourite

bands and Josh is very talented

and can play a number of

instruments. I love their music and

have been lucky enough to see

them live in concert.

Their album Blurryface was one of

their most popular albums and the

band’s fans crashed their website

attempting to pre-order the album.

Jack also loves 21 Pilots. His

favourite song is ‘Chlorine’ and

‘Nico and the Niners’. My favourite

song is ‘Heathens’.

FAMOUS GUITARISTS Tyler Joseph

Tyler plays the guitar in a lot of songs

and plays the Ukulele as well.

Below are links to 21 Pilots ‘Ride’

video where you can see Tyler

playing the guitar.

He also plays the guitar in their

Lockdown song ‘Level of Concern’

which is really good. The link is

below. You can also upload you

own video to their music video of

this!

I had to also put this link in as my

mum absolutely loves the piano

introduction to ‘Heathens’ that they

performed in concert. Tyler also

performs this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loOWKm8GW6A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw-0pbY9JeU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzK7jit4CVI