- List of guitarists by genre
This is a list of notable guitarists, organized by genre.
Blues Early blues
:Robert Johnson:
Big Bill Broonzy :Blind Blake :Tampa Red :Charley Patton :Blind Lemon Jefferson :Bukka White :Skip James :Blind Boy Fuller :Son House Prewar blues
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Lead Belly Early postwar blues
Blues from the 1960s to present
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Etta Baker :Jeff Beck :Eric Clapton :Rory Gallagher :Jimi Hendrix :Jimmy Page :Duane Allman :Luther Allison :Mike Bloomfield :Joe Bonamassa :Roy Buchanan :Rama Claproth :Albert Collins :Tracy Conover :Ry Cooder :Robert Cray :Steve 'The Colonel' Cropper :Bo Diddley :Ronnie Earl :Robben Ford :Jesse Fuller :Lowell Fulson :Guitar Slim :Buddy Guy :Chuck Hammer :John Lee Hooker :Son House :Mississippi John Hurt :Tony Iommi :Elmore James :Skip James :Blind Lemon Jefferson :Lonnie Johnson :Luther 'Guitar Junior' Johnson :Jorma Kaukonen :Albert King :B. B. King :Freddie King :Sonny Landreth :J. B. Lenoir :Mance Lipscomb :Lonnie Mack :Taj Mahal:Mississippi Fred McDowell :Brownie McGhee :Blind Willie McTell :Little Milton :Memphis Minnie :Gary Moore :Keb' Mo' :Big Bill Morganfield :Matt "Guitar" Murphy:Pappo :Charlie Patton :Bonnie Raitt :Tampa Red :Jimmy Reed :Kelly Richey :Duke Robillard :Robert Ross:Otis Rush :Todd Sharpville :Kenny Wayne Shepherd :Jimmy Thackery :Jimmy Scott :Hubert Sumlin :Sister Rosetta Tharpe :Walter Trout :Derek Trucks :Stevie Ray Vaughan :Jimmie Vaughan :Joe Louis Walker :T-Bone Walker :Muddy Waters :Bukka White :Jack White :Josh White :Johnny Winter :Howlin' Wolf Classical
= Experimental =:
Derek Bailey :Blixa Bargeld :Jeff Beck :Glenn Branca :Peter Buck :Rhys Chatham :Nels Cline :Loren Mazzacane Connors :Robert Fripp :Bill Frisell :Fred Frith :Kim Gordon :Keiji Haino :Christian Hejnal :Scott Henderson :Josh Homme :Henry Kaiser:Yuri Landman :Thurston Moore :KK Null :Mike Oldfield :Paul Panhuysen :Lee Ranaldo :Lou Reed :Marc Ribot :Omar Rodriguez-Lopez :Keith Rowe :Jim O'Rourke:Elliott Sharp :Gary Smith:Steve Vai :Frank Zappa Flamenco
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Vicente Amigo :Lenny Breau :Charo :Moraíto Chico :Gerhard Graf-Martínez : teacher:Oscar Herrero : composer, teacher and musician:Paco de Lucía (1947-): Real name Francisco Sánchez:Luis Maravilla :Juan Martín :Carlos Montoya :Ramón Montoya (1880-1949):Rafael (1966-):Paco Peña (1942-):Pata Negra :Kostas Pavlidis (Generally GreekRoma music , but incorporates large amounts of flamenco):Manitas de Plata :Niño Ricardo :Sabicas (1912-1990):Manolo Sanlúcar :Serranito, Victor Monge (1942-):Tomate , father of Tomatito:Tomatito (1958-): Real name José Fernández Torres:Andrei Krylov (1959-)Folk and acoustic
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William Ackerman :Chet Atkins :Joan Baez :Norman Blake:Creed Bratton :Dan Ar Braz :Peter Buck :Martin Carthy :Allen Collins :Ry Cooder :Jim Croce :John Denver :Ani DiFranco :Nick Drake :Bob Dylan :Tommy Emmanuel :John Fahey:Leslie Fish :Gordon Giltrap :Davey Graham :Dallas Green:David Grier :Nick Harper :Roy Harper :Michael Hedges :Bert Jansch :Jewel :Nic Jones :Leo Kottke :Jack Lawrence :Adrian Legg :Francois Luambo Makiadi "Franco":John Martyn:Dave Matthews :Ellen McIlwaine :Tony McManus :Paul McSherry :Joni Mitchell :Tom Paxton :Al Perkins :John Renbourn :Stochelo Rosenberg:Tony Rice :Dick Siegel :Paul Simon (Simon and Garfunkel ):Elliott Smith :Ivan Smirnov:James Taylor :Richard Thompson:Leon Wesley Walls :Doc Watson :Hank Williams :Mason Williams :Don Ross :Jason Wilber :Shahin Alavi Jazz Latin-American music
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Manuel Barrueco (Cuban):Leo Brouwer (Cuban):Luiz Bonfá (Brazilian):Abel Carlevaro (Uruguayan):Oscar Castro-Neves (Brazilian):Alirio Díaz (Venezuelan):Egberto Gismonti (Brazilian):Guinga (Brazilian) :Joao Gilberto (Brazilian):Antonio Lauro (Venezuelan):Gentil Montaña (Colombian):Carlos Pérez (Chilean):Baden Powell de Aquino (Brazilian):Rodrigo Riera (Venezuelan):Antony Santos (Dominican):Super Uba (Dominican):Toquinho (Brazilian):Luis Vargas :Atahualpa Yupanqui (Argentine)
=Metal=ee also
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List of guitarists
*Guitar
*Classical guitar
*Electric guitar
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