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Steve Vai
Famous for: Technical guitar work and composition Iconic performance/song: For The Love of God
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Famous for: Blues revival in the 1980s Iconic performance/song: Texas Flood
Jimi Hendrix
Famous for: Revolutionizing electric guitar play Iconic performance/song: The Star-Spangled Banner at Woodstock
John Mayer
Famous for: Combining blues, pop, and rock Iconic performance/song: Gravity
Chuck Berry
Famous for: Pioneer of rock and roll guitar Iconic performance/song: Johnny B. Goode
Tom Morello
Famous for: Innovative guitar sounds Iconic performance/song: Killing in the Name with Rage Against The Machine
Tony Iommi
Famous for: Creating the heavy metal guitar sound Iconic performance/song: Iron Man with Black Sabbath
Joe Satriani
Famous for: Instrumental rock music Iconic performance/song: Surfing with the Alien
Randy Rhoads
Famous for: Combining classical music with heavy metal Iconic performance/song: Crazy Train with Ozzy Osbourne
George Harrison
Famous for: His melodic songwriting and guitar work in The Beatles Iconic performance/song: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
BB King
Famous for: King of the Blues Iconic performance/song: Live at the Regal
Carlos Santana
Famous for: Latin rock fusion Iconic performance/song: Smooth featuring Rob Thomas
Slash
Famous for: Hard rock riffs and solos Iconic performance/song: Sweet Child O' Mine with Guns N' Roses
Yngwie Malmsteen
Famous for: Bringing baroque and classical music influences to heavy metal Iconic performance/song: Black Star
Jimmy Page
Famous for: Hard rock and heavy metal riffs Iconic performance/song: Stairway to Heaven with Led Zeppelin
The Edge
Famous for: Use of delay effects Iconic performance/song: Where The Streets Have No Name with U2
Kirk Hammett
Famous for: Heavy metal lead guitar Iconic performance/song: Master of Puppets with Metallica
Frank Zappa
Famous for: Eclectic composition and technical prowess Iconic performance/song: Willie The Pimp
Eddie Van Halen
Famous for: Two-handed tapping technique Iconic performance/song: Eruption solo
Eric Clapton
Famous for: Blues and rock stylings Iconic performance/song: Layla with Derek and the Dominos
Brian May
Famous for: Unique sound using a homemade guitar Iconic performance/song: Bohemian Rhapsody with Queen
Jeff Beck
Famous for: Electronic guitar effects Iconic performance/song: Cause We've Ended as Lovers
Pete Townshend
Famous for: Windmill strumming Iconic performance/song: Won't Get Fooled Again with The Who
Mark Knopfler
Famous for: Fingerstyle guitar playing Iconic performance/song: Sultans of Swing with Dire Straits
Jack White
Famous for: Garage rock revival Iconic performance/song: Seven Nation Army with The White Stripes
Angus Young
Famous for: High-energy performances in schoolboy uniform Iconic performance/song: Back in Black with AC/DC
Keith Richards
Famous for: Rhythm guitar skills Iconic performance/song: (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction with The Rolling Stones
Ritchie Blackmore
Famous for: Neo-classical metal playing Iconic performance/song: Smoke on the Water with Deep Purple
David Gilmour
Famous for: Psychedelic rock and blues influence Iconic performance/song: Comfortably Numb solo with Pink Floyd
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