| Blues guitar players have a feel unlike any other | | | | 250 lbs he put his soul into every performance. His first |
| guitarists in any other style. They take simple notes | | | | major blues hit came in 1959 with "I'm a lonely man" |
| and piece them together into emotional solos, licks and | | | | and he continued to record, perform and write up until |
| riffs that stand the test of time. | | | | his passing in 1992. |
| While there are hundreds of blues artists out there a | | | | Buddy Guy |
| select few have really paved the way for popular | | | | A pioneer of the Chicago Blues style of the blues |
| artists that are now taking the blues scene by storm. | | | | Buddy Guy has been touring, playing, writing and |
| Below are the 5 greatest blues guitar players, in my | | | | performing for over 57 years. He was ranked 13th on |
| opinion of course, of all time. | | | | Rolling Stong Magazines top 100 guitar players of all |
| B.B. King | | | | time, and has even had his own style of the popular |
| Few will argue the amazing impact B.B. King has had | | | | Stratocaster Fender Guitar named after him. Famous |
| on the blues over the past few decades. Him simplistic | | | | blues guitarist and number five on our list, Stevie Ray |
| yet soulful style of playing is second to none, and often | | | | Vaughn was quoted as saying "Without Buddy Guy |
| imitated but never duplicated. He's influenced more | | | | there would be no Stevie Ray Vaughn" in Guitarist |
| blues guitar players then anyone else on this list, and | | | | magazine. |
| has become some what of a house hold name even | | | | Stevie Ray Vaughan |
| to those who don't know the blues. | | | | Like so many musicians, Stevie Ray Vaughn left us |
| Albert King | | | | too early in his life. He died in a helicopter crash in 1990 |
| While not as popular as B.B. King, Albert King was one | | | | at the age of 35. Like Buddy Guy, Vaughn was ranked |
| of the "three kings of blues" (the other two were B.B. | | | | on Rolling Stone Magazines top 100 guitarists at #7. |
| King and Freddie King). A huge man standing 6. 4" and | | | | |