American Super Guitarists List

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Top 10 Best American Guitarists

• By Jesse Levine Norristown

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There are many lists of Best Ever Guitarists
out there. Jesse Levine Norristown is going to
share some all time favorite Guitarists List

• Elmore James
• J. Mascis
• Tom Verlaine
• John Fahey
• Dick Dale
• Duane Allman
• Eddie Van Halen
• Jack White

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Elmore James Elmore James was an American blues
guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader. He
was known as "King of the Slide Guitar" and was
noted for his use of loud amplification and his
stirring voice. For his contributions to music,
James was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame in 1992.
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J. Mascis Joseph Donald Mascis Jr., known
professionally as J Mascis, is an American
musician, best known as the singer, guitarist and
main songwriter for the alternative rock band
Dinosaur Jr. He has also released several albums
as a solo artist and played drums and guitar on
other projects
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Tom Verlaine Tom Verlaine is an American singer,
songwriter and guitarist, best known as the
frontman of the New York City rock band
Television.
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John Fahey John Fahey was one of the greatest
acoustic guitar players ever. His best music
harks back to an older, almost mythical America
a rural, simpler, pre-War America. His debut
album, Blind Joe Death, was originally released
as a fake album, supposedly containing old
recordings by a forgotten bluesman. In a very
American display of entrepreneurship, the album
was the first ever indie record, self-financed
by Fahey with the money he earned working at a
gas station!
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Dick Dale Richard Anthony Monsour, known
professionally as Dick Dale, was an American rock
guitarist. He was a pioneer of surf music,
drawing on Middle Eastern music scales and
experimenting with reverberation. Dale was known
as "The King of the Surf Guitar", which was also
the title of his second studio album.
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Duane Allman Duanne Allman was a players like
few others who could humble Clapton, who could
play slide like few others, who had one of the
best Les Paul tones. He could do seemingly so
naturally what players such as Clapton actually
laboriously studied for year that fluid, bluesy
guitar thing, you know listening to Duane is
like driving a convertible down a highway, on a
sunny hot day somewhere, down South. Yep great
driving music, the likes of which only Americans
could make!
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Eddie Van Halen Van Halens music couldnt be
more Californian if it tried. Its loud, silly,
colorful its widescreen rocknroll. Silly,
fun, sunny. And so is Eddies guitar style. What
could be a bit too much for those who are not
crazy about Eighties hard rock, is actually quite
enjoyable if youre listening to Eddies playing
a true innovator.
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Jack White Pop Art is one of the defining styles
of American art from the past 100 years. Its as
American as apple pie. And Jack White is pure Pop
Art, when you think about it hes all about
bright primal colors, about style, and about
making many people wonder what is real and what
is fake, who is the true Jack White, why is he
singing like Blind Willie McTell, and whether is
it real blues or just a commercial copy? These
questions of originality vs. imitation,
commercialism vs. authenticity, are pretty much
the same questions people asked when confronted
with the work of Pop Art names such as Warhol.
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