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Great Classical Guitarist
In Honor To Fernando Sor
The Father Of Classical Guitarists

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Fred Benedetti

Julian Bream
Tommy Emmanuel

Jose Feliciano
Eliot Fisk
Sharon Isbin
Patty Larkin-Classical &(Folk/Pop)

Wu Man

Billy McLaughlin

Jason McQuire

Nigel North
Christopher Parkening
Oscar Reynolds

Pepe Romero
Gustavo Santaolalla

Andrés Segovia

George Svoboda

FranciscoTarrega

Marco Vinicius

Carl Volk

Lynn Harting-Ware

Sharon Wayne
John Williams

Andrew York 
More To Come Later 2008
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Great Folk and Jazz Guitarist
Modern Jazz Guitarist
In Honor To a Living Legend
Les Paul
The Father of The Electric Guitar

The following underlined Jazz Guitarist links in RED are temporary Wikipedia links. They are used as a reference only until the Dradom's Picture links are added. As you can see many Pic Links already exist linking to either the guitarist homepage or next best web-page (if a guitarist doesn't have one).
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John Abercrombie

Ron Affif

Howard Alden

Johnny Alegre

Oscar Aleman

Tuck Andress

Gustavo Assis-Brasil

Chet Atkins

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Derek Bailey

Danny Barker

Billy Bauer

Billy Beam

Joe Beck

George Benson
Peter Bernstein

Ed Bickert

Luiz Bonfá

Lenny Breau

Bobby Broom

Jimmy Bruno

Kenny Burrell

Charlie Byrd

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Jim Campilongo
Steve Cardenas
Larry Carlton
Deirdre Cartwright
Andrew Cheshire
Charlie Christian
Bruce Clarke
Dave Cliff
Nels Cline
Larry Coryell
David Cullen
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Paco de Lucía
Al Di Meola
Jim Douglas
Ted Dunbar
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Lars Edegran
Herb Ellis
Tommy Emmanuel

Kevin Eubanks
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Tal Farlow
Ronaldo Folegatti
Eduardo Foo

Robben Ford
Mimi Fox
Bill Frisell
Carl Filipiak
Scott Fivelson
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Frank Gambale
Hank Garland
Grant Geissman
Andre' Geraissati

Mick Goodrick
Freddie Green
Grant Green
Ted Greene
Igor Grigoriev
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Jim Hall
Scott Henderson
Jon Herington
Allan Holdsworth
Toninho Horta
Brian Hughes
Charlie Hunter
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Enver İzmaylov
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Lonnie Johnson

Stanley Jordan

Wayne Johnson

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Ryo Kawasaki
Barney Kessell
Earl Klugh
Wayne Krantz
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John McLaughlin

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P
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Tim Reynolds

Lee Ritenour
Howard Roberts
Duke Robillard
Steve Rochinski
Stochelo Rosenberg
Kurt Rosenwinkel
Terje Rypdal
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John Scofield
Spencer Seim
Elliott Sharp
Alex Skolnick
Johnny Smith
Terry Smith
Pete Smyser
John Stein
Leni Stern
Mike Stern
Andy Summers
Gabor Szabo
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Martin Taylor
Tommy Tedesco
David Torn
Ralph Towner
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James 'Blood' Ulmer
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George Van Eps
Rick Vandivier
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Jack Wilkins
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Attila Zoller
Greatest Jazz Guitarists Top 100
Rated In The Last Few Years by Billboard and others.
Note "This can be debated considering the vast number of Great Jazz Guitarist comprising of more than one hundred all could at one short period in time be ranked within the Top 100"
"The Dradom will present to You as many notable guitarist and not so notable one's as It can afford without sponsership"
1. Wes Montgomery 2. Django Reinhardt 3. Pat Metheny 4. Joe Pass 5. Charlie Christian 6. John McLaughlin 7. Allan Holdsworth 8. Grant Green 9. John Scofield 10. Jim Hall 11. Larry Coryell 12. Kenny Burrell 13. Bill Frisell 14. Larry Carlton 15. Pat Martino 16. Mike Stern 17. Al DiMeola 18. Lenny Breau 19. Herb Ellis 20. John Abercrombie 21. George Benson 22. Lee Ritenour 23. Tal Farlow 24. Lonnie Johnson 25. Eddie Lang 26. Robert Conti 27. Johnny Smith 28. Bill Connors 29. George Van Eps 30. Jimmy Bruno 31. Jimmy Raney 32. Hank Garland 33. Joe Diorio 34. Barney Kessel 35. Kurt Rosenwinkel 36. Oscar Moore 37. Les Paul 38. Jeff Golub 39. Ed Bickert 40. Russ Freeman 41. Derek Bailey 42. Charlie Hunter 43. Martin Taylor 44. Howard Roberts 45. Stanley Jordan 46. Ralph Towner 47. Chet Atkins 48. Scott Henderson 49. George Barnes 50. Gabor Szabo
51. Mark Stefani 52. Thom Rotella 53. Nick Webb 54. Charley Byrd 55. Ted Greene 56. Billy Bauer 57. Henry Johnson 58. Billy Bean 59. Sonny Greenwich 60. Dean Parks 61. Steve Khan 62. Frank Gambale 63. Andy Summers 64. Russell Malone 65. Ronny Jordan 66. Bireli Lagrene 67. Earl Klugh 68. Grant Geissman 69. Carl Kress 70. Harry Volpe 71. Buzz Feiten 72. Lorne Lofsky 73. Nguyen Le 74. Robben Ford 75. Daryl Stuermer 76. Phil Upchurch 77. Ulf Wakenius 78. Hiram Bullock 79. Sonny Sharrock 80. John Pizzarelli 81. Tony Mottola 82. Bucky Pizzarelli 83. Norman Brown 84. Tiny Grimes 85. Tommy Tedesco 86. Mark Whitfield 87. Julio Fernandez 88. Marc Ribot 89. Greg Carmichael 90. John Pisano 91. Emily Remler 92. Brian Hughes 93. Fitzroy Coleman 94. Mick Goodrick 95. Kevin Eubanks 96. Ken Navarro 97. Wolfgang Muthspiel 98. Tuck Andress 99. Robert Normann 100. Howard Alden
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1. Allan Holdsworth (Secrets)
 2. John McLaughlin (Birds of Fire)
 3. Al DiMeola (Elegant Gypsy)
 4. Steve Morse (The Introduction)
 5. Bill Connors (Step It)
 6. Scott Henderson (Face First)
 7. Tony McAlpine (Edge of Insanity)
 8. John Scofield (Still Warm)
 9. Shawn Lane (Time is The Enemy)
 10. Frank Gambale (The Light Beyond)
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Great Early Blues Guitarist
Acoustic & Electric
A Singular Tribute To
A Non-Guitarist
W.C. Handy
(aka Father of The Blues)

Wrote and played the Blues
on Trumpet
Delta and Traditional Blues
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Acoustic
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Big Bill Broonzy

Johnny Shines

Country, Chicago, Texas,
Modern, & Other Blues Styled
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Electric
John Lee Hooker

Lightnin' Hopkins

Son House

Elmore James

Robert Johnson

Freddie King

Albert King

B. B. King

Leadbelly

T~ Bone Walker

Muddy Waters

Howlin' Wolf

Bassist and Blues Writter
Willie Dixon


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Great Electric Blues & Rock Guitarist
XM Deep TracksXM-40 Deep Tracks-A great station for 60's & 70's Rock.
In Honor To
Jimi Hendrix
One of The Greatest Rock Guitarist

Jeff Beck

Dickey Betts

Ritchie Blackmore

Tommy Bolin

Michael Bloomfield

Roy Buchanan

Paul Butterfield
Blues Band

Eric Clapton

David Gilmour

Buddy Guy

Nils Lofgren

John Mayall

Keb' Mo'

Ted Nugent

Jimmy Page

Otis Rush

Carlos Santana

Joe Satriani

Brian Seltzer

In Honor of
Huey Thomason
Passed on September 9, 2007

&....The Outlaws
Robin Trower

The Official
Robin Trower
Internet Store
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Steve Vai

Eddie Van Halen

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Walter
Wolfman Washington

Johnny Winter

Frank Zappa

1. Jimi Hendrix* - Jimi Hendrix Experience
2.Eric Clapton - Yardbirds, Cream, Derek & The Dominos, Solo
3. Jimmy Page - Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, The Firm
4. Jeff Beck - Yardbirds, Jeff Beck Group, Solo
5. Eddie Van Halen - Van Halen
6. Stevie Ray Vaughan* - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
7. Joe Satriani - Solo
8. Ritchie Blackmore - Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmores Night
9. Steve Vai - David Lee Roth, Whitesnake, Solo
10. David Gilmour - Pink Floyd, Solo
11. John Petrucci - Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment 12. Randy Rhoads* - Quiet Riot, Ozzy 13. Allan Holdsworth - Solo 14. Paul Gilbert - Mr. Big, Racer X, Solo 15. Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force, Solo 16. Phil Keaggy - Glass Harp, Solo 17. Jason Becker - Cacophony, David Lee Roth Band, Solo 18. John Mclaughlin- Mahavishnu Orchestra 19. Duane Allman* - Allman Brothers Band, Derek & the Dominos 20. Chuck Berry - Solo 21. Eric Johnson - Solo 22. Steve Howe - Yes, Solo 23. Neal Schon - Santana, Journey, Solo 24. Brian May - Queen 25. Gary Moore - Thin Lizzy, Colosseum II, Skid Row, Solo 26. Bo Diddley - Solo 27. Steve Morse - Deep Purple, Dixie Dregs, Steve Morse Band, Solo 28. Carlos Santana - Santana 29. Tony Iommi - Black Sabbath 30. Buckethead - Solo, Praxis, Thanatopsis, The Deli Creeps, Cornbugs, GNR, 31. Mark Knopfler - Dire Straits, Solo 32. Marty Friedman - Cacophony, Megadeth, Solo 33. Nuno Bettencourt - Extreme, Mourning Widows 34. Shawn Lane* - Black Oak Arkansas, Willy, Solo 35. Kirk Hammett - Metallica 36. Uli Jon Roth - Scorpions, Solo 37. Terry Kath* - Chicago Transit Authority 38. Alex Lifeson - Rush 39. Frank Zappa* - Mothers of Invention, Solo 40. Rory Gallagher* - Solo 41. Dimebag Darrell* - Pantera 42. Peter Green - Fleetwood Mac, Solo 43. Robin Trower - Procal Harum, Solo 44. Slash - Guns N' Roses, Slash's Snakepit, Velvet Revolver 45. Mick Taylor - John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Rolling Stones 46. Robert Fripp - King Crimson 47. Tom Morello - Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave 48. Michael Schenker - Scorpions, UFO, MSG, Contraband 49. Ry Cooder - Solo 50. Angus Young - AC/DC 51. Keith Richards - Rolling Stones, Solo 52. Michael Angelo Batio - Nitro, Solo 53. John Squire - Stone Roses 54. Pete Townshend - The Who 55. Steve Hackett - Genisis 56. Zakk Wylde - Ozzy Osbourne, Black Label Society 57. George Harrison* - Beatles, Traveling Wilberys, Solo 58. Alvin Lee - Ten Years After 59. Dave Davies - Kinks 60. Jerry Cantrell - Alice In Chains, Solo 61. Steve Stevens - Billy Idol 62. Johnny Winter - Solo 63. Dickie Betts - Allman Brothers Band, Dickey Betts & Great Southern 64. John Cipollina* - Quicksilver Messenger Service 65. Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band 66. Steve Cropper - Booker T. & MG's/Stax sessions 67. Adrian Belew - King Crimson 68. Joe Bonamassa - Solo 69. Steve Lukather - Toto, Solo 70. Jerry Garcia* - Grateful Dead 71. Joe Perry - Aerosmith 72. Prince - Prince & The Revolution 73. Kim Mitchell - Max Webster, Solo 74. Adrian Smith - Iron Maiden 75. Dave Murray - Iron Maiden 76. Neil Young - Buffalo Springfield, CSNY, Solo 77. Billy Gibbons - ZZ Top 78. Tony MacAlpine - Solo 79. Mike McCready - Pearl Jam 80. Adam Jones - Tool 81. Gary Hoey - Solo 82. Leslie West - Mountain, Solo 83. Peter Frampton - Humble Pie, Frampton's Camel, Solo 84. Dick Dale - Del-Tones 85. Vito Bratta - White Lion 86. Mickey "Guitar" Baker - 50's sessions/ Mickey & Sylvia 87. John Frusciante - Red Hot Chili Peppers 88. Ronnie Montrose - Montrose, Edgar Winter Group 89. Mick Ronson* - David Bowie, Solo 90. Roy Buchanan* - Solo 91. Warren Haynes - Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule 92. Vinnie Moore - Alice Cooper, Solo 93. Robbie Krieger - Doors, Solo 94. Chris DeGarmo - Queensryche 95. Jake E. Lee - Cutting Crew, Ozzy, Badlands, Solo 96. Glen Tipton - Judas Priest 97. Joe Walsh - James Gang, Eagles, Solo 98. K.K. Downing - Judas Priest 99. Eddie Hazel* - Funkadelic 100. Alex Skolnick - Testament
101. Doug Aldrich - Burning Rain, Dio, Whitesnake, Solo 102. Michael Romeo - Symphony X 103. Vernon Reid - Living Colour 104. Gary Richrath - REO Speedwagon, Solo 105. Link Wray - Link Wray and his Ace-Men 106. Allen Collins* - Lynyrd Skynyrd 107. Larry "Ler" Lalonde - Primus 108. Randy Bachmann - Guess Who, BTO 109. Jeff Healy - Jeff Healy Band 110. Greg Howe - Solo 111. Dave Navarro - Janes Addiction 112. Scott Gorham - Thin Lizzy 113. Ted Nugent - Ambouy Dukes, Damn Yankees, Solo, 114. Vivian Campbell - Dio, Whitesnake, Def Leppard 115. Paul Kossoff* - Free, Back Street Crawler 116. Ritchie Kotzen - Poison, Mr Big, Solo 117. Brian Robertson - Thin Lizzy, Motorhead 118. Andy Summers - Police 119. John Sykes - Blue Murder, Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy 120. Scotty Moore - Elvis Presley 121. Gary Rossington - Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington Band 122. Ty Tabor - Kings X, Jelly Bean, Poundhound, Jughead, Platypus 123. John Fogerty - CCR, Solo 124. Ron Wood - Faces, Rolling Stones 125. Ace Frehley - Kiss 126. Akira Takasaki - Loudness, Lazy 127. Michael Wilton - Queensryche 128. Cliff Gallup* - Gene Vincent's Blue Caps 129. Richie Sambora - Bon Jovi 130. George Lynch - Dokken, Lynch Mob 131. Reb Beach - Winger, Dokken 132. Nick Drake* - Solo 133. Tommy Bolin* - James Gang, Deep Purple 134. Kerry King - Slayer 135. Thurston Moore - Sonic Youth 136. Harry Cody - Shotgun Messiah 137. Lowell George* - Little Feat 138. Tracii Guns - Guns N Roses, L.A. Guns 139. Tom Scholz - Boston 140. Buck Dharma - Blue Oyster Cult 141. Jorma Kaukonen - Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna 142. Richard Thompson - Fairport Convention, Solo 143. Trey Anastasio - Phish 144. Janick Gers - Iron Maiden 145. Mick Box - Uriah Heep 146. Johnny Marr - Smiths, Electronic, Johnny Marr & The Healers 147. Blues Saraceno - Poison, Solo 148. Lowman Pauling* - "5" Royales 149. Timo Tolkki - Stratovarius 150. Mike Einziger - Incubus 151. John Christ - Danzig 152. Jonny Greenwood - Radiohead 153. Phil Collen - Def Leppard 154. Andy Timmons - Danger Danger, Ceili Rain 155. Steve Gaines* - Lynyrd Skynyrd 156. Ron Asheton - Iggy Pop, Stooges 157. James Burton - Ricky Nelson, Elvis Presley 158. Mark Kendall - Great White 159. Lindsey Buckingham - Fleetwood Mac 160. Jennifer Batten - Jeff Beck, Michael Jackson, Solo 161. Matthias Jabs - Scorpions 162. Carl Perkins* - Solo 163. Wayne Kramer - MC5 164. Nils Lofgren - E Street Band 165. Michael Sweet - Stryper 166. Robbie Robertson - The Band, Solo 167. Frank Hannon - Tesla 168. Trevor Rabin - Yes 169. Brian Setzer - Stray Cats, The Brian Setzer Orchestra 170. Martin Barre - Jethro Tull 171. Kim Thayil - Soundgarden 172. Pat Travers - Pat Travers Band 173. Dave Mustaine - Metallica, Megadeth 174. Rik Emmitt - Triumph 175. Eddie Cochran* - Solo 176. Frank Marino - Mahogany Rush 177. Justin Hayward - Moody Blues, Solo 178. Tommy Skeoch - Tesla 179. Warren DeMartini - Ratt 180. Syd Barrett* - Pink Floyd 181. Don Felder - Eagles 182. The Edge - U2 183. Brad Gillis - Night Ranger, Ozzy 184. Andy Powell - Wishbone Ash 185. Mick Mars - Motley Crue 186. Billy Duffy - The Cult 187. Randy California* - Spirit 188. Eric Bell - Thin Lizzy 189. Lita Ford - The Runaways, Solo 190. Jeff Hanneman - Slayer 191. Mick Jones - Foreigner 192. Stone Gossard - Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog 193. Duane Eddy - Solo 194. Mike Campbell - Tom Petty/ Heartbreakers 195. Glen Buxton* - Alice Cooper 196. Daron Malakian - System Of A Down 197. Steven Stills - Buffalo Springfield, CSN&Y, Solo 198. Roger McGuinn - Byrds, Solo 199. J. Mascis - Dinosaur Junior, The Fog 200. James Hetfield - Metallica
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Great Women Guitarist
Classical, Blues, Folk, Jazz, Rock
In Honor To
The Greatest Women Guitarists
Sue Foley, Deborah Coleman & Roxanne Potvin

Muriel Anderson

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Rory Block

Deborah Coleman (Blues)

Joanna Connor (Blues)

Val D'Alessio (Blues & Folk)

Cari Dell (Pop/Rock/R&B)

Sue Foley (Blues)

Lita Ford (Heavy-Metal)

Mimi Fox (Jazz)

Nina Gerber (Folk)

Alicia Healey (Folk)

Julie Hoest Blues & Folk

Patty Larkin (Folk/Pop)

Zoe McCulloch

Laurie Miller (Metal/Funk)

Roxanne Potvin (Blues)

Del Rey (Blues/Swing)

Bonnie Raitt (Pop/Rock/Blues)

Shredmistress Rynata

Alice Stuart

Susan Tedeschi (Rock/Blues & R&B)

Eva Tree

Sally Van Meter (Bluegrass)

Nancy Wilson (Pop/Rock)

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