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FAMOUS GUITARISTS FAMOUS GUITARISTS • There are many famous artists who play the . Here are some of the top ones and some of my favourites. Jimi Hendrix was an American rock guitarist, singer and . His career lasted only 4 years but people think of him as one of the best guitarists of the 20th century. He died of a drugs overdose. He was inspired by American rock and roll and . He had 3 UK top ten hits with ‘Hey Joe’, ‘Purple Haze’ and ‘The Wind Cries Mary’. Here is a link to Jimi Hendrix performing ‘Purple Haze’.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJunCsrhJ jg FAMOUS GUITARISTS Jimmy Page was the lead guitarist and founder of the rock Led Zeppelin. My dad told me this as he absolutely loves Led Zeppelin and thinks Jimmy Page is the greatest guitarist of all time! He was made famous as he created lots of guitar riffs and tunings and used distorted guitar tones. My dad says that their most famous song is ‘Stairway to Heaven’ which has a Jimmy performing a big guitar solo. Here is a link to Jimmy Page performing the ‘Stairway to Heaven’ guitar solo.

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Eric Clapton is an English rock and blues guitarist and singer. He was part of the group Cream. His solo career began in the 1970’s. His two most popular recordings were ‘Layla’ and ‘Tears in Heaven’ which he wrote about his dead son. Eric Clapton is also said to be one of the greatest guitarists of all time. Here is a link to Eric Clapton performing ‘Layla’ at Live Aid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9myqi7VL9s FAMOUS GUITARISTS Angus Young I have chosen to include Angus Young because he is the lead guitarist of one of my favourite bands ACDC. He is famous for his outfits and his own ‘duckwalk’ when he performs the guitar. He is also thought of as one of the greatest guitarists of all time. ‘Highway to Hell’ and ‘Thunderstruck’ are two of their most popular songs that have great guitar solos by Angus. Here is a link to my favourite – ‘Thunderstruck’.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_GF N3a0yj0 FAMOUS GUITARISTS Tom Morello Tom Morello is a guitarist who performed with Rage against the Machine. He is best known for his unique guitar playing style which uses feedback noise, picking and tapping. I have chosen to include him as he worked with composer Ramin Djawadi to create and perform the Pacific Rim film theme tune which I love. They did this to bring a big rock feel to the theme to match the robots. Below is a link to the Pacific Rim theme featuring Tom Morello. https://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=IzMCgyKvcn4 FAMOUS GUITARISTS

Tyler Joseph is part of 21 Pilots along with . I have included him as 21 Pilots are one of my favourite bands and Josh is very talented and can play a number of instruments. I love their music and have been lucky enough to see them live in concert. Their album was one of their most popular albums and the band’s fans crashed their website attempting to pre-order the album. Jack also loves 21 Pilots. His favourite song is ‘Chlorine’ and ‘’. My favourite song is ‘Heathens’.

FAMOUS GUITARISTS Tyler Joseph Tyler plays the guitar in a lot of songs and plays the Ukulele as well. Below are links to 21 Pilots ‘Ride’ video where you can see Tyler playing the guitar. He also plays the guitar in their Lockdown song ‘’ which is really good. The link is below. You can also upload you own video to their music video of this! I had to also put this link in as my mum absolutely loves the piano introduction to ‘Heathens’ that they https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw-0pbY9JeU performed in concert. Tyler also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loOWKm8GW6A performs this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzK7jit4CVI