2004 Death Robert Quine, guitarist, guitar soloist, worked with Matthew Sweet, Marianne Faithfull, style combines jazz, rock, blues, dies 2000 Death Dave Peverett, rocker, singer, guitarist, founded, sang and played rhythm guitar for Foghat dies 1996 Death Johnny "Guitar" Watson, musician, dies at 61 1994 Death Robert White, guitarist, African-American musician, performed guitar riff on The Temptations hit, My Girl, dies in Los Angeles, California 1994 Death Q T Macon, blues vocal/guitar, dies at 60 1991 Death Leo Fender, inventor (Fender guitar), dies 1987 Death Jaco Pastorius, John Francis Anthony 'Jaco' Pastorius III, musician, electric bass player, jazz genre, style included intricate, higher register solos, voted 'Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived' by Bass Guitar magazine, dies at 35 1982 Death Randy Rhoads, rocker, guitarist, songwriter, producer, studied classical guitar, member of Quiet Riot, played with Ozzy Ozbourne, dies in an air crash at 25 1976 Event George Harrison releases "This Guitar (Can't Keep From Crying)" 1974 Event Stolen "Guitar Player" painting by Jan Vermeer found in London 1967 Event 1st time Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar (London) 1966 Birthday Mark Michaels, heavy metal guitarist, Teach Yourself Rhythm Guitar 1966 Event Eric Clapton records guitar tracks for Harrison's "While My Guitar..." 1965 Event Bob Dylan booed off Newport Folk Festival for using electric guitar 1965 Birthday Slash, born in Stoke-on-Trent, England, born Saul Hudson, musician, played lead guitar for Guns N' Roses. 1985 - 1006, founded band Slash's Snakepit and Velvet Revolver 1964 Birthday Dave Ellefson, born in Jackson, Minnesota, bass guitar player, founder and member, thrash metal band, Megadeth 1964 Birthday Lenny Kravitz, singer/guitar, 911 is a Joke, Are You Gonna Go My Way? 1964 Birthday Doug Aldrich, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, guitarist, hard rock, plays electric guitar, Gibson Les Paul, Fender Stratocaster, member of Whitesnake, founded Burning Rain 1961 Birthday Nick Heyward, guitar/vocals, Haircut 100-Favourite Shirts 1959 Death Slim [Eddie Jones] Guitar, rocker, dies at 32 1958 Birthday Paul Weller, guitar, Jam-This is Modern World, Style Council 1958 Birthday David Sylvian, vocal/guitar, Sylvian Sylvian, Japan-Adolescent Sex 1958 Event Gibson patents Flying V Guitar 1956 Birthday Randy Rhoads, born in Santa Monica, California, rocker, guitarist, songwriter, producer, studied classical guitar, member of Quiet Riot, played with Ozzy Ozbourne 1956 Birthday Joe Satriani, born in Westbury, New York, instrumentalist, guitarist, Grammy-Award nominee, recruited by Mick Jagger to play lead guitar for The Rolling Stones' tour, in 1988, lead guitarist for Deep Purple in 1994, performed in annual G3 Jam Concerts, influenced by Eric Clapton 1955 Birthday Cassandra Wilson, born in Jackson, Mississippi, jazz singer, guitar player, jazz and blues genres, album 'New Moon Daughter' won Grammy Award 1955 Birthday Pete Shelley, vocal/guitar, Buzzcocks-Going Steady, Love Bites 1955 Birthday Steve Earle, born in San Antonio, Texas, country singer, Guitar Town 1954 Birthday Steve Morse, born in Hamilton, Ohio, rocker, guitarist, founder of the Dixie Dregs, guitar player in Deep Purple 1953 Birthday Jimmy McCulloch, born in Glasgow, Scotland, guitarist, hard rock genre, played lead guitar in Paul McCartney's Wings from 1974 to 1977, member of band One in a Million 1952 Birthday Kenny Aaronson, born in New York City, New York, rocker, bass guitar player, played for Dust, Stories, Hall & Oates, toured with Billy Squier, Joan Jett, Billy Idol 1951 Birthday Jaco Pastorius, born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, John Francis Anthony 'Jaco' Pastorius III, musician, electric bass player, jazz genre, style included intricate, higher register solos, voted 'Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived' by Bass Guitar magazine 1951 Birthday Dan Fogelberg, born in Illinois, singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, played piano, bass, guitar, mandolin 1951 Birthday Ned Sublette, born in Lubbock, Texas, composer, musician, musicologist, producer, guitarist, studied classical guitar with Emilio Pujol, composition with Kenneth Gaburo, Cuban music scholar, known for mixing country-western, afro-Caribbean salsa, cumbia, rumba music styles 1951 Birthday Jorge Santana, born in Autlan, Jalisco, Mexico, musician, member of band Malo, recorded with Malo members to produce solo albums Jorge Santana, It's All About Love, plays green Frender Stratocaster guitar, recorded Santana Brothers album with brother, Carlos Santana, 1994 1951 Birthday Jack Green, musician, guitar, played with T. Rex, The Pretty Things, member of Rainbow, launched solo album Humanesque 1951 Birthday Martha Davis, California, vocalist/guitar, Motels-Only the Lonely, Shame 1949 Birthday Jeff Cook, Fort Payne, Alabama, country guitar/vocalist, Alabama - Mountain Music 1949 Birthday Mark Knopfler, guitar/vocals, Dire Straits-Sultans of Swing 1949 Birthday John Miles, vocal/guitar/keyboards, John Miles Band-Rebel, Zaragon 1948 Birthday Mark Farner, Michigan, guitar/vocalist, Grand Funk Railroad-Locomotion 1948 Birthday Billy Zoom, born in Savanna, Illinois, musician, guitarist, founder of punk rock band X, Guitar Player named him greatest guitar player of all time in 2007, worked with Gene Vincent, rockabilly legend, as well as Etta James, Big Joe Turner 1945 Birthday Laurie Spiegel, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, guitar, known for algorithmic composition software Music Mouse, electronic-music compositions 1945 Birthday John Lodge, born in Birmingham, England, musician, singer, songwriter, bass guitar player, member of The Moody Blues rock band, created songs 'Candle of Life', 'Eyes of a Child', 'Send Me No Wine' 1943 Birthday Dave Peverett, born in Dulwich, South East London, rocker, singer, guitarist, founded, sang and played rhythm guitar for Foghat 1942 Birthday Robert Quine, born in Akron, Ohio, guitarist, guitar soloist, worked with Matthew Sweet, Marianne Faithfull, style combines jazz, rock, blues 1942 Birthday Ray Ennis, England, guitar, Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good 1939 Birthday Leo Brouwer, born in Havana, Cuba, Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida, composer, conductor, guitarist, studied under Vincent Persichetti, Stefan Wolpe, composed solo guitar pieces, over 40 film scores, and several guitar concertos 1936 Birthday Robert White, born in Billmyre, Pennsylvania, guitarist, African-American musician, performed guitar riff on The Temptations hit, My Girl 1935 Birthday Johnny "Guitar" Watson, rock guitarist 1934 Birthday Dave Guard, born in San Francisco, California, singer, songwriter, recording artist, guitar and banjo player, founding member of The Kingston Trio 1934 Birthday Q T Macon, blues vocal/guitar 1933 Birthday Julian Bream, born in London, England, guitarist, plays baroque guitar, lute, considered the 20th century's most distinguished classical guitarists 1927 Birthday John Buller, born in England, composer, known for Proenca, written for electric guitar, mezzo-soprano and orchestra, one of his sons is Ed Buller, a record producer 1926 Birthday Eddie Jones, "Guitar Slim" rocker 1925 Birthday Guitar Gabriel Robert Lewis Jones, singer/guitarist 1924 Birthday Scott Brady, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, China Syndrome, Gremlins, Johnny Guitar 1924 Birthday Chet Atkins, born in Luttrell, Tennessee, guitarist, Me and My Guitar 1920 Birthday Bert Weedon, born in Essex, London, musician, guitarist, composer, influenced Eric Clapton, Brian May, Mike Odefield, The Beatles, created "Play in a Day" guitar tutorial guide 1919 Birthday Ike Isaacs, born in Rangoon, Burma, guitarist, played jazz, known for work with Stephane Grappelli, played with Denny Wright in group Velvet in 1970's, taught at the Sydney Guitar School 1915 Birthday Les Paul, born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, guitarist/inventor, Les Paul guitar 1915 Birthday Pedro Saenz, born in Spain, composer, composed music for classical guitar 1909 Birthday Bukka White, born in Houston, Mississippi, Booker T. Washington White, gave cousin B.B. King his first guitar, celebrated as National steel guitarist, wrote "Parchman Farm Blues" 1900 Birthday Hans Haug, born in Switzerland, composer, primitivist style, wrote solo guitar piece, Preludio, Tiento et Toccata
