I think of myself as a pretty dang good guitarist. I can be pretty cocky about it and get snooty with people who claim to play guitar but only play D, C, G or power chords and have no knowledge of any guitar techniques. My castle made of sand could easily be crumbled if I ran into any of the people on this list. Most people haven’t even heard of them but I deem them to be among the great guitar players. So here they are in no particular order:
Stanley Jordan
I am gonna go ahead and crown him the “King of Hammer-ons”. His bassist is pretty amazing in his own right. Check out this sweet cover and be shocked when he starts playing 2 guitar parts on 2 guitars at the same time:
John Fahey
Finger-picking, slide, multiple stops; Fahey mastered them all and is one of the greatest acoustic guitarists of all time.
Yngwie Malmsteen
Fast. That is the proper adjective. He makes it look so easy. Personally my ears don’t have the stamina to keep listening to him for more than a song or two, but there is no denying his amazing skill.
Kaki King
She does some very amazing percussive acoustic work and is just really, really good. Here she is playing with Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters:
Ian Thornley
If you frequent the pages of EverydayNormal then you have actually heard of him. He can do it all.
Well, there you have them and now you know about them so you have no excuse not to admire them now.