List of slide guitarists

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Slide guitarists are musicians who are well-known for playing guitar with a "slide", a smooth, hard object, held in the fretting hand and placed against the strings to control the pitch.[1] Beginning with guitarists in the American South and Hawaii in early 20th century,[2] slide guitar styles have developed in a variety of musical settings, including blues, country, and rock.[3] Most slide guitarists may also perform with guitars using traditional fretting techniques; additionally, some also play various types of steel guitars,[4] which usually lack frets and are not played by the non-picking fingers alone.


Contents
Pre-1940 · 1940–1969 · 1970–1999 · 2000–present · References

Pre-1940[]

List of slide guitarists with name, birth year, death year, origin, primary genre, and reference(s)
Name Birth
year 		Death
year 		Origin Primary genre Ref(s)
Kokomo Arnold 1901* 1968 Georgia Acoustic blues [5]
Barbecue Bob 1902 1931 Georgia Acoustic blues [6]
Black Ace 1905 1972 Texas Country blues [7]
Willie Brown 1900 1952 Mississippi Delta blues [8]
Sam Collins 1887 1949 Louisiana Country blues [9]
Frank Ferera 1885 1951 Hawaii Hawaiian music [10]
Son House 1902 1988 Mississippi Delta blues [11]
Bo Weavil Jackson Unknown Unknown U.S. Country blues [12]
Blind Lemon Jefferson 1893 1929 Texas Country blues [13]
Blind Willie Johnson 1897 1945 Texas Gospel blues [14]
Robert Johnson 1911 1938 Mississippi Delta blues [15]
Joseph Kekuku 1874 1932 Hawaii Hawaiian music [10]
Lead Belly 1889 1949 Louisiana Country blues [13]
Furry Lewis 1893* 1981 Mississippi Country blues [16]
Robert Lockwood, Jr. 1915 2006 Arkansas Delta blues [17]
Mississippi Fred McDowell 1904 1972 Tennessee Delta blues [18]
Blind Willie McTell 1901* 1959 Georgia Country blues [19]
Hambone Willie Newbern 1901 1965 Tennessee Country blues [4]
Charlie Patton 1891 1934 Mississippi Delta blues [20]
Tampa Red 1904 1981 Georgia Urban blues [21]
Ramblin' Thomas Unknown Unknown Louisiana Country blues [22]
Sylvester Weaver 1897* 1960 Kentucky Country blues [23]
Casey Bill Weldon 1909 Unknown Arkansas Country blues [24]
Bukka White 1909 1977 Mississippi Delta blues [25]
Big Joe Williams 1903 1982 Mississippi Delta blues [26]
Oscar "Buddy" Woods c.1890* 1950* Louisiana Urban blues [27]
An asterisk (*) denotes that other sources give different dates, origin, or style.

1940–1969[]

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List of slide guitarists with name, birth year, death year, origin, primary genre, and reference(s)
Name Birth
year 		Death
year 		Origin Primary genre Ref(s)
Duane Allman 1946 1971 Tennessee Southern rock [13]
Jeff Beck 1944 England Rock [13]
Dickey Betts 1943 Florida Southern rock [28]
Elvin Bishop 1942 California Rock [29]
Mike Bloomfield 1943 1981 Illinois Electric blues [13]
R. L. Burnside 1926 2005 Mississippi Hill country blues [30]
Joe Carter 1927 2001 Georgia Chicago blues [31]
Eric Clapton 1945 England Rock
Ry Cooder 1947 California Americana [32]
CeDell Davis 1926 2017 Arkansas Delta blues [33]
David "Honeyboy" Edwards 1915 2011 Mississippi Electric blues [34]
John Fahey 1939 2001 Washington, D.C. Folk [35]
Rory Gallagher 1948 1995 Ireland Blues rock [35]
Billy Gibbons 1949 Texas Blues rock [35]
Josh Graves 1927 2006 Tennessee Country
Peter Green 1946 2020 England Electric blues [36]
John P. Hammond 1942 New York Electric blues [37]
George Harrison 1943 2001 England Rock [35]
Earl Hooker 1930 1970 Mississippi Chicago blues [38]
Howlin' Wolf 1910 1976 Mississippi Chicago blues
J. B. Hutto 1926 1983 South Carolina Chicago blues [39]
Elmore James 1918 1963 Mississippi Chicago blues [40]
Brian Jones 1942 1969 England Blues rock [13]
Alexis Korner 1928 1984 France Electric blues [41]
Leo Kottke 1945 Georgia Folk [35]
Robby Krieger 1946 California Rock
John Littlejohn 1931 1994 Mississippi Chicago blues [42]
John Mayall 1933 England Electric blues [43]
Steve Miller 1943 Wisconsin Rock [44]
Muddy Waters 1913 1983 Mississippi Chicago blues [45]
Robert Nighthawk 1909 1967 Arkansas Chicago blues [46]
Jimmy Page 1944 England Rock [35]
Dan Pickett 1907 1967 Alabama Country blues [47]
Keith Richards 1943 England Rock [48]
Freddie Roulette 1939 Illinois Electric blues
Johnny Shines 1915 1992 Tennessee Chicago blues [17]
Jeremy Spencer 1948 England Electric blues [13]
Houston Stackhouse 1910 1980 Mississippi Country blues [17]
Eddie Taylor 1923 1985 Mississippi Chicago blues [26]
Hound Dog Taylor 1917* 1975 Mississippi Electric blues [49]
Mick Taylor 1949 England Blues rock [48]
Joe Walsh 1947 Kansas Rock [50]
Stan Webb 1946 England Electric blues
Alan Wilson 1943 1970 Massachusetts Electric blues [51]
Johnny Winter 1944 2014 Texas Electric blues [52]
Zoot Horn Rollo 1949 California Rock [53]
An asterisk (*) denotes that other sources give different dates, origin, or style.

1970–present[]

References[]

Citations

  1. ^ AllMusic 1996, pp. 402–403.
  2. ^ AllMusic 1996, pp. 403–404.
  3. ^ AllMusic 1996, pp. 371–372.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b AllMusic 1996, p. 405.
  5. ^ AllMusic 1996, p. 8.
  6. ^ AllMusic 1996, p. 12.
  7. ^ Komara 2004, p. 84.
  8. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Willie Brown – Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
  9. ^ AllMusic 1996, p. 57.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b AllMusic 1996, p. 371.
  11. ^ Komara 2004, pp. 465–467.
  12. ^ AllMusic 1996, p. 404.
  13. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g AllMusic 1996, p. 372.
  14. ^ Herzhaft 1992, p. 177–178.
  15. ^ AllMusic 1996, p. 140–141.
  16. ^ Shadwick 2001, p. 405.
  17. ^ Jump up to: a b c AllMusic 1996, p. 407.
  18. ^ Shadwick 2001, p. 355.
  19. ^ Herzhaft 1992, pp. 230–231.
  20. ^ AllMusic 1996, pp. 208–209.
  21. ^ Shadwick 2001, p. 407.
  22. ^ AllMusic 1996, p. 250.
  23. ^ Shadwick 2001, p. 427.
  24. ^ Herzhaft 1992, p. 359.
  25. ^ AllMusic 1996, p. 408.
  26. ^ Jump up to: a b AllMusic 1996, p. 406.
  27. ^ Herzhaft 1992, pp. 387–388.
  28. ^ "Come and Go Blues: The Incredible Guitarists of the Allman Brothers". Archived from the original on January 26, 2010.
  29. ^ AllMusic 1996, pp. 17–18.
  30. ^ AllMusic 1996, p. 39.
  31. ^ AllMusic 1996, p. 46.
  32. ^ AllMusic 1996, pp. 57–58.
  33. ^ Bush, John. "CeDell Davis – Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
  34. ^ Herzhaft 1992, pp. 104–105.
  35. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Madsen 2005, eBook.
  36. ^ Allan, Mark. "Peter Green – Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  37. ^ AllMusic 1996, pp. 101–102.
  38. ^ Shadwick 2001, p. 304.
  39. ^ Shadwick 2001, p. 312.
  40. ^ Shadwick 2001, p. 315.
  41. ^ AllMusic 2003, p. 234.
  42. ^ Herzhaft 1996, pp. 208–209.
  43. ^ Prown & Newquist 1997, p. 34.
  44. ^ AllMusic 2003, pp. 402–403.
  45. ^ Shadwick 2001, p. 431.
  46. ^ Shadwick 2001, p. 367.
  47. ^ AllMusic 1996, p. 213.
  48. ^ Jump up to: a b Roth 1975, eBook.
  49. ^ Shadwick 2001, p. 408.
  50. ^ Prown & Newquist 1997, p. 110.
  51. ^ AllMusic 2003, pp. 96–97.
  52. ^ Shadwick 2001, p. 443.
  53. ^ AllMusic, pp. 98–99.

Sources

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  • Komara, Edward, ed. (2004). "Various artist entries". Encyclopedia of the Blues. New York City: Routledge. ISBN 978-1135958329.
  • Madsen, Pete (2005). Slide Guitar: Know the Players, Play the Music. San Francisco, California: Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-1476853222.
  • Prown, Pete; Newquist, Harvey P. (1997). Legends of Rock Guitar: The Essential Reference of Rock's Greatest Guitarists. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Hal Leonard. ISBN 978-0793540426.
  • Roth, Arlen (1975). Traditional, Country and Electric Slide Guitar. Oak Publications. ISBN 978-1783234936.
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