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Yngwie Malmsteen
Yngwie Malmsteen
Swedish rock musician
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Takahiro Matsumoto
Takahiro Matsumoto
Japanese guitarist and music producer (1961-)
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Jeff Beck
Jeff Beck
English rock guitarist
3
Daryl Stuermer
Daryl Stuermer
American guitarist
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Robert Cray
Robert Cray
American blues guitarist and singer
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Rory Gallagher
Rory Gallagher
Irish musician
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Steve Vai
Steve Vai
American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
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Jake E. Lee
Jake E. Lee
American musician
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Jerry Donahue
Jerry Donahue
American musician
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Richie Kotzen
Richie Kotzen
American guitarist, singer, and songwriter
10
Jonny Lang
Jonny Lang
American blues, gospel, and rock singer and songwriter
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The Ventures
The Ventures
American instrumental rock band
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Philip Sayce
Philip Sayce
Canadian guitarist
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Simon Neil
Simon Neil
Scottish singer, guitarist and songwriter
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Joe Satriani
Joe Satriani
American musician
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Andreas Kisser
Andreas Kisser
Brazilian musician
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Steve Lukather
Steve Lukather
guitarist
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Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton
English musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
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Dick Dale
Dick Dale
American surf rock guitarist
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Ritchie Blackmore
Ritchie Blackmore
British guitarist and songwriter, guitarist of the band Deep Purple
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Joe Bonamassa
Joe Bonamassa
American musician
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Dave Murray
Dave Murray
English heavy metal guitarist and songwriter
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Greg Howe
Greg Howe
American musician
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Mike McCready
Mike McCready
musician, songwriter
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Cory Wong
Cory Wong
American guitarist and songwriter
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Jason Becker
Jason Becker
American guitarist and composer
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Allan Holdsworth
Allan Holdsworth
English guitarist and composer
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John Petrucci
John Petrucci
American guitarist
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Davy Knowles
Davy Knowles
Manx blues guitarist and singer
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Johnny Winter
Johnny Winter
American blues guitarist and singer
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Orianthi
Orianthi
Greek-Australian musician and singer-songwriter
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Gary Clark, Jr.
Gary Clark, Jr.
American guitarist and actor
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Hank Marvin
Hank Marvin
English musician; guitarist for the Shadows
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Dave Navarro
Dave Navarro
American guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known as a founding member of the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction
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Danny Gatton
Danny Gatton
American musician
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Josh Klinghoffer
Josh Klinghoffer
American musician
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Jimmie Vaughan
Jimmie Vaughan
American blues rock guitarist and singer
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Guthrie Govan
Guthrie Govan
British musician
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Mike Stern
Mike Stern
American jazz guitarist
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Mike Rutherford
Mike Rutherford
English guitarist, bassist, songwriter, and singer
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Lincoln Brewster
Lincoln Brewster
American musician
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Tom Verlaine
Tom Verlaine
American singer, songwriter and guitarist
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David Gilmour
David Gilmour
English musician
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Tony Iommi
Tony Iommi
British guitarist and composer
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Carlos Santana
Carlos Santana
Mexican and American rock musician
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Mick Ralphs
Mick Ralphs
English rock guitarist, songwriter
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Keith Scott
Keith Scott
Canadian guitarist
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Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler
British songwriter, guitarist, and record producer
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Gary Moore
Gary Moore
Northern Ireland guitarist, songwriter and record producer
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Wes Montgomery
Wes Montgomery
American jazz musician
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Duane Allman
Duane Allman
American musician
51
Carl Wilson
Carl Wilson
American musician; original member of The Beach Boys (1946-1998)
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Dave Keuning
Dave Keuning
musician, songwriter
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John Mayer
John Mayer
American singer, guitarist, record producer and songwriter from Connecticut
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Ed O'Brien
Ed O'Brien
English guitarist and member of Radiohead
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Jimmy Herring
Jimmy Herring
American musician
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Peter Parcek
Peter Parcek
musical artist
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Alex Lifeson
Alex Lifeson
Canadian musician
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Gary Hoey
Gary Hoey
American musician
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Henrik Freischlader
Henrik Freischlader
German musician
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Robin Trower
Robin Trower
English rock guitarist
61
Gus G
Gus G
Greek guitarist
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Peter Green
Peter Green
British blues rock guitarist

Eric Johnson (born August 17, 1954) is an American guitarist, vocalist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist. His 1990 album Ah Via Musicom was certified platinum by the RIAA, and the single "Cliffs of Dover" won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.

Best known for his electric guitar skills, Johnson is also a highly proficient acoustic, lap steel, resonator, and bass guitarist, as well as an accomplished pianist and vocalist. He plays many musical genres, including rock, blues, jazz fusion, soul, folk, new-age, classical, and country. Guitar Player magazine has called him "one of the most respected guitarists on the planet."