The Left-Handed Guitar Players That Changed Music By John Engel
LEFTY GUITARISTS
ABDOUL WAHAB BERTHE *
ADAM KARCH
ADRIAN CLARK
AL MCKAY *
ALAIN PEWZNER
ALAIN PIRE
ALAN LONGMUIR
ALBERT KING *
ALEXANDER SCHMITZ
ALI CAMPBELL *
AMERICO JACOMINO O CANHOTO
ANDRE REYES
ANDREAS VON HOLST *
ANDY YOUNG *
ARIEL RECHTSHAID
ATAHUALPA YUPANQUI *
BARBARA LYNN *
BEEB BIRTLES *
BEETHOVA OBAS *
BEN CHRISTOPHERS *
BIG BABE MARTIN
BILL HARRIS
BILL JENNINGS *
BILL STAINES
BILL SVANOE
BILLY CORGAN
BILLY MACKEL *
BILLY RAY CYRUS
BLAKE SCHWARZENBACH
BO JENKINS
BOB BROZMAN
BOB GELDOF *
BOB "EL BOBO" ROESY
BOBBY WOMACK *
BOUBACAR SIDIBE
BRIAN WOLSKI
BRYAN HARVEY *
CALOGERO
CALVIN NEWBORN
CANHOTO DA PARAIBA *
CARLOS RIOS
CARLOS VIVES
CEDELL DAVIS
CESAR ROSAS *
CHALLAIN FERRET
CHARLES WRIGHT *
CHRIS GEORGE
CHRIS REA
CHUCK DAY
CHUCK "SOUTHPAW" JONES
CLAUDE OLMOS
COCO MONTOYA *
COLIN HODGKINSON
COOKIE MCGEE
COOL JOHN FERGUSON *
DALE SELLERS
DAMON BRAMBLETT *
DAN SEALS *
DANNY GATTON *
DARRYL GONZALES
DAVE HOLE *
DAVE KING
DAVE LOGGINS
DAVE PARASITE
DAVE WAKELING *
DEFORD BAILEY
DELL STATON
DENNIS "FLY" AMERO
DEREK DUNIVAN
DICK DALE *
DICKEY LEE
DICKIE THOMPSON *
DIDI DUPRAT
DIEGO BALIARDO
DJAMEL LAROUSSI
DON JONES
DONAL LUNNY *
DOUG CLAIBORNE
DOUGSHOT SKA-RILLIA
DOYLE BRAMHALL II
DR DAS
DR. ISAIAH ROSS
DRAMA *
DUANE ALLMAN
DUSTIN STROUD
ED DEANE *
ED PARSONS
EDDY CLEARWATER *
EEF BARZELAY *
ELIZABETH COTTEN *
ELLIOT EASTON *
ELLIOTT MURPHY
ERIC BOGLE *
ERIC GALES
ERIK DARLING (The Rooftop Singers)
ERIK SPROOTEN
EUGENE GALES
FREDERIC PIERRE GUSTAVE
GARY FLETCHER
GARY MOORE
GEORGE BARNES
GEORGE JOHNSON *
GEORGE MCARDLE
GERALD WILSON
GERARD BLANC
GIL DORON OFARIM
GILBERTO GIL
GILES HEDLEY (Giles Hedley Blues Band, The Aviators)
GLEN BURTNIK
GLENN POMIANEK
GRANT GREEN JR. *
GREG SAGE *
GREG SERRATO
GREG STAPLES
GREGG WRIGHT
GRETA BRINKMAN
GRUFF RHYS *
GUS ISIDORE
GUY BERGERON
GUY BLAKESLEE
HARRY J. BOYLE
HIDETOSHI "BILLY" FURUKAWA
HISASHI IMAI
HUW GOWER
IAN WHITCOMB
IGGY POP
ILUMINADO DÁVILA
INORAN (a.k.a. INOUE KYIONOBU)
IRA SIEGEL
JACK SHOOK
JACOB KJAER
JAMES ‘BLA’ PAHINUI *
JEFFERSON LOUVAT
JEN LEIGH
JEREMY SAWKINS
JERRY DE VILLIERS JR.
JIM ROONEY
JIMI GOODWIN
JIMI HENDRIX *
JIMMY CLIFF
JIMMY HASLIP
JIMMY RAINEY
JOAQUÍN RIVÉRA
JOE GAGAN
JOHN DOYLE
JOHN FLANSBURGH
JOHN FULLER *
JOHN HAMMOND
JOHN HEAD
JOHN HEPBURN
JOHN MARASCO
JOHN MCENROE
JOHN ROBINSON
JOHN SCHUMANN *
JOHN WHEATCROFT *
JOHN WHEELOCK
JOHNNY BACON (a.k.a. JOHNNY HAWK)
JOHNNY JENKINS
JOHNNY SPAMPINATO
JOHNNY WESLEY CHISHOLM
JOHNNY WINTER
JONATHAN BUTLER *
JOSE BARRENSE-DIAS
JOSE SOLES
JOSEPH
JOSEPH CARTER III
JOSEY SCOTT
JULES SHEAR *
JULIA ROBERTS
KARL GREEN
KARL WALLINGER *
KEANU REEVES
KEITH CARRADINE
KÉLÉTIGUI DIABATE
KENNETH EDMONDS (a.k.a. BABYFACE)
KEVIN MARK LEGAULT
KLAUS EICHSTADT
KOKOMO ARNOLD
KRIS ROE
KUNI (TAKEUCHI)
KURT COBAIN *
L.A. JONES
LARRY WHITE
LEE BLAIR
LEE JACKSON
LEFT HAND FRANK (FRANK CRAIG)
LEFTHAND FREDDY (FRED REINING)
LEFTY DIZZ
LEFTY FRIZZELL
LEROY CLYDE "LEFTY" BATES
LILI BONICHE
LITTLE JIMMY KING
LUDO MARIMAN
LUKE MORLEY *
MACK STEVENS
MALCOLM STITT
MALINA MOYE
MALO VALLOIS
MANNE SCHLAIER
MANNY RIVERA
MARC BONILLA
MARC COHN
MARC FOSSET
MARC PÉRIZ
MARK CHAPMAN
MARK KNOPFLER
MARTIN JENNER
MARTIN WEISS
MATT BECK
MATT BIRKENHIER
MATTHEW BARBER
MAX A. WIRTH
MICAH P. HINSON
MICHAEL ANGELO BATIO *
MICHAEL BLOOMFIELD
MICHEL OUELLETTE
MICK BROADBENT
MICK CONWAY
MICKEY (MICKAEL FURNON)
MIKE VENNART
MONCHO DAVILA
MOOT DAVIS *
NATHEN MAXWELL
NEIL FRASER
NIALL PARKER *
NICK BOWCOTT
NICK FELDMAN
NICK LOWE
NICKE HELLACOPTER
NICOLAS REYES
NOEL GALLAGHER (Oasis)
OLIVIER W. OLMOS
OLLIE CRAWFORD
OLLIE HALSALL
OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ
OTIS RUSH
PASCAL PERIZ
PASKAL JAKOBSEN
PATCHAI REYES
PATRICK OLIVE
PATRICK SAUSSOIS
PAUL CLARK
PAUL CUDDEFORD
PAUL CURTIS
PAUL FRAZIER
PAUL GRAY
PAUL LE MAT
PAUL MCCARTNEY
PAUL RAYMOND
PAUL VAN RIJSWIJK
PAULINE ANSON-DROSS
PERE SOTO
PERRY BAMONTE
PETE STRIDE
PHILIP CATHERINE
PIERRE PESNON
PRESTON REED *
RAY HUTCHINSON
RICH WOLSKI
RICHIE STOTTS
RICKY QUINONES
RIK EMMETT (Triumph)
ROB JOHANSSON
ROB OORTHUIS
ROBBIE MERRILL
ROBERT FRIPP
ROBERT LUNN
ROBERT WILSON “LEFTY” PERKINS
ROBIN CAMPBELL *
ROBIN FEIX
RODNEY BAKERR *
ROGER ‘TINY’ KOHRS
RON JONES
RONNIE DRAYTON
ROSEMARY BUTLER
RUSTY BURNS
SASCHA KOHLER
SCOTT MCCARL
SEAL
SEBASTIEN LAMOTHE
SENÉN SUÁREZ
SHARI FORST
SHERWOOD MANGIAPANE
SHIGERU MATSUZAKI
SLIM WHITMAN
STAN SKIBBY
STEELE CROSWHITE
STEF KAMIL CARLENS
STERLING SPELL
STEVE LOUVAT
STEVE MORSE
SYLVAIN BOLDUC
SYLVIA TYSON
TAKFARINAS
TERRY NOLAND
TEX FLETCHER
THIERRY PLAS
TIM ARMSTRONG
TIM BOURNE
TIM GAGAN
TINY TIM
TOM ANDREWS
TOM HOLLAND
TOM PALOMBI
TONY IOMMI
TONY JONES
TONY KAYE
TRAVIS PLAID
VERNON HARRINGTON
VICKI VOMIT
WAYNE WRIGHT
WESLEY TUTTLE
WILL GLOVER
WILLIAM ‘LEFTY’ BATES
WILLIE DUNCAN
WOLF MAAHN
YOMO TORO
ZEKKARIYAS (Cecil Womack)
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ALBERT KING
One of the three Kings (B. B. and Freddie being the other two), Albert King was one of the most definitive and influential bluesmen ever. He had the uncanny power to say so much with so few notes that hundreds of guitarists have tried to emulate his style -- most famously perhaps, Stevie Ray Vaughan. His licks have been copied umpteen times and his patented bends envied by as many players. His upside-down technique enabled him to pull the strings down when bending - which is easier than pushing them up. |
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