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- Art Thompson
- Muriel Anderson. Besides being a badass finger-stylist, harp guitarist, stylistic adventurer, and the first woman to win the National Fingerpicking Guitar Championship, Anderson gives back to the community through her Music for Life Alliance and her hosting of Muriel Anderson’s All-Star Guitar Night.
- Badi Assad. Due to her astounding technique and impassioned performances, GP readers voted Assad the Best Acoustic Finger-stylist in 1995, unaware that, three years later, focal dystonia would nearly destroy her abilities.
- Chet Atkins. Though Chester Atkins helped introduce the electric guitar into popular music, his stunning fingerpicking and counterpoint translated to the acoustic version as well.
- Pierre Bensusan. This French-Algerian guitarist is widely recognized for his ability to fuse musical influences from many cultures and present them in his compositions with uncanny skill, using his guitar to drive the melody and rhythm, while often bringing in vocal improvisations to create the impression of a “group” performance for his audiences.
- Tommy Emmanuel. A two-time Grammy nominee and a legendary guitarist with a career spanning five decades, Tommy Emmanuel, made the top spot with no question.
- Django Reinhardt. “While he was born Jean Reinhardt but more widely known by his nickname Django, he was the first European jazz musician to make a significant contribution to jazz music.
- Eric Clapton. “Eric Patrick Clapton is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, and he is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, once as a solo artist and separately as a member of the Yardbirds and Cream,” explains TheTopTens.
- Mike Dawes. “Mike Dawes is a British fingerstyle guitarist who has been described as one of the most famous acoustic guitar players in the world. He is best known for his arrangement of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ by Queen, which has been viewed over 35 million times on YouTube.
Apr 9, 2021 · Acoustic Guitarist of the Year 2020: Alan Gogoll (Image credit: Fred + Hanna) In the past two years, acoustic guitarist Alan Gogoll won first place in the 2019 Furch Guitar International Guitar Competition and bagged the top spot in the 2020 Magic Guitars International Guitar Competition.
Mar 2, 2017 · When GP really stepped out as a writer (Sparks), they followed him perfectly. I always loved how the Rumour, an R&B band, just nailed a reggae song like Protection with such fierceness. The Rumour's albums were spotty at best, and as GP focused on his songcraft, he grew away from that sound to make some great stuff away from that sound.
A massive hit for the “relaxed” Clapton, this set was the best-selling album in the MTV Unplugged series, and helped ignite another era of high interest in acoustic guitars and acoustic players. Released August 25, 1992.
Apr 8, 2020 · King is also a fantastically musical fingerstylist, and a fearless artist who expanded her palette to include electric and pedal-steel before returning her focus to the acoustic. King won Best Acoustic Guitarist in GP’s 2013 Reader’s Poll. —JL Notable Gear: Ovation Adamas Kaki King Signature, L.R. Baggs Para Acoustic D.I. and Preamp.
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Anyone who thinks GP's best year was 1979 either hasn't heard these recordings or hasn't really listened to them. They're out of print but well worth the hunt. "Anything for a Laugh" If we thought a Graham Parker record provided a more or less autobiographical status report with variations on his patented sound, in 2004 GP took us by surprise.
