Essential Guitar Listening

Listening to great guitarists is an essential part of learning to play guitar. Hearing great players will give you ideas, inspiration, and help you develop your own unique sound.

Below you'll find a list of some of my favorite guitar players in a variety of styles, with links to recordings of their playing. This list will get updated regularly, so check back often.

If there's a guitarist that isn't on this list that you think should be or any of the links don't work for you, contact me and let me know!

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Jazz Guitar

Joe Pass - Ain't Misbehavin​

Wes Montgomery - Four On Six

Jim Hall - I'm Getting Sentimental Over You

Grant Green - Live Trio Recordings

Barney Kessel - Basies Blues

Blues Guitar

Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign

Stevie Ray Vaughn - Pride And Joy

B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone

Joe Bonamassa - I'll Play The Blues For You

Jonny Lang - Lie To Me

Rock Guitar

Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) - Black Dog

Angus Young (AC/DC) - Back In Black

Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen) - Runnin' With The Devil

Kirk Hammett (Metallica) - Enter Sandman

Slash (Guns N Roses) - Welcome To The Jungle

Joe Satriani (Chickenfoot) - Oh Yeah

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When it comes to playing guitar, you are what you listen to. So keep listening to great guitar players of any style you like.

Keep checking back to see what's new on the list, and feel free to contact me to let me know what you're listening to!