Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson’s guitar playing is easygoing, lighthearted, and instantly recognizable, much like his conversational singing. Amazingly, Nelson has been performing with the same Trigger-named Martin M-20 classical guitar since 1969. That characterizes his voice, a gypsy jazz nylon thorn that blends blues, country, and Django Reinhardt jazz. Nelson continues to play the guitar every night even though it has a significant hole in it now.
Willie Nelson
Robby Krieger
Robby Krieger, who studied jazz and flamenco, outperformed rock and roll when most musicians were still constrained by the blues. He has a gift for improvisation with The Doors, mimicking Jim Morrison’s most adventurous excursions, penning some of their hottest songs (“Light My Fire”), and making up for it in their keyboard-drum-guitar combo.
Robby Kreiger