Ranking The Best Guitarists The World Has Ever Seen

Published on 07/28/2022
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Pat Metheny

Patrick Bruce Metheny is an American jazz guitarist and composer who was born on August 12, 1954. The Pat Metheny Group’s founder and leader, he also performs duets, solo compositions, and a variety of side projects. His music incorporates elements of Latin jazz, jazz fusion, and progressive and modern jazz. Metheny is the first person to have won Grammys in ten separate categories, and he has three gold albums and 20 Grammy Awards to his name. He is the brother of jazz flugelhorn player Mike Metheny.

Pat Metheny

Pat Metheny

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Richie Kotzen

American guitarist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Richard Dale Kotzen Jr. was born on February 3, 1970. As a solo artist, Kotzen has released more than 20 albums. He played in the glam metal group Poison from 1991 to 1993, Mr. Big from 1999 to 2002, and The Winery Dogs from 2012. He is currently the band’s vocalist. Kotzen was a contract artist with California’s Shrapnel Records from 1988 to 1991 and then from 1995 to 1997.

Richie Kotzen

Richie Kotzen

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