Dimebag Darrell
Dimebag Darrell of Damageplan has never had formal guitar lessons, but his style is legendary. He used the major third to add dissonance to his minor key tonalities in his riffs and leads. He had incredible picking ability as well but preferred legato phrasing. On December 8, 2004, during a Damageplan concert at the Alrosa nightclub in Ohio, something terrible happened. A deranged fan jumped onto the stage during the first set and shot Dimebag Darrell several times. The guitar legend was pronounced dead on the scene. He was only 38 years old when he died.
Dimebag Darrell
B.B. King
B.B. King, who was born in 1925, was the first to introduce a sophisticated guitar solo style to the world. He pioneered new techniques for electric blues by using string bending and vibrato. B.B. (short for Blues Boy) was the undisputed “King” of the blues guitar. He was a lifetime friend of the blues and one of the greats of all time. King died in 2015 while sleeping at the age of 89.
B.B. King
