Dimebag Darrell
Damageplan’s Dimebag Darrell has never had formal guitar lessons, but his style of playing is legendary. He made use of the major third in his riffs and leads, adding dissonance to his minor key tonalities. He also had unbelievable picking ability but preferred legato phrasing personally. A terrible thing happened during a Damageplan concert at the Alrosa nightclub in Ohio on December 8, 2004. During the first set, a deranged fan jumped onto the stage and shot Dimebag Darrell several times. At the scene, the guitar legend was pronounced dead. He was only 38 years of age.
Dimebag Darrell
B.B. King
For B.B. King, born in 1925, introduced the world to a sophisticated guitar solo style. He would use string bending and vibrato, which pioneered new techniques for electric blues. A lifetime friend of the blues and one of the greats of all time, B.B. (which was short for Blues Boy) was considered the undisputed “King” of the blues guitar. At the age of 89, King died while sleeping in 2015.
B.B. King