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The Blues and the Guitar - King of Blues Instruments

A Marriage Made In Heaven

By Reverend Keith A. Gordon, About.com

The "Iceman", The "Master of the Telecaster", Albert Collins</a> 1932 - 1993. One of the most distinctive guitar players the Blues has ever seen and heard. Using a Fender Telecaster guitar, Collins crafted some of the bluesiest riffs and grooves. His sound is still totally unique.

Hear the Iceman chill on Ice Picks

Texas born Stevie Ray Vaughan 1954 - 1990 has been the most recent metamorphosis in Blues Guitar. He played the Blues, but with a rock musician's sensibility, not to mention a rock musician's equipment. He put the power of Rock music with the groove and feeling of the Blues, making Rock groove and the Blues rock. This brought millions of people to the Blues who have gone on to discover the thousands of great artists who record and perform this groovy music.

Hear SRV rock on Texas Flood.

Want to join in on the jam? Guitar Guide Dan Cross has everything you need to become a great guitar player. Visit his groovy site and you'll be wailing in no time. But you've got to practice.

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