Guitar Alphabet. Please fill out unused letters...


I've just got an idea of creating the short guide to rock and jazz guitar players. So you will see that it's sorted by guitarist's last name in ascending alphabet order. Than I provide an information about the band he/she had been playing. You will see in caps the most respected guitarists on my list. Also there should be one or two bands or credits that he/she had been playing with. Please feel also free to add to the letters that already have one or more guitarists.

Here we go:

A -- AKKERMAN JAN / Focus
B -- Bruce Jack / Creme
-- Beck Jeff
-- BELEW ADREAN / King Crimson
-- BUCKETHEAD / Praxis, Guns and Roses.
-- BERLIN JEFF /
C -- Clapton Eric / Creme
-- Corryell Lary
-- Creme Lol / 10CC
D -- DiMeola Al
E --
F -- FRIPP ROBERT / King Crimson
-- FRITH FRED / Company
G -- GUNN TRAY / King Crimson
-- Godley Kevin / 10CC
H -- HOLDSWORTH ALLAN /
-- Hacket Steve / Genesis
-- Howe Steve / Yes
-- Hendrix Jimi
-- Hammill Peter / Van Der Graaf Generator
-- Hall Jim
I --
J -- JOHNES PERCY / Brand X
-- Johnes John Paul / Led Zeppelin
K -- KARN MICK / Japan
-- KAROLI MICHAEL / Can
L --
M -- MANZANERA PHIL / Roxy Music
-- McLaughlin John / Mahavishnu
-- METHENY PAT / Pat Metheny Group
N -- Nelson Bill
O --
P -- POHJOLA PEKKA
Q --
R -- RIPDAL TERJE
S -- Nicky Scopelitis / Material
-- Stern Mike
-- Sylvian David / Japan
-- Sharp Elliot
T -- TORN DAVID
U -- UBU PERE
V -- Vai Steve / Motley Crue
W -- Wobble Jah
X --
Y -- Yamanashi / California Guitar Trio
Z -- ZAPPA FRANK
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Believe it or not I've read all of your great responces and certainly will continue my list on the paper. I know that I've even forgot to include many that I know such as BB King, Les Paul... I've even included some basists deliberately since I know they qualify for the guitar players as well and one of them is Percy Johnes that plays synth- 6-string fretless bass as solo in Brand-X.

I'm sorry Sean for not capitalizing Jimi Hendrix. I do consider him as an "idol" who's spirit lives in bunch of crafty guitarists. But after him there are his followers that stepped over grabbing and "amplifying" his techniques and then applying them to the modern times making the kind of evolution: FRANK ZAPPA, MICHAEL KAROLI, JAN AKKERMAN.

I've forgot to bring in my personally known guitarist Torsten DeWinkel who's founded NYJG band. You have to try hard to find this band on Tower Records but sometimes it shows up on cdnow.com.

Did Bob Dylan play solo guitar?
I've got pretty big L too that I've forgot to mention(shame of me!) ARTO LINDSAY a former member of Lounge Lizards.
No is the pretty big R with MARK RIBOT that is also member of Lounge Lizards.