Dimebag Darrell
Pantera’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. 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
