The Best Rock Guitarists Who Ever Lived

John Mayer

Now a member of Dead and Company (playing Jerry Garcia’s role), John Mayer is a fairly slept on guitarist. This is probably due to the generational gap between Mayer and “The Greats,” he has innovated the modern singer-songwriter genre to a place that few musicians have been able to touch.

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The More You Know

  • Courtney Love was briefly the singer for Faith No More in the early 1980’s.
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