Black Guitarists besides Jimi Hendrix!

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This list is a compilation of black guitarists/bassists besides Jimi Hendrix who contributed heavily to popular music!!!

Wes Montgomery (Jazz - the inventor of Octaves!)


Nile Rodgers et Bassist Bernard Edwards (Chic) (The architects of Disco Funk)


James Jamerson (Bassist who created the Motown sound!)


Tony Maiden (Rufus w/ Chaka Khan)


Jimmy Nolan (James Brown - inventor of Chicken Scratch sound - most sampled guitarist in Hip Hop!)


George Benson (Jazz)


Bo Diddley (Rock and Roll)


BB King (Blues)


Albert King (Blues)


John Lee Hooker (Blues)


Prince Rogers Nelson (Pop/Funk)


Chuck Berry (Rock and Roll)


Eddie Hazel (Funk - Parliament)


Sister Rosetta Tharpe (The godmother of Rock and Roll)


Elizabeth Cotten (inventor of cotten picking)


Charlie Christian (Jazz)


Muddy Waters (Blues)


Robert Johnson (Blues)
 
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