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Celebrating Barbara Lynn (born Barbara Lynn Ozen, later Barbara Lynn Cumby, January 16, 1942), an American rhythm and blues electric guitarist, singer and songwriter born in Beaumont, TX.

Celebrating Zakk Wylde (Jeffrey Phillip Wielandt; January 14, 1967), an American guitarist born in Bayonne, New Jersey. He is best known for his tenure with Ozzy Osbourne and as the founder of the band Black Label Society.

Celebrating Joe Pass (born Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalaqua; January 13, 1929 – May 23, 1994), an American jazz guitarist of Sicilian descent. He is considered one of the greatest jazz guitarists of the 20th century.

Celebrating James Patrick “Jimmy” Page OBE (born January 9, 1944), an English musician born in Heston, Hounslow, UK, who achieved international success as the guitarist and founder of the rock band Led Zeppelin.

Celebrating Elizabeth “Libba” Cotten (née Nevills) (January 5, 1893 – June 29, 1987), an American blues and folk musician born in Chapel Hill, NC. A self-taught, left-handed guitarist, Cotten developed her own original style and played a guitar strung for a right-handed player, but played it upside down.

Celebrating John McLaughlin (born January 4, 1942), an English guitarist whose 1970s electric band, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, performed a complex style of music that fused electric jazz and rock with Indian influences.

Celebrating Kat Dyson (January 3, 1960), an American guitarist born in Virginia, best known for her work with Prince as a member of The New Power Generation, along with friend, bassist Rhonda Smith. She composes music for television and film and has also worked with Cyndi Lauper, Sheila E., Keb Mo’, Jeff Healey, and in …

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Celebrating Ellas McDaniel (born Ellas Otha Bates, December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008), known as Bo Diddley, an American guitarist who played a key role in early Rock and Roll. His use of African rhythms and a signature beat, a simple five-accent hambone rhythm, is a cornerstone in a number of musical styles.

Celebrating Freddie King (September 3, 1934 – December 28, 1976), an American blues guitarist from Gilmer, TX, known as one of the “Three Kings” of electric blues guitar, along with Albert King and B.B. King.

Celebrating John Scofield (born December 26, 1951), often referred to as “Sco”, an American jazz-rock guitarist born in Dayton, OH, whose playing spans bebop, jazz fusion, funk, blues, soul, and rock.