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This street-savvy album was a precursor of post-punk, electronica and hip-hop.

This is an essential work from an essential jazz swing guitarist whose bad-ass Charlie Christian-esque style is ripe for rediscovery.

The classic album that gave southern rock a home.

Video Here’s why ‘Blow by Blow’ remains one of the greatest guitar-instrumental records of all time.

A player who blazed a trail for the today's country shredder, Baugh is an under-celebrated virtuoso who is ripe for rediscovery.

The Father of Texas Blues helped shape the future of rock 'n' roll.

The punk masterpiece continues to hit all the right spots.

The music of Trio Matamoros is alive with Cuba’s bolero-son traditions.

Video This groundbreaking album was a tour de force for electric guitar in the 20th century.

Gospel, blues, soul? Ray Charles embraced it all, with a sound that was all his own.

An enduring classic, Boston's self-titled debut is much more than "More Than a Feeling."

Though her troubles were catching up with her, Holiday’s final album brought an honest and instructive close to her career.

Undeservedly obscure today, Smith is an icon of 20th-century guitar, and this was his finest moment.

Ritchie Blackmore brings the fire on Deep Purple’s 1972 hard-rock masterpiece.

Burrell and his band work the power of nuance on his 1963 jazz guitar tour de force.

Two sides of the Yardbirds’ unique personality come to the fore with a Clapton and Beck guitar tag team.

When the Country Gentleman and the Dire Straits legend hit the studio, guitar magic started happening.

Hollywood Fats took the genre at his own speed and left everyone eating dust.

From its guitar tones to John Lennon’s songs, the White Album rocks like no other.

Curtis Mayfield’s 'Super Fly' is a masterpiece that has lessons for us all.