An encyclopedia of great guitar players, with 35 chapters examining the major players in each important era of rock, from Muddy Waters and Buddy Holly to Jimi Hendrix and Pat Metheny. A virtual encyclopedia of great electric guitar players, with 35 chapters examining the major players in each important era of rock. The rock beings with rock's birth from the blues, covering masters like Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters. It proceeds to cover rockabilly guests like Chuck Berry, Bo Diddlye, Buddy Holly; through the mop tops and matching suits of the British invasion; to the psychedelia of the Dead and Hendrix; glam masters; shred stars; grunge gods; grindcore and much more. This is not only a great resource for guitar fans but an interesting well researched chronology of the rock idiom.