Five sliders you ought to hear

Interested in learning more about slide guitar players? Check out these masters of the style: Elmore James (1918-1963): In the 1950s, James was billed as the King of the Slide Guitar. He wasn't the best to ever play the instrument, but he did more to popularize the slide in the world of electrified music than anyone else. His acoustic, hollow-body guitar was modified as an electric instrument and his soaring slides created an unmistakable style. He not only influenced fellow blues players, but he left a heavy legacy for such blues rockers as George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Duane Allman and George Thorogood. Lowell George (1945-1979): The founder of Little Feat was a unique musician, who played guitar differently and whose voice was distinctively soulful. Part of that may be because he pulled his music from blues, country,... [read full story]