" Guitarist Richard Thompson has openly acknowledged the album's influence on Fairport Convention's Liege and Lief, and journalist John Harris has suggested that The Band's debut also influenced the spirit of The Beatles ' back-to-basics album Let It Be as well as The Rolling Stones ' string of roots-infused albums that began with Beggars Banquet.

Guitarist Derek Bailey proposed " non-idiomatic improvisation " as a more accurately descriptive term, claiming the form offers musicians more possibilities " per cubic second " than any genre ;< ref name =" Guitar Player January 1997 "> Guitar Player, January 1997 Interestingly, John Eyles notes that Bailey has been quoted as saying that free improvisation is “ playing without memory ”.

" Guitarist John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers cited Van Vliet as a prominent influence on the band's 1991 album Blood Sugar Sex Magik as well as his debut solo album Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt ( 1994 ) and stated that during his drug-induced absence, after leaving the Red Hot Chili Peppers, he " would paint and listen to Trout Mask Replica.

* John Lowery, Guitarist for Rob Zombie, David Lee Roth, Marilyn Manson, Rob Halford's 2wo, and K. d.

Guitarist John Christ described the recording of " Twist of Cain ": “ We started writing that song even before Biscuits joined the band.

Guitarist John Christ explained: “ We worked on the beginning of that song for a long time before we finally got it right-it always sounded too empty.

* John Jervis ( Musician ), Classical Guitarist

Guitarist John Lilley started his own landscape gardening business, Avantgardeners, in the Philadelphia area.

Guitarist Evan Pitts met Fafara in a restaurant and gave him his phone number for a jam session, while John Boecklin who originally played guitar then played drums, met Fafara at a bar.

Guitarist John 5 made a song entitled " 18969 Ventura Blvd.

To support the album, performance dates were arranged with various high profile acts, including John Mayer, O. A. R., Maroon 5 and the Dave Matthews Band. Guitarist Aben Eubanks served as an un-official member of the band.

Guitarist John " Jon 5 " Housley joined soon afterward.

Guitarist Michael Ward went on to play with John Hiatt and eventually became a member of The Wallflowers.

Entitled Introducing Roy Buchanan, and sometimes mistakenly called The Best Unknown Guitarist in the World, it earned a record deal with Polydor and praise from John Lennon and Merle Haggard, besides an alleged invitation to join the Rolling Stones ( which he turned down ).

Guitarist John Sykes was hired to replace Snowy White after 1981's Renegade, and Sykes helped to provide a heavier sound and guitar tone than Thin Lizzy had used on previous albums.

* Butch Baker ( born Leslie John Baker, 16 July 1941, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England ) – Lead Guitarist / Vocalist replaced Juj Hopkins.

* New Sounds-Episode # 3094-With Composer / Guitarist John Schneider ( wnyc. org )

This is one of the band's last performances with bassist Cliff Burton, who was killed in a bus crash, six days later and also featured Guitarist John Marshall as James Hetfield was recovering from a skateboard accident.

Guitarist John Hill also plays with The Apples in Stereo.

* Guitarist John Lowery, better known as John 5, did a modern-bluegrass variation cover of " Sweet Georgia Brown " on his 2004 debut record, Vertigo.

Guitarist John Petrucci noted that they wanted to focus on writing strong songs.

Guitarist John LaMacchia has since properly released the record on March 4, 2009 ( fully mastered ) on his own Rising Pulse Records, in vinyl format only.

Guitarist John LaMacchia had the following to say: " Candiria is in the studio and in the process of putting together music for what will be their next full length release.

* Lowell Fulson – Guitarist ; moved to Ada in 1938.

Guitarist Pee Wee Crayton divided his time between Los Angeles and San Francisco, while Lowell Fulson, from Texas by way of Oklahoma, moved to Oakland.

Guitarist Jakobson moved into the drummer's position and Talarczyk handled guitars and vocals.

Guitarist Hideki Ishima moved to India and studied the sitar under Indian classical musician Pandit Manilal Nag, and in 2000 invented the sitarla, which combines the qualities of a solid-body electric guitar and the sitar.

* Voted " Best Heavy Metal Guitarist " by the readers of UK-based Sounds magazine in December 1981

Guitarist Dean Wareham, drummer Damon Krukowski and bassist Naomi Yang had met at the Dalton School in New York City in 1981, but began playing together during their time as students at Harvard University.

Guitarist / keyboardist / saxophonist Chuck Wagon ( born Bob Davis ) committed suicide after a break-up with his girlfriend in June 1981.

Despite the troubles Yes was experiencing at the time, Howe was voted " Best Overall Guitarist " in Guitar Player magazine five years in a row ( 1977 – 1981 ) and was inducted into Guitar Player's " Gallery of Greats " in 1981.

Guitarist Adrian Smith replaced Stratton, and a " consistent highlight ", Killers, was released in 1981.

Guitarist Martin Belmont was briefly added to Attractions live line-up in 1981, but never recorded as an official member of the band.

Guitarist Claydes Smith died after a long illness on June 20, 2006, at age 57.

Guitarist Larry " Rhino " Reinhardt died on January 2, 2012, at the age of 63, due to cirrhosis of the liver.

Guitarist Mel Galley died of esophagus cancer on 1 July 2008 at the age of 60.

Guitarist Ricky Wilson died during the making of the album, and so the Fairlight was used to make up for the lack of guitar parts on the album.

Guitarist Mark Bozier died in 1990 at the age of 26, and the band reformed in 2003, releasing further material in CD and vinyl formats.

Guitarist and founding member Miika Tenkula died on February 19, 2009.

* Alan Blakley — born Alan David Blakley, 1 April 1942, Bromley, Kent — died 10 June 1996 — Rhythm Guitarist / Keyboards / Vocalist.

Guitarist Robert " Dr. Bob " Nielson died of a heroin overdose on February 22, 2003.