" 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.

In 2008, Keaggy received the Gold Level Award as the " Best Spiritual / Worship Guitarist ", as voted by readers of Acoustic Guitar Magazine, as well as appearing in the form of vocals and lead guitar on the Richard Cummins CD, Moments, which was nominated for " Best Pop / Contemporary Album of the Year " by the Canadian GMA's, Covenant award.

This success promulgated the subsequent album for Mad Monkey / EMI produced by UK band Pulp Guitarist Richard Hawley in Sheffield UK.

* Guitarist Richard Latham and drummer Sean Horton from the heavy metal band Exide both grew up in Rednal

* Ricky West — born Richard Charles Westwood, 7 May 1943, Dagenham, Essex — Lead Guitarist / Vocalist.

Among the distinguished alumni of San Jose Rep's early years, all of whom were recruited by the young Artistic Director David Lemos and played significant roles in launching the young company, are: James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director of New York City's unique Signature Theater Company ; Richard Rodgers, Director of the Drama Division at Juilliard ; James Bundy, artistic director of Yale Repertory Theater and dean of the prestigious Yale School of Drama ; Elaine Avila, Associate Professor of Theatre Dramatic Writing at the University of New Mexico ; Fingerstyle Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter.

* The Alchemical Guitarist by Richard Lloyd of Television

Guitarist Sean O ' Hagan went on to form the The High Llamas, while keyboardist Katharine Gifford created Snowpony with a former member of My Bloody Valentine.

Also Guitarist Paul C Saenz, was one of the members that played with Thee Midniters, in the late 1960s, after that went on to perform with singer Etta James.

Guitarist Matthew Ashman and drummer David Barbarossa went on to form Bow Wow Wow with then-Ants bassist Leigh Gorman ( who had only played one gig with the Ants and was not involved in any studio recordings ).

Guitarist Nate Farley and drummer Jim Macpherson went on to join Guided by Voices, although everyone else was temporarily folded into a new ( but short-lived ) lineup of The Breeders.

Guitarist Talley went on to work in a variety of styles as a session guitarist and songwriter in Memphis, Atlanta, and Nashville.

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

* Once Nothing ( Guitarist Geoff Jenkins went on to front the now broken up Gwen Stacy, and drummer Giuseppe Capolupo joined Haste the Day, who also disbanded )

While Huhn and Shirley were the only permanent members of the group, several other musicians appeared, including " Rick Craig " Lead Guitarist formerly of Halloween, MC5 and formerly of " NOON " with Lynyrd Skynyrd bassist Ean Evans Also Wally Stocker formerly of Rod Stewart's band, bassist Sean Beavan ( who was engineering their 1989 independent single release " Still Rockin '", and went on to engineer, produce, and mix Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, Slayer, System of a Down, No Doubt, Thrice and others ) and Cleveland guitarist Alan Greene.

Guitarist Theo Crous went on to form the Afrikaans alternative band KOBUS!

Guitarist Simon White went on to manage the bands Bloc Party, Hudson Mohawke, Cassius, Digitalism and Phoenix amongst others.

Guitarist Rob Kemp went on to say, " It's a love song about somebody who had lost their girlfriend and was going slowly crazy, turning Japanese.

Guitarist Bryan Bassett went on to a successful producing / engineering career at King Snake Studio in Sanford, FL working with many great blues artists.

Guitarist Matt Henderson went on to join Agnostic Front.

Guitarist Mike Mushok stated in a recent question and answer session with fans that the band is looking to make a heavy record, but still " explore some of the things we did on the last record and take them somewhere new for us ".

" 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.

Guitarist Stanley Jordan appears on several songs.

Guitarist Rick Battson recorded the Demo before the first album and Grant Estes learned that demo replacing him on guitar and Playing on Suicidal's first record.

* October 15 – Guitarist Jimi Hendrix signs a three year recording contract with Ed Chaplin, receiving $ 1 and 1 % royalty on records with Curtis Knight.

* January 4 – Guitarist Jimi Hendrix is accused of arrogance by British television producers after playing an impromptu version of " Sunshine of Your Love " past his allotted timeslot on the BBC1 show Happening for Lulu.

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.

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

Guitarist and primary song writer Tom Scholz ' blend of musical styles, ranging from classical to 1960s English pop, has resulted in a unique sound, most consistently realized on the first two albums ( Boston and Don't Look Back ).

Guitarist Chris Isom has his own band, Loud Owls, while bassist Reno Bo is playing bass with Albert Hammond, Jr., putting his solo album on hold.

Guitarist Kai Hansen unexpectedly left the band soon after the European leg of the Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II tour, due to Ill-health, conflicts within the band, troubles with Noise International, and a growing dissatisfaction with life on tour.

* Guitarist Sonny Sharrock had a song called " Highlife " on the album of the same name ( 1990 ).

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

Guitarist Jerry Cantrell made a special guest appearance with Primus on the song " Harold Of The Rocks ".

Guitarist Mike Campbell, best known for his work with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, collaborated with Zander on most of the album's tracks.

Despite his short career, Rhoads is a major influence on neo-classical metal, and is cited as an influence by many guitarists and is included in several " Greatest Guitarist " lists.

Guitarist Rob Echeverria, who appeared on Helmet's previous outing, Betty, left the group to join Biohazard.

Guitarist Chris Traynor ( formerly of Orange 9mm ) came on board for the supporting tour.

Guitarist Rob Kendrick and bassist Pete Wright signed on for Trapeze's 1974 album Hot Wire, followed by a second self-titled album, Trapeze, in 1976.

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

Guitarist Steve Turner has said that the album is his " favorite Mudhoney album as a whole " and many critics agree that the band reached a peak on Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge.