The Left-Handed Guitar Players That Changed Music By John Engel
LEFTY GUITARISTS
ABDELMAJID DOMNATI *
ACE MORELAND
ADAM KARCH
ADRIAN CLARK
AL MCKAY *
ALAIN PIRE
ALEXANDER SCHMITZ
ALI CAMPBELL *
ALISTER *
AMERICO JACOMINO O CANHOTO
ANDREAS VON HOLST *
ANDREW WHITE *
ANTHONY BASSO *
ARIEL RECHTSHAID
ATAHUALPA YUPANQUI *
BARBARA LYNN *
BEEB BIRTLES *
BEN CHRISTOPHERS *
BILL HARRIS
BILL SVANOE *
BILLY MACKEL *
BILLY RAY CYRUS *
BJARNE ROUPÉ *
BLAKE CHRISTIANA *
BLAKE SCHWARZENBACH
BOB "EL BOBO" ROESY
BRIAN MONIZ *
BRIAN WOLSKI
BRYAN HARVEY *
CARIOCA *
CARLOS RIOS
CARLOS VIVES
CESAR ROSAS *
CHALLAIN FERRET *
CHRIS GEORGE
CHUCK DAY
COLIE BRICE
DALE SELLERS
DAMON BRAMBLETT *
DANIEL BUD FORD *
DAVE KING
DAVE PARASITE
DEAN TIDEY *
DEREK DUNIVAN
DEREK HENDERSON *
DICKEY LEE
DIDI DUPRAT
DIEGO BALIARDO
DILLON HODGES *
DONAL LUNNY *
DOUGSHOT SKA-RILLIA
DR DAS
DRAMA *
DUSTIN STROUD
ED PARSONS
EEF BARZELAY *
ELLIOT EASTON *
ERIC BOGLE *
ERIK SPROOTEN
ERNIE C *
FREDERIC PIERRE GUSTAVE
GEORGE FESTO *
GEORGE JOHNSON *
GERARD BLANC
GIL DORON OFARIM
GILBERT ISBIN *
GRANT GREEN JR. *
GREG SAGE *
GREG STAPLES
GUY BERGERON
HARRY J. BOYLE
HARVEY DALTON ARNOLD *
HUW GOWER *
IAN MCCALLUM *
IAN WHITCOMB
IGGY POP *
ILUMINADO DÁVILA
IRA SIEGEL
J.D. MYERS *
JACK SHOOK
JACKIE KING *
JACOB KJAER
JAY MANLEY
JEFFERSON LOUVAT *
JEREMY SAWKINS
JERRY DE VILLIERS JR. *
JIM DUNCOMBE *
JIMI HENDRIX *
JOAQUÍN RIVÉRA
JOE GAGAN
JOE LONG
JOHN DAVID ORVIS
JOHN DOYLE *
JOHN FLANSBURGH *
JOHN FULLER *
JOHN HEAD *
JOHN MARASCO
JOHN MCENROE
JOHN SCHUMANN *
JOHN WHEATCROFT *
JOHN WHEELOCK
JOHNNY BACON (a.k.a. JOHNNY HAWK)
JOHNNY SPAMPINATO
JOHNNY WESLEY CHISHOLM
JONATHAN BUTLER *
JOSE BARRENSE-DIAS
JOSEPH CARTER III *
JOSEY SCOTT
JOYCE JONATHAN *
JUAN ZELADA *
JUNIOR CAMPBELL *
KEN HOWELL *
KEVIN MARK LEGAULT *
KIRK B. SPORCK (AKA KB)
KLAUS EICHSTADT
KUNI (TAKEUCHI)*
KURT COBAIN *
L.A. JONES *
LARRY WHITE
LEE BLAIR
LUCKY BLONDO *
LUDO MARIMAN
LUKE MORLEY *
LUKE PEPPER *
MAC POWELL *
MACK STEVENS
MAJID BEKKAS *
MALCOLM STITT
MALO VALLOIS
MANNE SCHLAIER
MANNY RIVERA
MARC BONILLA
MARC COHN *
MARC FOSSET *
MARC PÉRIZ
MARK CHAPMAN
MARK WHITE
MARTIN JENNER *
MARTIN WEISS
MATT BIRKENHIER
MATTHEW BARBER
MAX A. WIRTH
MICAH P. HINSON
MICKEY (MICKAEL FURNON)*
MIKE MAY
MIKE VENNART
MONCHO DAVILA
MOOT DAVIS *
NATHEN MAXWELL
NEIL FRASER
NIALL PARKER *
NICK BOWCOTT
NICK FELDMAN
NICKE HELLACOPTER
OLIVIER W. OLMOS *
OLLIE CRAWFORD
OLLIE HALSALL *
OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ
PASKAL JAKOBSEN *
PATRICK OLIVE *
PAUL ADRIAN WARREN *
PAUL CUDDEFORD
PAUL CURTIS
PAUL MCCARTNEY
PAUL VAN RIJSWIJK *
PERE SOTO
PERRY BAMONTE
PETE STRIDE
PHILIPPE MENARD *
PIERRE PESNON
RAY HUTCHINSON
RIC SEYMORE
RICHIE STOTTS *
RICK ALAN CARPENTER *
RICKY QUINONES *
ROB OORTHUIS
ROBERT WILSON “LEFTY” PERKINS
ROBIN CAMPBELL *
ROBIN FEIX
RODNEY BAKERR *
SASCHA KOHLER
SENÉN SUÁREZ
SLIM WHITMAN
STEF KAMIL CARLENS
STEVE LOUVAT *
SYLVIA TYSON *
TAKFARINAS
TERRY NOLAND *
THIERRY PLAS
TIM ARMSTRONG
TIM BOURNE
TIM GAGAN
TINY TIM
TOM HOLLAND *
TONY IOMMI *
TONY KAYE *
VICKI VOMIT *
VINCE BLACK
WAYNE WRIGHT *
WILL GLOVER
WILLIE DUNCAN
WOLF MAAHN
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The following musicians are left-handed or play guitar left-handed. But not all of them are naturally left-handed. Click one of the lines highlighted in red below, and in the right column you'll discover which guitarists play with proper left-handed stringing or with the strings upside down (i.e., keeping the right-handed stringing), or which lefty players are in fact right-handed! To find out the reasons behind it all, read the book UNCOMMON SOUND!
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