The Left-Handed Guitar Players That Changed Music By John Engel
LEFTY GUITARISTS
ABDOUL WAHAB BERTHE *
ALAIN PEWZNER
ALBERT KING *
AMO CHIP *
ANDRE REYES
BEETHOVA OBAS *
BIG BABE MARTIN
BILL JENNINGS *
BILL STAINES *
BO JENKINS
BOB GELDOF *
BOBBY WOMACK *
BOUBACAR SIDIBE
BRENT FLYNN *
CANHOTO DA PARAIBA *
CHARLES WRIGHT *
CHUCK "SOUTHPAW" JONES
CLAUDE OLMOS
COCO MONTOYA *
COLE PRIOR STEVENS *
COOKIE MCGEE *
COOL JOHN FERGUSON *
DAN SEALS *
DARRYL GONZALES
DAVE LOGGINS
DEFORD BAILEY *
DELL STATON
DENNIS "FLY" AMERO
DICK DALE *
DICKIE THOMPSON *
DJAMEL LAROUSSI
DON JONES *
DOYLE BRAMHALL II
DR. ISAIAH ROSS
ED DEANE *
EDDIE WHEELER *
EDDY CLEARWATER *
ELIZABETH COTTEN *
EVIE SANDS *
GLEN BURTNIK *
GLENN POMIANEK
GREG SERRATO
GREGG WRIGHT
GRETA BRINKMAN
GRUFF RHYS *
GUS ISIDORE
GUY BLAKESLEE
JACQUES DJEYIM *
JAMES ‘BLA’ PAHINUI *
JEYSON ZIMERER *
JIM ROONEY *
JIMMY CLIFF *
JOHN ROBINSON
JOHNNY JENKINS *
JOSE SOLES
JOSEPH
JULES SHEAR *
KÉLÉTIGUI DIABATE
KENNETH EDMONDS (a.k.a. BABYFACE)
KOKOMO ARNOLD
KRIS ROE
LEE JACKSON *
LEFT HAND FRANK (FRANK CRAIG)
LEFTHAND FREDDY (FRED REINING)
LEFTY DIZZ *
LEROY CLYDE "LEFTY" BATES
LILI BONICHE *
LITTLE JIMMY KING
MALINA MOYE
MARÇIO RANGEL *
MATT BECK
MICHEL OUELLETTE *
MIKE MANGIONE *
NICOLAS REYES
NUSHI PAZ *
OTIS RUSH *
PATCHAI REYES
PATRICK SAUSSOIS *
PAUL CLARK
PAUL RAYMOND
PAULINE ANSON-DROSS
PHIL PICKETT *
ROB JOHANSSON *
ROBERT LUNN *
RON JONES
RONNIE DRAYTON *
ROSEMARY BUTLER
RUSTY BURNS *
SCOTT MCCARL
SEAL *
SHARI FORST
SHIGERU MATSUZAKI
STAN SKIBBY
TEX FLETCHER
TOM ANDREWS
TONY JONES
UFFE STEEN
VERNON HARRINGTON *
WAYMAN TISDALE *
WILLIAM ‘LEFTY’ BATES
YOMO TORO
ZEKKARIYAS (Cecil Womack)
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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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