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I agree with bobdobbs: Django Reinhardt!
The skill! (His left hand had the use of only two fingers)
The innovation! (His jazz quintet used no drums or rhythm section)
The influence! (Chet Atkins ranked him the #1 guitarist ever...)
Others that he somehow influenced include:
Jimi Hendrix
Allman Brothers Band
Jeff Beck
Carlos Santana
B.B. King
Jerry Garcia
Mark Knopfler
Les Paul
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Denny Laine
Robert Fripp
Steve Howe
Charlie Christian
Trey Anastasio
Tony Iommi
Willie Nelson
All you guitar lovers... pay tribute: listen to a Django Reinhardt recording if you haven't yet.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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