22 Greatest Guitarists Of All Time

10. Stevie Ray Vaughan

Angus Young of AC/DC is photographed in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008. (AP Photo/ Jim Cooper)
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One of the great tragedies of rock music, Vaughan's early death in 1990 in a helicopter crash after a show with Eric Clapton robbed the world of one of its finest ever blues guitarists. His genius was very much an unknown thing in the mainstream when he was active: the rise of MTV pushed blues away to the boundaries but his ability demanded attention, and he got it from his peers.

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