50's Guitar Pioneers - who is left

ESBlonde

Marty Wilde
Paul McCartney

fandango

Steve Cropper
Albert Lee

Both started their careers in very late 1950's

DLM

As this thread wasn't delimited to rock'n'rollers, I thought I should mention John Pisano, who was great on the GuitarWank podcast (episodes 31[1] and 46[2]) the other week and will soon be 86. He was in pro bands from 1952.

Scott Henderson played him some Meshuggah and they discussed its similarities to South American rhythms. \m/ \m/

Such "djenting" brings to mind an early user of the seven-string guitar: Bucky Pizzarelli, who's now 91. Active in the 40s already. 

[1]http://www.guitarwank.com/podcast/2016/8/15/guitarwank-episode-31-august-15-2016

[2] http://www.guitarwank.com/podcast/2016/11/28/guitarwank-episode-46-november-28th-2016

Nitefly

Strat54 said:

This gent is still with us at 92. One of the most prolific players of his time. If you're over 40 then you will have hummed long to his guitar parts whilst watching TV....

https://www.vintageguitar.com/2810/bob-bain/

@Strat54 I just read that - what a story! Thanks for posting.

Jalapeno

Was just about to mention Bucky Pizzarelli

guitars4you

Nitefly said:

Strat54 said:

This gent is still with us at 92. One of the most prolific players of his time. If you're over 40 then you will have hummed long to his guitar parts whilst watching TV....

https://www.vintageguitar.com/2810/bob-bain/

@Strat54 I just read that - what a story! Thanks for posting.

ditto just read it - I had heard of him, but did not realise to what extent I'd actually heard him play