Guitar hero of the day
Hero of the Day: the Next 14 Days
Every day the site features one great guitarist, with their ten greatest solos, the gear and a quiz. Here is who is coming up over the next two weeks. The same hero is on @thegreatestsolos each day.
| Date | Hero |
|---|---|
| Today | John Frusciante Melody, restraint and feeling at the heart of funk rock |
| Sat, Oct 10 | Stevie Ray Vaughan The Texas storm who put the blues back on the charts |
| Sun, Oct 11 | The Edge The delay-drenched sound painter behind U2's soaring anthems |
| Mon, Oct 12 | Robert Fripp King Crimson's relentless innovator of precision, loops and sustain |
| Tue, Oct 13 | Peter Green The Green God, whose silence spoke louder than any shredder |
| Wed, Oct 14 | Nita Strauss Arena-sized shred with a showwoman's instinct for the big moment |
| Thu, Oct 15 | Tom Morello The guitarist who made six strings sound like a turntable |
| Fri, Oct 16 | Jimmy Page Riff architect and studio wizard who built Led Zeppelin's hammer |
| Sat, Oct 17 | Tim Henson The nylon-string virtuoso who fused shred guitar with trap-era production |
| Sun, Oct 18 | Les Paul The guitarist-inventor who built the tools modern music is made with |
| Mon, Oct 19 | Neil Young Feedback, fury and feeling from rock's most restless songwriter |
| Tue, Oct 20 | Chuck Berry The architect whose double-stop intros became rock and roll's alphabet |
| Wed, Oct 21 | Johnny Marr Indie guitar's master of shimmering arpeggios and layered melody |
| Thu, Oct 22 | Tommy Emmanuel One acoustic guitar that sounds like a whole band |
See all 100 guitar heroes, or today's hero on the hero page. Developers and planners: the full dated schedule is in schedule.json.