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Hello everyone and welcome to another exciting Guitar Duel, these are proving really popular. Before we get onto this weeks duel lets look at who won last weeks battle between Morello and Cobain. I must admit I did sort of expect the end result in which Morello was the overall winner. It was quite close though. Thanks for voting guys. But now onto this weeks cincilating duel between two of the older greats. For this weeks poll we travel back to the birth of rock n roll in the 50s. With these two guitarists we look back at a girl called Lucille and a guy called Johnny. Both guitarists are in the top 10 of Rolling Stones best guitarists ever, only being separated by three places. Of course the two legendary guitarists I am talking about are B.B King and Chuck Berry.

Between them they are considered to be two of the most influential guitarists in rock and roll history. One being King of the blues and the other combining blues with country sounds to perfect rock n roll. They are both placed in the top 10 of Rolling Stone magazines 100 Greatest Guitarists with King placed at third and Berry placed at sixth. They also have three songs in Rolling Stones 100 Greatest Guitar songs and amazingly one of those is placed at number one. B.B. King has two at 26 and 68 with How Blue Can You Get and The Thrill Is Gone, respectively while Berry has one song in the top 100, Johnny B Goode. but its placed as the greatest guitar song ever! So this one should be a real showdown today.

Both great, amazing, utterly brilliant guitarists I’m sure you’d agree, but what I want to know is who is better?

Before you decide, let me tell you a little bit about them:

B.B. King – Bio

Born: 16 Sept, 1926

Started Playing: 12 Years Old

Influences: T-Bone Walker

Early Work: Beale Street Blues Boy

Band That Made Him: Solo

Other Projects: Richie Sambora, Eric Clapton]

Guitar: Lucille

Best Know For: Sweet Sixteen, Self Proclaimed “Ambassador Of The Blues”

Guitar Accolades: Placed 3rd in Rolling Stones top 100 Guitarists, Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in 1987, 3rd in Time Magazines top 10 Electric Guitarists,Two songs placed in Rolling Stones top 100.

Chuck Berry – Bio

Born: 18 Oct, 1926

Started Playing: 13 Years Old

Influences: T-Bone Walker, Nat King Cole, Muddy Waters

Early Work: Johnnie Johnson Trio

Band That Made Him: Solo

Other Projects: N/A

Best Know For: Johnny B Goode, Playing more country to Black Audiences

Guitar Accolades: Placed 6th in Rolling Stones top 100 Guitarists, Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, Johnny B Goode placed first in Rolling Stones top 100 Guitar Songs

As you can see the honours are pretty even between these two greats. Now you know a little bit more about them, I want you to vote on who you think is better. Who has done more for the guitar? Who has been more inspirational?

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So thats it for another Guitar Duel. Thanks for voting and I hope the rightful winner wins.

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