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Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
American musician
Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters
American musician
Charlie Christian
Charlie Christian
American musician
Les Paul
Les Paul
American inventor and musician
John Lee Hooker
American musician
Leo Fender
American inventor and manufacturer
Ernest Tubb
American musician
Eddie Van Halen
Eddie Van Halen
Dutch-born American guitarist

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Woman Playing a Theorbo to Two Men, oil on canvas by Gerard Terborch, 1667-1668. (Baroque Art)
What’s That Sound?: 8 Intriguing Early Musical Instruments