Slide guitarists are musicians who are well-known for playing guitar with a "slide", a smooth, hard object, held in the fretting hand and placed against the strings to control the pitch. Beginning with guitarists in the American South and Hawaii in early 20th century, slide guitar styles have developed in a variety of musical settings, including blues, country, and rock. Most slide guitarists may also perform with guitars using traditional fretting techniques; additionally, some also play various types of steel guitars, which usually lack frets and are not played by the non-picking fingers alone. Pre-1940 1940–1969 1970–present Dan Auerbach Mike Auldridge Paul Barrere Jeff Baxter Matt Bellamy Alex Turner Nuno Bettencourt Dickey Betts Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt Debashish Bhattacharya Ritchie Blackmore Rory Block Doyle Bramhall II Bob Brozman Lindsey Buckingham Jonny Buckland John Butler Larry Campbell Catfish Keith Randy Crouch Cindy Cashdollar Mike Campbell Doug Cox John Campbell Debasis Chakroborty Dean DeLeo Willy DeVille Luther Dickinson Tom Doughty Jerry Douglas The Edge Don Felder Glenn Frey Steve Gaines Terry Garland Lowell George Paul Gilbert Ramon Goose Stone Gossard Steve Hackett Martin Harley Ben Harper Pete Haycock Warren Haynes Jeff Healey Dave Hlubek Dave Hole Steve Howe Jason Isbell Ed King Kaki King Mark Knopfler Robby Krieger Sonny Landreth Andrew Latimer David Lindley Bob Log III Erja Lyytinen Lloyd Maines Papa Mali Harry Manx Mick Mars Brian May Jimmy McCulloch Ellen McIlwaine Robbie McIntosh Rickey Medlocke Ronnie Montrose Micky Moody Abdee Negara Brother Oswald Lee Roy Parnell Joe Perry Paul Personne Kelly Joe Phelps Rod Price John Primer Bonnie Raitt Will Ray Chris Rea Red Rhodes Dennis Robbins Rich Robinson Emily Robison Roy Rogers Duane Roland Gary Rossington Xavier Rudd Richie Sambora Mark Sandman Eric Sardinas Seasick Steve Slash Andy Summers Travis Stever Moris Tepper Hughie Thomasson Ian Thornley George Thorogood David Tronzo Derek Trucks Ted Turner Stevie Ray Vaughan Rick Vito Waddy Wachtel Carl Weingarten Peter Wells Jack White Chris Whitley Lil' Ed Williams Ronnie Wood References Citations Sources Slide guitarists