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Famous Guitarists from New York City
List of famous guitarists born who were born in New York City, listed alphabetically with photos when available. Many of these guitar players from New York City are legends in the music world, each with their own innovative styles of play. If you play guitar, whether acoustic or electric, then these famous New York City guitar players should be people you look up to. These are some of the best guitarists that have ever picked up the instrument, and whether they play rock, blues, metal or folk, these men and women are considered legends.
List is made up of a variety of items, including Adam Sandler and Lou Reed.
This list answers the questions, "What guitar players are from New York City?" and "Who are famous New York City guitarists?"- Age: 55
- Nationality: United States of America
- Birthplace: New York City, New York
Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, film producer, and musician. After becoming a Saturday Night Live cast member, Sandler went on to star in ...more - Age: 52
- Nationality: United States of America
- Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States of America
John Anthony Frusciante ( (listen); born March 5, 1970) is an American guitarist, singer, composer, and producer. He is best known as the former guitarist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, from ...more - Dec. at 71 (1942-2013)
- Nationality: United States of America
Lewis Allan Reed (March 2, 1942 – October 27, 2013) was an American musician, singer, songwriter and poet. He was the lead guitarist, singer and principal songwriter for the rock band the Velvet ...more - Age: 68
- Nationality: United States of America
- Birthplace: New York City, USA, New York
Elliot Easton (born Elliot Steinberg, December 18, 1953, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American musician, guitarist, singer and songwriter. He plays lead guitar and sings backing vocals for the Cars. ...more - Age: 74
- Nationality: United States of America
- Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States of America
Michael McKean (born October 17, 1947) is an American actor, comedian, and musician, known for a variety of roles played since the 1970s. McKean's first big role was playing annoying neighbor Lenny ...more - Age: 74
- Nationality: United States of America, United Kingdom
- Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States of America
Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest (born February 5, 1948) is a British-American screenwriter, composer, musician, director, actor, and comedian who holds dual British and American ...more - Dec. at 70 (1949-2019)
- Nationality: United States of America
- Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Edward Joseph Mahoney (born March 21, 1949), known professionally as Eddie Money, is an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who had success in the 1970s and 1980s with a string of ...more - Age: 57
- Nationality: United States of America
- Birthplace: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States of America
Thomas Baptiste Morello (born May 30, 1964) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, actor and political activist. He is best known for his tenure with the band Rage Against the Machine and then ...more - Age: 80
- Nationality: United States of America
- Birthplace: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States of America
Henry Saint Clair Fredericks (born May 17, 1942), who uses the stage name Taj Mahal, is an American blues musician, a singer-songwriter and film composer who plays the guitar, piano, banjo, ...more - Age: 71
- Nationality: United States of America
- Birthplace: New York City, New York
Les Fradkin (born 1951) is an American MIDI guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, composer, and record producer. He is best known for being a member of the original cast of the hit Broadway show ...more - Dec. at 38 (1952-1991)
- Nationality: United States of America
- Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States of America
John Anthony Genzale (July 15, 1952 – April 23, 1991), better known by his stage name Johnny Thunders, was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He came to prominence in the early 1970s as a ...more - Age: 73
- Nationality: Italy, United States of America
- Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States of America
John William Oates (born April 7, 1948) is an American rock, R&B and soul guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer best known as half of the rock and soul duo, Hall & Oates (with Daryl ...more - Age: 71
- Nationality: United States of America
- Birthplace: New York City, USA, Bronx, New York
Janis Ian (born Janis Eddy Fink; April 7, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter who was most commercially successful in the 1960s and 1970s; her most widely recognized song, "At Seventeen", was ...more - Age: 70
- Nationality: United States of America
- Birthplace: Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States of America
Paul Stanley (born Stanley Bert Eisen; January 20, 1952) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and painter, best known for being the rhythm guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the rock band ...more - Age: 58
- Nationality: United States of America
- Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States of America
Scott Ian (born Scott Ian Rosenfeld; December 31, 1963) is an American musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist, backing and additional lead vocalist, and the only remaining founding member of ...more - Age: 46
- Nationality: United States of America
- Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States of America
Sean Taro Ono Lennon (Japanese: 小野 太郎, Hepburn: Ono Tarō, born October 9, 1975) is a British American musician, songwriter, producer and guitarist. He is the son of Yoko Ono and John Lennon. Over the ...more - Age: 79
- Nationality: United States of America
- Birthplace: New York City, USA, New York
John Paul Hammond (born November 13, 1942 in New York City) is an American singer and musician. The son of record producer John H. Hammond, he is sometimes referred to as John Hammond Jr. - Dec. at 65 (1936-2002)
- Nationality: United States of America
- Birthplace: New York City, USA, New York
David Kenneth Ritz Van Ronk (June 30, 1936 – February 10, 2002) was an American folk singer. An important figure in the American folk music revival and New York City's Greenwich Village scene in the ...more - Dec. at 56 (1941-1998)
- Nationality: United States of America
- Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Edward Thomas Rabbitt (November 27, 1941 – May 7, 1998) was an American singer and songwriter. His career began as a songwriter in the late 1960s, springboarding to a recording career after composing ...more - Age: 71
- Nationality: United States of America
- Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States of America
Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley (; born April 27, 1951) is an American musician and songwriter best known as the original lead guitarist, occasional lead vocalist and co-founding member of the rock band ...more - Age: 51
- Nationality: United States of America
- Birthplace: New York City, Manhattan, USA, New York
Rivers Cuomo (; born June 13, 1970) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and producer. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist, keyboardist, and songwriter of the rock band Weezer. Raised in an ...more - Age: 52
- Nationality: United States of America
- Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States of America
Jakob Luke Dylan (born December 9, 1969) is an American singer and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead singer and primary songwriter for the rock band the Wallflowers, who have released six ...more - Age: 76
- Nationality: United States of America
- Birthplace: New York City, USA, Forest Hills, New York
Leslie West (born Leslie Weinstein; October 22, 1945 – December 23, 2020) was an American rock guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He was best known as a founding member of the hard rock band ...more - Age: 69
- Nationality: United States of America
- Birthplace: New York City, USA, New York
Nile Gregory Rodgers Jr. (born September 19, 1952) is an American record producer, songwriter, musician, composer, arranger and guitarist. The co-founder of Chic, he has written, produced, and ...more - Age: 63
- Nationality: United States of America
- Birthplace: New York City, New York
Hugh Blumenfeld (born October 11, 1958) is an American folk musician and singer-songwriter from Connecticut. He was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, graduated with degrees in Biology and ...more
