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American singer-songwriter James Taylor performs with acoustic guitar on a BBC TV show in London, 20th October 1970. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)
NEW YORK – JANUARY 13-15: Bob Dylan plays a Fender Stratocaster electric guitar through an Ampeg amplifier while recording his album 'Bringing It All Back Home' on January 13-15, 1965 in Columbia's Studio A in New York City, New York. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Living Colour, f.l.t.r.: Will Calhoun, Corey Glover, Vernon Reid, Muzz Skillings at festival Pop Park, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 4th september 1988. (photo by Rob Verhorst/Redferns)
LOS ANGELES, CA – Winner, Carrie Underwood, 21, from Checotah, Oklahoma performs "Inside Your Heaven" just after winning to conclude the live finale of American Idol in Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 25, 2005. (Photo by Ray Mickshaw/ FOX Image Collection via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES – AUGUST 22: American folk-pop musicians (from left) Art Garfunkel and Paul Simon, of the duo Simon and Garfunkel, sing and play guitar as they perform on the CBS variety program 'The Red Skelton Hour,' USA, August 22, 1966. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images)
George Strait performs during the George Strait Music Festival at Oakland Coliseum on April 26, 1998 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 18: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Sir Paul McCartney performs at The O2 Arena during his 'Got Back' world tour on December 18, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Jim Dyson/Getty Images)
