Guitar hero – the radio tour

For nearly 40 years, music lovers have gazed at Joan Armatrading's guitar-playing, and marvelled at her assurance and control, the intense and feeling relationship she displays with her instrument: the complex and delicate chording on "Love and Affection"; the muscular dynamics of "Down to Zero"; the sweet and searching electric solos that punctuated her triumphant Albert Hall concert in 2003. But which guitarists does she admire? If such a virtuoso has a guitar hero, who can it be?

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