Once heralded as the next greatest rock guitarist and touted as a member of Duran Duran and Thin Lizzy, but due "cruel twists ...

Those are just a few of the rock guitarists who have made clear Guy's influence on their own careers. Below, we're running through 20 Rock Guitarists and Their Praise for Buddy Guy.

John Foley worked in IT fixing computers, but he was probably best known in Omaha as a talented rock and roll-loving, guitar-riffing musician who married a well-known groupie.