Prince was such a masterful showman, songwriter, singer, and performer, it’s sometimes easy to forget that he was also one of the greatest guitarists working in any music field. Over the years he graced the covers of British metal weekly Kerrang! and America’s Guitar World, and after listening to any of the tracks below, it’s easy to understand why. Prince was a self-taught guitarist, and he claimed not to read music or know music theory, but he sure knew his way around a guitar fretboard, ripping out a panoply of styles in the vein of great funk, blues, rock, and metal players.
