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slide guitar
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Description
Slide guitar is a distinctive playing technique where a smooth object—typically a glass or metal tube—glides across guitar strings to create seamless, vocal-like tones and expressive pitch bends. Rooted in blues and country traditions, the style produces a weeping, ethereal quality that evokes both raw emotion and melodic fluidity. The technique spans from gritty Delta blues to contemporary rock and Americana, adding soulful texture wherever it appears.
100 chronological releases
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| 55 | 1970 | Cochise | Cochise |
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1971-12-03 | Electric Light Orchestra | No Answer |
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| 62 |
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1973 | Michael Stanley | Michael Stanley |
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| 74 |
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1976 | Les Dudek | Les Dudek |
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| 89 | 1977 | Les Dudek | Say No More |
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| 57 | 1978 | Les Dudek | Ghost Town Parade |
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| 54 |
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1979 | Sonny Landreth | Sunrise |
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| 7 |
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1981 | David Lindley | Twango Bango Deluxe |
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| 35 |
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1981 | David Lindley | Playing Even Better |
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| 68 |
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1981 | Bob Brozman | Kīkā Kila Meets Kī Hō'alu |
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| 70 |
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1981 | David Lindley | Win This Record! |
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| 1 |
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1982 | Rose Tattoo | Scarred for Life |
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| 80 | 1982 | David Lindley | Win This Record |
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| 29 | 1983 | David Lindley | El Rayo Live |
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| 86 |
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1985 | The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III |
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| 25 | 1985 | David Lindley | Mr. Dave |
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| 48 |
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1988 | David Lindley & El Rayo-X | Very Greasy |
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| 69 |
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1988 | Various Artists | History of Hawaiian Steel Guitar |
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| 16 |
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1991 | Chris Whitley | Chris Whitley Live at Martyrs' |
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| 40 | 1993 | Roy Rogers | Slide of Hand |
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| 44 | 1993 | Bob Brozman | Slide a Go Go |
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| 59 |
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1993 | Piers Partridge | Bowl of Plums |
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| 24 |
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1994 | David Lindley & Hani Naser | Live in Tokyo |
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| 27 | 1994 | Roy Rogers | Slide Zone |
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| 28 | 1995 | David Lindley & Hani Naser | Playing Even Better |
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| 66 |
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1995-03-21 | Chris Whitley | Din Of Ecstasy |
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| 85 |
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1997-02-18 | Chris Whitley | Terra Incognita |
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| 95 |
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1997-10-07 | The Derek Trucks Band | The Derek Trucks Band |
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| 96 |
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1997-10-07 | Derek Trucks | Derek Trucks Band |
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| 37 | 1998 | David Lindley & Wally Ingram | Twango Bango Deluxe |
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| 93 | 1998 | Ellen McIlwaine | Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years |
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| 17 | 1998-06-04 | Blind Willie Johnson | Dark Was the Night |
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| 14 |
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1999 | The Juke Joints | Walking Down Memphis |
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| 2 |
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2000 | Paul Fenton | Vancouver Blue |
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| 45 |
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2000 | Paradigm | Melodies For Uncertain Robots |
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| 79 |
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2000 | Brian Robbins | Banned in the State of Utah |
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| 90 |
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2000-07-25 | Chris Whitley | Perfect Day |
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| 51 |
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2000-10-24 | Gary Lucas | Street of Lost Brothers |
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| 4 |
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2001 | Mike Hosty | Un Hombre Malo |
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| 11 | 2001 | The Juke Joints | Live In Ireland |
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| 15 |
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2002 | Paul Fenton | Live! In Toronto |
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| 61 | 2002-03-26 | Roy Rogers | Slideways |
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| 83 | 2003-04-01 | Chris Whitley | Hotel Vast Horizon |
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2004 | Charley Patton | Charley Patton - Complete Recordings |
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| 50 | 2004 | Roy Rogers & The Delta Rhythm Kings | Live! at the Sierra Nevada Brewery Big Room |
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| 88 | 2004-01-26 | Bjørn Berge | St. Slide |
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| 76 |
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2004-02-03 | Chris Whitley | Dislocation Blues |
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| 33 |
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2005 | The Juke Joints | Let It Roll |
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| 46 | 2005 | Colin Linden | Southern Jumbo |
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| 49 |
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2005 | Debashish Bhattacharya | Calcutta Slide-Guitar, Vol. 3 |
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| 81 | 2005-07-26 | Chris Whitley | Soft Dangerous Shores |
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| 82 | 2005-11 | Jerry Douglas | The Best Kept Secret |
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| 34 |
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2006 | BlueShot | In The Shade Of Blues |
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| 36 |
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2006 | BlueShot | Crack The Seal |
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| 32 | 2006 | Pura Fé | Tuscarora Nation Blues |
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| 39 | 2007 | David Lindley | Big Twang |
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| 92 |
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2007-03-23 | The John Butler Trio | Grand National | ||
| 91 | 2007-05-08 | Dave Hole | Rough Diamond |
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| 26 |
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2008 | Rich Harper | Musician Standard Time |
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| 72 | 2008-04-08 | Ray Manzarek & Roy Rogers | Ballads Before the Rain |
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| 84 | 2008-08-19 | Jerry Douglas | Glide |
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| 47 |
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2009 | Sonny Landreth | Levee Town (Expanded Edition) |
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| 67 | 2009 | Jeff Lang | Chimeradour |
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| 63 |
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2010 | Wolf Mail | Electric Love Soul |
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| 73 |
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2010 | Robert Randolph & The Family Band | Walk This Road |
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| 13 |
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2010-03-19 | Mamadou Diabate, Bobby Singh & Jeff Lang | Djan Djan |
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| 78 | 2011 | The Delta Saints | The Delta Saints |
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2011 | Robert Johnson | Slide Guitar: The Streamline Special |
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| 30 |
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2011 | Low Society | High Time |
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| 94 |
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2011-01-17 | The Sand Band | All Through The Night |
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| 97 | 2011-05-10 | Warren Haynes | Man In Motion |
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| 75 | 2011-05-24 | Ray Manzarek & Roy Rogers | Translucent Blues |
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| 64 |
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2011-08-30 | Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey | Race Riot Suite |
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| 87 | 2012 | Sonny Landreth | Elemental Journey |
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| 60 | 2012-03-09 | Erja Lyytinen | Songs From The Road |
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| 22 | 2012-05-07 | Iron Mike Norton | Bad Monkey |
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| 58 | 2012-05-15 | Rick Shaffer | Idiot Flats |
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| 53 |
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2012-06-01 | Plant Eater | Plant Eater EP |
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| 99 |
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2012-06-25 | Jerry Douglas | Traveler |
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2012-10-22 | Lightnin' Guy | Blood for Kali |
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| 5 | 2012-11-06 | The Silver Fish | Jacques Russell |
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| 42 |
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2013 | Sterling Koch | Let It Slide |
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| 98 | 2013 | Left Lane Cruiser | Rock Them Back To Hell |
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| 71 |
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2013-01-25 | Erja Lyytinen | Forbidden Fruit |
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| 65 | 2013-03-11 | The Cedars | Little Copper Still |
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| 56 |
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2013-05-13 | Rick Shaffer | Stacked Deck |
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2013-07-19 | Kerry Kearney | Got Slide Guitar? |
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| 52 |
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2017 | Elmore James | Dust My Broom (78 RPM Version) |
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| 43 |
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2019 | Maromaro | The Inter-Galactic Jaunt |
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| 100 |
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2022-08-19 | Flipturn | Shadowglow |
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| 41 |
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2023 | Various Artists | Slide Guitar: The Streamline Special |
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| 38 | Francois Xavier Marciat | Driving On Back Roads |
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| 6 | Sasha Sadikov & Egor Zayaev | Hurricane (single) |
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| 8 | Bluebird Avenue | Bag of Animals |
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| 12 | Missing Cat | Lucid Dreamer |
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| 19 | Sjako! | The 10th |
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| 20 | The Sultans of Slide | Lightning Strikes |
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| 21 | Sasha Sadikov & Egor Zayaev | Exist |
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| 31 | Thomas Brunkard | A Never Ending Album |
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| 77 | Brian Robbins Band | On |
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| The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | Will The Circle Be Unbroken |
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