We Are the Champions
LAST YEAR WAS notable for a lot of what we didn’t have. There was no 2020 Olympics, no Boston or New York City marathons. Wimbledon was canceled, as was the Masters Tournament. Even the Scripps National Spelling Bee was called off, marking the first time the event hasn’t been held since 1945.
But not even the Covid pandemic could stop Guitar Player’s and Guitar World’s search for 2020’s Guitarist of the Year. Nor did it deter heaps of talented guitarists from responding to the call. In fact, we noticed a dramatic increase in the number of entries we received, and they came from all parts of the world: Japan, Australia, Finland, Switzerland, Italy, France, the U.S. and the U.K. If we can draw any conclusions from the response, it’s this: While people’s leisure options were limited in 2020, they clearly spent more time than ever playing guitar.
The 2020 Guitarist of the
