Gordon Giltrap

About

Gordon Giltrap is an English guitarist and composer who dabbles in several varied genres including folk, blues, rock and classical. Learning how to play the guitar at age 12, Giltrap never received any formal instruction and as a result he developed his own unique style and technique. Giltrap's career started to take off in the 1960s, when he was a prominent fixture of the London folk scene, along side contemporaries like Bert Jansch, John Renbourn and Mike Oldfield.