Johnny Marr

Marr played almost no solos with The Smiths, which is exactly why he matters. His parts are dense arrangements — open-tuned arpeggios, capoed figures, tremolo, layered acoustic and electric tracks — designed to occupy melodic space alongside a singer rather than in front of him.

'This Charming Man' contains something like fifteen guitar tracks, including a knife dropped on strings, and still sounds effortless. That combination of complexity and lightness defined British indie guitar for forty years.

He has since played with Modest Mouse, The Cribs, Hans Zimmer film scores and his own records, and has kept the same textural instinct throughout.