Raised on a diet of classical music, Steve Hackett – born in London, England on
February 12, 1950 - discovered the great British blues guitarists of the 1960s
as a teenager before becoming a revered axe man in his own right with legendary
prog rockers Genesis. Part of the band's classic early line-up, Hackett played
on landmark albums Selling England By the Pound (1973) and A Trick of the Tail
(1976) but left the group in 1977 after releasing acclaimed solo debut Voyage of
the Acolyte (1975).Famed for being one of the first rock guitarists to pioneer
the two-handed tapping techni...