Marc Ribot: not the fastest guitarist around, but he doesn’t feel the need for speed.
JOSEPH BRANSTON
Experimental New York guitarist Marc Ribot made his reputation early with his pioneering work on Tom Waits’s 1985 album Rain Dogs. He’s since gone on to make music under his own name, with his avant-garde outfits such as Ceramic Dog, and his long-rolling CV as a sideman includes stints with Fred Frith, John Mellencamp, The Black Keys and Robert Plant and Alison Krauss.