John Mclaughlin who was born in 1942 in England is considered as the one of the very best guitarists of all times. He is also a bandleader and a composer. He has created music that has touched the heart of many; he composed from all genres including jazz, rock and some Indian classical music.

Mclaughlin has received many citations due to his contribution in the world of music; he was in the list of 2003 Rolling Stone’s 100 greatest guitarist of all times where he ranked 49th. He was also give the title of one of the greatest and the most important musician of our time, Zakir Hussain, an Indian table maestro. But it was guitarist Jeff Beck who granted Mclaughlin with the title the very best guitarist alive in 2010. According to Mclaughlin, happiness varies form one person’s perspective of financial security and self-realization. If he will have the chance the change the whole he would turn it into a better place. But then he also stressed that we are all actually changing the world as we live our day to day lives.