“What do you call a guitar player who only knows two chords?”/“A music critic.”

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Entry from February 15, 2016

“What do you call a guitar player who only knows two chords?”/“A music critic.”

A popular joke about music critics is:

Q: What do you call a guitar player who only knows two chords?
A: A music critic.

The joke has been cited in print since at least 1997.

Google Groups: houston.music
Houston Rock Review Web Site
OTNote
2/20/97
(...)
Q. What do you call a guitarist that only knows two chords?
A. A music critic.

Google Groups: alt.music.makers.soloact
My friends set these along
Beej&John
10/2/00
(...)
Q: What do you call a guitar player that only knows two chords?
A: A music critic.

Google Books
Real Country Humor:
Jokes from Country Music Personalities
By Billy Edd Wheeler
Little Rock, AK: August House Publishers
2002
Pg. XVI:
Q: What do you call a guitar player who only knows two chords?
A: A music critic.

Google Books
The Songwriter’s Hook Book
By Jon Batson
Instantpublisher.com
2003
Pg. 11:
Q: What do you call a guitar player that only knows two chords?
A: A music critic.

Twitter
The Worship Butthead
‏@WorshipButthead
What do you call a guitarist who only knows 2 chords? A music critic.
2:16 PM - 26 May 2015

Twitter
MusicianHumor
‏@JokesBoutMusic
Q: What do you call a guitar player that only knows two chords?
A: A music critic.
2:58 PM - 10 Dec 2015

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