OT. The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. Rolling Stone Magazine..

wilheim · Jan 25, 2008

The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time
Posted Aug 27, 2003 12:00 AM
Rolling Stone Magazine..

1Jimi Hendrix
2 Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band
3 B.B. King
4 Eric Clapton
5 Robert Johnson
6 Chuck Berry
7 Stevie Ray Vaughan
8 Ry Cooder
9 Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
10 Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones
11Kirk Hammett of Metallica
12 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana
13 Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead
14 Jeff Beck
15 Carlos Santana (probably my favorite - wil)
16 Johnny Ramone of the Ramones
17 Jack White of the White Stripes
18 John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
19 Richard Thompson
20 James Burton
21 George Harrison
22 Mike Bloomfield
23 Warren Haynes
24 The Edge of U2
25 Freddy King
26 Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
27 Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits
28 Stephen Stills
29 Ron Asheton of the Stooges
30 Buddy Guy
31 Dick Dale
32 John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service
33 & 34 Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth
35 John Fahey
36 Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MG's
37 Bo Diddley
38 Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac
39 Brian May of Queen
40 John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival
41 Clarence White of the Byrds
42 Robert Fripp of King Crimson
43 Eddie Hazel of Funkadelic
44 Scotty Moore
45 Frank Zappa
46 Les Paul
47 T-Bone Walker
48 Joe Perry of Aerosmith
49 John McLaughlin
50 Pete Townshend
51 Paul Kossoff of Free
52 Lou Reed
53 Mickey Baker
54 Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane
55 Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple
56 Tom Verlaine of Television
57 Roy Buchanan
58 Dickey Betts
59 & 60 Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien of Radiohead
61 Ike Turner
62 Zoot Horn Rollo of the Magic Band
63 Danny Gatton
64 Mick Ronson
65 Hubert Sumlin
66 Vernon Reid of Living Colour
67 Link Wray
68 Jerry Miller of Moby Grape
69 Steve Howe of Yes
70 Eddie Van Halen
71 Lightnin' Hopkins
72 Joni Mitchell
73 Trey Anastasio of Phish
74 Johnny Winter
75 Adam Jones of Tool
76 Ali Farka Toure
77 Henry Vestine of Canned Heat
78 Robbie Robertson of the Band
79 Cliff Gallup of the Blue Caps (1997)
80 Robert Quine of the Voidoids
81 Derek Trucks
82 David Gilmour of Pink Floyd
83 Neil Young
84 Eddie Cochran
85 Randy Rhoads
86 Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath
87 Joan Jett
88 Dave Davies of the Kinks
89 D. Boon of the Minutemen
90 Glen Buxton of Alice Cooper
91 Robby Krieger of the Doors
92 & 93 Fred "Sonic" Smith, Wayne Kramer of the MC5
94 Bert Jansch
95 Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine
96 Angus Young of AC/DC
97 Robert Randolph
98 Leigh Stephens of Blue Cheer
99 Greg Ginn of Black Flag
100 Kim Thayil of Soundgarden

Brock Landers · Jan 25, 2008

Where is Slash?! You are telling me GEORGE HARRISON is that good a guitar player?!

Buster · Jan 25, 2008

what a joke of a magazine and a list

eddie van halen
derek trucks
randy rhoads
tony iommi
angus young (joan jett is better) give me a f'ing break

all these are not even in the top 70????i wished this was not even posted...now i will spend all day pissed off

KidKash · Jan 25, 2008

tom morello should be ahead of a lot of the ones hes behind, great guitar player with both rage and audioslave, has his own sound and style

douglas · Jan 25, 2008

buster said:
what a joke of a magazine and a list

eddie van halen
derek trucks
randy rhoads
tony iommi
angus young (joan jett is better) give me a f'ing break

all these are not even in the top 70????i wished this was not even posted...now i will spend all day pissed off

buster ........better then being pissed on .........hope all is well with you an the family .....stop by sometime we miss you !

DickyW · Jan 25, 2008

Kurt Cobain at 12?? Give me a break. I understand the legend and the importance Nirvana but Cobain is not a top 200 guy.

I'm not much of a Santana fan but he is a top 5 without a doubt.

Kirk Hammett's sound is easy to spot but he is no top 20 of all time.

Vernon Reid is a top 20 guy for sure

Brock Landers · Jan 25, 2008

again, WHERE IS SLASH?!

Buster · Jan 25, 2008

douglas said:
buster ........better then being pissed on .........hope all is well with you an the family .....stop by sometime we miss you !

hey douglas,glasses buster,and mama say hey!i think they may get on the internets this weekend

now if we could just get someone to delete this thread before it causes all kinds of problems on here today...it is no secret that rolling stone has been suffering from low readership for a long time and stuff like this is this reason,(and rating yoko ono's album with the highest score they give)

THEY ARE IRRELEVANT!

FatTony · Jan 25, 2008

Ritchie Blackmore 55th???

No offense, but B.B. King is such a kiss ass move at 3rd.

Buster · Jan 25, 2008

and who the hell is ry cooder? sounds like a porn star

t-bone walker? wasn't that george costanza

douglas · Jan 25, 2008

were is Peter Tork ?

DickyW · Jan 25, 2008

buster said:
hey douglas,glasses buster,and mama say hey!i think they may get on the internets this weekend

now if we could just get someone to delete this thread before it causes all kinds of problems on here today...it is no secret that rolling stone has been suffering from low readership for a long time and stuff like this is this reason,(and rating yoko ono's album with the highest score they give)

THEY ARE IRRELEVANT!

Good post

Their greatest of alltime lists are all about shock value, nothing more. I think I know music pretty good and I would rather listen to someone pissing on a snare drum for a hour then listen to anything Yoko ever recorded

Brock

Slash is a top 50 for sure

RobFunk · Jan 25, 2008

Where is Joe Satriani?

Buster · Jan 25, 2008

well i have had enough for a bit...must take a break...head down to the RR and maybe find me an inmate

Brock Landers · Jan 25, 2008

RobFunk said:
Where is Joe Satriani?

Excellent Question, a guitar Virtuoso, Is Steve Vai on the list?

Fuck from this list i am surprised CC Deville isn't in the top 20

bellyputter · Jan 25, 2008

Roy Clark and Glen Campbell.

DickyW · Jan 25, 2008

I am the biggest Lou Reed fan around and I'm almost certain he would piss himself laughing to find out he made the list

wilheim · Jan 25, 2008

Regarding the late George Harrison..

George Harrison's 1971 triple solo album "All Things Must Pass" is today considered a masterpiece. Hit singles "My sweel Lord" and "I live for you" are classic George Harrison Slide guitar numbers.

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Natrually a list like this is bound to be controversial because everyone has their own taste in music and that includes guitarists.

One of my personal favorites by Carlos Santana is the song Soul Sacrifice - which his group "The Santana Blues Band" performed at Woodstock and is a highlight of the movie that the concert spawned. The song featured a drum solo by 20 year old Michael Shrieve that is notable.

wil..

PS. Take into consideration the list is from 2003..

rockbottom+ · Jan 25, 2008

where is Michael Schenker, or Uli Roth?
Both top 5 without question

Brock Landers · Jan 25, 2008

wilheim said:
George Harrison's 1971 triple solo album "All Things Must Pass" is today considered a masterpiece. Hit singles "My sweel Lord" and "I live for you" are classic George Harrison Slide guitar numbers.

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Natrually a list like this is bound to be controversial because everyone has their own taste in music and that includes guitarists.

One of my personal favorites by Carlos Santana is the song Soul Sacrifice - which his group "The Santana Blues Band" performed at Woodstock and is a highlight of the movie that the concert spawned. The song featured a drum solo by 20 year old Michael Shrieve that is notable.

wil..

PS. Take into consideration the list is from 2003..

hey i love the beatles and harrison's all things must pass as much as anyone, but as a pure guitar player, you can count his solo's that were memerable on on hand. Clapton played guitar on While my guitar gently weeps..

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