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The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time?

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The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time? According to 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
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 (Posted Aug 27, 2003)
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I love how when music best lists are compiled, country artists are always left off. If you don't like country, fine, but at least acknowledge the fact that these people are talented. Music snobs p*** me off. :evil:
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Ilph wrote:I love how when music best lists are compiled, country artists are always left off. If you don't like country, fine, but at least acknowledge the fact that these people are talented. Music snobs p*** me off. :evil:

I'm shocked that Kurt Cobain was #12. I'm surprised he was on the list at all.
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I'm shocked that Albert Collins isn't on it! :o :o


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Eddie Van Halen #70? Ummmmmmmmm :roll: :roll: :roll:
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Am i like the only person in the world who knows who Rory Gallagher is...

because he should def be on the list !!
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Ilph wrote:I love how when music best lists are compiled, country artists are always left off. If you don't like country, fine, but at least acknowledge the fact that these people are talented. Music snobs p*** me off. :evil:
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The folks who put this list together should have listened to John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra's "Inner Flame." The list would have been 99 spots shorter! JOHN
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Ilph wrote:I love how when music best lists are compiled, country artists are always left off. If you don't like country, fine, but at least acknowledge the fact that these people are talented. Music snobs p*** me off. :evil:
I'm not sure what the criteria was for compiling this list but I sorta doubt it had anything to do with snobbery. If a country music magazine compiled a list of best guitarists and Hendrix wasn't included I wouldn't exactly be surprised.
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Ilph wrote:I love how when music best lists are compiled, country artists are always left off. If you don't like country, fine, but at least acknowledge the fact that these people are talented. Music snobs p*** me off. :evil:
I know what you mean, Chet Atkins should be in the top ten
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and I would put Carlos Santana way above both Kurt Cobain and Jerry Garcia
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UAHparrothead wrote:and I would put Carlos Santana way above both Kurt Cobain and Jerry Garcia
Uh did I miss Vince Gill,Joe Satroni,Nancy Wilson/Howard Lease
Robert Cray,Joe Walsh/Don Felder/Glen Frey,Junior Brown, Jonny Lang?

any more??
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didn't see him.. roy clark??
some people on the list say he's one of the best..
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ragtopW wrote:
UAHparrothead wrote:and I would put Carlos Santana way above both Kurt Cobain and Jerry Garcia
Uh did I miss Vince Gill,Joe Satroni,Nancy Wilson/Howard Lease
Robert Cray,Joe Walsh/Don Felder/Glen Frey,Junior Brown, Jonny Lang?

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Prthd119 wrote:
ragtopW wrote:
UAHparrothead wrote:and I would put Carlos Santana way above both Kurt Cobain and Jerry Garcia
Uh did I miss Vince Gill,Joe Satroni,Nancy Wilson/Howard Lease
Robert Cray,Joe Walsh/Don Felder/Glen Frey,Junior Brown, Jonny Lang?

any more??

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a1aara wrote:
Ilph wrote:I love how when music best lists are compiled, country artists are always left off. If you don't like country, fine, but at least acknowledge the fact that these people are talented. Music snobs p*** me off. :evil:

I'm shocked that Kurt Cobain was #12. I'm surprised he was on the list at all.
This must be a VH1 list. They have a love affair with anything Nirvana.


Oh well. The list is what it is.
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Post by Jahfin »

If each of us here were to compile our own lists I'm sure they'd all be markedly different. It doesn't have to turn into a competition just because RS didn't pick a guitarist someone feels is worthy of inclusion.
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a1aara wrote:I'm shocked that Kurt Cobain was #12. I'm surprised he was on the list at all.
Exactly! :roll: That alone makes this list absurd. And Eddie Van Halen down at #70!?!?

And Kim Thayil listed but not Jerry Cantrell? Ugh, please!

At least they put John Frusciante on there... he's so underrated & under-recognized.
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Les Paul only #46 and Dickey Betts #58? They can't be serious.
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Post by Jahfin »

"Best" doesn't always mean most technically proficient. I'm no big Nirvana fan but I can definitely see where they (and Cobain) end up on so many "Best of" lists. As for Eddie Van Halen, I thought he was a very brillant guitarist at one time but that's just it, he seemed to reach a point and never surpassed it. We'll never know but if Randy Rhodes had lived I feel like he would have gone on to be one of the best guitarists of our time and everyone would have forgotten all about Eddie Van Halen.
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