Rolling Stones 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time
 

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1.Jimi Hendrix
2.Eric Clapton
3.Jimmy Page
4.Keith Richards
5.Jeff Beck
6.B.B. King
7.Chuck Berry
8.Eddie Van Halen
9.Duane Allman
10.Pete Townshend
11.George Harrison
12.Stevie Ray Vaughan
13.Albert King
14.David Gilmour
15.Freddy King
16.Derek Trucks
17.Neil Young
18.Les Paul
19.James Burton
20.Carlos Santana
21.Chet Atkins
22.Frank Zappa
23.Buddy Guy
24.Angus Young
25.Tony Iommi
26.Brian May
27.Bo Diddley
28.Johnny Ramone
29.Scotty Moore
30.Elmore James
31.Ry Cooder
32.Billy Gibbons
33.Prince
34.Curtis Mayfield
35.John Lee Hooker
36.Randy Rhoads
37.Mick Taylor
38.The Edge
39.Steve Cropper
40.Tom Morello
41.Mick Ronson
42.Mike Bloomfield
43.Hubert Sumlin
44.Mark Knopfler
45.Link Wray
46.Jerry Garcia
47.Stephen Stills
48.Jonny Greenwood
49.Muddy Waters
50.Ritchie Blackmore
51.Johnny Marr
52.Clarence White
53.Otis Rush
54.Joe Walsh
55.John Lennon
56.Albert Collins
57.Rory Gallagher
58.Peter Green
59.Robbie Robertson
60.Ron Asheton
61.Dickey Betts
62.Robert Fripp
63.Johnny Winter
64.Duane Eddy
65.Slash
66.Leslie West
67.T-Bone Walker
68.John McLoughlin
69.Richard Thompson
70.Jack White
71.Robert Johnson
72.John Frusciante
73.Kurt Cobain
74.Dick Dale
75.Joni Mitchell
76.Robby Krieger
77.Willie Nelson
78.John Fahey
79.Mike Campbell
80.Buddy Holly
81.Lou Reed
82.Nels Cline
83.Eddie Hazel
84.Joe Perry
85.Andy Summers
86.J Mascis
87.James Hetfield
88.Carl Perkins
89.Bonnie Raitt
90.Tom Verlaine
91.Dave Davies
92.Dimebag Darrell
93.Paul Simon
94.Peter Buck
95.Roger McGuinn
96.Bruce Springsteen
97.Steve Jones
98.Alex Lifeson
99.Thurston Moore
100.Lindsey Buckingham

What? No Frank Sinatra?

Poll is flawed.

no Michael Schenker?

S. Ray Vaughan should be above George Harrison.

I'm glad Eddie Van Halen ended up in the top 10.

No.

Alex Lifeson @ 98 and Kurt Cobain @ 73, these should be switched.

Rory Gallagher should be higher.

Richards is too high.

As for personal favorites, Steve Howe has always made these lists. Why no more? His playing has declined, but so has Hendrix's. Should be on body of work. Howe in his heyday was outstanding.

I also wish Steve Hackett were on the list (as he sometimes is). He was tapping long before Eddie Van Halen popularized it.

No Alvin Lee or Robin Trower?

Dimebag at #92?


Derek Trucks is the Shit though at #16.

Agreed.

:grr:Lifeson 98

No Vai, Satch, Eric Johnson, etc.

Yes, pitiful poll.

Oh Dream Theater fans may burn down the Rolling Stones HQ.

These lists are always a joke anyway, although this one seems to put very little emphasis on technical playing anyway. Steve Hackett should be somewhere on this list... he was using guitar tapping years before Van Halen got credit for it. And Mark Knopfler should be higher than 44.

No Satriani?

Clapton and Page should switch.

Too many names above Les Paul.

*clears throat*

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Buckethead > Slash

This.

Yeah, bullshit.

Clapton is in his rightful spot at #2, not much else matters to me.

Not one Jazz or Classical player? Okey-dokey. :rolleyes:

Eddie Van Halen should at least be top three. He's phenomenal.

And no Steve Vai anywhere is unfathomable.

Call me old-fashioned but Robert Johnson at #71 is just ridiculous.

they did this exact same list 10 years ago and had a completely different order (hendrix was still #1). amazing how they can recycle the same stupid lists and get coverage for them. that said, i'm glad Paige is MUCH higher on this one than the last. Before I get the usual CP "he ripped off blues musicians on Zep I & II rhetoric (which i admit he did), keep in mind everything from III on was HIGHLY original, not to mention groundbreaking. especially Zoso-Graffeti.

Worst ****ing list ever.

Oh, and Alex Lifeson got comepletely fucked (as usual). Lennon was almost 50 spots higher, that's not Beatles knock, I think Lennon is the best songwriter ever. not much of a guitar player though....

must suck being shrouded in Peart and Lee's shadows.

No Satriani, no Vai, no Zakk Wylde...........Eric Clapton at #2......****ing stupid as ****.

Yeah Knopfler is very underrated guitarist, probably because Dire Straits' music didn't appeal to the masses all that much.

4 1/2 minutes of awesomeness:

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You shut your filthy whore mouth. :p

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These list consist of some writer doing a google search for great guitarist and then putting Hendrix in the number 1 slot.

That list is egregiously bad. That's the Jake O'Connell of lists.

I agree with this assessment.

FAX

Pfffffff.
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Yes. And Vai and Steve Howe should be on the list as well.

Bad.

Knopfler is def one of my favorites.

Mark Knopfler should be higher, as should a bunch of other guys. Harrison, Zappa shouldn't be above 50

Zappa as a pick surprised me.

But, Lennon had those blistering solos and the way he'd bend the strings and... oh, wait, I am thinking of Zakk Wylde... :p

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Zappa was a great guitar player and multi-dimensional as well. Played multiple stringed instruments, composer, well-versed in blues, jazz, and rock.

I'd actually put him MUCH higher on the list.

What are some good Derek Trucks songs to start with when listening to him? Heard of him but never listened to his music.

A. Rolling Stone is a garbage mag. and has been since the late '70s, so who really cares anyway.

B. Lists like these should more properly be titled Top 100 Rock and Blues Guitarists That Eveyone Has Heard Of.

Gilmour is too ****ing low.

I learn something new every day! I really didn't know that. But now I have "Catholic girls, they were on their knees" rolling around in my head.

"Marooned" is an all time classic. Wish I knew how to embed youtube.....

Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, and Steve Miller aren't worthy, but ****ing Prince is above Randy Rhodes?

I can't wait for their Top 100 Drummers list. I'm sure Ringo Starr will be #1...

This list is a joke.

Ummmm..

Prince is an amazing guitarist.

Actually, Ringo was a damn fine drummer. I rank him and Richie Hayward very high in the firmament of rock percussion stars.

FAX

Well, at least they got #1 right. I will look at the rest of the list and comment on it later.

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What a total abortion.

Ry Cooder should be in the top 10... and someone who could easily be listed at #1 isn't even on the list. Where is Leo Kottke?

They have John Fahey at #78 (which is a joke to be that low...) yet Kottke was easily a better player.

Okay, I admit it.....I am just too damn lazy.

These appear to be rock and pop guys for the most part.

I haven't read the entire list ... is there a jazz player on there anywhere?

Also ... Stills is below Young? That's just crazy.

FAX

another of my fav's..... Up there with Gilmore and Knopfler.

Oh and I capitalized MY because it is my taste.

No love for Yngwie at all? Damn.

These lists are always funny.

No, it's supposedly an all inclusive list... Fahey, for example, was definitely not a POP or ROCK guy... not even close.

Lifeson 98-**** Rollingstone-they are abunch of Rush haters-Always have been Always will be.

They are on the board for the Rock and Roll hall of Shame as well-**** them all-they dont know shit about good music!!

Lifeson is a clear number 1.

Yep Bruce and paul Simon are better guitar plays-LOL what a joke!!!

He should be ranked higher, but number one? Yeah, no.

Randy Rhoads Fuc#ing douche bags , stupid list

Clapton number 2??? Slow hand has Always been Way over rated. Thanks to the British Press pimping him for years as God.

It's all personal taste, but I'd put Page and Beck interchangeably as 2 and 3. For me, Clapton could be somewhere in the double digits of this list.

Can't wait for the All time Best drummers list that leaves off Neil Peart.

Rush just shoved there noses in it with Live in Cleveland-so this was R S response to it-pure and simple.

Mr Big had some superb musicians.............
peep game..............


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All lists are bullshit if you don't preface them with any criteria.
Also, any guitar player who has a modicum of technical proficiency will be greatly offended by many of the names on this list.

Well, that's cool. He was an interesting guy, actually.

I didn't read the entire list ... just scanned it.

I guess it makes sense that the Rolling Stone would make a list made up primarily of rock guys, though ... since they're a rock magazine and all.

FAX

This. It sounds like more of a popularity contest than actual guitar skills. Though JH at #1 is where he should be.

/ kirt hammett

When I was teaching guitar in the mid 90's I had a couple of 10 year old students who could easily smoke Kurt Cobain. Why aren't they on this list.:shrug:

I've always maintained that Nirvana is perhaps the most overrated band in history.

Two other guys I thought of that should be considered: Steve Morse and Martin Barre.

Honestly, Yngwie was a technician like no other but he just didn't have "it".

I didn't realize just how hollow it was until I saw my 13-year old nephew playing Guitar Hero and hammering out solos like a pro, even though he'd never played the guitar.

To Yngwie, the guitar was just like that controller with a bunch of buttons, he was just manipulating a tool like any other technician.

the fact that they think there's 91 players ahead of Dimebag makes this entire list a ****ing joke

:doh!:

No Joe Bonamassa?

What a bunch of focking idiots,I dare anyone to watch the following and make an argument why he isn't on the list.

Acoustic

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