Read it and weep:

100. Kim Thayil of Soundgarden (90's grunge, began in 80's)
Essential guitar recording:
"Fell On Black Days"
99. Greg Ginn of Black Flag (80's hardcore)
"Rise Above"
98. Leigh Stephens of Blue Cheer (late-60's proto-metal)
"Summertime Blues"
97. Robert Randolph ( pedal steel guitar gospel jam artist)
"Ted's Jam"
96. Angus Young of AC/DC (blues-based hard rock, began 1970's)
"Hell's Bells"
95. Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine (90's alternative)
"Only Shallow"
94. Bert Jansch (60's acoustic folk)
"Poison"
93. and 92. Wayne Kramer and Fred "Sonic" Smith of MC5 (late 60's proto-punk)
"Kick Out the Jams"
91. Robby Krieger of the Doors (60's psychedelic)
"Peace Frog"
90. Glen Buxton of Alice Cooper (70's theatrical rock)
"Eighteen"

89. D. Boon of the Minutemen (80's alternative)
Essential recording:
"Double Nickels On the Dime"
88. Dave Davies of the Kinks (British rock, began in the 60's)
"You Really Got Me"
87. Joan Jett of the Runaways and the Blackhearts (punk/ "new wave" rock, began in the 70's)
"Bad Reputation"
86. Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath (British metal, begun in the 70's)
"Iron Man"
Why only at #86??:confused:
85. Randy Rhoads of Ozzy Osbourne (80's metal)
"Crazy Train"(live from Ozzy Osbourne/Randy Rhoads Tribute album)
Why only at #85??:confused:
84. Eddie Cochran (50's rockabilly)
"Summertime Blues"
83. Neil Young (classic rock and folk, began in the late 60's/early 70's)
"Powderfinger"
82. David Gilmour of Pink Floyd (progressive rock, began in the 60's/early 70's)
"Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
81. Derek Trucks of the Allman Brothers (classic blues-rock)
"Afro Blue"
80. Robert Quine of Richard Hell and the Voidoids (70's punk)
"Blank Generation" album (about the essential song recording, I don't think I'll go there.;) )

Ahhhh! Hurry up and post the rest of it!! :D

I've seen the whole list and it is a joke.

I mean a real, incredibly bad, f-in joke.

Don't know if he made the list but Dwight Yoakam's lead guitar player, Pete Anderson, should be on it! He's fantastic!

Originally posted by dlemond
I've seen the whole list and it is a joke.

I mean a real, incredibly bad, f-in joke.

Agreed.

Originally posted by dlemond
I've seen the whole list and it is a joke.

I mean a real, incredibly bad, f-in joke.


I saw the list and I agree that B B King and Eric Clapton should be where they are. # 3 & 4. But Carlos Santana should have been in the top five also!
:mad:

I've seen the whole list too. It's sad.

Originally posted by britt britt
I've seen the whole list too. It's sad.

Tell me about it. Lindsey Buckingham didn't even make it on there. I didn't see one person on that list who can play acoustic guitar better than him. At least Peter Green made it though.

Angus! 96?

Good Lord!

Originally posted by TJL
Angus! 96?

Good Lord!

I was as shocked as you were when I read that!!:eek: :eek:

79. Cliff Gallup of the Gene Vincent's Blue Caps (50's rockabilly)
Essential guitar recording:
"Race With the Devil"
78. Robbie Robertson of The Band (classic 60's/70's electric-folk band, previous backup band for Bob Dylan)
"Jemima Surrender"
77. Henry Vestine of Canned Heat (late 60's rock band)
"Fried Hockey Boogie"
76. Ali Farka Toure (African blues/folk)
"Singya"
75. Adam Jones of Tool (prog/alt-metal, began in 90's...don't subgenres suck.)
"Stinkfist"
74. Johnny Winter (70's blues-rock)
"Prodigal Son"
73. Trey Anastasio of Phish (jam-rock band, began in 90's)
"You Enjoy Myself"
72. Joni Mitchell (folk-pop, began in late 60's/early 70's)
"All I Want"
71. Lightnin' Hopkins (classic blues)
"Moving On Out Blues"
70. Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen (L.A. metal, began in late 70's)
"Eruption"

Eddie Van Halen ONLY at #70??? Now I know this list DOES suck.
Incredible enough that Tony Iommi and Randy Rhoads were down so low on the list.
:mad:

what were the guys at rolling stone on when they made that list?

Originally posted by brownsocks
what were the guys at rolling stone on when they made that list?

Probably the same stuff they're on when they write most of their articles these days...it's sad...

Originally posted by Mijada
Tell me about it. Lindsey Buckingham didn't even make it on there. I didn't see one person on that list who can play acoustic guitar better than him.

I think Lindsey Buckingham is very underated. He is one of my favorite guitarists.

Is Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones) on that list?

Originally posted by dr frasier crane
Is Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones) on that list?

Yup he's on there but I can't remember where!:crazy:

Originally posted by Mijada
Tell me about it. Lindsey Buckingham didn't even make it on there. I didn't see one person on that list who can play acoustic guitar better than him. At least Peter Green made it though.

oh i know, I was so mad. and I agree with you dr fraser crain he is so underated. Lindsey is # 1 on my list. but i am glad Peter Green made it on the list.

69. Steve Howe of Yes (70's prog-rock)
Essential recording:
"The Clap"
(btw, he actually wanted the title to be just "Clap", like something you could play in concert and have people clap to,:clap
but the record company had OTHER ideas as to the song title, and made it sound really tacky.:rolleyes: :lol: ...)
Btw, the reason why I'm listing genres, subgenres, etc., is to give people who aren't familiar of these names an idea of what they are like.
68. Jerry Miller of Moby Grape (60's blues-rock)
"Hey Grandma"
I actually saw this guy play about ten years ago when I was working in a restaurant in Seattle that featured blues acts. He's pretty good.
67. Link Wray (50's rock and roll)
"Rumble"
66. Vernon Reid of Living Color (jazz/funk-influenced hard rock, began in the 80's)
"Love Rears Its Ugly Head"
65. Hubert Sumlin (50's blues player with Howlin' Wolf)
"Shake For Me"
64. Mick Ronson of David Bowie's band (70's glam rock)
"Panic In Detroit"
63. Danny Gatton (country, blues, rock & roll, began in the 80's)
"Pretty Blue"
I heard his music in 1991, and thought it was amazing. It was sad that he committed suicide in 1994.:(
62. Zoot Horn Rollo of The Magic Band (late 60's/early 70's psychedelic art-rock with Captain Beefheart)
61. Ike Turner (blues-rock and roll, began in the 60's)
"Proud Mary"
60. & 59. Ed O'Brien, Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead (prog-alternative, began in the 90's)
"Street Spirit (Fade Out)"

Ah yes, Vernon Reid. A really underrated guitarist.

58. Dickie Betts of the Allman Brothers Band (blues-rock, began in late 60's/early 70's)
Essential recording:
"In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed"
57. Roy Buchanan (70's blues-rock)
"The Messiah Will Come Again"
He (allegedly) killed himself in a jail cell in 1988, but I read some years ago that it may have been a case of police brutality.
56. Tom Verlaine of Television (70's alternative)
"Marquee Moon"
55. Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple (70's metal)
"Highway Star"
54. Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna (60's psychedelic rock)
"Spare Chaynge"
53. Mickey Baker (50's r & b session player)
"Love Is Strange"
52. Lou Reed (classic alternative rock with Velvet Underground and solo, began in late 60's)
"I Heard Her Call My Name"
51. Paul Kossoff of Free (late 60's/early 70's blues-based rock)
"All Right Now"
When he died, the band became Bad Company.
50. Pete Towsend of the Who (one of THE greatest rock guitarists, began in the 60's, do we need an explanation??)
"I Can See For Miles"

Originally posted by dr frasier crane
Is Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones) on that list?

Keith is #10.

No matter what list comes out, it's not going to satisfy anybody, including me.

Hey, what about Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Slash, Eric Johnson, John Petrucci, Yngwie Malmsteen, Nuno Bettencourt, Alex Lifeson?:eek: :eek:

Originally posted by phoebe7165
Keith is #10.

No matter what list comes out, it's not going to satisfy anybody, including me.

Hey, what about Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Slash, Eric Johnson, John Petrucci, Yngwie Malmsteen, Nuno Bettencourt, Alex Lifeson?:eek: :eek:

If I had my way, I would have listed EVERY SINGLE GUITARIST you just mentioned on the list. I am surprised that none of them made it, and they are all imaginative, important players. RS seems to forget that guys like Yngwie and Joe Satriani are two of the most important players of the 80's. All of those guys rule. I'm a huge fan of Alex Lifeson.

But it's Rolling Stone, what does that tell ya...:rolleyes:

Joni Mitchell is one of the "greatest" guitariasts of all time, but Ace Frehley isn't on there?

Well, this list is a Farce already.

Lessee.. .Jack White in the top 20, while Frank Zappa barely cracked the top 50... Well, looks like rolling stone is kissing ass hardcore.

Only thing good I can say about this list is Warren Haynes was included, in a rather prominent spot. But otherwise... HA!

49. John McLaughlin of the Mahavishnu Orchestra (late 60's/early 70's fusion)
Essential recording:
"Meeting of the Spirits"
48. Joe Perry of Aerosmith (hard rock, began in the 70's)
"Walk This Way"
47. T-Bone Walker (classic blues from the 40's)
"Mean Old World"
46. Les Paul (50's pop with Mary Ford, inventor of the Les Paul model guitar)
"How High the Moon"
45. Frank Zappa (rock with the Mothers of Invention in the 60's, fusion, blues, orchestra, etc. Considered by many to "have had his own genre", due to his diversity and musical eccentricity)
"Willy the Pimp"
44. Scotty Moore, guitarist for Elvis Presley (50's rockabilly)
"That's All Right"
43. Eddie Hazel of Funkadelic (70's funk-soul)
"Maggot Brain"
42. Robert Fripp of King Crimson (70's prog-rock)
"The Great Deceiver"
41. Clarence White of The Byrds (60's country-folk/psychedelic rock)
"Just a Season"
40. John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival (late 60's countrified blues-rock)
"Green River"

39. Brian May of Queen (70's arena rock)
Essential recording:
"We Will Rock You"
38. Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac (60's blues-rock)
"Underway"
37. Bo Diddley (50's rock and roll pioneer)
"Who Do You Love"
36. Steve Cropper of Booker T. And MG's (60's r & b session player for Stax Records)
"Green Onions"
A very cool song.:cool:
35. John Fahey (60's acoustic folk and blues)
"The Yellow Princess"
34. and 33. Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth (alternative noise-rock, began in the 80's)
"Silver Rocket"
32. John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service (60's psychedelic rock)
"Mona"
31. Dick Dale (60's surf guitar rock)
"Miserlou"
30. Buddy Guy (blues guitarist, began in the 60's)
"Stone Crazy"

29. Ron Asheton of the Stooges (late 60's/early 70's proto-punk shock rock with Iggy Pop on vocals)
Essential recording:
"No Fun"
28. Stephen Stills of Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (folk-rock, began in the 60's)
"Bluebird"
27. Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits (traditional rock, began in the late 70's)
"Romeo and Juliet"
26. Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave (experimental rap-metal, began in the 90's)
"Sleep Now In the Fire"
25. Freddy King (50's blues)
"Hide Away"
24. The Edge of U2 (minimalist alternative post-punk/Americana/techno-dance guitarist, began in the 80's. How's that for a subgenre!!:D )
"The Fly"
23. Warren Haynes of the Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule, and the Phil Lesh and Friends band (blues-rock, began in the 80's
"Soulshine"
22. Mike Bloomfield, guitarist with Bob Dylan, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, and Al Kooper (60's blues-rock)
"East-West"
21. George Harrison of the Beatles and solo artist, (rockabilly-influenced rock and roll injected with Indian and psychedelic and later rock-pop, began in the 60's....what HASN'T been said about the man who pretty much helped invent rock and roll as we know it.) Yes there was Elvis, but the Beatles created rock that would follow since.
"Something"
20. James Burton (country-rock and roll, began in the 50's)
"Susie Q"

Of course when I say that each artist started in such-and-such decade, that means not when they started playing or when their band formed, etc., but what decade or era they are most known for, when their sound took off. Many of these guitarists have an ongoing popularity and have changed their sound over the years (i.e., the Edge of U2).

19. Richard Thompson (British folk-rock, began in late 60's with Fairport Convention, later solo artist)
"Sloth"
18. John Frusciante with the Red Hot Chili Peppers (melodic punk funk, began in the late 80's)
"Under the Bridge"
17. Jack White of the White Stripes (2000's noise-retro-pop)
"I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself"
16. Johnny Ramone of The Ramones (70's punk, quit in 1996)
"Teenage Lobotomy"
15. Carlos Santana (Latin-based jazz-rock, began in the late 60's)
"Black Magic Woman"
14. Jeff Beck (British blues-rock turned fusion, began in the 60's)
"Beck's Bolero"
One of my first non-metal guitar heroes in the late 70's. I got to see him in concert in 1980, and it was great!:cool:
13. Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead (psychedelic folk-rock, began in the 60's, died in 1995)
"Cryptical Development"
12. Kurt Cobain of Nirvana (90's grunge/noise-pop-punk with acoustic blues, died in 1994:( )
"Smells Like Teen Spirit"
How does one define "grunge"??:confused: Gee, I'm hearing "All Apologies" right now on the radio.:cool:
11. Kirk Hammett of Metallica (thrash metal solo specialist, began in the 80's)
"Welcome Home Sanitarium":rock: :guitar: :guitar: :rock:
10. Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones (blues-based rock and roll, began in the 60's, like who doesn't know about one of the other founders of rock and roll as we know it next to the Beatles?)
"Happy"
(from Exile on Main Street, one of my favorite Stones albums:cool:
You got to hand it to Keef, he looks older than he really is, but he's still out there rockin'.

Jack White in the top 20?

He's got a pretty good band going, I'll give him that, but c'mon!He's only been around for a few years!

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica

12. Kurt Cobain of Nirvana (90's grunge/noise-pop-punk with acoustic blues, died in 1994;( )
"Smells Like Teen Spirit"


Number 12? Hmmm... I thought he'd be in the top 10. But, 12 is okay, I suppose.

Originally posted by TJL
Jack White in the top 20?

He's got a pretty good band going, I'll give him that, but c'mon!He's only been around for a few years!
I know...I really dont think he's top 20 material. He hasn't shown us he has true staying power. I think the Edge from U2 should have his position instead. I mean, c'mon, the guy has been around forever, and still has it going for him!

9. Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin (heavy blues-rock with folk influences, began in the 60's)
British session musician before becoming guitarist for the Yardbirds, then on to Led Zeppelin. After Led Zeppelin broke up in 1980 due to drummer John Bonham's tragic death, joined 80's supergroup The Firm with Bad Company vocalist Paul Rogers, joined up with Whitesnake vocalist David Coverdale in 1993 before teaming up again with Robert Plant in mid-90's. Played a short tour with the Black Crowes in 2000. And who could forget his joining up with P. Diddy... (So we've all forgotten...:lol: )
Essential recording:
"Stairway To Heaven"
8. Ry Cooder (various styles, blues, country, jazz, indigenous foreign styles, began in the 60's)
Taught Keith Richards open-G blues tuning.
"Memo From Turner" with Mick Jagger
7. Stevie Ray Vaughn (80's blues-rock)
Played on David Bowie's "Let's Dance" album. Established solo performer before dying in 1990.:(
"Texas Flood"

Originally posted by ~*Hannah_Lee*~
I know...I really dont think he's top 20 material. He hasn't shown us he has true staying power. I think the Edge from U2 should have his position instead.

I was thinking the same thing.

6. Chuck Berry (50's rock and roll pioneer)
Essential recording:
"Johnny B. Goode"
5. Robert Johnson (30's King of the Delta Blues, musical ancestor of rock and roll)
Allegedly sold his soul to the devil for his musical abilities (reason for why the blues is considered "the Devil's music"?), died by poisoning from a girlfriend's jealous husband in 1938. Ahh, the stuff of legend, and of many a blues lyric...
"Hell Hound On My Trail"
4. Eric Clapton (Slowhand, prime blues-rock guitarist, began in the 60's)
Began in the Yardbirds, then John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, and Cream before superstardom in the 70's with Derek and the Dominoes and short-lived supregroup Blind Faith. Explored country in the late 70's. Revived popularity in the 80's, one of the first musicians to popularize "Unplugged" phenomenon in the early 90's.
"Crossroads" with Cream

3. B.B. King (Ambassador of the Blues, began in the 50's)
Essential recording:
"Sweet Sixteen, Parts 1-2"
2. Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band (slide blues-rock, late 60's-early 70's)
Died in a motorcycle crash in 1971.:(
"Statesboro Blues"

And of course:

1. Jimi Hendrix (THE MAN regarded by fellow guitarist and friend Billy Gibbons to be the one guitar player who took guitar playing "INTO MARTIAN-LAND.":ufo: 60's psychedelic blues-rock...if there could be any categorization for him.)
And the man was born on my birthday!!:cool: :guitar:
Essential recording: none listed. Try these: "Purple Haze", "Voodoo Chile" (both versions), "Crosstown Traffic", "Manic Depression," "Red House," "Angel", "Castles Made of Sand," OMG, the list goes on. He accomplished so much in his short life, it's a damn shame he died so young. It's a good thing he lived in the 60's when you could come out with an album in a matter of months. One of my personal favorites by Jimi: "Burning Of the Midnight Lamp".

God came in 4th?

;)

Originally posted by TJL
God came in 4th?

;) :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:






That list does suck IMO, they shouldve put Zal Yanovsky from The lovin Spoonful somewhere on that list!

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica

17. Jack White of the White Stripes (2000's noise-retro-pop)
"I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself"
12. Kurt Cobain of Nirvana (90's grunge/noise-pop-punk with acoustic blues, died in 1994:( )
"Smells Like Teen Spirit"


Grrr. I like both but neither of them deserve to be in the top 20 and beat many of the other guitarists on the list who are more talented than both of them.

My favorite guitarist is definitely George Harrison from the Beatles.