[Steve_Seattle]

10. Jerry Garcia
9. Bob Dylan
8. John Fogerty
7. Lou Reed
6. David Crosby
5. Bruce Springsteen
4. John Lennon
3. Phil Spector
2. Carlos Santana
1. Frank Zappa

I'd put Garcia and Reed and Zappa in the way-overrated category, Springsteen and Dylan in the "legend-in-their-own-mind" category, Lennon in the great-musician-but-sometimes-a-jerk category, Crosby in the good-musician-but-usually-a-jerk category, and Spector in the criminal category. I don't have much of an opinion about Fogerty and Santana, but who can deny CC's string of hits? I understand Zappa was an excellent guitarist, but his music had little direct impact on me or most of the public.

Contrary to the author, all of these people had a connection with at least SOME good music. I don't know if Spector made The Ronettes or hindered them - or both - but they had three or four classics.

[Fresh Wind]

John Lennon was a good songwriter, but a great musician? Hardly. Definitely belongs on this list.

I don’t think Zappa gave a **** whether the public cared about his music which automatically takes him out of the douchebag category, as the author defines it.

I never understood why people thought Lou Reed was something special.

I never thought Garcia was a great guitarist, and he had a lousy voice, but the Dead made some great music when they were at their peak (late 60s, early 70s). But a douchebag? No way.

Springsteen. Worthless, just worthless. He’s my no. 1 douchebag.

Santana. Good musician, but never moved me off top dead center.

Spector. A pioneer in overproduced manufactured music. Bad trend. I guess being a murderer classifies one as a douchebag.

Dylan. Great songwriter with a marginal voice, tremendously influential in the mid 60s. Not overrated at all.

Fogerty. Like a lot of his songs, don’t know much about him otherwise.

Crosby: Good singer, but he means almost nothing to me.