What do you mean no Stevie Ray Vaughan? The guy reignited blues for a new generation. He was also a fantastic guitar player.
He also used really heavy gauge strings on a Strat, .12 or .13 I’ve been told. You usually use those on a longer scale guitar with lower tuning so they’re not impossible to bend.
Agreed …. and plus some groups that were HUGE in the 70s and retain a cult-like following have been excluded - e.g. Yes.
But Joan Jett and Green Day get in? Please.
SRV was a guitar-slinging machine.
Played the HELL out of his Strat. I BOUGHT a Strat because of him.
RIP Stevie... we hardly knew ye...
“What do you mean no Stevie Ray Vaughan? The guy reignited blues for a new generation. He was also a fantastic guitar player.”
I believe SRV and Double Trouble got in.
Lou Reed - yes. New York music icon. Very big with the CBGB crowd that turned out some huge names.
Green Day - No. Too soon. They have several good songs. Give them 15 years to see if their songs stand test of time.
Joan Jett - yes. The Runaways changed the landscape for women in rock.
In my humble opinion of course.
If you read the article SRV is included. I don’t know what strings SRV used, but I do know he tuned down to E flat. On the opposite extreme, Billy Gibbons uses .008 strings.
On the whole, I think it’s a pretty good list. At least compared to a lot of other years. Although Paul Butterfield Blues Band is pretty obscure and I think Mike Bloomfield is already in. And Bill Withers is an R&B guy, not Rock and Roll.