Posted on 02/03/2005 11:56:51 AM PST by pissant
1. Jimi 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
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They all made it to the top 100. Read the linked list....
Les Paul
Liz is hot!!! Exile in Guyville is a cool album.
Yngwie Malmsteen?
I think you need to use the guitar to create at least one plaesant song before you deserve to make the list.
If Johnny Winter ain't there it BS!!
Who ever compiled this list does not have clue. Probably a bunch of Rap tapping, Acid Brain, Sewer mouthed, lip sinking, computer Generated...Noise lovers from the current Generation.
And Randy Rhodes at #85...Give me a break!
Warren Haynes
Billy Jones-Outlaws, Leo Kottke, Nils Lofgren, Rory Gallagher, Ottmar Liebert, to name a few.
Steve Hackett.
They go 1 and 2 right - that's about it.
Johnny Winter is one of my top picks. I will Post Pissant's top 10 later!
Kurt Cobain, #12 and Eddie Van Halen, #70.
I was never a fan of Van Halen, and the songs I did like were more keyboard based. But Van Halen's finger-tapping technique pretty much had every teen-aged boy in America for the next 15 years trying to emulate him. Michael Jackson was launched from pop star to the most famous person alive in 1983, with the best-selling album in history, largely due to the synthesis of r'n'b and metal in "Beat it;" Van Halen's role may have been small in minutes (only on one track), but for a brief while, Van Halen made Michael Jackson cool.
Kurt Cobain, OTOH, is known mostly for his unique *vocal* and performance style, and his lyrics which demonstrated his advanced stages of his mortal bipolar disorder.
And while I wouldn't put David Gilmour (of Pink Floyd) on top, the man's guitar style is the most instantly- recognizable instrument in recorded music history. Where's he?
I think that Rolling Stone was considering which guitarists had the most iconic looks, period.
I distinctly notice none of the ubiquitous 80s studio-session guitarists. Calling this collection of poster boys the best guitarists is like calling Che Guevera the world's greatest statesman.
Obviously rock slanted...no Doc Watson, Tony Rice, Norman Blake, Tommy Emmanuel, Django...lotta others.
A new guy who I think is incredible is Bryan Sutton, though he's done very little on his own as of yet.
Ooh...and Chet Atkins. And plenty of others who I'll remember as soon as I hit post...
Right. Johnny Ramone was all attitude, no chops. He was anti-talent. He just ground his fingers through three chords. The punk movement was a rebellion against musicianship.
Calling Ramone one of the greatest guitarist is like calling Nietschze the greatest philosopher: there's a little sense to it, because the impact is undeniable, yet it makes a mockery of the person judging it.
Danny Gatton at #63?
Is this a popularity contest or what?
http://www.dannygatton.com/
"He's been called the 'World's Greatest Unknown Guitarist',
but what famous guitarist could outplay him?"
-Guitar Player magazine; Mar. '89
http://rhumba.com/docs/vortex.html
Danny Gatton was one of the greatest guitarists of all time. Before his shocking and tragic suicide in 1994, this fact was well-known only to an informed contingent of musicians and music devotees. Today Danny's legend lives on due to his astonishing musical legacy and the enormous impact he had on anyone ever to see him play.
Liz looks damn cool, but you do realize the pose is a knock-off of Lita Ford, no?
He was listed as #74. What a rip! :-)
Ritchie Blackmore #55? What a joke!
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