[atlaw]

"Mostly metal axe men with fast fingers, but whose range of emotion in their playing doesn't go much beyond raging teenage hormones."

Mostly? Sheesh, the whole list is compiled from one narrow little sliver of painfully adolescent, one-chord rock and roll. These aren't guitarists -- they're head bangers from a club scene.

In no particular order, and without limiting the missing guitarists to those listed below, I guess the following just didn't, or don't, have what it takes to make the grade in this day and age:


Charlie Christian
Joe Pass
Julian Bream
Stevie Ray Vaughn
George Thorogood
Lightnin' Hopkins
Chet Atkins
John Scofield
Carlos Barbosa-Lima
Leo Kottke
Mark Knopfler
JJ Cale
Les Paul
Robert Johnson
Duane Allman
John Williams
Roy Buchannon
Wes Montgomery


Ah, heck, the list goes on and on.....

[Ignatz]

Please add Allan Holdwsorth and Ry Cooder to your list.