Augustin Barrios (1885-1944).
Hendrix inspired thousands of 15yr old garage band
musicians who played poorly but succeeded in chang-
ing Rock n Roll to screach n squeal. Progress?
Joe Pass gets my vote. Honorable mention to Les Paul.
Anybody who thinks Hendrix could play needs to go to Youtube and watch Tommy Emmanuel play Purple Haze. Or anything else for that matter. Personal taste and all, but few of the guitarists mentioned would make a good sized wart on Emmanuel’s rear end.
No Sh$t!!!! Harrison??? Richards??? What a freakin joke!!! My vote...Terry Kath at #one....Clapton/Beck/Page/Hendrix/Lee in a 5 way tie for 2. Case closed per Archie Bunker!!
And a guy who totally revolutionized electric guitar playing and guitar tone is also left off of this list.
To give a little hint, this guy also plays with only 2 full fingers on his , much like Django Reinhardt.
And he basically wrote every known hard rock / metal riff in about a 4 year time span, and is still being copied by guitarists today, who stupidly think they are fresh and ground-breaking.
Carlos Santana belongs on my list, plus B.B. King.
Anyone here ever heard of B.B. King?
As a guitarist I say The Hendrix decision is obvious as far as Rock N Roll guitarists go. He took the Johnson/Waters blues legacies and innovated beyond imagination. SRV was great, and truly an innovator, but not on Hendrix’s level historically. What I never could understand is why Clapton ever got and still gets so much credit as a guitarist, even now, post Satriani, etc. The Clapton oeuvre seems to me to be a collection of previously-used riffs and licks... In fact for pure musical innovation, technical excellence, and “newness” I can’t see why any of Clapton’s famous riffs are even on a par with David Gilmour’s soaring work (on, for instance, Comfortably Numb.)
Just a few thoughts as a git fiddle picker myself.
Jimi Hendrix was great, okay? I liked the guy. But it was the AMPS that made him; Marshall Amps were the reason Jimi was Jimi. Let’s be real.
Yes, I know black and all that. Yes, Yes, and Yes.
But they put him up there a few times with SUNN amps and he sounded God-awful! Although, when he drove those fender amps into his Marshall’s at Monterey Pop it sounded good too.
I’m not saying he was not a player; Oh he was. But it had to do with the excellent equipment and also, his recording engineer, Eddie Kramer, God love him. He made everyone sound better.
Just a few thoughts from someone who knows something about all that.
Augustin Barrios (1885-1944).
James Burton is the greatest guitarist of all time. Everyone knows that, right?
What happened to Chet Atkins or Roy Clarke?
Oh yest, they are not Black or hippies.
Mother Maybelle Carter was the greatest. Her techniques have been copied (or attempted to be copied) by countless musicians. Another ignored artist is Duane Eddy. Rolling Stone’s ratings are based on the ages and exposure to music of the existing generation that read that publication.
Listen , hear the applause and then vote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENS4nD0vRKI
No he isn’t. Stevie Ray Vaughn was the best.
Question: What do you have when drool is coming out of both sides of Keith Richard’s mouth?
Answer: A level stage
Richard Thompson. Saw him at a an acoustical, one-man show in New Haven, CT. Would swear he was not alone on some songs.