<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>1Jimi 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 11Kirk Hammett of Metallica 12 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana 13 Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead 14 Jeff Beck 15 Carlos Santana 16 Johnny Ramone of the Ramones 17 Jack White of the White Stripes 18 John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers 19 Richard Thompson 20 James Burton 21 George Harrison 22 Mike Bloomfield 23 Warren Haynes 24 The Edge of U2 25 Freddy King 26 Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave 27 Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits 28 Stephen Stills 29 Ron Asheton of the Stooges 30 Buddy Guy 31 Dick Dale 32 John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service 33 & 34 Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth 35 John Fahey 36 Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MG's 37 Bo Diddley 38 Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac 39 Brian May of Queen 40 John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival 41 Clarence White of the Byrds 42 Robert Fripp of King Crimson 43 Eddie Hazel of Funkadelic 44 Scotty Moore 45 Frank Zappa 46 Les Paul 47 T-Bone Walker 48 Joe Perry of Aerosmith 49 John McLaughlin 50 Pete Townshend 51 Paul Kossoff of Free 52 Lou Reed 53 Mickey Baker 54 Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane 55 Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple 56 Tom Verlaine of Television 57 Roy Buchanan 58 Dickey Betts 59 & 60 Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien of Radiohead 61 Ike Turner 62 Zoot Horn Rollo of the Magic Band 63 Danny Gatton 64 Mick Ronson 65 Hubert Sumlin 66 Vernon Reid of Living Colour 67 Link Wray 68 Jerry Miller of Moby Grape 69 Steve Howe of Yes 70 Eddie Van Halen 71 Lightnin' Hopkins 72 Joni Mitchell 73 Trey Anastasio of Phish 74 Johnny Winter 75 Adam Jones of Tool 76 Ali Farka Toure 77 Henry Vestine of Canned Heat 78 Robbie Robertson of the Band 79 Cliff Gallup of the Blue Caps (1997) 80 Robert Quine of the Voidoids 81 Derek Trucks 82 David Gilmour of Pink Floyd 83 Neil Young 84 Eddie Cochran 85 Randy Rhoads 86 Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath 87 Joan Jett 88 Dave Davies of the Kinks 89 D. Boon of the Minutemen 90 Glen Buxton of Alice Cooper 91 Robby Krieger of the Doors 92 & 93 Fred "Sonic" Smith, Wayne Kramer of the MC5 94 Bert Jansch 95 Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine 96 Angus Young of AC/DC 97 Robert Randolph 98 Leigh Stephens of Blue Cheer 99 Greg Ginn of Black Flag 100 Kim Thayil of Soundgarden</div> LinkSuch a hard thing to do. Just too overwhelming. I find it harder to rank 20-100 than 1-20. I think this list is quite alright, not perfect, but better than other lists I've found. I think Jimmy Page should be higher while B.B. King and Kurt Cobain should be lower. Cobain in my opinion wasnt a "great" guitarist. Much more known for his lyrics than his play. In general, I think Eddie Van Halen, Slash, and Kirk Hammett are overated while people like Jerry Garcia, Johnny Ramone, and George Harrison are underated. Just to make things easier, I'll give you my Top 5. 1.Eric Clapton2.Jimmy Page3.Jimi Hendrix4.Duane Allman 5.Keith Richards
Yeah it is definitely more questionable on guitarist. If it was about who is the most advanced guitarist than that list would be much different but I guess you can pretty much pick anyone. My top 5 list would go like this. 1. Tony MacAlpine2. Joe Satriani3. Eric Johnson4. Petrucci of Dream Theater5. Al Dimeola. My list changes every week though but right now these are the ones I am listening to the most. I'm also not heavily influenced by Blues so I neglect the Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King's, and Stevie Ray Vaughn that should get noticed as well as great guitarists.
I'd be lying if I said I had enough knowledge to rank guitarists 1 - 100, but that list is not only bad, it is almost insulting. Its debatable whether Tim Duncan or KG is better, but its not debatable whether TD or Adonal Foyle is better. That's the case here. Here's a list that I helped vote on on a site that involved obsessive musical critics like myself (Most people over the age of 30). Some of these guitarists I actually have not heard of, but you can be sure the list is MUCH MUCH better. 1. Al Di Meola 2. Pat Metheny 3. Stevie Ray Vaughan 4. Phil Keaggy 5. John Petrucci 6. David Gilmour 7. Allan Holdsworth 8. John Williams 9. Jimi Hendrix 10. Andres Segovia
My Favorites1. Page2. Clapton3. Van Halen4. Hendrix5. SlashThe rest is all in there, but these are my top 5 favorites.
Is Slash on that list? I looked, but I couldn't see his name. Maybe I'm just getting old. But he deserves to at least be on the list.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KMart @ Nov 9 2006, 08:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I'd be lying if I said I had enough knowledge to rank guitarists 1 - 100, but that list is not only bad, it is almost insulting. Its debatable whether Tim Duncan or KG is better, but its not debatable whether TD or Adonal Foyle is better. That's the case here. Here's a list that I helped vote on on a site that involved obsessive musical critics like myself (Most people over the age of 30). Some of these guitarists I actually have not heard of, but you can be sure the list is MUCH MUCH better. 1. Al Di Meola 2. Pat Metheny 3. Stevie Ray Vaughan 4. Phil Keaggy 5. John Petrucci 6. David Gilmour 7. Allan Holdsworth 8. John Williams 9. Jimi Hendrix 10. Andres Segovia</div>You seem to know a lot about what good guitar playing is. Do you play guitar?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (mavsfan1000 @ Nov 9 2006, 04:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>You seem to know a lot about what good guitar playing is. Do you play guitar?</div>I've tried learning many times, but at this point in my life it just isn't something that I can make myself commit to. At this point everytime I try playing it becomes more of me simply forcing myself to play as opposed to simply liking it.
Dave Navarro has to be on the list for his Jane's Addiction work. I have no clue why Kurt Kobain is number 11.
I think thier list takes into account their overall ability as an artist. They probably took into account song writing and how they changed music. I agree, while Cobain isnt in the class of Clapton, Page, etc, he did revolutionize the way rock was played in the early 90's. I'm thinking this is why he is so high on the list.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pjcolpitts? @ Nov 10 2006, 08:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I think thier list takes into account their overall ability as an artist. They probably took into account song writing and how they changed music. I agree, while Cobain isnt in the class of Clapton, Page, etc, he did revolutionize the way rock was played in the early 90's. I'm thinking this is why he is so high on the list.</div> That?s why Kurt Cobain is on there. But as far as being a players, there ain;t no way he merits being that high. I have Duane, SRV, and Jimi, in any order 1-3. I?m fine with any one of those guys being #1. I got Clapton at #4 and Page at #5. I?m not sure where they would be on my list, but Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Tom Morello, Buddy Guy, Hubert Sumlin, David Gilmour, Robert Randolph would all be higher on my list. And Junior Brown would also be on my list. He?s not even on that one. That?s crazy.
