the greastest guitarist of all

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Jimi Hendrix topped Rolling Stones magizines list of the greatest guitarists of all time.................rightfully so i might add!

there will never be another guitarist who can break that much new ground on the instrument again
 
Omfg, that list is so ridiculous. The lame ass guy from the White Stripes got #17 while Halen is at #70. Steve Vai isn't even on the list and some moron from Black Flag is on it! How the hell does that even make sense...?
 
Er, and I don't agree with Jimi being the BEST guitarist who ever lived, maybe the most creative.
 
theres difference in "best" and "greatest"
Jimi was the greatest
he cast the greatest shadow
had the greatest creativity
had the greatest impact on rock and roll
has the greatest "larger than life" image

Jimi saw the forest, flawless technique and chops are the trees
 
FattMusiek said:
Omfg, that list is so ridiculous. The lame ass guy from the White Stripes got #17 while Halen is at #70. Steve Vai isn't even on the list and some moron from Black Flag is on it! How the hell does that even make sense...?
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Obviously someone is trying to push the white stripes, just another incident of them getting more credit than they're due (i.e. any at all). The fact that Vai isn't featured is rediculous. What about anyone from Iron Maiden? Slash? As someone mentioned, greatness should be measured by impact, and certainly Iron Maiden (and other heavy metal bands of the last two decades) have inspired a generation of guitarists. It's not like these bands are obscure. SOMEONE should be included to represent. This list is absurd.
 
That list is a joke! No Steve Vai, no Joe Satriani, and yet Joni Mitchell ranks number 72 on the list, give me a break.
 
I guess it is all in what you consider when picking a list. Is it raw talent, song writing, creativity, affect on the industry. Depending on what you consider most important, you will get a different list each time.

So maybe the question here should be, what criteria should be considered and what weight to give to each catagory.
 
i didn't take a look at the whole list. I was just browsing in walmart and saw Jimi on the cover and saw that he topped the list and that pete townsend wrote the tribute, so, I read that and put the mag back on the rack.

It is unbelieveable that Vai and Sat. arn't on the list. Personally I would put EVH #2 on any list....he set the stage for a whole new style of guitar (including Vai and Sat).
 
I haven't seen the list....
Did Chuck Barry get in the top 20??
 
chuck should be up there


i mean geez, what kind of list would it be without him







and i am once again disapointed with all these "top" lists.....no one ever puts me on there.



freak
 
Heh, I'm glad people are agreeing with me. (Maiden rocks by the way). Chuck Barry made the top 5 (#3 I think). The top 5 weren't THAT bad, Clapton made it, as did Barry.
 
Was John McGlaughlin on the list?

Was Frank Zappa?

Was Django?

Was Scofield?

Zappa said that rating guitarists was a piss poor hobby.

Anyway, I know the greatest living guitarist. He lives in my neighborhood and has no fame at all, which is very sad.

:(

Carl
 
Zappa was #45
McLaughlin was #49
Chuck Berry was #6
No Django or Scofield
 
The poll wasn't "most influential" guitarist or "most well known" guitarist, it was "greatest" guitarist. To exclude Vai, Satriani, Steve Morse, Scofield, Mathini, Django or even Doc Watson and Chet Atkins is just insane. I mean, these are technical giants who are both known and influential. This poll was garbage, garbage, garbage!
 
Rolling Stone should've have advertised on the cover "100 greatest guitarist!" , Then when you get to the page it's labled 1 to 100, but you have to fill it in.

:)
 
Where's a link to the list?
If Bo Diddley aint in the top 5 it's just bunk.
 
The List:

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
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
 
That list is fucked up and on crack.

That shit looks random as hell.

Carl
 
This list is about as ridiculous as any other list would be, even if it had the right guy at the top, and all the guys you know in it. Music is not competition, if you want a score and know who's best, go watch a boring sports-show.

Musicians get good, but not better than anyone else. If you're making lists like these, you're a REAL bad musician, cause you've got NO IDEA what music is about. Bah!

:rolleyes:
 
(LOL)
I knew it was just a matter of time before the world admitted
Ike Turner was "Greater" than Randy Rhoads, David Gilmour and Eddie Van Halen!

How high does someone have to be to suggest Joan Jett should rank lower than Angus Young???!!!

Does this issue of Rolling Stone come with crack or do you have to buy it seperate?

This is an obvious attempt to draw attention back to the magazine if not to sell next months issue just to read the letters to it's editors.

:)
 
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