Rolling stones' 100 greatest guitarists (1 Viewer)

[bluesbreaker]

Rolling stones recently published their 100 greatest guitarists ever.

Here they are.....

1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Duane Allman
3. B.B. King
4. Eric Clapton
5. Robert Johnson
6. Chuck Berry
7. Stevie Ray Vaughn
8. Ry Cooder
9. Jimmy Page
10. Keith Richards
11. Kirk Hammett
12. Kurt Cobain
13. Jerry Garcia
14. Jeff Beck
15. Carlos Santana
16. Johnny Ramone
17. Jack White
18. John Frusciante
19. Richard Thompson
20. James Burton
21. George Harrison
22. Mike Bloomfield
23. Warren Hayes
24. The Edge
25. Freddie King
26. Tom Morello
27. Mark Knopfler
28. Stephen Stills
29. Ron Asheton
30. Buddy Guy
31. Dick Dale
32. John Cipollina
33. Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth)
34. Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth)
35. John Fahey
36. Steve Cropper
37. Bo Diddley
38. Peter Green
39. Brian May
40. John Fogerty
41. Clarence White
42. Robert Fripp
43. Eddie Hazel
44. Scotty Moore
45. Frank Zappa
46. Les Paul
47. T-Bone Walker
48. Joe Perry
49. John McLaughlin
50. Pete Townshend
51. Paul Kossoff
52. Lou Reed
53. Mickey Baker
54. Jorma Kaukonen
55. Ritchie Blackmore
56. Tom Verlaine
57. Roy Buchanan
58. Dickey Betts
59. Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead)
60. Ed O? Brien (Radiohead)
61. Ike Turner
62. Zoot Horn Rollo
63. Danny Gatton
64. Mick Ronson
65. Hubert Sumlin
66. Vernon Reid
67. Link Wray
68. Jerry Miller
69. Steve Howe
70. Eddie Van Halen
71. Lightnin? Hopkins
72. Joni Mitchell
73. Trey Anastasio
74. Johnny Winter
75. Adam Jones
76. Ali Farka
77. Henry Vestine
78. Robbie Robertson
79. Cliff Gallup
80. Robert Quine
81. Derek Trucks
82. David Gilmour
83. Neil Young
84. Eddie Cochran
85. Randy Rhoads
86. Tony Iommi
87. Joan Jett
88. Dave Davies
89. D. Boon
90. Glen Buxton
91. Robby Krieger
92. Fred Smith (MC5)
93. Wayne Kramer (MC5)
94. Bert Jansch
95. Kevin Shields
96. Angus Young
97. Robert Randolph
98. Leigh Stephens
99. Greg Ginn
100. Kim Thayil

Comments

Bad

Hendrix at #1? Jesus christ, #1 belongs to Clapton and Clapton alone.

Cobain at number #12 whilst Angus Young, Dave Gilmour and Eddie Van Halen are at #96, #82 and #70?

No Yngwie Malmsteen, probably the greatest pure technical player around?

No Slash, Mike Mccready or Mick Taylor?

Jimmy Page being about 70 places too high?

Allen Collins or Gary Rosington from Lynyrd Skynyrd?

2 guitarists from Sonic Youth and Radiohead?

Good

Duane Allman at #2, about time the slide guitar maestro gets a bit of recognition.

John Frusciante.

That is all.

 

[Loz#1]

I know you don't agree, but I think Jimi Hendrix was a good choice for number 1 spot. And I think Clapton should be at 2.

 

[Butterfly_Wings]

I don't see how Kurt Cobain made it in, or at least up so high. (I'm assuming these are meant to be in order?)

 

[Mojoman]

yeah hendrix deserves number 1.. but joe satriani and steve vai aren't even there!!!!
and wot is the go wif cobain number 12.

people who should be higher -

DAVID GILMOUR!! jesus.. in my mind this fella has the greatest solo's ever... not the best technically.. but they are the best sounding of any ive heard
randy rhoads... listen to mr crowley and then tell me he doesn't deserve higher... (he played mr crowley didn;t he? or was it zack wylde)
and where is zack wydle? and slash?
angus young deserves better treatment!
eddie van halen..
where the hell is james hetfield... even though he plays second fiddle to hammett.. he is worthy of a place among these guitarists...

People who should be lower -

kurt cobain definately... maybe down to number 80 or 90?
still not sure about tom morello.. damn good guitarist.. but not as good as most who should be lifted up
jack white? from the white stripes? 17? hmmm... thats definately a bit sus...
the edge?... hmmm.... he's good but he doesn't deserve to be above most people...

Jimmy Page being about 70 places too high?

no way!! jimmy page is a legend!!! he deserves the top 10!!

i think i got everything right there...

 

[bluesbreaker]

Clapton shouldn't be that high?

Show me another guitarist that has been a part of the influencial bands that Clapton has.... Allman brothers, Cream, Dominoes, Blind faith, Plastic Ono, Bluesbreakers, The Yardbirds... Shit, he even played with The Beatles, he was prepped as a lead guitar substitute for Harrison.

As a matter of fact, the only 2 "great" bands from the era that Clapton didn't play with were Led Zeppelin (who had Page who lived off of Clapton and Beck's work) and the Rolling Stones.

Show me another guitarist that has mastered every single style to the degree that Clapton has. Think about it, he's technically superb (illistrated in songs such as Crossroads and Steppin' Out), and always plays with passion (think Tears in Heaven, Layla, Have you ever loved a woman... hell, anything from Cream or the Derek and the Dominoes days). Be it accoustic, folk, rock, slide or blues, Clapton has it under his belt.


Hendrix was very on and off, sometimes he was amazing, ala Woodstock...... Sometimes he was utterly shit house, ala isle of white performances, where he was booed off of the stage. As an aside, SRV, imo, could out Hendrix Hendrix himself.
My point with Malmsteen was that I can't see what angle Rolling Stone are coming from. They include Knofler, a technical demi-god, yet they won't include the best technical player around? And then they put shit on the list like Cobain and Jack White, who can barely play the fucking thing

my top 5 list would be

# 1 Eric Clapton (surprise surprise )
# 2 Duane Allman
# 3 Robert Johnson
# 4 Jeff Beck
# 5 Stevie Ray Vaughan

 

[bluesbreaker]

As i already said, Jimmy page rode Clapton and Beck's coat tails.

Listen to heartbreaker and tell me he's a good guitarist, he tries to hard and doesn't have the technique to back it up.

Besides, he copied a helluva lot of his stuff from old songs... listen to "the lemon song" and then travelling riverside blues, listen to "whole lotta love" and then "you need lovin" by Willie Dixon(the one he got sued for), listen to "DAZED AND CONFUSED" by the yardbirds/led zeppelin and then Jake Holmes' song of the same name. "boogie with stu" was ripped from Richie Valens. "Black mountain" was ripped from "white summer". Shit, even stairway was borrowed from a smaller band (can't recall the name right now though, but interestingly, they toured with the yardbirds, the band which preceeded Zeppelin). "Beck's Bolero", which still to this day Page claims he played. "I Can't Quit You Baby" stolen from the Jeff Beck Band..... I could go on all day man.

Of course, he can play better then me, but still, not top 10 material by any stretch .

Edit: I'm well aware that Clapton did covers of old blues songs, but he credited them to their authors or AT LEAST changed them, rather then just playing exactly the same thing, ala Page .

 

[Newbie]

i think they were running outta names near the end

where the hell is matsumoto tak
who the hell has heard of matsumoto tak?

 

[johnson]

how was this compiled, like through a readers' survey or other wise ?

 

[GJ_JOE]

i don't know too much about the older guitarist...but i'm listening to "cicatriz esp" by the mars volta now with john frusciante on guitar...its a 12minute masterpiece

 

[spleen]

rolling stone = shit

 

[Suicide Warrior]

Johnny Ramone??? #16??? Rolling Stone doesn't know their ass from a hole on the ground about guitar players. Anyone can play Ramone's 3 chord tunes.

 

[Cactus]

Hendrix at #1? Jesus christ, #1 belongs to Clapton and Clapton alone.

Cobain at number #12 whilst Angus Young, Dave Gilmour and Eddie Van Halen are at #96, #82 and #70?

No Yngwie Malmsteen, probably the greatest pure technical player around?

No Slash, Mike Mccready or Mick Taylor?

Jimmy Page being about 70 places too high?

Allen Collins or Gary Rosington from Lynyrd Skynyrd?

2 guitarists from Sonic Youth and Radiohead?

I think you probably found a way to upset just about anyone who read this lol. You have managed to say bad things about such a broad range of players.

 

[Cactus]

Robert Plant was the one who decided to rip the LYRICS from Willie Dixon for Whole Lotta Love, Page's riff was Page's riff. And are you saying that Black Mountainside was a cover of someone elses' "White Summer"? I thought he wrote them bothe. The opening riff to Stairway to Heaven was borrowed from a band which Yardbirds opened for, however it was borrowed with permission, and you cannot say that that song is not brilliant anyway. And Zeppelin DID and DOES credit the covers that they have done. They have never pretended that the medley in Whole Lotta Love included songs by John Lee Hooker and other blues artists.............

 

[walrusbear]

rolling stone = shit

that's very true

 

[AsyLum]

damn no satch or vai :S

that whole list seems totally sus, seriously jack white ?

Kurt cobain as an inspiration sure, but not as a top guitarist :S

where the fuck is chet atkins, that guy could beat a fair few of the included 100 :S

 

[Josie]

WHAT THE.

ERIC CLAPTON HAS BEEN A ******* GUITAR GOD FOR 40 ******** YEARS! GIVE US A BREAK!

*worships eric*

too many drugs in that magazine

 

[ur_inner_child]

Funny... I remembering reading a guitar list by rolling stones and Clapton was No 1.... and John Mayer made it in...

God I love John Mayer...

 

[AsyLum]

john...mayer....

you're fucken kidding me right

 

[withoutaface]

yes, i agree with the cobain question. bloody nirvana fanboys. why ia angus young so low? where is david pajo, billy corgan?
and kim thayil? he bloody rocked. quick technical and great at simple dropped d rock.
i dunno if morello is really 26 either. ratm fanboys as well.

Billy corgan?

You have to be joking.


The list is shit, rolling stone are gay. Their top 100 solos list a few years back sucked ass too.

 

[ur_inner_child]

john...mayer....

you're fucken kidding me right

Maybe it was 200, but he was in there. Memory's a bit hazey. And if you're referring to my taste, pfft!