The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.

[qasim722]

The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time was the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine, published in August 2003. The guitarists included come mostly from the rock and roll era, with notable exceptions from other genres like blues and jazz, and then usually artists who had been major influences on the rock guitarists.

Jimi Hendrix ranked #1 .

Notable guitarists not on the list include


Slash (of Guns N Roses, Slash's Snakepit and Velvet Revolver), Joe Satriani (solo), Steve Vai (of Alcatrazz and solo), Yngwie Malmsteen (of Alcatrazz and solo), Joe Walsh (of The Eagles and The James Gang), Roger McGuinn (of The Byrds - fellow Byrd Clarence White was on the list), Andy Summers (of The Police), Glenn Tilbrook (of Squeeze), Steve Hackett and Mike Rutherford (both of Genesis), legendary (not to mention left-handed) bluesman Albert King, Tommy Shaw (of Styx and Damn Yankees), Ted Nugent (also of Damn Yankees, as well as solo), Peter Frampton, Lita Ford, Bonnie Raitt, and many renowned jazz guitarists.



Source:

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/sto...s_of_all_time/

[qasim722]

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

[Daoud]

This was an absolute farce of a list to have Kurt Cobain at 12. Great singer and songwriter, but very middle of the road as far as guitar playing skills.

There is absolutely no way hes better than Tom Morello, Santanta, Eddie van Halen, Randy Rhoads or Dave Gilmour

If Cobain was on the list, Mike McCready from Pearl Jam and Jerry Cantrell from Alice in Chains should have too as they were far superior guitarists

Also quite a shock that theres no James Hetfield (Metallica), Dave Mustaine (Metallica and Megadeth) or Dimebag Daryll (Pantera)

[qasim722]

Originally Posted by Daoud This was an absolute farce of a list to have Kurt Cobain at 12. Great singer and songwriter, but very middle of the road as far as guitar playing skills. There is absolutely no way hes better than Tom Morello, Santanta, Eddie van Halen, Randy Rhoads or Dave Gilmour If Cobain was on the list, Mike McCready from Pearl Jam and Jerry Cantrell from Alice in Chains should have too as they were far superior guitarists Also quite a shock that theres no James Hetfield (Metallica), Dave Mustaine (Metallica and Megadeth) or Dimebag Daryll (Pantera)

Daoud quite a few people have dispute with this ranking ,including me.


There is also heavy criticism by women guitarist for not adding their names to the list.Only two women guitarist.

[Daoud]

Originally Posted by qasim722 Daoud quite a few people have dispute with this ranking ,including me. There is also heavy criticism by women guitarist for not adding their names to the list.Only two women guitarist.

I dont care about the lack of women guitarists, the ommission of guitarists who deserve to be there is a far bigger issue.

[z10]

why is lee ranaldo number 33 and number 34?

[ziggy]

A very subjective thing..some of the greats were backing band members before the whole 'rock band' thing became popular..and from a subjective point of view agree with daoud..van halen could make that guitar talk....just becuase a guy didnt get to play in a popular band or with a popular artists has no bearing on his his talent

[Toony™®]

wat about rest of the world??

[ziggy]

Originally Posted by Toony™® wat about rest of the world??

damn good band 'rest of the world' when's the next album out?

[Oxy]

The hippy from Queen should be higher

[Toony™®]

Originally Posted by ziggy damn good band 'rest of the world' when's the next album out?

dunno.


wat about asian guitarists?

[suhaib]

wat about mekal hasan the no.1 pakistan guitarist.

[qasim722]

Originally Posted by suhaibonline wat about mekal hasan the no.1 pakistan guitarist.

he is good but i think Sulman Ahmed from Junoon is better.

[qasim722]

Does anybody else like Eric Clapton and Duane Allman ???????

i think they are awesome.

[Daoud]

Originally Posted by suhaibonline wat about mekal hasan the no.1 pakistan guitarist.

When you look at the guitarists who havent made it, its hardly of a consequence that him or Salman Ahmad arent on the list

Clapton is excellent - Tears in Heaven for example is a beautiful song

[Daoud]

Wait, Slash wasnt on that list?
That says it all

[qasim722]

Originally Posted by Daoud Wait, Slash wasnt on that list? That says it all

Yup,u r right.Sweet Child of mine Rocks......

Daoud will you rank the top ten Guitarists.(All your choice)

[Daoud]

My personal top 10 would have a hard rock/80s metal bias as thats what Im most familiar with, and I havent heard enough blues/stuff from the 50s and 60s, but here goes:

1. Jimmy Henrix
2. Slash
3. Jimmy Page
4. Eddie Van Halen
5. Kirk Hammett
6. Eric Clapton
7. Tom Morello
8. Dave Mustaine
9. Dave Gilmour
10. Randy Rhoads

[qasim722]

Originally Posted by Daoud My personal top 10 would have a hard rock/80s metal bias as thats what Im most familiar with, and I havent heard enough blues/stuff from the 50s and 60s, but here goes: 1. Jimmy Henrix 2. Slash 3. Jimmy Page 4. Eddie Van Halen 5. Kirk Hammett 6. Eric Clapton 7. Tom Morello 8. Dave Mustaine 9. Dave Gilmour 10. Randy Rhoads

Thats a good list but i will certainly have Chuck Berry in my top 5.

Jhonny be Good is just classic.

I am quite happy that you also ranked Jimi Hendrix at no 1.

[TAK]

Originally Posted by qasim722 There is also heavy criticism by women guitarist for not adding their names to the list.Only two women guitarist.

surely suzi quattro deserves an posthumous mention

[jusarrived]

Joe satriani has to be in top 5!

slash n Malmsteen missing too1

[Somali Pirate]

Originally Posted by jusarrived Joe satriani has to be in top 5! slash n Malmsteen missing too1

I agree. How on earth can satriani not be amongst the top 10?How can kurt cobain be ahead of him?

[jusarrived]

Kurt cobain is soooooooo over rated !

His biggest asset was his good looks...n being killed of OD only helped his popularity!

[Daoud]

Originally Posted by jusarrived Kurt cobain is soooooooo over rated ! Hi biggest asset was his good looks...n being kiied of OD only helped his popularity!

That is very true. As a guitarist he wasnt anything great and even vocally - while he was good, he was no match for his 'grunge' contemporaries Eddie Vedder, Layne Staley and Chris Cornell

How he was ranked so high as a guitarist is beyond me though

[jusarrived]

I Had not heard a lot of Rolling stones till recently..they are decent, lot of energy...at 60+ the way Mic jagger n co rock n concerts is just amazing...but Keith richards at 10 ,no sure though..to me his no better than Mark knopfler!

[smoothcriminal]

how the hell did jack white end up being no.17... otherwise the list is pretty solid

[qasim722]

Originally Posted by jusarrived I Had not heard a lot of Rolling stones till recently..they are decent, lot of energy...at 60+ the way Mic jagger n co rock n concerts is just amazing...but Keith richards at 10 ,no sure though..to me his no better than Mark knopfler!

After Beatles,Rolling Stones are the greatest band.(That my view)


I can get no Satisfaction.......

[Rana]

the Vital signs possy!

[Abdul Qadir 236]

My dad says Clapton is the best and having watched some old footage, it would be hard to disagree.

[TAK]

clapton was a bit of a fascist in the 60's - still - now did he steal george's missiz or vice versa?

[qasim722]

Originally Posted by Abdul Qadir 236 My dad says Clapton is the best and having watched some old footage, it would be hard to disagree.

Clapton rocks man,just chq "Layla" and Tears in Heaven".

[qasim722]

Originally Posted by TAK clapton was a bit of a fascist in the 60's - still - now did he steal george's missiz or vice versa?

Yes he did steal Harrison's wife.
Actualy he was mad about George Harrison's wife.But more shocking thing is G H arrison attended their Marriage.

[TAK]

blind faith is excellent album apart from the paedophillic cover

[Wiji]

What about Mark Tremonti of Creed? That guy is awesome!

[smoothcriminal]

^ yeup I agree. Kind of dissapointed that John Petrucci didn't enter the list, he plays for Dream Theater. AS good as prog rock can get.

[safehands46]

jimmy page without a doubt.

[Rana]

jimmy page was great, the only black man in his time playing a guiter!

[jusarrived]

Originally Posted by Rana jimmy page was great, the only black man in his time playing a guiter!

Jimmy page was white..hendrix was black!