Rolling Stones's 100 Greatest Guitarists . . . of All Time!

[joe]

Re: RS's 100 Greatest Guitarists . . . of All Time!

A well balanced list. Surprized to Derek Trucks rated so high.

 

[TrekkiELO]

Re: RS's 100 Greatest Guitarists . . . of All Time!

Guitarists so far conspicuous by their absence are:

Roye Albrighton (Nektar)
Eric Bell (Thin Lizzy)
Tony Bourge (Budgie)
Gary Boyle (Isotope)
Martin Carthy
Michael Chapman
Paco de Lucia
Al DiMeola (Return to Forever)
Davy Graham
Steve Hackett (Genesis)
Steve Howe (Tomorrow, Yes, Asia)
Bert Jansch (Pentangle)
Frank Marino (Mahogany Rush)
John Martyn
Tony T.S. McPhee (Groundhogs)
Ronnie Montrose (Montrose, Gamma)
John Renbourn (Pentangle)
Michael Schenker (UFO)
Neil Schon (Santana, Journey)
Pat Thrall (Go, Pat Travers, Hughes-Thrall, Meat Loaf)
Pat Travers
Robin Trower (Procol Harum)
John Williams

I'd add...

Jeff Lynne (Electric Light Orchestra)

 

[Big Ears]

A few more:


19. James Burton (Ricky Nelson)
18. Les Paul (Les Paul and Mary Ford)
17. Neil Young (CSN&Y, Neil Young and Crazy Horse)
16. Derek Trucks (Allman Brothers Band)
15. Freddy King
14. David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
13. Albert King
12. Stevie Ray Vaughan (SRV and Double Trouble)
11. George Harrison (The Beatles, The Travelling Wilburys)

 

[Hydrazoic Acid]

Ritchie Blackmore on 50-th place...

 

[Cosmic Harmony]

11. George Harrison (The Beatles, The Travelling Wilburys)

Personally, I've always thought George was pretty overrated as a guitarist. Then again, I've I think all of the Beatles' musicianship is blown out of proportion, for their day and certain by today's standards.

 

[Big Ears]

Here is RS's Top 10:

10. Pete Townshend (The Who)
9. Duane Allman (Allman Brothers Band)
8. Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
7. Chuck Berry
6. B.B. King
5. Jeff Beck (The Yardbirds, The Jeff Beck Group)
4. Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones)
3. Jimmy Page (The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin)
2. Eric Clapton (John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, The Yardbirds, Cream, Blind Faith, Derek and the Dominoes)
1. Jimmy Hendrix (Jimi Hendrix Eperience, Gypsy Sun and Rainbows, Band of Gypsys)

 

[Big Ears]

This is the Rolling Stone list from 2003, again very bizarre:

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 Qeen
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
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

Thanks to: The Top 100 Guitarists According to Rolling Stone - Blogcritics Music

 

[AboutAGirl]

Some good choices on that one but I have to side with the new list. Say this as a huge Stills fan, but Stills is a decent guitarist at best. Love his work on tracks like Treetop Flyer and Black Queen but... any list that places him that high, let alone that much higher than Neil, simply doesn't make sense to me.

 

[Big Ears]

Rory Gallagher, Robin Trower and Tony McPhee are not on the 2003 list at all.

 

[Groovy Man]

Can't argue about the Top 10 too much, but...

16. Derek Trucks (Allman Brothers Band)

Derek Trucks of the Almost Brothers Band is #16?

And Dickey Betts is at 61??????

I don't think so.

What a joke.

No Dickey is No Allmans, in my book.