Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists

Broken down for your pleasure, here are Rolling Stone Magazine's 100 Greatest Guitarists Of All Time:

100 Kim Thayil (Soundgarden)
99 Greg Ginn (Black Flag)
98 Leigh Stephens (Blue Cheer)
97 Robert Randolph
96 Angus Young (AC/DC)
95 Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine)
94 Bert Jansch
93 Fred "Sonic" Smith (MC5)
92 Wayne Kramer (MC5)
91 Robby Krieger (The Doors)
90 Glen Buxton (Alice Cooper)
89 D. Boon (Minutemen)
88 Dave Davies (Kinks)
87 Joan Jett (Runaways, Black-hearts)
86 Tommy Iommi (Black Sabbath)
85 Randy Rhoads (Ozzy Osbourne)
84 Eddie Cochran
83 Neil Young
82 David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
81 Derek Trucks (Derek Trucks Band, Allman Brothers Band)
80 Robert Quine (Voidoids)
79 Cliff Gallup ((Gene Vincent's) Blue Caps)
78 Robbie Robertson (The Band)
77 Henry Vestine (Canned Heat)
76 Ali Farka Toure
75 Adam Jones (Tool)
74 Johnny Winter
73 Trey Anastasio (Phish)
72 Joni Mitchell
71 Lightnin' Hopkins
70 Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
69 Steve Howe (Yes)
68 Jerry Miller (Moby Grape)
67 Link Wray
66 Vernon Reid (Living Color)
65 Hubert Sumlin
64 Mick Ronson (David Bowie)
63 Danny Gatton
62 Zoot Horn Rollo (Captain Beefheart)
61 Ike Turner
60 Johnny Greenwood (Radiohead)
59 Ed O'Brien (Radiohead)
58 Dickey Betts (Allman Brothers Band, Dickey Betts & Great Southern)
57 Roy Buchanan
56 Tom Verlaine (Television)
55 Richie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow)
54 Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna)
53 Mickey Baker
52 Lou Reed (Velvet Underground)
51 Paul Kossoff (Free)
50 Pete Townsend (The Who)
49 John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra, among others...)
48 Joe Perry (Aerosmith)
47 T-Bon Walker
46 Les Paul
45 Frank Zappa (Mother's of Invention)
44 Scotty Moore (Elvis Pressley)
43 Eddie Hazel (Parliament Funkadelic)
42 Robert Fripp (King Crimson)
41 Clarence White (The Byrds, Kentucky Colonels)
40 John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
39 Brian May (Queen)
38 Peter Green (John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Fleetwood Mac)
37 Bo Diddley
36 Steve Cropper ((Stax Records house band) Booker T. and the MGs)
35 John Fahey
34 Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth)
33 Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth)
32 John Cippolina (Quicksilver Messenger Service, (Bay Area-based) Zero)
31 Dick Dale
30 Buddy Guy
29 Ron Asheton (The Stooges)
28 Stephen Stills (Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills & Nash (& Young))
27 Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits)
26 Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine)
25 Freddy King
24 The Edge (U2)
23 Warren Haynes (Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule)
22 Mike Bloomfield (Paul Butterfield Blues Band)
21 George Harrison (The Beatles)
20 James Burton
19 Richard Thompson (Fairport Convention)
18 John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
17 Jack White (The White Stripes)
16 Johnny Ramone (The Ramones)
15 Carlos Santana (Santana)
14 Jeff Beck (The Yardbirds)
13 Jerry Garcia (The Grateful Dead)
12 Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
11 Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
10 Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones)
9 Jimmy Page (Led Zepplin)
8 Ry Cooder
7 Stevie Ray Vaughn
6 Chuck Berry
5 Robert Johnson
4 Eric Clapton (The Yardbirds, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Cream)
3 B.B. King
2 Duane Allman (Allman Brothers Band)
1 Jimi Hendrix

1 comment:

  1. A few changes would have to be made but a decent list overall.

    I'd put Harrison in the top 10. Townshend, Gilmour and Van Halen in the top 20. Allman can go down to the 20's too.

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