Jaimoe Posted August 28, 2003 Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 Here we go again. I don't necessarily care about the placings as much as I care about some of the omissions. However, I'm glad some newer guitarists were recognized ( Re: Derek Trucks ). For what it's worth, I'm loving #2. I'm sure all you Phishheads that care about these kind of lists won't like Trey's placing. Dicki Betts sure has dropped: his dead partner and a 3rd generation Allman Brother, Warren Haynes, ranks higher. I take issue with Tom Verlaine being included while his partner and guitar foil in Television, Richard Lloyd, was passed over. Lloyd's a better lead player. Also, where's Joe Strummer and Mick Jones? 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 11 Kirk 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 Bod 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 (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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted August 28, 2003 Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 quote: 17 Jack White of the White Stripes stopped reading after that. not listed above Jack White. John McLaughlin Eddie Van Halen David Gilmour Neil Young John Scofield Pat Metheny so, yes, according to the Stone, that crap that stood on the same stage as the stones is better than those i just listed!!! Freaking McLaughlin and Metheny! WTF! But i do know that is the purpose of these silly lists, to create controversy. I'm not going to be a silly kid and say Trey needs to be up there, as with his latest playing, he really doesn't. For Scofield not even to make the list. Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted August 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 I love the Jack White inclusion. " Elephant " is my album of the year so far. 'Tube, you should be more furious about the omissions of trailblazers like: Muddy Waters, Django Reinhardt, Lenny Breau, Wes Montgomery, Charlie Christian, James Burton, Robert Johnson, Tommy Johnson etc... In fact, like Rush or not, Alex Lifeson should be included. His solos are perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PalacePrincess Posted August 28, 2003 Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 ummmmm, helllllooooooo, steve stevens is where??? and as much as i dislike him, for all the hullabaloo of the 80s, shouldn't slash have gotten a nod? sheesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted August 28, 2003 Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 Muddy Waters, Django Reinhardt, Lenny Breau, Wes Montgomery Yep. All choices that should be there. Especially Django Reinhardt. Muddy Waters definately deserves to be on that list. SOme of the jazz guys i understand missing the list. Metheny, Grant Green, and Wes Montgomery are all amazing guitarists....not to mention new school jazz guys like Scofield. Even newer guys like Fareed Haque should be on there, but i'm sure the writer was too busy listening to Ike Turner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted August 28, 2003 Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 quote:Originally posted by PalacePrincess: ummmmm, helllllooooooo, steve stevens is where??? If you want some good Steve Stevens, definitely check out the "Black Light Syndrome" album, by Bozzio / Levin / Stevens (yes, Terry Bozzio and Tony Levin on the same album). Full open improv, with the basic tracks done in one or two takes over about four days straight, with some later guitar overdubbage by Stevens. (The same lineup has done other records, but I haven't heard them yet.) Aloha, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted August 28, 2003 Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 Jimi Hendrix at #1...... so predictable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boogieknight Posted August 28, 2003 Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 Any list that doesn't include these guys, Django Reinhardt, Lenny Breau, Wes Montgomery is no list at all. Though I guess they can't include people that thier pre-teen readership doesn't know. Rolling stone is one lame muisc mag, has been for a long time. Not that there are many music mags that are any better. Most just promote music and lifestyles dictated to them by their corperate owners. oh well, at least music still RULES! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon. Posted August 28, 2003 Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 This list is tatally meaningless - i agree that dude from the white stripes sucks - imo - rolling stone always has their head up their ass when it comes to this kind of thing. i'd like to see their criteria... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted August 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 This list sticks basically to rock & roll players. And as a rock list, it's pretty solid. I can see them skipping-over jazz, but blues players are the forefathers of rock & roll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau Posted August 28, 2003 Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 ummmmm.....Kurt Cobain and no Scofield? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewie Posted August 28, 2003 Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 quote: Originally posted by MarcO: Jimi Hendrix at #1...... so predictable. but so deserving at the same time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon. Posted August 28, 2003 Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 yup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Musicface Posted August 28, 2003 Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 Andy Summers is probably the stand-out ridiculous omission to me. Although I still think "So Lonely" is the worst rock guitar solo ever (followed immediately, FYI, by the worst rock harmonica solo ever from Sting) you cannot deny that he totally redefined the role of a guitar player in a rock trio. I'd say he's as influential as Pete Townshend, maybe even Hendrix and Clapton. Anyway, that's always the problem with lists like this. Although most of their rankings I agree with as far as they go. Oh and Jaimoe thanks for mentioning Alex Lifeson, saved me some time there Peace, Mr. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eDDie mAx Posted August 28, 2003 Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 Dave Navarro should be on that list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted August 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 I agree, Dave Navarro should be on there too. But if you want a definitive list, Guitar Player Magazine had a 100 Greatest Guitarist issue that really nailed every guitar style and genre of music. It came out around 5 years ago. No stone was left unturned. That one issue has been invaluable and has been highly influential to me to this day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooly Posted August 28, 2003 Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 man where to start keith richards in the top ten,, but so many other great players are in the bottom half kurt beat jerry? jack white beat warren, gilmour, and trey, among others? fuck rolling stone,, i guess this is why ill never buy one of their magazines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Not Bob Posted August 29, 2003 Report Share Posted August 29, 2003 Hendrix is a fair comprimise #1 ranking, I never worry about the actual rankings because it is meaningless ... I was glad to see Jorma Kaukonnen and Zoot Horn Rollo on the list, but what about Bob Mould and Bernard Sumner (hasn't done much with New Order, but his Joy Division work merits inclusion) ... I suppose Roland S. Howard was too much to hope for. Mojo did a far better job a number of years ago, they covered a lot of styles ... I know folks would be steamed at omissions, but as the editors pointed out after the mail came in, according to the readers the guitarists that Mojo were complete idiots for leaving off their top 100 list numbered 250 If you are a true audiophile, a mere 100 doesn't cut it ... my own Top 5 guitarists numbered over 70 at last count RnB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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