GUITARISTS REACT TO ROLLING STONE'S 250 GREATEST GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2023
- This week we dig into Rolling Stone's top 250 guitar players of all time list.
While they got a bunch of nominations right, that is never the whole story.
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"Here is a list of the best guitarists to ever live. Note however, that ability to play guitar is not a requirement to make the list"
LOL! Perfect.
that is a huge issue with this list...there's a huge difference between an incredible songwriter who also plays guitar, and a guitarist who is unbelievable/influential on the instrument, which is what you would "expect" from a list with this title...
It’s a DEI list
A greatest guitarists list of all time without Allan Hodsworth? What?
Probably the favorite guitarists of most of the best guitarists
Can't believe I'm letting this Rolling Stone thing get to me. Alan should be number one, without a question.
Agreed. He’s probably the one and only guitarist that I can think of that completely transcended the possibilities of the instrument in a way that could never be matched. Not only did he change guitar forever, he changed harmonic language forever, and left an incredible impact on a huge variety of genres, from jazz and fusion, to rock and metal, and so many more. Genuinely my #1 guitarist ever, and even without my bias towards him because of that, it’s absolutely criminal that he wasn’t anywhere in the top 100 or top 50, much less not even included in the top 250
No Allan Holdsworth, Yngwie Malmsteen, Al Di Meola or John Petrucci? Clearly there is a level of technical proficiency above which a guitarist was ineligible for inclusion on this list.
joni mitchell ahead of slash, I stopped reading.
@@america1st721 top ten, I believe.
you couldn't make this shit up
If technical proficiency on an electric lead guitar is your criteria then by all means make your own list. There are many ways to judge guitar players and that is just one of them. See my other post for what I mean.
@@439tab very true.
but, do the think the guitarist john listed should have been on the list ?
do you think that joni mitchell (a songwriter whom I like) should have been on the list ? should have been in the top 10 ?
@@439tab no, there is only one way and that is technical proficiency, that said, lets play your game: should being woke be a criteria? or being gay? or being a chick?
There's a lot of bad stuff on the list.
Gilmour at 28 is bad, Clapton at 35 is awful, Vai at 127 is ridiculous, Allan Holdsworth not being on the list should send someone to prison.
I don't understand a lot of people trying to discredit what Clapton did. I get that he said some horrible stuff, but we should separate it. His 60s run is enough to have him around top10. Beano album, disraeli gears, wheels of fire, layla....EVH said Clapton was his biggest influence, Brian May said he was his hero, Gilmour mentioned the beano album as one of his favourites, he was the guy the Beatles called to record the solo on While My Guitar Gently Weeps (and what a solo!). Yes, his solo career went on a different route, the drug problems and all that. But he did more then 95% of the list only during the 60s.
Paul Gilbert, Riche Kotzen, George Benson, Albert Lee, Marty Friedman, Mustaine, Peter Frampton, Gary Moore and we can keep going.
Exactly, the fact that the guy on the left seemed to intimate that Clapton could even be lower on the list for him but Frusciante already at 10 spots higher on this list than Clapton checks out fine is absurd to me. I can't stand Frusciante or the red hot chili peppers. Clapton is a God.
They left Glen Campbell off the list one the best if not best session players and solo careers of all time.
Peter Frampton has technique, feel, influence and songwriting. Not to mention record sales.
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Peter is a very distinctive soloist, kind of jazzy with his classy and elegant playing! Love your post!
Frampton is so melodic and nuanced... and no one else makes that amazing sound.
@@lionheartroar3104 Nice description of the great Peter Frampton! Yeah, his playing elicits more feeling with his note choices, his playing feels classy and more expressive than most. And his acoustic work really shines! Great guy, incredible musician and people as Gould really check out more of his solo material and Humble Pie stuff - consistently good!
A list without George Benson or Phil Keaggy is not a list.
No Joe Pass either. I think they should stick to rock. They are clueless regarding jazz and bluegrass/old time. Tal Farlow, Doc Watson, Tony Rice (Someone mentioned Billy Strings).
Not too many people know Keaggy. Too bad for them.
Alan Holdsworth? Lonnie Mack? Al Di Meola? Leo Kottke? What are they? Chopped liver? Sheeesh! I'll restrain myself when it comes to placements on the dumb list.
Richie Blackmore at #75 is a crime
This video could be 7 hours long just covering the snubs
So agree Blackmore is top 10 material , also no Alvin Lee , Gary Moore , or Tommy Emmanuel , Peace from Australia.
Marty friedman. Petrucci. Allan Holdsworth, Dave Mustaine, Ingwie, Paul Gilbert, Buckethead... i can go on for days.. this list is rubbish
GaryMoore? Tommy Emmanuel????? Alvin Lee? Petrucci? and Vai ... ok, very downrated... Rolling Stone, woh do you think you are?
Gary Moore. One of my heroes. For a reason. He influenced so many rockguitarists in the 80s and 90s. Its a disgrace, this list...
Trolling Stone. Pathetic.
lol...no tommy is a crime 🤦🏻
I saw Alvin Lee at the Fillmore East. He was great. Tommy Emmanuel is probably the greatest player ever. He is the best acoustic player and a marvelous electric player. Gary Moore is one of my all time favorites.
Rory Gallagher
Joe Bonamassa
Eric Gales
Pac de Lucia
Gary Moore
Terry Cath.
If I had all of the above in a top ten, you couldn't argue
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Putting Clapton at 35, whether you like him or not, is next to Hendrix as the most influence on other guitarists 21:22
I could definitely argue. Short of Gary Moore I don't see anyone that belongs in the top 10 in place of those who are already there.
@@CoverBandConfidentialmy point was they weren't even in the 250 !!!
It's a very subjective subject, and I wasn't saying they should have been in the top ten ( apart from Paco )
finally someone is commenting about clapton being at 35. like i cant imagine a world where clapton isn't top 10 or top 5, AT THE BARE MINIMUM
Govan, Emmanuel, Holdsworth?
Where is Shawn Lane?😮
How has Steve Morse not made any list of top guitar players.
Yeah another glaring omission
I still remember hearing Dixie Dregs for the first time. Astonishing player.
He can still run circles around, at least 210 of these guitarists.
My question exactly😮
@@CoverBandConfidentialno Joe Satriani no Jan akkerman from the great progressive rock band Focus😢 whoever made this list should be flogged😮
No Allan Holdsworth, Joe Pass, Guthrie Govan, Yngwie Malmsteen, Julian Bream is surprising for a list of 250 guitarists.
I am seeing Nels Cline
Benson, Emmanuel
No Al Di Meloa. Can't believe it. Totally wrong.
It's f u k i n g Criminal and should never ever happen one thing it does is prove what I've been saying for years this publication is trash on par with the National Enquirer😮
David Gilmour no need to say anything more.
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Alan Holdsworth not being on the list is totally absurd. He deserves top 20 at least. I'm glad to see SRV not in the top 10 finally. And where the hell is Michael Hedges? The omissions are insane considering hiw many nobodies are on there.
Just watched Rick Beato take.
You guys popped uo next.
Again RS makes a list with amorphous requirements that allow them to pick people who can barely play, and say that they somehow fill the requirements.
No Al DiMeola, no Yngwie Malmsteen, no Alan Holdworth... list is crap automatically.
No Paco di Lucia, Jan Akkerman, Joe Pass, Jim Hall, Kenny Burrell...
No Guthrie Govan either...
Rolling Stone being the dishrag that it has become, these guitarists that were left out probably think that it was an honor to be not on the list or just don’t care
Gary Moore wipes the floor with 99 pst of that list
No Alan Holdsworth? That's the capital offence
Not Listed- Paul Gilbert, Joe Bonemassa, Zakk Wylde, Gary Moore, Allan Holdsworth, Michael Schenker, Angel Vivaldi, Yngwie Malmsteen, Robin Trower, Ace Frehley, Marty Friedman or Dave Mustane, John Petrucci, Buckethead, Eric Gales, George Lynch, Marcus King, Guthrie Govan, Jason Richardson.
Steve Lukather on #186 really?! And number of gitarist that didn't made the 250 list....
Paco, Yngwie, Al, Joe B., 🤔
I agree, @oldtimer1294, Lukather is curiously misplaced. Sure, TOTO receives more attention in Europe and Japan, however, Luke may be heard on hundreds, perhaps thousands of other artists’ albums.
@@MrFarkosh Thanks! I agree that we in Europe think he is top 15 at least!!!
Jimi Hendrix didn’t play his guitar. He was his guitar.
FACTS. Anyone who disagrees with him being #1 is wrong.
@@CoverBandConfidential Agreed. It’s interesting to wonder why. What makes Hendrix so different from all the other guitar greats. Part of it I believe is the fact that he died so young. So not really to do with his playing. He was ostensibly a blues player. But undeniably he had a sound that was immediately recognizable and unique. He reminds me a little of Big Bill Broonzy who no one seems to talk about, but who was incredibly influential, again because no one sounded like him. Even when you play Broonzy’s tunes, no matter how skilled you are, you can’t sound like him. Case in point, Claptons version of Hey Hey.
If body of work was a criteria that had weight behind it, Alex Lifeson should be top 10. BTW, Jeff Beck should be top 3 easily. The thing about Beck that separates him from most of the greats is, he uses the mechanics of the guitar to get melodic sounds you generally don't hear coming from a guitar. This adds to his creativity and he took guitar playing to heights never seen before. Lastly the biggest omission from RS's list is Gary Moore, when it comes to makes the guitar speak, he's just might be my favorite guitarist of all time.
Yngwie Malmsteen…. The guy is incredibly skilled and influential. Hi also created his own genre.
Did he? Or did he take what Randy Rhoads started and take it to its logical conclusion?
@@CoverBandConfidential Sorry, I'm not getting the Rhoads comparison with Malmsteen. I understand the classical aspect that Randy touched upon but Malmsteen is a totally different beast. Even if a person had the best techniques, a very good understanding of theory, modes, and scales doesn't mean you can play like Malmsteen. IMO many guitar players (Randy was not the first), have tried to incorporate a classical fusion into their playing. Malmsteen took the neo classical rock/metal genre a lot further than most.
@CoverBandConfidential He definitely belongs on this list.
Everyone seems to agree this list is a joke and an insult to so many great guitarist. Here is 1 example:
#250 Andy summers
#189 Jerry Cantrell
#127 Steve vai
#96 Mark Knofler
#76 Joan Jett
The fact that Joan Jett is on a greatest Guitarist list invalidates the whole credibility of the list. But hey Richie Blackmore is 1 spot up at #75.
#186 Steve Lukather
#175 Rory Gallagher
Paul Kossoff
Allan Holdsworth
Gary Moore
Yngwie Malmsteen
Guthrie Govan
Robin Trower
Paul Gilbert
Dick Dale
John Cipollina
J.J.Cale
Buckethead
Andy Timmons
Danny Gatton
Joe Bonamassa
Popa Chubby
Clem Clemson
Peter Frampton
Steve Marriot
John Fogerty
Leo Kottke
Aldi Meola
and so on
all this geniuses aren`t on the List but a Bass player is on the list( Paul Mc Cartney?
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
Calling Paul McCartney a "bass player" is more offensive than any of those guys not being on the list. #justsayin
@@CoverBandConfidentialisn't that what he is though a bass player 😮 I mean that would be kind of like putting Greg Lake on this list because he used to be a lead guitarist just because Paul McCartney is a beetle doesn't mean he belongs on this list😮
look up who played guitar on Beatles songs. Spoiler: it wasn't just George & John....
@@CoverBandConfidential i got your point. Paul is a very good musician but not an excellent guitar player with unique tone like the ones i mentioned. In my opinion a guitar player who wants to come on this list has to be unique. I even forgot to mention Jorma Kaukonen, Harvey Mandel or Alvin Lee. Perhaps Martin Barre has to be on the list. Maybe i overlooked Johnny Winter or Lonnie Mack. Do I?
@@CoverBandConfidential He barely played guitar on the RECORDED Beatles songs, don't mislead with your theories.
Brian Setzer is mysteriously missing.
Great observation!
Joni Mitchell 11 places above SRV. Holy sh1t
She was a💩 protest artist period
I was wondering why Joe Bonamassa, the guy with over 25 #1 blues albums, beating BB King in that category, was not on the list. Charo was the face of Flamenco music for a couple of decades even though her other entertainment work overshadowed that. The first household name shredder, Roy Clarke, is not on the list.
Joe Bonamassa has done nothing new. That’s why.
@@CoverBandConfidential I'd say many of the people on the list did nothing new. They got there because of influence and Joe Bonamassa has been the influence of a genre longer and higher profiled than many on the list.
Agree to disagree. He's a talented player but never did it for me 🤷🏻
Frank marino awesome live guitarist... master of multiple guitar styles. Most underatted guitarist on the planet.
Also in jimmy page defence he was one of the world's top session guys before led Zeppelin
Just these few omissions delegitimizes their whole list: Terry Kath, George Benson, Roy Clark, Yngwie Malmsteen.
Jimi Hendrix was also a product of his time. He was doing things you hadn't heard before because he was using tech you hadn't heard before. When we think of all those old fuzz's and octavers or wah pedals and phasers... Those weren't vintage gear when he came across them. They were brand new tech. Cutting edge stuff for guitarists. If he heard of or saw something new, he'd jump right on it
So a lot of Jimi's innovation came along hand in hand with the innovation of the electric guitar itself.
Hendrix would use a fractal today for sure.
Jimi Hendrix named Terry Cath as the greatest guitarist he had seen, so there’s that
It's not all wrong and I understand that more than just guitarists created it, but wow. No room in there for Allan Freaking Holdsworth!? They never heard or read what other guitarists, many on this list, have said about him? You can't forget all the many non rock and blues players, either? If they truly had a thorough history of the instrument, Andre Segovia should have been in the top 5. In the early 20 century, when guitar was widely considered just an accompaniment style folk instrument, his playing totally changed the public's view of what the guitar could be. He single handedly made it a respected, concert solo instrument, still influencing millions of guitarists to this day, some not even realizing it. So, that's not historically significant enough for ya, Rolling Stone? What's next, "The 250 Best Composers" and not mentioning the likes of Bach, but somehow Ed Sheeran makes it in there? You can't really take them seriously, I know, it's an ignorant list, but.... I guess I need to take a walk right now.
did anyone see John Petrucci on the list?
He's not. We mentioned him in the glaring omissions section
Nope, and that’s insane. I love Tosin and Tim Henson, but neither of them (both of which were included on the list) would be where they are at without Petrucci.
And if the list is taking into account influence and sales and songwriting as RS said, then his emission is even more egregious. He’s sold over 15 million albums, is one of the most influential guitarists in modern metal, and has written some of the best metal songs of the last 35 years.
Maybe everyone is too young to remember what a game changer Clapton was. He completely transformed rock guitar. Aside: Listen to him and Stevie Winwood play Hendrix' Voodoo Child.
When it comes to Clapton, there is a lot of revisionist history going on! People lack perspective and constantly harp on Eric "going soft" with his solo career. That album with John Mayall and Blues breakers ALONE cements Clapton's status as a guitar genius! Great post - truth is essential!
Clapton has done diddley squat of note since the 'Layla' album
@@Walesktf I mean, after his game changing material with John Mayall and Cream and Derek and The Dominoes....what more does he need to prove? He has chosen to play in a more song oriented style, a more laid back approach to playing, and I too wish he'd cut loose more often, like he did on Out Of The Cradle album (you heard that one?) but there is still a lot of high quality tunes, scattered across his solo catalog, especially the first four or five albums he made. I do understand the feeling people have about his solo career, though, and would have welcomed him focusing on music with more edge and attitude. The man should never be considered less than a guitar genius, when all is said and done, though! Cheers!
I agree with you guys! Thanks!
Holdsworth of course. Joe Pass. Lenny Breau. Elliot Easton. Big Bill Broonzy. Alvin Lee. John Scofield. Doc Watson. Tony Rice. Roy Clark. Just so so many omissions.
No mention of Kreiger at ffing 248? Ricky at 247? Liz Phair 1 below Joe Perry? Thayil ahead of Steve Vai? Kerry King over Dimebag is laughable to ANYONE in Metal, he wasn't even the best player in his own fuckin band. Satriani at 94 while Joan Jett is 76? haha. John Mc at 72 is the worst of the whole list. Carrie Brownstein at 64? Even she must be like wtf? SRV at 20 while Tom Morello is 18? Give me a break! Joni Mitchell at 9? No Gary Moore but the other 2 Thin Lizzy players made it? And So many average females but no Mary Ford? Horrible list
#186 Steve Lukather?
No respect.
Allan Holdsworth!!!!!!!
Ace Frehley knows a good riff.....and tone! Gotta be here, his poster was on millions of walls, growing up in the 70's! Was Danny Gatton on list?
Allan holdsworth?
Yeah....
The list also missed Terry Kath whom #1. on the list, Jimmy Hendrix referred to as being better than himself....
Lou Reed is closer to #1 than Slash……….Satriani…..Steve Vai…..Eric Johnson….Roy Buchanan….
Lou.
Reed.
Kerry King? Seriously? He wouldn't even make my top 500!! No Guthrie Govan? No Jonn Sykes? Vito Bratta, Ty Tabor or John Petrucci?
Congratulations! You just turned me on to Eric Johnson. I just heard one of the greatest pieces of music I have ever heard, thanks to you.
Oh wow that's amazing! Enjoy! 🤘🏻
If you offered a ticket for either U2 or Zappa how many would pick Zappa ?
At this stage Zappa as that would mean they learned how to resurrect the dead…
Zappa absolutely. I would kill to see him play his 70s masterpieces
Ian Thornley? Alex Lifeson?!
IAN!
I propose that the most glaring musical injustice is the omission of Buckethead as tied for first place with Hendrix! How can any modern guitarist be as great as Hendrix and be completely overlooked by Rolling Stone and most of the Rock community? Don’t trust me, TRUST YOUR EARS after hearing the Rock, Gilmour-like, and Wah Pedal Mastery playlist links at the end of this post. Some of his career highlights include making over 500 multi-genre studio albums, playing in Guns N Roses from 2000-04, offered to work with Ozzy’s band in ’05, Gibson manufactures his signature series guitar in 2010, & his music featured on Guitar Hero 2 video game. I believe that he is the most important rock guitarist since Hendrix and EVH because he has pushed the boundaries of what can be creatively accomplished on the instrument. His style has elements of Gilmour, Hendrix, EVH, & Vai, yet has its own virtuosic uniqueness.
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Gimme a break with Cobain, he did nothing that many, many others didn't do just as well if not better. Don't get me wrong, I can enjoy Nirvana, but talk about a band being propped up by a ridiculous amount of nostalgia.
Not to mention the number of people I've encountered that wholeheartedly believe Nirvana, or mostly Cobain, wrote each and every song in the unplugged set, and I have even encounter those that will vehemently argue against proof that this is patently false instead of being happy that considering how much they like the songs that now they have several new bands to delve into that they'll probably enjoy.
This is big brain nonsense. Nirvana were massive in the 90's.
You CAN'T seriously question Page. He wasn't just in Led Zeppelin. Of course, you know about The Yardbirds, one of the absolutely seminal guitar bands and who had a string of hits. Before that Jimmy was the first call session guy for rock in England.
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. What a duo. I wish I had the ability TO STRAIGHT UP STEAL OTHERS MUSIC and then have people talk about how great I am for putting my name on it as the writer.
Without Ace Frehley there is no EVH... end of story
Slash should be in the top 10, people are so jealous of the man. 95% of folks on that list could compose a better solo or riff if we gave them 10 lifetimes.
There I fixed it.
The 250 Randomest Guitarists of All Time by Rolling Stone
Saying John Mayer shouldn’t even be on the list is criminal, born in ‘97. Him and Frusciante influenced a lot of players in the 2000’s
My top picks would be number one Jeff Beck followed by Jan akkerman Joe Satriani Steve h o w e Steve Morse Jimmy Page Al Di Meola Ritchie Blackmore John McLaughlin Steve Vai😮 honorable mention Allan Holdsworth Tony Iommi
Steve Howe ?
@@garyowen4602 that's what I said. Isn't that what I said problems with that he might not be well liked on a personal basis but there's no denying his work with yes is legendary and some of the greatest guitar work of all time unless of course you prefer kiss or the New York Dolls haha
I’m 53 and growing up my favorite was Alex Lifeson.
I have to say that the best guitarist I have ever heard is Buckethead. He has nearly 700 albums and at least 50 songs that I can say are better than any other artist I have heard.
To each his own, but this guy is just on another level. Truly a savant
What rolling Stone did is they grabbed about 400 guitarist they dropped them into a circle and whatever 250 guitarist landed inside that circle they picked him up one at a time and put them in order no matter how they picked them off the floor!! There are too many great guitarists way behind too many average guitarists in this list!! Even to read through it as a waste of your time!
No Tommy Emanuel ??????? No Al Di Meola ????????
How 'bout that Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thyal? Is he any good?
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No Gary Moore??? Just can’t take any of it serious after leaving out one of the Greatest Six Stringers there ever was. To not have Gary in The Top 10 is a stretch. To not have him in The Top 250 proves you have no idea what you’re talking about
Yngwie??? Alan Holdsworth?? Gary Moore?? Neil Schoan?? This list was a Joke.
no yngwie or alan holdsworth
I haven't seen the list, but I sure hope Alex is on there !
I am not a musician (middle school drummer and clarinet do not qualify). I am a lover of music and at the age of 60 have heard pretty much everyone who plays the guitar from Segovia to Hendrix to Pass to Keaggy. What I truly am is an academic. In the academic world, methodology is foundational to any academic project. The first question asked of PhD candidates at their oral defense in my field is--"How did you arrive at your conclusions?" What criteria did you use to justify your findings?
The first strike against this list is that Rolling Stone fails to publish the methodology they employed in generating the list. Essentially, the magazine is stating that "We can rank any guitarist in any slot with no explanation or justification for the decision." This list would have been failed. I take that back. It would not have been green lit in the first place.
rolling stone got what they wanted everyones ripping apart there list no bad publicity right
100%
Watched a few of these video reactions to the 250 list... but kind of surprised hardly anyone has mentioned Glen Campbell... Hard not to see him fitting the qualifications Rolling Stone set out... Am I off for suggesting him for the 250?
Michael Schenker, George Lynch, Yngwie, Gary Moore,
Dave Mustaine, John Norum
not among 250? What kind of
list is that?
Rolling Stone is a complete and utter joke. Their "Greatest Of All Time" lists are all too often biased as they are useless- As well as their album reviews.
Buck Dharma? Rik Emmit? Uli Jon Roth? Michael Schenker? !!!!????
How about Andrea f$&ing Segovia ?!!!!!Segovia didn’t make this list?
isiaiah mitchell of earthless,most exciting rock guitarist ive heard in a while,not a super techy guy,more waves and waves of tasty psychedelic blues rock riffs and solos.which never get boring,those that know him know
As far as the singer/songwriter/guitarist type goes the first one I would pick is Chris Whitley . Absolutely unique and awesome guitarist - he was an equally brilliant singer and songwriter .
Chris was one of my favorite surprises, someone telling me about his talent and then hearing him for the first time.....blew me away! Stellar voice, always interesting songs and a singular guitarist, with a feel and style all his own! I immediately went out and bought everything he did, dig ALL of it! The word "underrated" gets way too much use when describing musicians, but in Chris's case is fully warranted.
You may not like John Mayer's pop songs, but he is a monster player and should easily make the top 50.
I don't diminish his talent. Just not a fan 🤷🏻
Mayer is a bad ass. And that’s coming from someone who initially judged him on his first record and generally hates everything anyway. I’m so glad I got a clue.
No Mick Abrahams, Dave Clempson, John Goodsall, Tommy Bolin, Ray Gomez, John Abercrombie, Paul Gilbert, Mike Stern, Joe Maphis, Jimmy Bryant, Carl Verheyen, Joe Bonamassa, Paco de Lucia,
Strunz & Farah, Stochelo Rosenberg……
What about Phil Keaaggy, Alan Howsworth and John McClaufflin
Page is my hero... Feel, Style, Swag... He is the Rock and Roll Star Model.
And he was better than his contemporaries on acoustic as well.
They should have Tom Petty,Marty Friedman,, Billy Gibbons,,,,Robin Trower,,,Rolling Stone change you name to Tumble Weed
It’s wonderful to see that no one ever discusses Harvey Mandel…
Has anybody ever seen Egberto Gismonti? Think he might be a better guitar player than 90% of those on the list.
Marty Friedman and Dave Mustaine of Megadeth should of been on the list. It blows my mind that Gary Moore was not on the list also.
Right.
George Benson...not there.....Tommy Emanuel....not there
What about Leslie West.295?
Where was Les Paul because Eddie VanHalen said openly he invented multi track recording and his speed to play solos was faster than eddie.
#68
Forgot about another legend left off this toilet paper magazine is Adam Jones of TOOL. He alone smokes both James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett.
Allan Holdsworth, Glen Campbell Terry Kath?
I stopped reading the list when I saw Leslie West at #245
if we're including duos, Gillis/Watson from Night Ranger and Ranaldo/Moore from Sonic Youth should definitely be considered.
Also, I'm just going to go ahead and assume that Andres Segovia is on this list...
Advice to Rolling Stone the next time they put together a list like this: A) Don't rank anyone. Just say, here are the best 250 or 300 guitarists of all time in not particular order. B) if they want to rank them, do it by era. and C) if a player is not as technically proficient as others but were or are a major influence on other players then do a separate list for that.
While you're right, there's no fun in that and RS knows it.
Jan Akkerman, Gary Moore, Robin Trower, Steve Morse, Al Dimeola, Ted Nugent, Synester Gates would all be in my top 50
Who cares what Rolling Joke Magazine says means nothing.
It's Rolling Stone what a joke magazine.
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Frampton, Uli Jon Roth, Al Di Meola, Paco de Lucia, Terry Kath
Brian Setzer....
So, being an Eagles fan we've got Joe Walsh at 130. But I didn't see Don Felder at all, shouldn't he also be in top 250?
I get that they can never please everyone, but having Kurt Cobain, Paul Simon (great song writer, but guitarist?) and not Don Felder seams strange.
Or have I missed something?
How about these guys, Charlie Daniels, Ted Nugent, Johnny Hiland, Michael Sweet, Oz Fox, Phil Keaggy, Joe Maphis, Lemmy, George Thorogood, Ian Moore, Kenny Vaughn, Junior Brown, Steve Gaines, Kerry Livgren, Tommy Bolan, Bob Dylan, Gene Vincent, Don Rich, Buck Dharma, Dave Wagner, Steve Hunter, Elliot Easton, Paul Kosoff?
Lots of good players in that list. Greatest though? Most influential? Pushed the medium forward? Maybe a couple.
Pat Metheny at 157?...really...
What happened to Bill Nelson?????
Michael Hedges? Jeff Buckley? ALAN HOLDSWORTH?!
Influencer JJ Cale ...? Knopfler, Clapton, Campbell, all influenced by the Okie maestro
A list of greatest guitarist my arse. No Peteucci, no Guthrie Govrn and Nuno up in the 190's. This is nothing but a Gen Z woke list, compiled by people who know nothing about guitar or guitarists
Stevie Ray Vaughan at 20 is fair??? He is groundbreaking, incredibly influential, much copied, and should clearly be in the top 10. No Allan Holdsworth??????? No Paco De Lucia???? Seriously, this list is largely shyte.
No regrets on any of the calls we made. Stand by them 100%
All is subjective 😊
Just making sure you knew that when I said "list is shyte" I was referring to RS list and not yours!