I read somewhere (I thought on AP) the top 100 guitarists. I can't find it now. Does anywhere know where that list is? *********************************************** 05-02-05, 07:58 PM Rakuchild Here's where you can find Rolling Stone's list of the top 100- RollingStone.com
It's not a bad list...but to leave Dick Dale out of the top 10 sounds like they've never seen him play live! Big Grin
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05-02-05, 11:42 PM jusork Ah! Here it is . I was wondering where that went, too.
Thanks, Raku. 12-04-05, 10:22 AM Plaquet I couldn't find ALVIN LEE on the list. Anyone agree that he should be on this list ? Comments ?
12-04-05, 11:38 AM jusork I haven't heard anything from him before, but I checked out I'm Going Home from his Ten Years After days. He sounds pretty good. I guess the list would have to be twice as long if you wanted all the talented blues-rock guitarists in there. Welcome to the Pool.
12-04-05, 11:50 AM Plaquet Thank You Yeah, going home is the best-known song. It's pretty damn fast at some points.
12-04-05, 11:53 AM jusork Yeah. The beginning especially.
12-06-05, 08:19 AM coldfuse IMHO, Alvin Lee was the second best guitarist at Woodstock. Not too shabby.
12-06-05, 08:29 AM coldfuse I have just looked at the Rolling Stone list again.
Apparently some sort of lifetime achievement award or popularity contest is involved. No Steve Vai??? The guy can cut anyone on the list to shreds. No Satriani? Eric Johnson? John Petrucci? Al Dimeola? Paul Gilbert? Where is the respect due to the performance guitarrists? Any comments?
12-06-05, 08:33 AM Plaquet I agree ... Really, this list sucks. Metallica and Nirvana (even though I like nirvana ,don't get me wrong) before CARLOS SANTANA, this list sucks ! JOHNNY WINTER 74 ? (I recommend listening to his Woodstock recordings) Neill Young 83 ? After the guy from TOOL ? Are they freakin' being serious ? Comments ?
Mine is : Rolling Stone, you suck Mad
12-06-05, 09:40 AM MrsS I agree with most of the names on the list, but not the order...The top 5 should, IMNSHO, been Clapton, King, Stevie Ray, Garcia, Hendrix....Hendrix was, unquestionably, among the most revolutionary artists ever, but that alone does not earn him top billing in my mind. I know everyone thinks Cobain was some kind of diety, but to place him above Cipollina, Garcia, Fogerty,Stills, Zappa, Buddy Guy? Oh, Puhleeze! And I love the Ramones, but I promise you ALL the guys would agree that putting Johnny above Lou Reed is a travesty!
I could go on and on, but you get the idea.
12-06-05, 10:50 AM coldfuse Les Paul at #46 wins my vote for biggest travesty. It's nice to see John McLaughlin on a list which is otherwise noticeable for its general omission of jazz guitarists. Is there a serious musician who does not believe that Wes Montgomery, Django Reinhardt, Pat Metheny or Charlie Byrd could run technical and soulful circles around the majority of what is offered?
12-06-05, 02:01 PM DorianGreyed Fuse, I have to admit that I despaired of seeing so many great guitarists ignored until your last post. The only name I could add to your list is Joe Pass. Thanks.
(About that barbecue - Do they deliver?)
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12-06-05, 10:32 PM jusork I think it's pretty clear they're going by multiple criteria. They seem to use culture impact and innovation to a large degree, and seems to be about equal with talent value. (I'd say popularity seems to play a small part, but then I would've thought Vai and Satriani would easily get a place given that). And I guess then they just put them all together and tried to order them.
12-06-05, 10:52 PM coldfuse Chet Atkins, Maybelle Carter, Lester Flatt, Roy Clark...
12-07-05, 06:42 PM Matiqua Glad to see The Edge is on there, but I'm surprised he isn't higher - hes made sounds come out of his guitar that nobody else could have dreamed of!
12-07-05, 11:17 PM Kelleygirl Can't believe Robert Cray isn't on the list --- or Leslie West from Mountain. Also Jerry Cantrell from Alice in Chains and George Thoroughgood should have made it also IMHO.
12-08-05, 08:48 AM coldfuse Cray and Cantrell - now I'm beginning to think we could make a second hundred to top the first! Add Slash, Zakk Wylde, Gary Rosington and Ernie Isley to the 2nd team Mad
And anyone who would leave Steve Morse off a top 100 list has lost their marbles.
12-08-05, 08:56 AM coldfuse The Second 100 - Team Answerpool
Can we really make up a second hundred? This might die soon, but we have an incredible start with 25 that Rolling Stone failed to recognize (in no particular order):
Alvin Lee Steve Vai Joe Satriani Eric Johnson John Petrucci Al DiMeola Paul Gilbert Wes Montgomery Django Reinhardt Pat Metheny
Charlie Byrd Joe Pass Chet Atkins Maybelle Carter Lester Flatt Roy Clark Robert Cray Leslie West Jerry Cantrell George Thoroughgood
Slash Zakk Wylde Gary Rosington Ernie Isley Steve Morse
Any more?
12-08-05, 10:10 AM jusork There's no Yngwie Malmsteen either. And what about Buckethead? Anybody think the list is more focused with creativity and innovation than talent? Is that a good way to go for a list like this?
I also noticed a lack of heavy metal mention. There's the most notable ones, but not many of the others. Are they not as worth mentioning as all those more creatively-focused guitarists? John Petrucci of Dream Theather? Kerry King? Dimebag Darrell? Scott Ian of Anthrax? Dave Mustaine? Alexi Laiho?
12-08-05, 10:40 AM MrsS
Wait just a damn minute! now that I've stopped thinking in terms of only ROCK artists... Where the hell is Dolly Parton? Bonnie Raitt? Roger McGuinn? Chet Atkins? Charo? (Yes, I am quite sincere about that) Jose Feliciano?
12-08-05, 11:09 AM coldfuse MrsS, Dolly Parton employed Steve Watson as her guitar player for some time (including her short-lived TV variety show). Steve was written up in Rolling Stone as the finest studio musician in Los Angeles; you have heard him before in many TV show theme songs, commercials, etc. My son was fortunate enough to spend six years of instruction at a guitar studio Steve now runs in South Carolina. Consider this post a small tribute to the great musicians you never hear about.
12-08-05, 11:41 AM DorianGreyed Andres Segovia, who Fuse mentioned in another thread, is another that most definitely should be on the list, especially if, as Jusork says, they use cultural impact and innovation in making selections. That criteria also mandates the inclusion of Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters.
12-08-05, 12:41 PM Plaquet Seems like I blew up some dust here ... Glad to see this glorious forum is home to people with a good taste for music.
12-08-05, 02:11 PM coldfuse Good catch, DG! Andres Segovia should be numero uno, IMHO. I don't think anybody in the top 10, were they all alive, would argue over moving back a notch for him.
12-08-05, 02:44 PM coldfuse If nobody objects to my adding Billy Gibbons, our second 100 is at 41:
Alvin Lee Steve Vai Joe Satriani Eric Johnson John Petrucci Al DiMeola Paul Gilbert Wes Montgomery Django Reinhardt Pat Metheny
Charlie Byrd Joe Pass Chet Atkins Maybelle Carter Lester Flatt Roy Clark Robert Cray Leslie West Jerry Cantrell George Thoroughgood
Slash (Saul Hudson) Zakk Wylde Gary Rosington Ernie Isley Steve Morse Yngwie Malmsteen Buckethead (Brian Carrol) Kerry King Dimebag Darrell Abbott Scott Ian
Dave Mustaine Alexi Laiho Andres Segovia Bonnie Raitt Dolly Parton / Steve Watson* Roger McGuinn Charo (Maria Baeza) Jose Feliciano Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) Howlin’ Wolf (Chester Arthur Burnett)
Billy Gibbons
*for all the great ones you never heard of before
12-08-05, 05:01 PM MrsS MrsS slaps her head..... I am ashamed of myself for forgetting Segovia....my mom played him for me when I was small and I remember being in awe, just staring at the speakers.
12-08-05, 06:46 PM coldfuse
quote: Originally posted by MrsS: when I was small...
Nah - this would be too easy Wink
12-08-05, 07:13 PM MrsS
quote: Originally posted by coldfuse:
quote: Originally posted by MrsS: when I was small...
Nah - this would be too easy Wink
bite me Razz
12-08-05, 07:38 PM DorianGreyed Ahhahahahah! Thanks to both of you! I needed that laugh.
12-08-05, 09:34 PM jusork If we've got Lester Flatts in there, then what about Bill Monroe?
12-08-05, 10:04 PM coldfuse Bill Monroe it is!
In the country genre I'd also like to add Tony Rice, considered by many as the top flat picker around; and Joe Maphis, Merle Travis, Speedy West and Albert Lee.
Have we yet mentioned Paco de Lucia, Leo Kottke, bluesman Albert King, or George Benson?
12-12-05, 12:51 PM coldfuse Oh, man, the Rolling Stone list excluded Joe Walsh.
I'd also like to add: Toy Caldwell of The Marshall Tucker Band; Tom Johnson, guitarist for The Doobie Brothers when they were good; and Chicago co-founder and guitarist extraordinaire Terry Kath. Hendrix is said to have idolized Kath as a player.
12-12-05, 08:18 PM Kelleygirl Wow, Fuse! I was just thinking of Joe Walsh while driving home tonight and was going to add him to this list myself.....great minds think alike.....sometimes. Wink
01-16-06, 07:53 AM coldfuse Has anyne mentioned Robin Trower, yet??? 01-25-06, 11:16 PM jusork How about this list?
This guy's got tons of lists about music. Seem pretty good, too.
01-26-06, 11:59 PM coldfuse Good find, jusork! I already like his lists much better.
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