kennywtelejazz Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 (edited) 16 hours ago, Shane_B. said: I knew the article really wasn't about music. Those days are gone now . how do you even approach this subject anymore? Maybe the list should be called best known guitar players? I hear you loud and clear .😀 15 hours ago, kennywtelejazz said: #1, We can break out into a full out John Wayne bar room style fight where everyone is getting hit with chairs stools and punches 🤣 at least they looked like they were having fun and nobody got hurt ( it seems ) 15 hours ago, Pragi said: Oh yes and Brass knuckles are readily available at the counter ,👍😀 I say we use water pistols and foam nun-chucks....we don't people around here to get hurt . 15 hours ago, kennywtelejazz said: I'm still looking to find George Benson in there ... Kenny 14 hours ago, Rain said: Indeed, one of the first names that popped in my mind. I assumed (or not really) he had to be somewhere in there, though... And again, many of the cats listed are on my personal list of favorites because I come from that school. I just don't mistake them for "the greatest guitarists". Yeah + 1 😀 Where is Andrés Segovia ? Wait we have a garbled transmission coming in . Apparently his calling plan on the other side of life is an Ouija Board currently in use by all the great classical guitar players that got ghosted by the list ... Greetings and salutations my fellow guitar players ! It is with great anguish , sadness and a heavy heart I come to you to express my personal dissatisfaction on not having made the 250 Greatest Guitarists of all times by Rolling Stone list . The simple truth of the matter is although I have made great strides in Classical Guitar music many of my contributions to the genre of classical guitar have been overshadowed by a few simple facts . Younger people back then seemed to have been intensely motivated by the sexual revolution that had is roots in the mid to late 60's all through out the 70's . Back then if you were a student in Jr High School , you had to be able to play Stairway To Heaven , Smoke on The Water, Jumping Jack Flash and Free-bird , if you couldn't play any of these songs on the guitar correctly you had to bring your mom or your sister to The Prom. To add insult to injury people held a notion of a body image that was impossible even for the musicians of today to maintain once McDonald's and fast food rose in popularity ... Take a good look at me in this picture ! Do you honestly think I could have pulled of spandex and frilly tank tops whilst doing Pete Townshend wind mills on my classical guitar ? Can you Imagine me slinging my guitar so low that even Jimmy Page would be impressed ? Sheesh the one and only time I tried to do a Hendrix I played my guitar with my teeth and they fell out into the guitars sound hole . I was so embarrassed because I had to stop the concert and shake my guitar to smithereens trying to fish my teeth out in front of a sold out house . I should have just lit my guitar on fire like Jimi ! Apparently my "distinguished looks" did not jive well with the " 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time article by Rolling Stone " Kenny Edited October 16, 2023 by kennywtelejazz 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bapu Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Bloody 'ell I woud've knot even maid the toupe 250,000,000 bazz players if were knot four the Am bazz note that I invented. Cuzovdat I was 249,999,999. Yea four moi. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pragi Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 18 hours ago, kennywtelejazz said: I'm still looking to find George Benson in there ... When you say that GB is missed n the list, Wes Montgomery should also be ranked up there. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennywtelejazz Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 17 hours ago, SteveStrummerUK said: Kenny, I'm assuming you were #251 😁 😅 Ladies and gentleman the results have come in from our secret forum members voting list to determine who is #251 ! It seems we have a 5 way tie between bapu , strummy , grem, telegump and craigb 😂 Kenny 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennywtelejazz Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 OK here we are..... 250 to 201 , 250 Andy Summers 249 Brittany Howard 248 Robby Krieger 247 Ricky Wilson 246 Paul Simon 245 Leslie West 244 Edilio Paredes 243 Aaron Dessner and Bryce Dessner 242 Lindsey Jordan 241 Keith Urban 240 Erin Smith 239 Duane Eddy 238 Doug Gillard 237 Jennifer Batten 236 Greg Sage 235 Laura Marling 234 John McGeoch 233 H.E.R. 232 David Williams 231 Etta Baker 230 Gustavo Cerati 229 Barbara Lynn 228 Steve Jones 227 Glenn Branca 226 El Kempner 225 Fred ‘Sonic’ Smith and Wayne Kramer 224 Marv Tarplin 223 Joseph Spence 222 Molly Tuttle 221 James Blood Ulmer 220 Courtney Barnett 219 Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing 218 Lzzy Hale 217 Thomas McClary 216 Steve Hackett 215 Kurt Vile 214 Keiji Haino 213 Lucy Dacus 212 José Feliciano 211 Nick Zinner 210 Kaki King 209 Gary Clark Jr. 208 Amadou Bagayoko 207 Justin Broadrick 206 Hugh McCracken 205 Eric Johnson 204 Lynn Taitt 203 Grant Green 202 Vince Gill 201 Garry ‘Diaper Man’ Shider Kenny 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennywtelejazz Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 200 to 151 200 Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram 199 Bombino 198 Jerry Reed 197 Nuno Bettencourt 196 James Taylor 195 Greg Ginn 194 Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham 193 David Lindley 192 Lita Ford 191 Chalmers Edward ‘Spanky’ Alford 190 Lightnin’ Hopkins 189 Jerry Cantrell 188 Marnie Stern 187 Marc Ribot 186 Steve Lukather 185 Peggy Jones 184 Eldon Shamblin 183 Roy Buchanan 182 Earl ‘Chinna’ Smith 181 Larissa Strickland 180 Mike Campbell 179 Ernest Ranglin 178 Skip James 177 Rodrigo y Gabriela 176 Sadie Dupuis 175 Rory Gallagher 174 Marty Stuart 173 Paul McCartney 172 Chrissie Hynde 171 D.Boon 170 Phil Manzanera 169 Jessie Mae Hemphill 168 John Cipollina 167 James Williamson 166 Johnny Winter 165 Rokia Traoré 164 Dave Davies 163 Wah Wah Watson 162 Rosinha de Valença 161 Tim Henson 160 Kim and Kelley Deal 159 John Lennon 158 Johnny Thunders 157 Pat Metheny 156 Carl Perkins 155 Yvette Young 154 Bill Frisell 153 Otis Rush 152 Ani DiFranco 151 Pete Cosey Kenny 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennywtelejazz Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 150 to 101 150 Marissa Paternoster 149 Ron Asheton 148 Ike Turner 147 Memphis Minnie 146 Mike Bloomfield 145 Dickey Betts 144 Odetta 143 Ira Kaplan 142 João Gilberto 141 Fredrik Thordendal 140 Stephen Stills 139 Susan Tedeschi 138 Teenie Hodges 137 Liz Phair 136 Joe Perry 135 Roger McGuinn 134 Bob Mould 133 Robert Cray 132 Nils Lofgren 131 Dimebag Darrell 130 Joe Walsh 129 Nita Strauss 128 Bob Stinson 127 Steve Vai 126 Kim Thayil 125 Viv Albertine 124 Mike McCready and Stone Gossard 123 Steve Howe 122 King Sunny Ade 121 Dick Dale 120 Warren Haynes 119 Donita Sparks 118 Adrian Belew 117 Albert Collins 116 Ana da Silva 115 Nels Cline 114 Robert Quine 113 Allen Collins and Gary Rossington 112 Rowland S. Howard 111 Kelley Johnson 110 Lindsey Buckingham 109 Mick Ronson 108 Merle Travis 107 Clarence White 106 Peter Buck 105 Slash 104 Ali Farka Touré 103 Nancy Wilson 102 Billy Gibbons 101 John Fogerty Kenny 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennywtelejazz Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 100 to 51 100 Kerry King 99 Tosin Abasi 98 Link Wray 97 Stephen Malkmus 96 Mark Knopfler 95 Mary Timony 94 Joe Satriani 93 Leo Nocentelli 92 Wata 91 Cat Coore 90 Mdou Moctar 89 Lou Reed 88 Kurt Cobain 87 Poison Ivy 86 Sonny Sharrock 85 Larry Carlton 84 Muddy Waters 83 Adrian Smith and Dave Murray 82 Wes Montgomery 81 Bert Jansch 80 Derek Trucks 79 Ernie Isley 78 Charlie Christian 77 Willie Nelson 76 Joan Jett 75 Ritchie Blackmore 74 J Mascis 73 Hubert Sumlin 72 John McLaughlin 71 Franco Luambo 70 Django Reinhardt 69 Robbie Robertson 68 Les Paul 67 Kevin Shields 66 Ry Cooder 65 T-Bone Walker 64 Carrie Brownstein 63 Richard Thompson 62 Peter Green 61 John Mayer 60 Scotty Moore 59 Robert Fripp 58 Alex Lifeson 57 Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo 56 Johnny Marr 55 Mick Taylor 54 Bonnie Raitt 53 Trey Anastasio 52 John Lee Hooker 51 Tom Verlaine Kenny 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennywtelejazz Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 50 to 1 50 Elmore James 49 PJ Harvey 48 Curtis Mayfield 47 The Edge 46 Frank Zappa 45 Steve Cropper 44 Johnny Ramone 43 Jonny Greenwood and Ed O’Brien 42 Vernon Reid 41 Bo Diddley 40 John Fahey 39 Chet Atkins 38 Angus Young and Malcolm Young 37 Pete Townshend 36 Elizabeth Cotten 35 Eric Clapton 34 Jerry Garcia 33 Brian May 32 Jack White 31 George Harrison 30 Neil Young 29 Eddie Hazel 28 David Gilmour 27 Buddy Guy 26 St. Vincent 25 John Frusciante 24 James Burton 23 James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett 22 Albert King 21 Randy Rhoads 20 Stevie Ray Vaughan 19 Freddy King 18 Tom Morello 17 Mother Maybelle Carter 16 Robert Johnson 15 Keith Richards 14 Prince 13 Tony Iommi 12 Jimmy Nolen 11 Carlos Santana 10 Duane Allman 9 Joni Mitchell 8 B.B. King 7 Nile Rodgers 6 Sister Rosetta Tharpe 5 Jeff Beck 4 Eddie Van Halen 3 Jimmy Page 2 Chuck Berry 1 Jimi Hendrix Kenny PS the honorable mention slot for # 251 is still a 5 way tie between bapu, strummy, grem, telegump and craigb 😅 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 (edited) Kirk Hammett is the very first person I think of when I thing of awful vibrato and indecisive bends. He gives me tooth aches every time I hear him. Within the confines of the genre, he is one of the worse guitar players I can think of. James Hetfield is a much better lead guitarist (and he certainly is in my top 5 for rhythm guitar). Although that's not saying much. As a member of Metallica, Kirk was a hero of mine, and he seems like a really cool dude. But he sucks. He may an underrated rhythm guitar player though, seeing how he has to follow Hetfield. But even just within that top 50 - Hammett before Vernon Reid? James Burton? Brian May? Zappa? Frusciante? David Gilmour? Kamawn!!!! And where's Alex Lifeson?! Edited October 16, 2023 by Rain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennywtelejazz Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 27 minutes ago, Rain said: where's Alex Lifeson?! # 58 .... Kenny 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeringAmps Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 @kennywtelejazzthanks for putting up the list. I avoid most commercial sites due to the endless ads, links etcetera… t 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 (edited) I just compiled the list into one text file for searching. Gee, has anyone else noticed that there's actually 263 guitarists listed in the top 250? 🙄 Yep. No Walter Trout (voted in the top-5 from a huge Europe survey) and no Guthrie Govan either who could easily be another top-5'er. Should Alex Lifeson really be on there? I don't think he did many original pieces, did he? 😂 I take it they aren't friends of the Blues since, besides Walter, Joe Bonamassa and Gary Moore are also conspicuously missing. Craig Goldy and Jake E. Lee? Nope. Michel St-Père from the Mystery is also a no-show as is Glen Campbell, John Petrucci and Christopher Cross. . . . However, both Neil Young and Joan Jett somehow made the list! (What, no Ace Frehley??? 🤣) Let's just say that this list is pure troll-bait and leave it at that. I'd much rather listen to Lord Tim and Kenny than most of those listed. Edited October 16, 2023 by craigb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhonoBrainer Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Dang, Kenny, thank you! These click bait list creators are insane. This list should have been published on April 1st. I love Alex Lifeson! But he's not #58 if Mark Knopfler is #96. That's criminally ridiculous. Where is Michael Hedges??? He even drove his car off a Pt Reyes cliff! What does a guitarist have to do??? Carrie Brownstein, meanwhile, is #64, ahead of Knopfler. True, Knopfler never did top-shelf sketch comedy. Now I don't feel so bad about cancelling my Roiling Stoned subscription in 1983. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhonoBrainer Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Sorry, just noticed, no Tommy Emmanuel. But plenty of room for Garry ‘Diaper Man’ Shider. Whoever that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwal³ Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 3 hours ago, kennywtelejazz said: 250 Andy Summers i stopped reading the list here 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron Dickens Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Its Rolling Stone. You expected something that made sense? 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoveCamper Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Chuck Berry #2 ? Didn't he learn all his licks from a guy named Marty McFly? I swore I seen a video somewhere about it! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwal³ Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 2 minutes ago, Byron Dickens said: Its Rolling Stone. You expected something that made sense? reality check 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pragi Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 5 hours ago, kennywtelejazz said: 173 Paul McCartney 5 hours ago, kennywtelejazz said: PJ Harvey 48 Paul Mcartney and PJ Harvey are very good musicians, but top 263 guit player? 5 hours ago, kennywtelejazz said: Robert Fripp 58 Fripp 58th ? 5 hours ago, kennywtelejazz said: John McLaughlin 71 Django Reinhardt 69 Haha 5 hours ago, kennywtelejazz said: Wes Montgomery 81 hahah 5 hours ago, kennywtelejazz said: Joe Walsh 129 12th or so imo. 3 hours ago, craigb said: I take it they aren't friends of the Blues since, besides Walter, Joe Bonamassa and Gary Moore are also conspicuously missing. At least Albert King is listed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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