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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 .

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 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 "

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Kenny

 

 

 

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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

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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

 

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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

 

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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

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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 ?

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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!!!!

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And where's Alex Lifeson?!

 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Now I don't feel so bad about cancelling my Roiling Stoned subscription in 1983.

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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.

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Did I miss John 5 on the list. I read it a few times and didn't see him.

He is what I would call a great guitar player. He can play any genre of music. I saw an interview with him one time. He said he grew up watching Hee Haw with his dad and thought the Tele was the only guitar there was, or something along those lines. That's why he plays a Tele now. As much as I don't care for his image, I really think he is a one of the greats.

I don't see Roy Clark on there either. The man was amazing on guitar. He played everything from classical to rock to jazz to country.

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