The 100 Greatest . . .

[Strideo]

The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time
According to a 2003 Rolling Stone article.

1Jimi 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
11Kirk 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 d**k 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 Bo Diddley
38 Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac
39 Brian May of Queen
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

Discussion ideas:
Is your favorite on the list?
What do you think Rolling Stone magazine means by "The Greatest"?
Is there anyone you feel belongs on the list who isn't?
Does this list generally follow your opinion or would you change it around a lot?  

[Not Importante]

I was getting kinda mad until I saw Angus Young at the bottom of the list. I was like 'hey, where is Angus? These people do not know their guitarists.' Then I saw him at the bottom though I dont really think that he should like you know... be at the bottom n everything.  

[Dr. Awkward]

Totally biased, in my opinion. Who, may I ask, compiled this list? Rolling Stone Magazine, perhaps? Notice that most of those names are English, and yet the guitar is not an English instrument? Sorry to say this, but these people wouldn't even be plucking their strings in the accepted manner if it weren't for Andres Segovia.  

[Pockets_The_Prophet]

Santana needs to be in the top 5.
He is ALWAYS supposed to be at the top!  

[Seferius Slyferin]

I agree, this list sucks, where the hell is the guitarist from Iced Earth? Jon Schaffer. or whatever.  

[mildlycrazy13]

Tom Morello isn't even with Rage Against the Machine any more. Isn't he with Audioslave now? And they need Santana in that list! What's wrong with these people?  

[Strideo]

mildlycrazy13

Tom Morello isn't even with Rage Against the Machine any more. Isn't he with Audioslave now? And they need Santana in that list! What's wrong with these people?

Santana is in the list. Also the list is from 2003, it says so right at the top.

What's wrong with these people? They're magazine writers and editors that's what! xd No really, I think these sort of things really can't be quatified in a list. It's all opinion and conjecture.  

[SchizoSpazz]

ok. it aint suprising that jimi hendrix is number one on their list. i'm kind of suprised that slash is nowhere on that list, and i haven't even heard of a decent chunk of those guys.  

[sandflea]

_________Cause nobody wants to be the lst one there
_________And everyone wants to feel like someone cares
_________Someone to love with my life in their hands
_________There's gotta be somebody for me like that

I strongly object to Kurt Cobain being ON that list.
He didn't know how to read music, and he admitted himself, that he could barely play guitar. There isn't anything extravagant about Nirvana's music. AT ALL.

Cause nobody wants to do it on their own _________
And everyone wants to know they're not alone _________
Somebody else that feels the same somewhere _________
There's gotta be somebody for me out there _________