Actually, I remembered another one. He was a metal guitarist but that shouldn't diminish how talented he was in general. Probably he doesn't belong on the short list but Randy Rhodes was pretty amazing if you like that kind of music.
And when he wasn't busy being a drunken ass, Ritchie Blackmore was outstanding back in the day. I heard he blew during many concerts though because he was so full of himself he'd say to hell with the song, and start improvising while the rest of the band was playing their part....
I practically worshiped at the "Alter of Eddie" when I was about 12-15 years old. He is a pretty damn good metal / hard rock guitarist that's for sure. His best stuff was by far between 1978 and 1981. Fair Warning wasn't that popular an album but was probably my favorite because it showed Eddie had a more rhythmic side too, not just Eruption type stuff.
But...."best" guitarist....thats sort of meaningless...a bit like asking if Monet is "better" then van Gogh...or a rogan josh is "better" than a vindaloo.
Anyway my favs off the top of my head: re. jazz...I love Django Rheinhardt, Joe Pass, Tal Farlow, Les Paul, Adrian Legg, Michael Hedges, Al diMeola, ...
Lot of good really choices in this thread so far. Surprised it took so long for someone to mention Al diMeola though.
Not a lot of guitarists from outside of mainstream rock / blues (although that's not a huge surprise coming from Rolling Stone). I'll give them Hendrix, but Diblo Dibala should have been top five at least. Zoot Horn Rollo too (although he was always better when duelling with Rockette Morton).
Still, its nowhere as annoying and wrongheaded as every NME Top 100 ever.
Well, it's virtually impossible to compile a top 100 that isn't going to make 3/4 of readers upset one way or another...
*shrug*
The Edge?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
*thunk*
zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
i like the edge because when you hear his ostinato riffing you know bono will be whining about something or other eminently and you can turn the station.
i've seen leo twice, each time i didn't go near my instrument for weeks..........i didn't pick up my guitar either.
That was funny.
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Originally posted by murbot
Well, it's virtually impossible to compile a top 100 that isn't going to make 3/4 of readers upset one way or another...
I still say that there are some, maybe only 5, that deserve to be on the list no matter what. Realistically I think a bunch of the list is crap, but I won't begrude some YES fan even though I don't like YES. There's enough room in 100 for that.
Leo though is is a class all by himself. If you listen to him, it's impossible not to acknowledge his proficiency.
My only thought on that list that murbot posted is that there is no way in hell that Kurt Cobain is the 12th greatest guitarist of all-time. I mean, I like Nirvana and all, but Kurt was a technically mediocre guitar player.
Oh, and my other beef with the list comes from the fact that recently at Lollapalooza, Audioslave covered a White Stripes song (Seven Nation Army) and Tom Morello played the song much better than Jack White does (IMHO).
I still say that there are some, maybe only 5, that deserve to be on the list no matter what. Realistically I think a bunch of the list is crap, but I won't begrude some YES fan even though I don't like YES. There's enough room in 100 for that.
Leo though is is a class all by himself. If you listen to him, it's impossible not to acknowledge his proficiency.
it's funny you say that, whenever i hear steve howe play acoustic ("the clap" from "the yes album" for example) i think, "my, he sounds like leo"
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And when he wasn't busy being a drunken ass, Ritchie Blackmore was outstanding back in the day. I heard he blew during many concerts though because he was so full of himself he'd say to hell with the song, and start improvising while the rest of the band was playing their part....
Jimmy Paige
Brian May
Slash
Eddie Van Halen
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Damn there are a lot of really good axe-men, these are just a few of the one I enjoy.
Originally posted by bunge
I doubt you are correct.
Well, it would be cool if there were some people on this board that listened to some of the bands I do:
Spencer Seim - Hella (mentioned before)
Scott Hull - Pig Destroyer/Agoraphobic Nosebleed
Zac - Cephalic Carnage
Eddie Shahini / Gerry Oullette - DBC
Ralf Spight - Victim's Family
Andy Kerr - Nomeansno
Rob Marten - Discordance Axis
Steve Procopio - Human Remains / Discordance Axis / War Chalking
Yanni Popadopoulos - Stinking Lizaveta
More well known ones:
Justin Broaderick - Godflesh
King Buzzo - The Melvins / Fantomas
Chuck Schuldiner - Death
I could go on for days. I'll stop now.
Originally posted by sammi jo
Tool fan here too! Jones is fantastic
But...."best" guitarist....thats sort of meaningless...a bit like asking if Monet is "better" then van Gogh...or a rogan josh is "better" than a vindaloo.
Anyway my favs off the top of my head: re. jazz...I love Django Rheinhardt, Joe Pass, Tal Farlow, Les Paul, Adrian Legg, Michael Hedges, Al diMeola, ...
Lot of good really choices in this thread so far. Surprised it took so long for someone to mention Al diMeola though.
Jimi Hendrix: The Greatest Guitarist of All Time
Here is the rest of Rolling Stone's list:
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
11 Kirk 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 Dick 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 Bod Diddley
38 Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac
39 Brian May of Qeen
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
He can outduel 90% of that list
Still, its nowhere as annoying and wrongheaded as every NME Top 100 ever.
1. Steve Vai
2. Joe Satriani
3. Paul Gilbert
4. Buckethead
5. Slash
6. George Harrison
7. Dave Mustaine
8. Kirk Hammet
9. Kurt Cobain
10. Jimmy Hendrix
11. Paul McCartney (on the bass)
I can go on forever. The list is no way in order of preference.
Originally posted by bunge
No Leo Kottke? He's ahead of even Hendrix in many respects.
maybe they don't consider him rock? joni might be on for her innovative open tunings, but leo's all over that too.
hopefully someone at r/s is slapping themselves on the head for the oversight.
i've seen leo twice, each time i didn't go near my instrument for weeks..........i didn't pick up my guitar either.
*shrug*
The Edge?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
*thunk*
zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Originally posted by murbot
Well, it's virtually impossible to compile a top 100 that isn't going to make 3/4 of readers upset one way or another...
*shrug*
The Edge?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
*thunk*
zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
i like the edge because when you hear his ostinato riffing you know bono will be whining about something or other eminently and you can turn the station.
Originally posted by superkarate monkeydeathcar
i've seen leo twice, each time i didn't go near my instrument for weeks..........i didn't pick up my guitar either.
That was funny.
Originally posted by murbot
Well, it's virtually impossible to compile a top 100 that isn't going to make 3/4 of readers upset one way or another...
I still say that there are some, maybe only 5, that deserve to be on the list no matter what. Realistically I think a bunch of the list is crap, but I won't begrude some YES fan even though I don't like YES. There's enough room in 100 for that.
Leo though is is a class all by himself. If you listen to him, it's impossible not to acknowledge his proficiency.
Oh, and my other beef with the list comes from the fact that recently at Lollapalooza, Audioslave covered a White Stripes song (Seven Nation Army) and Tom Morello played the song much better than Jack White does (IMHO).
Originally posted by bunge
That was funny.
I still say that there are some, maybe only 5, that deserve to be on the list no matter what. Realistically I think a bunch of the list is crap, but I won't begrude some YES fan even though I don't like YES. There's enough room in 100 for that.
Leo though is is a class all by himself. If you listen to him, it's impossible not to acknowledge his proficiency.
it's funny you say that, whenever i hear steve howe play acoustic ("the clap" from "the yes album" for example) i think, "my, he sounds like leo"
Originally posted by segovius
Who the hell is 'Bod Diddley' and why is he #37 ?
oh man you're not serious are you? also it's bo, not bod.
you've never heard the "bo diddly beat"?
if every rocker who ever used it gave him a royalty his wealth would be vast.
buddy holly made a pretty good living from it.