Now this ought to initiate a lively discussion...

CharlieO · September 5th, 2003, 11:18 PM

The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time

(from the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine)

1 Jimi 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 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 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

What do you guys think? I'd say that at least 80 of these guys wouldn't make it on my list.

Pvee · September 5th, 2003, 11:24 PM

Most of you guys could probably cut most of them, with a ukelele'

Bluewolf · September 5th, 2003, 11:28 PM

wHAT? NO ALBERT COLLINS OR JOE PASS?
OR JOHN HAMMOND? JIMMY THACKERY??
OR CHARLIE BATY OFLITTLE CHARLIE AND THE NIGHTCATS?

Doc · September 5th, 2003, 11:30 PM

What is the definition of a guitarist? This seems like one of the "Telecaster" or "Tele" discussions without the Fender company for an anchor point.

Bluewolf · September 5th, 2003, 11:31 PM

NO ALBERT COLLINS OR JOE PASS? OR CHARLIE BATY OF LITTLE CHARLIE AND THE NIGHT CATS? OR JIMMY THACKERY? OR CHET ATKINS?

Bluewolf · September 5th, 2003, 11:34 PM

did it get lost in cyber space? shhould i blame aliens?

Bill Beck · September 5th, 2003, 11:35 PM

Tom Morello in front of Les Paul? HaHaHa.

Morello couldn't hold Les Paul's pick!

Same goes for Mr. Cobain...what a joke!

No Terry Kath....shame! :(

Bluewolf · September 5th, 2003, 11:37 PM

dang, i guess its cause i'm blond

CharlieO · September 5th, 2003, 11:46 PM

I counted, and I've seen 53 of the guitarists on the list in concert. I would have guessed the number would be higher.

September 5th, 2003, 11:48 PM

Already has.

http://www.tdpri.com/viewtopic.php?t=7603

holgaguy · September 5th, 2003, 11:54 PM

Give me a break - never mind Jimmy "Sloppiest of All Time' Page. And Duane Allman number 2? What were they smoking? Duane was great buy not that great.

Jerry Garcia number 13 and still one more than Jeff Beck! Ludicrous!

John Frusciante number 18 and Les Paul back in the 40-somethings? Youv'e got to be kidding?

PETE TOWNSHEND 50 and DANNY GATTON 63? THEM's FIGHTIN' WoRDS!

http://homepage.mac.com/davidniles/guitars/

holgaguy · September 5th, 2003, 11:56 PM

What was their criteria?

What is Joan Jett doing on the list - did they need a chick?

http://homepage.mac.com/davidniles/guitars/

Raymond · September 5th, 2003, 11:57 PM

http://www.tdpri.com/viewtopic.php?t=7603

Jman · September 6th, 2003, 12:00 AM

I read the list pretty fast but I think I saw no Chet, no Albert Lee and no Billy Gibbons.

At least they didn't miss James Burton.

Neil Young? Good artist but a top 100 guitar player?

sq · September 6th, 2003, 12:52 AM

greatest Rock (but we'll throw in a couple of blues and jazz greats so we don't look stupid) guitarists by Rolling Stone magazine list. :?

slauson slim · September 6th, 2003, 01:02 AM

Yawn. What do you expect...they lost it when they moved to NY. Getting worked up about their 100 gtrists is like arguing about the old Playboy readers Jazz Poll. You geezers remember that? Nice to see Fahey, Jansch, Vestine, Ike T. and Sonic Smith on the same list though.

Mr. Cranky · September 6th, 2003, 10:13 AM

Admittedly, I haven't heard some of the newer "rock" people. Just off of the top of my head, I can think of Merle Travis, Danny Gatton, and any of the Hellecasters. Where are they? Joan Jett?

stantheman · September 6th, 2003, 11:11 AM

It's a shame they don't sell it as a newspaper anymore
so I could use it to wipe my a$$. Rolling Stone has been
Plastic for at least 3 decades and lemme tell ya somethin'
Guitar Player ain't too far behind, I'm seriously debating if I wanna spend 20 bucks to read their rag for another year. Did any of you see the guy in the fishnet stockings?....ain't that a man!

Axeslingerone · September 6th, 2003, 11:20 AM

1. Hendrix.
2 Clapton.
3. EVH

The rest can fight it out amongst themselves......

sound dog · September 6th, 2003, 11:45 AM

....they got #1 right. Beyond that the list is a joke. I'd like to have been in the room when they determined the order, just to try to figure the logic. Or was a dartboard used????

gtrman911 · September 6th, 2003, 12:12 PM

jerry garcia #13 ?!?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA......

I'D HAVE PUT HIM RIGHT *UNDER* NEIL YOUNG
.....AT #1, 254, 879

buglecorps · September 6th, 2003, 10:00 PM

has occured here. RS is saying " greatest guitarist"..which most of the folks on this list define (perhaps a bit narrowly) as "technical vituroso"; if the heading was "influental guitarist" (which is what I beleive they ment..) the list holds up much better....keeping in mind that RS is primary a Rock magazine, and this is probaly the opinion of a small group of people,(or a large mindless mass) Eitherway it's always unwise to rely on others to validate your choices.

TexGoneNW · September 6th, 2003, 10:45 PM

I disagree.

I'm sure whoever wrote the article has their basis for their opinion....

but....

sheesh!

TexGoneNW · September 6th, 2003, 10:47 PM

Jack White!

asd;flkjasd;flkjdsaf;lksadf;lkj

sound dog · September 6th, 2003, 10:47 PM

In the preface to the piece(on the contents page), RS says "Here they are, the 100 guitarists the rock world couldn't live without".
Ok, so, where is Duane Eddy? Not even there??
If it's about most influential, then Eddie Van Halen can NOT be #70!!
The rock world couldn't live without D. Boon of the Minutemen? No offense to the late Mr. Boon, but I think we'd have made it!
Somebody tell me how Jack White is greater or more influential than George Harrison?
And I'm truly amazed that they think there have been 62 guitarists "greater" than Danny Gatton( including Zoot Horn Rollo at #62?). And as much as I love and revere Duane Allman, #2 might be a stretch using RS's criteria.
No Duane Eddy??????????

53 Esquire · September 6th, 2003, 11:46 PM

Nils Lofgren belongs on that list.

Dave W · September 7th, 2003, 12:59 AM

Rolling Stone stopped being relevant to anything about 30 years ago. It's about as important as, say, Tiger Beat. Why get upset about their idiotic lists?

Slim · September 7th, 2003, 02:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave W

Rolling Stone stopped being relevant to anything about 30 years ago. It's about as important as, say, Tiger Beat. Why get upset about their idiotic lists?

Yep. Agreed.

...oh, and...

Angus Young, # 1!
Angus Young, # 1!

Adam Waldron · September 7th, 2003, 08:08 PM

RB at 57?

What???

Cheers,

Adam

Andy B · September 7th, 2003, 08:52 PM

Muddy Waters wasn't listed! I wonder is anyone there knows that their magazine was named after a Muddy Water's song. My 18 year old saxophone playing daughter couldn't believe he wasn't listed! She couldn't believe some of those they did list.

boogaloo · September 8th, 2003, 10:51 AM

a time when they (Rolling Stone) were pretty "right on" when it came to this stuff. But that was years ago and I'm older now and things have changed and I don't always like it and it's too early for a bourbon and...

Wahwax · September 8th, 2003, 10:56 AM

The simple fact that Eddie Van Halen was #70 shows the ignorance level of the author.

John E · September 8th, 2003, 11:56 AM

Ridiculous... can you possibly put out a list titled "Greatest guitarist of all time"? What could you possibly use as the criteria?

Most influential?
Most technical?
Most Nimble?
Blahty-blah?
Blahty?
Blahty-blahty-blah?

Stoopid...

FraKo · September 8th, 2003, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CharlieO

The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time

Just my personal opinion:

1 Charlie Christian
2 Django Reinhardt

or:

1 Django Reihardt
2 Charlie Christian

plus 98 other guys, I let you choose.

bo · September 8th, 2003, 03:13 PM

And they got WAY too many of the wrong people in front of #67.

frogger · September 8th, 2003, 09:59 PM

JOAN JETT!!!!!!!!!!!!........................duh where's Eric, thats ERIC JOHNSON OR SEGOVIA OR CHRISTOPHER PARKENING!!!! WHO EVER CAME UP WITH THIS LIST IS SUFFERING FROM AGE SPECIFIC COGNITIVE DECLINE OMG!

NashTele · September 8th, 2003, 10:22 PM

Blegghh!

Marshall Thinline · September 8th, 2003, 10:43 PM

Quote:

Rolling Stone stopped being relevant to anything about 30 years ago. It's about as important as, say, Tiger Beat. Why get upset about their idiotic lists?

So true, so true, so true.

hippietim · September 8th, 2003, 10:44 PM

I keep looking up and down the list and my name is nowhere to be found. What's up with that?

fenderfreak · September 8th, 2003, 11:49 PM

jonny winter, albert king , freddy king,are all at the top of my list ,but at least they mentioned mike bloomfield ,, and dont forget john bateman,

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CharlieO Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sarasota, FL Age: 57 Posts: 1,748 10 Photos	Now this ought to initiate a lively discussion... The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time (from the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine) 1 Jimi 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 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 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 What do you guys think? I'd say that at least 80 of these guys wouldn't make it on my list.

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Bluewolf TDPRI Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 97	OMG!!! wHAT? NO ALBERT COLLINS OR JOE PASS? OR JOHN HAMMOND? JIMMY THACKERY?? OR CHARLIE BATY OFLITTLE CHARLIE AND THE NIGHTCATS?

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Bluewolf TDPRI Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 97	WHAT? NO ALBERT COLLINS OR JOE PASS? OR CHARLIE BATY OF LITTLE CHARLIE AND THE NIGHT CATS? OR JIMMY THACKERY? OR CHET ATKINS?

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Bluewolf TDPRI Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 97	i posted a reply, where is it? did it get lost in cyber space? shhould i blame aliens?

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Doc Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: South Dakota Posts: 1,096	What is the definition of a guitarist? This seems like one of the "Telecaster" or "Tele" discussions without the Fender company for an anchor point.

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Bill Beck Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Chicago 'Burbs Posts: 372	I hope that it wasn't in order... Tom Morello in front of Les Paul? HaHaHa. Morello couldn't hold Les Paul's pick! Same goes for Mr. Cobain...what a joke! No Terry Kath....shame! :(

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Bluewolf TDPRI Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 97	oops i found my reply, sorry if it got on there 2 times dang, i guess its cause i'm blond

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CharlieO Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sarasota, FL Age: 57 Posts: 1,748 10 Photos	Not going to give my opinion yet, but... I counted, and I've seen 53 of the guitarists on the list in concert. I would have guessed the number would be higher.

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Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Now this ought to initiate a lively discussion... Already has. http://www.tdpri.com/viewtopic.php?t=7603

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holgaguy Tele-Holic Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Massachusetts Age: 57 Posts: 679 1 Photos	Keith Richards higher than Jeff Beck Give me a break - never mind Jimmy "Sloppiest of All Time' Page. And Duane Allman number 2? What were they smoking? Duane was great buy not that great. Jerry Garcia number 13 and still one more than Jeff Beck! Ludicrous! John Frusciante number 18 and Les Paul back in the 40-somethings? Youv'e got to be kidding? PETE TOWNSHEND 50 and DANNY GATTON 63? THEM's FIGHTIN' WoRDS! http://homepage.mac.com/davidniles/guitars/

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holgaguy Tele-Holic Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Massachusetts Age: 57 Posts: 679 1 Photos	Yuck What was their criteria? What is Joan Jett doing on the list - did they need a chick? http://homepage.mac.com/davidniles/guitars/

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Raymond Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Herndon, VA Posts: 2,417 3 Photos	The discussion started this afternoon...... http://www.tdpri.com/viewtopic.php?t=7603 __________________ "That's a hard pill to swallow, buddy; when you find out what the blues is all about"

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Jman TDPRI Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Trail BC Canada Posts: 10	Interesting list but... I read the list pretty fast but I think I saw no Chet, no Albert Lee and no Billy Gibbons. At least they didn't miss James Burton. Neil Young? Good artist but a top 100 guitar player? __________________ Jarrett

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sq TDPRI Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Deep East Texas Posts: 92	That's the 100... greatest Rock (but we'll throw in a couple of blues and jazz greats so we don't look stupid) guitarists by Rolling Stone magazine list. :?

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slauson slim Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Yolo County CA Age: 61 Posts: 984	It's Rolling Stone...... Yawn. What do you expect...they lost it when they moved to NY. Getting worked up about their 100 gtrists is like arguing about the old Playboy readers Jazz Poll. You geezers remember that? Nice to see Fahey, Jansch, Vestine, Ike T. and Sonic Smith on the same list though.

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Mr. Cranky TDPRI Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Letts, Iowa Posts: 14	Who came up with this? Admittedly, I haven't heard some of the newer "rock" people. Just off of the top of my head, I can think of Merle Travis, Danny Gatton, and any of the Hellecasters. Where are they? Joan Jett? __________________ You can't polish a turd.

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stantheman Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: White Mountains Posts: 6,316	Like I said in "read and laugh". It's a shame they don't sell it as a newspaper anymore so I could use it to wipe my a$$. Rolling Stone has been Plastic for at least 3 decades and lemme tell ya somethin' Guitar Player ain't too far behind, I'm seriously debating if I wanna spend 20 bucks to read their rag for another year. Did any of you see the guy in the fishnet stockings?....ain't that a man! __________________ Somebody Loan Me A Dime

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Axeslingerone TDPRI Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: UK.South East London Posts: 86	As it should be.... 1. Hendrix. 2 Clapton. 3. EVH The rest can fight it out amongst themselves......

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sound dog Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The center of Pennsyltuckey Age: 56 Posts: 474	Oh, well... ....they got #1 right. Beyond that the list is a joke. I'd like to have been in the room when they determined the order, just to try to figure the logic. Or was a dartboard used????

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gtrman911 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Camelot Posts: 1,312 7 Photos	jerry garcia #13 ?!? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...... I'D HAVE PUT HIM RIGHT UNDER NEIL YOUNG .....AT #1, 254, 879 __________________ My opinion is worth what you paid for it.

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buglecorps Tele-Holic Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Suburban Twang Town Posts: 753	Me thinks some confusion .... has occured here. RS is saying " greatest guitarist"..which most of the folks on this list define (perhaps a bit narrowly) as "technical vituroso"; if the heading was "influental guitarist" (which is what I beleive they ment..) the list holds up much better....keeping in mind that RS is primary a Rock magazine, and this is probaly the opinion of a small group of people,(or a large mindless mass) Eitherway it's always unwise to rely on others to validate your choices. __________________ Loud is Good...

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TexGoneNW Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Victoria, TX Posts: 932 4 Photos	I will simply say I disagree. I'm sure whoever wrote the article has their basis for their opinion.... but.... sheesh!

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TexGoneNW Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Victoria, TX Posts: 932 4 Photos	I looked again and fell out of my chair laughing Jack White! asd;flkjasd;flkjdsaf;lksadf;lkj

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sound dog Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The center of Pennsyltuckey Age: 56 Posts: 474	In the preface to the piece(on the contents page), RS says "Here they are, the 100 guitarists the rock world couldn't live without". Ok, so, where is Duane Eddy? Not even there?? If it's about most influential, then Eddie Van Halen can NOT be #70!! The rock world couldn't live without D. Boon of the Minutemen? No offense to the late Mr. Boon, but I think we'd have made it! Somebody tell me how Jack White is greater or more influential than George Harrison? And I'm truly amazed that they think there have been 62 guitarists "greater" than Danny Gatton( including Zoot Horn Rollo at #62?). And as much as I love and revere Duane Allman, #2 might be a stretch using RS's criteria. No Duane Eddy??????????

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53 Esquire TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: St. Louis, Missouri Posts: 54	Nils Lofgren belongs on that list. __________________ On your death bed, you will recieve total consciousness. So I got that going for me.

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Dave W Friend of Leo's Join Date: May 2003 Location: Guadalupe County, TX Age: 62 Posts: 2,077	Rolling Stone stopped being relevant to anything about 30 years ago. It's about as important as, say, Tiger Beat. Why get upset about their idiotic lists?

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Adam Waldron Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 607	RB at 57? What??? Cheers, Adam

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Andy B Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Englewood, Colorado Posts: 311	Where's Muddy? Muddy Waters wasn't listed! I wonder is anyone there knows that their magazine was named after a Muddy Water's song. My 18 year old saxophone playing daughter couldn't believe he wasn't listed! She couldn't believe some of those they did list. __________________ Andy

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boogaloo Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: S/E Pa. Age: 53 Posts: 1,133	I'm Old Enough To Remember a time when they (Rolling Stone) were pretty "right on" when it came to this stuff. But that was years ago and I'm older now and things have changed and I don't always like it and it's too early for a bourbon and... __________________ "..and I've got some tricks up my sleeve...oh yes indeed! It might come back to haunt 'cha..don't you throw that Mojo on me!"

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Wahwax Tele-Meister Join Date: May 2003 Location: Missouri Posts: 434	The simple fact that Eddie Van Halen was #70 shows the ignorance level of the author. __________________ www.guitarforum.net My guitars

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John E Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,399	These lists are way beyond stupid.... Ridiculous... can you possibly put out a list titled "Greatest guitarist of all time"? What could you possibly use as the criteria? Most influential? Most technical? Most Nimble? Blahty-blah? Blahty? Blahty-blahty-blah? Stoopid...

September 8th, 2003, 03:13 PM	#35 (permalink)
bo Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 2,486	Perhaps best rock/blues guitarists And they got WAY too many of the wrong people in front of #67.

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frogger Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lincoln Nebraska Posts: 514	Yep I'm Gonna Be Ill JOAN JETT!!!!!!!!!!!!........................duh where's Eric, thats ERIC JOHNSON OR SEGOVIA OR CHRISTOPHER PARKENING!!!! WHO EVER CAME UP WITH THIS LIST IS SUFFERING FROM AGE SPECIFIC COGNITIVE DECLINE OMG!

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NashTele Tele-Meister Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Nashville,TN Posts: 203 2 Photos	Blegghh! __________________ .::blooz for yooz::.