Rolling Stone Magazine's 100 greatest guitarists of all time.

[why do]

....?
No Alex Lifeson ?? Sacrilege!

[hp sauce]

What the heck is Ike Turner doing in there ? Curtis Mayfield deserves a placing better than him. At least he jammed with The Man (Hendrix) in the late 60s.

Peter Frampton and Steve Marriott ?

I think we should do our own Top 100. That would please the Kazaa downloaders  and give 'em so ideas

[alternative advocate]

Yeah but Rolling Stone's list for this 100 was about kickass rock and roll.

If it was about jazz guitarists etc they'd have to include others.

I think they left out that guitarist from Steely Dan.

[skank]

How about the man that invented the electric guitar

Charlie Christian

He rocked!

[Sir Cliff Richard]

I think they left out the man who influenced Mark Knopfler - Hank Marvin of the Shadows.

[the axeman commeth]

I knew that Guitar magazine had done a similar list recently so went serching for it. May not be my 100 but still it's a much better list than the rolling stone one...

1. Jimi Hendrix
 2. Jeff Beck
 3. B.B. King
 4. Jimmy Page
 5. Allan Holdsworth
 6. Eddie Van Halen
 7. Pat Metheny
 8. Eric Clapton
 9. Chuck Berry
10. T-Bone Walker
11. Stevie Ray Vaughan
12. Keith Richards
13. Pete Townshend
14. Robert Johnson
15. Charlie Christian
16. Peter Green
17. Steve Cropper
18. Richard Thompson
19. Steve Vai
20. Tony Iommi
21. Neil Young
22. Buddy Guy
23. Jimmy Nolan
24. George Harrison
25. Randy Rhoads
26. Robert Fripp
27. Les Paul
28. Wes Montgomery
29. Johnny Ramone
30. Prince
31. John McLaughlin
32. Elmore James
33. Frank Zappa
34. Freddie King
35. Jerry Garcia
36. Duane Allman
37. Thurston Moore
38. Syd Barrett
39. Nile Rodgers
40. Roger McGuinn
41. Kurt Cobain
42. Clarence White
43. John Fahey
44. Billy Gibbons
45. Joe Satriani
46. Carlos Santana
47. Michael Hedges
48. The Edge
49. Tal Farlow
50. David Gilmore
51. Eddie Lang
52. Andy Summers
53. Jim Hall
54. Ron Asherton
55. Dimebag Darrell
56. Mick Ronson
57. Eddie Jones
58. Curtis Mayfield
59. Ike Turner
60. Loe Kottke
61. Albert King
62. Muddy Waters
63. James Blood Ulmer
64. Merle Travis
65. Joe Pass
66. Ry Cooder
67. Derek Bailey
68. Chet Atkins
69. Dick Dale
70. Charley Patton
71. Johnny Marr
72. Carl Perkins
73. Doc Watson
74. Joni Mitchell
75. J Mascis
76. Yngwie Malmsteen
77. Mark Knopfler
78. Bert Jansch
79. Lowell George
80. Robert Lockwood Jr.
81. Link Wray
82. Angus Young
83. Adrian Legg
84. Nick Drake
85. Bo Diddley
86. Bob Mould
87. Kirk Hammett
88. Adrian Smith
89. Mike Stern
90. Kevin Shields
91. Steve Howe
92. Jorma Kaukonen
93. Eric Johnson
94. Steve Morse
95. Ricky Skaggs
96. Stanley Jordan
97. Jeff Hannerman
98. Vernon Reid
99. Wayne Kramer
100. Ritchie Blackmore

[hp sauce]

>axeman

Yep. You got it. Clearly a better standard of music journalism there.

No problem with that list. And thanks.

Kazaa .. chocks away !

[Apples]

Gary Moore?

[Sir Cliff Richard]

Guitar Magazine's top 100 still sucks 'cos they left out Hank Marvin!!!

[qwerty]

Alvin Lee (Ten Years After), how can they miss him Woodstock.....

I think I'm going home now !

[qwerty]

You listen J.J.Cale from the 70's and you hear where Mark Knopfler got his inspiration.

[Nancy boy spungen]

No YOU listen to Mark Knopfler's interview and he'll tell you it's Hank Marvin.

J.J. Cale used to wipe  his bum with Eric Clapton's lyrics. Clapton was never God except in some dope-addled fan's minds. Cale was a better guitarist anyday.

[funkev]

Good to see that Guitar Mag got Bob Mould on their list.  

[Greenrover]

So how does Bonnie Raitt, rate?

I thought she was supposed to be one of the best female guitarists in the world.

Has she been overlooked completely?

I do feel Santana has been under-rated and Al di Miola also deserves a spot there as someone said.

Never easy to do a list everyone agrees with but......nice try!

[Porridge]

Steve Lukather is the man. Check out the discography here: http://www.stevelukather.net/  WHat about Larry Carlton and Lee Ritenour?