Rolling Stone's "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" Do you agree?

114 votes
I Like It I Don't Like It
Rolling Stone Pictures: Rolling Stone's "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" Do you agree?
 I do not agree with Hendrix being above Page, Clapton, Gilmore, or Barrett, but the rest I can honestly say I agree with

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 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

LedSpencer 105 LedSpencer Published 8/19/07   Message Add to Friends
 

Add Your Comment

Your email address (will not be published, but is required):

Your comment:

No links or abusive language please!

Add Comment

Comments (293)

  • THIS LIST IS MESSED UP!!!!!!!!!


    1. Jimmy Page
    2. Randy Rhoads

    somewhere high up there in no particular order, Robert Fripp, Jimi Hendrix, Brian May, Robert Johnson, Keith Richards, Jack White, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Chuck Berry, Stevie Ray Vaughan
    anonymous anonymous 11/23/07 Reply
     
    • The things that hendrix could do was amazing and he taught himself. I mean, he could play behind his head and and with his teeth.
      anonymous anonymous 7/24/08
       
  • They have left out so many people: Joe Pass, Al DiMeola, Ynwie Malmsteen, John Petrucci, Paco De Lucia, Larry Coryell, Frank Gambale, Stanley Clarke, Strunz & Farah, Chet Atkins, Doc Watson, Ricky Skaggs, Pat Metheny, Stanley Jordan...can go on and on....

    Is this based off of Guitar talent? Or Popularity?
    anonymous anonymous 11/30/07 Reply
     
  • where's Slash
    anonymous anonymous 12/5/07 Reply
     
    • obviously some retard
      anonymous anonymous 7/4/08
       
  • Joan Jett before Angus Young

    who at Rolling Stone made this list
    anonymous anonymous 12/6/07 Reply
     
    • I agree with you 100 percent!!!
      anonymous anonymous 7/21/08
       
  • no slash? ridiculous list
    anonymous anonymous 12/9/07 Reply
     
  • I still don't know why Hendrix is at the top, Page is the all time best guitar player. Even.
    LedSpencer 105 LedSpencer 12/11/07   Message Add to Friends Reply
     
    • page wouldent even be in my top 100000
      anonymous anonymous 7/11/08
       
  • P.S. Who votes to write a complaint about this list?
    LedSpencer 105 LedSpencer 12/11/07   Message Add to Friends Reply
     
    • you seriously dont know guitarists.
      paige may not be the best but he is definately a hundred times better than slash.
      SLASH IS THE MOST OVER HYPED UP GUITARIST THERE IS RIGHT NOW. he is good ill give you that but he is nowhere near any of these guitar legends. he just todays games to get fame
      anonymous anonymous 8/7/08
       
    • yes there r many better guitar players then slash but he puts so much feeling into his solos he should of at least made the list plus kurt at 12=outrageous
      anonymous anonymous 8/10/08
       
  • where the hell is slash and buckethead? especially slash.. this list is ridiculous
    anonymous anonymous 12/16/07 Reply
     
  • its not a list without slash on it... and seriously, i like nirvana and everything but kirk cobain is numnber 12?? i think hes gettin a little too much respect... and number one all time is eric clapton and there is no argument
    anonymous anonymous 12/19/07 Reply
     
    • no way eric clapton should be number one. mibi 2 or 3 but jimmi was better
      anonymous anonymous 7/11/08
       
    • i dont believe it was based off of guitar talent (as in who could play the best and hardest things) but who was the best writer and that is why hes up there but i do agree he should be on the list but i lil lower
      anonymous anonymous 8/15/08
       
  • No Allen Collins, Steve Gaines, Ed King, Gary Rossington, or Paul Kossoff? Kurt Cobain 12th? Someone in this for hype? Man, I'm a better guitarist than kurt cobain.... The fact that Robert Johnson is even included is amazing to me. He's so great it would seem like they'd HAVE to leave him out.
    anonymous anonymous 12/23/07 Reply
     
  • This is obviously a list of pop guitarists :P As Mclaughlin is way back in the 40's. Rolling Stone probably couldn't keep a 9/8 beat and had no clue what he was doing...
    Also greats like Metheny are not to be found. I mean it's painful to see Jack White and Johnny Ramone in the top 20. Sure they had influential music, but if this is best GUITARIST they shouldn't even be on the list. It's as if Rolling Stone got any pop album they could and took the guitarist from it and then they add Robert Johnson at 5th - awkwardly - to have their readers believe that they are respecting the blues roots. He is a legend, but not the 5th greatest guitarist...Oh I forgot about Kurt at number 12....
    anonymous anonymous 1/24/08 Reply
     
  • wtf this list is so gay, Eddie Van Halen at 70 whoever made this list is a retard, he should be 2 right behind Clapton!!!!
    anonymous anonymous 1/28/08 Reply
     
  • Too bad he's not still alive he'd still be on that thing like BBKing. He played lefthanded remember? So what do you think? I think he started all of that Rockn Roll crazy Guitar playin' You hear today. This world was made for all people. God bless America!
    anonymous anonymous 2/7/08 Reply
     
  • good job rolling stone.... NAAT this is stuff like no slash? eddie at 70? gilmour 82? RAndy? like are you frickers off your rocker whoever made this list clearly has no idea what they are talking about. and did we forget about the shredders? Johnson Satch vai? like im not even a fan but those guys can play.
    anonymous anonymous 2/7/08 Reply
     
    • cobain and morello suck. petruchi should be on hear. dave mustaine, i mean he started a new musical style. marty fredman
      roads. eddy is to high up their. and chris broderich. people often forget him becaus sadly he is little known but he could play circles around almost everyone on that list. and hendrix was revolutionary but he wasnt increadible. he was actually a pretty poor guitarist. not worth of the number one spot. and what about dime bag and slash. this is just a stuffy mainstream list made by people who know nothing about guitar
      anonymous anonymous 7/11/08
       
  • ROLLING STONE IT'S TIME TO ADMIT YOU SUCK BALLS. I was better than Kurt Cobain when I was a fetus.
    anonymous anonymous 2/11/08 Reply
     
    • it doesnt matter how good he played it was just how he played the guitar and his style of playing
      anonymous anonymous 8/12/08
       
  • If any one has heared of Roy Buchanan you know he rates far higher than 57, I,m not going to knock anyone elses judgement but look him up for your selves. I agree about Slash but I would,nt drop any of the others, none should be judged by a mere mortal.
    anonymous anonymous 2/11/08 Reply
     
  • jack white in the top twenty? and eddie van halen at 70? have you never seen him play eruption? and there is no finger picking acoustic guitarists like adrian legg. stevie vai and joe satriani should be in the top ten no doubt with jimmy page on top.
    anonymous anonymous 2/25/08 Reply
     
    • jack white should not be in the top 20 eddie should and mark knopfler (27) is a finger picking guitarist but most of the time not on acoustic but i totally agree
      anonymous anonymous 7/2/08
       
  • Man they left out buckethead yngwie malmsteen eric johnson joe satriani......
    anonymous anonymous 2/27/08 Reply
     
  • jimi hendrix sucks at guitar, why is he on the list?
    anonymous anonymous 3/2/08 Reply
     
    • shut the f*** up, you have no idea what your talkin about, jimi hendrix is the best guitarist of all time, i agree with that part of the list. think about it, he may not of been much better than many of these guitarist but back then, he was way ahead of his time.
      anonymous anonymous 6/27/08
       
    • I really hope you were kidding, if not, you're a dumbass. Assuming you're serious, you're very ignorant and unappreciative of the roots and innovators of your music. Hendrix was WAY ahead of his time. Without him, music would sound nothing like it sounds today.
      anonymous anonymous 7/3/08
       
    • Blasphemy! You do not need to know every technical thing on the guitar to be great! Jimi made and thought of sounds no one themselves would think of. His music sent us to worlds unimaginable. You, sir, know nothing of true music.
      anonymous anonymous 7/7/08
       
    • i agree with you. i think townsend was abetter guitarist and so was page and iomi. who were odley enough coming out the same time as jimi. funny guys he started a new type of guitar. yeah and everyone changed and released albums like his within those years. bull fricking stuff. it was a musical revolution of all guitarists. you cant credid one stupid nigger. and honestly richards and townsend came out first. hmmmmm thats odd. you fricking idiots
      anonymous anonymous 7/11/08
       
    • Don't know about 'sux' but he's not number one by a long shot... but don't sweat it = his staunch defenders dropped a bit too much acid back when.
      anonymous anonymous 8/10/08
       
  • joni mitchell should be higher
    anonymous anonymous 3/2/08 Reply
     
  • joni mitchell should be higher
    anonymous anonymous 3/2/08 Reply
     
  • joni mitchell should be higher
    anonymous anonymous 3/2/08 Reply
     
  • Even the idea of a list like this is retarded. Hendrix at one is the only thing they got right. Beyond that, it's all a question of taste. This is so retarded I don't even know why I'm bothering to type.
    anonymous anonymous 3/6/08 Reply
     
  • Where are the clssical players? Where are the Africans (apart from 6 Ali Farka TourĂ©). Where are the South Americans? Where are the jazz players? Maybe this list should be called the greatest one hundred guitarists that appeal to musically illiterate and ignorant westerners that think that Eddie van Halen is a musician because he can jerk his wrist up and down very quickly?
    anonymous anonymous 3/6/08 Reply
     
  • rolling stone has been in the music industry for decades. i think they would know who the best guitarists are over a bunch of 20 year olds who have nothing better to do then listen to their heavy metal shredding music and think "wow! hes really good!". jimi hendrix is at the top, and will probly be there for a long time. eddie van halen just did double tapping and techniques like that. listen to eruption live, it's nothing special. and as for slash, he's deffinently not one of the greatest guitarists ever. i mean, he's good, but there are tons of people who are more skilled then him.
    anonymous anonymous 3/8/08 Reply
     
  • This is great....I'm amazed at the wisdom of putting brother Duane so high up..where he should be! I like him best, but can understand Hendrix as 1, given his innovations.
    Would put Santana in top 10.
    Thanks!
    anonymous anonymous 3/8/08 Reply
     
    • Shut the frick up, you obviously work for rolling stone.
      anonymous anonymous 7/3/08
       
  • You are a bunch of cs (Rolling stone) cobain is good but 12??? WHAT THE frickIS the edge DOING THERE ABOVE HALEN? WHERES DIME? frick YOU! YOU DONT KNOW MUSIC! THE STONE HAS BEEN ROLLING FOR TO LONG. frick YOU.
    anonymous anonymous 3/9/08 Reply
     
  • I did not write "frick" these bastards changed my opinion. Its time to... RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE! wrrrRRRAAAAAAAGGGHHHHH!!!
    anonymous anonymous 3/9/08 Reply
     
  • I agree with most people here- Jimmy Page # 1, Wes Montgomery #2,Jimmi #3, Eric Clapton #4, David Gilmour #5, SRV #6, Jerry Garcia #7, Ed Van Halen #8, Mark Knopfler #9,Warren Haynes #10 ,I would also put Slash very he plays a very clean acoustic too. Rolling Stone should be ashamed of self. Ok, Kirk Cobaine # 12 on list of Rock frontmen of all time but guitar, no
    anonymous anonymous 3/12/08 Reply
     
  • 82 David Gilmour of Pink Floyd? Thats quite disrespectful. Rolling stone are very ignorent it seems.
    anonymous anonymous 3/16/08 Reply
     
  • I agree with the guy who mentioned allen collins. I think rolling stone are too big-headed for their own good. It's almost as if they have intentionaly taken the duty of making bullstuff lists upon themselves! They are very bias. This list is just some rich dudes opinion who thinks he knows everything. Bullstuff really.
    anonymous anonymous 3/16/08 Reply
     
  • What Eddie at #70 give me a break. And Cobain is nowhere near the top 100 of all time. How about Alex Lifeson of Rush or Lindsey Buckingham or Bilyl Gibbons or Joe Satriani. Jack Black, Johnny Ramone and Cobain you people are on crack.
    anonymous anonymous 3/18/08 Reply