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Hmm. I just looked at the real list. I didn't feel like scrolling through the whole darn thing I looked for a simple text list. Wrong one. Poor Steve. Do you think he smashed all of his guitars and cancelled his subscription?
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Randy Rhoads wasn't British. Born in good old Cali-for-nai-yay.
Haven't heard much Jeff Beck, have definitely heard Page and Allman.
No Satriani!
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That'd take him a couple of days. He has over 100!
I think that the voters were looking for the same things as art historians---influence.
An artist's importance is measured by the significance of his/her contribution to following generations. How many practitioners (of note!) owe a debt (and how big) to some one who came before constitutes "a master."
There is an old adage that, in the 20th century, no artist could stand completely clear of Picasso's shadow. It's easy to understand the players who qualify for that moniker. Then there's the unsung, or undersung players a lot of voters included (like Steve Cropper). Then there are the mavericks who are so "out there," that the extent of their identifiable influence is too small to acknowledge.
There really haven't been any guitarists who adopted Steve Howe's playing/ideas, and we all know it. The kid in Dirty Projectors is the only one I can think of that begs the comparison.
It's not Rolling Stone. All lists have these ups and downs. That's why they're fun! It's open season on disagreement!
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Oops, I was on the wrong list. Its cool to see Les Paul on the list. Anyone who thinks it's a good idea to make a guitar out of a fence post is OK by me.
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Haven't heard much Jeff Beck, have definitely heard Page and Allman.
You're missing out. He is one of the most versitile guitarists I know.
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I was thinking about this in the car today, and - like Jack - identified Django as a inexcusable omission.
While I know that at least half the fun of these things is picking them apart, RS didn't title the list "100 most influential rock guitarists". They called it "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
So, they demonstrably and objectively suck.
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1. Jimi Hendrix 2. Eric Clapton 3. Jimmy Page 4. Keith Richards 5. Jeff Beck 6. B.B. King 7. Chuck Berry 8. Eddie Van Halen 9. Duane Allman 10. Pete Townshend 11. George Harrison 12. Stevie Ray Vaughn 13. Albert King 14. David Gilmour 15. Freddy King 16. Derek Trucks 17. Neil Young 18. Les Paul 19. James Burton 20. Carlos Santana 21. Chet Atkins 22. Frank Zappa 23. Buddy Guy 24. Angus Young 25. Tony Iommi 26. Brian May 27. Bo Diddley 28. Johnny Ramone 29. Scotty Moore 30. Elmore James 31. Ry Cooder 32. Billy Gibbons 33. Prince 34. Curtis Mayfield 35. John Lee Hooker 36. Randy Rhodes 37. Mick Taylor 38. The Edge 39. Steve Cropper 40. Tom Morello 41. Mick Ronson 42. Mike Bloomfield 43. Hubert Sumlin 44. Mark Knopfler 45. Link Wray 46. Jerry Garcia 47. Stephen Stills 48. Johnny Greenwood 49. Muddy Waters 50. Ritchie Blackmore 51. Johnny Marr 52. Clarence White 53. Otis Rush 54. Joe Walsh 55. John Lennon 56. Albert Collins 57. Rory Gallagher 58. Peter Green 59. Robbie Robertson 60. Ron Asheton 61. Dickey Betts 62. Robert Fripp 63. Johnny Winter 64. Duane Eddy 65. Slash 66. Leslie West 67. T-Bone Walker 68. John McLaughlin 69. Richard Thompson 70. Jack White 71. Robert Johnson 72. John Frusciante 73. Kurt Cobain 74. Dick Dale 75. Joni Mitchell 76. Robbie Krieger 77. Willie Nelson 78. John Fahey 79. Mike Campbell 80. Buddy Holly 81. Lou reed 82. Nels Cline 83. Eddie Hazel 84. Joe Perry 85. Andy Summers 86. J Mascis 87. James Hetfield 88. Carl Perkins 89. Bonnie Raitt 90. Tom Verlaine 91. Dave Davies 92. Dimebag Darrell 93. Paul Simon 94. Peter Buck 95. Roger McGuinn 96. Bruce Springsteen 97. Steve Jones 98. Alex Lifeson 99. Thurson Moore 100. Lindsay Buckingham
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Coming from Rolling Stone, I guess, for the most part, much of this list is pretty predictable. Right off the top, their first BIG mistake is that any list that puts Clapton 2nd and Stevie Ray Vaughan 12th, is a joke. Clapton couldn't hold SRVs pick. As an old player myself and the one's I listened to over the years from whom I actually learned something are present and older players in the Jazz genre who compared to most on this list, when it comes to outright ability and talent, are in another league altogether. I wouldn't even know who to place first.
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Out of the top 100 list that rolling stone provided I would say Eddie Van Halen as a combination of having the outright ability/talent/chops to play just about anything and being influential and revolutionizing how to play guitar. But how do you not have guys like Vai and Satriani or Malmsteen. Not even one of these guys? Richards at 4 doesn't make sense to me but the rest of the top 10 O.K. But yeah SRV should be higher.
But the list is somewhat pathetic. But if you actually go on the website and see who Rolling stone had picking the list you see musicians from bands like Blink 182 and Weezer.
When I look at this list is see lots of songwriting ability as opposed to playing guitar for many of the individuals.
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