Top Ten Guitarists (Rolling Stone Magazine)

..and Richard T, Hank and of course Mr K.

Its all bollicks.

Top ten worst would be more fun.

I would be number one in the frame with 180 million or more others.

Stu

That guy playing with Gillian last night on Jules was something else.

I only court the last bit ,but man was he doing some fills on her song.

Stu

No Peter Green? No Fat Dave? No Steve Cropper?

NO NIGEL TUFNEL!!!!????

The news article that alerted me to this top ten list talked about the 'greatest guitar player'! I'm not sure if that meant just rock and pop, or everything?

My brother is an accomplished classical guitarist, and he introduced me to Segovia, Julian Bream, Laurindo Almeida, and other greats!

I like Clapton, but he is a bit too high on the list, IMO, and yet he has been a great ambassador. Boring at times, amazing sometimes!

And watching the 'Crossroads Festival', you can hear an almost endless number of greats!

B.B. King is debatable, too. What about Bo Diddley?

Dave

What they on about,no Rory Gallagher,no Albert Collins

No Richie Blackmore or Angus young?

must be greatest before 1980 as i cant see  Johnny Marr ??

Some years ago went to see John Mayall in concert just after Clapton left. Mick Taylor was playing lead. 17 years old and thought  he was great. Many years later went to see John again this time Buddy Whittington playing lead. Never saw a player more at one with his guitar. Watch this play off with Mick and Buddy and see what you think. Both brilliant, admittedly with different styles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...&feature=related

Bereli Lagrene is arguably the best guitarist technically, non rock or blues, who is alive today.

Nick Drake.?

Robert Johnson.?

Monty Parkin.?

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No Les Paul, David Gilmour...

No Chris Jones.

And the list grows.??

Stu

I will bung this man in now because if i dont?

I know Guy will.

The legand that is Bert.

We were all in our bedrooms with his book in the 60s/70s/80s/90s/2000/2011.

I still will be in 2012..

I will crack it.one day.

Stu.

That's the only think that Burt didn't tell you.

Which FRIGGIN' day it was. 

My worst music magazine chart 

1. Rolling Stone
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I don't think the dudes that make up the Rolling tone lists ever listen to any music. 

As the great Vivian Stanshall (Ginger Geezer) once said

We are NORMAL and we want our freedom

We are normal 'cos we dig Bert Weedon. 

If that is a top 10 guitar players then where are

Albert Lee, John DuCann, Peter Green, Nick Drake, Michael Chapman, Roy Harper, Hank Marvin, Robert Fripp, Steve Hillage, Danny Kirwan, John Martyn and Fred Frifth or even Alvin Lee, Ritchie Blackmore, Jerry Garcia, John Weinzierl, Michael Karoli, Steve Marriott and that bloke who plays outside the chip shop and swears he's Django Reinhardt .... 

Not even Pete Townshend would put himself in the top 10 .... oh come to think of it, he probably would. Sorry, but I don't even know who Eddie Van Halen is, Jan Akkerman is my favourite Dutch guitarist. 

And as Stu says a list without ROBERT JOHNSON, well please see earlier post for my view on Rolling Stone. Long live Record Collector. 

All the best, Guy

Check out the full top 100 on their website.

Ian,

We can have a healthy debate.

But Rolling Stone have been so up them selves for years, thinking what they print is the truth,

Stu

Exacyly. I haven't bought a copy in over a decade.

The very late 50s 60s and 70s were the best times for music press.IMO.

It was new and real.up to a point.

Payola was there but only for chart fixing.

Its so been all about money from the 80s.

Stu.