Rolling Stone names Hendrix best guitarist ever

[luckyed]

I'm not gonna click through 100 pages, but hopefully they at least included Django? Not that Rolling Stone's R&R-biased opinions count for anything at all...

Edit: Found the list on one page: http://www.hotguitarist.com/guitar_artists/guitar_players.htm

No Leo Kottke, no Doc Watson... what a joke.

That is a different list.

 

[gearhound]

LOL!!

I'm surprised Rolling Stone didn't have....Esteban.....as #1?

Steve

 

[AnalogDigit]

No complaints here about Hendrix being number one.

 

[jimfet]

Ditto. I have a 92, Rolling Stone mag cover framed on my wall. It says Hendrix. Greatest guitarist of all time. Then the mag goes from front to back with interviews of most on that list talking about how great he was, etc.....

I can't think of anyone that has influenced more guitar players than he. I don't think a second person would be close.

As far as the rest of the list. It's up for grabs. Who influenced the most second.

 

[sKiZo]

Time for a new list

Best guitarists nobody ever heard of ...

Cella Kotek

 

[superdog]

Hendrix as number one should be no surprise..One may not care for his music but the scope of his influence and playing puts him at the top of the heap. IMO

 

[JohnVF]

And once again Rolling Stone proves itself to be the magazine you can read without even opening it. Everything you think they'll print, is what they print, including this list of top 10 guitarists that you'd expect to be in a Rolling Stone top 10 list of guitarists. Let me guess....top 10 bands of all time: Beatles, Rolling Stones, Zeppelin, Pink Floyd. I don't even need the list.

 

[rnorton]

Richard Thompson was #69. Proof that this list means next to nothing.

Or less than nothing. It proves that not nearly enough people have heard him play. He could smoke ANYONE on the list with two broken strings.

 

[rnorton]

I'm not gonna click through 100 pages, but hopefully they at least included Django? Not that Rolling Stone's R&R-biased opinions count for anything at all...

Edit: Found the list on one page: http://www.hotguitarist.com/guitar_artists/guitar_players.htm

No Leo Kottke, no Doc Watson... what a joke.

As both Frank Zappa and Hunter Thompson pointed out at different times, Rolling Stone is a fashion magazine, not a music magazine.

 

[Amcrebelfan]

Phil keaggy is amazing as well

 

[zebra03]

I think this settles it .

 

[eljr]

http://news.yahoo.com/rolling-stone-names-hendrix-best-guitarist-ever-054130594.html

Lists like this are sure to start arguements, so argue away. Personally, I'd take Johnny Marr over all of their top 10, which seems to be stuck in the past.

You and it appears no one else.

What a rude way to start a thread.

 

[eljr]

Jerry Garcia at 46 and Jorma Kaukonen omitted. :scratch2:

 

[eljr]

I'm not gonna click through 100 pages, but hopefully they at least included Django? Not that Rolling Stone's R&R-biased opinions count for anything at all...

Edit: Found the list on one page: http://www.hotguitarist.com/guitar_artists/guitar_players.htm

No Leo Kottke, no Doc Watson... what a joke.

Leo is another glaring omission I admit.

 

[frankxbe]

A lot of talent on that list I couldn't pick one best and a lot would be favorites

 

[Hajidub]

I did'nt see the whole list but the top ten seem a little off to me. Stevie Ray Vaughn, Joe satriani, Carlos Santana, Les Paul I'm just getting started. who's the best bass player? Robert

Thought for sure Joe Satriani would have made the top 10! Though not considered a legend, like much of the list, Sungha Jung has quickly become my favorite guitarist of all time. Youtube this kid, he's the bee's knee's!

 

[BlindBoyGrnt]

Or less than nothing. It proves that not nearly enough people have heard him play. He could smoke ANYONE on the list with two broken strings.

I saw him play a solo with one broken string - simply amazing.

 

[Mystic]

David Gilmour. Pink Floyd thread quota satisfied.

 

[michaelhigh]

Phil keaggy is amazing as well

I was fishing for a replacement for BB, and Phil Keaggy immediately came to mind. I agree totally with the rest of the top 10. :yes:

 

[RT Fan]

Having seen over 500 concerts so far, I can honestly say I have never seen a better, more talented guitar player than Alan Holdsworth. For him not to be included on this list proves to me it is not worth discussing.