Re:!00 Greatest Guitarists
Wednesday, November 23 2011 @ 10:55 PM CST

why was LIndsey Buckingham all the way at the end of the list?

Re:!00 Greatest Guitarists
Thursday, November 24 2011 @ 02:57 AM CST

Quote by: crissew Wow, this list is bizarre. I guess Pete Townsend is better than Steve Vai, Satriani, Yngwie, Al DiMeola, Van Halen and Pat Metheny... who knew?

Van Halen would be at the top of my list, on the other hand, I almost never listen to him. I rate him solely by how much awe he inspired in me when I was 10 years old.

It's all so arbitrary. Was Johnny Marr on the List? I HATED the smiths when I was a kid growing up in the 80's, but now I think that dude was amazing. Same with Jeff Beck.

I'd try to be a hater about RS making lists, but I do it all the time. Mark Knopfler, Nels Cline and Derek Trucks can bring tears to my eyes in an instant. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't even be on someone else's lists.....

....and John Frusciante changed my life back in '92. I completely switched directions on guitar after hearing Blood Sugar. Gosh. This topic could have as many posts as the OWS thread if we don't watch out.

Re:!00 Greatest Guitarists
Thursday, November 24 2011 @ 06:38 AM CST

I think they nailed it.

I don't believe it is possible to challenge them on any of their picks or the rankings, including Joni Mitchell at #75.

My dog, who is highly opinionated, said to me, "but she only plays open tunings!" To which my reply was, "Dog, irrespective of the dubious veracity of that statement, consider this: She sometimes did not play all six strings at once! That alone would entitle her to a place on this list." My dog, chagrinned beyond recognition, muttered something that sounded like "woof," then turned around about ten times and flopped down for a well-deserved nap on my winter coat.

I am particularly pleased that wankers from the Jazz world did not make it onto the list. I double-checked — Rolling Stone's list just says "guitarists," meaning, I guess, people who play guitar, in any genre — so they obviously considered people from other genres like Jazz Classical, and Flamenco, and rejected them.

For good reason, I'd say.

Check out these names, which I found at another website, ranking the 100 greatest Jazz guitarists:

1. Wes Montgomery
2. Django Reinhardt
3. Pat Metheny
4. Joe Pass
5. Charlie Christian
6. John McLaughlin
7. Allan Holdsworth
8. Grant Green
9. John Scofield
10. Jim Hall
11. Larry Coryell
12. Kenny Burrell
13. Bill Frisell
14. Larry Carlton
15. Pat Martino
16. Mike Stern
17. Al Di Meola
18. Lenny Breau
19. Herb Ellis
20. John Abercrombie
21. George Benson
22. Lee Ritenour
23. Tal Farlow
24. Lonnie Johnson
25. Eddie Lang
26. Robert Conti
27. Johnny Smith
28. Bill Connors
29. George Van Eps
30. Jimmy Bruno
31. Jimmy Raney
32. Hank Garland
33. Joe Diorio
34. Barney Kessel
35. Ed Bickert

I don't believe any of these guys is on Rolling Stone's list, nor should they be. They are wankers, all of them. I know I said that already, but my dog told me to say it again.

And get this: Classical guitarists are so bad they I couldn't even find a "Top 100" list for them. I checked parts of two pages of Google results, too! I doubt the results would have been any better had I checked a third page.

Because Classical guitar is inherently lame, that's why!

So, to delusional strummers such as Andres Segovia, Julian Bream, John Williams, Christopher Parkening, David Russell, Kazuhito Yamashita, Sergio Assad, Manuel Barrueco, Dušan Bogdanović, Roland Dyens, Eliot Fisk, Martha Masters, Ana Vidović, Pepe Romero, and Angel Romero, I say this: GET A JOB!!!

Preferably one that does not involve playing guitar. Either that, or plug in your axe so that we can actually hear it! Just sayin'.

And Flamenco guys such as Paco de Lucía, Juan Martin, Carlos Montoya, Paco Peña, Juan Serrano, the entire Gypsy "Kings" (Come on! I seriously doubt any of these guys is Royalty!) Jessie Cook, and yes, even Ottmar Liebert, can join them.

That kind of music may be popular in some freakish niche market, but trust me, it doesn't cut it when compared to the likes of Joni Mitchell's shredding solos.

Yeah! Who's with me?

Re:!00 Greatest Guitarists
Thursday, November 24 2011 @ 06:48 AM CST

L O freakin' L at Clark: Joni rules!

Re:!00 Greatest Guitarists
Thursday, November 24 2011 @ 07:41 AM CST

Yeah totally subjective of course....one crashing chord from Pete T means more to me than the poodle headed rockers practicing their scales at hyperspeed. Haven't read the full list yet though..always contentious. Funny how its always guitar players and not keyboard players or drummers that have this rating system?

Re:!00 Greatest Guitarists
Thursday, November 24 2011 @ 07:51 AM CST

What, no Django Reinhardt?

That for me makes this list not worth the virtual paper it's virtually written on...

Cheers

Dick

Re:!00 Greatest Guitarists
Thursday, November 24 2011 @ 09:23 AM CST

I ll put BB King at number two Gilmour after EC on fourth ,Pete Green , Santana ...ect

Re:!00 Greatest Guitarists
Thursday, November 24 2011 @ 10:24 AM CST

Quote by: composerclark I think they nailed it. I don't believe it is possible to challenge them on any of their picks or the rankings, including Joni Mitchell at #75. My dog, who is highly opinionated, said to me, "but she only plays open tunings!" To which my reply was, "Dog, irrespective of the dubious veracity of that statement, consider this: She sometimes did not play all six strings at once! That alone would entitle her to a place on this list." My dog, chagrinned beyond recognition, muttered something that sounded like "woof," then turned around about ten times and flopped down for a well-deserved nap on my winter coat... I am particularly pleased that wankers from the Jazz world did not make it onto the list. I double-checked — Rolling Stone's list just says "guitarists," meaning, I guess, people who play guitar, in any genre — so they obviously considered people from other genres like Jazz Classical, and Flamenco, and rejected them. For good reason, I'd say... Yeah! Who's with me?

Thank you very much, Clark... nicely done. It's ALWAYS the dog's point of view I'm looking to for clarity when it comes to these inane lists of rankings. I know I can always count on you to provide that critical canine perspective.

Jazz? Classical? Flamenco? Are they kidding? mere Puppy Chow.

Re:!00 Greatest Guitarists
Thursday, November 24 2011 @ 11:01 AM CST

Quote by: composerclark My dog, who is highly opinionated, said to me, "but she only plays open tunings!" To which my reply was, "Dog, irrespective of the dubious veracity of that statement, consider this: She sometimes did not play all six strings at once! That alone would entitle her to a place on this list." My dog, chagrinned beyond recognition, muttered something that sounded like "woof," then turned around about ten times and flopped down for a well-deserved nap on my winter coat.

Hahaha, genius!

Re:!00 Greatest Guitarists
Thursday, November 24 2011 @ 11:17 AM CST

Quote by: composerclark Yeah! Who's with me?

Your list is dubious. First of all, Pat Martino should be on the list twice for pre and post-brain surgery. And you totally left off Baden Powell. Apparently you have no respect for Brazilian guitarists, so I have no respect for your opinions.