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Willie Nelson Makes Top Guitarists List PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 25 November 2011 00:49
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Top CelebStoners Willie Nelson and Neil Young are among Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists. The list consists mostly of rock and blues players, and only includes two women.

Here's the list:
Jimi Hendrix1. 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 Townsend; 11. George Harrison; 12. Stevie Ray Vaughan; 13. Albert King; 14. David Gilmore; 15. Freddie 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. Joey Ramone; 29. Scotty Moore; 30. Elmore James; 31. Ry Cooder; 32. Billy Gibbons; 33. Prince; 34. Curtis Mayfield; 35. John Lee Hooker; 36. Randy Rhoads; 37. Mick Taylor; 38. The Edge; 39. Steve Cropper; 40. Tom Morello;

41. Mick Ronson; 42. Michael Bloomfield; 43. Hubert Sumlin; 44. Mark Knofler; 45. Link Wray; 46. Jerry Garcia; 47. Stephen Stills; 48. Jonny Greenwood; 49. Muddy Waters, 50. Richie Blackmore; 51. Johnny Marr; 52. Clarence White; 53. Otis Rush; 54. Joe Walsh; 55. John Lennon; 56. Albert Collis; 57. Rory Gallagher; 58. Peter Green; 59. Robbie Robertson; 60. Ron Asheton;

Willie Nelson61. Dickey Betts; 52. 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 Frusicante; 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. Thurston Moore; 100. Lindsay Buckingham.

Glaring omissions: Trey Anastasio, Roy Buchanan, Warren Haynes, Steve Howe, Bob Marley, Mike McCready, Jimmy Nolan, Vernon Reid, Chinna Smith.

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Comments (27)
27 Sunday, 11 December 2011 10:40
thorswitch
I agree 100% that Alex Lifeson should be at - if not near - the top. Think about it. Here's a guy in a band with Neil Peart and Geddy Lee who are each considered to be at the top of their fields in their respective instruments, and for over 35 years, Alex has not just kept up with them, adding exactly what each song needs from the guitar, but he's developed his own distinctive style and tone - and he does it without gimmicky tricks, instead using his own virtuoso talent. His being as underrated as he is is just a crime against music.
26 Wednesday, 07 December 2011 06:32
DJ
Alex Lifeson should be 1st not 98 IMO. He has played and recorded most of the other guys stuff, and has blown the original guitarists away (all while having his own tone like no other). Have a listen to Rush's album Feedback where they redo many of the oldies of Clapton Townshend, etc. Now don't get me wrong, I love them all. I am just tired of seeing Alex being so underated when the others are way too overrated. I mean, I cant even hear Clapton play on most of his songs? Plus, when he played in Toronto with Jeff beck, I could not hear him play there either. Jeff Beck blew his socks off. Beck has recently become a top 10 for me. Andy Summers should be a close 2nd IMO as well. I am also tired of seeing Hendrix as #1. Stevie Ray Vaughan can play Hendrix songs at least 10 times better than he ever could. Mind you he did not write them. I guess Rolling Stone must have used a list of non-musicians here. People are such Sheep!
Agree Disagree.
25 Thursday, 01 December 2011 21:58
Dave
Hackett?
24 Thursday, 01 December 2011 00:30
Tobo
err...Alvin Lee???? Ten Years After......
23 Monday, 28 November 2011 16:12
Dee Dee
Interesting to see Joey Ramone come in at number 28. Particularly so since he was the band's lead singer and didn't play an instrument.
22 Saturday, 26 November 2011 11:04
AntonS
Jimi Hendrix should not be in Top 10. Ritchie Blackmore totally outplays him in every aspect, as do many others. Where are Gary Moore and Yngwie Malmsteen? Meaningless commercial media-produced list by people who who have no understanding of rock/blues music.
21 Saturday, 26 November 2011 10:52
Swingin Steve
This list is an absolute JOKE!! No more need be said anyone who knows music will agree
20 Saturday, 26 November 2011 08:49
brothernot
Bruce Springteen! Ha Ha you must be drunk!
19 Saturday, 26 November 2011 07:15
Steelstrings
And...Brian Setzer...
18 Saturday, 26 November 2011 07:13
Steelstrings
Also...Hank Garland, Larry Carlton
17 Saturday, 26 November 2011 03:47
BADGE
Kim Simmonds, Andy Powell, Mick Abrahams, Stan Webb, Nils Lofgren, Steve Miller, Jorma Kaukonen, Alvin Lee
16 Friday, 25 November 2011 17:10
Clive P
Townsend better than Rory, don't make me laugh. Where is Joe Bonamassa?
15 Friday, 25 November 2011 15:59
brothernot
I'm over 50 y/o and have been playing most of my life. When I see these top guitar player lists like this the first guy I look for is Alvin Lee. I'm not saying he put out as many hits as some, but come on half of this list couldn't even jam with Lee! If you want to put up a list like this(player/hitmaker) then John Fogerty should be right up there with Keef.
14 Friday, 25 November 2011 14:16
Billy Stark
What about Lonnie Mack?
13 Friday, 25 November 2011 13:49
Rocky Frisco
If you want to know why this list is broken, stupid and just wrong, look for JJ Cale. He's not there. Ask Mark Knopfler and Eric Clapton if JJ Cale should be on that list, near the top.
12 Friday, 25 November 2011 13:40
editor
FYI: Rory Gallagher is #57 and Alex Lifeson is #98
11 Friday, 25 November 2011 13:34
Theresa McKermott
Where is Rory Gallagher???????????
10 Friday, 25 November 2011 10:55
Sammy D. Williams
Where the hell is Tommy Emmanuel?
9 Friday, 25 November 2011 10:46
scott kesson..
That list is silly. Les Paul and Chet Atkins should be in the top 5. Steve Vai is one of the most important and interesting things to ever happen to electric guitar and he gets no mention. Keith Richards above Jeff Beck? Ha ha!! Really? I agree with the "glaring omissions" and would add Brad Paisley, Red Volkert, Brent Mason and Mike Keneally. Oh well, it's a pretty meaningless list....
8 Friday, 25 November 2011 10:44
Dusty Clayton
I find this list extremely hard to believe given Omar Rodriguez-Lopez is not on the list
7 Friday, 25 November 2011 09:31
Jay
Mick Jones
6 Friday, 25 November 2011 08:29
BirdsNest
Where is Doyle Bramhall II?
5 Friday, 25 November 2011 08:03
Marc Clark
What!!! No Harvey Mandel!?!
4 Friday, 25 November 2011 06:17
spreng
And where's Bob Bogle? How many of us learned guitar listening to The Ventures?
3 Friday, 25 November 2011 03:33
Moosellini
What about Alex Lifeson? You have about 40 or more on there that don't even belong. It's kind of hard to give credence to any supposed greatest guitarists that has Keith Richards and Chuck Berry higher than Stevie Ray Vaughan and Randy Rhodes 36th. Maybe you should delete the whole list, listen to albums by each of them and start all over. Unless you just like to pick names at random, then by all means let us know to not bother to read any more lists.
2 Friday, 25 November 2011 03:28
Birdebyrd
well, at least this one's peer reviewed, and I gotta say, commercial success largely determines one's placement on the list.
1 Friday, 25 November 2011 02:17
Mark Rosenthal
Where is Joe Satriani, Steve Vai & Oranthi?
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