Rolling Stone's "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" Do you agree?

 I do not agree with Hendrix being above Page, Clapton, Gilmore, or Barrett, but the rest I can honestly say I agree with

1Jimi Hendrix
2 Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band
3 B.B. King
4 Eric Clapton
5 Robert Johnson
6 Chuck Berry
7 Stevie Ray Vaughan
8 Ry Cooder
9 Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
10 Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones
11Kirk Hammett of Metallica
12 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana
13 Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead
14 Jeff Beck
15 Carlos Santana
16 Johnny Ramone of the Ramones
17 Jack White of the White Stripes
18 John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
19 Richard Thompson
20 James Burton
21 George Harrison
22 Mike Bloomfield
23 Warren Haynes
24 The Edge of U2
25 Freddy King
26 Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
27 Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits
28 Stephen Stills
29 Ron Asheton of the Stooges
30 Buddy Guy
31 Dick Dale
32 John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service
33 & 34 Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth
35 John Fahey
36 Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MG's
37 Bo Diddley
38 Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac
39 Brian May of Queen
40 John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival
41 Clarence White of the Byrds
42 Robert Fripp of King Crimson
43 Eddie Hazel of Funkadelic
44 Scotty Moore
45 Frank Zappa
46 Les Paul
47 T-Bone Walker
48 Joe Perry of Aerosmith
49 John McLaughlin
50 Pete Townshend
51 Paul Kossoff of Free
52 Lou Reed
53 Mickey Baker
54 Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane
55 Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple
56 Tom Verlaine of Television
57 Roy Buchanan
58 Dickey Betts
59 & 60 Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien of Radiohead
61 Ike Turner
62 Zoot Horn Rollo of the Magic Band
63 Danny Gatton
64 Mick Ronson
65 Hubert Sumlin
66 Vernon Reid of Living Colour
67 Link Wray
68 Jerry Miller of Moby Grape
69 Steve Howe of Yes
70 Eddie Van Halen
71 Lightnin' Hopkins
72 Joni Mitchell
73 Trey Anastasio of Phish
74 Johnny Winter
75 Adam Jones of Tool
76 Ali Farka Toure
77 Henry Vestine of Canned Heat
78 Robbie Robertson of the Band
79 Cliff Gallup of the Blue Caps (1997)
80 Robert Quine of the Voidoids
81 Derek Trucks
82 David Gilmour of Pink Floyd
83 Neil Young
84 Eddie Cochran
85 Randy Rhoads
86 Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath
87 Joan Jett
88 Dave Davies of the Kinks
89 D. Boon of the Minutemen
90 Glen Buxton of Alice Cooper
91 Robby Krieger of the Doors
92 & 93 Fred "Sonic" Smith, Wayne Kramer of the MC5
94 Bert Jansch
95 Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine
96 Angus Young of AC/DC
97 Robert Randolph
98 Leigh Stephens of Blue Cheer
99 Greg Ginn of Black Flag
100 Kim Thayil of Soundgarden

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Comments (1586)

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  • Al di Meola ???
    Anonymous 3 hours ago Reply
  • Buckethead?
    Michael Hedges?
    Ben Harper?
    Beck Hanson?
    Johnny Hickman?
    Chet Atkins?
    Sungha jung?

    Andre Segovia?

    You need to get out more often.
    Anonymous 5 hours ago Reply
  • eddie van halen, angus young, tony iommi, and randy rhodes should at least be in the top 20
    Anonymous 5 hours ago Reply
  • Where the F@#$ is slash, and sambora??? the list is bogus!!
    Anonymous 13 hours ago Reply
    • yeah man this list sucks
      Anonymous 5 hours ago
  • I honestly think jimi was good. but not nearly the best. I feel like this list is more about popularity than skill. They should redo this whole thing based off of ability. I know for a fact that jimi was more popular than randy rhodes, but no way...
    Anonymous 17 hours ago Reply
  • Why JohnPetrucci from Dream Theater is not on the list?
    Anonymous 22 hours ago Reply
  • Err Prince?????????? this list does not include Prince?
    Anonymous 11/23/09 Reply
  • JImmy Isn't the best. Maybe if you're conformist you think that, but how about you go listen to Steve Vai and Zack Wylde. This list is bull
    Anonymous 11/22/09 Reply
  • Peter Frampton????? Hello?????? And Angus should be top 10 NO DOUBT
    Anonymous 11/22/09 Reply
  • where's alvin lee?
    SandyC21 11/22/09 Reply
  • all of u are s.where are : slash,yngwie malmsteen,zack wylde.are u crazy or stupid ?van halen 70?randy rhoads 85?angus young 96?david gilmour 82?what the hell is going on?who thinks that this list is right?
    Anonymous 11/21/09 Reply
  • WTF. Hendrix is not even close to being one of the best. Its bull. For one, hes too sloppy, and second, his solos suck. You want good guitar you should listen to some Rhoads, Wylde, Linde, and any metal guitarist who can play gnarly solos at their...
    Anonymous 11/20/09 Reply
    • ummm jimi is the best and you really can not argue with that, the man made eric clapton pee his pants and created a sound from one guitar that no other could match so dont say ur metal guys can out play him
      SandyC21 11/22/09
  • eddie van halen super!!!!!!!!!!! eddie eddie eddie .................
    Anonymous 11/20/09 Reply
  • Tony Iommi down at 86?!?! WTF?!
    Anonymous 11/20/09 Reply
  • Looks like the best POP guitarists of all time on this list. Why the is Curt Cobain so high on the list and Allen Collins of Lynynrd Skynyrd did'nt even make it.
    Anonymous 11/19/09 Reply