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Rolling Stone names Hendrix best guitarist ever

Wed Nov 23, 2011 10:40am IST
REUTERS - Legendary musician Jimi Hendrix was named the greatest guitar player in history on Wednesday by Rolling Stone magazine in a list compiled by a panel of music experts and top guitar players.

"Jimi Hendrix exploded our idea of what rock music could be: He manipulated the guitar, the whammy bar, the studio and the stage," said Grammy-winning guitarist Tom Morello in the magazine, citing Hendrix's "Purple Haze" and "The Star-Spangled Banner" as key tracks.

Hendrix is joined by the likes of Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page and Pete Townshend among the top 10, in a list laden with rock 'n' roll icons spanning decades.

The panel of experts recruited to vote for their favorite guitar players included musicians such as Lenny Kravitz, Eddie Van Halen (who was voted No. 8), Brian May and Dan Auerbach from The Black Keys, along with a selection of Rolling Stone's senior writers and editors.

The experts also weighed in on their favorites, with Pearl Jam's Mike McCready calling Eddie Van Halen "a master of riffs" and Joe Perry praising Jimmy Page's "vision of how to transcend the stereotypes of what the guitar can do."

The full list will be featured in a special issue with four special covers of Van Halen, Clapton, Hendrix and Page, and will be on newsstands and online at www.rollingstone.com on Friday. Rolling Stone's top 10 greatest guitarists follow:

1. 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 Townshend

(Reporting and Writing by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)


I can't really argue with that list but it got me thinking what about a more modern top 10,say 80's on.Here's some of my picks in no particular order

Slash
Will Sergeant
Johnny Marr
The Edge
John Squire
Christie Moore
Bernard Sumner
Kurt Kobain
Mike McCready
Joey Santiago

I know it's a matter of taste but hey I'll put it out there

 

Do they not do this list every year or so? I'm surprised they've all made it into the top 10, as some ****y music journalist always tries to be controversial and put someone like Jack White in.

 

Mark Knopfler???

No Carlos Santana?

 

Kirk Hammett

 

Yeah my thoughts you could go on and on

 

Everyone's would be different I suppose. Each and every one have their moments of genius, but probably their fair share of **** too. Jimmy Page is responsible for what I think is one of the worst recorded guitar solos of all time - Heartbreaker.

 

No Dimebag Darrell invalidates this list.

 

this plus Mick Ronson,David Gilmour,Tony Iommi,Rory Gallagher and a few others

one for the modern era Paul Leary

 

pete townsend should be booted off for downloading kiddy porn regardless if it was for 'research <ahem>' or not

 

David Gilmour is excluded because his son's (adopted) an arse

edit: just so we're clear I mean his adopted son, not his son has adopted an arse.

 

the edge. if you're going to list him surely the echo/delay effect should be up there as well

 

you could be right first time when he's released

 

already been released, served something like 2 months of a 16 month sentence, was walking a bit funny on the telly when he left mind. Absolute disgrace.

 

Just had a look and in 2003, the greatest guitarists in the Rolling Stone were;

1) Hendrix
2) Duane Allman
3) BB King
4) Clapton
5) Robert Johnson
6) Chuck Berry
7) SRV
8) Ry Cooder
9) Jimmy Page
10) Keith Richards

 

Just been putting a cd together with some Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Keith Richards music on it.

 

I'd have a mention of Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine) and John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers).

 

any of you heard of guthrie govan, probably the most skilled guitarist of the modern era.

 

The 2 greatest guitarists in the world today are Prince and John Mayer. And I hate John Mayer. But hes that good he makes clapton look poor.

 

randy rhodes ain't in that list, that's utter bollocks, john williams, paco de lucia, john mclaughlin, paul gilbert, joe satriani, jose feliciano, uli jon roth to name a few, there's **** loads of mental guitarists