Top Guitarists according to Rolling Stone

[Kuoppis]

Left side of the list is kind of to my liking (even though style biased), the other side needs some adjustment.

And it is a typical old-fashioned and male-biased list: where are Joan Jett, Beth Hart, Orianthi etc.?

Slight US/UK focus maybe, Michael Schenker ringing a bell?

I also see the distortion department being underrepresented, missing Dimebag Darrell, Ace Frehley, Randy Rhoads, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai or basically any of the great rhythm guitarists.

Same for the Jazz department, no Joe Pass, Herb Ellis or Grant Green?

And of course Agnus Young, Billy Gibbons, Dave Murray, etc. missing must be some kind of joke [emoji869].

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[Shadowfax]

Niel Young is no virtuoso, good performer with great songs but com on, there are so many like Jeff Kollman, Piotr Grudzinsky, and a whole rack of music I have here. Greg Howe, Al DiMiola, Michael Hedges

 

[Priaptor]

Niel Young is no virtuoso, good performer with great songs but com on, there are so many like Jeff Kollman, Piotr Grudzinsky, and a whole rack of music I have here. Greg Howe, Al DiMiola, Michael Hedges

Yeah RollingStone changes this nonsense all the time. I really like Neil Young, but a top 20 "guitarist"???? Gimme a break. I could say the same about a bunch of others, but hey, no one pays me to "rate" them. I also love your picks.

The only thing to me that matters is not their rating, but who I can continuously listen to. For me Mark Knopfler just gets everything right.

 

[XV-1]

Interesting that the best guitarist nominated by Eric Clapton is not even on the list. Prince.

 

[CPP]

Interesting that the best guitarist nominated by Eric Clapton is not even on the list. Prince.

Agree, Prince made position 33 ; https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-20111123/curtis-mayfield-20111122

 

[XV-1]

Agree, Prince made position 33 ; https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-20111123/curtis-mayfield-20111122

ha ha ha. @32 is Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top - gimme a break. just shows how much of a joke the list is.

 

[Priaptor]

Agree, Prince made position 33 ; https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-20111123/curtis-mayfield-20111122

I have to say, I was never a Prince fan, until after he died. I really like him. Too bad I waited so long. That video was fantastic by the way. When I first saw it after he died, I said, how could I have not listened to this guy.

 

[Kuoppis]

Interesting that the best guitarist nominated by Eric Clapton is not even on the list. Prince.

So true!


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[Kuoppis]

ha ha ha. @32 is Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top - gimme a break. just shows how much of a joke the list is.

That is indeed funny! Perhaps one of the world’s most shredded after guitarist.


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[brad225]

Alvin Lee, Ten Years After?

I was watching part of TMZ the other day (I just love to see the self important celebrities make fools of themselves). They somehow how got on to a music discussion and the vast majority agreed that Kenny G was the best Sax player the world has ever heard produced. To each their own.

 

[DogsPart2]

Sorry, not even close.

Danny Gatton
Richard Thompson
Mike Bloomfield.

Not to mention many jazz and classical guitarists.

The Rolling Stain article should have been titled "A few rock and blues guitarists we think are popular"

 

[Kuoppis]

The Rolling Stain article should have been titled "A few rock and blues guitarists we think are popular"

Superb comment, very witty [emoji3].


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[bikeman71]

How many lists have been put together like this over the years? It's so subjective and dependent on life experiences. For me, the late Michael Houser from Widespread Panic is way up there. Every time I hear one of his solos I get goose bumps...and many times tears follow.

 

[UltraFast69]

Really it should living or those that took the stairway to heaven, then down to style and genre.

Hendrix to me is my all time favorite but he does not appeal to the mass despite being the highest paid musician during his high point.

Crazy enough I seen Willie Nelson plan an acoustic like it was his last time a few years back 3rd row from the stage in a outside venue and let me tell you it was amazing but he must have at least 60 years of experience.




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[Mikado463]

Niel Young is no virtuoso, good performer with great songs but com on, there are so many like Jeff Kollman, Piotr Grudzinsky, and a whole rack of music I have here. Greg Howe, Al DiMiola, Michael Hedges

agreed, totally ......

 

[Mikado463]

Sorry, not even close.

Danny Gatton
Richard Thompson
Mike Bloomfield.

Not to mention many jazz and classical guitarists.

The Rolling Stain article should have been titled "A few rock and blues guitarists we think are popular"

it's close, I know of no one that wouldn't put Hendrix and Clapton in the top ten.

 

[Al M.]

Agree on Prince. Where's Frank Zappa? Ridiculous that he's not in the Top 5. Oh forgot, he is not a blues guitarist. Disqualifies him. Nevermind.

 

[GSOphile]

Without Mark Knopfler this list sucks, IMHO of course.

 

[rbbert]

Without Mark Knopfler this list sucks, IMHO of course.

He's probably on it somewhere, maybe just not in the Top 20. IIRC, he's been in the top 20 in at least one of their previous lists.

 

[BlueFox]

No need to get upset over this, or any other, list. It’s just someone expressing their opinion. Make your own if you disagree. For whatever reason, I like this kind of thing. If it agrees with my opinion then I think the author is very astute. If I don’t agree then the author is an idiot. LOL. It’s all in fun.

Generally, it seems a best guitarists list reflects someone’s taste in music. If you like the song then the band/guitarist is awesome. If you don’t listen to some other genre/band then the guitarist is unknown.