Lets Make A List

[Dave Bloom]

Discussing bands, musicians, artists, etc...Lets start with guitar.


Who do you think the greatest guitarist of all time is? Top Five? Top Ten?


Feel free to add other list makers.

[Greco]

Rolling Stone Magazine says it's:

01. Jimi Hendrix
02. Eric Clapton
03. Jimmy Page
04. Keith Richards
05. Jeff Beck
06. B.B. King
07. Chuck Berry
08. Eddie Van Halen
09. Duane Allman
10. Pete Townshend

[Bill]

Who do you think the greatest guitarist of all time is? Top Five? Top Ten?

Well, the "greatest guitarist of all time" is probably some jazz or classical guitarist I never heard of, so I'll just list my five favorites in whatever order they occur to me. This list will likely give away my taste in music.

1) Doc Watson
2) Tony Rice
3) Merle Travis
4) Norman Blake
5) Charles Sawtelle

Who's on your list, Dave? I know you're a picker, yourself ;-)

[Bad Wolf]

Poor old Richie Blackmore gets left of all the lists, and no one has made more heads bang than Angus Young.

[FightingForAir]

In no particular order:

Chet Atkins
Steve Vai
Les Paul
Martin Taylor
Frank Zappa
Tommy Emmanuel
Andres Segovia
Jeff Beck
Christopher Parkening
Django Reinhardt


Too hard to rank because the styles are soooo different amongst most of these guys ... and what makes them each incredible musicians is also unique.

This guy will most definitely make the list some day:

[Bluewing]

1. Angus Young - lead guitarist for AC/DC - because he has only played 3 chords since the Back in Black album released in 1980 but he plays them all enthusiastically; plus the shorts and the spastic stage presence are classic

2. Randy Rhoads - for "Crazy Train" alone

3. Bruce Cockburn

4. Eddie Van Halen

5. The Edge

[Dave Bloom]

In no Particular Order and Off The Top Of My Head


Slash (Guns n Roses) <------My favorite!!!!!!

Pete Townsend (The Who) <------Greatest Song Writer

Omar Rodríguez-López (Mars Volta)

Keith Richards (Rolling Stones) <--------Riff Machine

Jimi Hendrix

SRV

[Bad Wolf]

When thinking about lists like these, I find it hard to separate individual musicians from the groups they were part of. Is it David Gilmore I like, or is it the sound that Pink Floyd make as a group and the amazing writing of Roger Walters? I love Gilmore's long, winding, haunting solos, they just drip with dark emotions, but without the framework of Walter's masterful composing.......

[Zach]

I agree with bad wolf... Although I find myself listening to ummagumma quite often as well as Syd Barrett's creativity shines through on there. Have you ever heard another song that has kazoo's?

Careful with that axe Eugene;-)

[nwhitta]

Jimi Hendrix towers above everyone else.

Others I love to listen to ...
Jimmy Page
Ritchie Blackmore
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Eric Clapton
BB King
Albert King
Alvin Lee
Joe Santorini
Tony Iommi
Mark Knopfler

[ysb33r]

What? No Mark Knopfler in any of your lists ?

[FightingForAir]

What? No Mark Knopfler in any of your lists ?

I love Knopfler as an artist ... have several of his albums, but personally I wouldn't put him in the "elite" guitarist category.

Now, for songcraft/artistry ... absolutely.

[Mr. Bluesky]

Top five, in no particular order:

Jimmy Page
Eric Clapton
Jimi Hendrix
Ry Cooder
Buddy Guy

And I think Stevie Ray Vaughan is number 6.

[Bad Wolf]

Here is a list of the top ten live bands I've seen. Most of them back in the seventies and eighties.

In order of how long it took to recover afterwards;

Motorhead
AC/DC
Staus Quo
The Who
Led Zepplin
Black Sabbath
Pink Floyd
Genesis
Boomtown Rats
Frank Zappa

[Dave Bloom]

Perfect, I love this. Best seen live shows.

In no particular order:

311
Guns n Roses
Van Halen
The Who
Rush
Pink Floyd
Dave Matthews
Metallica
Motley Crue
Mars Volta