The consensus seems to be that this list of guitarists is, at best, a list
of those whose recordings and/or live playing were stylistically
influential, popular (for the most part), and variably proficient. At worst,
all these artists contributed some indelible sonic memories. Such criteria
suggests a lot of other candidates, and it's pretty entertaining to hear all
the opinions about who should make the cut.  A few votes here for some other
sins of omission:

1)  Lowell George
2)  Pete Buck
3)  David Lindley

Hell, maybe even throw in Billy Gibbons.  Any takers?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <RStupay@levybooks.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 9:34 AM
Subject: Another List


> For those who haven't seen it yet, the current issue of Rolling Stone
> ranks the greatest guitarists of all time.  Some interesting
> inclusions.....and exclusions:
>
> 1 Jimi 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 Bod Diddley
> 38 Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac
> 39 Brian May of Qeen
> 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