1 Topic by JBonamassa (edited by JBonamassa 2011-11-24 18:41:31)

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Topic: So I did one myself...

It took me 15 minutes  to do this one.... They always say can you do it better yourself... Well I tried..  Mind you many of my friends appear on the Rolling Stone list...  I am really glad to see Derek so high up there ect ect he is world class... This is by NO MEANS a slag upon any of  them... I thought this would be a fun discussion for this forum.. It beats beating up on Rolling stone..  feel free to make your own variation.. Again.. I did this quick..  so its kinda in no particular order...  Something for the post turkey and cranberry feast...
Hav fun!!!  and be nice to each other...
My criteria, is technical skill, influence, writing and overall career to this point...

Jimi Hendrix
Eric Clapton
Eddie Van Halen
Les Paul
Charlie Christian
Jeff Beck
Jimmy Page
BB King
Albert King
Freddie King
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Paul Kossoff
Peter Green
George Harrison
Jerry Garcia
Hubert Sumlin
Yngwie Malmsteen
Stevie Vai
James Burton
Roy Buchanan
Danny Gatton
Wes Montgomery
Jimmy Bryant
Howard Reed
Albert Lee
Joe Satriani
Andres Segovia
Leo Kottke
Doc Watson
Robert Johnson
T-Bone Walker
Django Reinhardt
Lenny Breau
Danny Gatton
Dwayne Allmann
Richie Blackmore
Billy F Gibbons
Rory Gallagher
Keith Richards
Mark Knophler
Ry Cooder
The Edge
Steve Lukather
Dean Parks
Steve Vai
Alan Holdsworth
Michael Landau
David Grissom
Joe Walsh
Mick Ralphs
Bill nelson
Robert Fripp
Steve Howe
Dickey Betts
Steve Hackett
Ray Gomez
Al DiMeola
Warren Haynes
Bireli Legrene
Joe Pass
Joe Strummer
Mick Jones ( Sex Pistols)
Chris Whitley
Robin Trower
Wayne Krantz
Vince Gill
Martin Barre
Trevor Rabin
Mel Galley
Bruce Conte (tower of Power)
Tommy Bolin
Dick Wagner
Earl Slick
Mick Ronson
Alvin Lee
Glenn Campbell
Josh Homme
Larry Carlton
Robben Ford
Sonny Landreth
Slash
John Petrucci
Shawn Lane
Eric Johnson
Steve Cropper
Phil Manzenera
Shuggie Otis
Paco De Lucia
John McLaughlin
Leslie West
Ronnie Montrose
Mike Bloomfield
Tony Iommi
Lowell george
Gary Moore
Albert Collins
Roy Clark
Randy Rhoads
Jimmy Nolen( James Brown  guitarist)
Marv Tarpin (motown guitarst and songwriter)
James hetfield
Frank Marino
Kirk Hammett
Dimebag Darrell
John Martin
Jason Becker
Michael Hedges

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Re: So I did one myself...

My sister's been saying Wes Montgomery all day long! Great list, Joe!

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Re: So I did one myself...

Now that is much better! Off the top of my head I can think of only three I would make room for:

Joe Bonamassa
Pat Metheny
Tommy Emmanuel

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Re: So I did one myself...

The above mentioned list proves a truly unbiased and openminded approach to this, regardless of whomever composed it should it be read elsewhere.  When you get into the elite group of players mentioned here, nobody is really better than the other.  Sure; skill and technical ability varies, but as a whole: they may not play all the notes on the fretboard, but they play ALL the RIGHT ones. -Seth

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Re: So I did one myself...

This list is really easy for me!      wink

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Re: So I did one myself...

Chet Atkins, Buddy Guy, Hank Garland, David Gilmour, Brian May, Joe B. of course.

Rolling Stone should have named that list "100 guitarists with the most influential attorneys/agents."  roll

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I'd have to have an 'Australianised List' with Tommy Emmanuel, Michael Fix, Frank Gambale  & Ian Moss on it somewhere...  wink

Good to see Segovia made it onto Joe's Top 100.  If we are going down the Classical road, I would add John Williams, Julian Bream, Jose Maria Galliardo Del Ray (!), Maximo Pujol, Stefan Rak and Karin Schaupp to that list amongst others.

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Re: So I did one myself...

JBonamassa wrote:

It took me 15 minutes  to do this one.... They always say can you do it better yourself... Well I tried..  Mind you many of my friends appear on the Rolling Stone list...  I am really glad to see Derek so high up there ect ect he is world class... This is by NO MEANS a slag upon any of  them... I thought this would be a fun discussion for this forum.. It beats beating up on Rolling stone..  feel free to make your own variation.. Again.. I did this quick..  so its kinda in no particular order...  Something for the post turkey and cranberry feast...
Hav fun!!!  and be nice to each other...
My criteria, is technical skill, influence, writing and overall career to this point...

Jimi Hendrix
Eric Clapton
Eddie Van Halen
Les Paul
Charlie Christian
Jeff Beck
Jimmy Page
BB King
Albert King
Freddie King
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Paul Kossoff
Peter Green
George Harrison
Jerry Garcia
Hubert Sumlin
Yngwie Malmsteen
Stevie Vai
James Burton
Roy Buchanan
Danny Gatton
Wes Montgomery
Jimmy Bryant
Howard Reed
Albert Lee
Joe Satriani
Andres Segovia
Leo Kottke
Doc Watson
Robert Johnson
T-Bone Walker
Django Reinhardt
Lenny Breau
Danny Gatton
Dwayne Allmann
Richie Blackmore
Billy F Gibbons
Rory Gallagher
Keith Richards
Mark Knophler
Ry Cooder
The Edge
Steve Lukather
Dean Parks
Steve Vai
Alan Holdsworth
Michael Landau
David Grissom
Joe Walsh
Mick Ralphs
Bill nelson
Robert Fripp
Steve Howe
Dickey Betts
Steve Hackett
Ray Gomez
Al DiMeola
Warren Haynes
Bireli Legrene
Joe Pass
Joe Strummer
Mick Jones ( Sex Pistols)
Chris Whitley
Robin Trower
Wayne Krantz
Vince Gill
Martin Barre
Trevor Rabin
Mel Galley
Bruce Conte (tower of Power)
Tommy Bolin
Dick Wagner
Earl Slick
Mick Ronson
Alvin Lee
Glenn Campbell
Josh Homme
Larry Carlton
Robben Ford
Sonny Landreth
Slash
John Petrucci
Shawn Lane
Eric Johnson
Steve Cropper
Phil Manzenera
Shuggie Otis
Paco De Lucia
John McLaughlin
Leslie West
Ronnie Montrose
Mike Bloomfield
Tony Iommi
Lowell george
Gary Moore
Albert Collins
Roy Clark
Randy Rhoads
Jimmy Nolen( James Brown  guitarist)
Marv Tarpin (motown guitarst and songwriter)
James hetfield
Frank Marino
Kirk Hammett
Dimebag Darrell
John Martin
Jason Becker
Michael Hedges

Wow that's one hell of a list Joe! All I cn say is add your name on top. Add David Gilmore
Cheers Ron

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Re: So I did one myself...

No Frank Zappa?

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Danny Gatton's so good you just had to list him twice!  ;^)  I'm really glad I had the chance to catch him live way back on August 13th, 1989 @ Regan's Silver Lake (not to mention my first time seeing you perform live ~  WHAT A DAY!!!).

Great list!

I'd also add Gary Hoey to the list though.

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Wow Alan Holdsworth.. I only think of him with Carivn Guitars; Interesting list Joe.

what about Arlen Roth, Jeff Healey and Rik Emmett?

and BucketHead Brian Carol

But I head that the Black Country Communion guitarist is pretty good too.

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Re: So I did one myself...

Devan wrote:

I'd have to have an 'Australianised List' with Tommy Emmanuel, Michael Fix, Frank Gambale  & Ian Moss on it somewhere...  wink

Good to see Segovia made it onto Joe's Top 100.  If we are going down the Classical road, I would add John Williams, Julian Bream, Jose Maria Galliardo Del Ray (!), Maximo Pujol, Stefan Rak and Karin Schaupp to that list amongst others.

This is a great idea and then adding others. You just brought up someone I completely forgot about.

Way to go with the add-ons Devan.  I haven't heard Frank Gambale's name in years. He used to play with Steve Smith.

Some of the classical people you listed, I haven't heard of so I will check them out.   Thanks for the heads up. big_smile

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Re: So I did one myself...

Great players listed so far!  Here are a few others for you all to consider / debate:

Peter Frampton
Harvey Mandel
Davey Johnstone
Mick Taylor
Terry Kath

Russ B.

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Re: So I did one myself...

Some favorites of mine that are list-worthy, Steve Morse, Dan Tyminski, Jorma Kaukonen & Will Kimbrough. I'm surprised that Steve & Dan didn't make Joe's list.

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What a list!  Recently I was watching Rory's Irish Tour dvd and remembered that Joe was strumming this man's axe not more than a month ago.  Here's a taste of #38 on Joe's list.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMiZT8INg_Q

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Re: So I did one myself...

Kinda proves a point here...  There is no such thing a fully comprehensive list of the best 100...  Everybody can agree on the first 50 but the rest is pure taste.. 
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Glad to see Joe include Roy Clark, Chet Atkins and Glen Campbell.  I liked his list alot.  Of course, Joe isn't arrogant enough to put his name on his own list, but he's definately in the same company as many on both RS's list as well as the JB list.