"technical skill, influence, writing and overall career to this point" as well as variety and are the main criteria, but somehow RS are so out of date in all genres, aren't they meant to have their finger on the pulse and also have the knowledge of geniuses from 1900 onwards.
Even with 100 though we all leave out some names and on this thread they still keep coming, where you say "Yeah" he's good enough to make any Top 100.
Yeah the top 50 is pretty much give or take set in stone then your own musical choices
Truly epic Guitarists that should never be off a list like that are .....
Robert Johnson
T Bone Walker (unbelievable pioneer)
Muddy Waters
Les Paul
Albert King
Freddie King
Santana
Billy Gibbons
Peter Green
Al Dimeola
Ry Cooder
Rory Gallagher
Larry Carlton
Robben Ford
Eric Johnson
Derek Trucks
Sonny Landreth
Warren Haynes
Tommy Emmanual
Allen Collins
Joe Satriani
Steve Vai
Jeff Healey
Joe Pass
Paco de Lucia (incredible)
Julian Bream
Nuno Bettencourt
Adrian Smith
Kirk Hammett
Kerry King
Eddie Van Halen
Angus Young
Tony Iommi
and so on
They could of done a free online poll, where you name your top 10, and whoever got cast the most votes won
Surely would have ended upsomething like this
JIMI HENDRIX
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN
ERIC CLAPTON
JEFF BECK
JIMMY PAGE
BB KING
PAUL KOSSOFF
DAVID GILMOUR
GARY MOORE
and
JOE
........... Michael
Joe Bonamassa ....... His Greatest 3 Videos ... IMMHO After Much Deliberation
3rd ...... Mountain Time / Rockpalast
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h01xa6NMsJo2nd ...... Sloe Gin / Vienna
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRASS8O8ZnE 1st ....... Blues Deluxe / The Borderline
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnl3E_KLxYg