Top 20 Greatest Female Guitarists of All Time

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  • Опубликовано: 7 янв 2025

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  • @WatchMojo
    @WatchMojo  3 года назад +35

    Check out our featured song: "Tranquility" by Sophie Burrell! ruclips.net/video/Jvqv2HcL-4M/видео.html
    Did we miss any of YOUR favorite rockers? Let us know in the comments!

    • @theshaun6371
      @theshaun6371 3 года назад

      Mommmmmm

    • @jimmyjimenezramirez3792
      @jimmyjimenezramirez3792 3 года назад

      I Don't speak English, alguien que me lo traduzca?

    • @RonSpina
      @RonSpina 3 года назад

      Awesome 🌷😊

    • @ArkaeaFCL3
      @ArkaeaFCL3 3 года назад +1

      Top 10 HIM songs. Please!!

    • @loboblanco4426
      @loboblanco4426 3 года назад +1

      @@WithScienceAsMySheperd They got the great kat, much to my surprise!

  • @sabasufyana
    @sabasufyana 3 года назад +60

    Dare I say that Nancy Wilson is the reason that many millions of women picked up the guitar. Don't think anyone else on this list has the same kind of influence that she does. Not to mention her versatility and songwriting and singing ability. Only Bonnie Raitt and Joni Mitchell are in the same league.

  • @batgurrl
    @batgurrl 3 года назад +65

    Solid list but..
    Nancy Wilson should have been #1
    HUGE Omission- Chrissie Hynde - The Pretenders
    Great including Poison Ivy but where is Joan Jett?
    Thanks for including #19 The Donna’s kicked ass and modeled themselves after The Ramones

    • @jeffjackson9679
      @jeffjackson9679 3 года назад +2

      Does she even know how to play lead (where Lita Ford can)? I think Fischer and Lease played most all of the lead tracks for Heart. Not taking away her talent, but this list is based on guitar playing ability, not songwriting.

    • @qmnnvrdyz8965
      @qmnnvrdyz8965 3 года назад

      @@jeffjackson9679 Yes, Nancy is an amazing guitar player. You maybe haven't seen any of her live work. Lita is amazing, too.

    • @DTD110865
      @DTD110865 3 года назад

      I'm still upset that the list excluded Miki Berenyi.

    • @danielshannon6027
      @danielshannon6027 9 месяцев назад

      The late great Jan Kuehnemund of Vixen

  • @donaldwilson2620
    @donaldwilson2620 3 года назад +55

    I'm glad you put Charo on this list. Many people know her for her comedy but a lot of people don't realize that she's also a very talented musician as well.

    • @karenthomas1456
      @karenthomas1456 2 года назад

      I definitely didn't. And I happen to like Flamenco guitar too.

    • @kristennicole811
      @kristennicole811 2 года назад

      I had no idea! I was literally staring at the tv mouth wide open

    • @silverthornstributes6945
      @silverthornstributes6945 2 года назад

      Also glad to see Charo on the list!

  • @ninamc6116
    @ninamc6116 3 года назад +37

    Nancy Wilson is the best female guitarist. Her influence on women to become guitarists, her body of work says it all. Think about when she started. There were only a handful. She was like the female Jimmy Page. Rock on Nancy! She’s still a bad ass!

    • @liveitloud65
      @liveitloud65 2 года назад +1

      Not to disparage but Lita Ford better than Nancy? No way. Nancy is a legend!!!

    • @lenfirewood4089
      @lenfirewood4089 2 года назад

      There's the problem - Jimmy Page wasn't an analogue of a female guitarist - he built on many other male guitarists that went before him but also added his own innovations and creativity that makes his work so recognisable. A post feminist world needs more women to have the confidence to create from a feminine muse works that add to the repertoire rather than trying to emulate male style and expressions.

    • @danielshannon6027
      @danielshannon6027 9 месяцев назад +1

      Overrated... sorry.

  • @DaddyOfTheSugarVariety
    @DaddyOfTheSugarVariety 3 года назад +48

    I vote for Janice - Dr. Teeth & The Electric Mayhem.

  • @milagrosrondon3756
    @milagrosrondon3756 3 года назад +54

    I love Joan jet and the black hearts😺♥️🇵🇪

    • @WagonerVT
      @WagonerVT 3 года назад +5

      Overated

    • @midnight-2021
      @midnight-2021 3 года назад +2

      Samantha Fish IMO is a better vocalist, guitarist and singer songwriter then Joan Jett and Lita Ford.

    • @davefryer4530
      @davefryer4530 3 года назад +1

      @@midnight-2021 Samantha Kicks Ass !

  • @joshuabrooks4907
    @joshuabrooks4907 Год назад +11

    Tracy Chapman should have been featured here. Her acoustic, flamenco style playing on Fast Car is awesome.

  • @pjay5964
    @pjay5964 3 года назад +40

    Vicki Peterson of the BANGLES is also an awesome guitarist♥️

    • @captainmacruff1893
      @captainmacruff1893 2 года назад +2

      Love the Bangles ❤️❤️❤️😻

    • @cactusplant2686
      @cactusplant2686 Год назад +2

      Same goes for the lead guitarist for the GoGo's she can shred it with the best! 🎸🎶

  • @tinacox
    @tinacox 3 года назад +21

    Wendy Melvoin (from Prince & the Revolution) ABSOLUTELY should be on this list.

    • @mjg8328
      @mjg8328 Год назад

      YESS 💜

    • @tomjacobs2032
      @tomjacobs2032 Год назад

      To many hair band scratchers on the list. W.M. Can play with the best of them.

  • @ThePartisan13
    @ThePartisan13 3 года назад +19

    Nancy Wilson is on a whole other level

  • @nodnarbleahcim5097
    @nodnarbleahcim5097 3 года назад +31

    Kanami Tōmo of Band Maid will make this list someday. Look up songs like “Blooming”, “YOLO”, “The Non-Fiction Days”, “Choose Me”, and “Real Existence”.

    • @sage_redgrave91
      @sage_redgrave91 3 года назад +7

      Fuckin' love Band Maid. Japan has excellent female bands such as Mary's Blood, Aldious, Disqualia, Lovebites to name a few. Definitely worth a look if ya haven't heard of em.

    • @JDsHouseofHobbies
      @JDsHouseofHobbies 3 года назад +2

      @@sage_redgrave91 Agreed! Love all those bands and Bridear, Fate Gear and TRiDENT , but Band-Maid is still my first love!

    • @mrz80
      @mrz80 3 года назад +3

      Kanami should be on the list today. :D

    • @shanewalton8888
      @shanewalton8888 3 года назад +3

      Watchmojo will never include an Asian

    • @michaelbiscay9836
      @michaelbiscay9836 3 года назад +2

      Yes! Thank you! I scrolled down to make the same reference. I would also include Midori and Miyako from Lovebites. Japan is killing it right now.

  • @AceOfClubsHUN
    @AceOfClubsHUN 3 года назад +14

    Nita Strauss, what a woman, what a guitarist. I wasn't prepared for her when I went to that Alice Cooper concert. One of my best concert experiences ever.

    • @antimatter2380
      @antimatter2380 3 года назад +3

      She's such a badass with monster stage presents. The two times I saw Alice, I was more transfixed on her than the props. Well her and the drummer.

    • @AceOfClubsHUN
      @AceOfClubsHUN 3 года назад +1

      @@antimatter2380 "Anyway, who's that long haired dude with the corpse paint makeup singing next to Nita?"
      Jk, still, I feel you.

  • @venanciahopkins5035
    @venanciahopkins5035 3 года назад +13

    Also this Prince fan has something to say also as far as great female guitarists, Wendy Melvoin should be on this list too!

  • @petermiller4953
    @petermiller4953 3 года назад +54

    Lzzy Hale is awesome! She has yet to disappoint!

    • @WagonerVT
      @WagonerVT 3 года назад +2

      Overated

    • @slashthe2nd
      @slashthe2nd 3 года назад +2

      @@WagonerVT OveRatEd 🤣🤣

    • @slashthe2nd
      @slashthe2nd 3 года назад +3

      Amen🤘

    • @angiehuffman5428
      @angiehuffman5428 3 года назад +6

      Would've been nice if they had included some of her actual playing like they did everyone else. Seen Halestorm live 3 times. Each time has been amazing

    • @midnight-2021
      @midnight-2021 3 года назад +3

      Lzzy Hale is a top notch vocalist but as a guitar player she is very average. When I think of a musician that is both a top notch vocalist and top notch guitar player I think of Samantha Fish.

  • @LierenCavanaugh
    @LierenCavanaugh 3 года назад +47

    I don't agree, Ms. Mojo. Lita Ford is awesome, but she does not, by any stretch of the imagination, hold a candle to Nancy Wilson. She just doesn't have the range for it.

    • @oceanasong4777
      @oceanasong4777 3 года назад +2

      Yes - thank you!

    • @omfug7148
      @omfug7148 3 года назад +11

      Lita Ford sounds like every other mediocre metal player out there, Wilson is excellent however.

    • @leonoranicolaysen2784
      @leonoranicolaysen2784 2 месяца назад

      I'm with you guys. Nancy Wilson is the ultimate.❤

  • @streamsandgalaxies
    @streamsandgalaxies 3 года назад +39

    Joni Mitchel should have been on the main list, also missing H.E.R., Joan Armatrading, Kat Dyson & Liona Boyd!

    • @grumpypandy8123
      @grumpypandy8123 3 года назад +2

      Brittany Howard too

    • @midnight-2021
      @midnight-2021 3 года назад +1

      Samantha Fish

    • @shawnuel
      @shawnuel 3 года назад +1

      @Ian Turner Susanna Hoffs is strictly a rhythm player. Vicki Peterson was the guitar fire behind the Bangles sound.

  • @BackwoodsFilms
    @BackwoodsFilms 3 года назад +6

    Very cool to see Poison Ivy making the list. She had a tone like no other. And that attitude...
    But yeah, I'd put Nancy at #1 over Lita.
    A few others who also deserve mention:
    Samantha Fish
    Wata (from Japanese doom band Boris)
    Suzi Gardner (L7)
    Gretchen Menn

  • @miyahsmommy7172
    @miyahsmommy7172 Год назад +5

    Nancy Wilson is always going to be my number 1 on this list!!

  • @DeskOfKidAdorable
    @DeskOfKidAdorable 3 года назад +15

    Also Jackie Venson, Anna Calvi, Marnie Stern, Jenny Tuite, Courtney Barnett...

    • @mirofarrakis
      @mirofarrakis 3 года назад

      Yes I was looking for Anna Calvi on this list

  • @MrSmooth273
    @MrSmooth273 3 года назад +73

    Charo is an underrated Guitarist.

    • @WagonerVT
      @WagonerVT 3 года назад +1

      Overated

    • @duncan3998
      @duncan3998 3 года назад +2

      So is Juliana Hatfield Three

    • @BrianRosenbergMusican
      @BrianRosenbergMusican 3 года назад +2

      Charo's skills are so high on guitar she should #1 easily

    • @tomryan914
      @tomryan914 3 года назад

      "Oh, I say something naughty?"

    • @devorahacts
      @devorahacts 3 года назад +2

      She studied with Segovia.

  • @loboblanco4426
    @loboblanco4426 3 года назад +5

    I had actually forgotten a large number of these artists... Thank you for bringing them back to the foreground!

  • @robnorrisradio
    @robnorrisradio 3 года назад +17

    I was so worried you would not include Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

    • @brianmiller1077
      @brianmiller1077 3 года назад

      It's not necessarily Rock and Roll, but she ROCKS!

    • @robnorrisradio
      @robnorrisradio 3 года назад

      @@brianmiller1077 on the contrary sir, Sister Rosetta Tharpe was one of the pioneers of rock and roll. Her unique combination of gospel and blues helped to form the sound of rock and roll in the 1950s. Between you, me, and the fence post, if I was a teenager in England in the 1960s and I heard that this show was coming up, I would make it a point to see it.

  • @rachelthompson9324
    @rachelthompson9324 3 года назад +17

    I can't believe you missed Anna Popovic, who is active now and has been playing out for over 15 years, she is international and plays every style but her blues knows no limits.

    • @midnight-2021
      @midnight-2021 3 года назад +3

      No Samantha Fish either? Both Anna and Samantha should have made this list and also didn't even get the honorable mention list as well.

  • @MrWolfchamp-xi3cu
    @MrWolfchamp-xi3cu 3 года назад +13

    This is a great video. I didn't know about most of these people. Glad they uploaded this.

    • @WatchMojo
      @WatchMojo  3 года назад +1

      You're welcome! Glad to hear it!

  • @TimCarter
    @TimCarter 3 года назад +10

    A list that finally got it right. So many lists have Joan Jett at the top and Lita Ford at the bottom or not on at all. Good to see you guys giving Lita the respect she deserves.

  • @katerinasimpson1100
    @katerinasimpson1100 3 года назад +6

    I cannot thank you enough for including Lzzy Hale, she’s my idol! And really kind and great with fans. An icon in the making.

    • @k.k.marriott5901
      @k.k.marriott5901 Год назад

      She was my 63 birthday gift from my daughter. Apocalyptic

  • @GoryionB
    @GoryionB 3 года назад +7

    Lzzy is a BEAST! And one of the few singers I've seen in person that sounds exactly the same live as recorded.

  • @shadowleviathan
    @shadowleviathan 3 года назад +32

    Joni Mitchell as an honorable mention? What an insult! She should be in top 10 easy.

    • @amramin2134
      @amramin2134 3 года назад +2

      Joni should be on every list

    • @KevyNova
      @KevyNova 3 года назад +2

      I’d honestly put her at #1.

  • @tjwash2
    @tjwash2 3 года назад +10

    I wasn’t expecting to see her name but Emmylou Harris is very gifted with several types of guitars. Like Dolly she can really extract the emotion in a song with her guitar. Lucinda Williams is quite good as well.

  • @ChiefGore429
    @ChiefGore429 3 года назад +18

    I thought heart would be first... good list regardless 👌

  • @andrewsoul
    @andrewsoul 3 года назад +29

    So glad Lzzy Hale is on here. Great list

  • @andrewpappas9311
    @andrewpappas9311 3 года назад +6

    I met Jennifer Batten a few years ago at a music camp that my college did and she was one of the guest musicians (that same week we also had Albert Lee and Victor Wooten), she’s such a nice person and had some really cool stories from when she toured with Michael Jackson and I also got a picture with her and she also signed my guitar strap (which I still have on one of my guitars). Aside from that I was also happy to see Joni Mitchell on the list (since I’m also Canadian) but I personally would’ve put Nancy Wilson from Heart at number one, she’s super underrated in my opinion and her playing (especially that intro to Crazy On You) is just insane

  • @magnolianame8818
    @magnolianame8818 3 года назад +4

    This is one of the best videos done by you guys in a while.
    The range on this list is just great. And so excited y'all included Ani Difranco

  • @midnight-2021
    @midnight-2021 3 года назад +8

    Poison Ivy is one of the must underrated musicians of all time. Glad she atleast made this list. But where is Samantha Fish?

  • @shawnuel
    @shawnuel 3 года назад +2

    So glad you mentioned Janis Ian. She was/is SORELY under appreciated as a guitar player.

  • @stealthcabbie1336
    @stealthcabbie1336 3 года назад +3

    Kanami Tono from Band-Maid. A great guitarist/songwriter.

  • @dvilledude
    @dvilledude 10 часов назад

    I know who the best male guitarists are, I did not know who most of these ladies are!! This was a great video, and I learned a lot, about these great guitarists!! Ani, Batten, “Mother”, Orianthi, were amazing!!

  • @mccuish
    @mccuish 3 года назад +6

    I've been listening to a lot of female Jrock groups and there are a lot of very good japanese female guitarist. 2 good examples are Lovebites and Bandmaid

    • @WagonerVT
      @WagonerVT 3 года назад

      Overated

    • @PinD-PANIC
      @PinD-PANIC 3 года назад

      BAND MAID is our favorite impossibly hard rocking maid band!!!

    • @nevskislake
      @nevskislake Год назад

      Mike Igarashi from Show-Ya is highly underrated.

  • @gloriarogers5182
    @gloriarogers5182 3 года назад +1

    Sister Rosetta Tharp OMG i never thought but i love it that is HISTORY right there.

  • @zmcginnis66
    @zmcginnis66 2 года назад +3

    The impact Lita had was huge obviously (along with all other women here) but honestly I feel like Nancy Wilson was better overall

  • @kennethgeollegue8820
    @kennethgeollegue8820 3 года назад +3

    Very informative, however there are a few gems from Japan as well, like from their all female bands, like Band-Maid.

  • @arongamman9360
    @arongamman9360 2 года назад +3

    Your male guitar player list was fairly typical, but this list really uncovered some people I'd never heard of or would never place on this kind of list. Congrats to everyone who composed it!

  • @hungerforhorror
    @hungerforhorror 3 года назад +2

    I'm so happy that you included Kuehnemund and Robertson. They are grossly overlooked. Lzzy Hale is also great.

  • @Theuncontrolled
    @Theuncontrolled 3 года назад +3

    This list is seriously pure gold.

  • @MarcGaerlan
    @MarcGaerlan Год назад +1

    Juliana Hatfield has an amazing body of work. Her rhythm guitar playing, her riffs, are varied and fantastic.

  • @rickytrottier5505
    @rickytrottier5505 3 года назад +7

    So glad you included Poison Ivy ❤️

  • @ladybrown6206
    @ladybrown6206 3 года назад +10

    Yes fam you did it in honor of women's history month thank you watchmojo WOMEN can ROCK

  • @KHLthe2nd
    @KHLthe2nd 3 года назад +35

    You forgot Nita Strauss was in "The Iron Maidens".

    • @WagonerVT
      @WagonerVT 3 года назад

      Overated

    • @ratthawks
      @ratthawks 3 года назад +2

      @@WagonerVT no she's not!!

    • @hurstguy73
      @hurstguy73 3 года назад

      @@ratthawks Used to be I The Iron Maidens

    • @ratthawks
      @ratthawks 3 года назад

      @@hurstguy73 oh dang, she was

    • @Scottie_S
      @Scottie_S 2 года назад +1

      @@ratthawks It's a troll or a bot, or a troll-bot. Don't respond to trolls. This one has cut and pasted the same thing over and over again.

  • @mjg8328
    @mjg8328 Год назад +1

    What about Wendy Melvoin though? Prince's guitarist in the early 80's. He held her in very high regard until he passed.

  • @positrondesign6514
    @positrondesign6514 3 года назад +7

    Honorable Mentions: Susan Tedeshi and Chrissy Hynde

  • @RaiDezignz
    @RaiDezignz 3 года назад +2

    Great Vid...some awesome women out there! I do think you need to check out some of Melissa Etheridge's live performances though...pretty sure she deserves a rank among these women other than just an honorable mention....the woman rocks an acoustic!

  • @esands36
    @esands36 3 года назад +3

    YES! Lita Ford is #1. The metal queen.

  • @PhilFeedback
    @PhilFeedback 3 года назад +3

    Great video, kudos to all the great female artists and guitarist!!!! 👍

  • @ttc9able
    @ttc9able 3 года назад +3

    I got to witness an incredible solo number from Nita Strauss when I went with my dad to see Alice Cooper perform at the Queen Elizabeth theater in Vancouver when he won tickets from the Paranormal tour in 2018.
    She is definitely well deserved to be on this list.

  • @tooshay4me
    @tooshay4me 2 года назад +3

    Nancy Wilson is the best, but that’s just because Heart stole my heart since I was in high school.

  • @jannashesgbcnemophilafan4317
    @jannashesgbcnemophilafan4317 3 года назад +4

    Wow, the female guitarists are in Japan. Miyako and Midori of Lovebites. Kanami of Band Maid. Saki and Hazuki of Nemophila. Try Lovebites songs Winds of Transylvannia, Scream for me, Edge of Tommorow. Band Maids songs , Onset, Blooming, Puzzle. Nemophilas songs, Raitei, Oiran. These women aren't just great female guitarists, their great guitarists period, their some of the best guitarists today, period. Jimmy Page went backstage with Band Maid, did a photo with drummer Akane, calling her one of best drummers since Bonham. Lovebites singer Asami sung with Lizzy Hale on stage, with Halestorm, as Lovebites took their name from Halestorms song Love Bites, so do i.
    Midori playing at NAMM, so much better then Strauss with Via, or Orianthe who were ther.

    • @PinD-PANIC
      @PinD-PANIC 3 года назад

      Most of these girls are much more than just great players. I know Kanami writes most of the music for BAND MAID. They are great composers as well.

  • @Danielhuff-ej3gh
    @Danielhuff-ej3gh 7 месяцев назад

    that's what I love about music, there's always something new and exciting to discover

  • @barbarabavier675
    @barbarabavier675 3 года назад +11

    Nope, got it wrong. Nancy Wilson should ABSOLUTELY be #1.

    • @deplorablepatriot8605
      @deplorablepatriot8605 3 года назад +1

      It's a tough call, Sister Rosetta Tharpe vs. Nancy Wilson; Nancy isn't about flash, style, shredding, or sex, she's completely serious about music, but she manages to remain feminine without the corset and leotard look of many... besides, how many other female lead guitarists wear dresses on stage? AND, if and when she retires--if she actually DOES retire--she will have earned a well-deserved #1 female guitarist ranking, to say nothing of already being in the top 5 of all guitarists, male OR female.

    • @danielshannon6027
      @danielshannon6027 9 месяцев назад

      She's too much of a show off.

  • @michaelhopfenmuller8692
    @michaelhopfenmuller8692 Год назад +2

    Great female guitar players! Still, I'm missing Wendy (The Revolution).

  • @davidpeck3555
    @davidpeck3555 3 года назад +10

    I wish Kanami Tōno from Band Maid had made the list! Her ability is amazing! Maybe if you make a 2nd part you can include or if you do bassists MISA from Band Maid is a great choice

    • @PinD-PANIC
      @PinD-PANIC 3 года назад

      She is number one on my list ;) .
      Misa could definitely be considered one of the top bassists in the world, male or female.

    • @andreaspedersen3952
      @andreaspedersen3952 2 года назад

      Yes, both her and M&M, Saki, Tomo-zo, Hal-ca, Lisa-X ++ could easily have done the list.

    • @markhunter8554
      @markhunter8554 2 года назад

      I was wondering if someone else would mention Mincho.

  • @acenashton7296
    @acenashton7296 3 года назад +1

    Glad Jan made it on this list, she’s a personal hero to me. She may not be the most popular guitar player but her band’s music music really speaks to and for me. She and her rock sisters help me deal with depression and cleared my mind where I felt sane again. I find her solos to be unique and true talent.

    • @Loy.Francis
      @Loy.Francis 3 года назад +1

      Same here. As a Vixen fan, I am happy to see Jan made the list.

  • @isaacmartinez6904
    @isaacmartinez6904 3 года назад +7

    Bonnie Raitt, June Carter Cash and Dolly Parton are my favorites.

    • @mkproductions2.0
      @mkproductions2.0 3 года назад

      I did not even realize Dolly Parton knew how to play guitar. I used to listen to her often as a kid.

    • @theresaiwright7085
      @theresaiwright7085 3 года назад +1

      @@mkproductions2.0 she uses her fingernails to play the guitar instead of a pick.

    • @tjwash2
      @tjwash2 3 года назад

      You’d probably like Emmylou Harris and Lucinda Williams’ guitar skills as well, they fall in this category.

  • @blueshadesable
    @blueshadesable 3 года назад +1

    LOVED this list! Well-researched with lots of great surprise artists I’d never heard of. Great clips too. Moar of this!!

  • @helheimx
    @helheimx 3 года назад +9

    Kanami Tōno (Band Maid), Midori and Miyako (Lovebites) are we a joke to you.

  • @polynesia8733
    @polynesia8733 Год назад

    Charo great master! Glad you included her but #10? She should be in top 5!

  • @daimonhampton
    @daimonhampton 3 года назад +6

    As a person that grew up seeing the same people featured on greatest guitarist of all time list and wondering were the woman at it's nice this list exist.

  • @cmdonnie1445
    @cmdonnie1445 3 года назад +4

    Woah... how many ovation guitars here!?! Nancy my pick for #1

  • @filipeluisfernandesgoncalv138
    @filipeluisfernandesgoncalv138 3 года назад +3

    someday myiako watanabe,midori tatematsu from lovebites and kanami tono from band maid will be on a similar list like this one not forgetting captain mina taicho from fate gear !

  • @PoppaBoogaloo
    @PoppaBoogaloo 3 года назад +1

    That was a fantastic list. I thoroughly enjoyed it and you’ve inspired me to start checking out the back catalogue of a lot of these artists. Well done guys.

  • @jamesbedford3774
    @jamesbedford3774 3 года назад +3

    Gabriela was a great pick. If you ever get the chance to see Rodrigo y Gabriela live, don't miss that chance. They'll blow your mind.

  • @RebelliousEra
    @RebelliousEra 10 месяцев назад +1

    Nancy Wilson is the greatest female guitarist of all-time and Anne Wilson is one of the greatest female vocalists of all-time.

  • @colinoakes4689
    @colinoakes4689 3 года назад +4

    Lzzy Hale!!!! Hale yeah!!!!!! A truly underrated rhythm goddess!!!! 🤘🤘🤘

  • @TwiztedClown24
    @TwiztedClown24 3 года назад +1

    I think that was Annie Clark, aka St Vincent. One of the more modern artists Annie Clark also known as St Vincent.

  • @djerabek1
    @djerabek1 3 года назад +72

    This video is approved by the Spanish Inquisition

  • @bentvk2248
    @bentvk2248 Год назад +1

    This list could definitely use Jane Weidlin from the Go-Go's and Vicki Peterson from the Bangles

  • @ender26
    @ender26 3 года назад +7

    Molly Tuttle should be on this list. Maybe the best crosspicking and clawhammer player alive.

    • @juliadixon8465
      @juliadixon8465 27 дней назад +1

      I want Molly and Billy Strings to have a kid, and I hope to live to hear it

  • @snowdog5895
    @snowdog5895 3 года назад +7

    Where is Kanami Tono????? Brilliant player and composer!! 🎶🎸🥁🎸🎶🔥🙂

  • @melxoxo411
    @melxoxo411 3 года назад +7

    St Vincent is so unique, a true artist

  • @NachoTimelord
    @NachoTimelord 7 месяцев назад

    Aww yes! Love seeing some different entries on theses lists...Lzzy Hale often gets overlooked!

  • @janetrickwood2484
    @janetrickwood2484 2 года назад +3

    Rosetta Tharpe should've been given a whole song. She was a true legend and trailblazer. I'd listen to her guitar playing any day. Masterful.

  • @robbates8874
    @robbates8874 5 месяцев назад

    I had the great pleasure of meeting Jennifer Batten back in 2004. She was the most down-to-Earth, chill, real musician I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting. The South Park fun was epic!

  • @tesszerme1480
    @tesszerme1480 3 года назад +5

    Lita and Nancy ❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @gnasty9178
    @gnasty9178 3 года назад +1

    Rock guitarists*. These lists never fail to leave out jazz, alternative, most blues, funk, and any other genre.

  • @abrahamesparza01
    @abrahamesparza01 3 года назад +8

    Jane Weidlin or Vicki Peterson or Louise Post

  • @jenniferwarren735
    @jenniferwarren735 3 года назад +2

    Allison Robertson is often sooooo overlooked!!! Well, The Donnas in general are overlooked. If you ever do female drummers, Torry Castellano is top 5 for sure.

  • @ArtWave879
    @ArtWave879 3 года назад +8

    Good list. I would propose, however, another list focused just on female guitarists in Japan because the talent pool over there is overflowing these days almost to the point of absurdity.

    • @cius2112
      @cius2112 3 года назад +1

      I mean i could name several off the top of my head that are better then most of the most of the women on this list.

    • @PinD-PANIC
      @PinD-PANIC 3 года назад +1

      Kanami Tono!

  • @jasonmartin5154
    @jasonmartin5154 3 года назад +3

    Nancy Wilson#1 no questions! Learn to play guitar before you comment

  • @devorahacts
    @devorahacts 3 года назад +3

    Sharon Isbin is the most significant miss. Was delighted to see Charo and Bonnie Raitt among the others.

  • @tybois74
    @tybois74 3 года назад +1

    A couple you missed: Gina Gleason, lead guitarist and vocalist, of Baroness. Reba Meyers, lead guitarist (bassist for a time) and vocalist, for Code Orange. Tina S., a French RUclipsr who is just AMAZING. She did covers of already released rock and classical songs for many, many years. You can watch her progress over time. Then one day, she just walked away. Her videos are still up.

  • @Scholtinator
    @Scholtinator 3 года назад +3

    Great list. But I think the lead guitarist Kanami Tōno, and their rhythm guitarist Miku Kobato from BAND-MAID needs a look. Also their Bass guitarist Misa is god tier.

  • @amarettopunsch1496
    @amarettopunsch1496 3 года назад

    Yasss mah dude Lzzardo (Lzzy Hale) is here! ❤️❤️❤️ thanks for including her. She is definitely one of the kinds alongside Joe Hottinger that makes me wanna pick up a guitar!
    Apart from Lzzy, I would say Nita Strauss is a badass shredder

  • @Tuscadero10
    @Tuscadero10 3 года назад +4

    The Clip of Heart performing "if looks could Kill" is not Heart, its a tribute band.

  • @janetrickwood2484
    @janetrickwood2484 2 года назад

    Crumbs! Now you've added Bonnie Raite! What a great player!

  • @joermnyc
    @joermnyc 3 года назад +17

    It’s telling that in looking for someone to play Eddie Van Halen’s solo in Beat It, MJ couldn’t find a man alive to do it, but he found not one, but two women who could! 🤘

    • @mlggamer5296
      @mlggamer5296 3 года назад +1

      I didn't know he originally did the solo? I'm used to hearing both of them do it. And here I thought I didn't quite know of him.

    • @eh-ronlocke7164
      @eh-ronlocke7164 3 года назад +1

      I imagine there's a fair amount of people who can play the Beat It solo.

    • @joermnyc
      @joermnyc 3 года назад

      @@mlggamer5296 he had to do it without credit at first due to issues with his record label.

    • @joermnyc
      @joermnyc 3 года назад

      @@eh-ronlocke7164 I'm thinking of the weird al video for "Eat It" where the guitar player finishes the solo and then spontaneously combusts like a drummer for Spinal Tap.

    • @mlggamer5296
      @mlggamer5296 3 года назад

      @@joermnyc I see

  • @sticki3000
    @sticki3000 11 месяцев назад +1

    I really miss two of the best guitarists on this planet: Tina Šetkić (Tina S.) and Tory Slusher.

  • @jedhawkins1769
    @jedhawkins1769 3 года назад +24

    These artists are just as good and talented as their male counterparts.

    • @WagonerVT
      @WagonerVT 3 года назад +6

      Overated

    • @davlor86
      @davlor86 3 года назад

      so they beat Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Satriani....? LOL

    • @jedhawkins1769
      @jedhawkins1769 3 года назад +1

      @@davlor86 No, I'm saying that they are equal.

    • @Peeinthesink
      @Peeinthesink 3 года назад +2

      @@davlor86 I mean, at least they didn’t steal riffs from less known artists like Jimmy Page but whatever...

    • @Mob-cv2xm
      @Mob-cv2xm 3 года назад

      @@Peeinthesink bruh my man has no idea how the blues works

  • @williamsummerson1204
    @williamsummerson1204 3 года назад +2

    1. Nancy Wilson
    2. Tharpe
    3. Joan Jett
    4. Bonnie Raitt
    5. Morgan lander and dolly Parton

  • @andrewwatts970
    @andrewwatts970 3 года назад +23

    Yet again Elizabeth Cotten gets forgotten in the history of guitar. That’s a crime.

    • @ghettohoney1028
      @ghettohoney1028 3 года назад +1

      Agreed. A whole style was named in her honor. She was self-taught and had a unique way of playing.

    • @JohnJohnson-cn9fh
      @JohnJohnson-cn9fh 3 года назад +1

      nice one andrew.jpj

    • @Peeinthesink
      @Peeinthesink 3 года назад +1

      Fuck I was hoping she was #1

  • @stakesd
    @stakesd 3 года назад

    Awesome and well researched WatchMojo!