Glad to see my favourite guitarist 🎸 Tom Verlaine get in at # 51. You could figure out # 1 fairly easily. Richie Blackmore is perennially underrated ..saw him in Rainbow 🌈 when Dio was still vocalist. Really phenomenal player. No Geordie from Killing Joke or Nick McCabe from The Verve were disappointments. 🎸
Glad to see Jonny Greenwood made the list for sure. I do enjoy Peter Buck's work, May, Knopfler, Jack White, Gilmour, Wray - all great dudes for sure....Tom Morello - glad to see him give major love.
My top 10 (probably, I don't listen to guitar oriented music nearly as much as I once used to so my taste might have changed since the last time I paid that much attention to any guitar player): 1. Paul Waggoner 2. Guthrie Govan 3. Frank Zappa 4. Allan Holdsworth 5. Jimi Hendrix 6. John Petrucci 7. Kurt Ballou 8. Marty Friedman 9. Steve Howe 10. Devin Townsend
Leo Nocentelli was a member of the seminal New Orleans funk/R&B band The Meters. They had a Top 40 hit in 1969 with the single "Cissy Strut". They also backed up Robert Palmer on his albums "Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley" and "Some People Can Do What They Want". Charlie Christian didn't have a long career, but he was an influence to T-Bone Walker and Chuck Berry. He played in Benny Goodman's orchestra. Hubert Sumlin is a blues legend who was Howlin' Wolf's longtime lead guitarist. In all honesty, Rolling Stone's lists are nothing but a collective joke.
its hard to say what makes a great guitarist. its not just techincal ability, its feel and emotion too. i think neil young is a great guitarist yet he doesnt have great technical ability. its also how influential they were. cortez the killer a great track from neil.
Another comment. You mentioned a favourite guitarist of yours was Zal Cleminson. And i mentioned Guthrie Govan. Govan lists two of his biggest influences to be Frank Zappa and especially lists Cleminson as perhaps his biggest influence. If you want you should check some of his videos on RUclips especially in a small club with he and a sax player. Beautiful.
I love how Wishbone Ash had two of the top guitarrists back in the day according to the UK, but now they're not on here. And where the HELL are Glen Campbell and Roy Clark? I'd have them both in my Top 20 -- easily.
You are correct about Ted Turner and Andy Powell . Not only were they both on the list they were listed fairly well not in the 90’s. Wishbone Ash was a great band.
Well, although there were many ridiculous positionings (say that ten times fast) I will let them off as, for me, they got number one right. Listen to ‘Hear My Train a Comin’ from the album ‘Rainbow Bridge’ to confirm he deserves the number one spot.
Again you can't rank guitarists Larry,there are thousands of great guitarists in the world,maybe millions and playing many different styles of guitar as well,for example,my favorite guitar player is Jimi Hendrix because he was so melodic and innovative but technically he wasn't best guitar player out there,Eric Clapton is a great technical guitar player but there are others who are faster,check out Tommy Emmanuel for example and others who are better finger pickers and others who's more creative,great country pickers,great blues players,classical players and progressive rock players and the list goes on and on,it would probably be better to just list who are people's favorite guitarists rather then who the greatest guitarists are,again Larry like most rankings on anything it's down to who or what an individual likes. Bob
I can understand why Adam Jones wouldn't make this list, but I thought they'd at least mention Steve Vai! And #94 for Joe Satriani is way too low for me, he should have been higher on the list.
Weird list. I definitely would have Alex Lifeson, Brian May, Pete Townshend, and Eric Clapton in the top 10. It’s so hard to compare Blues guitarist to rock guitarist to me. I think they got #1 right. I would also throw in Stephen Stills.
Yngwie Malmsteen, Gary Moore, Neal Schon, Allan Holdsworth, Andy Latimer, Steve Morse, John Petrucci, Michael Schenker, Al Di Meola.???... ah, whatever...they would put up Beyoncé or Taylor Swift higher than Steve Howe or Hackett.
Very good list. Angus and Malcolm 👍🏽 Nice to see James Burton at 24. I thought Eric Clapton would have been top 10. I don’t recall Dave Mustaine anywhere in the 250 , I thought he would have been there. I would have added Ihsahn from Emperor but I suppose Norwegian Black Metal is their thing. Anyway, no arguments with their number 1 pick, nor 2 for that matter. My number 3 would have been Jeff Beck.
Well, interesting list, I do agree Zappa Howe Lifeson should be on the list higher. I don’t think they even mentioned Frampton, he should be on there too. And since they’re grouping the guitarists on some, how about the three guitarists from Moby Grape, Skip Spence, Jerry Miller and Peter Lewis, you won’t see them either, like the guitarist from Blue Oyster Cult….😊 Ok….done ranting Great video, thank you.
Indeed. Phil McCracken is the most underrated guitarist/musician/artist to have ever lived. Is he still around? Retired? Working on his next masterpiece, perhaps?
Any guitarist list without Roy Clark there is something wrong with it. Any list like this is just some writers fantasy and obviously isn't based on anything but some unnamed guy from Rolling Stone's personal taste who ever even heard of half of the musicians on this list.
Glad Belew got on. But f* Rolling $hit anyway. To be honest, its like they hit some program shift control after entering all named players put on pdf. Worthless. Though I laugh always at Larry's rye retorts.
Knopfler at 96? With Peter Green above many of these unheard of nonentities. Some of the ones you say you've never heard of - that's quite stunning. Many of these are not even known as guitarists. Why do we bother - a total waste of time from what was a great magazine 50 years ago. And no sign of Nigel Tufnel.
This may be the worst compiled list in Rolling Stone history. I have a feeling its intentional. A list of 250 guitarists without Guthrie Goven included is not a list.
While I like St Vincent. in what planet is she better than David Gilmour and Buddy Guy?? Seriosuly, Rolling Stone is a rag! It has totally lost the plot.
So no Lowell George, Paul Kossoff, James Honeyman-Scott, Steve Marriott, Peter Frampton, Cat Stevens, Brian Jones, Carl Wilson, Ron Wood, Buddy Holly, David Crosby, John Renbourn John Martyn, Jerry Miller, Jimmy McCullough Henry McCullough Clem Clemson Zal Cleminson Etc. Shameful!
Well, the list is totally wrong... Clapton should have been way up near the top. That he is not in the top ten totally destroys the validity of this list. Now, about Hendrix... he was mostly great because he was utterly innovative. The stuff he play, while wildly experimental, is not difficult to replicate on a technical level. I don't think he was technically the best though, though his influence is undeniable. I think Jeff Beck was better in that respect. I would put Buddy Guy and Eric Clapton on just about the same level, in fact Clapton himself lauded Guy's skill, saying that it was almost out of control, or something like that... that Buddy Guy took it as close to the limit as he could.
Also... where is Peter Frampton? Where is Yngwie Malmsteen? What the heck? I love Neil Young, but I don't see him as one of the greatest of all time... in fact, the mere fact that he leaves in the sloppy mistakes makes him endearing... but he's a very good guitar player, a sloppy guitar player, but not one of the very greatest of all time. Just my opinion, and I guess this list was Rolling Stones' opinion... it's just that my opinion makes senses and their opinion doesn't lol!
@@stevekeetertheloathlydaddy6636 Totally agree....a lot of people should be higher. Eric Johnson, Vai, Nuno, Satriani, Clapton. Nowadays people like to use some of the stuff he said to rate his guitar playing. Clapton is one of the most influential. Said by people like Van Halen, Brian May, Gilmour.... Frampton, Holdsworth, Gary Moore, Neal Schon, Petrucci, Alvin Lee, George Benson, Paul Gilbert....none of them on the list.... I can't understand the criteria here. It can't be technique or Chuck Berry would never be top2. It can't be influence or Clapton would never be 35...
@@andrelf7 Yes that was the only thing that annoyed me on the list while I dislike his views. On the last version of the list he was in the top 5, maybe 2, and now 35 is obviously on purpose
@reengills7814 Jim Hendrix' influence is undeniable, and he was probably the greatest guitarist of his time. Clapton was influential, but not as innovative, as he was basically blues based (well, so was Hendrix but the approaches were quite different), and built upon what came before, going all the way back to Robert Johnson... but Eric electrified it and brought it to a new audience. But yes, Hendrix was brilliant, live and in the studio.
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Glad to see my favourite guitarist 🎸 Tom Verlaine get in at # 51. You could figure out # 1 fairly easily. Richie Blackmore is perennially underrated ..saw him in Rainbow 🌈 when Dio was still vocalist. Really phenomenal player. No Geordie from Killing Joke or Nick McCabe from The Verve were disappointments. 🎸
The very definition of the word "listicle."
lou reed - "they said i only knew 3 chords but i actually knew 4"
Glad to see Jonny Greenwood made the list for sure. I do enjoy Peter Buck's work, May, Knopfler, Jack White, Gilmour, Wray - all great dudes for sure....Tom Morello - glad to see him give major love.
My top 10 (probably, I don't listen to guitar oriented music nearly as much as I once used to so my taste might have changed since the last time I paid that much attention to any guitar player):
1. Paul Waggoner
2. Guthrie Govan
3. Frank Zappa
4. Allan Holdsworth
5. Jimi Hendrix
6. John Petrucci
7. Kurt Ballou
8. Marty Friedman
9. Steve Howe
10. Devin Townsend
The fact that Blackmore, Lifeson and Clapton are as low as they are tells you all you need to question the validity of this list.
Leo Nocentelli was a member of the seminal New Orleans funk/R&B band The Meters. They had a Top 40 hit in 1969 with the single "Cissy Strut". They also backed up Robert Palmer on his albums "Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley" and "Some People Can Do What They Want". Charlie Christian didn't have a long career, but he was an influence to T-Bone Walker and Chuck Berry. He played in Benny Goodman's orchestra. Hubert Sumlin is a blues legend who was Howlin' Wolf's longtime lead guitarist. In all honesty, Rolling Stone's lists are nothing but a collective joke.
Gilmour has gotta be number 1 for me personally
No Alan Holdsworth ?
Buck Dharma of
Blue Oyster Cult
Is my favorite
He is so underrated!
I’ve had the pleasure of meeting him a few times. Great guy and an even greater guitarist!
No Holdsworth..my side is splitting
its hard to say what makes a great guitarist. its not just techincal ability, its feel and emotion too. i think neil young is a great guitarist yet he doesnt have great technical ability. its also how influential they were. cortez the killer a great track from neil.
PJ Harvey is not only a great guitarist but a great bassist, pianist, percussionist and harpist as well! An underrated talent for sure
No Tommy Emmanuel in the top 100?? How is that even possible, he's the absolute top acoustic guitarist in the world IMHO 😩
Another comment. You mentioned a favourite guitarist of yours was Zal Cleminson. And i mentioned Guthrie Govan. Govan lists two of his biggest influences to be Frank Zappa and especially lists Cleminson as perhaps his biggest influence. If you want you should check some of his videos on RUclips especially in a small club with he and a sax player. Beautiful.
So much great talent in this list
I agree, Ritchie Blackmore should be much higher on this list, maybe even top 20.
I've heard the ones you've heard, and haven't those you haven't. Not so surprising as I was born the year before you were!
surprised no Hank Marvin in the list
I thought Beyoncé was going to be #1.
In this day and age, I wouldn't have been surprised!
I love how Wishbone Ash had two of the top guitarrists back in the day according to the UK, but now they're not on here. And where the HELL are Glen Campbell and Roy Clark? I'd have them both in my Top 20 -- easily.
You are correct about Ted Turner and Andy Powell . Not only were they both on the list they were listed fairly well not in the 90’s. Wishbone Ash was a great band.
You havent heard of sonic youth music. Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo are amazing guitarists. Ive seen them live and wow!!!
Thurston
Well, although there were many ridiculous positionings (say that ten times fast) I will let them off as, for me, they got number one right. Listen to ‘Hear My Train a Comin’ from the album ‘Rainbow Bridge’ to confirm he deserves the number one spot.
Where is Pat Metheny ? Or Scott Henderson ? Guthrie Govan ?
My idol JIMI THE GOAT RIP ❤
Again you can't rank guitarists Larry,there are thousands of great guitarists in the world,maybe millions and playing many different styles of guitar as well,for example,my favorite guitar player is Jimi Hendrix because he was so melodic and innovative but technically he wasn't best guitar player out there,Eric Clapton is a great technical guitar player but there are others who are faster,check out Tommy Emmanuel for example and others who are better finger pickers and others who's more creative,great country pickers,great blues players,classical players and progressive rock players and the list goes on and on,it would probably be better to just list who are people's favorite guitarists rather then who the greatest guitarists are,again Larry like most rankings on anything it's down to who or what an individual likes. Bob
I can understand why Adam Jones wouldn't make this list, but I thought they'd at least mention Steve Vai!
And #94 for Joe Satriani is way too low for me, he should have been higher on the list.
I would have to agree Morris - all the Tool guys are top notch musicians
Weird list. I definitely would have Alex Lifeson, Brian May, Pete Townshend, and Eric Clapton in the top 10. It’s so hard to compare Blues guitarist to rock guitarist to me. I think they got #1 right. I would also throw in Stephen Stills.
Yngwie Malmsteen, Gary Moore, Neal Schon, Allan Holdsworth, Andy Latimer, Steve Morse, John Petrucci, Michael Schenker, Al Di Meola.???... ah, whatever...they would put up Beyoncé or Taylor Swift higher than Steve Howe or Hackett.
jeff beck could be number 1. also perhaps an omission is lowell george from little feat
As others have stated, we should just be thankful they didn't put Beyonce at number one. You never know with Rolling Stone
Very good list. Angus and Malcolm 👍🏽 Nice to see James Burton at 24. I thought Eric Clapton would have been top 10. I don’t recall Dave Mustaine anywhere in the 250 , I thought he would have been there. I would have added Ihsahn from Emperor but I suppose Norwegian Black Metal is their thing. Anyway, no arguments with their number 1 pick, nor 2 for that matter. My number 3 would have been Jeff Beck.
Well, interesting list, I do agree Zappa Howe Lifeson should be on the list higher.
I don’t think they even mentioned Frampton, he should be on there too.
And since they’re grouping the guitarists on some, how about the three guitarists from Moby Grape, Skip Spence, Jerry Miller and Peter Lewis, you won’t see them either, like the guitarist from Blue Oyster Cult….😊 Ok….done ranting
Great video, thank you.
Buck Darhma !! Correct❤️❤️❤️
@@markoliver630
So agree, why he wasn’t on the list is a crying shame, love their music….so underrated
Phil McCracken should have been on the list! 🤣. I also can’t disagree with Jimi Hendrix being number one 👍xxx.
Indeed. Phil McCracken is the most underrated guitarist/musician/artist to have ever lived. Is he still around? Retired? Working on his next masterpiece, perhaps?
He's under medication at the moment for a few issues he has...
@@CalicoSilver I hope he’s not retired. It’s on my bucket list to see him live! 🤣👍.
Any guitarist list without Roy Clark there is something wrong with it. Any list like this is just some writers fantasy and obviously isn't based on anything but some unnamed guy from Rolling Stone's personal taste who ever even heard of half of the musicians on this list.
Totally true! 😎
No Rory Gallagher or Steve Howe even in the top 50 ? Complete shit.
Steve Howe is probably my favorite guitarist and Rory of course was amazing.
Glad Belew got on. But f* Rolling
$hit anyway. To be honest, its like they hit some program shift control after entering all named players put on pdf. Worthless. Though I laugh always at Larry's rye retorts.
mark knofler should be higher
Knopfler at 96? With Peter Green above many of these unheard of nonentities. Some of the ones you say you've never heard of - that's quite stunning. Many of these are not even known as guitarists. Why do we bother - a total waste of time from what was a great magazine 50 years ago. And no sign of Nigel Tufnel.
Hare Krishna
I agree with Hendrix being the best but Mark Knoffler at 96 is a crime and Brian May should higher.
This may be the worst compiled list in Rolling Stone history. I have a feeling its intentional. A list of 250 guitarists without Guthrie Goven included is not a list.
Brian may, slash, and David Gilmour should much higher
Never heard of Charlie Christian!?
While I like St Vincent. in what planet is she better than David Gilmour and Buddy Guy?? Seriosuly, Rolling Stone is a rag! It has totally lost the plot.
Lou Reed is a higher ranked player than Mark Knopfler? I'm done! FU Rolling Stone.
So no
Lowell George,
Paul Kossoff,
James Honeyman-Scott,
Steve Marriott,
Peter Frampton,
Cat Stevens,
Brian Jones,
Carl Wilson,
Ron Wood,
Buddy Holly,
David Crosby,
John Renbourn
John Martyn,
Jerry Miller,
Jimmy McCullough
Henry McCullough
Clem Clemson
Zal Cleminson
Etc.
Shameful!
No ALVIN LEE no list. ALVIN TOP 5.
Well, the list is totally wrong... Clapton should have been way up near the top. That he is not in the top ten totally destroys the validity of this list. Now, about Hendrix... he was mostly great because he was utterly innovative. The stuff he play, while wildly experimental, is not difficult to replicate on a technical level. I don't think he was technically the best though, though his influence is undeniable. I think Jeff Beck was better in that respect. I would put Buddy Guy and Eric Clapton on just about the same level, in fact Clapton himself lauded Guy's skill, saying that it was almost out of control, or something like that... that Buddy Guy took it as close to the limit as he could.
Also... where is Peter Frampton? Where is Yngwie Malmsteen? What the heck? I love Neil Young, but I don't see him as one of the greatest of all time... in fact, the mere fact that he leaves in the sloppy mistakes makes him endearing... but he's a very good guitar player, a sloppy guitar player, but not one of the very greatest of all time. Just my opinion, and I guess this list was Rolling Stones' opinion... it's just that my opinion makes senses and their opinion doesn't lol!
@@stevekeetertheloathlydaddy6636 Totally agree....a lot of people should be higher. Eric Johnson, Vai, Nuno, Satriani, Clapton.
Nowadays people like to use some of the stuff he said to rate his guitar playing. Clapton is one of the most influential. Said by people like Van Halen, Brian May, Gilmour....
Frampton, Holdsworth, Gary Moore, Neal Schon, Petrucci, Alvin Lee, George Benson, Paul Gilbert....none of them on the list....
I can't understand the criteria here. It can't be technique or Chuck Berry would never be top2. It can't be influence or Clapton would never be 35...
@@andrelf7 Yes that was the only thing that annoyed me on the list while I dislike his views. On the last version of the list he was in the top 5, maybe 2, and now 35 is obviously on purpose
@reengills7814 Jim Hendrix' influence is undeniable, and he was probably the greatest guitarist of his time. Clapton was influential, but not as innovative, as he was basically blues based (well, so was Hendrix but the approaches were quite different), and built upon what came before, going all the way back to Robert Johnson... but Eric electrified it and brought it to a new audience. But yes, Hendrix was brilliant, live and in the studio.
Any lists they pay more attention to Diversity, Inclusion and Inclusiveness and not to talent is total BS.