OT. The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. Rolling Stone Magazine..

[Akillies]

Hendrix's favorite guitarist was in the best selling american band of all time curiously enough. Not mentioned by anyone here yet.

 

[PBR]

Hendrix's favorite guitarist was in the best selling american band of all time curiously enough. Not mentioned by anyone here yet.

Elvis?

 

[festeringZit]

Hendrix allegedly claimed Phil Keaggy was the best guitar player
in the world.

(ex glass harp virtuoso)

 

[hellah10]

Adam Jones #75?!?! Gimmie a fucking break... this guy has redefined this instrument. He should be Top 25

Where the hell is Kenny Wayne Shepherd?

 

[hellah10]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKy73uTOhDc&feature=related

this version sounds so much better

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9mEKMz2Pvo&NR=1

:toast:

 

[wilheim]

Hellah10

Thats a nice renedition by Jake Shimabukuro but lets not lose sight of the fact Jake can only play it because George Harrison wrote the song for The Beatles "White" album in the first place.

Here is an even better rendition performed whith vocals by Tom Petty when George Harrison was posthumously inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004. Watch for the solo riff by Prince at the end - it blows all other reneditions of the song away (including young Jake's very good solo you provided). Starts around 3:30 Minute mark.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5zOPGMIyMQ



wil..

 

[Buster]

Thats a nice renedition by Jake Shimabukuro but lets not lose sight of the fact Jake can only play it because George Harrison wrote the song for The Beatles "White" album in the first place.

Here is an even better rendition performed whith vocals by Tom Petty when George Harrison was posthumously inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004. Watch for the solo riff by Prince at the end - it blows all other reneditions of the song away (including young Jake's very good solo you provided). Starts around 3:30 Minute mark.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5zOPGMIyM



wil..

cannot believe that this was the first time i saw this...STUNNING


THANKS

 

[FuriousDrew]

Thats a nice renedition by Jake Shimabukuro but lets not lose sight of the fact Jake can only play it because George Harrison wrote the song for The Beatles "White" album in the first place.

Here is an even better rendition performed whith vocals by Tom Petty when George Harrison was posthumously inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004. Watch for the solo riff by Prince at the end - it blows all other reneditions of the song away (including young Jake's very good solo you provided). Starts around 3:30 Minute mark.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5zOPGMIyMQ



wil..

WOW thanks for sharing Wil, first time seeing this for me as well..awesome performance.

 

[Samhain]

Who ever made up the list needs to be fired !

 

[wilheim]

Most of you guys that are criticizing the list are right - Rolling Stone took a lot of heat for putting out more of a popularity list than an actual talented guitarist list. I can't find out exactly how they came up with the list, probably just some staff writers collaborated.

I did find an interesting new list though:

From DigitalDreamDoor.com
100 Greatest 'Rock' Guitar Riffs..(dated 2-17-2007)..

1. Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
2. Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
3. Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream
4. Layla - Derek And The Dominos
5. Oh Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
6. Iron Man - Black Sabbath
7. Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry
8. Heartbreaker - Led Zeppelin
9. You Really Got Me - The Kinks
10. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N Roses
11. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix Experience
12. Day Tripper - The Beatles
13. Walk This Way - Aerosmith
14. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly
15. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
16. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
17. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix Experience
18. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
19. Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
20. Back In Black - AC/DC
21. Foxey Lady - Jimi Hendrix Experience
22. Frankenstein - Edgar Winter
23. Aqualung - Jethro Tull
24. Bad To The Bone - George Thorogood & Destroyers
25. Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones
26. Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
27. Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
28. Jumpin Jack Flash - Rolling Stones
29. American Woman - Guess Who
30. Wild Thing - The Troggs
31. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
32. Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
33. Rebel Rebel - David Bowie
34. Roadhouse Blues - The Doors
35. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
36. Breaking The Law - Judas Priest
37. Running With The Devil - Van Halen
38. Enter Sandman - Metallica
39. The Hellion/Electric Eye - Judas Priest
40. Outshined - Soundgarden
41. Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor
42. Hells Bells - AC/DC
43. La Grange - ZZ Top
44. Master Of Puppets - Metallica
45. Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
46. Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits
47. Rusty Cage - Soundgarden
48. Ain't Talking Bout Love - Van Halen
49. Bring It On Home - Led Zeppelin
50. Man On The Silver Mountain - Rainbow
51. Panama - Van Halen
52. Maybellene - Chuck Berry
53. N.I.B. - Black Sabbath
54. Pinball Wizard - The Who
55. China Grove - The Doobie Brothers
56. Stranglehold - Ted Nugent
57. Ace Of Spades - Motorhead
58. Wipeout - The Surfaris
59. Paradise City - Guns N' Roses
60. Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
61. Five Minutes Alone - Pantera
62. All Day And All Of The Night - The Kinks
63. Up Around The Bend - Creedence Clearwater Revival
64. Bulls On Parade - Rage Against The Machine
65. Life In The Fast Lane - The Eagles
66. Start Me Up - Rolling Stones
67. Walk - Pantera
68. Welcome To The Jungle - Guns N Roses
69. I'm Broken - Pantera
70. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix Experience
71. Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
72. Working Man - Rush
73. Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz
74. Pride And Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughan
75. The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy
76. Whipping Post - Allman Brothers Band
77. Aenima - Tool
78. You Shook Me - AC/DC
79. School Day - Chuck Berry
80. Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
81. Honey Don't - Carl Perkins
82. Moby Dick - Led Zeppelin
83. Rockin' In The Free World - Neil Young
84. Wake Up Little Susie - Everly Brothers
85. Taxman - The Beatles
86. The Ocean - Led Zeppelin
87. Lola - The Kinks
88. Hangar 18 - Megadeth
89. Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top
90. Thunderstruck - AC/DC
91. Politican - Cream
92. The Trooper - Iron Maiden
93. I Feel Fine - The Beatles
94. Spirit Of Radio - Rush
95. Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden
96. Man On A Mission - Van Halen
97. Fear Of The Dark - Iron Maiden
98. Raining Blood - Slayer
99. Scuttle Buttin - Stevie Ray Vaughan
100. Hysteria - Muse



wil..

For Winbet..(he was right about Rory Gallagher)..

The late Rory Gallagher "Too much Alcohol" taped from Irish TV in Feb. of 1977.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1zsRRt1FWE



wil..

 

[wilheim]

One of my favorites from the Riff list..

George Thorogood's "Bad To The Bone"..George is using a Gibson ES-135..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7VsoxT_FUY

Another favorite - Jethro Tull's Aqualung. (Ian Anderson on vocals, Martin Barre on lead guitar).


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqZmtq5LhFo


wil..:drink:

 

[FuriousDrew]

I have visited that digitaldreamdoor.com site a bunch in the past and find their lists to be more accurate than any others I've read. My personal favorite is the "Top Rock Vocalists - Male" list...mainly because my all-time favorite vocalist Jeff Buckley took the #3 spot.

This could probably be another thread though.....top 10 of 100:

[FONT=verdana,arial] 1. Freddie Mercury (Queen, Solo)
2. Jackie Wilson
3. Jeff Buckley
4. Sam Cooke
5. Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin, Solo)
6. Ian Gillan (Deep Purple, Solo)
7. Steve Perry (Journey, Solo)
8. Roy Orbison
9. Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Temple Of The Dog, Solo)
10. Clyde McPhatter (Drifters, Dominoes, Solo)


[/FONT][FONT=verdana,arial] Criteria: - These vocalists are rated by their ability, in their prime, for vocal Control, Power, Range, Articulation, Phrasing, use of Dynamics, Uniqueness, plus Impact & Influence.[/FONT]

 

[SENDITIN]

Hendrix's favorite guitarist was in the best selling american band of all time curiously enough. Not mentioned by anyone here yet.

Hendrix had great respect for Billy Gibbons of ZZTop who should be high on the list. How about John Mclaughlin or Yorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane fame? The list is a joke with Cobain on it.
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[hellah10]

Thats a nice renedition by Jake Shimabukuro but lets not lose sight of the fact Jake can only play it because George Harrison wrote the song for The Beatles "White" album in the first place.

Here is an even better rendition performed whith vocals by Tom Petty when George Harrison was posthumously inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004. Watch for the solo riff by Prince at the end - it blows all other reneditions of the song away (including young Jake's very good solo you provided). Starts around 3:30 Minute mark.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5zOPGMIyMQ



wil..

that was fawking awesome... thanks for posting it ope:

 

[Akillies]

hendrix is quoted as saying terry kath an original member of the band chicago was his favorite guitarist.

 

[SENDITIN]

Guitarist Billy Gibbons met his future manager, Waxahachie native Bill Mack Ham, backstage at a Doors concert in Houston in 1967. Gibbons' band at the time, the Moving Sidewalks, had a local hit with the song "99th Floor." They soon opened on the Doors' Texas tour. After later opening for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Hendrix named Gibbons his favorite guitar player during an appearance on "The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson."

 

[SC_trojan]

other than being innovative, I never got Hendrix. Maybe I am too young, but by listening to his music, I always thought he was one of the sloppier guitarists.

 

[barman]

SCT, a great collection of Hendrix bits is Jimi Hendrix - Blues

Available on CD...That was his core foundation...Later in his short career he got loose quite a bit with heavy use of amps and distortion....kind of wild jams.

But when he kept the basic blues tight, he was as good as any.

 

[PBR]

This was missing from the riff list. Check out Ted Nugent, especially about the 2 minute mark.

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[wilheim]

I actually have been to a Jimi Hendrix concert back in 1969 in Frankfurt Germany while I was stationed there. I also (believe it or not) saw Janis Joplin in the same concert hall a few months after seeing Hendrix. The place is still there and called the Jahrhunderthalle, seats about 2000 if I recall.

FWIW - Janis Joplin along with her new band at the time called The Kozmic Blues Band, put on a better show..

Sadly both were dead from overdoses within 2 years or so from those concerts.


Here is a post I made about this almost 4 years ago:

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