Originally Posted By vbdad55 So I do not hijack the band thread - here is just my opinion: -- for me the deciding factor is the enormous body of work for Jimmy Page, largely unrecognized as his even before the Yardsbirds. For the Brits to acknowledge that his 'lead' is on as much as 60% of the songs from there up thru 1965-66 or so, is huge 1. Jimmy Page 2. Jimi Hendrix 3. Eric Clapton ------------------- then a significant gulf before the rest 4. Tony Iommi 5. Brian May 6. Alvin Lee 7. Stevie Ray Vaughn 8. Carlos Santana 9. Eddie Van Halen 10.Slash in the meantime catch a look at this - James Page in 1957 - 13 years old - playign skiffle on Youtube <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v</a> =epXeC40P80o
Originally Posted By DAR Alvin Lee??? Not ringing a bell. Glad to see Slash in the top ten. Keith Richards not there?? I kind of agree with that. Though his opening riff for Can't You Hear Me Knocking might be the best ever. A guy that in twenty years could rise on this list is Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, incredible guitarist.
Originally Posted By alexbook Alvin Lee - Ten Years After <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000003JA5/ref=m_art_li_0/104-7255960-4603916" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/gp/produ ct/B000003JA5/ref=m_art_li_0/104-7255960-4603916</a> One of those bands that you've heard but you don't know that you've heard. BTW, where's Frank Zappa on this list?
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Someone who is often overlooked and not remembered due to his death at a young age and because he mainly played blues is Mike Bloomfield. He could play too! I'm not saying he's top 3 or even 10 but he could rock.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Might trigger some names not remembered. ;> <a href="http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_newguitar.html" target="_blank">http://www.digitaldreamdoor.co m/pages/best_newguitar.html</a> 1. Jimi Hendrix* - Jimi Hendrix Experience 2. Eric Clapton - Yardbirds, Cream, Derek & The Dominos, Solo 3. Jimmy Page - Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, The Firm 4. Jeff Beck - Yardbirds, Jeff Beck Group, Solo 5. Eddie Van Halen - Van Halen 6. Stevie Ray Vaughan* - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble 7. Joe Satriani - Solo 8. Ritchie Blackmore - Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmores Night 9. Steve Vai - David Lee Roth, Whitesnake, Solo 10. David Gilmour - Pink Floyd, Solo 11. John Petrucci - Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment 12. Randy Rhoads* - Quiet Riot, Ozzy 13. Allan Holdsworth - Solo 14. Paul Gilbert - Mr. Big, Racer X, Solo 15. Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force, Solo 16. Phil Keaggy - Glass Harp, Solo 17. Jason Becker - Cacophony, David Lee Roth Band, Solo 18. John Mclaughlin- Mahavishnu Orchestra 19. Duane Allman* - Allman Brothers Band, Derek & the Dominos 20. Chuck Berry - Solo 21. Eric Johnson - Solo 22. Steve Howe - Yes, Solo 23. Neal Schon - Santana, Journey, Solo 24. Brian May - Queen 25. Gary Moore - Thin Lizzy, Colosseum II, Skid Row, Solo 26. Bo Diddley - Solo 27. Steve Morse - Deep Purple, Dixie Dregs, Steve Morse Band, Solo 28. Carlos Santana - Santana 29. Tony Iommi - Black Sabbath 30. Buckethead - Solo, Praxis, Thanatopsis, The Deli Creeps, Cornbugs, GNR, 31. Mark Knopfler - Dire Straits, Solo 32. Marty Friedman - Cacophony, Megadeth, Solo 33. Nuno Bettencourt - Extreme, Mourning Widows 34. Shawn Lane* - Black Oak Arkansas, Willy, Solo 35. Kirk Hammett - Metallica 36. Uli Jon Roth - Scorpions, Solo 37. Terry Kath* - Chicago Transit Authority 38. Alex Lifeson - Rush 39. Frank Zappa* - Mothers of Invention, Solo 40. Rory Gallagher* - Solo 41. Dimebag Darrell* - Pantera 42. Peter Green - Fleetwood Mac, Solo 43. Robin Trower - Procal Harum, Solo 44. Slash - Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver 45. Mick Taylor - John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Rolling Stones 46. Robert Fripp - King Crimson 47. Tom Morello - Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave 48. Michael Schenker - Scorpions, UFO, MSG, Contraband 49. Ry Cooder - Solo 50. Angus Young - AC/DC 51. Keith Richards - Rolling Stones, Solo 52. Michael Angelo Batio - Nitro, Solo 53. John Squire - Stone Roses 54. Pete Townshend - The Who 55. Steve Hackett - Genisis 56. Zakk Wylde - Ozzy Osbourne, Black Label Society 57. George Harrison* - Beatles, Traveling Wilberys, Solo 58. Alvin Lee - Ten Years After 59. Dave Davies - Kinks 60. Jerry Cantrell - Alice In Chains, Solo 61. Steve Stevens - Billy Idol 62. Johnny Winter - Solo 63. Dickie Betts - Allman Brothers Band, Dickey Betts & Great Southern 64. John Cipollina* - Quicksilver Messenger Service 65. Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band 66. Steve Cropper - Booker T. & MG's/Stax sessions 67. Adrian Belew - King Crimson 68. Joe Bonamassa - Solo 69. Steve Lukather - Toto, Solo 70. Jerry Garcia* - Grateful Dead 71. Joe Perry - Aerosmith 72. Prince - Prince & The Revolution 73. Kim Mitchell - Max Webster, Solo 74. Adrian Smith - Iron Maiden 75. Dave Murray - Iron Maiden 76. Neil Young - Buffalo Springfield, CSNY, Solo 77. Billy Gibbons - ZZ Top 78. Tony MacAlpine - Solo 79. Mike McCready - Pearl Jam 80. Adam Jones - Tool 81. Gary Hoey - Solo 82. Leslie West - Mountain, Solo 83. Peter Frampton - Humble Pie, Frampton's Camel, Solo 84. Dick Dale - Del-Tones 85. Vito Bratta - White Lion 86. Mickey "Guitar" Baker - 50's sessions/ Mickey & Sylvia 87. John Frusciante - Red Hot Chili Peppers 88. Ronnie Montrose - Montrose, Edgar Winter Group 89. Mick Ronson* - David Bowie, Solo 90. Roy Buchanan* - Solo 91. Warren Haynes - Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule 92. Vinnie Moore - Alice Cooper, Solo 93. Robbie Krieger - Doors, Solo 94. Chris DeGarmo - Queensryche 95. Jake E. Lee - Cutting Crew, Ozzy, Badlands, Solo 96. Glen Tipton - Judas Priest 97. Joe Walsh - James Gang, Eagles, Solo 98. K.K. Downing - Judas Priest 99. Eddie Hazel* - Funkadelic 100. Alex Skolnick - Testament
Originally Posted By DAR <<60. Jerry Cantrell - Alice In Chains, Solo>> Alice in Chains was just here on Saturday. The review of the show was outstanding, they said Cantrell was better than ever. James Iha from Smashing Pumpkins was also very underated.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "Glad to see Slash in the top ten. Keith Richards not there?? I kind of agree with that. Though his opening riff for Can't You Hear Me Knocking might be the best ever." Richards' riff or Mick Taylor's?
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Well, I don't know for a certainty, either. They had to re-learn the song for the Licks tour, and somewhere I remember reading that Richards had to learn how to play the song, since most of it was written by Taylor.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Well, maybe he did, maybe not. Sounds like they might have both played it. <a href="http://www.timeisonourside.com/SOCantYouHear.html" target="_blank">http://www.timeisonourside.com /SOCantYouHear.html</a>
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy 1. Janice the Muppet from "Dr. Teeth & the Electric Mayhem". ------ 2-whatever, everybody else.
Originally Posted By LVCajun I don't know if I agree with the list...I was left completely off the list and I play a pretty mean Guitar Hero 2.
Originally Posted By Fe Maiden No Ace Frehley on that list of 100? I can pick out about 10 guys on that list who have said they picked up a guitar and learned to play BECAUSE of Ace.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <Please.......... Jeff Beck But your top 3 are excellent choices.< Beck would be in my next 20 - more personal taste than anything. I thought he was excellent with his Jeff Beck Group ( with Ron Wood - Rod Stewart )- - however I thought some other work more in line with Keith Richard / Robin Trower / Mick Taylor / Joe Perry -- certainly very very good that's why threads like this are good to hear other people opinions. Look at the list above and No Robin Trower / Martin Barre / Steve Marriott etc - some pretty good names not there either. And how does a top 100 not include Paul Kantner ?
Originally Posted By Dave >>>No Ace Frehley on that list <<< And no Lindsay Buckingham either. Lindsay should be in the top 5 if not higher.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Is this Dave Buckingham ? sorry - just kidding - while I don't agree with top 5 ( like my vote matters) -I agree he is very good - so would be Paul Simon who is not on the list, which is why lists like this rarely work
Originally Posted By Fe Maiden <<Lindsay should be in the top 5 if not higher.>> He should definitely be on this list, but not in the Top 5, imo.
