100 Greatest Guitarists Of All Time

100 Greatest Guitarists Of All Time

Rolling Stone Music

B.B. King

1 – Jimi Hendrix
2 – Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band
3 – B.B. King
4 – Eric Clapton
5 – Robert Johnson
6 – Chuck Berry
7 – Stevie Ray Vaughan
8 – RyCooder
9 – Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
10 – Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones
11 – Kirk Hammett of Metallica
12 – Kurt Cobain of Nirvana
13 – Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead
14 – Jeff Beck
15 – Carlos Santana
16 – Johnny Ramone of the Ramones
17 – Jack White of the White Stripes
18 – John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
19 – Richard Thompson
20 – James Burton
21 – George Harrison
22 – Mike Bloomfield
23 – Warren Haynes
24 – The Edge of U2
25 – Freddy King
26 – Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
27 – Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits
28 – Stephen Stills
29 – Ron Asheton of the Stooges
30 – Buddy Guy
31 – Dick Dale
32 – John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service
33 & 34 – Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth
35 – John Fahey
36 – Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MG’s
37 – Bo Diddley
38 – Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac
39 – Brian May of Queen
40 – John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival
41 – Clarence White of the Byrds
42 – Robert Fripp of King Crimson
43 – Eddie Hazel of Funkadelic
44 – Scotty Moore
45 – Frank Zappa
46 – Les Paul
47 – T-Bone Walker
48 – Joe Perry of Aerosmith
49 – John McLaughlin
50 – Pete Townsend
51 – Paul Kossoff of Free
52 – Lou Reed
53 – Mickey Baker
54 – Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane
55 – Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple
56 – Tom Verlaine of Television
57 – Roy Buchanan
58 – Dickey Betts
59 & 60 – Jonny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien of Radiohead
61 – Ike Turner
62 – Zoot Horn Rollo of the Magic Band
63 – Danny Gatton
64 – Mick Ronson
65 – Hubert Sumlin
66 – Vernon Reid of Living Colour
67 – Link Wray
68 – Jerry Miller of Moby Grape
69 – Steve Howe of Yes
70 – Eddie Van Halen
71 – Lightnin’ Hopkins
72 – Joni Mitchell
73 – Trey Anastasio of Phish
74 – Johnny Winter
75 – Adam Jones of Tool
76 – Ali Farka Toure
77 – Henry Vestine of Canned Heat
78 – Robbie Robertson of the Band
79 – Cliff Gallup of the Blue Caps (1997)
80 – Robert Quine of the Voidoids
81 – Derek Trucks
82 – David Gilmour of Pink Floyd
83 – Neil Young
84 – Eddie Cochran
85 – Randy Rhoads
86 – Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath
87 – Joan Jett
88 – Dave Davies of the Kinks
89 – D. Boon of the Minutemen
90 – Glen Buxton of Alice Cooper
91 – Robby Krieger of the Doors
92 & 93 – Fred “Sonic” Smith, Wayne Kramer of the MC5
94 – Bert Jansch
95 – Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine
96 – Angus Young of AC/DC
97 – Robert Randolph
98 – Leigh Stephens of Blue Cheer
99 – Greg Ginn of Black Flag
100 – Kim Thayil of Soundgarden

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