OT: SPIN�s Greatest Guitarists of all Time

[GovernorSilver]

One of the younger masters of fingerstyle jazz guitar, well-versed in the history of jazz but also possessing a modern harmonic vocabulary.

 

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[jazzpiano88]

What a crock of shite that list is they should be embarrassed. 100 names two maybe three I would say would be on a top 100 list one of which he and I shared the guitar chair in college Jazz band Nels Cline. Some were laughable they were only a B guitarist even at the peak of their career. Two names that normally get left off lists I was glad to see get mentioned was Vernon Reid and Tony Maiden.

 

After reading that list I need to get the bathroom spray and air out my room.

I count three:

John McLaughlin

Frank Zappa

Robert Fripp.

[KuruPrionz]

I could concede a place somewhere in a list of 100 for the 21 guitarists listed below. That leaves 79 spaces available.

I'll be the first to admit that there are many on this list that I've never listened to at all. There are also quite a few that I heard in passing and did not find interesting, OR I liked the song and the guitar playing worked in that context but wasn't anything really special. I am glad to see some of the names below on a list, many have gone unrecognized on list after list and deserve more recognition. I don't think the strummers get their due, the shredders tend to take the spotlight but often it is the great backing track that provides a vehicle for said shred barrage.

 

Vernon Reid

Bert Jansch

Adrian Belew

Mick Ronson

Fred Frith

Zoot Horn Rollo

Dimebag Darrell

John McLaughlin

Nels Cline

King Sunny Ade

Nile Rodgers

Ali Farka Touré

James Blood Ulmer

Johnny Marr

Robert Fripp

Jimmy Nolen

Sonny Sharrock

Neil Young

Frank Zappa

Prince

John Fahey

[HSS]

In the midst of all of the dudes already mentioned, here's a couple of ladies who deserve consideration.

 

Molly Tuttle, a current Bluegrass guitar picker:

 

Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the grandmother of R&R and one of the first Lady lead guitarists (along with Maybelle Carter):

 

But Django is still da man as far as I'm concerned.

[Baldwin Funster]

How about some subcategories:

Guitarist who is best a killing and eating wild game with a bow - ted nugent.

 

Best at imagining a world without religion - john lennon.

 

Best at flying like an eagle

Best at playing with his teeth

Best at getting into copyright lo lawsuits

..............ect

[GovernorSilver]

Speaking of old school I gotta give a shout out to Johnny Smith, whose music I only recently discovered.

 

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He wasn't just a great chord-melody player. He could also burn with a band

 

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[KuruPrionz]

Speaking of old school I gotta give a shout out to Johnny Smith, whose music I only recently discovered.

 

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He wasn't just a great chord-melody player. He could also burn with a band

 

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Somewhere around here I have his Moonlight in Vermont CD. The original recording is from the early 50's. Beautiful stuff, he was truly one of the greats.

And, rarely makes any of these lists.

 

Neither does Tuck Andress, another amazing player who is a bit off the beaten path.