A website named "collider" has published its list of all time great guitar
players. It cannot be taken seriously, as it includes only rock and blues
players. You can guess who are their #2 and #1 players - yes, Clapton and
Hendrix.
I have to stop reading these lists, as they are obviously compiled by
people with no comprehensive knowledge of music, much less of guitar
players particularly. But I am a sucker for these kinds of lists.
I noted the distinct omission of the following guitarists: Joe Pass,
Chet Atkins, Merle Travis, George Barnes, Les Paul, Charlie Christian,
Howard Alden, Johnny Smith, Django Reinhardt, Russell Malone, George Van
Epps, Herb Ellis, Charlie Byrd, Jimmy Raney, Tal Farlow, Jim Hall, Hank
Garland, Danny Gatton, Glenn Campbell, Roy Clark, Jerry Reed, Tommy Emmanuel, Doc Watson, Tony Rice (!), Dan Crary, George Shuffler,
Clarence White, Segovia, John Williams, Julian Bream, Christopher
Parkening, Paul Galbraith, T Bone Walker, and a whole lot more.
Anyone who makes a list of best guitarists and omits therefrom any of
the people I have named above is simply showing his ignorance of guitar.
Someone should make an unranked list of 250 great guitarists, inclusive of
all musical genres. There are no "bests"; there's only the greats, and
there are a whole lot of great ones out there, and probably way more than
250.
Lack of skill dictates economy of style. - Joey Ramone
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Topic - Greatest guitar players!! - Mike K 09:51:13 10/11/20 (89)
- RE: Greatest guitar players!! - michaelhigh 15:33:29 10/22/20 (0)
- Kazuhito Yamashita - hifitommy 14:43:40 10/22/20 (0)
- Uh, Pete Townsend. Nt - geoffkait 04:25:05 10/19/20 (0)
- RE: Greatest guitar players!! - itolduso1000timesb4 06:04:32 10/18/20 (1)
- RE: Greatest guitar players!! - TEA FOR ONE 16:50:16 10/18/20 (0)
- Alvin Lee. Hel-loo! Nt - geoffkait 05:24:17 10/18/20 (1)
- RE: Alvin Lee. Hel-loo! Nt - ZENTISH 05:33:38 10/18/20 (0)
- Jerry Garcia nt - geoffkait 15:44:34 10/15/20 (0)
- No serious list omits John Fahey and Leo Kottke. NONE! nt - tinear 12:47:08 10/15/20 (11)
- RE: No serious list omits John Fahey and Leo Kottke. NONE! nt - immatthewj 14:56:31 10/15/20 (10)
- Try John Fahey. Guitar players know him. Satriani? A bit of a noodler, if you - tinear 12:00:16 10/16/20 (9)
- RE: Try John Fahey. Guitar players know him. Satriani? A bit of a noodler, if you - immatthewj 21:06:38 10/16/20 (7)
- RE: Try John Fahey. Guitar players know him. Satriani? A bit of a noodler, if you - rivervalley817 21:40:54 10/16/20 (6)
- RE: Try John Fahey. Guitar players know him. Satriani? A bit of a noodler, if you - immatthewj 17:25:29 10/17/20 (5)
- RE: Try John Fahey. Guitar players know him. Satriani? A bit of a noodler, if you - rivervalley817 19:01:45 10/17/20 (4)
- RE: Try John Fahey. Guitar players know him. Satriani? A bit of a noodler, if you - immatthewj 14:28:38 10/18/20 (3)
- RE: Try John Fahey. Guitar players know him. Satriani? A bit of a noodler, if you - rivervalley817 14:43:02 10/18/20 (2)
- RE: Try John Fahey. Guitar players know him. Satriani? A bit of a noodler, if you - immatthewj 14:51:47 10/18/20 (1)
- RE: Try John Fahey. Guitar players know him. Satriani? A bit of a noodler, if you - rivervalley817 14:58:45 10/18/20 (0)
- RE: Try John Fahey. Guitar players know him. Satriani? A bit of a noodler, if you - rivervalley817 12:26:56 10/16/20 (0)
- RE: Greatest guitar players!! - Regg 15:34:33 10/14/20 (0)
- Thanks for including Segovia, Williams, and Bream - Feanor 11:26:32 10/14/20 (6)
- They may very well bethe three"best known" but pretty far fromthe best - Analog Scott 22:06:22 10/15/20 (4)
- RE: They may very well bethe three"best known" but pretty far fromthe best - Regg 16:44:19 10/16/20 (1)
- A lovely performance - Feanor 19:48:57 10/17/20 (0)
- I'll check them out -nt - Feanor 11:56:07 10/16/20 (0)
- RE: They may very well bethe three"best known" but pretty far fromthe best - rivervalley817 22:18:25 10/15/20 (0)
- I tried to include all genres the article excluded - Mike K 12:40:18 10/14/20 (0)
- RE: Greatest guitar players!! - immatthewj 11:02:00 10/14/20 (0)
- Finally tried to check that list (which wouldn't load right), saw Jewell but no Adrian Belew... - musetap 21:22:37 10/13/20 (0)
- where is Randy? - DKL 09:18:00 10/13/20 (1)
- yea - /nt - Story 10:06:13 10/13/20 (0)
- Roy Buchanan ! - bouncy ball 08:22:13 10/13/20 (3)
- Yup, Roy had the greatest of chops. Not a great vocalist or song writer, - tinear 06:05:16 10/14/20 (0)
- another one - Story 10:07:08 10/13/20 (0)
- +1 - DKL 09:13:55 10/13/20 (0)
- RE: Greatest guitar players!! - gadio4533 06:17:26 10/13/20 (0)
- You egregiously neglected - Uncle Mike 02:21:56 10/13/20 (4)
- RE: You egregiously neglected - itolduso1000timesb4 06:08:56 10/18/20 (0)
- How about Tommy Tedesco? - ghost of olddude55 06:08:04 10/13/20 (2)
- RE: How about Tommy Tedesco? - Mike K 06:42:29 10/13/20 (1)
- Charlie McCoy's solo on Dylan's - John Marks 07:23:38 10/13/20 (0)
- RE: Greatest guitar players!! - pictureguy 23:39:14 10/12/20 (1)
- 45+ Years later - I'm still amazed by My Feet are Smiling ~nt~ - Byrd69 05:19:02 10/13/20 (0)
- Joke of a list - semuta 22:01:12 10/12/20 (1)
- I think Mike K suggestion of 250 notable style guitarists in all genres would catch missed favorites... - Jonesy 08:44:41 10/14/20 (0)
- Begs the question: What makes a great guitar player? - AudioDwebe 20:19:54 10/12/20 (1)
- RE: Begs the question: What makes a great guitar player? - itolduso1000timesb4 04:54:28 10/19/20 (0)
- Rory Gallagher of course! - Goober58 19:11:49 10/12/20 (1)
- RE: Rory Gallagher of course! - mark.korda@myfairpoint.net 20:14:21 10/12/20 (0)
- Jimmy Thackery is one of my favorite guitar players. - blues4ever 17:49:09 10/12/20 (0)
- My A-Z: Chet Aktins to Joe Satriani to Frank Zappa - nt - AbeCollins 16:22:38 10/12/20 (2)
- RE: My A-Z: Chet Aktins to Joe Satriani to Frank Zappa - nt - JURB 07:07:00 10/13/20 (1)
- RE: My A-Z: Chet Aktins to Joe Satriani to Frank Zappa - nt - AbeCollins 09:39:33 10/13/20 (0)
- RE: No way to say - Land Shark 15:29:37 10/12/20 (0)
- RE: What?? - tweaker456 14:30:34 10/12/20 (0)
- I nominate the Eagles' guitar man.... - Rod M 12:28:44 10/12/20 (0)
- I love the Ramones but I don't think Johnny Ramone should be on that list. - ghost of olddude55 11:30:49 10/12/20 (2)
- Well, he was an innovative rhythm player, hardly a soloist - Brian H P 16:59:05 10/12/20 (1)
- My son's best friend in high school could do that too - ghost of olddude55 04:51:46 10/13/20 (0)
- RE: Greatest guitar players!! - JURB 11:23:42 10/12/20 (0)
- My ex-boss's daughter had a wonderful voice! - Goober58 11:21:34 10/12/20 (0)
- Brazil=many great guitarists. Raul Seixas; Luiz Bonfa; Laurindo Almeida; Baden Powell; - tinear 10:14:05 10/12/20 (0)
- Two well known and two lesser knowns for me... - bgunn 08:32:15 10/12/20 (3)
- Eddie Hazel - Story 09:36:20 10/12/20 (2)
- RE: Eddie Hazel - b.l.zeebub 13:13:02 10/12/20 (1)
- RE: Eddie Hazel - GEO 13:33:14 10/12/20 (0)
- Missing: Biréli Lagrène and Stochelo Rosenberg - John Marks 06:13:45 10/12/20 (6)
- Grapelli - hifitommy 21:08:42 10/13/20 (0)
- RE: Two guys as unknown as Buccaneer's Brosseau before last Friday (nt) - B. Scarpia 08:38:56 10/12/20 (4)
- Only if you are USA-Centric... - John Marks 14:14:26 10/12/20 (3)
- Or B. Scarpia could listen to ... - PAR 15:47:49 10/12/20 (2)
- RE: Or B. Scarpia could listen to ... - alan m. kafton 23:56:15 10/12/20 (1)
- RE: Or The Baron could point out... - B. Scarpia 04:57:49 10/13/20 (0)
- There are no Greatest guitar players!! - Byrd69 05:31:23 10/12/20 (3)
- RE: There are no Greatest guitar players!! - itolduso1000timesb4 06:17:34 10/18/20 (0)
- RE: +1 (nt - Anti_Left 09:16:08 10/12/20 (0)
- You are absolutely right. - Mike K 07:52:23 10/12/20 (0)
- I don't see a problem - RGA 18:46:20 10/11/20 (0)
- RE: Greatest guitar players!! - slovell1 18:27:28 10/11/20 (0)
- Do they have this one? - bouncy ball 17:54:35 10/11/20 (0)
- RE: Greatest guitar players!! - rodge827 15:39:55 10/11/20 (0)
- Your MIA list has 33 names. Which of the 44 would you bump from the Collider list? - Jonesy 14:54:40 10/11/20 (0)
- Hey Mike!!!! Next time provide a link, huh?! (Here it is, btw.) - Raiderman 14:16:42 10/11/20 (0)
- "obviously compiled by people with no comprehensive knowledge of music"... - musetap 13:42:47 10/11/20 (0)
- Harry Leahey the Grammy winner - I played a gig with him once - Story 12:46:08 10/11/20 (0)
- RE: Greatest guitar players!! - cawson@onetel.com 12:36:16 10/11/20 (0)
- RE: Greatest guitar players!! - alan m. kafton 12:28:30 10/11/20 (0)
- Two of my favorites are - E-Stat 10:04:50 10/11/20 (0)