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Greatest guitar players!!

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)

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