100 Greatest Guitarists

Reprint of 100 Greatest Guitarists: David Fricke's Picks

POSITION ARTIST BORN
1 Jimi Hendrix 11/27/1942
2 Eric Clapton 3/30/1945
3 Jimmy Page 1/9/1944
4 Keith Richards 12/18/1943
5 Jeff Beck 6/24/1944
6 B.B. King 9/16/1925
7 Chuck Berry 10/18/1926
8 Edward Van Halen 1/26/1955
9 Duane Allman 11/20/1946
10 Pete Townshend 5/19/1945
11 George Harrison 2/25/1943
12 Stevie Ray Vaughan 10/3/1954
13 Albert King 4/25/1923
14 David Gilmour 3/6/1946
15 Freddy King
16 Derek Trucks 6/8/1979
17 Neil Young 11/12/1945
18 Les Paul 6/9/1915
19 James Burton 8/21/1939
20 Carlos Santana 7/20/1947
21 Chet Atkins 6/20/1924
22 Frank Zappa 12/21/1940
23 Buddy Guy 7/30/1936
24 Angus Young 3/31/1955
25 Tony Iommi 2/19/1948
26 Brian May 7/19/1947
27 Bo Diddley 12/30/1928
28 Johnny Ramone 10/8/1948
29 Scotty Moore 12/27/1931
30 Elmore James 1/27/1918
31 Ry Cooder 3/15/1947
32 Billy Gibbons 12/16/1949
33 Prince 6/7/1958
34 Curtis Mayfield 6/3/1942
35 John Lee Hooker 8/22/1917
36 Randy Rhoads 12/6/1956
37 Mick Taylor 1/17/1948
38 The Edge 8/8/1961
39 Steve Cropper 10/21/1941
40 Tom Morello 5/30/1964
41 Mick Ronson 5/26/1946
42 Mike Bloomfield 7/28/1943
43 Hubert Sumlin 11/16/1931
44 Mark Knopfler 8/12/1949
45 Link Wray 5/2/1929
46 Jerry Garcia 8/1/1942
47 Stephen Stills 1/3/1945
48 Jonny Greenwood 11/5/1971
49 Muddy Waters 4/4/1915
50 Ritchie Blackmore 4/14/1945
51 Johnny Marr 10/31/1963
52 Clarence White 6/7/1944
53 Otis Rush 4/29/1934
54 Joe Walsh 11/20/1947
55 John Lennon 10/9/1940
56 Albert Collins 10/1/1932
57 Rory Gallagher 3/2/1948
58 Peter Green 10/29/1946
59 Robbie Robertson 7/5/1943
60 Ron Asheton 7/17/1948
61 Dickey Betts 12/12/1943
62 Robert Fripp 5/16/1946
63 Johnny Winter 2/23/1944
64 Duane Eddy 4/26/1938
65 Slash 7/23/1965
66 Leslie West 10/22/1945
67 T-Bone Walker 5/28/1910
68 John McLaughlin 3/29/1927
69 Richard Thompson
70 Jack White 7/9/1975
71 Robert Johnson 5/8/1911
72 John Frusciante 3/5/1970
73 Kurt Cobain 2/20/1967
74 Dick Dale 5/4/1937
75 Joni Mitchell 11/7/1943
76 Robby Krieger 1/8/1946
77 Willie Nelson 4/30/1933
78 John Farley
79 Mike Campbell
80 Buddy Holly 9/7/1936
81 Lou Reed 3/2/1942
82 Nels Cline
83 Eddie Hazel 4/10/1950
84 Joe Perry 9/10/1950
85 Andy Summers 12/31/1942
86 J. Mascis 12/10/1965
87 James Hetfield 8/3/1963
88 Carl Perkins 4/9/1932
89 Bonnie Raitt 11/8/1949
90 Tom Verlaine 12/13/1949
91 Dane A. Davis
92 Dimebag Darrell 8/20/1966
93 Paul Simon 10/13/1941
94 Peter Buck 12/6/1956
95 Roger McGuinn 7/13/1942
96 Bruce Springsteen 9/23/1949
97 Steve Jones 9/3/1955
98 Alex Lifeson 8/27/1953
99 Thurston Moore 7/25/1958
100 Lindsey Buckingham 10/3/1949

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