Favourite Guitarists


This discussion was inspired by the recent article about our 3 favourite female singers.

Because it was impossible for me to pick just three female vocalists ( I love women singers), I will not put a limit as to how many you wish to vote for. I limited myself to a dozen. However, if you list more that 50 I will seriously question your decision making skills.

In no particular order, except for Rory at number one.

1. Rory Gallagher

2. Peter Green

3. Roy Buchanan

4. Joe Bonamassa

5. David Gimour

6. Slash

7. Johnny Winter

8. Duane Allman

9. Stevie Ray Vaughn

10. Mark Knopfler

11. Glen Campbell

12. Guthrie Govan

 

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Best innovator....Hendrix....Best all around....Atkins...best Picker...Scaggs......Funnest to listen to....Beck.......best style...Blackmore.

1.Johnny Winter

2.Jimi Hendrix

3.Rory Gallagher

4.Kim Simmonds ( just passed 12/13/22)

5.Robin Trower

6.Carlos Santana

7.Joe Satriani

8.Joe Bonamassa

9.Freddie King

10.Albert King

11.BB King

12. Albert Collins

13.Luther Allison

14.Toni Iommi

15.Martin Barre

16.Allan Holdsworth

17.Al DiMeola

18.John McGlaughlin (sp)

19.Frank Zappa

20.Jimmy Page

21.Jeff Beck

22.Christone Kingfish Ingram (very young)

23.Alvin Lee

That's good for now, includes Rock Blues and Fusion

 

 

Fun topic. So many greats above. I don't think I saw Ricky Wilson from the B-52's mentioned. Extremely underrated. Also, +1 for Johnny Marr (The Smiths) -- so melodic. And I may have missed Marc Bolan (T-Rex) being mentioned. 

Agree on music streaming and discovery. I'll throw on some Rory Gallagher later. :-) 

Hans Theesink (Especially on Songs Of the Southland)

Stevie Ray Vaughn

Julian Bream