100 Greatest Guitar Players - Vol. 1

1 - I can do better 2 - Jury's out 3 - Pretty darn good 4 - Splendiferous 5 - Awesometastic (by 15 people)   Your rating: 1 - I can do better 2 - Jury's out 3 - Pretty darn good 4 - Splendiferous 5 - Awesometastic

Top 100 Guitarists Of All Time #1 - 25

From Jimi Hendrix to Jack White, Kurt Cobain to Scotty Moore. (Almost) all of your favorite guitarists are here in one lens.

In August of 2003, Rolling Stone published their list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Players of All Time. This is a series of SquidVids lenses bringing together videos on all of the guitarists on the list. I'll include the top rated video from YouTube.com that I can find.

And now you can let everyone know who your favorite guitarist is; even if they're not on the list list. Scroll down to enter your favorite. 

This is Volume One in a series of lenses that will cover all of the 100 greatest guitar players on the list. See Volume 2

See the Rolling Stone Top 100 list. 

Top 100 Guitar Players Videos 

1 - 5

1) Jimi Hendrix
2) Duane Allman (Allman Brothers Band)
3) BB King
4) Eric Clapton
5) Robert Johnson

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Jimy Plays Monterey - Part III 2 points

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Allman Brothers with Duane!!! 0 points

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B.B. King on Ralph Gleason's Jazz Casual 1968 Part 2 0 points

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Eric Clapton - Layla (Unplugged) 0 points

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Robert Johnson- Crossroad 0 points

Greatest Guitar Players Stuff 

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Crossroads: Eric Clapton Guitar Festival 2007

Crossroads: Eric Clapton Guitar Festival 2007

Amazon Price: $29.99 (as of 05/17/2008)

Chuck Berry - Hail! Hail! Rock N' Roll (4 Disc)

Chuck Berry - Hail! Hail! Rock N' Roll (4 Disc)

Amazon Price: $29.98 (as of 05/17/2008)

Dance of the Rainbow Serpent

Dance of the Rainbow Serpent

Amazon Price: $29.97 (as of 05/17/2008)

Ramones: It's Alive 1974-1996

Ramones: It's Alive 1974-1996

Amazon Price: $14.99 (as of 05/17/2008)

Live at the Sugarbowl: September 22, 1972

Live at the Sugarbowl: September 22, 1972

Amazon Price: $21.99 (as of 05/17/2008)

Top 100 Guitar Players 

6 - 10

6) Chuck Berry
7) Stevie Ray Vaughan
8) Ry Cooder
9) Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)
10) Keith Richards (Rolling Stones)

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Stevie Ray Vaughan - Lenny (Live at El Mocambo) 3 points

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Led Zeppelin The Ocean 1 point

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Maybellene - Chuck Berry 0 points

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Ry Cooder-Vigilante Man 0 points

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Angie - The Rolling Stones 0 points

Rolling Stone Items 

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Top 100 Guitar Players 

11 - 15

11) Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
12) Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
13) Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead)
14) Jeff Beck
15) Carlos Santana

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Metallica - ...And Justice For All (live) 2 points

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Nirvana - Drain you - French TV (1994/02/04) 0 points

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Grateful Dead - Birdsong 0 points

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rod stewart and jeff beck - people get ready 0 points

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Santana - Soul Sacrifice (Woodstock 1969) 0 points

Guitars, Guitars, Guitars! 

More Great Links

More great sites to find out about the best guitar players.
100 Greatest Guitar Players Vol 1
Volume one of the series contains videos of #1 - 25.
Skynyrd.com Store
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Duane Allman - Skydog
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Iconic Southern Rock band from Jacksonville, Florida.

Top 100 Guitar Players 

16 - 20

16) Johnny Ramone (The Ramones)
17) Jack White (The White Stripes)
18) John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
19) Richard Thompson
20) James Burton

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Under The Bridge (Itunes Original Version) 1 point

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Ramones - Provinssi Rock 1988 0 points

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White Stripes Jack the Ripper 0 points

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Richard & Linda Thompson - A Heart Needs A Home 0 points

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James Burton 0 points

Rock And Roll Blog 

From Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone's Rock & Roll Blog keeps up with the non-stop music news.

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Top 100 Guitar Players 

21 - 25

21) George Harrison
22) Mike Bloomfield
23) >Warren Haynes
24) The Edge (U2)
25) Freddie King

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Warren Haynes on Slide Guitar 1 point

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George Harrison - MY SWEET LORD 0 points

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Mike Bloomfield: Drinking Wine Live!! 0 points

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U2 - Love Is Blindness & Can't Help Falling In Love 0 points

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Freddie King 0 points

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Top 100 Guestbook 

Leave a comment about your favorite guitar player or this lens. Never fret, picking on me won't string me out!

LaraineRose

Do you remember "The Shadows" with Hank Marvin? A wonderful guitarist with "Do You Wanna Dance," "Apache," "Telstar" & "Sleepwalk" plus many more songs to his credit. He is featured on YouTube many times if you want to have a look. I have lensrolled your lens to my Maureen O'Hara lens whose songs, though not "rock" songs, really rock. 5 stars, favorite. I'll be back - really enjoyed this and other lenses by you!

Posted May 04, 2008
EelKat

all 4 of my fave guitarist are not on the list so I added them to the list below

Posted February 24, 2008
LifeLongFan

Jimi Hendrix, Albert King, Django Reinhardt, Michael 'Kidd Funkadelic' Hampton, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Curtis Mayfield, Ernie Isley, Eddie Van Halen, Eddie 'Maggot Brain' Hazel, Phelps 'Catfish' Collins, Carlos Santana, Prince, Steven Hufstetter, Teenie Hodges,Wes Montgomery,Jimmy Nolen,Charo

Posted February 24, 2008
KimGiancaterino

Nice compiliation of videos. Very well done!

Posted December 20, 2007
John Hughes

Cool lens! Voting on the videos was fun. I'm rating you five stars. Come visit my lens about learning guitar online and say hello!

Posted December 14, 2007
The_Book_Garden

Great Collection!

Posted December 11, 2007
davewashere

Wow, what an ambitious use of SquidVids. I've been watching these videos all day while at work.

Posted December 07, 2007
GypsyPirate

Great job with this showcase - I love it! Can't wait to see the next installment!

Posted November 23, 2007

Who's The Greatest Guitar Player? 

You Tell Me

Of course, the Rolling Stone list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists generated a lot of controversy. Is your favorite guitarist on the list but not high enough? Not on the list? Tell me who it is and where they should rate.

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C*C*DeVille of Poison

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Slash of Guns N Roses

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Vito Bratta of White Lion

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Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi

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Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen

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Guitar World (1-year)

Guitar World (1-year)

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Vintage Guitar Magazine

Vintage Guitar Magazine

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