100 Greatest Guitar Players - Vol. 1

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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. 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


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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

Eric Clapton - Layla (Unplugged) 2 points

Robert Johnson- Crossroad 2 points

Allman Brothers with Duane!!! 1 point

Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze Vid 1 point

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

Greatest Guitar Players - vol 1

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~~ Next to the song title is the "AmzonMP3" link. This will take you to the main Amazon MP3 page where you can search for any album and song.

~~ The link in the lower right-hand corner will take you to some "Special Deals" for sales and even a free MP3!

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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)

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Lenny (Live at El Mocambo) 4 points

Led Zeppelin The Ocean 2 points

Ry Cooder-Vigilante Man 0 points

Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode 0 points

Keith Richards Dead Flowers live 0 points

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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

Metallica - ...And Justice For All (live) 3 points

Santana - Soul Sacrifice (Woodstock 1969) 1 point

a day in the life 1 point

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

Grateful Dead - Birdsong 0 points

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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.
LynyrdSkynyrdSongs.com - Tab Books
LynyrdSkynyrdSongs.co is the great new online store for music, downloads, DVDs, tab books, and more.
The Tablature Lens
Guitar Tabs, Bass Tabs, Drum Tabs, Keyboard Tabs, Lyrics.Find the best and share your favorites.
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
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Southern Rock Lens
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Duane Allman - Skydog
#2 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitar Players list, Find out more about this legendary Guitarist.
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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

Under The Bridge (Itunes Original Version) 3 points

Ramones - Provinssi Rock 1988 0 points

White Stripes Jack the Ripper 0 points

Mystery Train James Burton 0 points

Richard Thompson - Persuasion - Scottish TV 99 0 points

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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

U2 - Love Is Blindness & Can't Help Falling In Love 1 point

while my guitar gently weeps special edition 1 point

Mike Bloomfield: Drinking Wine Live!! 0 points

Freddie King 0 points

Gov't Mule - Beautifully Broken Warren Haynes 0 points

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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.

Slash of Guns N Roses

3 points

Joe Satriani

A true virtuoso3 points

Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen

2 points

David Gilmour

The solo in "Comfortably Numb" is my all more...2 points

Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi

1 point

The Edge of U2

1 point

Jimi Hendrix

1 point

Brad Delson of Linkin Park

1 point

Dan Donegan of Disturbed

1 point

Ritchie Blackmore

Deep Purple and Rainbow guitar hero.1 point

C*C*DeVille of Poison

0 points

Vito Bratta of White Lion

0 points

Ted Nugent

The Motor City Madman!0 points

Tony Palacious

The Guitar Hero 3 years in a row by HRmag. guitar more...0 points

Steve Vai

Kicks all these other guys' ass0 points

Headband Game

Headbands Game is fun for family game night! more...0 points

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