100 Greatest Guitarists
100 Greatest Guitarists
100 Greatest Guitarists
Guitarist: Tony Iommi Song: Iron Man Black Sabbath Paranoid Album: Black Sabbath Paranoid Guitarist: James Hetfield & Kirk Hammett Song: One Metallica And Justice For All Album: Metallica Master Of Puppets Guitarist: Ace Frehley Song: Shock Me Kiss Love Gun Album: Kiss Alive! Guitarist: Angus & Malcolm Young Song: You Shook Me All Night Long AC/DC Back in Black Album: AC/DC Back in Black Guitarist: Wes Borland Song: Nookie Limp Bizkit Significant Other Album: Limp Bizkit Significant Other Guitarist: Tom Morello Song: Killing in the Name Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine Album: Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine Guitarist: Dimebag Darrell Song: Cowboys From Hell Pantera Cowboys From Hell Album: Pantera Vulgar Display Of Power Guitarist: Brian Head Welch & James Munky Shaffer Song: Got the Life Korn Follow the Leader Album: Korn Follow the Leader Guitarist: Joe Perry & Brad Whitford Song: Walk This Way Aerosmith Toys in the Attic Album: Aerosmith Toys in the Attic Guitarist: Slash Song: Sweet Child O Mine Guns N Roses Appetite For Destruction Album: Guns N Roses Appetite for Destruction Guitarist: Jerry Cantrell Song: Rooster Alice in Chains Dirt Album: Alice in Chains Dirt
Guitarist: Billy Corgan Song: Cherub Rock Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream Album: Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Fallen Heroes
Guitarist: Jimi Hendrix Song: Machine Gun Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsys Album: Jimi Hendrix Are You Experienced? Guitarist: Duane Allman Song: One Way Out Allman Brothers Band Eat a Peach Album: Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East Guitarist: Kurt Cobain Song: Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana Nevermind Album: Nirvana Nevermind Guitarist: Randy Rhoads Song: Flying High Again Ozzy Osbourne Diary of a Madman Album: Ozzy Osbourne Blizzard of Ozz Guitarist: Stevie Ray Vaughan Song: Pride and Joy Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Texas Flood Album: Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble In Step
The Bluesmen
Guitarist: Buddy Guy Song: Leave My Girl Alone Buddy Guy Complete Chess Studio Recordings Album: Buddy Guy Complete Chess Studio Recordings Guitarist: Reverend Gary Davis Song: Candyman Reverend Gary Davis Pure Religion & Bad Company Album: Reverend Gary Davis Complete Early Recordings of Reverend Gary Davis Guitarist: John Lee Hooker Song: Boogie Chillen John Lee Hooker The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990 Album: John Lee Hooker The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990 Guitarist: Blind Lemon Jefferson Song: See That My Grave Is Kept Clean Blind Lemon Jefferson King of the Country Blues Album: Blind Lemon Jefferson King of the Country Blues Guitarist: Albert King Song: Born Under a Bad Sign Albert King Born Under a Bad Sign Album: Albert King Born Under a Bad Sign Guitarist: B.B. King Song: The Thrill is Gone B.B. King Anthology Album: B.B. King Live at the Regal Guitarist: Freddie King Song: The Stumble Hideaway: The Best of Freddie King Album: Hideaway: The Best of Freddie King Guitarist: Hubert Sumlin Song: Killing Floor Howlin Wolf Greatest Hits Album: Howlin Wolf Chess Box Guitarist: T-Bone Walker Song: Call It Stormy Monday Blues Masters: The Very Best of T-Bone Walker Album: T-Bone Walker Complete Capitol/Black & White Recordings Guitarist: Muddy Waters Song: Hoochie Coochie Man Muddy Waters Chess Box Album: Muddy Waters Chess Box
Virtuosos
Guitarist: Ritchie Blackmore Song: Highway Star Deep Purple Machine Head Album: Deep Purple Machine Head Guitarist: Yngwie Malmsteen Song: Black Star Yngwie Malmsteen Rising Force Album: The Yngwie Malmsteen Collection Guitarist: John Mclaughlin Song: Reincarnation John Mclaughlin Que Alegria Album: Mahavishnu Orchestra Inner Mounting Flame Guitarist: Steve Vai Song: Blue Powder Steve Vai Passion & Warfare Album: Steve Vai Passion & Warfare Guitarist: Edward Van Halen Song: Eruption Van Halen Van Halen Album: Van Halen Fair Warning Guitarist: Joe Satriani Song: Satch Boogie Joe Satriani Surfing With the Alien Album: Joe Satriani Surfing With the Alien Guitarist: Danny Gatton Song: Love My Baby Robert Gordon and Danny Gatton The Humbler Album: Danny Gatton 88 Elmira Street Guitarist: Al Di Meola Song: Race with the Devil on Spanish Highway Al Di Meola Elegant Gypsy Album: Al Di Meola Splendido Hotel Guitarist: Allan Holdsworth Song: Metal Fatigue Allan Holdsworth Metal Fatigue Album: Allan Holdsworth Metal Fatigue Guitarist: Eric Johnson Song: Cliffs of Dover Eric Johnson Ah Via Musicom Album: Eric Johnson Ah Via Musicom Guitarist: Steve Morse Song: Cruise Control Dixie Dreggs Divided We Stand: Best of the Dixie Dreggs Album: Steve Morse The Introduction
Guitarist: Uli Jon Roth Song: Sails of Charon Scorpions Taken By Force Album: Scorpions Virgin Killers
Country Gentlemen
Guitarist: Clarence White Song: Nashville West The Byrds Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde Album: The Byrds - Untitled Guitarist: Jimmy Bryant Song: Stratosphere Boogie Stratosphere Boogie: The Flaming Guitars of Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant Album: Stratosphere Boogie: The Flaming Guitars of Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant Guitarist: Albert Lee Song: Country Boy Albert Lee - Hiding Album: Albert Lee Gagged But Not Bound Guitarist: Brent Mason Song: We Tell Ourselves Clint Black The Hard Way Album:
Founding Fathers
Guitarist: Chuck Berry Song: Johnny B. Goode Chuck Berry The Great Twenty-Eight Album: Chuck Berry Chess Box Guitarist: Chet Atkins Song: Chinatown, My Chinatown Chet Atkins RCA Years Album: Chet Atkins Gallopin Guitar Guitarist: Big Bill Broonzy Song: See See Rider Big Bill Broonzy The Bill Broonzy Story Album: Bill Broonzy The Young Bill Broonzy Guitarist: Charlie Christian Song: Rose Room Charlie Christian Solo Flight Album: Charlie Christian Solo Flight Guitarist: Bo Diddley Song: Bo Diddley Bo Diddley Chess Box Album: Bo Diddley Chess Box Guitarist: Robert Johnson Song: Crossroads Robert Johnson King of the Delta Blues Album: Robert Johnson Complete Recordings Guitarist: Andres Segovia Song: Etude for Guitar #15 in D minor Album: The Segovia Collection, Vol. 3. My Favorite Works Guitarist: Django Reinhardt Song: Nuages Quintet of the Hot Club of France Album: Django Reinhardt 1935-1936 Guitarist: Les Paul Song: How High the Moon Les Paul The Legend and the Legacy Album: Les Paul The Legend and the Legacy Guitarist: Merle Travis Song: Cannon Ball Stomp Merle Travis Walkin the Strings Album: Merle Travis Walkin the Strings Guitarist: Dick Dale Song: Miserlou King of the Surf Guitar: The Best of Dick Dale Album: King of the Surf Guitar: The Best of Dick Dale
Jazzmen
Guitarist: Pat Metheny Song: Missouri Uncompromised Pat Metheny Bright Size Life Album: Pat Metheny Song X Guitarist: Lenny Breau Song: If You Could See Me Now Lenny Breau with Dave Young Album: Lenny Breau Live at Bourbon St. Guitarist: Wes Montgomery Song: S.O.S. Wes Montgomery Full House Album: Wes Montgomery Complete Riverside Recordings Guitarist: Freddie Green Song: Topsy with Count Basie Album: Count Basie The Best of the Roulette Years Guitarist: Jim Hall Song: John S. Album: Jim Hall Live at Town Hall Guitarist: Johnny Smith Song: Jaguar Johnny Smith Quintet Moonlight in Vermont Album: Johnny Smith Quintet Moonlight in Vermont
Progressive Rockers
Guitarist: Robert Fripp Song: 21st Century Schizoid Man King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King Album: King Crimson Essential King Crimson: Frame By Frame Guitarist: David Gilmour Song: Comfortably Numb Pink Floyd The Wall Album: Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon Guitarist: Trey Anastasio Song: Billy Breathes Phish Billy Breathes Album: Phish A Live One Guitarist: Steve Howe Song: Roundabout Yes Fragile Album: Yes Close to the Edge Guitarist: Alex Lifeson Song: Limelight Rush Moving Pictures Album: Rush Moving Pictures Guitarist: Brian May Song: Bohemian Rhapsody Queen A Night at the Opera Album: Queen A Night at the Opera
Rockabilly
Guitarist: Brian Setzer Song: Rock This Town Stray Cats Best of Stray Cats: Rock This Town Album: Stray Cats Best of Stray Cats: Rock This Town Guitarist: James Burton Song: Hello Mary Lou Rick Nelson Best of Rick Nelson 1963-75 Album: James Burton and Ralph Mooney Corn Pickin and Slick Slidin Guitarist: Cliff Gallup Song: Race with the Devil Gene Vincent Capitol Collectors Series Album: Gene Vincent Capitol Collectors Series Guitarist: Scotty Moore Song: Mystery Train Elvis Presley Complete Sun Sessions Album: Elvis Presley Sun Sessions
The Traditionalists
Guitarist: Neil Young Song: Hey Hey, My My (Out of the Blue) Neil Young and Crazy Horse Rust Never Sleeps Album: Neil Young and Crazy Horse Live Rust Guitarist: John Fogerty Song: Travelin Band Creedence Clearwater Revival Chronical Album: Creedence Clearwater Revival Chronicle Guitarist: Peter Buck Song: Wolves, Lower R.E.M. Chronic Town Album: R.E.M. Murmur Guitarist: Roger McGuinn Song: Eight Miles High The Byrds Fifth Dimension Album: The Byrds Mr. Tambourine Man Guitarist: Richard Thompson Song: 1952 Vincent Black Lightning Richard Thompson Rumor and Sigh Album: Richard and Linda Thompson Shoot Out the Lights Guitarist: Dickey Betts Song: Jessica Allman Brothers Band Brothers and Sisters Album: Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East
Space Cadets
Guitarist: Syd Barrett Song: Interstellar Overdrive Pink Floyd Piper at the Gates of Dawn Album: Pink Floyd Piper at the Gates of Dawn Guitarist: Jerry Garcia Song: Dark Star Grateful Dead Live/Dead Album: Grateful Dead American Beauty Guitarist: Robby Krieger Song: When the Musics Over The Doors Strange Days Album: The Doors The Doors Guitarist: Carlos Santana Song: Samba Pa Ti Santana Abraxas Album: Santana Santana
Free Radicals
Guitarist: The Edge Song: Pride (In the Name of Love) U2 The Unforgettable Fire Album: U2 The Joshua Tree Guitarist: Thurston Moore & Lee Ranaldo Song: Kool Thing Sonic Youth Goo Album: Sonic Youth Sister Guitarist: Bob Mould Song: Celebrated Summer Husker Du New Day Rising Album: Sugar Beaster Guitarist: Lou Reed Song: Sweet Jane Lou Reed Rock n Roll Animal Album: The Velvet Underground White Light/White Heat
Unplugged Heroes
Guitarist: Michael Hedges Song: Rickovers Dream Michael Hedges Aerial Boundaries Album: Michael Hedges Aerial Boundaries Guitarist: Leo Kottke Song: Ojo Leo Kottke 6 & 12 String Guitar Album: Leo Kottke 6 & 12 String Guitar Guitarist: Joni Mitchell Song: Hejira Joni Mitchell Hejira Album: Joni Mitchell Hits Guitarist: John Renbourn Song: Faros Rag John Renbourn The Hermit Album: John Renbourn The Black Balloon Guitarist: Doc Watson Song: Deep River Blues Doc Watson Doc Watson Album: Doc Watson Doc Watson On Stage