keefriffhard4life Wrote:
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> BornOnTheBayou Wrote:
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> > texas fan Wrote:
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> > > Ok, here's another list, for what it's worth:
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> > > keith
> > > b.b. king
> > > duane allman
> > > robbie robertson
> > > jerry garcia
> > > jeff beck
> > > chet atkins
> > > mark knopfler
> > > carlos santana
> > > hendrix
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> > > Honorable mention:
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> > > django
> > > clapton
> > > taylor
> > > johnny winter
> > > stevie ray vaughn
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> > How in the &^%$#@ does Stevie Ray qualify only
> for
> > an "honorable mention" on any list of "top 10
> > guitarists" ??? Let alone Johnny Winter or Eric
> > Clapton or even Mick Taylor.
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> > IMO you can easily remove: Knopfler, Santana,
> > Beck, Atkins, Robertson, BB, and honestly even
> > Allman to make room for "true top tenners"
> at least remove chet atkins, robbie robertson,
> jerry garcia and replace with stevie, clapton and
> winter.i'd replace keith with mick taylor. why
> would remove knopfler, santana, jeff beck and
> duane allman?
How can Jerry Garcia be replaced in the Top Ten? He's so much more unique a guitarist than almost anyone on the list. Who else did 18 minute, 25 minute jams ROUTINELY year after year ?
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