Tombstone - Interesting story between Bowie & Stevie Ray - Bowie got introduced
to Stevie at a Stones party, Stevie got to play by way of Mick old flame:
Jerry Hall (from Texas - she knew of Stevie)

Word was the Stones wouldn't let Stevie stop playing, they liked him so much!
Bowie talked Stevie into recording with him, One of Bowie's biggest sellers:
Let's Dance
(song from that album: Cat People - Putting Out Fire - smokes with Stevie on Lead!)

Things were going great between the two and a tour was planned, they rehearsed
I have a CD recording of one of those rehearsals!
then days before they were to start Stevie asked what he would be paid.
Bowie answered: Union Scale - Stevie said: FXXX You to that Penny-Pinching
response, and that ended that. Stevie always held a grudge again Bowie,
felt very USED!!

MLC

Didn't read through every one of these posts but most of them and I didn't see anyone mention Roy Buchanon. He was the man.

Also I am not really a fan of his music but Prince is quite the guitarist.

From a jazz point of view I like Grant Green and Wes Montgomery's stuff a lot.

H-Dog - Ever hear of: Danny Gatton?

Quite a legend around the Wash DC area, when he finally released a CD
it did very well, and his Record Co. pushed him to release another. He did
and the 2nd one didn't do good sales-wise.. Danny committed suicide.

Such a sad story!!

This is a personal list. There's no order for it:

Keith Richards
The Edge
James Hetfield
Angus Young
Bruce Springsteen
Pete Townshend
Jimi Hendrix
Jimmi Page
Brian May
Lou Reed

Keith The Beast Wrote:
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> This is a personal list. There's no order for it:
>
> Keith Richards
> The Edge
> James Hetfield
> Angus Young
> Bruce Springsteen
> Pete Townshend
> Jimi Hendrix
> Jimmi Page
> Brian May
> Lou Reed

i'm desperatley lost on why james hetfield and springsteen are in your list. springsteen when he plays with the e street band which was almost his whole career plays on the guitar for about 30 minutes out of the 3 hour show. the rest of the time its hanging there or he strumming one note. james hetfield Never solos. he plas the riff of the song the whole time. or at least he did before '92. so what are they doing that impresses you?

Alright, just for the record, here are THE Top Ten ROCK Guitarists... now we can end this thread:

No particular order:

1) Johnny Winter
2) Jimi Hendrix
3) Stevie Ray Vaughan
4) Eric Clapton
5) Keith Richards
6) Jerry Garcia
7) Jimmy Page
8) Mick Taylor
9) David Gilmour

and by a slight nose in a photofinish...
10) Billy "straightahead" Gibbons...

You want rock... u got rock.

Why oh why does no one evr mention Richard Lloyd? he played with television in the Punk days. Great guitarrist.
And James Blood Ulmer! A monster.

"...no longer shall you trudge 'cross my peaceful mind."

My school mate Sankan played with Lloyd for a while.
Havent heard much myself: Where do I start, Chelsea?
And Ulmer, same there - where do I start?

ChelseaDrugstore Wrote:
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> Why oh why does no one evr mention Richard Lloyd?
> he played with television in the Punk days. Great
> guitarrist.
> And James Blood Ulmer! A monster.

Richard Lloyd......that seems to somehow remind me of Robert Quine - lost, tortured soul - how could I forget him? ;-)

With Blood Ulmer it is hard because lots of his stuff has gone out of print. He isa big black African dude, who plays completely his own style. It is very percussive. In the 80's he went on a bender fro Black Rock. he put out an album called "Black Rock" that is INCREDIBLE! That is where I would start. Later he went out with Ornette. He is just wild.
LLoyd, I would begin with television. Simple as that. Agree that he does remind one of Quine too.

"...no longer shall you trudge 'cross my peaceful mind."

My list:

1.)Phil Manzanera
2.)Lindsey Buckingham
3.)Brian Jones
4.)Jeff Beck
5.)Roger McGuinne
6.)MT
7.)Mike Campbell
8.)Muddy Waters
9.)Johnny Marr
10.)David Gilmour

In 5 pages, one guy I don't think was ever mentioned... and he's one of the most interesting guitarists I've ever seen live... incredible speed and fluidity... never heard him get lost... incredible medley ability...

Not to mention one of the greatest "lefties" of all time...

Elliot Easton, formerly/now of the Cars, with a long stil as solo guitarist with Creedence Clearwater Revisited... he made those Revisited concerts so incredibly special with 8 minute renditions of Heard it Through the Grapevine, etc...

Fantastic guitarist.

Here's my list of favorite players in random order:

Jimi Hendrix
Mick Taylor
Zappa
Johnny Winter
Eric Clapton
Prince
Santana
Duane Allman
Mark Ford
Buddy Guy
Jimmy Page
Keef
Ronnie

Thank ya, Chelsea...
But Television got to have half a truckload of albums?
I havent heard anyone that I could name, please help... ?

Here's 14:
Snooks Eaglin (if you don't know, you better ask somebody)
Hubert Sumlin (Howlin' Wolf & a bit with Muddy)
Leo Nocentelli (Meters)
Keith
Robbie Robertson
Steve Cropper (Booker T)
Bo Diddley
Robert Johnson
Ernest Ranglin
Barney Kessel
Young Lou Reed
Chuck Berry
Reverend Gary Davis
Eddie Hazel (Funkadelic)



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I'm not sure how I'd compile a top ten list in terms of capability as I' no expert, but here is a list of the ten guitarists I enjoy listening to the most.

In no particular order...

1 Keith Richards
2 Jimmy Page
3 Slash
4 Eric Clapton (Yardbirds, Bluesbreakers and Cream years)
5 James Burton (I love his guitar on the old Ricky Nelson numbers)
6 James Dean Bradfield (Manic Street Preachers singer and guitarist)
7 Pete Townsend
8 Ronnie Wood
9 Mick Taylor (Live with Stones especially)
10 Chuck Berry