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The Top 100 Guitarists of All Time, as picked by Rolling Stone magazine a few years back. Any 100 Best Guitar Players list is going to cause controversy and this is no exception. Hard rock fans in particular are sure to complain about the rankings on this list, but RS certainly put some thought into their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of Alltime. To see Rolling Stone's full commentary and a mess of user comments go here: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-of-all-time-19691231

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    Jimi Hendrix Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists of All Time Music picture

    Jimi Hendrix

    Rock music, Hard rock, Heavy metal, Blues-rock, Funk-rock, Psychedelic rock, Blues, Acid rock, Psychedelia More
    Seattle
    The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Lifelines: The Jimi Hendrix Story, Jimi Hendrix, Hendrix in the West, The Essential Jimi Hendrix, Volume 2, Sunshine of Your Love, Rainbow Bridge, Midnight Lightning, Experience, The Authentic PPX Studio Recordings, Volume 5: Something on Your Mind, Albert Hall Experience, Loose Ends, Woodstock, The Jimi Hendrix Album, Woke Up This Morning and Found Myself Dead, Valleys of Neptune, Cornerstones: 1967–1970, The Last Experience Concert: Live at the Royal Albert Hall, Cosmic Turnaround, Purple Haze, Introspective, 1970-07-04: 2nd International Pop Festival, Atlanta, GA, USA, Superstars Best Collection, The Authentic PPX Studio Recordings, Volume 2: Flashing, Rainbow Bridge, Live at the Oakland Coliseum, The Best Of, In the Studio, Volume 1, In the Studio, Volume 6, In the Studio, Volume 10, 1968-03-17: Blues at Midnight: Cafe au Go-Go, New York, NY, USA, 1967-03-18: Studio 1, NDR Funkhaus, Hamburg, Germany, Deutschlandhalle, Berlin 4th Sept 1970, Live at Maple Leaf Gardens '69, The Summer of Love Sessions, The Ultimate Live Collection, The Best (disc 1), Jimi Hendrix Collection, Jimi Hendrix: The Singles Album, Talent & Feeling, Volume 2, Black Gold, Volume 1, Villanova Junction, Live at the Fillmore East, A Film About Jimi Hendrix-DeLuxe Edition - Disc 2, Groove Maker (disc 2), Doriella du Fontaine, Jimi Hendrix, Nine to the Universe, Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection, The Jimi Hendrix Concerts, Friends from the Beginning - Little Richard and Jimi Hendrix, Digitally Remastered, The King's Jam, The Essential Jimi Hendrix, Anthology, Live: Birth of Success, War Heroes, Voodoo Chile, Orange Collection, Black Gold, Volume 3, Fire: The Jimi Hendrix Collection, West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology, Valleys of Neptune, Live at Woodstock, Whipper, The Authentic PPX Studio Recordings, Volume 6: On the Killing Floor, Live!, 1969-08-18: Woodstock Nation: Woodstock Festival, Bethel, NY, USA, Stockholm Concert, Isle of Wight, Voodoo Soup, Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix, Most Famous Hits, ... At His Best 1, Black Gold, Hey Joe, Live at Monterey, West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology, The Early Years, Live at l'Olympia Paris, It Never Takes an End..., 1970-01-01: Fillmore East, NYC, USA, Red House - Wild Thing - Good Times - Fire, Bleeding Heart, The Alternate Electric Ladyland, Axis: Bolder Than Love, Crash Landing: Master Reels & Outtakes, Get DMXperienced, 51st Anniversary (The Story of Life...), Manic Expressions, 19 Great Performances, The Shadow of Jimi Hendrix, The Essential Jimi Hendrix, Volumes One and Two, Live Isle of Wight '70, Best of Jimi Hendrix, A Film About Jimi Hendrix, Two Great Experiences, Blue Wild Angel: Live at the Isle of Wight, Jimi Hendrix, More Experience, Jimi By Himself: The Home Recordings, Woke up this Morning and Found Myself Dead, Blues, BBC Sessions, The Cry of Love, Paris 1967/San Francisco 1968, Live at the Isle of Fehmarn, More "Experience", Jimi Plays Monterey, Jimi Hendrix: Live at Berkeley, Johnny B. Goode, Live & Unreleased: The Radio Show, Baggy's Rehearsal Sessions, Jimi Plays Berkeley, Band of Gypsys 2, Live in Ottawa, Stone Free, Electric Jimi Hendrix, Re-Experienced, The Singles Collection, Live at the Oakland Coliseum, Live in Paris & Ottawa 1968, South Saturn Delta, First Rays of the New Rising Sun, Crash Landing, Hear My Music, Smash Hits, Morning Symphony Ideas, Burning Desire, Live at Clark University, Band of Gypsys, Winterland, Jimi Hendrix (Volume IV), Black Gold, Volume 2, Blue Wild Angel, Gloria, Stages, Experiences, Live at Winterland, Drone Blues, Hear My Freedom, Live & Unreleased: The Radio Show, The Psychedelic Voodoo Child, 16 Greatest Classics, Purple Haze, Cornerstones 1967-1970, The Official Bootleg, American Dream, Cornerstones, The Rainbow Bridge Concert, Bleeding Heart, Last American Concert, Volume I, Psycho - She's A Fox - Little Wing - Purple Haze, The Authentic PPX Studio Recordings, Volume 4: Live at George's Club, 1967-09-04: Stora Scenen, Gröna Lund, Tivoli Graden, Stockholm, Sweden, Live , Sotheby's Private Reels, Band of Gypsys, Volume 3, The Best of..., All the Hits, Midnite Jazz & Blues: Blues Blues, Jimi Hendrix Collection, Rainbow Bridge, Voodoo Child, The Wind Cries Mary, Night Life, Diamonds in the Dust, The Authentic PPX Studio Recordings, Volumes 5 & 6: Something on Your Mind / On the Killing Floor, 20th century Music collection, In the Studio, Volume 8, 1970-04-07: Pop Fest, Atlanta, GA, USA, Jimi at the Beeb, Shokan Sunrise, A Film About Jimi Hendrix-DeLuxe Edition - Disc 3, Real Gold, The Magic Collection, The Story of Jimi Hendrix, The Early Years, The Look Behind Collection, Winterland Night, The First Recordings, The Authentic PPX Studio Recordings, Volume 1: Get That Feeling, Electric Gypsys, 1968-03-19: Live From Ottawa: Capitol Theatre, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 1967-05-24: Stora Scenen, Gröna Lund, Tivoli Garden, Stockholm, Sweden, 1969-01-08: Cat's Squirrel, Lorensbergs Cirkus, Gothenburg, Sweden, Kiss the Sky, Rainbow Bridge, Monterey International Pop Festival - Otis Redding/The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Experience, Jimi Hendrix discography, Strate Ahead, Soulful Sessions: Outtake Masters, Acoustic Jams, I Don't Live Today, Jimi Hendrix Live!, Live at the Royal Albert Hall, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Jimi in Denmark, Paris Jan 29th 1968 Experience, Live at The "Scene" Club, Live at Los Angeles Forum 1969, Red House (Live), The Last Experience, LA Forum 26th April 1969, NYC '68, First Night at the Royal Albert Hall, Astro Man, The Berkeley Concert, Wizard's Visions, Sweet Angel, Jamming Live at the Scene Club, NYC, Woke Up This Morning and Found Myself Dead - Live in NY, Live At The Scene Club, N.Y., N.Y., No More a Rolling Stone, 1968-04-05: The Dusty Springfield Show, 1968-10-12: Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA, USA, 1969-02-24: Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 1970-08-31: Free Concert: Stora Scenen, Stockholm, Sweden, Away From This Rainy Cloud, Ballad of Jimi, Flamingo Club 02-04-67, The Jimi Hendrix Gold Collection, Jimi Hendrix, The Jimi Hendrix Story, Volume 1, Early Classics, At His Best, Bellaphon Compilation, The Authentic PPX Studio Recordings, Volume 3: Ballad of Jimi, The Millenium Edition: The Very Best of Jimi Hendrix, Gold Collection, Best Of, Rescued From Randall's Island, Multicolored Blues, Volume 1, Before the Experience, Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Jimi Hendrix, Woodstock 25th Anniversary, Ball & Chain, 8 Original Hits of Jimi Hendrix, Volume II: Free Spirit, Live USA, Last Experience, Black Gold Box Set, In the Studio, Volume 7, Purple Haze - Black Box, Spotlight, Sotheby's Auction Tapes, Am I Blue, Message From Nine to the Universe, The Ultimate Experience, Studio Haze, Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection, In the Studio, Volume 3, Mixdown Master Tapes, Super Stars Best Collection, The Experience Collection, 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Jimi Hendrix, Axis Outtakes, Complete McLaughlin Jam, 10 Tracks at the Albert Hall from the Sunday Times, In the Studio, Volume 2, In the Studio, Volume 4, In Flame, In the Studio, Volume 9, Jimi Hendrix & Carlos Santana, New York Session, Drivin' South, She's a Fox, Cherokee Mist, Burnin' Soul, Best Of: The Authentic PPX Studio Recordings, Lonnie Youngblood and The So Called Jimi Hendrix Tapes, In the Studio, Volume 5, Historic Hendrix, Eye's and Imagination, Early Years, Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix, Zweitausendeins, Hornets Nest, Freak Out Blues, Midnight Lightning Revisited More
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    Duane Allman Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists of All Time Music picture

    Duane Allman

    Rock music, Jazz fusion, Blues-rock, Soul music, Jazz, Blues, Jam band, Southern rock More
    An Anthology, Ton-Ton Macoute!, Duane & Greg Allman, Duane Allman: An Anthology, Duane Allman: An Anthology, Volume 2 More
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    B.B. King Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists of All Time Music picture

    B.B. King

    Rock music, Blues-rock, Rhythm and blues, Soul music, Jazz, Blues, Soul blues, Memphis blues, Electric blues, Jazz blues, Big band More
    Itta Bena
    The Very Best of B.B. King, How Blue Can You Get 1976-1994 (disc 2), The Collection, The Unexpected Instrumental, King of the Blues, Blues Summit, His Definitive Greatest Hits, Heart & Soul, Live "Now Appearing" at Ole Miss, Midnight Believer, Greatest Hits 1951-1960, The Best of the Early Years, His Best - The Electric B.B. King, Friends, (I'm Gonna) Quit My Baby / Be Careful With a Fool, Ultimate Jazz & Blues, The Soul of B.B. King, How Blue Can You Get / Please Accept My Love, The Best of B.B. King, Volume Two, BB King in London, Les Legendes Du Blues, Live & Well, Live at the Regal, Let the Good Times Roll, All Over Again, 80, Lucille Talks Back, The Great B.B. King, Blues Is King, Let the Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan, Riding With the King, Blues on the Bayou, Let the Good Times Roll, Lucille, Live in Cook County Jail, Jazz & Blues: B.B. King, Reflections, B. B. King Wails, Singin' the Blues, The King's Jam, Rock Me Lord, B.B. Boogie: 18 Greatest Hits From His Early Years, Rock Me Baby / I Can't Lose, 16 Original World Hits, Sweet Little Angel, Live at the Apollo, Everyday I Have the Blues, Live and Well, B.B. King (feat. Riley B. King), The RPM Hits 1951-1957, His Best: The Electric B.B. King, B. B. King in London, Lucille & Friends, Bobby Bland and B.B. King Together Again...Live, Midnite Jazz & Blues: Blues You Can Use, Together for the First Time... Live, Do the Boogie! B.B. King's Early 50s Classics, Singin' the Blues / The Blues, Live at the BBC, He's Dynamite!, Why I Sing the Blues, Part 2, Deuces Wild, The Best of B.B. King, Play Me the Blues... The Legendary Blues Singers, Volume 1, Why I Sing the Blues, Part 1, Confessin' the Blues, In London, Makin' Love Is Good for You, Blues on Top of Blues: The Best of B.B. King, Sings Spirituals, Why I Sing the Blues, Mr. Blues, The Birth of a King, Classics, Gold, The Blues Collection, Anthology, Rock Me Baby, Blues 'n' Jazz / Electric B.B. King, Spotlight On Lucille, 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of B.B. King, The Ultimate Collection, Live in Japan, Live at San Quentin, Take It Home, One Kind Favor, 36 All-Time Greatest Hits, The Jungle, Timeless Classics, Blues 'n' Jazz, Back in the Alley, The Best of B.B. King, Volume One, Portrait, Classic, The Magic Collection, A Night of Blistering Blues, The Ultimate Collection, Got My Mojo Working, Completely Well, Golden Legends, Hits & Roots 1950/1962, Christmas Celebration of Hope, The Collection, Blue on Blues (feat. Pee Wee Crayton), High Profile, The Vintage Years, Gold, The Blues, More Treasures From the Vault, Introducing B.B. King, The Best of the Early Years, More B. B. King, Kansas City 1972, Great Moments With B.B. King, B.B. King Live in Cook County Jail, Guess Who, The Thrill Is Gone / You're Mean, Six Silver Strings, Now Appearing, Volume 1, The Early "Blues Boy" Years, Live at the Regal / Live in Cook County Jail, How Blue Can You Get? Classic Live Performances 1964-1994 (disc 2), Golden Legends: B.B. King Live, Ain't Nobody Home!: The Very Best of B.B. King, Indianola Mississippi Seeds, King Size, King of the Blues, Blues Kingpins (Made in Mississippi), King of the Blues, How Blue Can You Get, When Love Comes To Town, The King of the Blues, King of the Blues Guitar, On Stage, My Kind of Blues, The Best of B.B. King, The Guitar Player, 20 Golden Classics, Back in L.A., Blues You Can Use, Everyday I Have The Blues, Christmas Celebration of Hope, Confessin' the Blues, King of the Blues: 1989, Anthology, Blues Boy, Blues, How Blue Can You Get, There Is Always One More Time, The Blues, There Must Be a Better World Somewhere, Gold, My Sweet Little Angel, The Jungle, King Biscuit, Blues on Top of Blues, Here and There: The Uncollected B.B. King, Original Greatest Hits, The Blues Collection 2: King of the Blues, Why I Sing the Blues (Past Perfect), L.A. Midnight, Fundamentals, Greatest Hits, B.B. Boogie, Makin' Love Is Good for You, The Early Blues Boy Years, Volume 2: 1952-1954, Ain't Nobody Home, Best Of, Classics, The Best of the Kent Singles 1958-1971, Paying the Cost to Be the Boss, The B.B. King Collection: 20 Blues Greats, B.B. King Collector's Edition, How Blue Can You Get?, Catfish Blues, Blues, Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Mississipi, BB King Biography, There is Always One More Time More
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    Eric Clapton Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists of All Time Music picture

    Eric Clapton

    Rock music, Hard rock, Pop rock, Blues-rock, Psychedelic rock, Reggae, Blues More
    London
    Strictly the Blues, Concert for George, Riding With the King, Motherless Child, The Legends Collection: The Eric Clapton Collection, Volume 2, Collection, Hits of Fire, Eric Clapton & Friends Live, Crossroads, Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies, The Professor Blues Review, Montreux, 1986, Instrumental Blues Jams, The Yardbird Years, Tears in Heaven, Me and Mr. Johnson, Live In Hyde Park, Steppin' Out, Knocking on Heaven's Door / Someone Like You, Reptile, Sessions for Robert J, I Ain't Gonna Stand for It, Forever Man, Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton, Greatest Hits, Slowhand, Exhaust Note-album, If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day-single, Live With Orchestra-compilation album, 1976-11-15: One Night in Dallas: Dallas, TX, USA-live album, What's Shakin', The Legends Collection: The Eric Clapton Collection, Volume 1, E.C. Was Here, There's One in Every Crowd, Eric Clapton and Friends: Heart Full of Soul, The Blues Years, 1989-02-03: Beetle Clasher: Royal Albert Hall, London, England, Eric Clapton, Volume 2, Best of the Yardbird Years, Blues Power, The Cream of Eric Clapton, August, Riding With the King, Journeyman, Timepieces, Volume II: 'Live' in the Seventies, 24 Nights, Telephone Blues, It Hurts Me Too-single, The Twelfth Night-live album, 1977-06-13: Forest National, Bruxelles, Belgium-live album, 2006-05-05: La Palestre, Le Cannet, France-live album, 2001-12-04: Budokan, Tokyo, Japan-live album, Ballads, The Cream of Clapton, Volume 2, Back Home, Another Ticket, Eric Clapton & Friends: Let It Rock, The Cream of Clapton, Wake Up Everybody, Eric Clapton at His Best, Complete Clapton, Rush, Clapton, 1994-04-28: Royal Albert Hall, London, England-live album, Pilgrim, The Early Clapton Collection, From the Cradle, Eric Clapton Early Years, 1992 - Live in New York, Layla (acoustic), The Road to Escondido, Lethal Weapon 3, Blue Eyes Blue, Presence of the Lord-live album, 1990-10-05: Amigos: Buenos Aires, Argentina-live album, 1994-11-28: Club Full of Blues: Irving Plaza, New York City, NY, USA-live album, 461 Ocean Boulevard, Money and Cigarettes, Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton, Stages, Clapton, The A.R.M.S. Benefit Concert-compilation album, Tribute To Elmore-compilation album, 1987-03-27: The 18th Hole: Cranleigh, Surrey, UK-live album, Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert, Backless, The Survivor, Unplugged/Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton, Backtrackin', The Very Best: Blues and Ballads, Eric Clapton & Friends, 1986-11-23: New Blood Brother: The Ritz, New York, NY, USA-live album, 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Eric Clapton, Edge of Darkness, The Budokan Blues, Volume I, Eric Clapton, Story, The Early Years, Experience, Eric Clapton, Volume 3, Layla - Acoustic, Time Pieces: Best of Eric Clapton, After Midnight Live, Most Famous Hits: The Album, Eric Clapton and Friends, The Blues Concert, Unplugged, Post Cricket Jam-album, Lonely Years-single, Further on Up the Crossroads-compilation album, 1977-06-11: Groenoordhall, Leiden, Netherlands-live album, A Blues Evening-live album, Blues, No Reason to Cry, Just One Night, Live in Japan, 2001-12-04: Budokan, Japan, For Your Love, Eric Clapton, 1990-05-03: Sports Arena, San Diego, CA, USA-live album, L. Z. Was Here-live album, Ringtrick, Blues Rehearsals, And Friends in Concert, Kind of Blues, Unplugged, One More Car One More Rider, On Tour with Eric Clapton, 2003-03-01: Yokohama, Japan (disc 1) (#12), 2001-12-04: Budokan, Japan, Live at Budokan, Play With Fire, 1974-07-18: Smiling Away: Tempe Diablo Stadium, Tempe, AZ, USA-live album, 1974-07-20: Long Beach, CA, USA-live album, 1974-07-21: Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA, USA-live album, 1976-11-16: One Night in Oklahoma: LLoyd Noble Arena, Norman, OK, USA-live album, 1974-07-27: Hideaway: Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, Davenport, MS, USA-live album, 1978-02-12: Layla: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA, USA-live album, 1983-04-20: Bremen, Germany-live album, 1983-04-20: No One Else: Stadthalle, Bremen, Germany-live album, 1987-01-11: Romantic Isolation: Royal Albert Hall, London, UK-live album, 1986-08-16: Tearing Us Apart: Ronnie Scott's Club, London, UK-live album, 1985-07-05: Chicago No Bad Blues: Poplar Creek Music Theater, Hoffman Estates, IL, USA-live album, 1984-06-17: Thanks for the Ride: Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden-live album, 1987-01-16: Caught in the Act: Ahoy Halle, Rotterdam, Netherlands-live album, 1990-04-15: Detroit, MI, USA-live album, 1992-05-08: Live in New York 1992: Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, USA-live album, 1991-07-02: Royal Albert Hall, London, England-live album, 1992-02-02: Tears in Heaven: Brighton Centre, Sussex, UK-live album, 1998-10-16: Hope We Don't Peak Too Soon: Earls Court, London, UK-live album, 1996-09-12: The Armani Party: Lexington Armory, New York, NY, USA-live album, 1999-11-24: Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan-live album, 1999-11-27: Pilgrim Tour: Budokan, Tokyo, Japan-live album, 2001-10-06: River of Tears: Buenos Aires, Argentina-live album, 2004-12-31/2005-01-01: Trusted Servants and a Beatle: Woking Leisure Centre, UK-live album, 2004-06-06: Crossroads Festival-live album, 2004-07-30: HP Pavilion: San Jose, CA, USA-live album, 2006-06-03: Frankfurt am Main, Germany-live album, 2006-05-25: Truckin' the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK-live album, 2006-07-08: Arena Santa Giuliana, Perugia, Italy-live album, Blues Night-live album, Montreux '86-live album, Highclere Castle, Countryside Rocks-live album, From the Cradle to the Fillmore West-live album, Behind the Sun, Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Eric Clapton, She's So Respectable, Time Pieces Vol.II Live in the Seventies, Circus (disc 1), Icon-compilation album, Time Pieces: The Best of Eric Clapton, Wonderful Tonight (Live), Guitar Boogie, Crossroads, 16 Greatest Hits, Mister Slowhand, The World of Eric Clapton, 461 Ocean Boulevard, Draggin' My Tail (Black Box), The Best of Eric Clapton, Eric Clapton discography, (I) Get Lost, Georgia Blues-compilation album, With Yardbirds and Jimmy Page, The First Time I Met the Blues, The Best of Eric Clapton, 24 Carat Blues Band-album, Rarities-album, Change the World, Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood: Live from Madison Square Garden, The History of Eric Clapton, White Boy Blues, The Story of Us-soundtrack, Turn Up Down, My Father's Eyes, Big Boss Man, Eric Clapton Exclusive Collection, Behind the Mask, Pretending-single More
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    Robert Johnson Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists of All Time Music picture

    Robert Johnson

    Rock music, Country blues, Blues, Delta blues
    Mississippi
    Robert Johnson: Delta Blues Legend, Rambling on My Mind / Cross Road Blues, Cross Road Blues, Devil on My Trail, Kind Hearted Woman / Terraplane Blues, Preaching Blues / Love in Vain, The Masters, The Complete Recordings, The Last of the Great Blues Singers, From Four Till Late / Hellhound on My Trail, Come on in My Kitchen / They're Red Hot, The Gold Collection: 40 Classic Performances, Deal With the Devil, Volume 1, King of the Delta Blues Singers, Volume 2, Gold Collection #1, Walking Blues / Sweet Home Chicago, King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. 2, The Original Blues Legend, Malted Milk / Milcow's Calf Blues, King of the Delta Blues, (I Believe I'll) Dust My Broom / Dead Shrimp Blues, King of the Delta Blues Singers, The Complete Recordings, Beg, Borrow or Steal, The Story, Nothing but the Blues: Robert Johnson, The Best of Robert Johnson, Little Queen of Spades / Me and the Devil Blues, The Complete Collection, The Blues, Hellhound on My Trail, The Gold Collection: 40 Classic Performances, An Introduction to Robert Johnson, From Four Till Late, Stop Breaking Down Blues / Honeymoon Blues, Old School Blues, Down at the Crossroads - The Robert Johnson Connection, 32-20 Blues / Last Fair Deal Gone Down, Mojo Workin, Kind Hearted Woman, Midnite Jazz & Blues: King of the Delta Blues, The Blues Collection 6: Red Hot Blues, Stones in My Passway / I'm a Steady Rolling Man, Robert Johnson: The Very Best, The Legendary Blues Singer, The Best of Robert Johnson: Crossroad Blues, Inspiring Eric, Cross Road Blues, Contracted to the Devil, The Complete Collection More
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    Chuck Berry Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists of All Time Music picture

    Chuck Berry

    Rock music, Rhythm and blues, Rock and roll, Blues
    23 Original Rock 'n' Roll Hits, The Great Twenty-Eight, Roll over Beethoven, Gold, One Dozen Berrys, Maybellene, Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll, More Rock 'n' Roll Rarities, My Ding-A-Ling / Johnny B. Goode, On Stage, Chuck Berry in Memphis, Chuck Berry, Collection, No Particular Place to Go / You Two, You Came a Long Way From St. Louis: The Many Sides of Chuck Berry, Crown Prince of Rock 'n Roll, Golden Hits, The Best Of, The World of Chuck Berry, After School Session, Rock 'n' Roll Music 2, Rockin' at the Hops, Run Around, Chuck Berry's Golden Decade, Mr. Rock 'n' Roll, Chuck Berry - In Concert, Maybellene / Wee Wee Hours, The Best Of, One Dozen Berrys / Juke Box Hits, All Stars 2000, Legends in Music, His Best, Volume 1, Roll Over Beethoven, Live at the Fillmore Auditorium, All the Very Best, Rock, Rock, Rock, Compilation Chuck Berry, Reelin' and Rockin': The Very Best of Chuck Berry, I'm Talking About You, New Juke Box Hits, San Francisco Dues, Chuck Berry, You Never Can Tell: His Complete Chess Recordings 1960-1966, Let It Rock, Greatest Hits (live), Roll Over Beethoven, Rock and Roll Music, Carol / Hey Pedro (Lazy Pedro), The Definitive Collection, Greatest Hits, On the Blues Side, The Anthology, Masters of the Blues: The Best of Chuck Berry, Chuck Berry Is on Top, Rock 'n' Roll Rarities, The Chess Years, Come On / Go Go Go, Classic, From St. Louie to Frisco, The Ultimate Collection, Too Much Monkey Business / Brown Eyed Handsome Man, I'm a Rocker, 14 Greatest Hits, Rock & Roll Music, Let It Rock, Nadine (Is It You?) / O Rangutang, Merry Christmas Baby / Run Rudolph Run, Memphis Tennessee, Back Home, 20th Century Masters - The Best of Chuck Berry, The Charly Originals, Collection, The Magic Collection, The Chess Box, Rock 'n' Roll Music, Thirty Days / Together We Will Always Be, 20 Great Tracks, Portrait of Chuck Berry, The London Chuck Berry Sessions, 20th Century Music, Blues Berry, Greatest, Live!, Rock It, Two Great Guitars, Greatest Hits, The Best of Chuck Berry, Reelin' and Rockin', The Best of Chuck Berry, Have Mercy: His Complete Chess Recordings 1969-1974, The Best, Motorvatin', His Best, Volume 2, Johnny B. Goode / Around and Around, Back in the U.S.A. / Memphis, Tennessee, St. Louis to Liverpool, Chuck Berry Singles Collection, Volume 1, Roll Over Beethoven, Chuck Berry, The Best of Chuck Berry, Blues, 14 All-Time Hits, 20 Greatest Hits, 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Chuck Berry, Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll, His 30 Greatest Hits, My Ding-A-Ling (The London Sessions), Rock 'n' Roll Music, Rockin' the Hits, Sweet Little Sixteen, The Best Of Chuck Berry, The Best of the Best of Chuck Berry, Hail Hail Rock 'n' Roll: Live in Toronto, Poet of Rock 'n' Roll, Chuck Berry on Stage, Concerto in B. Goode, Bio, Chuck Berry Live in Concert, Anthology, Fresh Berry's, Live on Stage, Chuck Berry Twist, Chuck Berry in London, Rock It, Sweet Little Sixteen / Reelin' and Rockin', Volume 2, The Chess Box, The Best... Chuck Berry, The Promised Land, The Best Of, Greatest Hits, Roll Over Beethoven / Drifting Heart, Sweet Little Sixteen, Les génies du rock: Johnny B. Goode, After School Session, 20 Super Hits, The Best Of, Berry Is on Top / St. Louis to Liverpool, Almost Grown / Little Queenie, You Can't Catch Me / Havana Moon, After School Session, Chuck Berry With the Miller Band: Live at the Fillmore Auditorium, Let It Rock, Greatest Hits, Cars, Chuck Berry's Golden Hits More
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    Stevie Ray Vaughan Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists of All Time Music picture

    Stevie Ray Vaughan

    Rock music, Jazz fusion, Blues-rock, Jazz, Blues, Electric blues, Instrumental rock, Southern rock, Texas blues More
    Austin, Dallas
    Live From Austin, Touch the Sky - Studio Sessions, Family Style, Soul to Soul, Texas Flood (Expanded Edition), Texas Flood, The Final Concert at Alpine, Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bug, Mega Rare Trax, Volume 1, Live at Carnegie Hall, Couldn't Stand the Weather, In the Beginning, Let the Good Times Roll, Live at Carnegie Hall, Box Set 3, Tokyo '85, Live In Tokyo, Live At Montreux 1982 and 1985, Live from Austin, Texas, The Real Deal: Greatest Hits, Volume 2, In Step, Live at the El Mocambo, Live at Austin City Limits, A Good Texan: Live, The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan In Session, October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990, Rough Edges, The Sky Is Crying, The Best Of, Tin Pan Alley (Remastered), Collections, Pride and Joy, The Rocker More
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    Ry Cooder Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists of All Time Music picture

    Ry Cooder

    Film score, Folk music, Rock music, Soul music, Roots rock, Americana, Country, World music, Gospel music, Tejano music, Blues, Latin American music, Americana, Traditional music, Music of Hawaii More
    Chavez Ravine, San Patricio, Little Village, Borderline, Get Rhythm, River Rescue: The Very Best of Ry Cooder, Paradise and Lunch, Ry Cooder, Showtime, Music by Ry Cooder, The Border, The Long Riders, Chicken Skin Music, Bop Till You Drop, Into the Purple Valley, Trespass, Crossroads, Last Man Standing, Gabby Band, volume 2, A Meeting by the River, Talking Timbuktu, Geronimo: An American Legend, Jazz, The Slide Area, Paris, Texas, Johnny Handsome, The UFO Has Landed: The Ry Cooder Anthology, The UFO Has Landed: The Ry Cooder Anthology, I, Flathead, Blue City, Mambo sinuendo, Chávez Ravine, Show Time, Buena Vista Social Club at Carnegie Hall, Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down, The End of Violence, Buena Vista Social Club, Why Don't You Try Me Tonight: The Best of Ry Cooder, Jazz, My Name Is Buddy, Geronimo: An American Legend, Little Village, Boomer's Story, Primary Colors, Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down, Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ry Cooder More
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    Jimmy Page Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists of All Time Music picture

    Jimmy Page

    Hard rock, Heavy metal, Folk rock, Blues-rock, Jazz, Rock and roll
    Voodoo Blues, Jimmy Page: Hip Young Guitar Slinger, The Jimmy Page Collection, Live at the Greek, Whatever Happened to Jugula?, Jimmy's Back Pages... The Early Years, James Patrick Page: Session Man (1963-1967), Volume 1, James Patrick Page: Session Man (1963-1967), Volume 2, Death Wish II, Jimmy Page & Friends, Lucifer Rising, The Masters: No Introduction Required, This Guitar Kills, James Patrick Page: Session Man Volume Two, Guitar Boogie, Coverdale/Page, Guitar for Hire, James Patrick Page: Session Man Volume One, No Introduction Necessary, Outrider More
    England
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  11. 10
    Keith Richards Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists of All Time Music picture

    Keith Richards

    Rock music, Blues-rock, Rhythm and blues, Country, Psychedelic rock, Rock and roll, Reggae, Blues More
    Talk Is Cheap, Main Offender, Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988, Learning the Game, Vintage Vinos, Wicked as It Seems More
    England
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  12. 11
    Kirk Hammett Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists of All Time Music picture

    Kirk Hammett

    Hard rock, Heavy metal, Thrash metal, Speed metal
    United States of America
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  13. 12
    Kurt Cobain Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists of All Time Music picture

    Kurt Cobain

    Alternative rock, Punk rock, Grunge music
    Seattle
    United States of America
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  14. 13
    Jerry Garcia Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists of All Time Music picture

    Jerry Garcia

    Rock music, Folk rock, Blues-rock, Rhythm and blues, Soul music, Jazz, Psychedelic rock, Rock and roll, Country rock, Bluegrass, Jam band More
    San Francisco
    Side Trips - Volume One, Been All Around This World, Almost Acoustic, Garcia, The Pizza Tapes, Reflections, Lonesome Prison Blues, Hooteroll?, Compliments, Old & In The Way (disc 2), The Very Best of Jerry Garcia, Cats Under the Stars, Shady Grove, Not For Kids Only, Garcia/Grisman, So What, The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol 1: Legion of Mary, Theatre 1839 (July 29 & 30, 1977), Garcia Plays Dylan, All Good Things: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions, All Good Things Redux: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions, Run for the Roses, Deep Elum Blues More
    United States of America
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  15. 14
    Jeff Beck Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists of All Time Music picture

    Jeff Beck

    Rock music, Hard rock, Progressive rock, Jazz fusion, Blues-rock, Electronic dance music, Electronica, Blues, Instrumental rock More
    Live in Japan 1999, Jeff, Beck, Bogert & Appice, Frankie's House, Tallyman / Rock My Plimsoul, Emotion & Commotion, Blow by Blow, Rough and Ready, Flash, Anthology, Who Else!, Meltdown - Songs Of Experience, Beck:Truth, There and Back, Beckology, Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop, Love Is Blue / I've Been Drinking, Performing This Week... Live at Ronnie Scott's, Rock 'n' Roll Party Honoring Les Paul, Rock 'n' Roll Party, Wired, Clapton-Page-Beck, Shapes of Things, Beck-Ola, Maybe Today, You Had It Coming, Rough And Ready, People Get Ready / Back on the Street, Live In Japan, Live at B.B. King Blues Club and Grill September 10, 2003, Jeff Beck With the Jan Hammer Group Live, Official Bootleg USA '06, Best of Beck, Crazy Legs, Guitar Boogie, Shapes of Things: 60's Groups and Sessions, UPP, Jeff Beck Group, Flash, The Best of Jeff Beck, Live in Japan, Hi Ho Silver Lining / Beck's Bolero, Live and Exclusive From the Grammy Museum, Wild Thing, Live and Exclusive from the Grammy Museum, People Get Ready / You Know, We Know More
    England
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  16. 15
    Carlos Santana Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists of All Time Music picture

    Carlos Santana

    Rock music, Hard rock, Jazz fusion, Blues-rock, Pop music, Funk, Psychedelic rock, Post-grunge, Tejano music, Garage rock, Instrumental rock, Free jazz, Salsa music, Chicano rock More
    Autlán de Navarro
    Summer Dreams: The Best Ballads, Brothers, Shaman, Santana Live at the Fillmore, The Big Jams, Illuminations, Love Devotion Surrender, Santana, I grandi successi, Oneness: Silver Dreams - Golden Reality, Absolute Collection, The Best Instrumentals, Carlos, Love Songs, Persuasion, Santana Brothers, Santana Live, Havana Moon, Carlos Santana Live, Santana, All That I Am, Viva Santana!, Best Instrumentals Vol. 2, Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter - Live At the Montreux Jazz Festival 1988, The Very Best of Santana, Trey Anastasio with Special Guests Carlos Santana, Supernatural, Hits of Santana, The Essential Santana, Ceremony: Remixes & Rarities, Samba Pa Ti, The Swing of Delight, The Super Collection, Live in Chicago 1974, The Collection, The Best of Santana, Spirits Dancing in the Flesh, The best of Santana, The Definitive Collection, Jingo Maniac, Jin-Go-Lo-Ba, Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live!, LIVE USA, Live on MTV Germany 6.21.2000, Live In Chicago, Doin' It, Divine Light, Blues for Salvador, Playin' with Carlos, Best Of, Dance of the Rainbow Serpent, The Best Of, Legendary Latin Rock Tracks, Carlos Santana: The Very Best, Best of the Early Years, Santana Greatest Hits, The Best of Santana Vol. 2, Santana Unofficial Album, The Best Instrumentals, The Album: Most Famous Hits (disc 1), Black Magic Woman: The Best Of Santana, Jimi Hendrix & Carlos Santana, Illuminations, The Super Collection, High Profile More
    United States of America, Mexico
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  18. 16
    Johnny Ramone Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists of All Time Music picture

    Johnny Ramone

    Punk rock
    United States of America
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  19. 17

    Jack White

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  20. 18
    John Frusciante Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists of All Time Music picture

    John Frusciante

    Alternative rock, Jazz fusion, Experimental rock, Indie rock, Funk-rock, Psychedelic rock, Avant-garde, Electronic dance music, Electronica, Industrial music, Art rock, Avant-garde music More
    Shadows Collide With People, Curtains, Inside of Emptiness, Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt, Shadows Collide With People (acoustic), AW II, To Record Only Water for Ten Days, Smile From the Streets You Hold, Solo X, Going Inside, From the Sounds Inside, Estrus EP, The Will to Death, To Record Only Water For Ten Days, DC EP, Demo & Acoustic Shadows Collide With People, Shadows Collide With People (demo), Going Inside EP, The Brown Bunny, John Frusciante discography, A Sphere in the Heart of Silence II, The Empyrean, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & John Frusciante, A Sphere in the Heart of Silence More
    United States of America
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  21. 19
    Richard Thompson Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists of All Time Music picture

    Richard Thompson

    Folk music, Alternative rock, Rock music, Hard rock, Folk rock, Psychedelic rock, Electric folk, Acoustic music More
    Notting Hill Gate
    Watching the Dark, The Chrono Show - Live Versions of Vintage Favourites, Small Town Romance, Live At Crawley 1993, Amnesia, Pour Down Like Silver, Celtschmerz: Live UK 98, Sweet Warrior, The Old Kit Bag, Live Warrior, Walking on a Wire: 1968-2009, Live at the BBC, Read About Love, Two Letter Words, Hand of Kindness, Grizzly Man, I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight, Sunnyvista, Shoot Out the Lights, Dream Attic, Daring Adventures, RT: The Life and Music of Richard Thompson, Action Packed: The Best of the Capitol Years, Strict Tempo!, Hokey Pokey, First Light, More Guitar, Sweet Warrior, You? me? us?, you? me? us?, Henry The Human Fly, In Concert, November 1975, Live!, Ducknapped!, Sweet Talker, Mirror Blue, I Feel So Good, 1000 Years of Popular Music, The Best of Richard & Linda Thompson: The Island Record Years, The Bones of All Men, Faithless, Semi-Detached Mock Tudor, Live From Austin, TX, Rumor and Sigh, guitar / vocal, Industry, Across a Crowded Room, Front Parlour Ballads, Mock Tudor, RT on FR: Richard Thompson on the Free Reed Label More
    United Kingdom, England
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  22. 20
    James Burton Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists of All Time Music picture

    James Burton

    Rock music, Rockabilly, Country, Rock and roll, Country rock
    United States of America
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  23. 21
    George Harrison Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists of All Time Music picture

    George Harrison

    Rock music, Pop music, Experimental rock, Psychedelic rock, World music, Experimental music More
    The Concert for Bangladesh (disc 1), Concert for George, The Concert for Bangla Desh (side 3), The Concert for Bangla Desh (side 6), Chant and Be Happy!: Indian Devotional Songs, Brainwashed, George Harrison, Wonderwall Music, Dark Horse, Collected Works 1962-1990, All Things Must Pass, The Concert for Bangla desh (side 2), Bangla Desh, The Best of George Harrison, When We Was Fab, B-Sides George, Best of Dark Horse 1976-1989, The Concert for Bangla Desh, The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992, The Concert for Bangla Desh (side 4), Gone Troppo, Living in the Material World, Extra Texture (Read All About It), Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison, Through All Those Years, Cloud Nine, Shanghai Surprise (Orange 23), Crackerbox Palace, Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth), Live in Japan, Live in Japan, Electronic Sound, My Sweet Lord, Thirty Three & 1/ॐ, Got My Mind Set on You, What Is Life, Ding Dong, Somewhere in England More
    United Kingdom, England
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  24. 22
    Mike Bloomfield Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists of All Time Music picture

    Mike Bloomfield

    Rock music, Blues-rock, Blues
    Knockin' Myself Out, Between A Hard Place And The Ground, Live at the Old Waldorf, Essential Blues: 1964-1969, Super Session, The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper, Living in the Fast Lane, The Gospel of Blues, American Hero, Live at Bill Graham's Fillmore West, Cruisin' for a Bruisin', It's Not Killing Me, The Best of Michael Bloomfield, The Root of Blues, I'm With You Always, Blues, Gospel and Ragtime Guitar Instrumentals, Between the Hard Place & The Ground / Cruisin' for a Bruisin', Analine / Michael Bloomfield More
    United States of America
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  25. 23
    Warren Haynes Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists of All Time Music picture

    Warren Haynes

    Rock music, Hard rock, Folk rock, Blues-rock, Roots rock, Blues, Jam band, Southern rock More
    Tales Of Ordinary Madness, Live at Bonnaroo, The Lone EP, Live from Bonnaroo 2004 More
    United States of America
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  26. 24
    The Edge Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists of All Time Music picture

    The Edge

    Alternative rock, Rock music, Post-punk
    Heroine, Captive
    England
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  27. 25

    Freddy King

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