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  1. 1
    Soul music, Funk, Psychedelic rock, Psychedelic soul
    Game, Dames, and Guitar Thangs, Rest in P, Games, Dames and Guitar Thangs More
    United States of America
    Warner Bros. Records, Capitol Records, Casablanca Records, Island Records, CBS Records, P-Vine Records, JDC Records, Westbound Records More
  2. 2

    Pete Pauling

    Gospel, Jump Blues, Doo Wop
    Monkey Hips & Rice
    USA
  3. 3
    Rock music, Hard rock, Heavy metal, Blues-rock, Funk-rock, Psychedelic rock, Blues, Acid rock, Psychedelia More
    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
    United States of America
    Capitol Records, Reprise Records, MCA Records, Polydor Records, Barclay Records, Track Records More
  4. 4
    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
    Atlantic Records, Geffen Records, Mercury Records, Fontana Records, Swan Song Records More
  5. 5
    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
    EMI, Epic Records
  6. 6
    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
    United States of America
    Mercury Records, Capricorn Records
  7. 7
    Rock music, Hard rock, Glam rock
    Indian Summer, Just Like This, Showtime, Heaven and Hull, Play Don't Worry, Slaughter on 10th Avenue, Yui Orta More
    England
    RCA Records, Mercury Records, Virgin Records, Epic Records, Vertigo Records, Rykodisc More
  8. 8
    Rhythm and blues, Soul music, Funk, Blues, Electric blues
    With a Little Help From My Friends, Nudge it up a Notch
    United States of America
    Stax Records
  9. 9
    Rock music, Rockabilly, Country, Rock and roll
    The Classic Carl Perkins, Live at Gilley's, Class of '55: Memphis Rock & Roll Homecoming, Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session, Live, Born to Rock, Blue Suede Shoes / Honey, Don't!, Go Cat Go!, Golden Legends, Carls Rocks, Dixie Fried / I'm Sorry, I'm Not Sorry, Golden Sounds of Country Music, The Best of Carl Perkins, Restless: The Columbia Recordings, Honky Tonk Babe, A Rockabilly Session, Rock 'n' Roll Superhits, Carl Perkins Gold, Country Soul, The Greatest Hits of Rock 'n' Roll, Dance Album of..., Survivors Live, Silver Eagle Cross Country Music Show Presents Carl Perkins, Best of the Sun Sessions, Blue Suede Shoes, Best of Sun Years, Original Sun Greatest Hits, Carl Perkins: The Complete Sun Singles, Tennessee Bop, Rock 'n' Roll Greats, The Country Store Collection, The Essential Sun Collection, Best Of, Back on Top, Jive After Five: The Best of Carl Perkins (1958-1978) More
    United States of America
    Columbia Records, Mercury Records, Sun Records
  10. 10
    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
    Warner Music Group, American Recordings, Record Collection, Birdman Records More
  11. 11
    Hard rock, Heavy metal, Blues-rock, Jazz, Doom metal, Blues
    Fused, Iommi, The 1996 DEP Sessions, Eighth star
    England
    Warner Bros. Records, Rhino Entertainment, I.R.S. Records
  12. 12
    Rock music, Hard rock, Heavy metal, Blues-rock
    21 Guns Salute
    United States of America
  13. 13
    Rock music, Rock and roll
    United States of America
    Sun Records
  14. 14
    Rock music, Folk rock, Rhythm and blues, Country rock
    Music for the Native Americans, Classic Masters, Contact from the Underworld of RedBoy, Robbie Robertson, Storyville, How To Become Clairvoyant, 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Robbie Robertson More
    Canada
    Warner Bros. Entertainment, Capitol Records, Geffen Records
  15. 15
    Film score, Hard rock, Blues-rock, Punk rock, Psychedelic rock, Garage rock, Protopunk More
    The Hard Stuff, Dangerous Madness, Citizen Wayne, LLMF, Adult World, The Hard Stuff, Return of Citizen Wayne More
    United States of America
    Epitaph Records, Alive Records
  16. 16
    Rock music, Rhythm and blues, Punk rock, Glam rock, Rock and roll, Protopunk, Glam punk More
    The Best of Johnny Thunders, You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory, So Alone, Hey Man Where's My Guitar?, Live at Max's Kansas City, You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory, Play With Fire: Live, Bootlegging the Bootleggers, Born Too Loose, Stations Of The Cross, The Studio Bootlegs, Chinese Rocks: The Ultimate Thunders Live Collection, Cosa Nostra Never Sleeps, Scheneckentaenze, Add Water and Stir: Live in Japan 1991, Too Much Junkie Business, Que Sera, Sera, There's A LIttle Bit Of Whore In Every Girl, Diary of a Lover, In the Flesh, Que Sera Sera, Copy Cats, Hurt Me, Lucky Strikes Back, Have Faith, Belfast Rocks, Eve of Destruction, Wanted: Dead Or Alive Reward $10, So All Alone, Hey Man Where Is My Guitar, Diary Of A Gypsy Lover, In Cold Blood, Live & Wasted More
    United States of America
  17. 17
    Rock music, Hard rock, Pop rock
    Dave Davies / Glamour, Unfinished Business, Anthology - Unfinished Business, Bug, Rock Bottom: Live at The Bottom Line, Fragile, Kinked More
    England
    Koch Records, Angel Air
  18. 18
    Rock music, Hard rock, Blues-rock, Rhythm and blues, Country, Psychedelic rock, Rock and roll, Reggae, Blues More
    Mahoney's Last Stand, Gimme Some Neck, Slide On Live: Plugged In And Standing, I've Got My Own Album to Do, I Feel Like Playing, Not for Beginners, Live at the Ritz, The First Barbarians: Live from Kilburn, Live and Eclectric, Live & Eclectic, Slide On Live, Slide On This, 1234, Now Look, Ronnie Wood Anthology: The Essential Crossexion More
    England
    Warner Bros. Records
  19. 19

    Bob Stinson

    Alternative rock
    United States of America
  20. 20
    Hard rock, Heavy metal, Glam rock, Glam metal
    Ace Frehley, Trouble Walkin', Frehley's Comet, Second Sighting, Anomaly, Greatest Hits Live, Greatest Hits Live, Live+1, 12 Picks, Loaded Deck More
    United States of America
    Mercury Records, Casablanca Records, Megaforce Records
  21. 21
    Rock music, Hard rock, Heavy metal, Punk rock, Glam metal
    Dangerous Curves, Lita, Wicked Wonderland, Dancin' on the Edge, Greatest Hits Live!, Kiss Me Deadly, Black, Close My Eyes Forever, Out for Blood, Out for Blood / Dancin' on the Edge, The Best Of Lita Ford, Stiletto, Platinum & Gold Collection, Kiss Me Deadly (Priceless Collection) More
    United States of America, United Kingdom
    RCA Records, Mercury Records

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  1. invis
    The Greatest Guitarists Of All Time at 3/18/2011 7:06 PM
    SHAWN LANE! is by far the best guitarist ever! ACE and MICK RONSON are my favorites though!
  2. Kingofp0px12
    The Greatest Guitarists Of All Time at 3/17/2011 10:18 AM
    Eddie Hazel is a definitely one of the greatest, but no way is he better than Jimi Hendrix.
  3. Clark Benson
    The Greatest Guitarists Of All Time at 3/16/2011 11:05 PM
    OK cool list and some inspired choices. . . but Lita? and Bob Stinson? I guess Bob did have a few great riffs, though I just figured Paul wrote most of the memorable chords.
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