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Prolly not, but I am going to the opener and the SD game.

 

You hitting any games?

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Check your PMs.

 

Bastard! San Deigo!! I was there once I loved it.

 

 

Don't mean to hijack the thread.

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No J Mascis?  WTF?  That list is a complete joke!

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Thank you. Thank you for reassuring me that there is sanity in this world.

 

The list is a joke, but I got some special satisfaction seeing Lou Reed 18 spots ahead of Eddie Van Halen. :rolleyes:

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There are so many things wrong with that list I can hardly even contain my amusement. If I limit my list to 5 beefs they are:

 

1. Joan Jett? WTF?

2. Anyone ever hear of Adrian Belew?

3. Anyone ever hear of Johnny Marr?

4. Anyone ever hear of Jorma Kaukonen?

5. Anyone ever hear of Lindsay Buckingham?

 

What a bunch of friggin morons.

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There are so many things wrong with that list I can hardly even contain my amusement. If I limit my list to 5 beefs they are:

 

1. Joan Jett? WTF?

2. Anyone ever hear of Adrian Belew?

3. Anyone ever hear of Johnny Marr?

4. Anyone ever hear of Jorma Kaukonen?

5. Anyone ever hear of Lindsay Buckingham?

 

What a bunch of friggin morons.

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Well, it *IS* Rolling Stone...

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They should have done the list based on who has had the most influence on others. About a third of the current group would be immediately eliminated.

 

Some dude from Fleetwood Mac is on the list but Allan Holdsworth and Joe Satriani aren't? Please.

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Though I've never been one to pay close attention to guitar players per se, I have been to a crapload of concerts from raggae to rock to blues to country to beach music to doowop and back again, and I have never, ever been more stunned, floored and just plain blown away to see the effortless style of BB King. I sat fourth row in a 3,000 seat theater.

 

Not sure how to describe it. I've seen people play "mean" guitars and "rockin'" guitars, etc., but this guy fuggin' owned the guitar to the point where I half expected him to just "tell" the guitar what to do and then see it float in the air and just do it.

 

If you've never seen him perform, I highly recommend it.

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Dimebag, Slash, Zack Wylde, Kerry King, George Lynch... i'm sure there are a lot of others that should be on that list that i am forgetting.

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I met George Lynch at the Guitar Factory @ Southgate Plaza, West Seneca. He was playing that night at a local club. Came to the GF to give a demo on guitar playing. My son takes lessons there. Played for like an hour non-stop as fast as anyone I ever saw, just rippin' on the guitar. Then spent another hour talking, taking questions, giving tips, and hanging out. The guy was really cool, great personality. He must be about 50, same as me. Comes in, takes off his jacket, sleeveless tight shirt, damn the guy was freakin' built for an old man!!! Bills players would be proud to have his body fat, or lack of

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Jack White @ 17 is a joke, no way in hell he's in the top 20. Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads, Tony Iommi, & Angus Young didn't get very much respect on the list either.

 

1 Jimi Hendrix

2 Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band

3 B.B. King

4 Eric Clapton

5 Robert Johnson

6 Chuck Berry

7 Stevie Ray Vaughan

8 Ry Cooder

9 Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin

10 Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones

11 Kirk Hammett of Metallica

12 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana

13 Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead

14 Jeff Beck

15 Carlos Santana

16 Johnny Ramone of the Ramones

17 Jack White of the White Stripes

18 John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers

19 Richard Thompson

20 James Burton

21 George Harrison

22 Mike Bloomfield

23 Warren Haynes

24 The Edge of U2

25 Freddy King

26 Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave

27 Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits

28 Stephen Stills

29 Ron Asheton of the Stooges

30 Buddy Guy

31 Dick Dale

32 John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service

33 & 34 Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth

35 John Fahey

36 Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MG's

37 Bo Diddley

38 Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac

39 Brian May of Queen

40 John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival

41 Clarence White of the Byrds

42 Robert Fripp of King Crimson

43 Eddie Hazel of Funkadelic

44 Scotty Moore

45 Frank Zappa

46 Les Paul

47 T-Bone Walker

48 Joe Perry of Aerosmith

49 John McLaughlin

50 Pete Townshend

51 Paul Kossoff of Free

52 Lou Reed

53 Mickey Baker

54 Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane

55 Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple

56 Tom Verlaine of Television

57 Roy Buchanan

58 Dickey Betts

59 & 60 Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien of Radiohead

61 Ike Turner

62 Zoot Horn Rollo of the Magic Band

63 Danny Gatton

64 Mick Ronson

65 Hubert Sumlin

66 Vernon Reid of Living Colour

67 Link Wray

68 Jerry Miller of Moby Grape

69 Steve Howe of Yes

70 Eddie Van Halen

71 Lightnin' Hopkins

72 Joni Mitchell

73 Trey Anastasio of Phish

74 Johnny Winter

75 Adam Jones of Tool

76 Ali Farka Toure

77 Henry Vestine of Canned Heat

78 Robbie Robertson of the Band

79 Cliff Gallup of the Blue Caps (1997)

80 Robert Quine of the Voidoids

81 Derek Trucks

82 David Gilmour of Pink Floyd

83 Neil Young

84 Eddie Cochran

85 Randy Rhoads

86 Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath

87 Joan Jett

88 Dave Davies of the Kinks

89 D. Boon of the Minutemen

90 Glen Buxton of Alice Cooper

91 Robby Krieger of the Doors

92 & 93 Fred "Sonic" Smith, Wayne Kramer of the MC5

94 Bert Jansch

95 Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine

96 Angus Young of AC/DC

97 Robert Randolph

98 Leigh Stephens of Blue Cheer

99 Greg Ginn of Black Flag

100 Kim Thayil of Soundgarden

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To each his own, I suppose. Personally, any list that doesn't start w/ Robert Johnson is bogus. I was also surprised for the lower marks for Mark Knopfler, Pete Townshend, Ry Cooder, Vernon Reid, and Les Paul. Also, Kurt Cobain was a better guitarist than Jeff Beck, Carlos Santana, George Harrison, and Buddy Guy???

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They should have done the list based on who has had the most influence on others.  About a third of the current group would be immediately eliminated.

 

Some dude from Fleetwood Mac is on the list but Allan Holdsworth and Joe Satriani aren't?  Please.

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I love Satriani's music! There's one album of his in particular that I like. The very first song is awesome. I always thought it would be the perfect song to come out of a tunnel to before a football game. I just can't recall which album it is.

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The very first song is awesome.  I always thought it would be the perfect song to come out of a tunnel to before a football game.  I just can't recall which album it is.

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Most of them. Save his unfortunate techno-experiment from a few years ago (I give him points for being willing to experiment, but the album sucked), I can't think of a Satriani album that doesn't begin strong.

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John Fahey at #35, below:

Jack White (three albums curbing blues riffs and he's #17 all-time)?

Johnny Ramone?

Jimmy Page (who admitted he owed a lot to Fahey's playing)?

The Edge (I get it, he knows how to use a stereo delay)?

Kurt Cobain (love him, but seriously)?

 

That's some disrespect. Anyone who's heard him knows what I'm talking about. This list is a joke.

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I'm giving props to Danny Gatton at #63, who, if he hadn't committed suicide, (and possibly still) could kick all S's down to Ramone and Santana at 15 and 16.

 

Joe Satiriani was shafted as well.

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Trey Anastasio @ 73  :ph34r: I demand a recount!!!! Head to head that cat would shred

95% of that list. So much for subjective lists :rolleyes:

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I rate Johnny Winter & Robbie Krieger much higher on that list.

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