100 Greatest Guitarists

100 Greatest Guitarists

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Ace Frehley - Kiss - Shock Me.mp3
Al DiMeola - Al DiMeola - Race With Devil On Spanish Highway.mp3
Albert King - Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign.mp3
Albert Lee - Albert Lee - Country Boy.mp3
Alex Lifeson - Rush - Limelight.mp3
Allan Holdsworth - Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue.mp3
Andres Segovia - Andres Segovia - Etudes For Guitar.mp3
Angus & Malcolm Young - AC DC - You Shook Me All Night Long.mp3
B.B. King - B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone.mp3
Big Bill Broonzy - Big Bill Broonzy - See See Rider.mp3
Billy Corgan - Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock.mp3
Billy Gibbons - ZZ Top - Blue Jean Blues.mp3
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Blind Lemon Jefferson - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean.mp3
Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley.mp3
Bob Mould - Husker Du - Celebrated Summer.mp3
Brent Mason - Clint Black - We Tell Ourselves.mp3
Brian 'Head' Welch & James 'Munky' Shaffer - Korn - Got The Life.mp3
Brian May - Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody.mp3
Brian Setzer - Stray Cats - Rock This Town.mp3
Buddy Guy - Buddy Guy - Leave My Girl Alone.mp3
Carlos Santana - Santana - Samba Pa Ti.mp3
Charlie Christian - Charlie Christian - Rose Room.mp3
Charlie Hunter - Charlie Hunter Trio - Come As You Are.mp3
Chet Atkins - Chet Atkins - Chinatown, My Chinatown.mp3
Chuck Berry - Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode.mp3
Clarence White - Byrds - Nashville West.mp3
Cliff Gallup - Gene Vincent - Race With The Devil.mp3
Danny Gatton - Robert Gordon,  Danny Gatton - Love My Baby.mp3
Dave Matthews - Dave Matthews Band - So Much To Say.mp3
David Gilmour - Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb.mp3
Dick Dale - Dick Dale - Misirlou.mp3
Dickey Betts - Allman Brothers Band - Jessica.mp3
Dimebag Darrell - Pantera - Cowboys From Hell.mp3
Django Reinhardt - Django Reinhardt - Nuages.mp3
Doc Watson - Doc Watson - Deep River Blues.mp3
Duane Allman - Allman Brothers Band - One Way Out.mp3
Eddie Hazel - Funkadelic - Maggot Brain.mp3
Eddie Van Halen - Van Halen -  - Eruption.mp3
Eric Clapton - Cream - Crossroads.mp3
Eric Johnson - Eric Johnson - Cliffs Of Dover.mp3
Frank Zappa - Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Inca Roads.mp3
Freddie Green - Count Basie - Topsy.mp3
Freddie King -  Freddie King - The Stumble.mp3
George Harrison & John Lennon - The Beatles - The End.mp3
Hubert Sumlin - Howlin' Wolf - Killing Floor.mp3
James Burton - Ricky Nelson - Hello Mary Lou.mp3
James Hetfield & Kirk Hammett - Metallica - One.mp3
Jeff Beck - Jeff Beck - Freeway Jam.mp3
Jerry Cantrell - Alice In Chains - Rooster.mp3
Jerry Garcia - Grateful Dead - Dark Star.mp3
Jim Hall - Sonny Rollins - John S.mp3
Jimi Hendrix - Jimi Hendrix - Machine Gun.mp3
Jimmy Bryant - Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant - Stratosphere Boogie.mp3
Jimmy Nolen - James Brown - Let Yourself Go.mp3
Jimmy Page - Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven.mp3
Joe Perry & Brad Whitford - Aerosmith - Walk This Way.mp3
Joe Satriani - Joe Satriani - Satch Boogie.mp3
John Fogerty - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travelin' Band.mp3
John Lee Hooker - John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillen'.mp3
John McLaughlin - John McLaughlin - Reincarnation.mp3
John Renbourn - John Renbourn - Faro's Rag.mp3
Johnny Ramone - Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop.mp3
Johnny Smith - Johnny Smith Quintet - Jaguar.mp3
Johnny Thunders - New York Dolls - Personality Crisis.mp3
Joni Mitchell - Joni Mitchell - Hejira.mp3
Keith Richards - Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women.mp3
Kim Thayil - Soundgarden - Rusty Cage.mp3
Kurt Cobain - Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit.mp3
Lenny Breau - Lenny Breau - If You Could See Me Now.mp3
Leo Kottke - Leo Kottke - Ojo.mp3
Les Paul - Les Paul & Mary Ford - How High The Moon.mp3
Link Wray - Link Wray - Rumble.mp3
Lou Reed - Lou Reed - Intro - Sweet Jane.mp3
Merle Travis - Merle Travis - Cannon Ball Stomp.mp3
Michael Hedges - Michael Hedges - Rickover's Dream.mp3
Muddy Waters - Muddy Waters - (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man.mp3
Neil Young - Neil Young & Crazy Horse - My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue).mp3
Nigel Tufnel - Spinal Tap - Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight.mp3
Pat Metheny - Pat Metheny - Missouri Uncompromised.mp3
Pete Townshend - The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again.mp3
Peter Buck - R.E.M. - Wolves, Lower.mp3
Randy Rhoads - Ozzy Osbourne - Flying High Again.mp3
Reverend Gary Davis - Reverend Gary Davis - Candy Man.mp3
Richard Thompson - Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning.mp3
Ritchie Blackmore - Deep Purple - Highway Star.mp3
Robby Krieger - The Doors - When The Music's Over.mp3
Robert Fripp - King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man.mp3
Robert Johnson - Robert Johnson - Cross Road Blues.mp3
Roger McGuinn - The Byrds - Eight Miles High.mp3
Ron Asheton - The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog.mp3
Scotty Moore - Elvis Presley - Mystery Train.mp3
Slash - Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine.mp3
Sonny Sharrock - Sonny Sharrock - Dick Dogs.mp3
Steve Cropper - Sam & Dave - Soul Man.mp3
Steve Howe -Yes - Roundabout.mp3
Steve Jones - Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The U.K.mp3
Steve Morse - Dixie Dregs - Cruise Control.mp3
Steve Vai - Steve Vai - Blue Powder.mp3
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Stevie Ray Vaughan - Pride And Joy.mp3
Syd Barrett - Pink Floyd - Interstellar Overdrive.mp3
T-Bone Walker - T-Bone Walker - Call It Stormy Monday.mp3
The Edge - U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love).mp3
Thurston Moore & Lee Ranaldo - Sonic Youth - Kool Thing.mp3
Tom Morello - Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name.mp3
Tony Iommi - Black Sabbath - Iron Man.mp3
Trey Anastasio - Phish - Billy Breathes.mp3
Uli Jon Roth - Scorpions - The Sails Of Charon.mp3
Wes Borland - Limp Bizkit - Nookie.mp3
Wes Montgomery - Wes Montgomery - S.O.S..mp3
Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Black Star.mp3

Lords of Hard Rock

 

Guitarist:  Tony Iommi

        Song:  “Iron Man”  Black Sabbath – Paranoid

        Album:  Black Sabbath – Paranoid

 

Guitarist:  James Hetfield & Kirk Hammett

        Song:  “One”  Metallica – …And Justice For All

        Album:  Metallica – Master Of Puppets

 

Guitarist:  Ace Frehley

        Song:  “Shock Me”  Kiss – Love Gun

        Album:  Kiss – Alive!

 

Guitarist:  Angus & Malcolm Young

        Song:  “You Shook Me All Night Long”  AC/DC – Back in Black

        Album:  AC/DC – Back in Black

 

Guitarist:  Wes Borland

        Song:  “Nookie”  Limp Bizkit – Significant Other

        Album:  Limp Bizkit – Significant Other

 

Guitarist:  Tom Morello

Song:  “Killing in the Name”  Rage Against the Machine – Rage Against the Machine

        Album:  Rage Against the Machine – Rage Against the Machine

 

Guitarist:  Dimebag Darrell

        Song:  “Cowboys From Hell”  Pantera – Cowboys From Hell

        Album:  Pantera – Vulgar Display Of Power

 

Guitarist:  Brian “Head” Welch & James “Munky” Shaffer

        Song:  “Got the Life”  Korn – Follow the Leader

        Album:  Korn – Follow the Leader

 

Guitarist:  Joe Perry & Brad Whitford

        Song:  “Walk This Way”  Aerosmith – Toys in the Attic

        Album:  Aerosmith – Toys in the Attic

 

Guitarist:  Slash

        Song:  “Sweet Child O’ Mine”  Guns N’ Roses – Appetite For Destruction

        Album:  Guns N’ Roses – Appetite for Destruction

 

Guitarist:  Jerry Cantrell

        Song:  “Rooster”  Alice in Chains – Dirt

        Album:  Alice in Chains – Dirt

 

Guitarist:  Billy Corgan

        Song:  “Cherub Rock”  Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream

        Album:  Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness


 

The British Giants

 

Guitarist:  Jeff Beck

        Song:  “Freeway Jam”  Jeff Beck – Blow by Blow

        Album:  Jeff Beck – Beckology

 

Guitarist:  Eric Clapton

        Song:  “Crossroads”  Cream – Wheels of Fire

        Album:  Derek & the Dominos – Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs

 

Guitarist:  George Harrison & John Lennon

        Song:  “The End”  The Beatles – Abbey Road

        Album:  The Beatles – Revolver

 

Guitarist:  Jimmy Page

        Song:  “Stairway to Heaven”  Led Zeppelin – IV

        Album:  Led Zeppelin – II

 

Guitarist:  Keith Richards

        Song:  “Honky Tonk Women”  Rolling Stones – Hot Rocks 1964-1971

        Album:  Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers

 

Guitarist:  Pete Townshend

        Song:  “Won’t Get Fooled Again”  The Who – Who’s Next

        Album:  The Who – Who’s Next

 

Guitarist:  Nigel Tufnel

Song:  “(Tonight I’m Gonna) Rock You Tonight”  Spinal Tap – This is Spinal Tap

        Album:  Spinal Tap – Shark Sandwich


Fallen   Heroes

 

Guitarist:  Jimi Hendrix

        Song:  “Machine Gun”  Jimi Hendrix – Band of Gypsys

        Album:  Jimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced?

 

Guitarist:  Duane Allman

        Song:  “One Way Out”  Allman Brothers Band – Eat a Peach

        Album:  Allman Brothers Band – At Fillmore East

 

Guitarist:  Kurt Cobain

        Song:  “Smells Like Teen Spirit”  Nirvana – Nevermind

        Album:  Nirvana – Nevermind

 

Guitarist:  Randy Rhoads

        Song:  “Flying High Again”  Ozzy Osbourne – Diary of a Madman

        Album:  Ozzy Osbourne – Blizzard of Ozz

 

Guitarist:  Stevie Ray Vaughan

        Song:  “Pride and Joy”  Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble – Texas Flood

        Album:  Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble – In Step


The Bluesmen

 

Guitarist:  Buddy Guy

        Song:  “Leave My Girl Alone”  Buddy Guy – Complete Chess Studio Recordings

        Album:  Buddy Guy – Complete Chess Studio Recordings

 

Guitarist:  Reverend Gary Davis

        Song:  “Candyman”  Reverend Gary Davis – Pure Religion & Bad Company

Album:  Reverend Gary Davis – Complete Early Recordings of Reverend Gary Davis

 

Guitarist:  John Lee Hooker

        Song:  “Boogie Chillen”  John Lee Hooker – The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990

        Album:  John Lee Hooker – The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990

 

Guitarist:  Blind Lemon Jefferson

Song:  “See That My Grave Is Kept Clean”  Blind Lemon Jefferson – King of the Country Blues

        Album:  Blind Lemon Jefferson – King of the Country Blues

 

Guitarist:  Albert King

        Song:  “Born Under a Bad Sign”  Albert King – Born Under a Bad Sign

        Album:  Albert King – Born Under a Bad Sign

 

Guitarist:  B.B. King

        Song:  “The Thrill is Gone”  B.B. King – Anthology

        Album:  B.B. King – Live at the Regal

 

Guitarist:  Freddie King

        Song:  “The Stumble”  Hideaway:  The Best of Freddie King

        Album:  Hideaway:  The Best of Freddie King

 

Guitarist:  Hubert Sumlin

        Song:  “Killing Floor”  Howlin’ Wolf – Greatest Hits

        Album:  Howlin’ Wolf – Chess Box

 

Guitarist:  T-Bone Walker

Song:  “Call It Stormy Monday”  Blues Masters: The Very Best of T-Bone Walker

        Album:  T-Bone Walker – Complete Capitol/Black & White Recordings

 

Guitarist:  Muddy Waters

        Song:  “Hoochie Coochie Man”  Muddy Waters – Chess Box

        Album:  Muddy Waters – Chess Box


Virtuosos

 

Guitarist:  Ritchie Blackmore

        Song:  “Highway Star”  Deep Purple – Machine Head

        Album:  Deep Purple – Machine Head

 

Guitarist:  Yngwie Malmsteen

        Song:  “Black Star”  Yngwie Malmsteen – Rising Force

        Album:  The Yngwie Malmsteen Collection

 

Guitarist:  John Mclaughlin

        Song:  “Reincarnation”  John Mclaughlin – Que Alegria

        Album:  Mahavishnu Orchestra – Inner Mounting Flame

 

Guitarist:  Steve Vai

        Song:  “Blue Powder”  Steve Vai – Passion & Warfare

        Album:  Steve Vai – Passion & Warfare

 

Guitarist:  Edward Van Halen

        Song:  “Eruption”  Van Halen – Van Halen

        Album:  Van Halen – Fair Warning

 

Guitarist:  Joe Satriani

        Song:  “Satch Boogie”  Joe Satriani – Surfing With the Alien

        Album:  Joe Satriani – Surfing With the Alien

 

Guitarist:  Danny Gatton

        Song:  “Love My Baby”  Robert Gordon and Danny Gatton – The Humbler

        Album:  Danny Gatton – 88 Elmira Street

 

Guitarist:  Al Di Meola

        Song:  “Race with the Devil on Spanish Highway”  Al Di Meola – Elegant Gypsy

        Album:  Al Di Meola – Splendido Hotel

 

Guitarist:  Allan Holdsworth

        Song:  “Metal Fatigue”  Allan Holdsworth – Metal Fatigue

        Album:  Allan Holdsworth – Metal Fatigue

 

Guitarist:  Eric Johnson

        Song:  “Cliffs of Dover”  Eric Johnson – Ah Via Musicom

        Album:  Eric Johnson – Ah Via Musicom

 

Guitarist:  Steve Morse

Song:  “Cruise Control”  Dixie Dreggs – Divided We Stand:  Best of the Dixie Dreggs

        Album:  Steve Morse – The Introduction

Guitarist:  Uli Jon Roth

        Song:  “Sails of Charon”  Scorpions – Taken By Force

        Album:  Scorpions – Virgin Killers


Country Gentlemen

 

Guitarist:  Clarence White

        Song:  “Nashville West”  The Byrds – Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde

        Album:  The Byrds - Untitled

 

Guitarist:  Jimmy Bryant

Song:  “Stratosphere Boogie”  Stratosphere Boogie:  The Flaming Guitars of Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant

Album:  Stratosphere Boogie:  The Flaming Guitars of Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant

 

Guitarist:  Albert Lee

        Song:  “Country Boy”  Albert Lee - Hiding

        Album:  Albert Lee – Gagged But Not Bound

 

Guitarist:  Brent Mason

        Song:  “We Tell Ourselves”  Clint Black – The Hard Way

        Album: 


Founding Fathers

 

Guitarist:  Chuck Berry

        Song:  “Johnny B. Goode”  Chuck Berry – The Great Twenty-Eight

        Album:  Chuck Berry – Chess Box

 

Guitarist:  Chet Atkins

        Song:  “Chinatown, My Chinatown”  Chet Atkins – RCA Years

        Album:  Chet Atkins – Gallopin’ Guitar

 

Guitarist:  Big Bill Broonzy

        Song:  “See See Rider”  Big Bill Broonzy – The Bill Broonzy Story

        Album:  Bill Broonzy – The Young Bill Broonzy

 

Guitarist:  Charlie Christian

        Song:  “Rose Room”  Charlie Christian – Solo Flight

        Album:  Charlie Christian – Solo Flight

 

Guitarist:  Bo Diddley

        Song:  “Bo Diddley”  Bo Diddley – Chess Box

        Album:  Bo Diddley – Chess Box

 

Guitarist:  Robert Johnson

        Song:  “Crossroads”  Robert Johnson – King of the Delta Blues

        Album:  Robert Johnson – Complete Recordings

 

Guitarist:  Andres Segovia

        Song:  “Etude for Guitar #15 in D minor” 

        Album:  The Segovia Collection, Vol. 3.  My Favorite Works

 

Guitarist:  Django Reinhardt

        Song:  “Nuages”  Quintet of the Hot Club of France

        Album:  Django Reinhardt 1935-1936

 

Guitarist:  Les Paul

        Song:  “How High the Moon”  Les Paul – The Legend and the Legacy

        Album:  Les Paul – The Legend and the Legacy

 

Guitarist:  Merle Travis

        Song:  “Cannon Ball Stomp”  Merle Travis – Walkin’ the Strings

        Album:  Merle Travis – Walkin’ the Strings

 

Guitarist:  Dick Dale

        Song:  “Miserlou”  King of the Surf Guitar:  The Best of Dick Dale

        Album:  King of the Surf Guitar:  The Best of Dick Dale

 

The Three Funkateers

 

Guitarist:  Steve Cropper

        Song:  “Soul Man”  Sam and Dave – The Best of Sam and Dave

        Album:  Booker T. and the MG’s – Best of Booker T. and the MG’s

 

Guitarist:  Eddie Hazel

        Song:  “Maggot Brain”  Funkadelic – Maggot Brain

        Album:  Funkadelic – Maggot Brain

 

Guitarist:  Jimmy Nolen

        Song:  “Let Yourself Go”  James Brown – Star Time

        Album:  James Brown – Star Time


Jazzmen

 

Guitarist:  Pat Metheny

        Song:  “Missouri Uncompromised”  Pat Metheny – Bright Size Life

        Album:  Pat Metheny – Song X

 

Guitarist:  Lenny Breau

        Song:  “If You Could See Me Now”  Lenny Breau with Dave Young

        Album:  Lenny Breau – Live at Bourbon St.

 

Guitarist:  Wes Montgomery

        Song:  “S.O.S.”  Wes Montgomery – Full House

        Album:  Wes Montgomery – Complete Riverside Recordings

 

Guitarist:  Freddie Green

        Song:  “Topsy”  with Count Basie

        Album:  Count Basie – The Best of the Roulette Years

 

Guitarist:  Jim Hall

        Song:  “John S.”

        Album:  Jim Hall – Live at Town Hall

 

Guitarist:  Johnny Smith

        Song:  “Jaguar”  Johnny Smith Quintet – Moonlight in Vermont

        Album:  Johnny Smith Quintet – Moonlight in Vermont


Progressive Rockers

 

Guitarist:  Robert Fripp

Song:  “21st Century Schizoid Man”  King Crimson – In the Court of the Crimson King

        Album:  King Crimson – Essential King Crimson:  Frame By Frame

 

Guitarist:  David Gilmour

        Song:  “Comfortably Numb”  Pink Floyd – The Wall

        Album:  Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon

 

Guitarist:  Trey Anastasio

        Song:  “Billy Breathes”  Phish – Billy Breathes

        Album:  Phish – A Live One

 

Guitarist:  Steve Howe

        Song:  “Roundabout”  Yes – Fragile

        Album:  Yes – Close to the Edge

 

Guitarist:  Alex Lifeson

        Song:  “Limelight”  Rush – Moving Pictures

        Album:  Rush – Moving Pictures

 

Guitarist:  Brian May

        Song:  “Bohemian Rhapsody”  Queen – A Night at the Opera

        Album:  Queen – A Night at the Opera


Rockabilly

 

Guitarist:  Brian Setzer

        Song:  “Rock This Town”  Stray Cats – Best of Stray Cats:  Rock This Town

        Album:  Stray Cats – Best of Stray Cats:  Rock This Town

 

Guitarist:  James Burton

        Song:  “Hello Mary Lou”  Rick Nelson – Best of Rick Nelson 1963-75

        Album:  James Burton and Ralph Mooney – Corn Pickin’ and Slick Slidin’

 

Guitarist:  Cliff Gallup

        Song:  “Race with the Devil”  Gene Vincent – Capitol Collector’s Series

        Album:  Gene Vincent – Capitol Collector’s Series

 

Guitarist:  Scotty Moore

        Song:  “Mystery Train”  Elvis Presley – Complete Sun Sessions

        Album:  Elvis Presley – Sun Sessions


The Traditionalists

 

Guitarist:  Neil Young

Song:  “Hey Hey, My My (Out of the Blue)”  Neil Young and Crazy Horse – Rust Never Sleeps

        Album:  Neil Young and Crazy Horse – Live Rust

 

Guitarist:  John Fogerty

        Song:  “Travelin’ Band”  Creedence Clearwater Revival – Chronical

        Album:  Creedence Clearwater Revival – Chronicle

 

Guitarist:  Peter Buck

        Song:  “Wolves, Lower”  R.E.M. – Chronic Town

        Album:  R.E.M. – Murmur

 

Guitarist:  Roger McGuinn

        Song:  “Eight Miles High”  The Byrds – Fifth Dimension

        Album:  The Byrds – Mr. Tambourine Man

 

Guitarist:  Richard Thompson

        Song:  “1952 Vincent Black Lightning”  Richard Thompson – Rumor and Sigh

        Album:  Richard and Linda Thompson – Shoot Out the Lights

 

Guitarist:  Dickey Betts

        Song:  “Jessica”  Allman Brothers Band – Brothers and Sisters

        Album:  Allman Brothers Band – At Fillmore East


Space Cadets

 

Guitarist:  Syd Barrett

        Song:  “Interstellar Overdrive”  Pink Floyd – Piper at the Gates of Dawn

        Album:  Pink Floyd – Piper at the Gates of Dawn

 

Guitarist:  Jerry Garcia

        Song:  “Dark Star”  Grateful Dead – Live/Dead

        Album:  Grateful Dead – American Beauty

 

Guitarist:  Robby Krieger

        Song:  “When the Music’s Over”  The Doors – Strange Days

        Album:  The Doors – The Doors

 

Guitarist:  Carlos Santana

        Song:  “Samba Pa Ti”  Santana – Abraxas

        Album:  Santana – Santana


Free Radicals

 

Guitarist:  The Edge

        Song:  “Pride (In the Name of Love)”  U2 – The Unforgettable Fire

        Album:  U2 – The Joshua Tree

 

Guitarist:  Thurston Moore & Lee Ranaldo

        Song:  “Kool Thing”  Sonic Youth – Goo

        Album:  Sonic Youth – Sister

 

Guitarist:  Bob Mould

        Song:  “Celebrated Summer”  Husker Du – New Day Rising

        Album:  Sugar – Beaster

 

Guitarist:  Lou Reed

        Song:  “Sweet Jane”  Lou Reed – Rock ‘n’ Roll Animal

        Album:  The Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat


Visionaries & Madmen

 

Guitarist:  Billy Gibbons

        Song:  “Blue Jean Blues”  ZZ Top – Fandango

        Album:  ZZ Top – Deguello

 

Guitarist:  Sonny Sharrock

        Song:  “Dick Dogs”  Sonny Sharrock – Seize the Rainbow

        Album:  Sonny Sharrock – Into Another Light

 

Guitarist:  Link Wray

        Song:  “Rumble”  Rumble! The Best of Link Wray

        Album:  Rumble! The Best of Link Wray

 

Guitarist:  Frank Zappa

        Song:  “Inca Roads”  Frank Zappa – One Size Fits All

        Album:  Frank Zappa – Shut Up ‘n Play Yer Guitar


Punk & Disorderly

 

Guitarist:  Ron Asheton

        Song:  “I Wanna Be Your Dog”  The Stooges – The Stooges

        Album:  The Stooges – The Stooges

 

Guitarist:  Steve Jones

Song:  “Anarchy in the U.K.”  Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bullocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols

        Album:  Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bullocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols

 

Guitarist:  Johnny Ramone

        Song:  “Blitzkrieg Bop”  The Ramones – The Ramones

        Album:  The Ramones – The Ramones

 

Guitarist:  Johnny Thunders

        Song:  “Personality Crisis”  The New York Dolls – The New York Dolls

        Album:  The New York Dolls – Rock ‘n Roll


Unplugged Heroes

 

Guitarist:  Michael Hedges

        Song:  “Rickover’s Dream”  Michael Hedges – Aerial Boundaries

        Album:  Michael Hedges – Aerial Boundaries

 

Guitarist:  Leo Kottke

        Song:  “Ojo”  Leo Kottke – 6 & 12 String Guitar

        Album:  Leo Kottke – 6 & 12 String Guitar

 

Guitarist:  Joni Mitchell

        Song:  “Hejira”  Joni Mitchell – Hejira

        Album:  Joni Mitchell – Hits

 

Guitarist:  John Renbourn

        Song:  “Faro’s Rag”  John Renbourn – The Hermit

        Album:  John Renbourn – The Black Balloon

 

Guitarist:  Doc Watson

        Song:  “Deep River Blues”  Doc Watson – Doc Watson

        Album:  Doc Watson – Doc Watson On Stage


They Might Be Giants

 

Guitarist:  Charlie Hunter

        Song:  “Come As You Are”  Charlie Hunter – Bing, Bing, Bing!

        Album:  Charlie Hunter – Ready, Set, Shango!

 

Guitarist:  Dave Matthews

        Song:  “So Much To Say”  Dave Matthews Band – Crash

        Album:  Dave Matthews Band – Under The Table And Dreaming

 

Guitarist:  Kim Thayil

        Song:  “Rusty Cage”  Soundgarden – Badmotorfinger

        Album:  Soundgarden – Badmotorfinger

 




 


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