Friday, March 27, 2009

Robby Valentine - Robby Valentine

Artist: Robby Valentine
Album: Robby Valentine
Robby Valentine Robby Valentine
Tracklist :
  • The Magic Breeze
  • Broken Dreams
  • Live Your Life
  • One Day
  • The Gift Of Life
  • Over And Over Again
  • Heaven Is Callin
  • I m Searchin
  • Here, There And Everywhere
  • Angel
  • Love Is Alive
  • I Believe In You
  • Love Takes Me Higher

Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of all Time: Opinions?

First off, here's the list:


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
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
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
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


Now that you've read it, what guitarists do you think are missing from the list? What guitarists should be taken off the list? What guitarists do you think should move up higher on the list? Which guitarist should move down on the list?


Here's my opinions on this list:

Missing Guitarists: Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, Roy Clark, Brent Mason, Brad Paisley (country)...in fact, this list mainly failed to mention some of the greatest country guitarists that could have and, in some cases, still can outplay any or most guitarists on the list. Of course, there are many more guitarists in many other genres that are left out as well.

Guitarists to be Taken Off: Kurt Cobain, Jack White, Keith Richards and quite a few others. The amount of undeserving guitarists on this list is incredible.

Guitarists Who Should be Higher on the List: Danny Gatton, Eddie Van Halen and quite a few more. Gatton, especially, was one of the best guitarists of all time--much better than Jimi Hendrix.

Guitarists Who Should be Lower on the List: Hendrix, Angus Young and others. Hendrix wasn't awful, but he definitely isn't better than Danny Gatton and others that weren't even mentioned on the list. As for Angus Young, he's highly overrated. In fact, he may not even deserve to be on this list, even with how influential he is.


What does everyone else think?
Doesn't anyone else other than myself agree with me when I say that Chet Atkins should be on the list?

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