Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] 100 Greatest Guitar Solos

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Sun, 7 Jan 2007, Mike Miller wrote:

> Still, some lists just suck.  Here is a list that I saw a few days ago 
> that kinda pissed me off:
>
> http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5937559/the_100_greatest_guitarists_of_all_time
>
> For one example:  Joe Satriani didn't make the list.

A couple of other examples:  Steve Morse was widely recognized as one of 
the great rock guitarists of his time.  He's not on the list.  I guess he 
wasn't popular enough.  Steve Howe is at #69 on the list but he was 
selected as "Best Overall" guitarist in Guitar Player magazine every year 
from the time they started the category until he was retired (after 5 
straight years).  I think that warrants a higher position on the list. 
The reason he was winning Best *Overall* (this was back in the late '70s 
or so) was that he could play well in so many styles -- "Mood For A Day" 
on nylon strings, "The Clap" on steel strings, jazzy lines on electric 
guitar or his usual progressive rock guitar thing.  There aren't many who 
can play like that (and that includes the first 68 on that list).

Mike

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