The Article
Top 10 Best Guitarists – On YouTube
4th March 2020
Paul Rigby offers a personal take on his Top 10 Best Guitarists…
…while also listing a few ‘dos’ and ‘don’ts’ for any aspiring axe men out there.
So who are your favourites?
I’d love to see your Top 10, 5 or just a single favourite of yours. Any genre, any time period.
If you’d like to add context and explain why, then you’re welcome to do that too.
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Pete Townshend
Bob Mould
Jimmy Page
Steve Howe
Eric Clapton
Johnny Marr
Richard Thompson
Mike Campbell
Mark Knopfler
George Harrison
Impossible to pick 10. Here’s a motley crew of known and little known guitar players from my own vinyl collection who continue to astound no matter how old I get 🙂
Though if I had to pick one to take with me beyond the grave then it has to be Peter Green……..
Raoul Bjorkenheim
Hedvig Molestsad
Sir Richard Bishop
Dylan Carlson
Keiji Heino
David Grubbs
Jim O’ Rourke
Syd Barrett
Tom Carter
Michael & John Gibbons
Tony Iommi
Paul Kossoff
Steve Tibbetts
John Renbourne
John Fahey
Leo Kottke
Gerry Garcia
Daniel Fichelscher
Joe Bidden
Hank Marvin
Peter Green
Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Page
Ritchie Blackmore
Alex Lifeson
Robert Fripp
Andy Latimer
Phil Miller
Bruce Russell
Gary Moore
Glenn Phillips
Fred Frith
Michael Karoli
Ax Genrich
Edgar Froese
Manuel GÖTTSCHING
Steve Hackett
Steve Howe
John Fogerty
Steve Cropper
Neil Young
Leslie West
Eric Clapton w Cream/Bluesbreakers
John Weinzierl
Thurston Moore
Lee Ranaldo
Tom Verlaine
Django Reinhardt
Vincent Gallo
Henry Kaiser
Gregg Ginn
Rory Gallagher
Eddie Hazel
David Gilmore
My favorite guitarist is which ever one I am listening to at the moment. I would like to add a few more to the list.
Roy Clark, Glen Campbell, Terry Kath, Chet Atkins, Ry Cooder, Freddie King, Steve Cropper and Les Paul.
P.S. This is a wonderful discussion!!
Totally agree with Neil Young, Like a Hurricane and Cortez the Killer are still some of my favourites of all time. Also agree with David Gilmour though I think Comfortably Numb is a bit overrated I prefer something like Sorrow personally. Very controversial to leave out Hendrix, yes he could be ‘over the top’ but he did some very tasteful work on his albums. Here’s a name that no one has mentioned that I rate as one of the best of all time – Tommy Bolin. Listen to Billy Cobham’s Spectrum album and you wonder how someone so young could have such an understanding of Jazz. From the modern era I like Steven Wilson a very intelligent producer, writer and guitarist. I’m 61 years old so many of my heroes are from yesteryear and I’m not really in Metal guitarists except Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath (who was influenced by Django Reinhardt). Finally Warren Haynes of Gov’t Mule is a great guitarist. Lowell George of Little Feat would be another favourite. Finally Joni Mitchell deserves a mention for her creative tunings.
Nice list Mark – thanks for that.