B.B. King - Sweet sixteen
The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time
(ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE, Rollingstone.com)
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 (The Beatles)
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 Thurston Moore, Lee
Ranaldo
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
of the Allman Brothers Band
59 & 60 Ed O'Brien, Jonny Greenwood
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 Color
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 Cops
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 Tommy 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 Wayne Kramer, Fred "Sonic" Smith
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
