According to Rolling Stone magazine, here are the greatest guitar players & their rankings: Feel free to agree or disagree!

[fairgambit]

These hands shook Mick Jagger's hand, strummed more than 3000 guitars and helped pen many rock classics.These hands travelled the world,playing in concert halls,stadiums and amphitheatres in front of millions of fans and sold out shows.These hands performed for heads of state and royalty.These are the hands of the one and only

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The skull ring tells me it's Keith Richards.

 

[laKavosiey-st lion]

Moms 2 and I saw this guy in Lancaster, knew nothing about him (he opened for twin peaks) and he blew my mind. I was HOOKED
let this wash over you and remember genius is subtle and easy

he wrote this song about the rick me

 

[LB99]

Thank you for that. I'm a big Gary Clark Jr. fan.

Me too. Saw him live few years ago. My favorite concert. He was fantastic.
I’ve also seen Jonny Lang (x2) and The Kenny Wayne Shepard Band. They are both very good also.

 

[step.eng69]

The skull ring tells me it's Keith Richards.

The deformity in the joints is enhanced by the tint edited into the picture. I watched a recent interview this morning and did notice the presence of a few large finger joints.

 

[NoSoup4U]

These hands shook Mick Jagger's hand, strummed more than 3000 guitars and helped pen many rock classics.These hands travelled the world,playing in concert halls,stadiums and amphitheatres in front of millions of fans and sold out shows.These hands performed for heads of state and royalty.These are the hands of the one and only

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Not to mention-- also Keeper of the Code

 

[WyomingLion]

Their #3 is my #1 ( I love Led Zeppelin!)
Their #1 is definitely top five.
Their #4 is good but way too highly ranked. (Joe Perry unranked is better.)
Their #9 made his entire career on one good solo in the Layla intro.
What no Kenny Wayne Shepard? Come on!
I am very surprised that they don't have any Metallica or Nirvana members in there since RS loves those two bands.
Prince should be on there just for his "Let's go Crazy" solo.

Your comment on Duane Allman shows how little you know. He was 24 when he died but if you look at the Duane Allman anthology album to see the list of people he played for ......Holy ****. Box Skaggs, Clapton, Aretha, and many more. Not to mention his work with the Allman Brothers. No one even today can touch his slide playing. Just the comments from Clapton alone demand a higher ranking. Oh, one more thing, he taught Joe Walsh to play slide.

 

[WyomingLion]

He's very, very good sir.

In fact, I bet he is better than you!

But not number 4

 

[WyomingLion]

Who is the youngest guy on that list?

Duane Allman 24

 

[81BandW]

I don't recognize all the names but since it's by Rolling Stone I'm guessing they all are R&R.
I'm glad someone offered up Roy Clark.
In college days of early 70's Roy Buchanan was said by some to perhaps make such a list.

Roy Buchanan would be on my list!