100 Guitar Heroes Poll (Part 5 of 10)
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Topic: 100 Guitar Heroes Poll (Part 5 of 10)
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: 100 Guitar Heroes Poll (Part 5 of 10)
Date Posted: November 02 2019 at 02:47
This is the fifth of a 10-part alphabetical poll to determine who's the greatest guitarist of all time across all genres of music. When the results have all come in, I'll put the top two leaders of each of the ten polls into a face-off poll to determine the overall winner of the Top 100 guitar heroes. I'll also enable multiple voting in the final face-off poll.  I only know six of the guitarists in this poll.  My vote's going to Mark Knopfler this time.The Top 100 Guitar Heroes list is supplied courtesy of Guitarist Magazine.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 02 2019 at 02:58
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I don't know half of these... BB King
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 02 2019 at 03:14
I'm glad I'm not the only one who didn't know nearly half those names.
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Cristi wrote:Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: November 02 2019 at 05:38
Shawn Lane should run away with this one. |
Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: November 02 2019 at 05:53
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Wow. None of these 10 are in my top tier. In this group, however, it was easy to drop a vote on the deceptively intricate yet wonderfully understated Mark Knopfler. This batch's most glaring omission is the great Barney Kessel, who could outfret anyone on this list with half his fingers tied behind his back. |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: November 02 2019 at 06:58
Agree but Holdsworth did not run away with poll #4. And Lenny Kravitz, really? |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: November 02 2019 at 07:15
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BB King for me, who are all these other guys? ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 02 2019 at 07:26
The only six guitarists I'd previously heard of in this poll are Robert Johnson, Stanley Jordan, BB King, Mark Knopfler, Paul Kossoff & Lenny Kravitz.
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: November 02 2019 at 14:44
| BB's great and all, but he's not even in my top 10 blues guitarists, let alone overall. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: November 02 2019 at 14:47
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BB ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: TCat
Date Posted: November 02 2019 at 14:49
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Mark Knopfler for his beautiful and unique restraint, BB King (who was even more amazing live at 80 years old which is one of the concert highlights in my life) and Sonny Landreth comes 3rd. ------------- https://ibb.co/8x0xjR0" rel="nofollow">  |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: November 02 2019 at 16:51
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oh man.. shame I'm the first.. two words man.. Eleanor Rigby.. I mean who wasn't absolutely floored when this album came out... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: November 03 2019 at 04:20
Add number 7, Shawn Lane. (and this clip isn't even close to his best) |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: November 03 2019 at 12:04
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Lucille -------------   
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Posted By: thief
Date Posted: November 04 2019 at 06:56
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Vote for Robert Johnson. I don't think any player from this particular list has that huge of a skillset to compete with Johnson's influence. Definitely the most legendary man here. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 04 2019 at 07:28
Robert Johnson was the original member of "the 27 club", having been the first major music artist to die at the age of 27, followed much later in the early 1970's by Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix & Janis Joplin.
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Posted By: tamijo_II
Date Posted: November 04 2019 at 07:53
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Stanley Jordan ------------- Same person as this profile: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=22524" rel="nofollow - Tamijo |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: November 04 2019 at 08:14
| Stanley Jordan from this batch. |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: November 05 2019 at 10:22
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Juan-Francisco Zappa ------------- |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: November 05 2019 at 11:07
^ You know Zappa starts with a Z and he's coming later , right? 
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: November 05 2019 at 11:39
Not guilty, Your Honor. It never started with a Z, it's the greatest hoax in PA history.  ------------- |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 05 2019 at 11:42
Barbu's mentioned Frank Zappa in every Guitar Heroes poll so far and I'm sure he must know by now that Frank Zappa is coming along in Poll #10.
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Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: November 05 2019 at 14:56
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The King ------------- A curse upon the heads of those who seek their fortunes in a lie. The truth is always waiting when there's nothing left to try. - Colin Henson, Jade Warrior (Now) |
Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: November 05 2019 at 17:23
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 06 2019 at 20:55
| LK |