# Rolling Stones' 100 greatest guitarists list. WTF???

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 4, 2003, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-100-greatest-guitarists-list-wtf/199496 "2003-09-04T10:41:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-100-greatest-guitarists-list-wtf/199496/81 "2003-09-08T17:25:49Z")

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Michael Schenker is missing too.

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**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-100-greatest-guitarists-list-wtf/199496/82 "2003-09-08T18:20:12Z")

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From a folk/folk-rock guy: Glad to see Richard Thompson there, though 19 is way too low for him. But where is Martin Carthy?

Now that they’ve discovered VH-1’s secrect formula, look for lots more bogus lists coming from Rolling Stone.

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**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-100-greatest-guitarists-list-wtf/199496/83 "2003-09-08T23:43:11Z")

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> \*Originally posted by spooje \*  
> Punk rock has a lot of great players. Gregg Ginn ain’t one of 'em.

Agreed.

However, I will give mild props to RS for sticking D. Boon of the Minutemen on the list. Though frankly I’m not sure if even he would crack my own top 100 ( RS sticking him at #89 is realistic, as far that goes ), unlike Ginn he truly was a great punk guitarist and not an exceptionally well-known one.

That’s about all the props I’ll give RS, though. It truly is pretty weak list, overall.

- Tamerlane

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**Author:** ![Ave\_Minerva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@Ave\_Minerva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ave_Minerva)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-100-greatest-guitarists-list-wtf/199496/84 "2003-09-08T23:53:58Z")

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Woo hoo. Zoot Horn Rollo made the list.

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-100-greatest-guitarists-list-wtf/199496/85 "2003-09-09T00:21:45Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Ave Minerva \*  
> \*\*Woo hoo. Zoot Horn Rollo made the list. \*\*

As did Ry Cooder. One thing you have to say about Beefheart … he had some damned good musicians working behind him.

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