RS 100 Greatest Guitarists
 

Yawn...not a list fan at all but figured I'd share. Blasphemy I tell you! We all know he deserves to be higher.

At any rate, the most interesting thing about this is the photo. I've NEVER ever seen a pic of him playing a double neck guitar. Any older fans out there that saw them back in the Rumours era care to share any memories of this?

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/li...ngham-19691231

So Rolling Stone put Lindsey at #100 did they?
 

And this is why Rolling Stone fails. They wouldn't know anything about real talent as they're too much up the marketable/popular star's ***** to give a care I guess. The only time they EVER get my attention is when they write about John Lennon or Bob Dylan (and a handful of other greats). I guess because the former was a personal friend of Wenner and both men were his heroes that he feels compelled to give a **** when it comes to them. Otherwise, whatever man. :distress: Lindsey Buckingham is too awesome for Rolling Stone magazine's stupid list. They might as well have kept him off it altogether if they're going to insult him in such a way.

But thank you Joe. :wavey: The picture is fabulous and I really shouldn't sound so bitter, but I just know how magnificent LB is and I KNOW he deserves to be in the frigg'n top 10. And frankly he's my number 1 so it's all good. :)

100....ha ha.........100!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bullsh*t I tell ya. I should have guessed though:( no matter he's number 1 in my heart and mind always:nod:

Mick

Surprised he even made the list. He should be in the top 40, at least

Bruce Springsteen is a better guitarist than Lindsey? The f***? Bruce does nothing but play power chords and the occasional sloppy solo. And what's up with all of these blues guitarists? Blues is such a bull**** genre in general. It's all basically the same rhythm, the same basic chords, the same basic song structure, the same riffs and the same types of solos with bent notes. A few like Eric Clapton, BB King and Jeff Beck have transcended the genre a bit, but it hardly takes much dexterity to play like the other bajillion glues guitarists on this list. Obviously the hack who compiled this list doesn't play.

I hear you Hejira. Ugh, I forgot how up Bruce's *** RS is. Don't get me wrong, I love Springsteen. He is a remarkable songwriter and performer and an outstanding artist through and through but give me a break he's a better guitarist than Lindsey. Rolling Stone, I am DISAPPOINT.

:lol:

Yup. Oh well, I try not to put too much stock in what Rolling Stone says. Ask a guitar player and many of their choices are... questionable. ;)

at least before, RS had an excuse that somehow he was off their radar. i guess with all the more recent calls how underrated he is, somebody thought they should add him on the list. without apparently having any idea of what kind of guitarist he is. just to have it documented here, i can't resist pasting ridiculous text that accompanies this - whoever wrote it must have never heard Lindsey Buckingham play guitar, and has definitely never heard of Big Love (or even watched SNL :laugh:) or ISA. just look at the extensive list of main tracks that are supposed to represent LB's line of guitar work - whoever wrote the text probably checked RS 500 greatest songs list to find whether there are any FM songs and listed 2 there were on there:


During Fleetwood Mac's hitmaking era, Lindsey Buckingham transmuted the folk music of his banjo-playing youth into stadium rock: glistening harmonized leads, crisply snapping chords and frenetic arpeggiated breakdowns. "It's not acceptable classical technique," he has said. "You do what you can to get the sound you want."

Key Tracks: "Rhiannon," "Go Your Own Way"

Related
• The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: Fleetwood Mac's 'Go Your Own Way'
• The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: Fleetwood Mac's 'Rumours'

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/li...#ixzz1eZlfWqqT

Not surprising..... but still upsetting. Rolling Stone's credibility has dropped wayyyyyy down in my eyes. It seems that they don't pay attention to actual talent when making these types of lists.

I think it's prestigious to bring up the anchor position. I'd honestly rather have him at 100 than at 53 or 87. Stands out more. Of course, top 25 might have been nice, but he's never placed there before in his career. So, I wouldn't expect it to happen now.

I don't really think of him as a guitarist. I liked when Stevie called him, "our little master craftsman."

Sun, moon, heaven, earth, stars. I think of him more as placing on those lists.:laugh:

I'd like to hear what he has to say about playing that guitar.

Michele

that's exactly what i just tweeted - makes the ridiculousness of his placement completely obvious - while it would be equally ridic but would get lost if he was placed as 53.

Michele, bless you for seeing the positive in this situation. I wish I had your outlook. I am still NOT happy with his placement and believe he deserves to be about 90 or more places up. Thank you for making light of it all. I'm sure you were serious too, which makes me glad to know that LB fans can be so dang rational. Why aren't I more like that? :lol:

some tweeterworld reactions
 

@JS_Foundation
Lindsey Buckingham finally made the Rolling Stone list for Top 100 guitarists of all time...the catch? He's number 100...I call foul...
44 minutes ago

@Nickslive
Lindsey Buckingham just makes the list? What the hell? fb.me/12I8X5ekd
54 minutes ago

@mwogle
@RollingStone @davidhelmers Cant play 1 note, but know that Lindsey Buckingham is better than, Peter Buck, Paul Simon & Boss w the Ax!
1 hour ago

@ThePumpkinGeek
Lindsey Buckingham #100!??!?! The guy deserves top 25 at LEAST! music.yahoo.com/blogs/amplifie…
2 hours ago

@ThePumpkinGeek
How is Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac) NOT listed in the top 10!? NO ONE plays like him! music.yahoo.com/blogs/amplifie…
2 hours ago

@LawrieIngles Lawrie Ingles
Hilarious! rollingstone.com/music/lists/10…
6 hours ago

@sracer4095 S
Kinda puzzled by @RollingStone's 100 Greatest Guitarists. Hendrix at #1 obviously, but Lindsey Buckingham at just #100? Really?
6 hours ago

@gusto80 Christos Gus
@guitarsmiler lindsey buckingham is 100th,not the greatest but definitely higher than that. Most of it is about right.
6 hours ago

@kbell1283
Glad to see Lindsey Buckingham & Bonnie Raitt on there!“@RollingStone: The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time: bit.ly/vo7LyY”
7 hours ago

@bmikol
I'm not a huge Fleetwood Mac fan, but seeing recordings of Lindsey Buckingham playing live make me think how underrated he is as a guitarist
8 hours ago

@JentoInfinity
He is SO underappreciated. But really? Key tracks: Rhiannon & GYOW??? NO. via @rollingstone 100 Greatest Guitarists rollingstone.com/music/lists/10…

I know right?

They must have been tired of the hate mail.

Damn straight.

I'd go higher than that even. ;)

This.

I know. I just use the mags for my collages these days.

Rolling Stone is a predictable, safe, and completely pathetic piece of **** most of the time. Hendrix is my bb so I can't hate, but for SHAME what you did to LB, RS. Get a clue.

Uh, DUH.:rolleyes:

I love Bonnie too!

That isn't the point. Saying he's underrated and then accepting him being placed in such a pathetic position (for him) is sort of agreeing to it a little. But that's ok. What else can we really do about it? Except bitch. :wavey:

:laugh: Who writes the "key tracks?" whoever it is, you failed man.:lol:

more tweets...
 

now, bear in mind the tweets i pasted are just the ones that came out by doing "lindsey buckigham" search. there are many others, here are some additional ones plus responses i got when i couldn't resist adding my 0.02 (including a direct quote i stole from you, Nico :wavey:):


@helensg
@Wildaboutmusic Hey, how did Lindsey Buckingham only come 100th in the Rolling Stone Guitar Greats thing.....madness surely?

@ellellew
Lindsey Buckingham is too awesome for @RollingStone magazine's stupid list... he should be within first 10, not #100

@ellellew
@RollingStone Lindsey Buckingham is #100?! (but finally makes the list) plus look at the writeup - who writes this stuff? Big Love anybody?

@BarreChordz
@ellellew Buckingham at 100 is totally ridiculous.

@ellellew
@BarreChordz it's partly funny/partly sad testimony about whoever put this list together... LB at #100 makes it really obvious how ridic

@JamieFriend12
@ellellew @rollingstone Completely agree he is one of the best if not the best guitar player in world!!

@Sethmolitoris
I'd put Lindsey Buckingham in my top 25 guitarist maybe 20

@75shovel
#LindseyBuckingham is #100 on your list? R U ****ing serious? Who does these lists? Some moron? This is why I stopped buying @RollingStone

@75shovel
@HuffingtonPost That list is a piece of crap. #LindseyBuckingham is #100. Are they all on crack @RollingStone? He shud be in top 10!

@Meltsake
commented: Neil Schon and Lindsay Buckingham should be up there. http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/amplifi...mt-container-b

@thedissociate
lindsay buckingham from fleetwood mac should be higher than 100, though. he's way better than springsteen & thurston moore, for ****'s sake.

@colinsteele
The @rollingstone list of 100 greatest guitarists instantly lost credibility when I saw "100. Lindsay Buckingham." Should be WAY higher.

@Daniel0061824
Lindsey Buckingham only at No.100 is an outrage. @DavidCornDC @PaulBegala

@dances_w_vowels
What? WHAT? is.gd/VH0eyO Lindsay Buckingham is in the TOP FIVE, not one hundredth.

The list is meaningless. I wouldn't worry about it.
I do wonder where I ended up on that list though?

Yes, this list is meaningless, and oddly subjective.

Who actually compiled it? Why did they select the most unlikely photo of him? And out of all his own signiture songs, why did they choose Rhiannon?

Cleary the editor was rolling stoned...and ignorant.

:lol: Perfect response.

b/c rhiannon was at one time on one of RS lists, and it's FM song - so whoever wrote the text thought LB must probably be playing guitar on it :laugh:

rolling stoned for sure !!!
 

I hate to talk like this but.... damn you... rolling stoned
people with little class and a tin ear who are tone deaf !!!
Bitch.....bitch.....bitch at you all at rolling stoned mag.:(

We love and admire your genius... Lindsey !!! Your fans
think you are a Tremendous # 1 !!! :xoxo: :] :laugh: :blob1:

#73. Kurt Cobain.

Really? Really?! Now, I love Kurt almost, if not as much as I love Lindsey, but no way should he be above Lindsey...or even on the list for that matter. We are talking about guitarists...right? :shrug:

But at least Lindsey even made the list. I was kind of surprised.

I also think Robert Johnson should have been a little higher. But then again, he was only good because of that deal he made with the Devil at the crossroads, right? ;)

Caroline,

I think we can all agree that this list is a botched shame. :distress: No way in HELL is Kurt Cobain even in the same general space as LB as a guitarist.:laugh: It's laughable really.

And bloody frustrating! :mad:

He's Number One as far as I'm concerned!

Girl as far as MANY are concerned, let's be real. :nod:

Right on, Cammie! I've never heard this side of you before :thumbsup: but I totally get ya :nod:

I have to say even beyond my personal love for Lindsey, his talent is clearly deserving of at least the top 20, and perhaps top 3. Like everyone has said, this list is just silly.

I let my subscription run out long ago....I didnt even look at this list

I believe they already did a 100 greatest guitarists list a few years back and he was not on the list. I remember reading in the letters to the editor section that they got the most emails for keeping LB, Bonnie Raitt and someone else (Slash?) off the list and pictures of all three of them. So I think they probably only added him to keep the comments down, but this is more of an insult than keeping him off the list....

I remember they published a letter from Patty Smyth saying how outraged she was over the entire list. It was great. (her letter, not the list)

Ok, found it! It was in 2003 and it was SOOOO much worse than this list!


1 Jimi Hendrix
2Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band
3 B.B. King
4Eric Clapton
5Robert Johnson
6 Chuck Berry
7Stevie Ray Vaughan
8Ry Cooder
9Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
10 Keith Richards ofthe Rolling Stones
11Kirk Hammett of Metallica
12 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana
13Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead
14Jeff Beck
15 CarlosSantana
16 Johnny Ramone of the Ramones
17 Jack White ofthe White Stripes
18John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
19Richard Thompson
20 James Burton
21 George Harrison
22 Mike Bloomfield
23 Warren Haynes
24 The Edge of U2
25 Freddy King
26 Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
27Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits
28Stephen Stills
29 Ron Asheton of the Stooges
30 Buddy Guy
31 Dick Dale
32 John Cipollina ofQuicksilver Messenger Service
33 & 34 Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth
35John Fahey
36 Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MG's
37 Bo Diddley
38Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac
39 Brian May of Qeen
40John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival
41 Clarence White ofthe Byrds
42 Robert Fripp of King Crimson
43 Eddie Hazel ofFunkadelic
44 Scotty Moore
45Frank Zappa
46 Les Paul
47 T-Bone Walker
48 Joe Perry of Aerosmith
49John McLaughlin
50Pete Townshend
51 Paul Kossoff of Free
52 Lou Reed
53 Mickey Baker
54Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane
55 Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple
56Tom Verlaine of Television
57 Roy Buchanan
58 Dickey Betts
59 & 60 Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien of Radiohead
61Ike Turner
62 Zoot Horn Rollo of the Magic Band
63 Danny Gatton
64 Mick Ronson
65 Hubert Sumlin
66 Vernon Reid of Living Colour
67 Link Wray
68 Jerry Miller ofMoby Grape
69Steve Howe of Yes
70 EddieVan Halen
71Lightnin' Hopkins
72 Joni Mitchell
73 Trey Anastasio of Phish
74Johnny Winter
75 Adam Jones of Tool
76Ali Farka Toure
77 Henry Vestine of Canned Heat
78 Robbie Robertson of the Band
79 Cliff Gallup of the Blue Caps
80 Robert Quine of the Voidoids
81 Derek Trucks
82David Gilmour of Pink Floyd
83 Neil Young
84 Eddie Cochran
85 Randy Rhoads
86 Tony Iommi ofBlack 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 Fred "Sonic" Smith, Wayne Kramer of the MC5
94 Bert Jansch
95 Kevin Shields ofMy 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

^ I think Pete Townshend at #50 makes me more mad than LB being off the list

Excerpt from an Interview with Dough "Cosmo" Clifford

Stuff.Co.Nz 12/1/2011
http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment...ford-Interview

This triggers a memory of Fleetwood Mac - another band that's carried on along the road, members shifting, the music just keeps on drifting...and Clifford remembers seeing the Peter Green-helmed version of the band. "They would come out and hand around a bottle - and you know it wasn't the only thing that had been consumed. And they'd take the lid off and pass the bottle into the crowd. But they were just a great, great band. There was no question. Just awesome stuff. Very inspiring. Later they went in a whole new direction with the girls on board - and they nailed that too. I mean, they were one of the biggest bands in the world. I always felt that Lindsey Buckingham was an underrated guitarist; really an extraordinary guitarist."

The Daily Gazette [discussing Rolling Stone list]

The top 100 guitarists of all time: Who's No. 1 on your list?
Gazette Staff February 17, 2016

http://www.dailygazette.com/news/201...ime-whos-no-1/

Lindsey Buckingham is No. 100, Ritchie Blackmore is 50th, and Jimi Hendrix is No. 1.

That's no surprise at the top, because Hendrix long has been regarded by fans and critics as the greatest guitarist of all time. But is No. 100 too low for Buckingham, who helped give Fleetwood Mac its distinctive sound? And is Carlos Santana, who pioneered the fusion of rock and Latin American music, being severely overlooked at No. 20?

The "who's the best" debate rages in all aspects of our existence, but it takes on a special meaning in music, where artists and their loyal followers give their souls to produce or listen to life-changing albums.

The above rankings come from Rolling Stone magazine, which released them in December after assembling a panel of guitarists and other experts, including Gary Clark Jr., Eddie Van Halen, Trey Anastasio and David Fricke, a senior writer for the magazine.

Check out the top 100 list, and think about who the panel has ranked too high, too low, or forgotten altogether. Then let us know on our Facebook page what you think about the list.

100 Greatest Guitarists Rolling Stone
Find out who our panel of top guitarists and other experts picked

December 18, 2015


Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/li...#ixzz40ZKlWDDY

We assembled a panel of top guitarists and other experts to rank their favorites and explain what separates the legends from everyone else. Featuring Keith Richards on Chuck Berry, Carlos Santana on Jerry Garcia, Tom Petty on George Harrison and more.

THE VOTERS: Trey Anastasio, Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys), Brian Bell (Weezer), Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple), Carl Broemel (My Morning Jacket), James Burton, Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains), Gary Clark Jr., Billy Corgan, Steve Cropper, Dave Davies (The Kinks), Anthony DeCurtis (Contributing editor, Rolling Stone), Tom DeLonge (Blink-182), Rick Derringer, Luther Dickinson (North Mississippi Allstars), Elliot Easton (The Cars), Melissa Etheridge, Don Felder (The Eagles), David Fricke (Senior writer, Rolling Stone), Peter Guralnick (Author), Kirk Hammett (Metallica), Albert Hammond Jr. (The Strokes), Warren Haynes (The Allman Brothers Band), Brian Hiatt (Senior writer, Rolling Stone), David Hidalgo (Los Lobos), Jim James (My Morning Jacket), Lenny Kravitz, Robby Krieger (The Doors), Jon Landau (Manager), Alex Lifeson (Rush), Nils Lofgren (The E Street Band), Mick Mars (Mötley Crüe), Doug Martsch (Built to Spill), J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.), Brian May, Mike McCready (Pearl Jam), Roger McGuinn (The Byrds), Scotty Moore, Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), Tom Morello, Dave Mustaine (Megadeth), Brendan O’Brien (Producer), Joe Perry, Vernon Reid (Living Colour), Robbie Robertson, Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes), Carlos Santana, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Marnie Stern, Stephen Stills, Andy Summers, Mick Taylor, Susan Tedeschi, Vieux Farka Touré, Derek Trucks, Eddie Van Halen, Joe Walsh, Nancy Wilson (Heart)

CONTRIBUTORS: David Browne, Patrick Doyle, David Fricke, Will Hermes, Brian Hiatt, Alan Light, Rob Tannenbaum, Douglas Wolk

100 Lindsey Buckingham


During Fleetwood Mac's hitmaking era, Lindsey Buckingham transmuted the folk music of his banjo-playing youth into stadium rock: glistening harmonized leads, crisply snapping chords and frenetic arpeggiated breakdowns. "It's not acceptable classical technique," he has said. "You do what you can to get the sound you want."

Key Tracks: "Rhiannon," "Go Your Own Way"

It's official; John Lennon was a better guitar player than Peter Green (and LB). I want to eat my headphones. Experts eh?

This is coming from the same magazine that just released the Top 100 greatest albums of all time and not only was Rumours (which is what like the the 3rd best selling album of all time) not on it, but not a single FM album made the list at all. Blasphemy!!

X2 ^ ^ ^ , its more a popularity contest than reality. Lindsey is truly deserving of at least top 50, IF not Top 25. Trey Anastasio over Lindsey?? What are they smoking???

Remember too, music and talent is so subjective that its near impossible to rank anyone and I for one would not put Hendrix where he's at, BUT that's just me.

Holy crap.Lindsey deserves better rank then this crap of 100 then some of these noise makers..What happen.

The peers that voted for this poll must of had too much pop as they cast their votes.

1) Lindsey has taken 'Pattern picking' to another level and pretty much invented a whole new way to play the guitar. Not sure there are many guitarists that can make a claim to being truly innovative.

2) Lindsey has created some of the all-time most recognisable and iconic rock guitar passages.

3) Lindsey is diverse in the music he makes.

3) Lindsey has genuinely influenced loads and loads of musicians. There are so many youngsters discovering his music and being influenced to play guitar like him.

4) Lindsey plays I'm So Afraid like a badass live.

Should 100% be in the top 50, could quite easily make a case for top 20 and he wouldn't really be out of place in the top 10.
Despite FM's surge in the general cultural consciousness over the past 10 years or so, appreciation for LB's guitar playing hasn't significantly grown at the same time. As much as I hate to talk about death I suspect he might only become properly recognised some years after his passing. A real shame.

Lennon has NO place here. If anything, put him at #100. I don't even think he deserves that.