Rolling Stones' Idiotic Top 250 Guitar Players List

In this episode, I discuss Rolling Stone Magazine's absurd list of the top 250 guitarists of all time.

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[MusicisWin]

Mildly unhinged Rick is my favorite Rick

[hughwark]

"Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read." Frank Zappa

[michaelpoe]

I did a little research and found out I was number 252. been playing for 3 months. The kid down the street who sold me the guitar was 251.

[thomasvarady]

Rolling Stone magazine is a joke. I remember their Top 100 Guitarists list. They ranked Alex Lifeson 98th. Guitar World ranked him 3rd. Enough said…

[SeanAllocca]

If you pay any attention to Rolling Stone, you get what you deserve.

[TheMalibuDar]

Leaving Tommy Emmanuel off that list is criminal. It delegitimizes that entire list.

[matthewbartlett]

Alex Lifeson being absent from this list is a crime

[Beeznitchio]

Roy Clark and Glenn Campbell are two of the very greatest. The fact that neither is on the list is insane.

[derekbaker]

Rolling Stone has been a joke for years now!

[manuaguado]

As a Spaniard I felt absolutely attacked by not having any flamenco or classical trained guitarist like Paco or Andres Segovia in there. Cheers to you from Spain Rick !!

[SoCalLAKid]

I'm proud to say I've never in my life ever bought a Rolling Stone magazine nor paid any attention to anything they ever published.

[vincentcuclair]

These ’rant’ posts are entertaining and brilliant but only when done by people that know what they’re talking about and Rick does! Your enthusiasm is inspiring Rick.

[johnpinneriv]

The fact that Rolling Stone went back and RE-reviewed Nevermind just because it became hugely popular and they realized that they looked like asses after the fact for panning such an influential album tells you everything you need to know about Rolling Stone.

[Kriegter]

Not having Al Dimeola or Gary Moore is actually criminal. The amount of 80s guitarists who were influenced by them is insane

[mrinalkundu]

This is like listing the top 200 most important cultural magazines of all time and leaving off RS.
Great video Rick; great examples.

[iandavis]

When I first heard about the RS list, I assumed they meant rock guitarists, but no. The title of the list states... "blues, rock, metal, punk, folk, country, reggae, jazz, flamenco, bossa nova, and much more". Therefore, Rick is absolutely right in his lambasting of RS. Some of the ommissions (George Benson, Allan Holdsworth, etc.) are absolutely criminal. And how do you have Johnny Ramone at 44, and Andy Summers at 250? Crazy!

[indigokid]

Gary Moore is also not even mentioned. They remembered to put in Rory Gallagher, but forgot Gary? That's insane. The man was a straight up virtuoso at the instrument

[gregusmc]

I saw DiMeola, McLaughlin, and de Lucia at the Front Row Theater in Cleveland in 1981. (Saw Miles Davis there that year too) To hear this RS news is disturbing. 🤨

[HasanZulnoon]

Man you're talking at 1.25x pace.. Love it!

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