My Favorite 30 Guitar Players of All Time- Pick #6

Join Pete Pardo throughout the month of September as he picks his favorite 30 guitar players of all time, the three albums he feels has their best playing, and his favorite song with his favorite guitar solo from the player. Pick yours in the comments below!

[phillipj.]

6. Gary Moore - Corridors of Power, Victims of the Future, Still Got the Blues - Parisienne Walkways

[RichardW]

My favourite Alex solo is on By-tor & The Snowdog on All The World's A stage . It is incredible.

[jriffblue]

I'm gonna predict Pete's top 5: 5- Robin Trower, 4- Gary Moore, 3- Michael Schenker, 2- Tony Iommi, 1- Ritchie Blackmore

[HockeyFootballDudeJames]

#6 Jeff Beck

Blow by Blow

Wired

With the Yardbirds- Roger the Engineer


Guitar picks- live with the Jan Hammer group 1977

 Some of Jeff's most intriguing playing, hidden behind a magnum opus performance from Hammer.

[hrothgar]

Number 6 is The Man In Black. Ritchie Blackmore.
Impossible to pick and narrow the field of his greatness to just 3 albums. When you consider Made In Japan, Rising, On Stage, In Rock, Long Live Rock N Roll, Burn, Machine Head... which of those do you leave out? Even his greatest individual song: MiJ version of Highway Star has got to be up there, but probably my favourite performance of his is an instrumental that was originally a b-side for the All Night Long single. Weiss Heim. A stunningly beautiful piece of music.

[georgemathie]

Today's pick is Elliot Easton from the cars take any of their iconic songs or deep album cuts and his amazing guitar work makes that band sound so excellent

[SWEETFA]

Paul Kossoff (Free) First 3 Free albums. Woman, Mr Big, Wishing Well.

[uncledenny]

Jeff Beck -
'Blow by Blow'
'Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop'
'Wired'
Performance - 'where were you'
A performance honorable mention for 'cause we've ended as lovers' from 2007 crossroads guitar fest.

I had the double cassette of 'Blow by Blow' & 'Wired' when I was a teen. That got played when my step-brother would drive me and my friends up Mt. Ashland to go skiing. ⛷️

[michaelellsworth]

#6 Eric Clapton - Cream
3. Fresh Cream 2. Disraeli Gears 1. Wheels of Fire. Song - White Room

[kamranmalik]

#6 Brian May
Albums: A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races, The Works
Song: Seven Seas of Rye

[weirddebbiem]

6. Michael Schenker
Albums:
Strangers In the Night (Live)
Obsession

Songs:
Love to Love (UFO)
Rock Bottom (UFO- Live)
Only You Can Rock Me (UFO)
Coast to Coast (Scorpions)
Into the Arena (MSG)
Love Drive (Scorpions

7. Eddie Van Halen
8. Jimi Hendrix
9. Mike Campbell
10. Carlos Santana
11. Pete Townsend
12. Dave Murray & Adrian Smith
13. Neil Young
14. Eric Clapton
15. Brian May
16. Glenn Tipton & KK Downing
17. Steve Howe
18. Buck Dharma
19. Billy Gibbons
20. John Fogerty
21. Bo Diddley
22. Joe Walsh
23. Gary Richrath
24. Nancy Wilson
25. Gary Moore
26. Alex Lifeson
27. David Gilmour
28. Martin Barre
29. Neil Schon
30. Roy Clark

[redstarforever]

6. Tony Iommi
7. Jimmy Page
8. Mark Knopfler
9. Carlos Santana
10. Jeff Beck
11. Eddie Van Halen
12. Joe Satriani
13. Dave Murray
14. Angus Young
15. Michael Schenker
16. Dimebag Darrell
17. Steve Vai
18. Allan Holdsworth
19. Randy Rhoads
20. Adrian Smith
21. Mike Oldfield
22. Kai Hansen
23. Pat Metheny
24. Steve Hackett
25. Stevie Ray Vaughan
26. Brian May
27. Kerry King
28. Tom Morello
29. K.K. Downing
30. Adam Jones

[kingmrf]

Today's pick is Pete Townshend. Albums: Tommy, Who's Next and Empty Glass. Song : Won't Get Fooled Again.

[ykmgeedee]

Eddie Van Halen debut Fair Warning Women and Children FIrst Unchained

[peterm.fitzpatrick]

Keith Richards: "Beggar's Banquet" with "The Rolling Stones" '68
"Goat's Head Soup" with "The Rolling Stones" '73
"It's Only Rock N' Roll" with The Rolling Stones" '74
"Wild Horses" off "Sticky Fingers" by the Stones ' 71

[bryanbyrde]

Hello Pete and everyone. Today’s choice is someone who is possibly more recognised for his songwriting and arrangement skills than for being a traditional ‘guitar hero’. Whilst he isn’t generally known for lengthy solos, his playing style and guitar tones have been hugely influential:
Pete Townshend
Favourite Album / Songs - Quadrophenia / I Can See For Miles & Pinball Wizard

[Paul_Progressive]

#6 Michael Schenker
Favorite Albums: Phenomenon; Force It; No Heavy Petting (all UFO)
Favorite solo: I'm a loser

[monte.olson]

#6 Terry Kath
Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago II
"I'm A Man", "Ballet For a Girl In Buchanon"
This guy could sing too! "Make Me Smile", one of the key songs in "Ballet..." is a stone cold classic.

[peterb]

#6…Pete Townshend, The Who. I really started to pay attention to the Who when the Live at Leeds album came out in 1970. The power chords and unbelievable energy created by Pete, especially on My Generation and Magic Bus were ground shaking. I sort of knew earlier songs like Can’t Explain and I Can See For Miles and remembered watching Pete destroying his guitar on the Smothers Brothers show in1967, but didn’t realize how much this skinny, angry, windmilling guy in a boiler man’s white jumpsuit was ushering in heavy metal rock and roll. Tommy, Quadrophenia and Who’s Next are easy choices as his 3 best albums, but it’s hard to name 1 specific solo. How about from the Isle of Wight DVD, his solos at the end of See Me Feel Me.

[independenceltd.]

Rory Gallagher - "Cradle Rock" (Irish Tour '74)
Live in Europe, Tattoo, Irish Tour '74