One of my good friends and fellow bloggers, Bill Geist is also a former radio Deejay. I look forward each week to his “Music Fridays” posts.
I thought of Bill when I spotted a headline earlier this week on the website for Rolling Stone Magazine about the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. But before opening that link I couldn’t help but try first to come up some of my favorites.
So here are 15 of my favorites, in no particular order, but spanning some of the many genres, ages, genders, ethnicities and decades included in my eclectic taste in music:
Keith Richards – Start Me Up
Carlos Santana – Black Magic Woman
George Harrison - I Feel Fine
B.B. King – The Thrill Is Gone
Bonnie Raitt – Love Me Like A Man
Vince Gill – How Great Thou Art
Jerry Garcia – Teach Your Children
Santos Farina – Sleep Walk
Eric Clapton – Layla
Jimi Hendrix – Star Spangled Banner
Ruby Jane Smith – Beautiful You, Happy Me
Duane Eddy – Rebel-rouser
Henry Garza – Heaven
Tatyana Ryzhkova - JS Bach Sonata
George Benson – The Shadow of Your Smile
Oh, and if you’re not inclined to open the link to Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest, here is how they ranked the 15 above (remember, I didn’t order mine): Richards #10, Santana #15, Harrison #21, B.B. King #3 Clapton #4, Jerry Garcia #13 and Jimi Hendrix #1.
Something tells me that eclectic wasn’t a part of their evaluation.
1 comment:
Thanks for the shout out, my friend. When I realized where you were going, I too tried to look away so as not to be influenced by your list. My 15 are much like yours, with my inclination to rock and blues running tagentally to your eclectic. My list consists of many of the regular suspects plus: Joe Bonamassa, Kenny Wayne Shepard, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck, Neal Schon, Mick Ronson and Mick Mars. Imagine a battle of the bands with our lists :)
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