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Top 20 guitarists of all time – the guitar players

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9. Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain was Nirvana grunge Mr. intense and has a hairy dark at the top of the charts, became all the rage, literally. King's guitar anti-hero, who has not played his Fender Jaguar, but abused in a string of crunchy anger. Inevitably, he broke his guitar fills stadiums in the world with strong victims.

Cobain was a pioneer of the guitar, because he managed to combine into a single dynamic style seventy of punk rock aggression, speed and simplicity of hardcore and the tightening of bottom-heavy eighties and nineties metal do so without a trace of stupidity or pomposity, to which the three types of subjects.

There is no doubt that dozens of new players were inspired to connect cords that blows Cobain's "Smells Like Teen Spirit." Segovia did not. But Segovia never captured the anguish of a generation with a series of bad reviews.

10. David Gilmour

What makes David Gilmour truly remarkable is its uncanny ability to marry two seemingly contradictory genres of progressive rock and blues. Perhaps the best example unusual drama of this union can be heard in one of the greatest hits of Pink Floyd "Money" (Dark Side Of The Moon). As the song begins, Gilmour slowly builds a network of delicate guitars spacious fact, only to reverse a series of emotional, vibrato-soaked solos, rich sound, vibrant and BB King reminds impeccable phrasing, instead of King Crimson.

Gilmour is the rarest of the rockers. Jimi Hendrix, as it has the capabilities of the natural balance with the emotional brain, instinct with the technique, without losing sight of in the past and the future. This is the juggling is the great secret of the lasting appeal of Pink Floyd.

11. Keith Richards

Keith Richards is the archetypal villain of rock, rock guitarist quintessential English with a tight black dress skinny. That role is filled by the Rolling Stones first established as the alternative dark and dangerous to the Beatles in 1963. With his deep love for the blues, began Keef a generation white, middle-class children in the wonders of Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf and Chuck Berry. His only five-string open-G tuning is at the heart the all-time classic cord-like "Flash Jumpin 'Jack" and the street. "Fighting Man" As a soloist, he has worked Keef some witnesses of miracles ice, amphetamines mesmerism of his licks on "Sympathy For The Devil" and sustained bending "happy" and is. the Most played author in all the riff-rock: the mating call of newt "satisfaction." It has been lovingly controlled substances Richards, but the drug is the final music, his knowledge of rock, blues and reggae is encyclopedic, his endless passion for them. They supported him with imprisonment, abuse substance, the lines of his face tanned storm, the history of rock and roll is recorded.

12. Eric Johnson

In a field often dominated by clumsy machoismo, Eric Johnson style stands out as the poet laureate of rock guitarist. He managed to create a style of the original sources such as collecting field radically different hens, the jazz musician Jimi Hendrix and Wes Montgomery. A legend long before he became famous, Johnson melodic lines endless and distinctive tone of "violin" is an absolute requirement for players stand near the birthplace of Texas at Austin to attend the show in the early 1980's / ml.

After turning down numerous offers to tour as a musician, who shot to fame in 1986 with his acclaimed album nominated Grammy-Tones. Follow-up, Ah Via Musicom push the modest innovative late in the spotlight, giving a cut Grammy ("Cliffs of Dover") and finally go gold. Combining the passion and lyricism with what can only be described as a very positive atmosphere, the music of Johnson is progressive without being academic, edifying without stooping to sentimentality.

13. Buddy Guy

"Part of the reason for the formation of the cream that suddenly had the crazy idea of ​​being in English Buddy Guy, my goal was to be Buddy Guy to deal with a bass player … And to this day, when he is I do not think anyone can touch him. It takes a completely different place. "-Eric Clapton

"Buddy Guy as close as you can listen to the blues."-Jeff Beck

"He plays a note and forget about the rent. "Carlos Santana

"You can not leave the tube as cool as Buddy Guy." Stevie Ray Vaughan

14. Yngwie Malmsteen

Two schools of thought have emerged over the years about Yngwie J. Malmsteen. On the one hand, the native of Sweden, is amazingly precise, rapid-fire game earned him a deep and brilliant artist, the founder and most important representative of the neo-classical guitar. From the perspective of this school, blending effortlessly spead first, delicacy and passion that characterizes the style Malmsteen from his first solo album in 1984, Rising Force, represents the top of the sleeve of success. Yngwie is credited with popularizing the scalloped neck of the guitar.

But Yngwie also despised by many in the community the guitar, it's disgusting, with an intensity that corresponds with the ardor of its most dedicated promoters. For the group, was the architect of Malmsteen's guitar cold empty style, which emphasized the art technique, the speed you feel. They welcome the apparent demise of neo-classicism. And how states Yngwie or against?

15. Dimebag Darrell

This authentic purple bearded madman Lone Star had rewritten the book of metal heavy riffs in the short space of many record versions. By combining the virtuosity of Eddie Van Halen with the rhythmic unit of a punk rock glue, the legend Panther's guitarist has created a very unique sound that appeals to classic rockers, fans of death metal and industrial headbangers. Pantera on March 15, 1994 release Far Beyond Driven, Darrell has developed a reputation as one of the original real metal on tracks like "good friends and a bottle of pills," which combines hell and damnation riffs with the kind of abrasive avant-garde noodling Sonic Youth put on card.

16. John Petrucci

Known with Dream Theater, John Petrucci is proud to be progressive. "Our style is completely different from grunge and alternative music," says 41-year Berklee trained musician. "But I think our music has an attitude as well as some of these bands."

Dream Theater is characterized by a complex textured style hard rock that covers the music constant, long sections to improve arrangements and other eye-catching bold popularized Yes, Kansas, Rush and others old school rockers. Petrucci is a leading progressive loading masterful technique, including the game angular melodic phrases, chromatic Dispay manic speed liquid Picking on an exciting, a consistent style.

Despite its reputation, brandishing Ibanez shredder remains modest: "To be considered as a hero of the guitar is very flattering, but now is distinguished from the rest of the band does not like me, "says Petrucci." I'd rather people see me as a musician of great talent in a good soundtrack, not as a single striking. "Not a chance.

17. BB King

Unanimously acclaimed the ambassador blues, BB King presented his favorite music to more people around the world that all other artists combined. In fact it is so visible everywhere, that pop ads for Northwest Airlines and McDonald's episode of "Sanford and Son" and "Married two children," it's easy to take for granted and forget why he became so revered in the first place.

BB King has a very expressive vibrato voice and inimitable tone, which were imitated by legions of fans. Also is the owner of the note perfectly placed bent stretching the strings with the eloquence, the brilliant time and always perfect intonation. But perhaps the most impressive BB King is that although suspended more than 300 nights a year for decades, and despite having achieved cultural icon status long ago, avoided falling into complacency. Never plays only twice and extends it so far, which shows night after night, exactly why he is king of the blues.

18. Joe Satriani and Steve Vai – The two rockers are the same career and talent.

From Joe Satriani, a warehouse walking of almost all styles of guitar the rock and the technique has been developed. Delicate, classic finger-picking the vibrato bar more secular abuse, Joe knows everything. It raises the level of what he plays his passion for the sense of adventure of Sonic and the dead eyes of the song and the orchestration.

As a human melting pot, Satriani has managed to integrate these influences as diverse as surf guitar, world music and Jimi Hendrix in his playing his much-vaunted 1987 breakthrough album, Surfing With The Alien, gender, almost single-handedly rehabilitated instrumental rock and consumers and help bury the myth that an educated reader reflection could not rock. In the way of the Blow by Blow Jeff Beck era. Satriani uses his superior technique and vocabulary endless licks, riffs and styles in the service of memorable songs (and not vice versa). And continues to do this show, which traps frustrated many of his peers.

Unmatched technical and Steve Vai Flash effort made major rock couple hired hands in the 1980's. LIP made more accessible, entitled David Lee Roth, gave Whitesnake artistic credibility and even destroyed the devil in a sensational performance at the crossroads of cinema.

But the passion was in 1990 War and perhaps the most anticipated release of Guitar for all Vai times crystallized his technical skills, drive and vision of an explosive incredibly sensitive, the declaration of acute staff guitar. Move the gear easily slid from delicate lyricism to the rear. As a crazy circus master, Vai has the power to entertain and frighten his menagerie of the most dangerous.

19. Joe Perry

Since 35 years, not one or two but several climbs on top, Aerosmith, Joe Perry was a living testimony to the power of a bad-ass attitude. Perry perpetual smile is expressed not only cut the face, but also for their guitars and amplifiers saturated. Of course, also wrote some pretty decent riffs, the best that completely defines the song, it's impossible, even for non-guitarists to think of "Walk This Way" or "Sweet Emotion" with no buzzing Perry on the guitar lines of rock.

20. Zakk Wylde

Zakk Wylde play guitar of stage presence and charismatic hell makes it a keeper of the flame of heavy metal with Ozzy Osbourne for many years. But still heard nothing. Zakk fixed some of his own band Pride and Glory and his latest work, Black Label Society (BLS), octane slab frenetic guitar chaos high. This a molten mixture of the same two Zakk: Ozzyfield his heavy energetic and committed rock-and cruel side of the South. Stage of the highway and make peace with the manufacturer I, his son.

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