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The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time" is a special issue published by Rolling Stone in two parts in 2004 and 2005, and later updated in 2011. [1] The list presented was compiled based on input from musicians, writers, and industry figures and is focused on the rock & roll era.
Cooder was ranked at No. 8 on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time", [2] while a 2010 list by Gibson Guitar Corporation placed him at No. 32. [3] In 2011, he published a collection of short stories called Los Angeles Stories.
In 2010, David Fricke of Rolling Stone magazine referred to Richards as the creator of "rock's greatest single body of riffs" on guitar, [170] and the magazine ranked him fourth on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. [171] Rolling Stone also lists fourteen songs he co-wrote with Jagger on its "500 Greatest Songs of All Time ...
Described by Classic Rock as a virtuoso, [3] Knopfler is a fingerstyle guitarist and was ranked 27th on Rolling Stone ' s list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". [4] With Dire Straits, Knopfler sold between 100 million and 120 million records.
Buckingham was ranked 100th in Rolling Stone ' s 2011 list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". [1] Buckingham is known for his fingerpicking guitar style. Buckingham joined Fleetwood Mac in 1975, replacing guitarist Bob Welch, and convinced the group to recruit his musical (and, at the time, romantic) partner Stevie Nicks as well.
Dick Dale. Richard Anthony Monsour (May 4, 1937 – March 16, 2019), known professionally as Dick Dale, was an American rock guitarist. He was a pioneer of surf music, drawing on Middle Eastern music scales and experimenting with reverb. [1] Dale was known as "The King of the Surf Guitar", which was also the title of his second studio album.
Page is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time. [4] [5] [6] Rolling Stone magazine has described Page as "the pontiff of power riffing" and ranked him number three in their 2015 list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time", behind Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, and ranking 3rd again in 2023 ...
Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born 30 March 1945) is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music. [2] He ranked second in Rolling Stone ' s list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" [3] and fourth in Gibson ' s "Top 50 Guitarists of All ...