Top Ten Guitarists that Shouldn't Be Higher Than Ritchie Blackmore on the List "100 Greatest Guitarists" by Rolling Stone Magazine
Ritchie Blackmore is the 50th greatest guitarist according to Rolling StoneMagazine, which I think is very unfair. At least, he is much better and
more skillful than some guitarists who are ahead of him on their list.
Keith Richards is an English musician—primarily a guitarist—singer, songwriter, best-selling memoirist, and founding member of the rock band The Rolling Stones. It's already shown the Rolling Stone Magazine (and many other ranking magazines or websites) base their ranking on the popularity of the band. Really, what Keith Richards did to be at #4 place on a greatest guitarists list? He hasn't any notable guitar solos and the only popular riff he made is the Satisfaction and his guitar skills aren't that great...
Absolutely terrible guitarist. As a songwriter and riff-creator, he is certainly phenomenal, but as a guitarist he is just horrible. No technique, bad playing in general, and I just claim that he occassionally uses playback.
He is a good guitarist, he and the other Rolling Stones guitarists had lots of memorable riffs like, (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, Honky Tonk Women, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Gimme Shelter, Brown Sugar, and Start Me Up.
But even I admit, he's not as good as Blackmore.
He is way better than Blackmore
George Harrison (1943 - 2001) was an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and music and film producer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles.
Angus McKinnon Young is an Australian guitarist of Scottish origin, best known as the co-founder, lead guitarist, songwriter and sole constant member of the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. When performing live he does his own version of Chuck Berry's "duck walk" and has also spun on his side while still playing songs accurately. All of his playing is just basically power chords, and when it gets to solos, he doesn't go beyond the pentatonic scales. Ritchie did way more than that.
Rolling Stones sucks pretty good. Didn't see Eric Johnson or Buckethead on the list. But John Lennon was on the list.
Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the lead guitarist and songwriter for the rock band The Who. Better than Blackmore, just listen to Wont Get Fooled Again
William Frederick "Billy" Gibbons is an American musician, singer, songwriter, producer, and actor, best known as the guitarist and lead vocalist of the American rock band ZZ Top.
Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia was an American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead, which came to prominence during the counterculture era in the 1960s.
John William Cummings, better known by his stage name Johnny Ramone, was an American guitarist and songwriter, best known for being the guitarist for the punk rock band the Ramones. They are different types of guitar player. I mean Ritchie Blackmore was more interested on lead guitar while Johnny Ramone was more interested on rhythm guitar.
Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 - April 21st, 2016) was an American musician, best known for being one of the most popular and influential artists from the 80s, with songs such as "Purple Rain", "Little Red Corvette", "1999", and "When Doves Cry" .
Thomas Morello is an American musician, singer-songwriter and political activist. He is best known for his tenure with the band Rage Against the Machine and then with Audioslave. I mean, I understand that Blackmore should be higher than him for his influence, but Morello really reinvented guitar playing like few others could. Disagree strongly with the other commenter. Very innovative and experimental.
It's better not to say anything about him. every time I see a "worst guitar solos" list on the net, every third solo is by him and his skills aren't too special. RATM is overrated as hell!
Jonathan Richard Guy, professionally known as Johnny Greenwood, is an English musician and composer mostly known for his role as the one of the lead guitarists and the main keyboardist of the English alternative rock band Radiohead. Another guitarist who is high on the list only because he's from a popular band (Radiohead)