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50. Mike McCready (Pearl Jam)
Key Recording: Alive (Ten, 1991)
Total Points: 63.9
Fans: Alex D (4)
49. Tom Scholz (Boston)
Key Recording: Peace of Mind (Boston, 1976)
Total Points: 67.1
Fans: Listyguy (13)
48. Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple)
Key Recording: Smoke on the Water (Machine Head, 1972)
Total Points: 71.3
Fans: Listyguy (20)
47. Stevie Ray Vaughan
Key Recording: Texas Flood (Texas Flood, 1983)
Total Points: 73.4
Fans: Stephan (18)
46. Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
Key Recording: Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nevermind, 1991)
Total Points: 75.6
Fans: Far Top (15)
45. Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead)
Total Points: 76.5
Key Recording: Dark Star (1969)
Fans: Nick (10)
44. Pat Metheny
Total Points: 77.5
Key Recording: Last Train Home
Fans: Miguel (12)
43. John McLaughlin (Miles Davis)
Total Points: 77.9
Key Recording: So What
Fans: Michael (12)
42. Martin Gore (Depeche Mode)
Total Points: 79.7
Key Recording: Personal Jesus (Violator, 1990)
Fans: Long 5 (13)
41. Richard Thompson
Total Points: 80.3
Key Recording: I Feel So Good
Fans: Miguel (13)
40. Marc Ribot
Key Recording: I have no Idea
Total Points: 82.1
Fans: Honorio (8)
39. Jeff Beck
Key Recording: Over Under Sideways Down (With the Yardbirds)
Total Points: 82.4
Fans: Henry (5)
38. Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine)
Key Recording: Bulls on Parade
Total Points: 83
Fans: Alex D (6)
37. Larry Carlton
Key Recording: Fingerprints
Total Points: 84.7
Fans: Miguel (4)
36. Wes Montgomery
Key Recording: Four on Six
Total Points: 86.5
Fans: Stephan (7)
Key Recording: I have no Idea
Well, I would say that the key recording of Ribot is not a solo album but Tom Waits’ “Rain Dogs”. This album crystallized his particular style, a apparently disjointed and non- virtuoso style but with a special ability of finding the most unexpected (but the most sublime) notes on his guitar. If you want to point to a solo work you can point to “Marc Ribot y los Cubanos Postizos” (1998).
A 2002 live performance of a song from that 1998 album:
And… Martin Gore in a Top 50 of guitar players! Wow, that was a not obvious choice.
35. Paco de Lucia
Key Recording: Almoraima
Total Points: 86.7
Fans: Honorio (3)
34. John Fahey
Key Recording: The Yellow Princess
Total Points: 90.2
Fans: Honorio (6), Michael (7)
33. Dave Matthews
Key Recording:Crash into Me
Total Points: 91
Fans: Long 5 (6)
TIE32. Wojciech Waglewski
Key Recording: (???)
Total Points: 91.9
Fans: Long 5 (5), Depeche Mode (6)
TIE32. Steve Howe (Yes)
Key Recording: Roundabout
Total Points: 91.9
Fans: Henry (4), Miguel (7)
30. Nels Cline
Key Recording: Ringing Hand
Total Points: 94.4
Fans: Nick (4)
29. Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth)
Key Recording: Teen Age Riot
Total Points: 95.4
Fans: Tim E(5), FarTop (2)
28. Kevin Sheilds (My Bloody Valentine)
Key Recording: Only Shallow
Total Points: 100
Fans: FarTop (1), Michael (1)
27. Carlos Santana (Santana)
Key Recording: Black Magic Woman (1969, Abraxas)
Total Points: 127.3
Fans: Long 5 (9), Henry (6)
26. Angus Young (AC/DC)
Key Recording: Back in Black (1980, Back in Black)
Total Points: 128.5
Fans: Alex D (10)
25. Ry Cooder
Key Recording: Paris, Texas
Total Points: 164.4
Fans: Honorio (5), Miguel (1)
24. Django Reinhardt
Key Recording: Minor Swing
Total Points: 173.5
Fans: Honorio (2), Miguel (5)
23. Jack White (White Stripes)
Key Recording: Seven Nation Army
Total Points: 178.4
Fans: BillAdama (3), Nick (5)
22. Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits)
Key Recording: Sultans of Swing
Total Points: 182.6
Fans: Long 5 (1), Miguel (3), Henry (8)
21. Kirk Hammet (Metallica)
Key Recording: Enter Sandman
Total Points: 190.3
Fans: Depeche Mode (3), Michael (6)
20. Price
Key Recording: Purple Rain (1984, Purple Rain)
Total Points: 196.4
Fans: Tim E (8)
19. David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
Key Recording: Comfortably Numb (The Wall, 1977)
Total Points: 198.2
Fans: Dumbangel (3)
18. Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones)
Key Recording: Gimme Shelter (Let it Bleed, 1972)
Total Points: 203.3
Fans: Listyguy (9), Stephan (1), BillAdama (8)
17. Chuck Berry
Key Recording: Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry Is On Top, 1957)
Total Points: 212.2
16. Slash (Guns N' Roses)
Key Recording:Sweet Child O' Mine (Appetite for Destruction, 1987)
Total Points: 216.8
Fans: Listyguy (10), BillAdama (6), Depeche Mode (5), Alex D (9)
Key Recording for Wojciech Waglewski could be Trafiony of Męska Muzyka. Otherwise, great list, even through the winner is quite predictable
. The formula gave interesting results, but I am a bit unhappy that one high vote was not enough to get to the Top 50.
15. Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
Key Recording: Eruption (Van Halen, 1978)
Total Points: 225
Fans: Listyguy (3), Honorio (7), Stephan (10), Henry (10), BillAdama (4)
14. Tom Verlaine (Television)[/b}
Key Recording: Marque Moon
Total Points: 229.8
Fans: Nick (3), Midaso (4), Michael (9)
13. Pete Townshend (The Who)
Key Recording: Baba O'Riley (Who's Next, 1972)
Total Points: 231.4
Fans: Listyguy (7), Stephan (5)
12. Frank Zappa (The Mothers of Invention)
Key Recording: Willie the Pimp
Total Points: 243.3
Fans: Dumbangel (2), Nick (7), Midaso (8)
11. Neil Young
Key Recording: Rockin' in the Free World
Total Points: 246.6
Fans: Dumbangel (5), Miguel (10), Midaso (7)
10. Duane Allman (Allman Brothers)
Key Recording: Whipping Post
Total Points: 251.8
Fans: Nick (8), Henry (3), Midaso (10)
9. Robert Fripp (King Crimson)
Key Recording: 21st Century Schizoid Man
Total Points: 257.8
Fans: Honorio (1), Stephan (5), Dumbangel (6), Michael (5)
8. Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead)
Key Recording: Paranoid Android
Total Points: 259.9
Fans: Alex D (7), Nick (9), Far Top (5), Depeche Mode (10)
7. Johnny Marr (The Smiths)
Key Recording: There is a Light That Never Goes Out
Total Points: 264.7
Fans: Honorio (9), Tim E (7)
6. Brian May
Key Recording: We Will Rock You (News of the World, 1977)
Total Points: 269.3
Fans: Dumbangel (4), Midaso (3), Depeche Mode (8), Listyguy (2)
