Load of Guitar Bollocks

Rolling Stone’s latest issue lists The
100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. Maybe those
guys should lay off the wacky tobbacky. Duane Allman at
number two is silly, but Kurt Cobain at #12? An
important, influential rock artist, yes, but great
guitar player? Did his solos ever not follow the melody
line? Could he actually fret faster than the pace of the
song? Did he understand that every note doesn’t require
sustain? What’s more ludicrous is that Cobain’s above
Carlos Santana and Mark Knopfler (down at #27!).

I’ve also got a question about Richard Thompson. I
thought he was a major folky, not really a rock
guitarist. Maybe there’s two Richard Thompsons? If not,
and Thompson mostly played folk music, then where the
hell is Chet Atkins? I think I’ll have to buy the issue
and see how they justify their dubious
choices.

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