In this episode, I discuss Rolling Stone Magazine's absurd list of the top 250 guitarists of all time.
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You two should make a video of your OWN lists, and them compare and discuss!
Hand to God, I remember thinking when I watched your review of the RS list "Beato is gonna have a meltdown when he sees this list."
😆 Mine too! Rick's reaction got me fired up! And I'm a drummer!!!
This reminded me of your WatchMojo videos but on very angry steroids. I enjoyed every second of it.
Haha.
If you pay any attention to Rolling Stone, you get what you deserve.
that rag had some balls in the later 60's early 70's then it went soft and flacid. Now it is just used to urinate with/on.
The problem is not that him, you or we pay attention to Rolling Stone.. normal people pay attention to it and it's dangerous.
You nailed that. Rolling Stone is a political rag of woke stupidity that barely has anything to do with actual artistic music. 🤮
😂😂
Well said my friend. They've been this bad since I was at least a child. And that's a long time.
And…. No Marty Friedman. It may be metal, but his way of switches key signatures while soloing was very inspirational to countless successful guitarists in the genre today.
thats probably the MOST shocking lol
No he sucks
@@reidpenick6785 what? Lol
When you mentioned Antonio Carlos Jobim, you probably meant João Gilberto. Jobim was a fabulous composer, but he mostly played the piano (although he could play the guitar). It was João Gilberto who created what came to be known as the bossa nova style of playing guitar and singing, and has since been imitated everywhere. That being said, I must say Baden Powell is my favorite bossa nova guitar player (possibly my favorite Brazilian guitar player of all time).
Gilberto is on the list thankfully
Or he doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
Baden is the greatest of the brazilian guitarists. I would love to see a Beato vídeo on Baden.
On the recordings, Jobim plays guitar and piano. On the Beach of Ipanema, the monument shows him with guitar.
Tom was one of the creators of bossa nova too. He improved and created most of the things
"Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read." Frank Zappa
RS list is always been America and UK focused , and then they refuse to mention Buckedhead on every list, he proved you can make guitar albums. Alexi Laiho Finland and Yngwie Sweden , not on the list when there is no guitar players outside America and UK ? John Lennon is on the list, every time, even when he himself has said hes not a guitarist.
He left out “people who can’t PLAY”
Exactly! hahaha
Ah Frank....🤗🤗🤗
This is just a vomiting woke agenda list . Sick of it 🤮
Rolling Stone has been a joke for years now!
same with r and r hall of fame
@@tracy2762 The Guy who runs the RnR Hall Of Fame is the founder of Rolling Stone...
@@Veaseify makes sense.
If you check the background of these columns' writers, you'll see a social media vibe, which is more smoke and mirrors than reality. It's about views and fabricated reality.... not about what's real.
Not just for years...for decades.
It’s all about pacifying their target audience not about props to an artist. Just the illusion of a nod to current trends. Good rant Rick. 😄👍
You got it exactly! It's current popularity.
Watching this again. You should create a list. Just however many you think should be on a list of guitar players that are the best or that we should know their work...
angry rick is best rick
Yeah man, I just had a shout (it's infectious) and the dog ran upstairs......"Daisy come down babes, daddy has calmed down"!
Hell yeah!
Haha my thought exactly. Great isn't it.
as a fellow Italian, we call it passion
Yes
Leaving Tommy Emmanuel off that list is criminal. It delegitimizes that entire list.
The losers at Rolling Stone's job is to trash and erase music history.... they're " woke" .
Tommy Emmanuel a CGP , off the list ? Then where does that put Chet Atkins who certified him a CGP ?
Yea, an outrage, that guy is flat-out amazing, but I guess Lita Ford is prettier or something? 🙄
The words "Rolling Stone Magazine" delegitimize that entire list.
100%. He is absolutely the greatest guitar player I have ever seen live!
Incredible that someone so knowledgeable gives us so much of his time. Such great content all the time...
Rick, you and I are kindred spirits- I’ve had that same video of George Benson saved on my phone as well :) I have that entire DVD downloaded that it’s from, it’s amazing stuff.
The most surprising thing about this list is that Rolling Stone still exists
Seriously! Who subscribes to it anymore?
Last time I read Rolling Stone Magazine seriously was 1978.
Someone gave me a year subscription ... it went straight into the trash every month... I never even looked at the cover... and I'm serious, I never even looked at the cover...
That one hit hard 😂
@@fragwagonthey dont need subscriptions, they sell it in airports and places like that, where people are desperate for anything to read
I like how this video is basically 6 minutes of Rick yelling at Rolling Stone for being morons. :D
Exactly what I was about to say, spot on!
It easily could have been an hour and I still would have enjoyed every minute.
Hell ya!
Giving Glenn Fricker a run for his money 😂 (Rightly so, too)
Every KZheadr with a music channel should also be calling them out! I'll be contacting all those that I follow.
I absolutely love seeing Rick reacting to his fave George Benson vid - I could hug you! 😊🌟
I'm new to this guy. But when I saw how passionate he was about my fave George Benson and he played the video I was exited. Unfortunately he didn't play anything close toGeorges best. I said to myself, there's a Nirvana fan who doesn't really understand George Benson as much as he thinks he does. Terrible selection.
@@JaemanEdwardsshare your favourite then? 🙏
That was hilarious! Happy New Year!
Clicked on this immediately... the prospect of a Rick Beato rant is too good to deny
I think that this passes for Rick being 'angry' 🤣
True words!! Go get ‘em Rick!! He Devoured RS in 5 minutes!!!
I love your work. But Jobim was a piano player. Maybe you meant João Gilberto.
@boaventurasantos6896 jobim also played guitar, but he probably should have said Gilberto, father of the bossa nova.
Beato Rants are the best. The Apple rant was the most epic.
The fact that Rolling Stone went back and RE-reviewed Nevermind just because it became hugely popular and they realized that they looked like asses after the fact for panning such an influential album tells you everything you need to know about Rolling Stone.
And quite a bit about Beato :) I know there's albums that hit people at the perfect time in their life so they hold a sentimental place, but to gush Nevermind nonsense 30+ years later is embarrassing. And to have been 30 when it came out should have given him some perspective. We all fall for bad albums when we are 14.
@@tl8319 It has its place and I can see that people love it. I enjoy it myself but I don't listen to then very often anymore. After a while you've heard it. They still spawned an entire genre and influenced many. Doesn't make Kurt Cobain a great guitar player but he was a great songwriter, like em or not, they're memorable and make you feel something.
Hate to bring politics into this but as leftists their goal is to destroy history and turn reality on its head.
@@tl8319 The singles are good (except for Smells Like Teen Spirit), but the rest of the album is nothing much to get excited about.
@@user-lv7ph7hs7l I'm sorry, but they didn't "spawned" an entire genre. That would have been the Thrown Ups, Skin Yard, Green River, Melvins, U-Men etc. Nirvana just brought it to public attention.
2:26 Where is this George Benson improvisation from? I can't find a video or DVD.
Totally agree Rick, these lists are totally amazing for the fact of who’s NOT on the list. Chet Atkins, Roy Clark, Glen Campbell, Jerry Reed….But we know that already about Rolling Stone, that their credibility is largely questionable in this area. The trouble is, I’ve seen lists like this in magazines like Guitar Player or Musician and they’re almost the same. You rarely see Tommy Emmanuel’s name mentioned. Astounding!!
Roy Clark & Glen Campbell ARE missing from the list instead of being in the upper tier where they belong. Good grief, I don't even play the guitar and I know that much. FWIW I would also add Canadian Bruce Cockburn and Leo Kottke. I wonder if this list had a certain agenda.
As a Spaniard I felt absolutely attacked by not having any flamenco or classical trained guitarist like Paco or Andres Segovia in there. Cheers to you from Spain Rick !!
I keep telling myself that classical isn't included because it's not "pop" music that Rolling Stone would cover. But really, that was my reaction as well.
As soon as he said Al Di Meola wasn't on there I knew Paco wouldn't be. A very poor list by the sounds of things - glad I don't buy or pay attention to that particular rag.
Segovia isn't on the list? Shame!
I absolutely love Paco!
@@sister_bertrille911 Was Segovia really all that? Maybe in 1920 was ok
Rick, you should make your own list. I’m sure a lot of people would discover new influences through it!
I thought of the same thing
Totally agree 🤘🏼
I’m a bit ashamed I didn’t know a few that he mentioned were left out. So it’s discovery time for me
Just my opinion, but I think they published that crap list on purpose just to get folks like Rick, with almost 4 million subscribers to rant about it. And man did it work. Everyone is pissed about it lol. Sadly that’s how things are done now.
Please!!!
This is awesome! ✨👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽😆 Thank you and love you sir 🙏🏽
SPOT ON! I would love to see Creem Magazines top 250!
Gary Moore is also not even mentioned. They remembered to put in Rory Gallagher, but forgot Gary? That's insane. The man was a straight up virtuoso at the instrument
Should be both on the list. Gallagher was insane guitarist.
WOW…No Gary Moore this list continually gets worse as I read the comments
no Gary fucking Moore? That itself invalidates the list entirely
No Gary Moore, no Guthrie Govan, no John Petrucci, no Jason Becker, no Marty Friedman, no Tommy Emmanuel, no Dave Mustaine... Maybe worst of all, because he's universally high on these lists, but no Allan Holdsworth either.
now that is a joke
Not having Al Dimeola or Gary Moore is actually criminal. The amount of 80s guitarists who were influenced by them is insane
specially Gary , it's a crime , Is Rory Gallagher on the list ?
@@aleksandarfrick2656 How about Frank Gambale
ohh Gary Moore is not on the list!!!!! ahhhrgggg
The Beato/Rolling Stone demographics are poles apart. You're wasting your time analysing this.
Gary is the greatest guitarist to ever come from the UK and Ireland, absolutely criminal
Rick, loved your review of the RS top 250 guitarists -- I agree with many of your comments. I would love to have you produce a list of YOUR top 250 guitarists, and I'm sure many of your viewers would like it as well. Consider it.
Alex Lifeson being absent from this list is a crime
This video has it all. Legato runs, screaming next-to-the-pickups soloing, hammerons, amazing emotion and feeling, countless key changes and odd time signatures, and that's just Rick's speaking voice. ;)
Perhaps with a few bourbons along the way! :)!!
LOL
I read this in “Stefon” from SNL’s voice. 😂
Don't forget the dive-bombs.
The actual guitar community needed this. Best rant i’ve ever heard. In what universe is Guthrie Govan not on this list??
Absolutely. All I have to do to convince someone of how next level he is is to play Drive Home, the second track from Steven Wilson’s transcendent The Raven That Refused To Sing. Guthrie’s playing is so indescribably melodic….soaring. Few guitarists this side of David Gilmour or Eric Johnson can achieve that kind of brightness. It just makes you feel incredible listening to him play. He posses just astonishing technical ability, but when you listen to his solo, you don’t “feel” the technique. You’re not being bashed over the hear with just a million notes per minute. What you hear is something that seems just ideal for the song. Every note is perfect. He is so incredibly creative. He has an unreal command to d the fretboard, and the notes he plays are like brushstrokes to Rembrandt.
Who?
@@frqnc1Bro it's HANS FREAKING ZIMMER's touring guitarist. Nuff said.
Rolling Stones criteria for the list : "In making the list, we tended to value heaviness over tastiness, feel over polish, invention over refinement, risk-takers and originators more than technicians. We also tended to give an edge to artists who channeled whatever gifts god gave them into great songs and game-changing albums, not just impressive playing." Definitely fits some random touring musician playing soundtrack scores.
@@theaterdreamer As a huge Guthrie fan I have to ask you if you have heard of this young player coming up called Mancuso Matteo. If you have not please please check him out. Really puts me in mind of Guthrie and probably the only other player I know that I would compare to Guthrie for the sheer brilliance of phrasing. Check it out man for sure.
That was a good take, Rick. Lots of emotion :)
I would love to see you get an interview with legendary session guitar player, Brent Rowan.
now we need Rick's 250 greatest guitar players list.
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sounds like a nightmare to make to be real with you, first you need to even come up with 250 great players and sure some of you guys can probably name that many but then you need to consider who eventually needs to be left off. And then after all of that you need to put thought into ordering which sounds awful to make. If you truly wanted to make the best list you possibly could make it would take days to craft
check out some of his old videos of guitarists you need to know.
THIS
Music isn't a competition, this is a ridiculous idea.
On their last list of 100 best of all time. Kurt Cobaine was number 12 of the best guitarists EVER! and David Gilmore was number 82. That's all you need to know about Rolling Stone.
If I remember right, Eddie Van Halen was 70. What an embarrassment.
😂 Curt Cobain shouldn’t have even made the top 1,000
Even if Comfortably Numb was the only Pink Floyd song you knew and were deeply familiar with Nirvana's entire discography, you'd still have to acknowledge how ridiculous that is.
Tf
Yikes! David Gilmore is one the twenty most influential guitarist of the R&R era, no doubt.
There's more fire in this reaction than 1,000 other YT reaction videos! LOL I need to see this list!
OMG I loved this awesome rant! Love your channel Rick
Allan Holdsworth, Guthrie Govan, Gary Moore, Yngwie, John Petrucci, Jason Becker, Marty Friedman, Tommy Emmanuel, Dave Mustaine... All completely missing from the list. Utterly insane.
Whaaaaat?! I guess that’s why no one cares about rolling stone
at least they didn't forget joni - # 10
Petrucci isn't on it????
gary moore not being on the list is criminal
...Rolling Stone mag is worthless, never cared for their rag. Don't read it, don't pay it any heed.
This is another reason why we love Rick Beato. Rick needs to drop his top guitarists list.
Man you're talking at 1.25x pace.. Love it!
The begining and the the end Alpha & Omega Mr. Richard Hugh Blackmore ♈️💜🌈 At number 75 ? Joke of the century … Thank You for the music 🎸🎼
Maybe if you called him "Sir Richard Blackmore", you know, knight the fellow, your point would be more forcefully made.
Grew up on Deep Purple, but c'mon, he's a shade sloppy. A fine rock player and has really eveolved, but even coming from FanbyTown, it's hard to put him up very high.
Absolutely disrespectful that Glen Campbell isn't even mentioned on that list. The man had 100 credits as a session musician before he even got big. A member of the Wrecking Crew, self-taught, and could play every genre imaginable.
Glen Campbell could give lessons to 3\4 of the people on this list
True.
Glen and Roy Clark!
Too male for this list
Roy Clark!!!!!
Roy Clark is the one that gets me. Yeah he was country, but the man could play anything with strings and play it like a master. Guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, and others. The guy was a true master of his craft able to play almost any style of music.
Roy Clark was fucking amazing. ❤
YES! Hardly anyone now knows him beyond Hee-Haw (if they even know him), but he was a master!
Roy Clark jamming with Glen Campbell = amazing!
Roy Clark didn’t make the list? Blasphemy!
Roy Clark, Merle Travis, Joe Maphis, Chet Atkins... Most of them were Country Musicians (excluding Roy, who wasn't exclusively Country,) but what a *different* world of Country Music they had. Far more talented than the mediocre "pickup truck and beer" country. Add Danny Gatton and Glen Campbell and Phil Baugh to the list, too.
Love a good rant. No greatness without passion. I dont suppose they heard of Gabor Szabo. Personally I like Albert Lee but cant judge his guitar ranking. The list looks to me like an exercise in DEI.
Amen brother. Thank you for this. I have many of the same thoughts you have stated.
Someone once asked Keith Richard who was or is the greatest player?Keith said "You start with Paco de Lucia and work your way down".The guy was a genius.
You should make a 250 list of your own. I’m sure you could draft in an hour or so and would crush Rolling Bone.
BINGO.
YES. Great idea.
Agreed. Guess we'll hear a lit of names not commonly known
Yes please!
That's what I came here to say. A list of the greatest, agreed on by the greatest.
We enjoyed your rant😊
Rick is fab. Pausing randomly throughout the video: this list...This List....THIS LIST....THIS LIST!!!!!
this list, this list...unsinkable.
This might be my favorite Rick video. The passion is off the scale and he’s absolutely right about everything.
Need more Rick Rants!
WE need Rick's top 250 list
Their omission of George Benson struck me immediately. Love your retort Rick.
That's incredible indeed
Nothing shocks me after they disgracefully put the Boston bomber on the cover
These lists are purposely made to annoy people.
@@dr.scanlan6112 Maybe or it's just the nature of stupid lists.
@@musicbro8225 indeed, in the latest list of the best singers published by Rolling Stone, Celine Dion was not elected. Bullshit
Just a correction. Tom Jobim didn't create the Bossa Nova "Beat", Joao Gilberto did it 1958, and recorded the first "bossa nova" song in 1959: "Chega de Saudade". But also, no Luiz Bonfa?
Steve Howe 123...Probably I could teach how to play guitar to most of the guys before him in the list...😂😂
Yeah, that placement was insane
Rolling Stone's greatest accomplishment is fooling people into thinking it's had anything worthwhile to say for over 50 years. Roger Taylor of Queen once described it as "a magazine that pretends to write seriously about music and politics at the same time." I think that just about says it all.
And that is why the genius Roger Taylor wasn't even in their Top 50 drummers list when the guy should obviously be in the top 10
I think we all now want a Top 250 Guitar Players List as curated by Rick Beato
He could certainly publish his own magazine and very carefully choose his writers.
Get this to Rick!
Now that's a list I would take seriously.
this
I'm all for it, but I feel that he could come up with an even better Top 500 list and it'd be full of the most legit, top notch guitarists.
Your best rant, ever, Rick! Loved it! And you're bloody well right.
Fantastic commentary!
Rick dissin' what in his opinion are mediocre guitar players without giving any names is the classiest thing, way to go Rick, this is genuinely admirable and respectful, music above all else !
...well, except for Neil Young😁
Paco de Lucía.
@@beekeeper63I know it’s all subjective, but I don’t understand how Rick can say Neil Young ain’t a great guitarist. Cowgirl in the Sand, Down by the River, Hey Hey My My, too many to name. Complexity should never matter, only taste and feel. In that respect, Young deserves as much respect as any of his peers.
@@allbottledup9513 Neil is known for his songwriting. He's not known for his soloing.
@@ZiddersRooFurry BS
Not having Guthrie Govan on there is completely ridiculous. The guy is unbelievable, and really down to earth too. I met him a couple weeks ago when the aristocrats played here in Norway. Really hope you can get him on for an interview soon, Rick.
Just the way he thinks about the guitar is on a completly different level then anything ive ever seen. Guthrie is viewed as the best guitarist on the planet by some many guitarists i know. And just the vocabulary that guy has is mindblowing. He can do EVERYTHING on the guitar he can use it to make jokes. improvise refferences to other songs into a fucking solo so naturally its crazy to me.
Sorry, Guthrie isn't some unknown black woman.
It’s beyond. He’s arguably the best rn
Thoroughly enjoyed the rant! 😻
Rick, another amazing episode. RC
Totally agree. You also missed Gary Moore who is not on the list. Mind blowing!
Sounds like you need to make your own list! Do a 5 part series with 50 players in each video. Would definitely watch!
I second this recommendation.
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That would be fantastic!
I’m kicking myself for not trying to learn guitar last year-I’m sure I could’ve made this list, too.
Christopher Parkening, George Benson and Chet Atkins having a jam session on NPR years ago. Check it out! Ha! Rick. Love it
I am genuinely shocked Gary Moore is not mentioned. If guitars could cry, it would sound like Moore’s riffs on Parisienne Walkways. From blues rock to jazz fusion, this guy could do it all. Truly a generational talent.
INDEED! I also was HORRIFIED that Gary Moore was not in there! The man is a Blues Legend!!! I never appreciated his music until he sadly passed away far too young... But he was a PHENOMENAL TALENT!
That's a good point.
It was shocking to see, that Kurt Cobain is ranked above Brian May, and EVH isn’t on 1st place!
@@flohupfer4862 or how far down that Nuno Bettencourt is? That dude is one of the best rock guitarists that has ever lived. Other kinds of stuff too.
I`m with you dude......totally frickin` insane!
Rolling Stone struggles to remain relevant by creating purposely controversy guitarists list. It worked every time. Get 'em, Rick!
With crap references in 250 top guitarists... Rick just schooled Rolling Stoned. It's time for RS to put down the Crack pipe and get their learn on.
Rolling Stone lost the struggle to remain relevant a long, long time ago.
Yes. It's deliberately perverse. Anti guitar hero if you like. But totally absurd
after reading several reviews over time, for my own research, i question that it was ever relevant at all. i mean, it was... but god, how much nonsense i've read in those articles
Im not so sure, to me it look like the kill their (little) reputation with such crap in no time. I've never bought this magazine, and now i certainly will not. Just talking about it do not give them a cent.
5:51 FINALLY!!! Thank you for saying what had to be said. 🙏
Monty Alexander turns 80 this year, is he on your interview list?🙏😎🎹
No one ever mentions Steve Morse. He is out of this world crazy good player!
damn straight. i like what he's done with deep purple. he brought new life to that band.
Yeah, he was only Guitar Player's Best All-round Guitarist three years running...before Deep Purple, in the Dixie Dregs, and then with his own band. Many people play guitar, Steve Morse plays MUSIC (!) and uses the guitar to do it.
💯
Absolutely!
I knew Steve when he lived in Ypsilanti, Mi. He can play what the others on this list play. Most of them couldn’t play his songs.
I would add Gary Moore to the absent list! An amazing guitarist who could play like nobody else. Had a massive impact on the following generations.
The greatest ever from the UK and Ireland. Plenty would put him top factoring in anywhere else on the planet
Love Gary Moore but Allan Holdsworth is the top UK/Ireland player for most people in fact best in the world player and he's from Bradford.
Gary is easily top 50 (for me personally top 10, he accompanied my high school years and was just incredible to watch live once), influential in hard rock, blues and not to forget his amazing ballad playing. Looking for one of the best rock guitar solos ever, check out "Run for Cover"
@@Golem29 The greatest from Ireland, imo, would go to Rory Gallagher. He's a phenomenal guitarist with a stunning live catalogue.
It's heartening to agree with everything mentioned.
In surveys "Best" often should be replaced with "Most popular."
I’m a Brazilian Guitar player and aficionado, and when Rick mentioned Antonio Carlos (Tom) Jobin I melted with pride and satisfaction. He was and always will be the Bossa Nova Maestro ❤
Don't forget Laurindo Almeida!!!!
What about Baden Powell?
I thought it was Joāo Gilberto who set a new standard on guitar (with ACJ’s songs)
ACJ was not a great guitar player. Several others including Joao Gilberto, sure. Jobim was a better pianist....
@@leandrodivera I’m sure Rick made an honest mistake here
You should do your own “greatest guitarists list” Rick…. Doesn’t have to be as in depth as 250 but even a top 50 would make for a great video
He has done top guitar and piano riffs.
Yeah, the list is totally void without Kanami Tono of Band Maid on there.
Righteous indignation. Justified and appropriate. Steve Morse? Albert Lee? Larry Carlton? Mike Stern? Frank Gambale?
As a Canadian I'd like to add Frank Marino to the list. One of the most underrated players ever.
Frank MArino of Mahogany Rush is not on the list? OUCH
Ian Thornley should be close
One of the most ferocious players ever! And one of my personal favorites.
And Rik Emmett from Triumph.
Frank Marino was blazing from the early 70s. He was way ahead of his time.
Glad to see that you mentioned George Benson. A monster. I listen to his stuff all the time.
hes like top 5 to ever hold a guitar
Got to see him live in a smaller joint and he was amazing.
Intimidating player. Singing and smiling while playing complex, improvised chord-sections. Impossibly difficult!
While obviously Alan Holdsworth is a huge omission there is another guy that I don't think you've ever mentioned (that I've seen) who should be on these lists and that's Bill Nelson (Be-Bop Deluxe and other stuff). Also, while I really love the band The Raincoats, their guitarist, Ana da Silva, doesn't belong on this list nor does Johnny Ramone. Additionally, with Tom Verlaine, they should pair Richard Lloyd as those two go together (Television) and Richard is a good guitar player anyhow. If they do a list of interesting alternative guitarists, you can add Ana da Silva, Robert Quine, Steve Bartek, East Bay Ray, Carrie Brownstein, Andy Gill, Courtney Barnett, Robyn Hitchcock, David Byrne, Johnny Ramone (who wasn't a very nice person), John Dieterich, Ed Rodriguez, Mary Timony, Peter Buck, and others who may have not been (or wanted to be) shredders but who either created new styles of music or were innovative with their playing.
I like that Rick at the start touches on the fact that just because they aren't technically very proficient, guitarists can still make fantastic music. It's an important fact guitar enthousiasts (or fans of any instrument) often overlook. I really with the rant he goes into afterwards though.
I love Rick's old man "Get off my lawn" yelling at you energy.🤣🤣 Because I agree with him 100%.
Playing this at 2X really ramps up the rant energy. Plus, George Benson SHREDS. 🤣
George is an A leaguer
I watched in 2X like you said. I found it quite enjoyable. 😂
Sounds like Ben Shapiro Ranting at 2x. 🤣
Tony MacAlpine needs to be on the list. The most musical person I have ever played with. Not just a virtuoso guitarist but an equally virtuoso pianist. Rolling Stone magazine is good for one thing and when you’re done using it for that you flush it down the toilet.
how many guitar players can play the cinnamon girl solo and make it sound right?
I like the way Rick's indignation starts out kind of tame then it quietly builds into righteous indignation and tastefully stated rage. This was one of the best music rants ever, intelligently backed up with facts and reason. Rick speaks for me! :-)
Yngwie not on the list is absolutely unbelievable!!!
No Shawn Layne??
Let's face it....he's no cobain.....
Neither is Ted Nugent
Gary Moore isn't either! He should be top 10!
Remember when Rolling Stone had folks who listened to music?
Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Nuno Bettencourt, Andy James, Michael Lee Firkins, Slash, Tommy Emmanuel, Mike Dawes, Gustavo Guerrero....now we're talking guitar players!!!
No Steve Morse really bugged me. His work with the Dixie Dregs was seminal. His taste, chops, and melodic stylings are legendary. One of the GOAT’s
Incredible that a guy that for a time was considered the best going around by his peers to not make the cut is ridiculous.
His string skipping solos are amazing!
@@jonathankohns7848 Absolutely. He is really a guitarist’s guitarist, which isn’t to say he’s inaccessible. If anything, I think he is one of the greatest precisely because of how he blends technical mastery with a real compositional ear.
Can’t deny that!!
@@morsedregs9239 That you, Steve?! 😉
Rick, as a brazillian, I was surprised as I was proud when you mentioned our own Antonio Carlos Jobim. However, if you don’t mind me saying, we gotta give credit where credit is due, and the father of bossa nova on the guitar was João Gilberto! He’s THE bossa nova master when it comes to acoustic guitars!
Sabe muito
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I was thinking the same thing. Rick probably just mixed up the two musicians in the heat of the moment. Jobim was primarily a piano player, wasn't he? I believe he played guitar on the Sinatra record, but was mainly a pianist.
@@rolandowagner7775 it's because Jobim was the biggest brazilian writer and algo played the guitar so is commom mistake.
João & Laurindo Almeida of course belongs on a more serious list.
someone have the link of that improvisation of George benson? :^
Guthrie not being on there is genuinely astounding. I couldn't imagine being more out of touch than RS on that one. That said, Neil Young should be in there in my view. One note or not, he means every one of them. Listen to the solos he plays from Ordinary People from the Chrome Dreams record. Truly blistering and memorable moments. One of my favourite players for sure.
Love your passion Rick, Thank You for setting the record straight. Rolling Stone hasn't been a serious music magazine for decades.
“…record straight” Pun intended?!
Rolling Stone has been so irrelevant for so long, I usually forget it exists.
Rolling stone is just a political rag now
Yup, Rolling Stone went downhill rapidly after the '90s.
Serious music magazine? Shoot they haven’t even been a music magazine in quite awhile…
Take it from someone who spent 25 years in journalism (as a sportswriter) - whenever a list like this is put together the editors encourage the writer(s) to make it controversial, either by inclusion or exclusion because it provokes clicks and angry/impassioned responses. I also play guitar and noticed some of the blood-boiling omissions you cited, but I was happy to see that Ernie Isley (finally!) got some recognition at No. 67.
Exactly... all Modern RS lists are clickbait, plain and simple.
Sure, lists are click bait, but at the same time, going too far can and will reflect poorly on the overall quality of your publication's content. It's like, "Wow, Rolling Stone is so out of touch in that they left the greatest guitarists ever off their stupid list. I can't trust anything they publish ever again." (Which is what I'm thinking now.)
Agree. It's clickbait designed to be controversial, beginning with Clapton being ranked in the 30s. No Guhrie Govan, Allan Holdsworth, Gary Moore, Yngwie, or Terry Kath. Just absurd.
@@v2gbob They don't care. All they want is "engagement," plain and simple. It translates into ad dollars. My guess is that they'll come out with a "Readers' Top 100" or something like that in response, and everyone will click on that to see if their suggestions were included.
Yes, but dragging 'controversial' all the way to 'stupid' is probably not a good idea in the long run. Or maybe it is. I hope it's not.
I don't think I mentioned Roy Clark!❤
I love how as the video progresses Ricks voice gradually gets louder and more frustrated 😂😂
Guthrie not being on lists always makes me mad. But Holdsworth not being there actually made me feel sad.
I remember listening to Holdsworth after reading about him in Guitar Player. Complex, angular, somewhat strident in places, and intimidatingly technical to my 20something self; the guy was clearly blazing trails into the murky unknown musical future, powered by sheer unmitigated genius.
Also, very clearly influenced Fredrik Thordendal's sound and style on early Meshuggah records.
@@jasquer never connected the dots before. Makes perfect sense! Def a holdsworth disciple
Agreed. Guthrie not being on there can be chalked up to how out of touch Rolling Stone is but Alan not being on there borderline criminal.
Thank you, Rick, for reminding me why I stopped renewing Rolling Stone thirty years ago. Very useful and high-quality rant.
Last time I looked, Sonny Landreth was not on it! Rick? Why haven’t had him on?
I would like to see YOUR list of the best 250... 😊