I’ve just seen this from @totalguitar, Time Magazine has put together a list of their Top 10 Electric Guitar Players of all time. Here they are in order:

1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Slash
3. B.B. King
4. Keith Richards
5. Eric Clapton
6. Jimmy Page
7. Chuck Berry
8. Les Paul
9. Yngwie Malmsteen
10. Prince
11. Johnny Ramone

I know it’s a top 10 and there’s 11 entries, but that’s not the weirdest thing. What I would like to know is their criteria for selecting those 10 (well 11) because if it’s a question of skill, I can think of many players far better than some of those 10.

Granted, there’s so many to choose from that such a list will always be contentious no matter who you ask. Everyone knows I would have put Paul Gilbert as No 1 for example But seriously, where is Jeff Beck? Eddie Van Halen? Mark Knopfler? Joe Perry? Angus Young? Gary Moore? (and well, obviously from my own bias, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Marty Friedman and so on) … the list is endless and in the long run, I’m not sure it means anything.

All I can say is I’d never heard of Johhny Ramone until now, so it can’t be based on fame :p (‘cos you know, I’m such a reliable point of reference for these things )

See the whole article here.