POLL- The WEAKEST LINK: Rolling Stone Magazine's Top 10 Guitarist- FINALS

MedozK

Since we definitely didn't agree with Rolling Stone Magazine's Top 10 albums or songs of all time, I figured for fun we could move to one last questionable Rolling Stone List. This time we will look at their list of the GREATEST GUITARIST OF ALL-TIME.

Alright, so here we will play the game to determine the BEST song in the Rolling Stone Top 10.

You are going to pick the song that you think is the "Weakest Link" after 2 days I remove the two (2) songs with the most votes. We will then move on to Round 4.
 
Rolling Stone Magazine's Top 10 Guitarist of ALL-TIME

1) Jimi Hendrix

2) Eric Clapton - ELIMINATED ROUND 2

3) Jimmy Page

4) Keith Richards - ELIMINATED ROUND 1

5) Jeff Beck - ELIMINATED ROUND 3

6) B.B. King - ELIMINATED ROUND 2

7) Chuck Berry - ELIMINATED ROUND 1

8) Eddie Van Halen - ELIMINATED ROUND 3

9) Duane Allman - ELIMINATED ROUND 1

10) Pete Townshend - ELIMINATED ROUND 1

Complete list located here: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-guitarists-153675/

brianlux

Jimmy Page

Sorry Jimmy.  Move over rover,  let Jimi take over.

mcgruff10

Jimmy Page

Hendrix is the all time best.  

MedozK

This will probably be the #1 on a RS Poll that everyone basically agrees with.

Abe Froman

Jimmy Page

Page is amazing. And I would have zero problems with any argument he’s the best of all time. But for me...it’s jimi. Easy choice. 

Pap

Jimmy Page

mrussel1

Jimmy Page

brianlux said:

Sorry Jimmy.  Move over rover,  let Jimi take over.

yeah... you know what I"m talking about.

I bet Brian is the only one on 10C that saw Jimi live.  Very jealous of that. 

brianlux

Jimmy Page

mrussel1 said:

brianlux said:

Sorry Jimmy.  Move over rover,  let Jimi take over.

yeah... you know what I"m talking about.

I bet Brian is the only one on 10C that saw Jimi live.  Very jealous of that. 

Surely there must me someone else who saw Jimi live.  Anyone?  Would love to hear about it!

For years, my wife told me she had seen Jimi Hendrix open for the Monkeys at one of the shows of that ill-conceived pairing that occurred during the summer of 1967.  She was 14 years old and was living in the greater L.A. area and, like so many girls her age back then, she was a huge Monkeys fan.  I told this story on the Hoffman music forums and another member there told me that was impossible because that tour had not been going well back east and the L.A. show never happened.  I did some research and sure enough, he was right.  I asked my wife about it and she was a bit stunned.  She thought about it long and hard and realized that at that time, she hadn't really paid much attention to the opening act who she saw at the time as just some annoying skinny black guy making a lot of loud noise on a guitar when all she wanted in the world was to see her idols, the Monkeys, come on stage and play.  We did a little more research and discovered her error.  That skinny black guy turned out to be Ike Turner.   

mrussel1

Jimmy Page

brianlux said:

mrussel1 said:

brianlux said:

Sorry Jimmy.  Move over rover,  let Jimi take over.

yeah... you know what I"m talking about.

I bet Brian is the only one on 10C that saw Jimi live.  Very jealous of that. 

Surely there must me someone else who saw Jimi live.  Anyone?  Would love to hear about it!

For years, my wife told me she had seen Jimi Hendrix open for the Monkeys at one of the shows of that ill-conceived pairing that occurred during the summer of 1967.  She was 14 years old and was living in the greater L.A. area and, like so many girls her age back then, she was a huge Monkeys fan.  I told this story on the Hoffman music forums and another member there told me that was impossible because that tour had not been going well back east and the L.A. show never happened.  I did some research and sure enough, he was right.  I asked my wife about it and she was a bit stunned.  She thought about it long and hard and realized that at that time, she hadn't really paid much attention to the opening act who she saw at the time as just some annoying skinny black guy making a lot of loud noise on a guitar when all she wanted in the world was to see her idols, the Monkeys, come on stage and play.  We did a little more research and discovered her error.  That skinny black guy turned out to be Ike Turner.   

It's funny how memories work.  Also interesting that she was 14 in the Summer of Love.  I'm actually reading the autobiography of Dianne Lake right now.  She was handed over to the Manson family when she was 14, and was witness to much of what happened, becoming an ongoing witness.  She was from Santa Monica and evidently the same age as your wife, so it's been interesting to read what LA was like during 67, and how the world was changing.  Your wife was part of that, although probably not so steeped in the hippie culture as Dianne Lake. 

brianlux

Jimmy Page

mrussel1 said:

brianlux said:

mrussel1 said:

brianlux said:

Sorry Jimmy.  Move over rover,  let Jimi take over.

yeah... you know what I"m talking about.

I bet Brian is the only one on 10C that saw Jimi live.  Very jealous of that. 

Surely there must me someone else who saw Jimi live.  Anyone?  Would love to hear about it!

For years, my wife told me she had seen Jimi Hendrix open for the Monkeys at one of the shows of that ill-conceived pairing that occurred during the summer of 1967.  She was 14 years old and was living in the greater L.A. area and, like so many girls her age back then, she was a huge Monkeys fan.  I told this story on the Hoffman music forums and another member there told me that was impossible because that tour had not been going well back east and the L.A. show never happened.  I did some research and sure enough, he was right.  I asked my wife about it and she was a bit stunned.  She thought about it long and hard and realized that at that time, she hadn't really paid much attention to the opening act who she saw at the time as just some annoying skinny black guy making a lot of loud noise on a guitar when all she wanted in the world was to see her idols, the Monkeys, come on stage and play.  We did a little more research and discovered her error.  That skinny black guy turned out to be Ike Turner.   

It's funny how memories work.  Also interesting that she was 14 in the Summer of Love.  I'm actually reading the autobiography of Dianne Lake right now.  She was handed over to the Manson family when she was 14, and was witness to much of what happened, becoming an ongoing witness.  She was from Santa Monica and evidently the same age as your wife, so it's been interesting to read what LA was like during 67, and how the world was changing.  Your wife was part of that, although probably not so steeped in the hippie culture as Dianne Lake. 

Sounds like an interesting read! 

What strange times the late 60's were.  And really different in various parts of the country.  Like going through different universes.

Yeah, C. was not hugely part of that hippie culture scene.  But then, she was never really part of any scene other than doing her own thing.  She tells me that by the time she was a year or two older- around 15 or 16- she mostly hung out with people older than herself, and not much later than that, she was off and flying, out on her own.  She's always done her own thing and is more a one-of-a-kind person than anyone I've ever known.  And I think at least partly because of that, I don't think there's a soul in the world who knows her who doesn't like her.  No idea how I got so lucky.

I didn't connect with her until 2001.  I've told her a number of times, "Why didn't we meet each other earlier?"  But as they say, better late than never!

tempo_n_groove

Jimmy Page

This was the right answer when the question was asked.

brianlux

Jimmy Page

tempo_n_groove said:

This was the right answer when the question was asked.

Ah, I see.  But was the right question asked? 

MedozK

With an overwhelming win. Jimi Hendrix is the greatest guitarist of all time

Hobbes

Jimmy Page

Tim Simmons

Jimi Hendrix

oops. voted backwards. Oh well, looks like its not that impactful.

brianlux

Jimmy Page

"Well, I'm the best guitarist sitting in this chair."