Rolling Stone recognized Jimi Hendrix the best rock guitarist of all times and peoples

Jimi Hendrix topped the list of the best rock guitarists in history according to the American journal Rolling Stonepasses Reuters. The list included musical experts and well-known contemporary guitarists.

?Rolling Stone quotes the winner of the "Grammy", guitarist Tom Morello Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, who says Hendrix blew our understanding of rock music".


Morello leads "Purple Haze" and "The Star-Spangled Banner" as a composition, which is especially apparent inherent Hendrix freedom of improvisation and possession of an instrument.

Second in the ranking was Eric Clapton (Cream and the Yardbirds), the third - Jimmy page (Led Zeppelin), the fourth - Keith Richards (Rolling Stones).




Among the guitarists involved in compiling the list, were lenny Kravitz (Lenny Kravitz), Eddie van Halen, eventually won it in the eighth place, Brian may (Brian May) and Dan Auerbach (Dan Auerbach) from the American Blues-rock band the Black Keys.




The full list will be published in a special issue of

Rolling Stonethat will go on sale on November 25 2011

Top 10 best guitarists on the version of Rolling Stone



1. Jimi Hendrix (Jimi Hendrix);
2. Eric Clapton (

Eric Clapton);
3. Jimmy Page (

Jimmy Page);
4. Keith Richards (

Keith Richards);
5. Jeff Beck (

Jeff Beck);
6. BB King (

B. B. King);
7. Chuck Berry (

Chuck Berry);
8. Eddie Van Halen (

Eddie Van Halen);
9. Duane Allman (

Duane Allman);
10. Pete Townsend (

Pete Townshend).

Sources: Reuters

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