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Вслед за недавним похожим списком Guitar World, будет интересен и этот список 2015-го года. Тут тоже сотка лучших, тоже странная и крутая. Первая цифра - место в списке Rolling Stone, в скобках - в Guitar World. В конце есть перечень всех ребят, которые голосовали за лучших, и там совсем не лохи собрались, так что, всем по соточке:

100 (56) Lindsey Buckingham (Lindsey Adams Buckingham) - Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham Nicks, Richard Dashut, Walter Egan, Stevie Nicks, John Stewart, Lindsey Buckingham / Christine McVie

- США, rock, new wave (03.10.1949)

Ключевые треки: Rhiannon, Go Your Own Way

99 (-) Thurston Moore (Thurston Joseph Moore) - Sonic Youth, Ciccone Youth, The Coachmen, Swans, Thurston Moore Band, Even Worse, Velvet MonКлючевыеs, Dim Stars, Chelsea Light Moving, Twilight

- США, alternative rock, noise rock, avant-rock, post-punk (25.07.1958)

Ключевые треки: Expressway to Yr. Skull, Silver Rocket

98 (3) Alex Lifeson (Alexandar Živojinović) - Rush, Victor, Big Dirty Band

- Канада, progressive rock, hard rock, heavy metal (27.08.1953)

Ключевые треки: La Villa Strangiato, The Spirit of Radio

97 (-) Steve Jones (Stephen Philip Jones) - Sex Pistols, The Professionals, Chequered Past, Fantasy 7, P, Neurotic Outsiders, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Iggy Pop, Megadeth, Insane Clown Posse, Joan Jett, Sham Pistols, Duran Duran

- Великобритания, punk rock, heavy metal, rock music (03.09.1955)

Ключевые треки: God Save the Queen, Pretty Vacant

96 (-) Bruce Springsteen (Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen) - E Street Band, Little Steven, Warren Zevon, Steel Mill, Tom Morello, Miami Horns, The Sessions Band, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, USA for Africa

- США, rock, folk rock, heartland rock, hard rock, roots rock, soft rock, pop rock, americana (23.09.1949)

Ключевые треки: Kitty's Back, Backstreets

95 (-) Roger McGuinn (James Joseph McGuinn III) - The Byrds, Chad Mitchell Trio

- США, rock, folk, folk rock, country rock (13.07.1942)

Ключевые треки: Mr. Tambourine Man, Eight Miles High

94 (-) Peter Buck (Peter Lawrence Buck) - R.E.M., Hindu Love Gods, The Minus 5, Tuatara, The Baseball Project, The Venus 3, Eels, Mark Eitzel, The Replacements, Tired Pony, Saint John and the Revelations, Filthy Friends, Corin Tucker, The Decemberists, Amaral

- США, alternative rock, folk rock, college rock, jangle pop (06.12.1956)

Ключевые треки: Radio Free Europe, The One I Love

93 (-) Paul Simon (Paul Frederic Simon) - Simon & Garfunkel, Art Garfunkel, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Miriam Makeba

- США, folk rock, pop, world (13.10.1941)

Ключевые треки: Dazzling Blue, Kathy's Song

92 (9) Dimebag Darrell (Darrell Lance Abbott) - Pantera, Damageplan, David Allan Coe, Anthrax, King Diamond, Gasoline

- США, groove metal, heavy metal, southern metal, thrash metal, glam metal (20.08.1966 - 8.12.2004)

Ключевые треки: Floods, Cemetery Gates, Mouth for War

91 (-) Dave Davies (David Russell Gordon Davies) - The Kinks

- Великобритания, rock, pop, hard rock (03.02.1947)

Ключевые треки: You Really Got Me, All Day and All of the Night

90 (-) Tom Verlaine (Thomas Miller) - Television, Neon Boys

- США, punk rock, art punk, post-punk, new wave (13.12.1949)

Ключевые треки: Marquee Moon, Little Johnny Jewel, Breakin' in My Heart

89 (-) Bonnie Raitt (Bonnie Lynn Raitt)

- США, blues, blues rock, roots rock, americana (08.11.1949)

Ключевые треки: Runaway, Something to Talk About

88 (-) Carl Perkins (Carl Lee Perkins) - Perkins Brothers Band, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison

- США, rockabilly, rock and roll, country (09.04.1932 - 19.01.1998)

Ключевые треки: Blue Suede Shoes, Glad All Over

87 (19) James Hetfield (James Alan Hetfield) - Metallica, Spastik Children, Leather Charm

- США, heavy metal, thrash metal, hard rock, speed metal (3.08.1963)

Ключевые треки: Seek and Destroy, Master of Puppets

86 (-) J Mascis (Joseph Donald Mascis Jr.) - Dinosaur Jr., J Mascis + The Fog, Witch, Deep Wound, Upsidedown Cross, Sonic Youth, Sweet Apple, Bless the Barn, Heavy Blanket, Band of Horses, GG Allin

- США, alternative rock, noise rock, hardcore punk, stoner rock, doom metal (10.12.1965)

Ключевые треки: Feel the Pain, Little Fury Things

85 (77) Andy Summers (Andrew James Somers) - Zoot Money's Big Roll Band, Dantalian's Chariot, Soft Machine, The Police, Robert Fripp, Circa Zero, Gustavo Cerati, The Animals

- Великобритания, rock, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, new wave, new-age, avant-garde (31.12.1942)

Ключевые треки: Message in a Bottle, Every Breath You Take

84 (75) Joe Perry (Joseph Anthony Pereira) - Aerosmith, The Joe Perry Project, Hollywood Vampires

- CША, hard rock, blues rock (10.09.50)

Ключевые треки: Dream On, Walk This Way, Janie’s Got a Gun

83 (-) Eddie Hazel (Edward Earl Hazel) - P-Funk, Funkadelic, Parliament, The Temptations, The Parliaments, George Clinton, Axiom Funk

- CША, funk, soul, psychedelic rock, psychedelic soul (10.04.1950 - 23.12.1992)

Ключевые треки: Maggot Brain, Funky Dollar Bill

82 (-) Nels Cline (Nels Courtney Cline) - Quartet Music, Nels Cline Trio, The Nels Cline Singers, Wilco, Geraldine Fibbers

- CША, free jazz, experimental, noise, punk rock, indie rock (04.01.1956)

Ключевые треки: Spiders (Kidsmoke), Impossible Germany

81 (-) Lou Reed (Lewis Allan Reed) - The Velvet Underground, John Cale, Nico, David Bowie, John Zorn, Laurie Anderson, Metal Machine Trio, Metallica

- CША, rock, experimental, proto-punk, glam rock, art rock, noise rock (02.03.1942 - 27.10.2013)

Ключевые треки: Sister Ray, Heroin, Foggy Notion

80 (-) Buddy Holly (Charles Hardin Holley) - Buddy and Bob, The Crickets, The Picks, Waylon Jennings

- CША, rock and roll, rockabilly, pop music, country (07.09.1936 - 03.02.1959)

Ключевые треки: That'll Be the Day, Peggy Sue

79 (-) Mike Campbell (Michael Wayne Campbell) - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Don Henley, Blue Stingrays, The Dirty Knobs, Mudcrutch, Stevie Nicks, Fleetwood Mac

- CША, rock (01.02.1950)

Ключевые треки: Breakdown, You Got Lucky

78 (-) John Fahey (John Aloysius Fahey)

- CША, american primitive guitar, folk, avant-garde, country blues (28.02.1939 - 22.02.2001)

Ключевые треки: Poor Boy, The Yellow Princess

77 (-) Willie Nelson (Willie Hugh Nelson) - The Family, The Highwaymen, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Merle Haggard, Ray Price, Roger Miller, Johnny Paycheck, Johnny Bush, Glen Campbell, George Jones, Loretta Lynn, Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline, Faron Young, Mel Tillis, David Allan Coe, Billy Joe Shaver, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell, Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith, Neil Young

- CША, country, outlaw country, blues, jazz, gospel (29.04.1933)

Ключевые треки: Whiskey River, Night Life

76 (-) Robby Krieger (Robert Alan Krieger) - The Psychedelic Rangers, The Doors, Butts Band, Manzarek–Krieger, Robby Krieger Band, Experience Hendrix

- CША, psychedelic rock, acid rock, blues rock, hard rock, blues, jazz fusion (08.01.1946)

Ключевые треки: Riders on the Storm, Roadhouse Blues

75 (-) Joni Mitchell (Roberta Joan Anderson) - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, James Taylor, L.A. Express, Jaco Pastorius, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Charles Mingus, Larry Klein, Thomas Dolby, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, Robben Ford, Neil Young, The Band

- CША, folk rock, jazz, pop (07.11.1943)

Ключевые треки: I Had a King, Nathan La Franeer, Night in the City, Coyote, A Case of You

74 (-) Dick Dale (Richard Anthony Monsour) - Del-Tones

- CША, surf rock, proto-punk, instrumental rock, rock and roll (04.05.1937 - 16.03.2019)

Ключевые треки: Misirlou, The Peter Gunn Theme

73 (-) Kurt Cobain (Kurt Donald Cobain) - Nirvana, Fecal Matter, Earth, The Jury

- CША, grunge, alternative rock (20.02.1967 - 05.04.1994)

Ключевые треки: Smells Like Teen Spirit, Scentless Apprentice

72 (45) John Frusciante (John Anthony Frusciante / Trickfinger) - Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ataxia, Josh Klinghoffer, the Mars Volta, Omar Rodríguez-López, Wu-Tang Clan, Black Knights, Venetian Snares, Duran Duran, Johnny Marr, Warpaint

- США, rock, alternative rock, experimental rock, avant-garde, electronic, progressive rock, funk rock (5.03.1970)

Ключевые треки: Dani California, Under the Bridge

71 (16) Robert Johnson (Robert Leroy Johnson)

- США, delta blues (8.05.1911 - 16.08.1938)

Ключевые треки: Ramblin' on My Mind, Traveling Riverside Blues

70 (95) Jack White (John Anthony Gillis) - The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, The Dead Weather etc.

- США, garage rock revival, blues rock (9.07.1975)

Ключевые треки: Seven Nation Army, Ball and Biscuit

69 (-) Richard Thompson (Richard John Thompson) - Fairport Convention, The Bunch, Linda Thompson, Kamila Thompson, French Frith Kaiser Thompson, Danny Thompson, Teddy Thompson, The Golden Palominos, Pete Zorn

- Великобритания, english folk, british folk rock, hard rock, alternative rock (03.04.1949)

Ключевые треки: Shoot Out the Lights, 1952 Vincent Black Lightning

68 (63) John McLaughlin - Miles Davis, Tony Williams Lifetime, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Shakti, Remember Shakti, Paco de Lucía, Al Di Meola, Carlos Santana, Katia Labèque, Zakir Hussain, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Joey DeFrancesco, Jimmy Herring

- Великобритания, jazz rock, jazz fusion, world fusion, progressive rock, psychedelic rock (4.01.1942)

Ключевые треки: Right Off, The Noonward Race

67 (91) T-Bone Walker (Aaron Thibeaux Walker)

- США, blues (28.05.1910 - 16.03.1975)

Ключевые треки: Call It Stormy Monday, T-Bone Shuffle, Mean Old World

66 (-) Leslie West (Leslie Weinstein) - Mountain; West, Bruce and Laing; The Vagrants

- США, rock, hard rock, blues rock, heavy metal (22.10.1945)

Ключевые треки: Mississippi Queen, Nantucket Sleighride (To Owen Coffin)

65 (22) Slash (Saul Hudson) - Guns N' Roses, Road Crew, Hollywood Rose, Kings of Chaos, Michael Jackson, Halestorm, Myles Kennedy, Slash's Blues Ball, Slash's Snakepit, Velvet Revolver, Lenny Kravitz

- Великобритания, heavy metal, hard rock, blues rock (23.07.1965)

Ключевые треки: Sweet Child O'Mine, Welcome to the Jungle

64 (-) Duane Eddy

- США, instrumental rock, rockabilly, rock and roll, proto-surf rock, country (26.04.1938)

Ключевые треки: Rebel Rouser, Peter Gunn

63 (67) Johnny Winter (John Dawson Winter III) - Edgar Winter, Tommy Shannon, Rick Derringer, Muddy Waters

- США, texas blues (23.02.1944 - 16.07.1914)

Ключевые треки: I'm Yours and I'm Hers, Fast Life Rider

62 (82) Robert Fripp - King Crimson

- Великобритания, proggressive rock, ambient (16.05.1946)

Ключевые треки: 21st Century Schizoid Man, Heroes

61 (31) Dickey Betts (Forrest Richard Betts) - The Allman Brothers Band, Dickey Betts & Great Southern, Dickey Betts Band

- США, southern rock, country rock, blues, blues rock, country, jazz fusion (12.12.1943)

Ключевые треки: In Memory of Elizabeth Reed, Jessica

60 (-) Ron Asheton - (Ronald Franklin Asheton) - The Stooges, The New Order, Destroy All Monsters, New Race, Wylde Ratttz

- США, punk rock, hard rock, garage rock (17.07.1948 - c.06.01.1948)

Ключевые треки: No Fun, TV Eye, I Wanna Be Your Dog

59 (-) Robbie Robertson - The Band, Ronnie Hawkins, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton

- Канада, americana, rock (05.07.1943)

Ключевые треки: The Shape I'm In, Like a Rolling Stone (Live 1966)

58 (-) Peter Green (Peter Allen Greenbaum) - John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green Splinter Group

- Великобритания, blues rock, blues, rock (29.10.1946 - 25.07.2020)

Ключевые треки: Albatross, Rattlesnake Shake

57 (73) Rory Gallagher (William Rory Gallagher) - Taste

- Ирландия, blues rock, folk, jazz (2.03.1948 - 14.06.1995)

Ключевые треки: Bullfrog Blues, Laundromat, Walk on Hot Coals

56 (-) Albert Collins (Albert Gene Drewery, The Ice Man)

- США, blues, blues rock, jump blues (01.10.1932 - 24.11.1993)

Ключевые треки: Frosty, Sno-Cone Part 1

55 (-) John Lennon (John Winston Lennon) - The Quarrymen, The Beatles, Plastic Ono Band, Yoko Ono

- Великобритания, rock, pop, experimental (09.10.1940 - 08.12.1980)

Ключевые треки: Help!, Day Tripper, Yer Blues

54 (52) Joe Walsh (Joseph Fidler) - Eagles, Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, Bad Company, John Entwistle, The Beach Boys, The Strat Pack, The Party Boys, Herbst, The Who, Foo Fighters

- США, hard rock, blues rock, pop rock, country rock (20.11.1947)

Ключевые треки: Rocky Mountain Way, Funk №49

53 (-) Otis Rush (Otis Rush Jr.) - Buddy Guy, Magic Sam, Eddy Clearwater, Willie Dixon, Jesse Fortune

- США, blues, chicago blues, R&B (29.04.1934 - 29.09.2018)

Ключевые треки: I Can't Quit You Baby, Double Trouble, Homework

52 (-) Clarence White (Clarence Joseph LeBlanc) - Three Little Country Boys, The Country Boys, The Kentucky Colonels, Trio, Nashville West, The Roustabouts, The Byrds, Muleskinner

- США, bluegrass, country, country rock, rock (07.06.1944 - 15.07.1973)

Ключевые треки: Time Between, This Wheel's on Fire, Chestnut Mare

51 (-) Johnny Marr (John Martin Maher) - The Smiths, Electronic, Johnny Marr and the Healers, Modest Mouse, The Pretenders, The The, Pet Shop Boys, Kirsty MacColl, Talking Heads, Marion Black Grape, The Cribs, John Frusciante, Morrissey, Oasis, Noel Gallagher, Hans Zimmer, The Charlatans, Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell, The Killers

- Великобритания, alternative rock, indie pop, indie rock, jangle pop (31.10.1963)

Ключевые треки: This Charming Man, How Soon Is Now?

50 (20) Ritchie Blackmore (Richard Hugh Blackmore) - Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmore's Night, The Outlaws, Glenda Collins, Heinz, Screaming Lord Sutch, Neil Christian, Rhett Forrester

- Великобритания, hard rock, heavy metal, blues rock, progressive rock, folk rock (14.04.1945)

Ключевые треки: Smoke on the Water, Highway Star, Speed King

49 (-) Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield)

- CША, blues, chicago blues, delta blues (04.04.1913 - 30.04.1983)

Ключевые треки: Rollin' Stone, Mannish Boy

48 (-) Jonny Greenwood (Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood) - Radiohead, London Contemporary Orchestra, Shye Ben Tzur

- Великобритания, alternative rock, electronica, art rock, experimental rock, classical (05.11.1971)

Ключевые треки: Creep, Paranoid Android, My Iron Lung

47 (-) Stephen Stills (Stephen Arthur Stills) - Au Go Go Singers, Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, The Stills-Young Band, Manassas, The Rides, Judy Collins

- CША, rock, folk rock, country rock, blues rock, latin (03.01.1945)

Ключевые треки: Bluebird, Carry On, Go Back Home

46 (54) Jerry Garcia (Jerome John Garcia) - Grateful Dead, Legion of Mary, Reconstruction, Jerry Garcia Band, Old & In the Way, Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Hart Valley Drifters, Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions, Merl Saunders, Garcia & Grisman, Rainforest Band, Muruga Booker

- США, psychedelic rock, blues rock, folk rock, country rock, jam rock, bluegrass, roots rock (1.08.1942 - 9.08.1995)

Ключевые треки: Dark Star, Sugaree, Casey Jones

45 (-) Link Wray (Fred Lincoln Wray, Jr.) - Robert Gordon

- США, rock and roll, rockabilly, instrumental rock, surf rock (02.05.1929 - 05.11.2005)

Ключевые треки: Rumble, Jack the Ripper, Raw-Hide

44 (96) Mark Knopfler (Mark Freuder Knopfler) - Dire Straits

- Великобритания, blues rock, roots rock (12.08.1949)

Ключевые треки: Sultans of Swing, Romeo and Juliet

43 (-) Hubert Sumlin (Hubert Charles Sumlin) - Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters - США, chicago blues, electric blues (16.11.1931 - 04.12.2011)

Ключевые треки: Smokestack Lightning, Spoonful, Killing Floor

42 (-) Mike Bloomfield (Michael Bernard Bloomfield) - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Bob Dylan, The Electric Flag, Al Kooper, Nick Gravenites, Dr. John, John P. Hammond

- США, blues, blues rock, chicago blues, psychedelic rock (28.07.1943 - 15.02.1981)

Ключевые треки: East-West, Like a Rolling Stone, Groovin' Is Easy

41 (-) Mick Ronson (Michael Ronson, Ronno) - David Bowie, The Spiders From Mars, Sparks, Michael Chapman, Ian Hunter, Joe Elliott, Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, Rolling Thunder Revue, Morrissey, Mott the Hoople, Elton John, Van Morrison, John Mellencamp, One the Juggler, Dalbello, The Pure Prairie League, The Wildhearts

- Великобритания, rock, glam rock (26.05.1946 - 29.04.1993)

Ключевые треки: The Width of a Circle, Suffragette City

40 (57) Tom Morello (Thomas Baptiste Morello / The Nightwatchman) - Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, Lock Up, The Nightwatchman, Prophets of Rage, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Street Sweeper Social Club, Axis of Justice, Class of '99

- США, alternative metal, funk metal, heavy metal, rap metal, nu metal, hardcore punk (30.05.1964)

Ключевые треки: Guerrilla Radio, Killing in the Name

39 (-) Steve Cropper (Steven Lee Cropper) - Booker T. & the M.G.'s, the Mar-Ключевыеs, the Blues Brothers, Otis Redding, the Jeff Beck Group, Sam & Dave, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Carla Thomas, Tower of Power, Wilson Pickett, Eddie Floyd, Ambergris, Albert King

- США, R&B, soul, funk, electric blues, blues (21.10.1941)

Ключевые треки: (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay, Green Onions, Soul Man

38 (-) The Edge (David Howell Evans) - U2, Passengers, Bono

- Ирландия, rock, post-punk, alternative rock (08.08.1961)

Ключевые треки: I Will Follow, Pride (In the Name of Love), The Fly

37 (-) Mick Taylor (Michael Kevin Taylor, Little Mick) - John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, The Rolling Stones, The Jack Bruce Band, Carla Olson, The Gods, Mike Oldfield, Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings

- Великобритания, rock, blues (17.01.1949)

Ключевые треки: Can't You Hear Me Knocking, All Down the Line

36 (11) Randy Rhoads - Ozzy Osbourne, Quiet Riot

- США, heavy metal, hard rock, neoclassical metal (6.12.1956 - 19.03.1982)

Ключевые треки: Crazy Train, Mr. Crowley, Diary of a Madman

35 (60) John Lee Hooker

- США, blues (22.08.1912? 1917? - 21.06.2001)

Ключевые треки: Boogie Chillen, BoomBoom, I'm in the Mood

34 (-) Curtis Mayfield (Curtis Lee Mayfield) - The Impressions, Jerry Butler

- США, soul, chicago soul, funk, R&B, psychedelic soul, gospel music (03.06.1942 - 26.12.1999)

Ключевые треки: Gypsy Woman, Move On Up, Freddie's Dead

33 (-) Prince (Prince Rogers Nelson) - 94 East, The Time, Vanity 6, Apollonia 6, The Revolution, The Family, Wendy & Lisa, Mazarati, Sheena Easton, Sheila E., Madhouse, The New Power Generation, Chaka Khan, 3rdeyegirl

- США, minneapolis sound, funk, R&B, rock, pop, soul (07.06.1958 - 21.04.2016)

Ключевые треки: Purple Rain, Kiss, When Doves Cry

32 (29) Billy Gibbons (William Frederick Gibbons) - ZZ Top, Moving Sidewalks, Jimi Hendrix, Brooks & Dunn, Roky Erickson, Nickelback, Queens of the Stone Age, DJ Screw, Screwed-up Click, Buddy Guy, Slash, Supersonic Blues Machine

- США, hard rock, boogie rock, blues rock, blues (16.12.1949)

Ключевые треки: Jesus Left Chicago, La Grange

31 (-) Ry Cooder (Ryland Peter Cooder) - Taj Mahal, Little Feat, Lowell George, Captain Beefheart, Buena Vista Social Club, Ali Farka Toure, The Rolling Stones, Carla Olson

- США, americana, roots rock, folk, blues, Tex-Mex, country, gospel, world music (15.03.1947)

Ключевые треки: Memo From Turner, Boomer's Story

30 (-) Elmore James (Elmore Brooks)

- США, blues (27.01.1918 - 24.05.1963)

Ключевые треки: Dust My Broom, The Sky Is Crying

29 (-) Scotty Moore (Winfield Scott Moore III) - Elvis Presley, The Blue Moon Boys, Ricky Nelson, Roy Orbison, Ten Years After, The Scotty Moore Trio

- США, rock and roll, rockabilly (27.12.1931 - 28.06.2016)

Ключевые треки: That's All Right, Mystery Train, Heartbreak Hotel

28 (-) Johnny Ramone (John William Cummings) - Ramones

- США, punk rock (08.10.1948 - 15.09.2004)

Ключевые треки: Blitzkrieg Bop, Judy Is a Punk, Rockaway Beach

27 (-) Bo Diddley (Ellas Otha Bates, Ellas McDaniel, The Originator)

- США, rhythm and blues, rock and roll (30.12.1928 - 02.06.2008)

Ключевые треки: Bo Diddley, Road Runner, Who Do You Love?

26 (2) Brian May (Brian Harold May) - Smile, Queen, Queen + Paul Rodgers, Robbie Williams, Queen + Adam Lambert, Kerry Ellis

- Великобритания, rock (19.07.1947)

Ключевые треки: Keep Yourself Alive, Brighton Rock

25 (7) Tony Iommy (Anthony Frank Iommi) - Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell, Jethro Tull, Mythology

- Великобритания, heavy metal, doom metal, hard rock, blues rock (19.02.1948)

Ключевые треки: Iron Man, Sabbra Cadabra, Children of the Grave

24 (21) Angus Young (Angus McKinnon Young) - AC/DC, Marcus Hook Roll Band

- Австралия / Шотландия, hard rock, blues rock, rock and roll (31.03.1955)

Ключевые треки: Highway to Hell, Bad Boy Boogie

23 (24) Buddy Guy (George Guy) - Junior Wells, Phil Guy, Memphis Slim, Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Boyd, Muddy Waters, Big Mama Thornton, Howlin' Wolf, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Ike Turner, Willie Dixon, Otis Spann, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Colin James, Christone Ingram, John Mayer, Otis Rush, Jonny Lang, Quinn Sullivan, Marty Sammon, Darren Thiboutot Jr., The Damn Right Blues Band, Tom Hambridge

- США, chicago blues, blues, electric blues, blues rock (30.07.1936)

Ключевые треки: Stone Crazy, First Time I Met the Blues

22 (27) Frank Zappa (Frank Vincent Zappa) - The Mothers of Invention, Captain Beefheart

- США, rock, blues, experimental, jazz, classical, pop, avant-garde, doo-wop (21.12.1940 - 4.12.1993)

Ключевые треки: Willie the Pimp, In-a-Gadda-Stravinsky

21(30) Chet Atkins (Chester Burton Atkins) - The Country All-Stars, Arthur Fiedler, Les Paul, Jerry Reed, Hank Snow, Merle Travis, The Carter Sisters, Mark Knopfler - США, сountry, country rock, rock, folk, rockabilly (20.06.1924 - 30.06.2001)

Ключевые треки: Your Cheatin' Heart, Wake Up Little Susie

20 (42) Carlos Santana - Santana, Los Lonely Boys, John McLaughlin, Maná, Herbie Hancock

- Мексика / США, latin rock, blues rock, jazz fusion (20.07.1947)

Ключевые треки: Black Magic Woman, Oye Como Va, Soul Sacrifice

19 (-) James Burton - TCB Band, Elvis Presley, Ricky Nelson, Emmylou Harris, John Denver, The Strangers

- США, rock and roll, rockabilly, country, country rock (21.08.1939)

Ключевые треки: Hello Mary Lou,Susie Q, Believe What You Say

18 (14) Les Paul (Lester William Polsfuss) - Mary Ford

- США, jazz, country, blues, rock and roll, acoustic music (9.06.1915 - 12.08.2009)

Ключевые треки: How High the Moon, Vaya Con Dios, Tiger Rag

17 (88) Neil Young (Neil Percival Young) - Neil Young and Crazy Horse

- Канада, rock, hard rock (12.11.1945)

Ключевые треки: Down by the River, Mr. Soul

16 (98) Derek Trucks - The Allman Brothers Band

- США, blues rock (8.06.1979)

Ключевые треки: Joyful Noise, Whipping Post (One Way Out version)

15 (-) Freddie King

- США, blues (03.09.1934 - 28.12.1976)

Ключевые треки: Hide Away, Have You Ever Loved a Woman, The Stumble

14 (13) David Gilmour (David Jon Gilmour) - Pink Floyd, Jokers Wild, Syd Barrett, Kate Bush, The Strat Pack, the Orb, Paul McCartney, Roy Harper

- Великобритания, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, art rock, ambient, blues rock (6.03.1946)

Ключевые треки: Comfortably Numb, Shine on You Crazy Diamond

13 (94) Albert King (Albert Nelson) - B.B. King

- США, soul blues (25.04.1923 - 21.12.1992)

Ключевые треки: Born Under a Bad Sign, As the Years Go Passing By

12 (8) Steve Ray Vaughan (Stephen Ray Vaughan) - Double Trouble, The Vaughan Brothers, Lonnie Mack, Doyle Bramhall, David Bowie

- США, blues, blues rock, electric blues, texas blues (3.10.1954 - 27.08.1990)

Ключевые треки: Love Struck Baby, Cold Shot, Look at Little Sister

11 (25) George Harrison - The Quarrymen, The Beatles, Radha Krishna Temple, Plastic Ono Band, Ravi Shankar, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Traveling Wilburys, Eric Clapton

- Великобритания, rock, pop, indian classical (25.02.1943 - 29.11.2001)

Ключевые треки: I Saw Her Standing There, Something

10 (65) Pete Townshend (Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend) - The Who, Deep End, Ronnie Lane, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Thunderclap Newman

- США, art rock, hard rock, power pop, jazz (19.05.1945)

Ключевые треки: My Generation, I Can See for Miles, Summertime Blues

9 (15) Duane Allman (Howard Duane Allman / Skydog) - the Allman Brothers Band, The Hour Glass, Wilson Pickett, Johnny Jenkins, Derek and the Dominos, Aretha Franklin, Herbie Mann, Gregg Allman, the Allman Joys, Boz Scaggs, Delaney & Bonnie, Eric Clapton

- США, southern rock, blues, blues rock, jam, soul, country rock, jazz (20.11.1946 - 29.10.1971)

Ключевые треки: Statesboro Blues, Whipping Post, Blue Sky

8 (1) Eddie Van Halen (Edward Lodewijk van Halen) - Van Halen, Michael Jackson, Sammy Hagar, Brian May, LL Cool J

- Нидерланды, hard rock, heavy metal (26.01.1955)

Ключевые треки: Eruption, Ain’t Talking ‘Bout Love, Hot for Teacher

7 (44) Chuck Berry (Charles Edward Anderson Berry) - Johnnie Johnson, T-Bone Walker, Muddy Waters

- США, rock'n'roll (18.10.1926 - 18.03.2017)

Ключевые треки: Johnny B. Goode, Maybellene, Roll Over Beethoven

6 (55) B.B. King (Riley B. King)

- США, electric blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, soul, gospel (16.09.1925 - 14.05.2015)

Ключевые треки: 3 O’Clock Blues, The Thrill Is Gone, Sweet Little Angel

5 (39) Jeff Beck (Geoffrey Arnold Beck) - The Yardbirds; the Jeff Beck Group; Beck, Bogert & Appice; Rod Stewart; Roger Waters; Tal Wilkenfeld

- Великобритания, blues rock, psychedelic rock, instrumental rock, jazz fusion, hard rock, electronica, progressive rock (24.06.1944)

Ключевые треки: Beck’s Bolero, Freeway Jam, A Day in the Life, I Ain’t Superstitious, Heart Full of Soul

4 (40) Keith Richards - The Rolling Stones

- Великобритания, rock, blues, blues rock, rock and roll, rhythm and blues (18.12.1943)

Ключевые треки: (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, Gimme Shelter

3 (6) Jimmy Page (James Patrick Page) - All-Stars, Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages, The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, The Firm, Coverdale•Page, Page and Plant, The Black Crowes

- Великобритания, rock, blues, folk, hard rock, heavy metal (9.01.44)

Ключевые треки: Dazed and Confused, Heartbreaker, Kashmir

2 (28) Eric Clapton (Eric Patrick Clapton) - The Yardbirds, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Cream, George Harrison, Plastic Ono Band, Blind Faith, Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, Derek and the Dominos, J. J. Cale, B.B. King

- Великобритания, rock, blues (30.03.1945)

Ключевые треки: Bell Bottom Blues, Crossroads, White Room

1 (4) Jimi Hendrix (Johnny Allen Hendrix) - Curtis Knight and the Squires, Jimmy James and the Blue Flames, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Band of Gypsys

- США, rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock, blues (27.11.1942 - 18.09.1970)

Ключевые треки: Purple Haze, Foxy Lady, The Star-Spangled Banner, Hey Joe

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Trey Anastasio, Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys), Brian Bell (Weezer), Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple), Carl Broemel (My Morning Jacket), James Burton, Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains), Gary Clark Jr., Billy Corgan, Steve Cropper, Dave Davies (The Kinks), Anthony DeCurtis (редактор-составитель, Rolling Stone), Tom DeLonge (Blink-182), Rick Derringer, Luther Dickinson (North Mississippi Allstars), Elliot Easton (The Cars), Melissa Etheridge, Don Felder (The Eagles), David Fricke (писатель, Rolling Stone), Peter Guralnick (автор), Kirk Hammett (Metallica), Albert Hammond Jr. (The Strokes), Warren Haynes (The Allman Brothers Band), Brian Hiatt (писатель, Rolling Stone), David Hidalgo (Los Lobos), Jim James (My Morning Jacket), Lenny Kravitz, Robby Krieger (The Doors), Jon Landau (управляющий), Alex Lifeson (Rush), Nils Lofgren (The E Street Band), Mick Mars (Mötley Crüe), Doug Martsch (Built to Spill), J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.), Brian May, Mike McCready (Pearl Jam), Roger McGuinn (The Byrds), Scotty Moore, Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), Tom Morello, Dave Mustaine (Megadeth), Brendan O’Brien (продюсер), Joe Perry, Vernon Reid (Living Colour), Robbie Robertson, Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes), Carlos Santana, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Marnie Stern, Stephen Stills, Andy Summers, Mick Taylor, Susan Tedeschi, Vieux Farka Touré, Derek Trucks, Eddie Van Halen, Joe Walsh, Nancy Wilson (Heart)

Cоставители: David Browne, Patrick Doyle, David Fricke, Will Hermes, Brian Hiatt, Alan Light, Rob Tannenbaum, Douglas Wolk