300 Greatest Rock Guitarists

Listed alphabetically. Plus a signature guitar song (when I could think of one).

AC/DC (Angus Young, Malcolm Young) – “Whole Lotta Rosie”
Aerosmith (Joe Perry, Brad Whitford) – “Dream On”
Jan Akkerman (Focus) – “Hocus Pocus”
Alter Bridge (Mark Tremonti, Myles Kennedy) – “Blackbird”
Michael Amott (Arch Enemy, Armageddon, Carcass, Carnage, Candlemass, Spiritual Beggars) – “Escaping The Fools”
Alice Cooper (Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce) – “Ballad Of Dwight Fry”
Duane Allman (Allman Brothers Band, Derek & The Dominos, sessions) – “Layla”
Allman Brothers Band (Dickey Betts, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks) – “Whipping Post” (live from At Fillmore East)
Trey Anastacio (Phish) – “Billy Breathes”
Animals As Leaders (Tosin Abasi, Javier Reyes) – “Cafo”
Jon Auer (The Posies) – “Flood Of Sunshine”
Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys) – “Weight Of Love”
Randy Bachmann (The Guess Who, BTO) – “Blue Collar”
Kurt Ballou (Converge) – “Jane Doe”
Martin Barre (Jethro Tull) – “Aqualung”
Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd) – “Interstellar Overdrive”
Jeff Beck (Yardbirds, Jeff Beck Group, solo) – “Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers”
Jason Becker (Cacophony, David Lee Roth, solo) – “Altitudes”
Adrian Belew (King Crimson, Talking Heads, David Bowie, solo) – “The Great Curve”
Matt Bellamy (Muse) – “Stockholm Syndrome”
Chuck Berry – “Johnny B. Goode”
Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme) – “Get The Funk Out”
Big Country (Stuart Adamson, Bruce Watson) – “The Crossing”
Big Star (Alex Chilton, Chris Bell) – “September Gurls”
Jonsi Birgisson (Sigur Ros) – “Svefn-g-englar”
The Black Crowes (Rich Robinson, Marc Ford, Audley Freed, Luthur Dickinson) – “Oh! Sweet Nothin‘“ (from Cabin Fever DVD)
Blackfoot (Rickey Medlocke, Charlie Hargrett) – “Highway Song”
Richie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow) – “Highway Star” (live from Made In Japan)
Michael Bloomfield (Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Electric Flag, Super Session, other projects) – “East West”
Tommy Bolin (Deep Purple, James Gang, Billy Cobham, solo) – “Wild Dogs” (long alternate version from The Ultimate Teaser)
Joe Bonamassa (solo, Black Country Communion) – “Django/Mountain Time” (live from Tour De Force: Live In London – Royal Albert Hall)
James Dean Bradfield (Manic Street Preachers) – “Archives Of Pain”
Vito Bratta (White Lion) – “Wait”
Carrie Brownstein (Sleater-Kinney) – “Let’s Call It Love”
Peter Buck (R.E.M.) – “7 Chinese Brothers”
Jeff Buckley – “What Will  You Say” (live from Mystery White Boy)
Roy Buchanan – “Home Is Where I Lost Her”
Buckethead (Guns n’ Roses, solo) – “Nottingham Lace”
Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac, solo) – “Never Going Back Again”
James Burton (Elvis Presley, Ricky Nelson, Gram Parsons, sessions) – “Hello Mary Lou” (Ricky Nelson)
Bernard Butler (Suede) – “Stay Together”
The Byrds (Roger McGuinn, Clarence White) – “Eight Miles High”
Toy Caldwell (The Marshall Tucker Band) – “24 Hours At A Time” (live from Where We All Belong)
J.J. Cale – “Magnolia”
Randy California (Spirit) – “I Got A Line On You”
Mike Campbell (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) – “Running Down A Dream”
Vivian Campbell (Dio) – “The Last In Line”
Jerry Cantrell (Alice In Chains) – “Nutshell”
Catherine Wheel (Rob Dickinson, Brian Futter) – “Broken Head”
Craig Chaquico (Jefferson Starship) – “Save Your Love”
The Church (Peter Koppes, Marty Wilson-Piper) – “Under The Milky Way”
Eric Clapton (Yardbirds, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Cream, Blind Faith, Delaney and Bonnie, Derek and The Dominos, solo) – “White Room”
“Fast” Eddie Clark (Motorhead, Fastway) – “Stone Dead Forever”
Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) – “Come As You Are”
Bruce Cockburn – “If I Had A Rocket Launcher”
Ry Cooder (solo, sessions) – “Lipstick Sunset” (John Hiatt)
Dennis Coffey (solo, Motown, sessions) – “Take A Stroll Thru Your Mind” (The Temptations)
Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins, Zwan) – “Starla”
Graham Coxon (Blur, solo) – “This Is A Low”
Steve Cropper (Booker T. and the MGs, too many soul sessions to mention) – “Green Onions”
Rivers Cuomo (Weezer) – “Only In Dreams”
The Cure (Robert Smith, Porl Thompson) – “The Kiss”
Dimebag Darrell (Pantera)- “Cemetery Gates”
Dick Dale – “Miserlou”
Dave Davies (The Kinks) – “Celluloid Heroes” (live from One From The Road)
Dean DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots) – “Silvergun Superman”
Warren DeMartini (Ratt) – “Round and Round”
Rick Derringer (solo, Derringer, Alice Cooper) – “Jump, Jump, Jump”
Buck Dharma (Blue Oyster Cult) – “Don’t Fear The Reaper”
Bo Diddley – “Bo Diddley”
The Doobie Brothers (Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmonds) – “Jesus Is Just Alright”
Nick Drake – “Cello Song”
Drive-By Truckers (Patterson Hood, Mike Cooley, Jason Isbell) – “Decoration Day”
John Du Cann (Atomic Rooster, Andromeda, Hard Stuff) – “Death Walks Behind You”
Billy Duffy (The Cult) – “Phoenix”
The Eagles (Joe Walsh, Don Felder, Bernie Leadon) – “Hotel California”
East Bay Ray (Dead Kennedys) – “Moon Over Marin”
The Edge (U2) – “Where The Streets Have No Name”
Elliot Easton (The Cars) – “Tonight She Comes”
Dave Edmunds (Love Sculpture, Rockpile, solo) – “In The Land Of The Few”
Rik Emmit (Triumph) – “Fight The Good Fight”
John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival) – “I Put A Spell On You”
Peter Frampton (The Herd, Humble Pie, solo) – “Do You Feel Like We Do” (live from Frampton Comes Alive)
Ace Frehley (KISS, Frehley’s Comet) – “Love Gun”
Robert Fripp (King Crimson, David Bowie, Brian Eno, The Roches, solo, sessions) – “St. Elmo’s Fire”
John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers) – “Wet Sand”
Fugazi (Guy Piccioto, Ian MacKaye) – “Epic Problem”
Ross “The Boss” Funicello (The Dictators, Manowar) – “No Tomorrow”
Noel Gallagher (Oasis) – “D’You Know What I Mean?”
Rory Gallagher – “Tattoo’d Lady” (live from Irish Tour ‘74)
Cliff Gallup (Gene Vincent)
Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) – “Dark Star” (live from Live/Dead)
Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) – “La Grange”
Paul Gilbert (Mr. Big, Racer X, solo) – “Scarified”
Andy Gill (Gang Of Four) – “Damaged Goods”
David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) – “Comfortably Numb”
Neil Giraldo (Pat Benatar) – “Promises In The Dark”
Guthrie Govan (The Aristocats, solo, Steven Wilson) – “Drive Home”
Adam Granduciel  (The War On Drugs) – “Under the Pressure” (live from LIVE DRUGS)
Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac) – “Rattlesname Shake” (live from Live At The Boston Tea Party)
Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead) – “Paranoid Android”
Adrian Gurvitz (Gun, Three Man Army, Baker Gurvitz Army) – “Race With The Devil”
Buddy Guy – “Baby Please Don’t Leave Me”
Steve Hackett (Genesis, solo) – “Firth of Fifth”
Ollie Halsall (Patto, Tempest, etc.) – “Everybody’s Sometime and Some People’s All The Time Blues” (Kevin Ayers)
Kai Hansen (Helloween, Gamma Ray) – “I Want Out”
George Harrison (The Beatles, solo) – “Something”
Eddie Hazel (Funkadelic) – “Maggot Brain”
Justin Hayward (The Moody Blues) – “The Story In Your Eyes”
Heart (Nancy Wilson, Roger Fisher) – “Crazy On You”
Jimi Hendrix – “Machine Gun” (live from Band Of Gypsies)
Steve Hillage – “I Never Glid Before” (Gong)
Tony Hicks (The Hollies) – “Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)”
David Hidalgo (Los Lobos) – “Just A Man”
Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) – “Goodbye Stranger”
Wolf Hoffman (Accept) – “Princess Of The Dawn”
Allan Holdsworth (Soft Machine, Gong, U.K., Bruford, solo, etc.) – “In The Dead Of Night”
Josh Homme (Kyuss, Queens Of The Stone Age) – “No One Knows”
Steve Howe (Yes) – “Starship Trooper”
Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath) – “Wheels Of Confusion/The Straightener”
Iron Maiden (Dave Murray, Adrian Smith, Janick Gers) – “Phantom Of The Opera”
Ernie Isley (Isley Brothers) – “Hope You Feel Better Love, Pts. 1 & 2”
Randy Jackson (Zebra) – “Take Your Fingers From My Hair”
Eric Johnson – “Cliffs Of Dover”
Davey Johnstone (Elton John) – “Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding”
Adam Jones (Tool) – “Forty Six & 2”
Mick Jones (The Clash) – “London Calling”
Steve Jones (The Sex Pistols) – “God Save The Queen”
Judas Priest (Glenn Tipton, K.K. Downing, Jason Faulkner) – “Beyond The Realms Of Death”
Ira Kaplan (Yo La Tengo) – “I Heard You Looking”
Terry Kath (Chicago) – “25 or 6 To 4”
Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna) – “Somebody To Love”
Phil Keaggy (Glass Harp, solo)
Danny Kirwan (Fleetwood Mac) – “My Dream”
Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits) – “Sultans Of Swing” (live from Alchemy)
Paul Kossoff (Free) – “All Right Now”
Robby Krieger (The Doors) – “Peace Frog”
Shawn Lane
Andy LaRoque (King Diamond) – “The Invisible Guests”
Andrew Latimer (Camel) – “Ice”
Peter Laughner (Rocket From The Tombs, Pere Ubu, solo) – “Final Solution”
Alvin Lee (Ten Years After) – “I’d Love To Change The World”
Alex Lifeson (Rush) – “Limelight”
David Lindley (Jackson Browne, solo, Kaliedoscope, sessions) – “Late For The Sky”
Kerry Livgren (Kansas) – “Carry On Wayward Son”
Nils Lofgren (Crazy Horse, Grin, Bruce Springsteen, solo) – “Youngstown” (live from Live in New York City)
Gary Louris (The Jayhawks) – “I’d Run Away”
Love (Johnny Echols, Arthur Lee, Jay Donnellan, Gary Rowles, Melvan Whittington) – “A House Is Not A Motel”
Steve Lukather (Toto, sessions) – “Running With The Night”
George Lynch (Dokken, Lynch Mob) – “Mr. Scary”

Lynyrd Skynyrd (Allen Collins, Gary Rossington, Ed King, Steve Gaines) – “Freebird”
Lonnie Mack – “Wham!”
Stephen Malkmus (Pavement, solo) – “Church On White”
Yngwie Malmsteen (Steeler, Alcatrazz, solo) – “Black Star”
Phil Manzanera (Roxy Music) – “All I Want Is You”
Frank Marino (Mahogany Rush)
Johnny Marr (The Smiths) – “How Soon Is Now?”
Mick Mars (Motley Crue) – “Home Sweet Home”
Mastodon (Brend Hinds, Bill Kelliher) – “Pendulous Skin”
Doug Martsch (Built To Spill) – “Carry The Zero”
John Martyn – “Small Hours”
Hank Marvin (The Shadows)
J. Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.) – “Kracked”
Brian May (Queen) – “Bohemian Rhapsody”
John Mayer – “Gravity” (live at the Nokia Theatre)
Nick McCabe (The Verve) – “Space and Time”
Jim McCarty (Mitch Ryder, Cactus) – “You Can’t Judge A Book By The Cover”
Mike McCready (Pearl Jam) – “Alive”
MC5 (Wayne Kramer, Fred “Sonic” Smith) – “Baby Won’t Ya”
John McGeoch (Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Public Image Ltd.) – “Shot By Both Sides”
Tony McPhee (The Groundhogs) – “Cherry Red”
Megadeth (Marty Friedman, Dave Mustaine, Chris Poland) – “Hangar 18”
Metallica (Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield) – “Fade To Black”
Molly Hatchet (Dave Hlubek, Steve Holland, Duane Roland) – “Fall Of The Peacemakers”
Gary Miller (aka Dr. Know from Bad Brains) – “She’s Calling You”
Joni Mitchell – “Coyote”
Kim Mitchell (Max Webster, solo)
Ronnie Montrose (Montrose, Edgar Winter Group, Van Morrison, Gamma) – “Rock Candy”
Gary Moore – (Skids, Colosseum II, Thin Lizzy, BBM, solo) – “Still Got The Blues”
Scotty Moore (Elvis Presley) – “Hound Dog”
Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave, Bruce Springsteen etc.) – “Bulls On Parade”
Steve Morse (Dixie Dregs, solo, Kansas, Deep Purple) – “Punk Sandwich”
Bob Mould (Husker Du, Sugar, solo) – “Helpless”
The Move (Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne) – “The Last Thing On My Mind”
My Morning Jacket (Jim James, Johnny Quaid, Carl Broemel) – “One Big Holiday”
Dave Navarro (Jane’s Addiction) – “Three Days”
Bill Nelson (Be Bop Deluxe) – “Crying To The Sky”
Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick) – “Ain’t That A Shame” (live from At Budokan)
Night Ranger (Brad Gillis, Jeff Watson) – “Don’t Tell Me You Love Me”
Ted Nugent – “Stranglehold”
Michael Oldfield – “Whatevershebringswesing” (Kevin Ayers)
Criss Oliva (Savatage) – “When The Crowds Are Gone”
Opeth (Michael Akerfeldt, Peter Lindgren) – “Burden”
Ozzy’s guitarists (Randy Rhoads, Jake E. Lee, Zakk Wylde) – “Mr. Crowley”
The Outlaws – “Green Grass and High Tides”
Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds, sessions) – “Stairway To Heaven”
David Pajo (Slint, Tortoise, Zwan, Papa M) – “Glass Museum”
Les Paul
John Petrucci (Dream Theater) – “Under A Glass Moon”
Pixies (Joey Santiago, Frank Black) – “Vamos”
Pretenders (James Honeyman-Scott, Robbie McIntosh) – “Kid”
Rod “The Bottle” Price (Foghat) – “Stone Blue”
Prince – “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” (live from Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame Ceremony)
Quicksilver Messenger Service (John Cippolina, Gary Duncan) – “Mona”
Robert Quine (Richard Hell & The Voidoids, Lou Reed, Matthew Sweet) – “Blank Generation”
Trevor Rabin (Yes, solo) – “I Can’t Look Away”
Bonnie Raitt – “Something To Talk About”
Mick Ralphs (Mott The Hoople, Bad Company) – “Feel Like Makin’ Love”
Johnny Ramone – “Blitzkrieg Bop”
Vernon Reid (Living Colour) – “Cult Of Personality”
Mark Rheale (Riot) – “Swords and Tequila”
Mark Ribot (Tom Waits, others) – “Hoist That Rag”
Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones) – “Sympathy For The Devil”
Gary Richrath (REO Speedwagon) – “Roll With The Changes”
Robbie Robertson (The Band, Bob Dylan, solo) – “Unfaithful Servant”
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (At The Drive-In, The Mars Volta) – “Drunkship Of Lanterns”
The Rolling Stones (Brian Jones, Ron Wood, and especially Mick Taylor) – “Sway”
Michael Romeo (Symphony X) – “Shades Of Grey”
Mick Ronson (David Bowie, Ian Hunter, solo) – “Moonage Daydream”
Steve Rothery (Marillion) – “Easter”
Todd Rundgren – “Bat Out Of Hell” (Meat Loaf)
Ritchie Sambora (Bon Jovi) – “Dry County”
Carlos Santana – “Europa (Earth’s Cry Heaven’s Mile)” (live from Moonflower)
Joe Satriani – “Satch Boogie”
Tom Scholz (Boston) – “Hitch A Ride”
Neal Schon (Santana, Journey) – “Who’s Crying Now”
Chuck Schuldiner (Death) – “Crystal Mountain”
The Scorpions (Uli Jon Roth, Rudolph Schenker, Matthias Jabs) – “Sails Of Charon”
Andy Scott (Sweet) – “Set Me Free”
Brian Setzer (The Stray Cats, Brian Setzer Orchestra) – “Stray Cat Strut”
Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine) – “Only Shallow”
Kim Simmonds (Savoy Brown) – “Hellbound Train”
Alex Skolnick (Testament) – “Return To Serenity”
Slash (Guns n’ Roses, Velvet Revolver, etc.) – “Sweet Child ‘O Mine”
Slayer – (Kerry King, Jeff Hanneman, Gary Holt) – “Seasons In The Abyss”
Elliott Smith – “Needle In The Hay”
Sonic Youth (Lee Renaldo, Thurston Moore) – “The Diamond Sea”
Bruce Springsteen – “Prove It All Night” (live in Passaic New Jersey 1978)
John Squire (The Stone Roses) – “Made Of Stone”
Steely Dan (Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, Elliott Randall, Larry Carlton, Walter Becker, Denny Dias, Rick Derringer, Dean Parks, Jay Graydon) – “My Old School”
Eric Stewart (10cc) – “Feel The Benefit”
Freddie Stone (Sly & The Family Stone)
The Stooges (Scott Asheton, James Williamson) – “Dirt”
The Strokes (Albert Hammond Jr.,  Nick Valensi) – “The Modern Age”
Stephen Stills (Buffalo Springfield, CSN, Manassas, solo, Super Session) – “Bluebird”
Styx (Tommy Shaw, James Young) – “Queen Of Spades”
Andy Summers (The Police) – “So Lonely”
Bernard Sumner (Joy Division, New Order) – “Disorder”
Ty Tabor (King’s X) – “It’s Love”
Brian Tatler (Diamond Head) – “Sucking My Love”
Television (Tom Verlaine, Richard Lloyd) – “Marquee Moon”
Kim Thayil (Soundgarden) – “Like Suicide”
Thin Lizzy (Eric Bell, Scott Gorham, Brian Robertson, Gary Moore, John Sykes) – “Emerald” (live from Live and Dangerous)
Richard Thompson (Fairport Convention, Richard and Linda Thompson, solo) – “Can’t Win” (live from Watching The Dark box set)
Johnny Thunders (New York Dolls, Heartbreakers, solo) – “Personality Crisis”
Glenn Tilbrook (Squeeze) – “Another Nail In My Heart”
Andy Timmons – “Cry For You”
Devin Townsend (Strapping Young Lad, solo) – “Deep Peace”
Pete Townshend (The Who) – “Naked Eye”
Traffic (Steve Winwood, Dave Mason) – “Dear Mr. Fantasy”
Robin Trower (Procol Harum, solo) – “Repent Walpurgis”
Derek Trucks (Allman Brothers Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band) – “Midnight In Harlem”
UFO (Michael Schenker, Paul Chapman) – “Rock Bottom” (live from Strangers In The Night)
Stevie Vai (Frank Zappa, Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth, Whitesnake, solo) – “For The Love Of God”
Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen) – “Eruption”
Stevie Ray Vaughn – “Life Without You” (live from Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985)
The Velvet Underground (Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison, Doug Yule) – “I Heard Her Call My Name”
Kurt Vile – “Wakin On A Pretty Day”
Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter (Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, The Frost, Ursa Major, sessions) – “Intro/Sweet Jane” (live from Rock ‘n’ Roll Animal)
Joe Walsh (The James Gang, solo) – “Rocky Mountain Way”
Dean Wareham (Galaxie 500, Luna) – “Fourth Of July”
Dean Ween (Mickey Melchiondo of Ween) – “Buckingham Green”
Leslie West (Mountain) – “Theme For An Imaginary Western”
Jack White (The White Stripes) – “Ball & Biscuit”
Lucinda Williams (Gurf Morlix, Doug Pettibone, Val McCallum) – “Blessed”
Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree, solo) – “Arriving Somewhere But Not Here”
Johnny Winter – “Fast Life Rider”
Wilco (Nels Cline, Jay Bennett, Jeff Tweedy) – “Impossible Germany”
Wishbone Ash (Andy Powell, Ted Turner, Laurie Wisefield) – “Sometime World”
Link Wray – “Rumble”
XTC (Dave Gregory, Andy Partridge) – “Books Are Burning”
Neil Young – “Like A Hurricane”
Frank Zappa – “Muffin Man”
Billy Zoom (X) – “The Have Nots”