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Rolling Stone 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time

Can you name the 250 greatest guitarists according to Rolling Stone?
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Number
Songs
Answer
1
Purple Haze, Voodoo Child
Jimi Hendrix
2
Johnny B. Goode, Maybelline
Chuck Berry
3
Kashmir, Stairway to Heaven
Jimmy Page
4
Hot for Teacher, Panama
Eddie Van Halen
5
Freeway Jam, I Ain't Superstitious
Jeff Beck
6
Strange Things Happening Every Day
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
7
Le Freak, Good Times
Nile Rodgers
8
Sweet Sixteen, The Thrill Is Gone
B.B. King
9
For The Roses, Coyote
Joni Mitchell
10
You Don't Love Me, Whipping Post
Duane Allman
11
Oye Como Va, Black Magic Woman
Carlos Santana
12
Let Yourself Go, Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
Jimmy Nolen
13
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Symptom of the Universe
Tony Iommi
14
Purple Rain, When Doves Cry
Prince
15
Gimme Shelter, (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Keith Richards
16
Ramblin' on My Mind, Traveling Riverside Blues
Robert Johnson
17
Wildwood Flower, Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow
Mother Maybelle Carter
18
Killing in the Name, Guerrilla Radio
Tom Morello
19
Hide Away, The Stumble
Freddy King
20
Love Struck Baby, Cold Shot
Stevie Ray Vaughan
21
Crazy Train, Mr. Crowley
Randy Rhoads
22
Born Under a Bad Sign, As the Years Go Passing By
Albert King
23
One, Fade to Black
James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett
24
Susie Q, Hello Mary Lou
James Burton
25
Dani California, Under The Bridge
John Frusciante
26
Rattlesnake, Cruel
St. Vincent
27
Stone Crazy, First Time I Met The Blues
Buddy Guy
28
Comfortably Numb, Shine on You Crazy Diamond
David Gilmour
29
Maggot Brain, Funky Dollar Brain
Eddie Hazel
30
Rockin' in the Free World, Cowgirl in the Sand
Neil Young
31
Something, Let It Be
George Harrison
32
Seven Nation Army, Ball and Biscuit
Jack White
33
Brighton Rock, Killer Queen
Brian May
34
Dark Star, Morning Dew
Jerry Garcia
35
Tears in Heaven, Bell Bottom Blues
Eric Clapton
36
Freight Train, Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
Elizabeth Cotten
37
My Generation, Substitute
Pete Townshend
38
Back in Black, Whole Lotta Rosie
Angus Young and Malcolm Young
39
Your Cheatin' Heart, Wake Up Little Susie
Chet Atkins
40
Poor Boy, The Yellow Princess
John Fahey
41
Bo Diddley, Road Runner
Bo Diddley
42
Pride, Cult of Personality
Vernon Reid
43
Creep, Paranoid Android
Johnny Greenwood and Ed O'Brien
44
Blitzkrieg Bop, Judy Is a Punk
Johnny Ramone
45
Soul Man, Green Onions
Steve Cropper
46
Willie the Pimp, In-a-Gadda-Stravinsky
Frank Zappa
47
Sunday Bloody Sunday, Where the Streets Have No Name
The Edge
48
Gypsy Woman, Move on Up
Curtis Mayfield
49
Missed, Autumn Key
PJ Harvey
50
Dust My Broom, The Sky Is Crying
Elmore James
51
Marquee Moon, Little Johnny Jewel
Tom Verlaine
52
Boom Boom, Boogie Chillen'
John Lee Hooker
53
Stash, Fluffhead
Trey Anastasio
54
Runaway, Something to Talk About
Bonnie Raitt
55
Can't You Hear Me Knocking, All Down the Line
Mick Taylor
56
This Charming Man, How Soon Is Now?
Johnny Marr
57
Silver Rocket, The Diamond Sea
Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo
58
2112, The Spirit of Radio
Alex Lifeson
59
21st Century Schizoid Man, Heroes
Robert Fripp
60
That's All Right, Mystery Train
Scotty Moore
61
Gravity, In Your Atmosphere
John Mayer
62
Albatross, Rattlesnake Shake
Peter Green
63
Shoot Out the Lights, 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
Richard Thompson
Number
Songs
Answer
64
Call The Doctor, Get Up
Carrie Brownstein
65
T-Bone Shuffle, Mean Old World
T-Bone Walker
66
Boomer's Story, Memo From Turner
Ry Cooder
67
Soon, Only Shallow
Kevin Shields
68
How High the Moon, Tiger Rag
Les Paul
69
The Shape I'm In, Like A Rolling Stone
Robbie Robertson
70
Django's Tiger, Djangology
Django Reinhardt
71
Ngungi, Mario
Franco Luambo
72
Right Off, The Noonward Race
John McLaughlin
73
Spoonful, Smokestack Lightning
Hubert Sumlin
74
Feel The Pain, Little Fury Pain
J Mascis
75
Highway Star, Smoke on the Water
Ritchie Blackmore
76
Cherry Bomb, Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)
Joan Jett
77
Whiskey River, Night Life
Willie Nelson
78
Solo Fight, Gone With That Wind
Charlie Christian
79
That Lady, Voyage to Atlantis
Ernie Isley
80
Joyful Noise, Whipping Post
Derek Trucks
81
Black Water Side, The Waggoner's Lad
Bert Jansch
82
Four on Six, Willow Weep for Me
Wes Montgomery
83
Hallowed Be Thy Name, Aces High
Adrian Smith / Dave Murray
84
Rollin' Stone, Mannish Boy
Muddy Waters
85
Josie, Rio Samba
Larry Carlton
86
Yesternow, Many Mansions
Sonny Sharrock
87
Human Fly, Goo Goo Muck
Poison Ivy
88
Smells Like Teen Spirit, Scentless Apprentice
Kurt Cobain
89
Heroin, Sister Ray
Lou Reed
90
Afrique Victime, Tarhatazed
Mdou Moctar
91
Try Jah Love, 1865 (96 Degrees in the Shade)
Cat Coore
92
Huge, Just Abandoned Myself
Wata
93
Cissy Strut, Just Kissed My Baby
Leo Nocentelli
94
Surfing With the Alien, Summer Song
Joe Satriani
95
Pat's Trick, Glass Tambourine
Mary Timony
96
Sultans of Swing, Romeo and Juliet
Mark Knopfler
97
Gold Soundz, Night Society
Stephen Malkmus
98
Rumble, Jack the Ripper
Link Wray
99
Cafo, Tooth and Claw
Tosin Abasi
100
Angel of Death, Raining Blood
Kerry King
101
Up Around the Bend, Ramble Tamble
John Fogerty
102
Jesus Left Chicago, La Grange
Billy Gibbons
103
Crazy on You, Mistral Wind
Nancy Wilson
104
Heygana, Safari
Ali Farka Touré
105
Sweet Child O' Mine, Welcome to the Jungle
Slash
106
Radio Free Europe, The One I Love
Peter Buck
107
Time Between, Chestnut Mare
Clarence White
108
Cannonball Rag, Nine Pound Hammer
Merle Travis
109
The Width of a Circle, Suffragette City
Mick Ronson
110
Rhiannon, Go Your Own Way
Lindsey Buckingham
111
Not for Sale, Yeah Right
Kelley Johnson
112
The Friend Catcher, Junkyard
Rowland S. Howard
113
Free Bird, Simple Man
Allen Collins / Gary Rossington
114
Girlfriend, Blank Generation
Robert Quine
115
You Satellite, Confection
Nels Cline
116
Only Loved at Night, No One's Little Girl
Ana da Silva
117
Frosty, Sno-Cone Part 1
Albert Collins
118
The Great Curve, Elephant Talk
Adrian Belew
119
Slide, Deathwish
Donita Sparks
120
Soulshine, Blind Man in the Dark
Warren Haynes
121
Misirlou, The Peter Gunn Theme
Dick Dale
122
Sunny Ti De, 365 Is My Number / The Message
King Sunny Ade
123
Starship Trooper, Close to the Edge
Steve Howe
124
Even Flow, Animal
Mike McCready / Stone Gossard
125
Typical Girls, So Tough
Viv Albertine
126
Black Hole Sun, Gun
Kim Thayil
Number
Songs
Answer
127
For the Love of God, Yankee Rose
Steve Vai
128
Kids Don't Follow, I Hate Music
Bob Stinson
129
Halo of Flies, The Wolf You Feed
Nita Strauss
130
The Bomber, Funk #49
Joe Walsh
131
Floods, Cemetary Gates
Dimebag Darrell
132
Share a Little, Beggars Day
Nils Lofgren
133
Smoking Gun, This Man
Robert Cray
134
Real World, Celebrated Summer
Bob Mould
135
Mr. Tambourine Man, Eight Miles High
Roger McGuinn
136
Mama Kin, Walk This Way
Joe Perry
137
Strange Loop, Shane
Liz Phair
138
Love and Happiness, Take Me to the River
Teenie Hodges
139
It Hurt So Bad, Midnight in Harlem
Susan Tedeschi
140
Bluebird, Carry On
Stephen Stills
141
Bleed, Demiurge
Fredrik Thordendal
142
Undo, Chega de Saudade/No More Blues
João Gilberto
143
Blue Line Swinger, I Heard You Looking
Ira Kaplan
144
Hit or Miss, Take This Hammer
Odetta
145
In Memory of Elizabeth Reed, Jessica
Dickey Betts
146
East-West, Like a Rolling Stone
Mike Bloomfield
147
When the Levee Breaks, Me and My Chauffeur Blues
Memphis Minnie
148
Rocket 88, It's Gonna Work Out Fine
Ike Turner
149
TV Eye, I Wanna Be Your Dog
Ron Asheton
150
It All Means Nothing, I'll Make You Sorry
Marissa Paternoster
151
Moja, Smokestack Lightning
Pete Cosey
152
Both Hands, Gravel
Ani DiFranco
153
Homework, Double Trouble
Otis Rush
154
Live to Tell, Pipeline
Bill Frisell
155
Nero, Falkor
Yvette Young
156
Blue Suede Shoes, Glad All Over
Carl Perkins
157
And I Love Her, Bright Size Life
Pat Metheny
158
Born to Lose, Jet Boy
Johnny Thunders
159
Help!, Day Tripper
John Lennon
160
No Aloha, Drivin' on 9
Kim and Kelley Deal
161
Bad, Playing God
Tim Henson
162
Asa Branca, Tristeza Em Mim
Rosinha de Valença
163
Let's Get It On, How Long (Betcha Got a Chick on the Side)
Wah Wah Watson
164
You Really Got Me, All Day and All of the Night
Dave Davies
165
The Man I Love, Né So
Rokia Traoré
166
I'm Yours and I'm Hers, Fast Life Rider
Johnny Winter
167
Search and Destroy, Raw Power
James Williamson
168
How You Love, Gold and Silver
John Cipollina
169
She-Wolf, Shame on You
Jessie Mae Hemphill
170
Amazona, Lagrima
Phil Manzanera
171
Little Man With a Gun in His Hand, Corona
D. Boon
172
Brass in Pocket, Stop Your Sobbing
Chrissie Hynde
173
Maybe I'm Amazed, Taxman
Paul McCartney
174
Way Out West, Hillbilly Rock
Marty Stuart
175
Bullfrog Blues, Laundromat
Rory Gallagher
176
American Horror, Tiger Tank
Sadie Dupuis
177
Tamacún, Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
Rodrigo y Gabriela
178
Sick Bed Blues, Devil Got My Woman
Skip James
179
My Boy Lollipop, 54-46 Was My Number
Ernest Ranglin
180
Breakdown, You Got Lucky
Mike Campbell
181
You Just Can't Win, Everything I Want
Larissa Strickland
182
Cassandra, Rat Race
Earl 'Chinna' Smith
183
Wayfaring Pilgrim, The Messiah Will Come Again
Roy Buchanan
184
Ida Red, Twin Guitar Special
Eldon Shamblin
185
Aztec, Wiggle Wobble
Peggy Jones
186
Razamatazz, Hold the Line
Steve Lukather
187
Jockey Full of Bourbon, Aurora En Pekin
Marc Ribot
188
Shea Stadium, Vibrational Match
Marnie Stern
Number
Songs
Answer
189
We Die Young, No Excuses
Jerry Cantrell
190
Little Wail, What'd I Say
Lightnin' Hopkins
191
Ask of You, Untitled (How Does It Feel)
Chalmers Edward 'Spanky' Alford
192
Black Widow, Lisa
Lita Ford
193
Running on Empty, Mercury Blues
David Lindley
194
The Boys Are Back in Town, Emerald
Brian Robertson / Scott Gorham
195
Damaged II, Revenge
Greg Ginn
196
The Frozen Man, Fire and Rain
James Taylor
197
Midnight Express, Kiss It Better
Nuno Bettencourt
198
Guitar Man, Amos Moses
Jerry Reed
199
Azamane Tiliade, Tenere (The Desert, My Home)
Bombino
200
Midnight Heat, Outside of This Town
Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram
201
Cosmic Slop, One Nation Under a Groove
Garry 'Diaper Man' Shider
202
Liza Jane, Oklahoma Borderline
Vince Gill
203
Idle Moments, Jean De Fleur
Grant Green
204
007 (Shanty Town), Take It Easy
Lynn Taitt
205
Cliffs of Dover, Benny Man's Blues
Eric Johnson
206
Hey Nineteen, Killing Me Softly With His Song
Hugh McCracken
207
Like Rats, Silver
Justin Broadrick
208
Djanfa, Ce N'est Pas Bon
Amadou Bagayoko
209
This Land, Grinder
Gary Clark Jr
210
Playing With Pink Noise, Skimming the Fractured Surface to a Place of Endless Light
Kaki King
211
Y Control, Maps
Nick Zinner
212
Light My Fire, Here, There and Everywhere
José Feliciano
213
Night Shift, I Don't Wanna Be Funny Anymore
Lucy Dacus
214
A Shredded Coiled Cable Within This Cable Sincerity Could Not be Contained, Why in the Courtesy of the Prey Always Confused With the Courtesy of the Hunters Pt. 1
Keiji Haino
215
Pretty Pimpin, Wakin on a Pretty Day
Kurt Vile
216
Horizons, Firth of Fifth
Steve Hackett
217
Easy, Brick House
Thomas McClary
218
I Miss the Misery, The Steeple
Lzzy Hale
219
Victim of Changes, Breaking the Law
Glenn Tipton / K.K. Downing
220
Turning Green, Over Everything
Courtney Barnett
221
Theme from Captain Black, Timeless
James Blood Ulmer
222
Take the Journey, El Dorado
Molly Tuttle
223
Brownskin Girl, Jump in the Line
Joseph Spence
224
Cruisin, The Tracks of My Tears
Marv Tarplin
225
Looking at You, Poison
Fred 'Sonic' Smith / Wayne Kramer
226
The Clutch, Independence Day
El Kempner
227
Light Field (In Consonance), Velvets and Pearls
Glenn Branca
228
God Save the Queen, Pretty Vacant
Steve Jones
229
You'll Lose a Good Thing, I'll Suffer
Barbara Lynn
230
Canción Animal, La Excepción
Gustavo Cerati
231
One Dime Blues, Carolina Breakdown
Etta Baker
232
Billie Jean, Dirty Diana
David Williams
233
Hold On, Comfortable
H.E.R.
234
Philadelphia, Spellbound
John McGeoch
235
I Was an Eagle, Wild Fire
Laura Marling
236
When It's Over, Up Front
Greg Sage
237
Flight of the Bumblebee, Giant Steps (Rock Version)
Jennifer Batten
238
I Am a Tree, Mr. Child
Doug Gillard
239
Rebel Rouser, Peter Gunn
Duane Eddy
240
Love Thing, P.R.D.C.T
Erin Smith
241
Highway Don't Care, Blue Ain't Your Color
Keith Urban
242
Heat Wave, Pristine
Lindsey Jordan
243
Mr. November, Bloodbuzz Ohio
Aaron / Bryce Dessner
244
No Me Olvides, Bendita Nena
Edilio Paredes
245
Mississippi Queen, Nantucket Sleighride (To Owen Coffin)
Leslie West
246
Dazzling Blue, Kathy's Song
Paul Simon
247
52 Girls, Mesopotamia
Ricky Wilson
248
Riders on the Storm, Roadhouse Blues
Robby Krieger
249
History Repeats, Presence
Brittany Howard
250
Message in a Bottle, Every Breath You Take
Andy Summers
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