My favourite guitarists

Here's a list of my favourite rock guitarists:

1. Jimi Hendrix
• Innovator, showman, prodigy
• Picks : Voodoo Child
2. John Frusciante - Red Hot Chili Peppers
3. David Gilmour - Pink Floyd
• Greatest feel player
• Picks : Mother, Echoes
4. John Mayer
5. Stevie Ray Vaughan
• Jimi Hendrix Jr
• Picks : Texas Flood
6. Jerry Garcia - Grateful Dead
• Master of the Jams
• Picks : Dark Star, Cryptical Envelopment
7. John Fogerty - Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Swamp rock's finest
• Picks : Susie Q
8. Carlos Santana
9. Jimmy Page - Led Zeppelin
• Recorded some of the finest solos. Somewhat sloppy live, but undeniably talented.
• Picks : Since I've Been Loving You, Heartbreaker
10. Eric Clapton - Cream
• Picks : White Room
11. Mark Knopfler - Dire Straits
12. Tom Morello - Rage Against the Machine
• Innovative use of guitar
13. Steve Vai
14. Tony Iommi - Black Sabbath
• Amazing riffs
15. Keith Richards - The Rolling Stones
• Picks : Sympathy For the Devil

My favourite albums

1. Ten - Pearl Jam
• Features my favourite lineup of songs : Even flow, Alive, Black, Jeremy, Oceans, Release.
2. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
• The album that defined the 70's. Forget stairway- every track here is worth listening to on repeat.
3. Deja Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
• Brings me back to the 60's. Aw hell, how would I know, huh? Features great harmonies, and masterful guitarwork.
4. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
• The title track is the sole reason I got into Pink Floyd. Combine that with Shine On You Crazy Diamond, and you have a masterpiece.
5. Are You Experienced - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
• Hendrix was a genius, but lets not underestimate Mitch Mitchell, who really shines in Fire and Manic Depression. This is the greatest debut album of all time.
6. Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
• Apart from instant classics (Voodoo Child and All Along the Watchtower), I love the extended jam session in 1983.. A merman I should be. All the tracks which feature the word "rain" are excellent.
7. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel
8. Legend - Bob Marley
9. Astral Weeks - Van Morrison
10. Axis: Bold As Love - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
11. The Doors - The Doors
12. Chronicle Vol 1 - Creedence Clearwater Revival
13. Jar of Flies - Alice in Chains
14. Fragile - Yes
15. At Filmore East - The Allman Brothers
16. Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest
17. Exodus - Bob Marley
18. Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers
19. Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull
20. L.A. Woman - The Doors
21. The White Album - The Beatles
22. Live/Dead - The Grateful Dead
23. Holy Diver - Dio
24. A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay
• My childhood favourites deserve a mention. "Clocks", "The Scientist", "God Put a Smile Upon Your Face" are brilliant songs.