Music
Tuesday, 26 August 2003
Poll names Hendrix as top guitarist
Jimi Hendrix was the greatest guitarist of all time according to a survey compiled by Rolling Stone Magazine.
In the list of the 100 great guitarists Hendrix received a glowing tribute from Who guitarist Pete Townshend who wrote that he 'made the electric guitar beautiful.'
Duane Allman took second place, hailed by the magazine for transforming 'the poetry of jamming' with the Allman Brothers Band.
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B.B. King, who turns 78 next month, came in at No. 3 and Eric Clapton landed at No. 4 followed by Delta bluesman Robert Johnson.
Chuck Berry, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Ry Cooder, Jimmy Page and Keith Richards also made it into the top 10.
