Keep in mind that this isn’t just a list of the best guitar players of all time but also of influential lead guitarists, meaning we favored rock and country musicians over solo blues or folk ...

Ian Anderson has already made prog rock history, but he had a healthy respect for the bluesy side of classic rock history.

“Hendrix started playing rhythm and blues in the 1950s and, at heart, he’s a blues guitar player. I mean, ‘Red House’? Come ...