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Alex Lifeson makes San Francisco Chronicle's list of the greatest rock/blues guitarists of all time

Tue, Jan 10, 2012@10:59AM | comments removed/disabled

[Today's Special: Greatest rock/blues guitarists of all time]

San Francisco Chronicle pop culture critic Peter Hartlaub posted his list of the greatest rock and blues guitarists of all time today as a sort of rebuke of Rolling Stone's recently published list of their 100 Greatest Guitarists of all time:

I enjoyed reading the last month's Rolling Stone magazine list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of all time. Yes, I was completely outraged by some of the rankings. Rush's Alex Lifeson behind Andy Summers and Joni Mitchell? James Hetfield but no Kirk Hammett? Muddy Waters at No. 49?!? Joe Satriani doesn’t make the list at all?!?!? ...

Alex faired much better on Hartlaub's list, coming in at #9 rather than the #98 ranking given him by Rolling Stone:

9. ALEX LIFESON (RS: 98) The least well-known member of Rush is indispensable to the band's success. His versatility and technical excellence are unrivaled in the genre -- and at age 58 he's still pushing forward.

Thanks to Power Windows for the heads up.

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