Yeah, I gotta say, Eddie VH live was awesome. He said in an interview how his influence was always Clapton, but his style was more like Jimmy Page, the "reckless abandon" thing. And while I like Neil Young, as far as guitar players, wouldn't even make the first 200. Actually, when I think of
annoying guitar, Neil Young is first, (for rockin in the free world, also known as Cat strangling) I like the guitar on heart of gold, but that's about it.
In
no particular order, Hendrix, Page, Clapton, Beck, Gilmour, Django, Robert Johnson, Angus Young, Eric Johnson, Gary Moore, Satriani, Vai,
Eddie Van Halen, George Harrison, Brian May, Tom Scholz, Tommy Shaw, Nugent, Link Wray, Brian Setzer, Eddie Cochran, Nuno Bettencourt, Slash, Ritchie Blackmore, Zappa, Tony Iommi, Roy Buchanan, Al Dimeola, SRV, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, Randy Rhodes, Pete Townsend, Robin Trower, Jeff Healey, George Thorogood, Joe Walsh, Carl Perkins, Jerry Garcia, Ritchie Kotzen, Peter Green, Joe Perry, George Lynch, Keith Richards, Paul Kossof, BB King, Freddie King, Vernon Reid, Eric Gales, GE Smith, Warren DeMartini, John McLaughlin, Billy Gibbons, Steve Clark, Buddy Holly, Scotty Moore, Ry Cooder, Chet Atkins, Les Paul, Sonny Landreth, Roy Clark, Vito Bratta, Yngwie, Paul Gilbert, Phil Collen, Ace Frehley, Rory Block, Steve Gaines, Gary Rossington, Charlie Christian, Duane Eddy, Chuck Berry, Robert Fripp, Andy Summers, Ritchie Sambora, Duane Allman, Dickie Betts, Zakk Wylde, Alvin Lee, Steve Stevens, Steve Cropper, Prince, Leslie West, Frampton, Jake E. Lee, Pat Travers, Jeff Watson, Mick Mars, Don Felder, John Fogerty, Lindsey Buckingham, Bo Diddley, Bonny Rait, Kirk Hammett, Mark Knopfler, Rick Derringer, Jeff Sykes, Uli Roth, Neil Giraldo, Robin Zander. I think that's
my first 100 off the top of my head, probably forgetting someone and probably mis-spelled some names, but oh, well! (Oh, and Elliot Easton.) :sam: