100 GREATEST GUITARISTS. #30-21. More: tomorrow.

 

The best among them seem to make their axe speak, howl and weep. Decades since the guitar first blasted out its primal sound, it remains the archetypal instrument for rock music.

Caffè Lattè pays tribute to history’s most thrilling, influential and proficient masters of the guitar.

 

THE ALL-TIME

GREATEST

GUITARISTS

 

	30 ROBERT JOHNSON Exemplary Recording: Cross Road Blues
	29 JOE WALSH Exemplary Recording: Life In The Fast Lane [Eagles; solo]
	28 MICK RONSON Exemplary Recording: Suffragette City [David Bowie]
	27 DAVID GILMOUR Exemplary Recording: Comfortably Numb [Pink Floyd]
	26 JOHN LEE HOOKER Exemplary Recording: Boom Boom
	25 MARK KNOPFLER Exemplary Recording: Sultans Of Swing [Dire Straits; solo]
	24 SLASH Exemplary Recording: Sweet Child O’Mine [Guns N’ Roses]
	23 MALCOLM YOUNG Exemplary Recording: Back In Black [AC/DC]
	22 RITCHIE BLACKMORE Exemplary Recording: Smoke On The Water                                         [Deep Purple; Rainbow]
	21 MUDDY WATERS Exemplary Recording: Got My Mojo Working

 

THE TIME CAPSULE: NEED YOU TONIGHT.  More retro tomorrow.

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NEED YOU TONIGHT

INXS

    1987     

U.K. - #2; U.S.A. - #1

 

Trivia:

"Need You Tonight" became the biggest chart hit for Australian group INXS on both sides of the Atlantic. The single peaked at #3 in Australia, where the band's only chart-topping single was "Original Sin".

 

Check out all the songs that have been featured in this daily segment on Spotify, including today’s retro track.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1fw40hqEA0Fgh4cq4yoXD0?si=BYCiWGK3QRim_FaIIkAIdg

 

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100 GREATEST GUITARISTS. #40-31. More: tomorrow.

 

The best among them seem to make their axe speak, howl and weep. Decades since the guitar first blasted out its primal sound, it remains the archetypal instrument for rock music.

Caffè Lattè pays tribute to history’s most thrilling, influential and proficient masters of the guitar.

 

THE ALL-TIME

GREATEST

GUITARISTS

 

	40 JOHNNY RAMONE Exemplary Recording: I Wanna Be Sedated [The Ramones]
	39 ELMORE JAMES Exemplary Recording: The Sky Is Crying
	38 ROGER McGUINN Exemplary Recording: Eight Miles High [The Byrds]
	37 STEVE CROPPER Exemplary Recording: Time Is Tight [Booker T & The M.G.'s]
	36 NEIL YOUNG Exemplary Recording: Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)
	35 CHET ATKINS Exemplary Recording: I’ll See You In My Dreams
	34 BUDDY GUY Exemplary Recording: Damn Right I’ve Got the Blues
	33 THE EDGE Exemplary Recording: Pride (In The Name Of Love) [U2]
	32 JOHNNY MARR Exemplary Recording: How Soon Is Now? [The Smiths]
	31 MICK TAYLOR Exemplary Recording: Moonlight Mile [John Mayall’s                                      Bluesbreakers; Rolling Stones]

 

THE TIME CAPSULE: AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH.  More retro tomorrow.

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AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH

Marvin Gaye &

Tammi Terrell

    1967     

U.S.A. - #19

 

Trivia:

While the duet "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" was the original hit version,it became an even bigger chart success in 1970. Written by couple Valerie Simpson and Nikolas Ashford, the Marvin Gaye & Tammni Terrell collaboration was covered 3 years later by Diana Ross. It became her first solo US #1 single.

 

Check out all the songs that have been featured in this daily segment on Spotify, including today’s retro track.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1fw40hqEA0Fgh4cq4yoXD0?si=BYCiWGK3QRim_FaIIkAIdg

 

spotify:playlist:1fw40hqEA0Fgh4cq4yoXD0