My favorite rock guitarists and my favorite performances by them are.
Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child, Slight Return
Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) - Dazed & Confused
Eddie Van Halen - Eruption/You Really Got Me
David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) - Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts 1 & 2
Robert Fripp (King Crimson) - Fallen Angel
Jeff Beck - Freeway Jam
Brian May (Queen) - Killer Queen
Steve Howe (Yes) - The Gates of Delirium
Carlos Santana - Black Magic Woman
D. Boon (Minutemen) - The Glory Of Man
Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine) - Mic Check
Pete Townshend (The Who) - Baba O'Riley
Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath) - War Pigs
Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine) - Only Shallow
Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits) - Sultans Of Swing
Frank Zappa - Willie The Pimp
Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead) - Paranoid Android
Eddie Hazel (Funkadelic) - Maggot Brain
Robbie Kreiger (The Doors) - Light My Fire
Steve Hackett (Genesis) - Firth Of Fifth
John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Rivival) - Up Around The Bend
Tom Verlaine (Television) - Marquee Moon
Adam Jones (Tool) - Parabola
Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) - Dark Star
Johnny Marr (The Smiths) - I Want The One I Can't Have
Mick Ronson (David Bowie) - Hang on to Yourself
John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers) - Scar Tissue
George Harrison (The Beatles, duh) - Something
Martin Barre (Jethro Tull) - Aqualung
Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac) - The Chain
Angus Young (AC/DC) - Back In Black
The Edge (U2) - The Fly
Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) - Candle
Adrian Belew (King Crimson) - Elephant Talk
Slash (Guns N' Roses) - Welcome To The Jungle
Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane) - Spare Chaynge
Dickey Betts (Allman Brothers Band) - Ramblin Man
Randy Rhoads (Ozzy Osbourne) - Crazy Train
Trey Anastasio (Phish) - You Enjoy Myself
Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins) - Cherub Rock
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