The Hawk’s 25 Essential Guitar Players of Classic Rock!
The list isn’t a list of the “greatest guitar players”,
It is a list of the guitarists “essentially” responsible for the music called Classic Rock

 1 – JIMI HENDRIX .
 2 – EDDIE VAN HALEN
3 – JIMMY PAGE
4 – ERIC CLAPTON
 5 – DAVID GILMOUR
6 – ANGUS YOUNG – honorable mention MALCOLM YOUNG
7 – KEITH RICHARDS
8 – PETE TOWNSHEND
9 – TONY IOMMI
10 – GEORGE HARRISON
11 – STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN
12 – BILLY GIBBONS
13 – SLASH
14 – RANDY RHOADS
15 – JOE PERRY
16 – ALEX LIFESON
17 – CARLOS SANTANA
18 – BRIAN MAY
19 – KIRK HAMMETT
20 – DUANE ALLMAN
21 – NEAL SCHON
22 – JOHN FOGERTY
23 – RITCHIE BLACKMORE
24 – JOE WALSH
25 – NEIL YOUNG