In honor of Leo Fender

Today, as noted below, is the 100th anniversary of Leo Fender’s birthday.

We honor him by citing Rolling Stone’s The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time.

The top 15:

  1. Johnny B. Goode, Chuck Berry
  2. Purple Haze, The Jimi Hendrix Experience
  3. Crossroads, Cream
  4. You Really Got Me, The Kinks
  5. Brown Sugar, The Rolling Stones
  6. Eruption, Van Halen
  7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps, The Beatles
  8. Stairway to Heaven, Led Zeppelin
  9. Statesboro Blues, The Allman Brothers Band
  10. Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nirvana
  11. Whole Lotta Love, Led Zeppelin
  12. Voodoo Child (Slight Return), The Jimi Hendrix Experience
  13. Layla, Derek and the Dominos
  14. Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen
  15. My Generation, The Who

2 thoughts on “In honor of Leo Fender”

  2. I try not to weigh in on these kinds of list because having a top 100 is ludicrous anyway. But this top 15 is absurd.

    The folks at Rolling Stone take themselves far too seriously.

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