When he arrived on the scene in the mid-'80s, it seemed Dwight Yoakam, together with his right-hand man, producer/guitarist Pete Anderson, had saved country music from forever forgetting its past and losing itself in "Urban Cowboy" hell. Before he met Yoakam, Anderson had grown up in Detroit on the music of Bob Dylan, the Beatles, and the blues, but later served time in several Southern California country cover bands, working incessantly. Consequently he was perfectly prepared to imbue Yoakam's retro-traditional songwriting with an outrageous assortment of licks. Together the two resurrected the Bakersfield sound, and also helped kick off the alt-country scene. Try Yoakam's Buenos Noches From a Lonely Room (1988) or Last Chance for a Thousand Years: Greatest Hits from the '90s (1999) for some of Pete's best work with Dwight. Better yet, check out Pete's solo albums: Working Class (1994) and Dogs in Heaven (1997).

89) Group Recognition: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, Neil Young, guitars

One of the first true "Supergroups." David Crosby had recorded with the Byrds, Stills and Young with Buffalo Springfield, and Nash with the Hollies. The four singer/songwriters came together in 1968-9 to create beautiful acoustic-based songs featuring amazing guitar interplay and soaring vocal harmonies. CSNY also was the first band to do a tour exlusively in stadiums. They are true heroes of the acoustic guitar and inspired millions to copy their soft rock stylings. Listen to Déjà vu (1970) or Four Way Street (1971) for some of their best work.

90) Woody Guthrie

The original musical agitator, Woody Guthrie's 1930s, '40s, and '50s folk ballads were a launching point for all the folk music that followed, especially lyrically. Bob Dylan - among others - might never have been inspired to play music had it not been for Guthrie's often highly political social commentary. And pre-dating the punkish act of putting stickers on a guitar, Guthrie traveled with a beat up acoustic with the words "This Machine Kills Fascists" prominently displayed right above the soundhole. He wrote the song "This Land is Your Land," which we all learned as kids. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.

91) Don Rich

Don Rich was bandleader of Buck Owens' Buckaroos from 1959 until his untimely death in a motorcycle accident in 1971. While he may not have earned much fame on his own, his guitar playing was essential to the Bakersfield sound, which had been made famous by Owens (and contemporary Merle Haggard). Rich's clean, precise picking informs many an Owens hit, and inspired countless country pickers in the generations that followed. Check out Rhino's The Very Best of Buck Owens (volumes 1 and 2) for some of Rich's best playing.

92) Mark Knopfler

I want my MTV! moaned Sting over Mark Knopfler's riffing guitar in Dire Straits' 1985 hit, "Money for Nothing." The video was a mainstay on the Music Television channel and the album, Brothers in Arms, was a smash success. Knopfler's almost call and response vocal/guitar style had already been embedded in our consciousness for years, courtesy of his break-through hit, "Sultans of Swing," (1979). With Brothers, he had the best selling album in U.K. history, and a permanent critical regard for his songwriting and playing.

93) Wes Borland

Limp Bizkit redefined heavy rock in the late-'90s, largely due to guitarist Wes Borland's vision and creativity. His seven-string work, combined with lead vocalist Fred Durst's rants, encouraged countless young players to follow in their rapcore footsteps. Drop tunings and open string chords became all the rage largely thanks to Borland.

94) Tommy Emmanuel

Australian fingerpicking sensation Tommy Emmanuel - a Certified Guitar Player - according to Chet Atkins, is one of the most impressive of the current crop of acoustic virtuosos. Interestingly enough, his recent acoustic work came after two decades of winning the Australian equivalent to the Grammy Award for his electric guitar playing. Basically, he's an all around brilliant player. His collaboration with Atkins, The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World (1997), is a great introduction, as is his most recent release on Steve Vai's Favored Nations Acoustic label, Only (2003).

95) Mike McCready

Pearl Jam's lead guitarist gets credit for keeping soloing alive in the '90s, when most had abandoned the skill - or was it that they never learned it? His additions to the band's stadium rock-meets-grunge sound shined a little light of hope for those of us who know more than a couple barre chords.

96) Johnny Hiland

This hot newcomer to the country scene is picking up where Danny Gatton left off. Hiland, born in Maine and now firmly esconced in Nashville, is simply an amazing picker, whether he's playing blazing hot honky tonk, faux steel string bends, blues, or rock. He'll be releasing a disc in the coming months on Steve Vai's Favored Nations label. Gatton fans, and anyone else interested in truly hot guitar, should pick it up.

97) Merle Travis

Country music - in fact all fingerpicking styles - owe a huge debt of appreciation to Merle Travis, from whom we get the phrase "Travis picking." A young virtuoso who had learned the down-home styles of Appalachia directly from his Kentucky coal mining neighbors, Travis would become adept at blues, ragtime, and country. He was also instrumental in the development of the one of the first electric solidbody guitars, working with Paul Bigsby in the mid-'40s to create a guitar surrounded in controversy, for Travis would later claim that Leo Fender had borrowed the guitar and that the design - which Travis had dreamed up - would eventually become the Fender Telecaster.

98) Ry Cooder

Comfortable, in fact accomplished, in many styles, Ry Cooder is one of the most respected guitarists in music history. His solo work has covered blues, Tex-Mex, reggae, Hawaiian, country, folk, R&B, Gospel, Dixieland, and more. As a session player he has appeared on recordings by the Rolling Stones (Let It Bleed and Sticky Fingers), Taj Mahal, Captain Beefheart, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Randy Newman, Little Feat, and dozens more. His slide work is legendary. His film soundtrack work is extensive. And his production work, perhaps most notable for the hugely successful Buena Vista Social Club (1997), is impressive. Truly an icon of the guitar world.

99) Scotty Anderson

Not nearly as well known as he should be, Scotty Anderson is among the hottest pickers Nashville has never seen. Making the decision to stick close to his hometown of Cincinnati, Anderson rarely ventures far from his home near the shores of the Ohio River. He blends jazz, country, and blues with an amazing virtuosity, along the lines of Danny Gatton. In particular, Anderson is simply awesome with a technique of not double- but triple-stop riffing (playing three notes simultaneously), at speeds many people can't play single note lines. Check out his phenomenal discs Triple Stop (2000) and Classic Scotty (2003), his first releases since 1985's Sleight of Hand, then get yourself to Cincinnati, where Anderson performs in local clubs, and teaches the occasional lesson.

100) Hubert Sumlin

Howlin' Wolf's lead guitarist laid down some of the hottest riffs in the blues lexicon - hot enough to be copied or emulated by Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and countless others. Sumlin took blues soloing beyond single notes, and his sharp, slashing, angular riffs and turnarounds caused a sensation as much as did Wolf's gruff vocals. Buy and learn the solos on one of the many Howlin' Wolf greatest hits collections - particulary "Killin' Floor" - whether you're a blues player or not.

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