The Greatest 100 Guitar-Men of All-Time - by Moses (a.k.a Stacey Marc Goldman)

1.   Eddie Van Halen

2.   Steve Vai

3.   Jimi Hendrix

4.   Joe Satriani

5.   David Gilmour

6.   Eric Clapton

7.   Geddy Lee

8.   Yngwie Malmsteen

9.   Prince  

10. John Lee Hooker 

11. B.B. King

12. Stevie Ray Vaughan

13. John Petrucci

14. Jimmy Page

15. Angus Young

16. Alex Lifeson 

17. Joe Bonamassa 

18. Santana

19. Frank Zappa

20. Jeff Beck

21. Billy Gibbons

22. Randy Rhoads

23. Robert Johnson

24. Muddy Waters

25. Chuck Berry

26. Richie Sambora

27. Orianthi

28. Joe Perry

29. Rik Emmett

30. Thor ('The Iceman')

31. Les Paul

32. Tony Iommi

33. Kirk Hammett

34. Johnny Winter

35. Slash

36. James Hetfield

37. Pete Townshend

38. John McLaughlin

39. Robert Cray

40. Mark Knopfler

41. Brian May

42. Ritchie Blackmore

43. Buddy Guy 

44. Eric Johnson

45. Lighnin' Hopkins

46. Keith Richards

47. Robbie Robertson

48. Duane Allman

49. Joe Walsh

50. Jeff Healey

51. George Harrison

52. Billy Sheehan

53. Kim Mitchell

54. Gary Moore

55. Paris Romani

56. Jack Thammarat

57. Adrian Smith

58. Brian Robertson

59. Cesar Rosas

60. Ron Wood

61. Stefan Lessard

62. David Wilcox

63. Vernon Reid

64. Kim Thayil

65. Ronnie Wood

66. Andy Curran

67. Vic Johnson

68. Mike Campbell

69. Mike Machado

70. Danny Kaminsky

71. Jay Jacobs

72. Dave Dunlop

73. Tom Morello

74. Elvis Costello

75. Albert Collins

76. Gerry Finn (Dwarf)

77. Isaac

78. Andy Summers

79. Edge   

80. Ace Freeley

81. David Grohl

82. Lorne Gula

83. Deo Da Sousa

84. Leadbelly

85. Mike Johnson

86. Roosevelt Sykes

87. 'Mississippi' John Hurt

88. John Paul Jones

89. Carl Martin

90. Graham (Dub Brethren)

91. Mick Mars

92. Myles Goodwyn  

93. Jerry Garcia 

94. Jim Croce

95. Jerry Cantrell

96. John Entwistle

97. Stuart Hamm

98. Phil X

99. Rick Nielson 

100.Sting

Chronology of Musical Events - Moses (a.k.a Stacey Marc Goldman)

Chronology of Musical Events (Classical, Blues, Jazz, Soul, R and B, Pop, and Rock and Roll) 1907 -2012

1907 – ‘Mississippi’ John Hurt                        

1907 – ‘Rosevelt’ Sykes                                                          

1910 - Carl Martin                                           

1911 – Bessie Smith

1912 - Rachmaninoff  

1914 - Tchaikovsky                                       

1916 – Robert Johnson                                     

1924 – Muddy Waters

1929 - George Gershwin                                        

1932 – The Glen Miller Band 

1933 - Benny Goodman                          

1937 – John Lee Hooker

1938 - Bing Crosby

1940 - Frank Sinatra

1941 - Jimmy Dorsey

1941 - Sammy Kaye

1942 - Nat 'King' Cole

1945 - Perry Como

1946 - Freddy Martin 

1947 - Count Basie

1950 - B.B. King

1950 - Doris Day                                         

1953 – Bill Haley and the Comets                    

1954 – Elvis Presley                                              

1954 – Chuck Berry                                           

1955 - Buddy Holly and the Crickets

1955 - The Big Bopper

1956 – Jerry Lee Lewis

1956 - Richie Valens                                       

1957 – The Temptations                                                                   

1957 – The Four Tops

1957 - Charlie Parker

1958 - Miles Davis

1958 - Johnny Cash

1958 - Kenny Rogers

1959 - Cliff 'Little' Richard

1959 - John Coltrane               

1960 – Otis Redding                                          

1960 – Wilson Pickett                                          

1961 – The Beatles   

1961 - Ray Charles                                           

1962 – Smokey Robinson and the Miracles   

1962 - The Righteous Brothers 

1963 – The Rolling Stones                                    

1963 – The Supremes

1963  - The Dave Clark Five   

1963 – Otis Day and the Knights                                             

1964 – Bob Dylan       

1964 - Tonar

1964 - Black Sabbath                   

1964 - Aretha Franklin                      

1965 – The Doors

1965 - James Brown                       

1965 – The Yardbirds

1965 - The Commodores     

1966 – The Who                                                    

1966 – The Grateful Dead      

1966 - Tina Turner                          

1967 – Led Zeppelin                     

1967 – Jimi Hendrix and the Experience          

1967 - Crosby, Stills, and Nash                        

1968 – Pink Floyd                                                

1968 – The Band       

1968 - Deep Purple                                          

1969 – Bob Marley and the Wailers                 

1969 – Genesis                                                     

1969 – Credence Clearwater Revival              

1969 – Simon and Garfunkel                             

1969 – Stevie Wonder                                          

1969 – Santana                                                    

1970 – Cream 

1970 - ZZ Top                                                      

1970 – Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young                                                                           

1970 – Marvin Gaye                                           

1970 – Barry White

1970 - Leonard Cohen

1971 – Van Morrison

1971 - The Velvet Underground

1971 - Supertramp

1971 - Frank Zappa

1971 - Gordon Lightfoot

1972 – RUSH (with John Rutsey on drums)

1972 - Aerosmith                                                            

1972 - The Eagles  

1972 - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

1972 - The Jackson Five  

1972 - Yes  

1972 - Chicago  

1973 – Queen

1973 - KISS

1973 - Elton John   

1973 – David Wilcox

1973 – Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band

1973 - Neil Diamond 

1974 - Derek and the Dominoes

1974 – RUSH with Neil Peart   

1974 - Triumph

1974 - Elvis Costello and the Attractions                  

1974. The Steve Miller Band

1974 - Iron Maiden

1974 - Judas Priest

1975 – Bachman Turner Overdrive  (B.T.O)                       

1975 – Lou Reed                                      

1975 - April Wine

1975 - The Bee Gees 

1975 - Motorhead

1975 - Billy Joel 

1975 - Rick James

1976 – Van Halen                                              

1976 – AC/DC

1976 - Boston                    

1976 – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

1976 - The Cars

1976 - Fleetwood Mac

1977 – Eric Clapton

1977 – Lionel Ritchie

1977 – Stevie Ray Vaughan

1977 – Dire Straits

1977 – Genesis w/ Phil Collins 

1977 - Meatloaf

1978 - Prince

1978 - Metallica

1978 - Neil Young

1978 - Steve Winwood

1978 – Red Ryder

1978 - Shabba Rank

1979 – U2 

1979 - The Scorpians

1979 - Motley Crue

1979 - Yngwe Malmsteen

1979 - Cheap Trick

1979 - Hall and Oates

1980 – The Police

1980 - J. Geils Band

1980 - Motley Crue

1980 – Bryan Adams 

1980 - John Cougar Mellancamp

1980 - Peabo Bryson

1980 - Depeche Mode

1980 - Huey Lewis and the News

1981 - Ozzy Osbourne

1981 - Bon Jovi

1981 – Phil Collins 

1981 - Kim Mitchell

1981 – Peter Gabriel

1981 - Steve Vai

1981 - Duran Duran

1981 - James Ingram

1982 – R.E.M

1982 – Sting

1982 - Robert Palmer

1982 - The Smiths

1982 - The Cure

1982 - Pat Benatar

1982 - Ice T

1982 - Robert Cray

1982 - Billy Ocean

1983 – Michael Jackson

1983 – RUN DMC 

1983 - The Replacements

1983 - The Red Hot Chile Peppers

1983 - The Cult

1983 - Luther Vandross

1984 - Celine Dion

1984 – Whitney Houston 

1984 - Daniel Lanois

1984 – Madonna

1984 - Platinum Blonde

1985 - Beastie Boys

1985 - The Fabulous Thunderbirds

1985 - The Georgia Satellites

1985 - Joe Satriani

1985 – The Jeff Healey Band

1985 - The Outfield

1986 – Guns and Roses

1986 - The Black Crowes

1986 – Tom Cochrane and Red Ryder

1986 - Haywire

1987 – The Tragically Hip

1987 - The Pixies

1987 – Colin James

1987 - The Jitters

1988 – Seal

1988 - Robbie Robertson

1988 – Temple of the Dog 

1988 - Lenny Kravitz

1988 - The Smashing Pumpkins

1988 - Los Lobos

1989 – Soundgarden 

1989 - Nirvana

1989 - Pearl Jam

1989 - Darryl Hall

1989 - The Screaming Trees

1989 - Alannah Myles

1990 - Rage Against the Machine

1990 – Boys to Men

1990 - The Barenaked Ladies

1990 - Alice in Chains

1991 - Nine Inch Nails

1991 - Lauryn Hill

1991 - Dave Matthews Band

1991 – Stone Temple Pilots 

1991 - The Backstreet Boys

1992 - Snoop Dogg

1992 - Tupaq

1992 - Biggie

1992 - Christina Aguilera

1992 - Jennifer Lopez

1992 - Filter

1992 - Green Day

1993 - Eminem

1993 - Foo Fighters

1993 - The Goo Goo Dolls

1994 - Kid Rock

1994 - Amanda Marshall

1994 - LL Cool J

1994 - Our Lady Peace

1994 - Dr. Bike

1995 - The Spin Doctors

1995 - Oasis

1995 - Alanis Morrisette

1996 – Sheryl Crow

1996 - Live

1996 - House of David Gang

1996 - The Spice Girls

1997 - Baby Face

1997 - Jay Z

1997 - Big Sugar

1997 - Apocalyptica

1998 - Fifty Cent

1998 - Shaggy

1998 - R. Kelly

1998 - The Resonators

1999 – The Black Eyed Peas

1999 - Train

1999 - Staind

1999 - Hanson

2000 - Nickelback

2000 - Neyo

2000 - Usher

2000 - Bruno Mars

2001 - Destiny's Child

2001 – Nelly

2001 - KOS

2001 - Nelly Furtado

2002 - LMFAO

2002 - Sean Kingston

2002 - Neyo

2002 - Maroon Five

2003 – Alicia Keys

2003 - Fergie

2003 - Rihanna

2003 - Beyonce

2004 - Matchbox 20

2004 - Avril Lavigne

2004 - Gwen Stefani

2005 - Cee Lo Green

2005 - The Killers

2006 - Hinder

2007 - Drake

2008 - Jack Thammarat

2009 - Foster the People

2010 - Jason Mraz

2011 - The Satellites

2012 - Dub Bredgren

Eddie Van Halen - by Moses (a.k.a Stacey Marc Goldman)

Eddie Van Halen  

Born - January 6, 1955 in Amsterdam, Netherlands      

Died - October 6 2020 in Santa Monica, California, U.S.A

       It is a sad day losing Eddie Van Halen from this World.  Eddie Van was the greatest guitar player of all-time.  Better than Steve Vai, and better than Jimi Hendrix.  Eddie could play 4 String Bass, 5 String Bass,  6 String, Mandolin, 12-String, 18 String (all using finger tapping techniques that he created), Piano, (and probably a bit of drums).  

  The band Van Halen was perhaps the greatest Rock and Roll band of all-time.  Alongside his brother Alex, David Lee Roth, his son Wolfgang, Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, and Gary Cherone they created studio masterpieces.  For over 40 years they played, toured around the Globe, and recorded in studios (creating album after album).  They produced the albums 'Van Halen 1', 'Van Halen 2', 'Woman and Children First', 'Fair Warning', 'Diver Down', '1984' (all with their first Front-man David Lee Roth), then alongside Sammy Hagar they produced '5150', 'OU812', 'For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge', and 'Balance', and finally with Gary Cherone as their third Front-man they released 'Van Halen 3'.  All along the way they played tour after tour, with perhaps the strongest band fan-base Worldwide.

  Eddie Van Halen was the greatest when it came to finger tapping on the guitar.  An exercise that he was one of the first to create (alongside Steve Vai).  Eddie Van and Steve Vai were considered the two greatest guitar-men of all-time (alongside Jimi Hendrix).  During one of their first tours (their David Lee Roth days) they had a stringent rule on the tour.  They demanded (in their contract) that at each concert the promoter had to produce 1000 M and M's for the band.  If there were any brown M and M's they wouldn't play the show.  They literally walked away from one show because of it.  Van Halen set standards throughout their history as a band, raising the bar in the music world with their musical virtuoso.  

  In fact Eddie Van Halen will be remembered among the likes of Ludwig Van Beetoven, Schubert, Strauss, Mozart, Wagner, Haydn, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, and Johann Sebastian Bach for the compositions he wrote and recorded.

  Eddie Van Halen and Alex Van Halen came to music at a very young age.  Their Dad (a Dutchman before moving his family to America) was a virtuoso musician in his own right and he started his son Eddie on Drums, and his son Alex on Guitar.  Then Alex and Eddie flip-flopped bringing Eddie onto the guitar.  The sounds that Eddie Van created are endless.  Early on he used his finger tapping techniques and mean intonations on guitar that really couldn't have surfaced from anyone else in the Planet aside from Steve Vai.  'Eruption', 'Little Guitars' 'Unchained', 'Intruder', and 'Mean Streets' are just a few of his masterpieces.  In fact when Eddie Van befriended Michael Jackson during the studio recording of the album 'Thriller', Eddie was asked by Jackson to look at the song 'Beat It' to get a feel.  In 10 minutes Eddie re-orchestrated the composition to what we see today in the track 'Beat It'.  He didn't take a dime.  Although Eddie wasn't with her at the end of his life, Valeri Bertonelli (his ex-wife) was someone Eddie wouldn't bad mouth to another soul.  His greatest joy was when he played on stage with his son Wolfgang.   

  Eddie Van Halen was one of the classiest men in the Rock and Roll World.  R.I.P Eddie Van Halen.