22 Greatest Guitarists Of All Time

19. Chuck Berry

Perhaps he's cheated his way to the upper rung of guitar Gods thanks to the unwitting influence of Marty McFly, but his sound is so technically brilliant and so thunderingly innovative that it's impossible not to forgive that particular transgression.

In seriousness, Berry might not be the easiest man to converse with or live with, but without him there simply wouldn't be rock and roll and it's hard to think that anything could take away from that.

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