John scofield is amazing as is Pass.

I hate almost every Rolling Stone list ever created. They never mention Jazz, and it's influences may be deep but it's the foundation of loads of music.

Some names for influential (I'm not including the obvious)

Muddy Waters
Wes Montgomery
Roy Orbison
Johnny Cash
Elvis
James Taylor
George Lynch (Who really shoud be ahead of Eddie)
Mike Stern
Bonnie Raitt

Brandon