We also have:
The Great Kat the fastest woman guitarist alive
Bonnie Raitt (The ultimate slide player)
Susan Tedeschi
Suzi Quatro
Tal Wilkenfeld
Top 20 Hottest Female Guitarists, Part II
Ani DiFranco - This crunchy folk-punk hero is known for her percussive licks and rousing protest songs. Photo: Jonas Voss
Anna Kjellberg - Kjellberg's capable hands delivered Drain STH's heavy, melodic low end.
Carrie Brownstein - As one half of the axslinging duo in Sleater-Kinney, Brownstein served up some feminist-positive messages and positively searing licks. Photo: Comtesse DeSpair
Corin Tucker - Sleater-Kinney's other six-stringer is known for her angular guitar style and distinct vocal vibrato. Photo: Jason Quigley
Corinne Bailey Rae - This English singer/songwriter stole the critics' hearts with her breezy vocals and eclectic, acoustic guitar-tinged pop, which she showcased on her 2006 self-titled debut. Photo: Antonello
Dolly Parton – In her 45 years in the music business, this living legend has scored nearly as many Top 10 country albums…to say nothing of the fact that she erected Dollywood, a theme park in her own image. Photo: Nicky Graham
Emmylou Harris - Another country legend, this Alabama-born singer/songwriter has collaborated with some of the best songwriters of the last half century, including Gram Parsons, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Willie Neson and Mark Knopfler.
Fallon Bowman – Most recently this ex-Kittie guitarist has been seen handling the axwork in her own Ontario-based industrial metal outfit, Amphibious Assault.
Gabriela Quintero – The rhythmic heart of acoustic guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela, Gabriela has a hybrid-flamenco technique that includes lots of percussive, slapping finger work. Photo: Fabien Roux
Jenny Lewis – This former child actor (remember Troup Beverly Hills?) traded in her thespian ways for rock-and-roll stardom as frontwomen for successful indie rockers Rilo Kiley. Photo: David Thornton
Joan Baez – Prominent Sixties protest folkie Joan Baez has an impressive resume that includes over 30 albums, a lifetime of passionate activism and an early, long-lasting relationship with Bob Dylan.
Katty Besnard – As the singer/guitarist for all-female French rock group Plasticines, Besnard leads her group as they create upbeat indie/garage rock inspired by classic bands like the Kinks.
Katy Perry – The fetching pop vocalist behind such hits as “I Kissed a Girl” and “Hot N Cold” is no stranger to grabbing a six-string and banging out some chords. Photo: Peter Walkowiak
Madonna – Not only can she sing, dance, write a hit song and talk in a faux-British accent, but the material girl can also wield a mean ax when necessary.
Miki Berenyi – Fronted by singer/guitarist Miki Berenyi, British shoegaze band Lush put out three dreamy, fuzz-filled and heavily melodic records during the Nineties on taste-making indie label 4AD.
Poison Ivy – As the guitarist for garage/shock punks the Cramps, Poison Ivy delivered the psychobilly licks over which her husband/frontman, the recently departed Lux Interior, wailed.
Sharin Foo – Danish two-piece the Raveonettes mix Fifties biker-culture imagery, the Everly Brothers' vocal harmonies and the Velvet Underground’s love of distortion to create their new old-school garage rock sound. Foo shares guitar, bass and vocal duties with Sune Rose Wagner. Photo: Aaron Corr
Sheryl Crow – This Missouri-born singer/songwriter melds country, rock and pop into tasteful tunes that have garnered the guitarist multiple Grammy Awards. Photo: Ryan Olbrysh
Taylor Swift – Swift’s infectious country pop songs have catapulted the 19-year-old performer to the top of the charts. In 2008 alone, sales of Swift’s 2006 self-titled debut and last year’s Fearless reportedly topped four million units.
Tina Weymouth – As bassist for Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club Tina (here with David Byrne) helped to define the sound of the arty post-punk/new wave movement.
The Great Cat!!!! Girls School, & Vixen
I'm not sure if you mean hot with just looking hot or 4 just playing or both but Madonna?!!!! Geez what a joke! Can she play anything besides the barre chords she learnt last year?!! I don't know The Great Cat's name but she'd rip most every girl up there a new one when it comes to playing! The female Yngwie 2B 4 sure! Maybe she's up there & I missed her Ca,Mon!! Not to mention the girl in Vixen & the 2 Girls in Girls School are better than a lot of those flunkies unless I missed them also from being blinded by the list that's being shown!
What about Louise Post and Nicole Fiorentino?
How the hell does Louise Post (Veruca Salt) not make this list?! She has the looks, attitude, and most importantly, the chops to be way ahead of a lot of others on this list! And if we're including bass players, you gotta have Nicole Fiorentino (also from VS and Spinnerette).
Hot Girls w/ Guitars
OK...let's get real.
Like has already been said, many of these girls are here simply because once-upon-a-time...someone flashed 'em holding an Ax!
Not fair.
I give you the Late, Fantastic April Lawton! As Lead Guitarist for Ramatam, Mitch Mitchell's 1st Post-Experience band, April absolutely tore it up on the band's 1st release..."Ramatam"...1972. From the opening cut, Whiskey Woman, to the last, Can't Sit Still...April actually gave us a look into the future of guitar playing with her high-octave, screaming, vibrato pyrotechnics, and two-handed tapping technique, almost completely unheard of until Van Halen & Vai arrived!
Their 2nd, and last release, "In April Came, the Dawning of the Red Suns"...1973 was alot less exciting than their debut, sadly, and Ramatam disbanded shortly after the tour following its release.
There's a handful of misc. tracks by April, circa 1990s, available out there on the net, like at AprilLawton.com, and elsewhere! Also available is a lot of her original artwork...paintings, etc. Sadly, beautiful April died due to heart failure at her home in November 23, 2006. She was 58 years old, and due to her exceptional, flamboyant style, appears to have passed the baton on to the gorgeous, Flaming Hot Guitarist Extraordinaire...Jennifer Batten!
In addition to being a huge part of Michael Jackson's touring band for quite awhile, and for being his studio guitarist as well, Jennifer received accolades among musicians for her perfomances on hew own CD releases..."Above, Below and Beyond"...1992, and the high-flying "Momentum" by Jennifer Batten's Tribal Rage...1997.
She finally began to receive serious notice while filling in for the incredible Tony Hymas on a few Jeff Beck tours, as well as showing her stuff as Jeff Beck's left hand girl on the CD releases "Who Else?"...1999, and "You Had it Coming"...2001.
April Lawton and Jennifer Batten, should...Hands Down...be at the very TOP of this particular list!!
R U F**king Kidding???
Wow, Madonna?!!!! you actually gave this serious though? Man, you guys have some serious explaining or at the very least, apologizing to do!!! (Blame it on the weed, say it was a joke or something!!) Madonna is, at best, great at marketing herself!!
That's it!!
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