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1. At number ten in the poll is Eric Clapton for "Crossroads", recorded live at Winterland in San Francisco in March 1968 and released later that year on Cream's "Wheels of Fire" album. What, though, is Clapton's middle name?
2. Coming in at number nine is Randy Rhodes for "Crazy Train", recorded in 1980 as a member of Ozzy Osbourne's band and released on the "Blizzard of Ozz" album. What is the name of the band formed by Rhodes when he was still in high school and with whom he played from 1975 until he joined Osbourne in 1979?
3. At number eight are Don Felder and Joe Walsh for "Hotel California", recorded in 1976 as members of Eagles. In 1998, the track was voted the best guitar solo of all time by readers of the "Guitarist" magazine. In the 1990s, Joe Walsh toured and made albums as a member of which music icon's "All-Star Band"?
4. At number seven is Kirk Hammett for "One", recorded in 1988 and released on Metallica's "...And Justice for All" album. The following year, "One" was released as a single, becoming the group's first Billboard Top 40 hit. When Hammett joined Metallica in 1983, the guitarist he replaced went on to form which group?
5. Coming in at number six is Slash for "November Rain", recorded during 1990-91 and first released on the 1991 Guns n' Roses album "Use Your Illusion I". What, though, is the real name of the guitarist known as Slash?
6. At number five is the legendary Jimi Hendrix with "All Along the Watchtower". Written and recorded by Bob Dylan in 1967, Hendrix released his version on the "Electric Ladyland" album the following year. With which release did Hendrix score his highest-charting single on either side of the Atlantic prior to his death?
7. Rocking in at number four is David Gilmour with "Comfortably Numb" from Pink Floyd's iconic 1979 album "The Wall". On which Pink Floyd album did Gilmour make his first appearance in the band?
8. At number three in the poll are Gary Rossington and Allen Collins with the ultimate two-guitar song "Freebird", recorded in Georgia in 1973 and first appearing on Lynyrd Skynyrd's debut album "(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)". Which of these band members did NOT die in the 1977 plane crash that effectively ended the first incarnation of Lynyrd Skynyrd?
9. At number two is Eddie van Halen with "Eruption", recorded in 1977 and first released the following year on Van Halen's self-titled debut album. In which country was Eddie van Halen born?
10. Topping the "Guitar World" magazine's poll of "100 Greatest Guitar Solos" is Jimmy Page with "Stairway to Heaven". Recorded in 1971, it was first released on the "Led Zeppelin IV" album and then as a single the following year. For most Led Zeppelin recordings from the second album onwards, Page used a guitar sold to him by Joe Walsh: what type of guitar?
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