And the Best Guitar Riff award goes to ...

Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Child" is at the top of a Top 50 Guitar Riffs poll conducted by Music Radar, a website whose audience is chiefly comprised of musicians. The results prompted the site's editor-in-chief, Mike Goldsmith, to declare Hendrix "the undisputed heavyweight champion of rock guitar." (Do I hear any arguments? I didn't think so.)

Also landing in the poll's top five: Jimmy Page's treatment of "Whole Lotta Love" (Led Zeppelin); Ritchie Blackmore for "Smoke On The Water" (Deep Purple); and "Layla" (Derek and the Dominoes) by Eric Clapton. (Discuss.)

In fact, the dominance of 20th century talent in the poll results prompted editor Goldsmith to conclude, "Above all though, our poll seems to indicate one thing - in 2009 classic rock still rules." (Anyone? Anyone?)

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