Malcolm came up with all their great riffs! It takes pure genius to boil things down to a simple but great riff.
Rhythm guitar, a dead art. After Mike Bloomfield, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Peter Green, and finally Jimi Hendrix became the model for guitar playing, no one was content being a mere rhythm guitarist anymore (except John Lennon). Malcolm was the best!
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Nile Rodgers is a great rhythm guitarist but interestingly he actually made a career out of it - producing music with great vibes...

Jimmy Page could play lead and rhythm equally and did so with amazing feel.

Hamish Stuart of AWB was amazing rhythm guitarst too. Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir awesome too.