Lee Ranaldo

thumb|right|Ranaldo performing in 2013 Lee Ranaldo Lee Mark Ranaldo (born February 3, 1956) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known as a co-founder of the rock band Sonic Youth. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Ranaldo at number 33 on its "Greatest Guitarists of All Time" list. In May 2012, Spin published a staff-selected top 100 guitarist list, ranking Ranaldo and his Sonic Youth bandmate Thurston Moore together at number 1. Quotes When you tuned a guitar a new way you were a beginner all over again and you could discover all sorts of new things...It allowed us to throw out a whole broad body of knowledge about how to play the guitar. As quoted by Dan Orkin of Reverb.com External links Category:Guitarists from the United States Category:Singers from the United States Category:Songwriters from the United States Category:1956 births Category:Living people