List of albums that will still be popular 50 years from now...

Pt. II--If the best known stuff is still heard and appreciated then the question becomes:  which of the lesser stuff survives--the Pixies?  Screaming Jay Hawkins?  Blues Magoos?  Jan and Dean?   We can't know.  You have piqued my curiosity about something that I can never know the answer to (unless I live to be 114).

I've been teaching pop music on guitar (and other instruments) for over thirty years and I'm amazed that "our" music survived the generation flip.  It boggles my mind that I'm still showing kids how to play Beatles, Cream, Hendrix, etc.  The music is 50 years old.  That said, I had two young sisters in the last ten years who only wanted to play swing and western swing--nothing post-World War II.  They've finally come around to more be-bop flavored stuff.  I was born in the 50's but I love a lot of the jazz and solo delta blues from the 20's, 30's and 40's.  A lot of the best stuff will survive, especially the best known (such as Elvis, the Beatles, Led Zep, Michael Jackson, Nirvana).   I'm not qualified to comment on hip-hop or rap as they are outside of my realm of familiarity/understanding.

buellrider97, none of those three guys (Paco, John Mc and Al) are classical guitarists.  Paco is by far the closest (he plays fingerstyle, with nails, on a nylon stringed guitarr) ahd he did make one classical recording but is known for his playing of flamenco, not classical.  They are all three fine guitarists nonetheless.