favourite guitar solos...

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slash.. november rain..

mark knopfler.. sultans of swing..

slash.. sweet child o mine..

robbie krieger.. light my fire..

pete townsend.. won't get fooled again..

 

[basshound]

Eddie Hazel- Maggot Brain

Pick a Zappa album at random.....

 

[Anonymous]

Richard Thompson - most of his stuff, really

Carlos Santana - again, lots

Django Reinhardt - what can you say?

Do you just want rock guitarists? There are some brilliant flamenco, Fado, jazz and various Latin American guitarists.

 

[Anonymous]

Grottyash:
Richard Thompson - most of his stuff, really

Carlos Santana - again, lots

Django Reinhardt - what can you say?

Do you just want rock guitarists? There are some brilliant flamenco, Fado, jazz and various Latin American guitarists.
no, whomever you like, i just got spotify, i'll check them all out

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Slash - November Rain

Slash - Slither

Hammett - Fade To Black

Hammett - Nothing Else Matters

I will try and think of some more

 

[Macspur]

Thin Lizzy- Whisky in the Jar

The Beatles- While my guitar gently weeps

James Taylor- Fire and rain

Bob Seger- Main street

The Eagles- Hotel California

Sugden A21L amp, Naim CD5XS CDP, Chord Cobra i.c. ProAc Studio 130 speakers

 

[Deleted member 2457]

gel:

Slash - November Rain

Slash - Slither

Hammett - Fade To Black

Hammett - Nothing Else Matters

I will try and think of some more

Yep, Thin Lizzy - Whisky In The Jar - Brilliant

Love That

Slash - Estranged too

Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark

 

[Anonymous]

The Church - Blood Money . Hair raising !

Pluto - Paste . Best Canadian band guitar solo I've heard .Short but sweet .

Saga - Worlds Apart . It's the name of the album . There's a couple on this disc .

Devo - Uncontrollable Urge . If not for the solo , the guitar work gets me going . As well as the vocals .

 

[Gusboll]

Jan Akkerman (Focus) - Eruption

Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) - La Grange

 

[bretty]

off of the top of my head: pretty much any Dave Gilmour solo. He's not fast, but for timing and musicality I think he's hard to beat.

 

[bretty]

Ok, they're starting to come to me now:

Mike McCready and Stone Gossard - 'Alive' by Pearl Jam.

 

[Ravey Gravey Davy]

Girl in Motion- Nils Lofgren

Rusty Gun -Nils

Intro to Sweet Jane off Lou Reed's Rock and Roll Animal

Under my wheels-Alice Cooper

Anything off Tres Hombres

I'll make another list tomorrow.

 

[Lost Angeles]

Rory Gallagher-Fuel To The Fire from the Photo Finish album.

 

[DIB]

Define "Best"?

Impossible.

Anyway, my favourite, Tony T.S.McPhee on Split Pt 2 off the Groundhogs' Split album. Still gives me goosebumps nearly 40 years later.

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[Anonymous]

Macspur:

The Beatles- While my guitar gently weeps

That was Clapton playing on that track.................

 

[Anonymous]

The session musician who played the guitar on "Summer Breeze" by The Isley Brothers.

or

Anything with Jeff Beck's name on it...........

 

[grdunn123]

Angus Young, AC/DC, You shook Me All Night Long......excellent!

Dave Gilmour...Another Brick....

Gary Moore....several!

 

[Anonymous]

agreeing on Sultans of Swing

 

[Anonymous]

Anything by Mikael Akerfeldt, Robin Finck, Billy Gibbons, Neil Peart, Kim Thayil, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready.

 

[DIB]

bretty:off of the top of my head: pretty much any Dave Gilmour solo. He's not fast, but for timing and musicality I think he's hard to beat.

Good point.

I once went to see Joe Satriani & Steve Vai. Technically brilliant, played at a trillion miles per hour most of the time, left me totally cold. Souless.

There's a clip on Youtube of Robin Trower playing "Daydream". An object lesson in the aforesaid timing and musicality. Well worth looking at.

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[matthewpiano]

Anything played by John Lees (Barclay James Harvest), including his guitar playing on the 1974 Live EP of Medicine Man, and this solo in 'Nova Lepidoptera' from the famous Berlin gig: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVDrMgCdia8
Lees isn't the world's most technically stunning guitar player (alhtough he is very good), but everything he plays cuts straight to the heart.

The following clip of him playing the solo at the end of 'After The Day' in 2006 really demonstrates the sheer emotion in his playing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAI3p5i-bRM&feature=related

 

[matthewpiano]

Richard Thompson is incredible live. I've had the privilege of seeing him twice and his solo in 'Hard On Me' is incredible as you can see/hear:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXyP4U1hl34&feature=related

Another great guitarist is Ralph McTell. His rag playing on an acoustic is wonderful:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZZMUqyTRCM&feature=related

 

[simon3102000]

thin lizzy - whiskey in the jar.

 

[Anonymous]

A Day in The Life -- Jeff Beck

Copy and paste to listen:

http://www.youtube.com/v/3uwvBizKAwc?fs=1&hl=en_US

 

[Babur72]

Can't quibble too much about the worthy guitar solos mentioned previously.My own nominations would definitely include:

Lindsey Buckingham(Fleetwood Mac) - The Chain.

Jerry Cantrell(Alice in Chains) - Man in the Box & Them Bones?

Eric Clapton - Layla(Derek & the Dominoes) & While my Guitar Gently Weeps(with The Beatles).

Jimi Hendrix - All along the Watchtower & Voodoo Chile.

Tim Morello(Rage Against the Machine) - Killing in the Name of.

Michael McCready(Pearl Jam) - Alive,Jeremy & Yellow Ledbetter.

John Mclaughlin(Mahavishnu Orchestra) - Birds of Fire & Inner Mounting Flame.

Jimmy Page(Led Zeppelin) - Stairway to Heaven & Whole Lotta Love.

Keith Richards(The Rolling Stones) - Gimme Shelter & Sympathy for the Devil.

Kim Thayl(Soundgarden) - Black Hole Sun.

Pete Townsend(The Who) - Won't get Fooled Again.

Stevie Ray Vaughan(Stevie Ray Vaughan with Double Trouble) - Pride & Joy,Scuttle Buttin' & Texas Flood.

BABUR.