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Best guitar explosion of all time

My vote is for Jimi's Voodoo Chile - a Slight Return! No one has come close to his majic on that recording. I am a big Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton fan and everything they have done falls short. Not for emotional involvement, or technical virtuousity, but for the finality of the perfect guitar moment. Jimi hit it on the mark - and then some!
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A question for the Fripp "Baby's on Fire" contingent: Anyone else prefer Phil Manzanera's version with 801?

Even though it would never qualify as an "explosion" my favorite Fripp solo for Eno is the odd, little elliptical piece on "St. Elmo's Fire" from Another Green World.

If the "explosion" is a burst of energy at the end of a long solo "fuse" (maybe "guitargasm" works better) there are a bunch of Richard Thomspon solos that rise to the top of my list - the live "Calvary Cross" from the Watching the Dark Box set might be first among those IMHO.

Marty
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