Most any song from Danny Gatton on
Crusin' Deuces Most any solo by Duane and Dickey on Fillmore Live Dickey Betts Blue Sky - Jelly Jelly Jelly Plenty of solos on Steely Dan Ozzy already nailed one Clapton While my guitar gently weeps Clapton Nobody knows you when you're down and out Most any song from Layla Gary Moore still got the blues George Harrison Something Peg Jay Graydon Santana Europa, Samba Pa Ti - plus others Santana 3 with Neil Schon Eric Johnson Cliffs of Dover - Cover of Becks Bolero Jeff Beck Cause we ended as lovers - many more Focus Jan Ackerman Al Di Meola -
Mediterranean Sundance etc. George Benson - Bad Benson just pick one Ronnie Earl anything off of the Colour of love SRV too many to list Gino Vannelli Brother to Brother - plenty on that recording Gino Vannelli - Jay Graydon Where am I going Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty Guitar Solo
Minnie Riperton - Midnight at the Oasis -
Amos Garrett
Highway Star - R Blackmore Leslie West - Miss Queen First Bad Co record a few there also Eddie on Beat It Georgia Satellites - Milk & Cow fun solo to play Black Crows - Hard to Handle Kenny Wayne Shepperd - Rudolf the red nose reindeer Steve Vai - Christmas Time Is Here
Joe Satriani - Summer Song
Johnny Winter - Second winter especially Memory Pain the entire songJohnny Winter Stranger Rick Derringer Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo
Free Alright now Bad Finger some nice solos there Heart Magic Man Jethro Tull Aqualung Pink Floyd - Money Rocky Mountain Way Elton John
Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
Procol Harum - Conquistador
Chicago -
Questions 67 and 68
Chicago -
Poem 58
Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4
HUMBLE PIE - I DON'T NEED NO DOCTOR
Frankenstein . Edgar Winters Group
The Faces - Stay With Me
The Ventures "Walk Don't Run"
Elliott Easton from the Cars
The Ventures - PIPELINE
Bill Doggett -- Honky Tonk
ROY BUCHANAN - SWEET DREAMS
BB King the Thrill is gone
ROY BUCHANAN - THE MESSIAH WILL COME AGAIN
Sorry People I have to stop now way too many sorry Happy Listening |
Jerry Garcia, "Dancing in the Streets" from the Cornell show, 5-8-77. |
Good lord. I do feel for you people. There is a world outside Top of the Pops, mashed potatoes and classic rock, I promise. Allow me... But be careful with this. Duk Koo Kim - YouTube |
Jeff Beck
”Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers”
not really a solo, just the entire song. |
Mick Ronson's soaring, we've-left-earth's-atmosphere outro on Ziggy Stardust's Moon Age Daydream.
Television's Tom Verlaine's maniacal, psychotic solo on "Friction," from the band's debut album. I saw the band at the Whiskey. |
I was going to post but @Noromance already listed it so I’ll second it. Roger Waters - Dogs (with Snowy White and Doyle Bramhall ll) Doyle Bramhall II plays David Gilmour better than David Gilmour. I’m not sure why but it’s even more mesmerizing because he’s left handed.
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Denny Dias on 'Your Gold Teeth II' by Steely Dan
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Ed King(Lynyrd Skynyrd) - Am I loosin -On a Gibson SG |
Or, is it 'Peg' as played by Jay Graydon after a handful of session cats attempted takes?
Frank Zappa on 'Inca Roads' (Ink Erodes...) from One
Size Fits All. Solo is imported from the Helsinki '74 show documented
on You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore vol.2
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All mentioned above are great, i cannot choose
Jeff Beck - Cause we ended as lovers.
Alex Lifeson - Timelight (Rush).
Steve Hackett - Firth of fifth (Genesis).
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Santana, Tash Sultana, Bruce Springsteen, Joe Bonamassa, Adrian Gurvitz, Chris Rea, Snowy White… oh so many !!!!
AG 🇦🇺 |
I too nominated Clapton's "Sleepy Time Time" on a previous post, but where do you begin and end ??
How about Crossroads on Wheels of Fire. Two guitar solos on one track plus sublime work on high hat by Ginger Baker. I heard this when the album was first released and played by the late John Peel here on UK radio. So good he played it twice !!!
Not forgetting "While my guitar gently weeps" on the Beatles White Album....
I grew up in the sixties, there were so many great guitarists, who now reside in my record collection.
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Well, one of them is certainly Grant Green on this version of I Wish You Love (watch the whole song): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwnPr0_W5QEAnd as an interesting aside, this is pulled from the comments: I’m a long-time friend of pat metheny. A few weeks ago I went to his bungalow in Vermont to pick up my tuner and real book that I left there one day, and Pat was on the recliner watching this on YouTube, just weeping away. |
Glad a lot of us like Zappa.
Anything from 'Shut Up and Play Your Guitar, 3 disc vinyl box, good sound too.
Yes guys, 'Watermelon' is right up there. |
Anything that Derek Trucks plays ! |
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Glen Tipton’s solo on Beyond the realms of death by Judas Priest….of course. |
Jimmy Page - Stairway to Heaven.
Nothing more needs to be said. |
A few more, two lengthy and one speedy.
Michael Schenker - Rock bottom ((UFO).
Allen Collins - Free bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd).
Ritchie Blackmore- Highway star (Deep Purple). |
No question! Has to be "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" by Dickey Betts of the Allman Brothers Band as played live at the Fillmore East. That is a piece of classical electric guitar! I have some other favorites by Eric Clapton, Joe Bonamassa, Jimmy Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Jose Feliciano and others but "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" takes the cake! |
A wonderful guitarist who has a very distinctive and unique style is David Lindley. He's had some very memorable and touching solos, and one that I'm thinking of right now is on "Mama Lion" from "Wind on the Water" by Crosby and Nash. He never tries to be the star, but he often makes the song. |
Jimi Hendrix intro on "Power to Love" from the Band of Gypsies Album. It's a kick butt, names taken and no receipts given, fiery, passionate, and soul-full guitar solo.
Fuggeddaboutit; doesn't get any better folks! |
Pink Floyd - Time
As a guitar player, I find Gilmour's solos to be boring to play, but emotional to listen to. That creates a dilemma for a guitar player because it's much more fun to attempt to play a Metallica rhythm or Malmsteen solo. Which is why you don't hear too many Gilmour-style solos. |
+1 for Alex Lifeson's La Villa Strangiato, but I'll add Kid Gloves and Limelight. |
Lost Indian. Blake and Rice share remarkable acoustic solos.
You Are Not Alone. Roy Buchanan. |
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Jimmy Page with Led Zeppelin White Summer
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@eudisam - I agree this song is great. BTW, It's "Message of Love"... |
Alvin Lee / Ten Years After / Woodstock / I'm Going Home. Raw Emotional Energy. Watching the video is definitely an emotional experience for me. Also, there are so many Great solos by numerous guitarists ( Many mentioned here ) that we are lucky to enjoy all of this talent. |
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Agree with the sentiment that there are a multitude of choices to answer the question, but if forced to choose just 1, it isn't difficult for me to settle on..... Tin Pan Alley, Stevie Ray....
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Leo Kottke - just about all of his work |
Duane Allman on "Blue Skies." |
Lots of great choices here. As my favorite guitarist is Buck Dharma from Blue Oyster Cult, most any of his solos are my favorites - all very tasty stuff. Otherwise, I got weary of the whole 'guitar solo' stuff around the time that punk came in in the late 70's. I'd rather hear a good song than a guitar solo, no matter how accomplished the guitarist is. |
A huge Jerry fan (obviously) - china cat/rider, althea, sugaree across a number of shows. I have to admit Post Toasty by Tommy Bolin is tasty. Plus 1 for David Gilmore, Duane Allman, Dickie Betts, Jeff Baxter, and Larry Carlton. And of course, the man, Mark Knopfler. |
Don’t forget Bill Nelson from. Bebop Deluxe
crying to the sky. On the sunburst finish. A emotional solo inspired by him going through a divorce at the time of the recording |
schmitty -- yeah, Bill Nelson... A truly excellent fret flyer. I saw Bebop Deluxe at the Santa Monica Civic. For the third encore, Nelson came out alone and, in the tradition of Al Jolson, promised to solo until the audience asked him to stop. Eventually, sorry to say, I had to let my feet do the walking. |
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Rush - La Villa Strangiato
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Jerry Garcia- Cats Down Under the Stars from How Sweet It Is cd. |
Hendrix: Message To Love, Voodoo Child
Mick Taylor (Stones): Can't You Hear Me Knocking
Clapton(Cream): Badge, White Room
Page: Dazed and Confused, Heartbreaker
Funkadelic (Eddie Hazel): Maggot Brain
The Guess Who: Rain Dance
Chuck Berry: (you choose)
The Beatles: Revolution (single)
Robin Trower/Procol Harum: Whiskey Train
Steely Dan: Reelin in the Years
Donovan: Hurdy Gurdy Man (Jimmy Page lead guitar)
Pink Floyd/Gilmour: Comfortably Numb, Wish You Were Here
Zappa: Willie the Pimp
Apologies to the hundreds I've overlooked..... |
In terms of pure emotion, nothing has quite hit me like Neil Young's Like a Hurricane (live version). |
Jeff Beck, playing on Roger Waters "Amused to Death"
"What God wants, God gets - Part III"
In fact, think I may put it on right now.
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Robin Trower has so many great solo's, including 'I can't wait much longer'.
Mark Knopfler...also a lot of awesome solo's, including "you and your friend'. |
Tuesday's Gone - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Telegraph Road - Mark Knopfler
November Rain - GnR |
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on the quad version of BST's "spinning wheel" during the bridge you can hear a tasty little steve katz guitar solo riding over jim fielder's bass. on all other editions this solo is missing, a crime IMHO. |
I love many David Gilmour's solos. Since it has been suggested many times already in this post. I'm going to go with the guitar solo in one of my favorite Rod Stewart's songs:
I was only Joking.
According to wikipedia, it was played by an English guitarist named Jim Cregan |
