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Your Favorite, Most Outstanding Guitar Solo

Of all the musical performances I own on recorded format, whether they be LP or CD, there are certain guitar solos that are the most engaging and memorable. You know, the ones that when they're over, you just sit there speechless, wondering "How the hell did they just do that"?

As with anything, there are certain performances when everything was "just right". When the musician had that "perfect connection" between themselves and the instrument. This is not limited to acoustic or electric, live or studio, or any specific discipline of music. It also does not necessarily have to be your favorite guitarist. Very simply, your favorite guitar solo.

I would like to hear your opinions. This would be a great thread for providing exposure to other listeners, to material that they may be unaware of. If possible, also name the album that the solo is from.

My two favorites would have to be:

Jeff Beck / "The Golden Road" off of "There And Back".

John Mc Laughlin / "Every Tear From Every Eye" off of "Electric Guitarist"

Thanks for your responses.

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harold-not-the-barrel
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1. Mick Box "Salisbury" 1971 and "The Magician´s Birthday" 1972
2. Buck Dharma "Then Came the Last Days of May" both studio and live    1972....1975, "Astronomy" certain bootleg circa 1975 and (of course)  "Dominance and Submission" studio 1974, cheers twl, you´ve got taste :)
  Btw, did Buck ever play mediocre stuff, not my knowledge...
3. Dave Clem Clempson COLOSSEUM LIVE 1971 thruout
5. Steve Hackett many but best "Firth of Fifth" certain bootlegs 70´s
4. Leslie West Mountain Twin Peaks "Theme for an Imaginary Western"
5. Neal Schon "Of a Lifetime" and "My Lonely Feeling" + CAPTURED 1981
6. Andrew Latimer "Ice" 1979
7. Michael Schenker UFO live "Strangers in the Night" 1978
8. Robin Trower "Bridge of Signs" 1974
9. Paco De Lucia, Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin live 1981
9. Joe Satriani "Surfing.." 1987

... and of course Jimi Hendrix "All Along the Watchtower" 1968 and some Jeff Beck late 60´s... Carlos Santana early 70´s...
harold-not-the-barrel
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Thanks House the Ghost, but I´m only living in the past and am just a lawnmover. I agree Frank Zappa is a great guitarist, I need to revisit that album...
My fav Prog guitarists are Franco Mussida from PFM still going strong and Rodolfo Maltese from BMS RIP, they both fall in the same cathegory like Steve Hackett playing complex textures and sounds into music´s structure not just brilliant instrumentalists/soloists.

Oh dear, I almost forgot Steve Howe´s work on Paul Simon´s "America", 1971, how his progressive country style takes this beautiful yet quite simple song into another happy even funny level is sheer brilliance. He brought country guitar into Prog and that´s why Americans esteem Yes as the best Prog band IMO. As he said on Yesyears docu, Prog in the 70´s could be fun, sheer fun
harold-not-the-barrel
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^ Great post :) Brilliant solo indeed but it´s a shame recording quality is not the highest standard, great live nevertheless. Bill Nelson is probably the most underrated rock guitarist of them all. And the most unknown, unfortunately. Gotta revisit "Futurama", "Sunburst Finish" and "Modern Music" too.
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