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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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tsugury
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Two that stick in my mind are "Cause we parted as lovers", from Blow by Blow album by Jeff Beck , talk about feeling! and for sheer jaw dropping dexterity check out a young Allan Holdsworth on Tony Williams (1975 )Believe it' album, second cut on first side "Fred". Also I have been listening to the new Dream Theater album, last song " In the name of God" John Petrucci tears that neck up!
mwilson
430 posts
 
Some heavy hitters:
Destruction: the entirety of "Live Without Sense"
Nik Turner: Opa Loka 2000
Heretic: Whitechapel
Mountain: It's For You (Live '74 King Biscuit Flour Hour)
Hawkwind: Motorway City (Levitation '80 - Huw Lloyd Langton)
carlof
3 posts
 
Leslie West " Theme From an Imaginary Western"
When you think of Mountain and West: the solo the lyrics and the melody...atypical and haunting. Nice to know folks are still listening to this stuff. great on a near dusk road trip after all that other keep you awake music, sunset, dinner, and near pillows time to think. Groovy Man!
clingman71
64 posts
 
Dickey Betts - Back where it all begins - live 2nd set An evening with the ABB. Although this is more of a jam invoving everyone with Dickey on lead.
sean
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Lot of great music / musicians listed here, but how about some of those "talentless hacks" that don't know what "technique" is yet somehow manage to make you want to tear the house down playing air guitar ? Some great "get in / get out" type guitar work on a tune called 12XU by Wire. Some others that are great to listen to but don't fall into the Jeff Beck school of guitar finesse are Cheetah Chrome ( rocked good enough that a band from Italy named themselves after him ) from The Dead Boys , Johnny Thunders of the NY Dolls and solo efforts, Robert Quine ( the originator of "bad" disjointed guitar solos* ) who played with quite a few NY based bands, Richie Stotts of the Plasmatics ( THEE original "crossover" punk-metal guitarist ), etc...

One guy that i haven't seen mentioned here that most of you have probably heard is Tom Scholz. Who can forget the tone and singing sustain that gave the band "Boston" their signature sound ? Not only could he play guitar, he designed several different guitar effects that were quite successfully marketed ( Rockman & Power Soak ) and recorded and mixed most of the band's music in his basement studio. Truly a talented guy, but supposedly very demanding and hard to work with due to being a perfectionist. Sean
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* I could be wrong here as some would say that Neil Young was being "robbed" by me on this one. Close call either way : )
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