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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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buscis2 OP
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Hey, great responses Folks. I spent the majority of last evening playing many of the solos that you all had mentioned. I don't doubt that many of you ended up doing the same. This morning I walked out into my living room only to find LPs and CDs strewn all over the place.

Many of you are correct in stating "It's so hard to pick just one or two". And I seem to always forget about Zappa. Where is my head? Man, that guy could play guitar. I have over 30 of his LPs all the way back to "Just Another Band From LA". This also gave me the opportunity to listen to some other stuff I hadn't listened to in years.

53 responses in less than 18 hours. I guess this proves that once again, "It's all about the music". No matter how intensely involved we get with our equipment.

Thanks to everyone. And keep em' coming. I've got nuthin' better to do again tonight. Ed.

cdelplato
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Donald Roeser (B.O.C) - Cities On Flame (with Rock N Roll)

Stevie Ray - Little Wing

David Gilmour - Comfortably Numb

Buckethead - Big Sur Moon
ryan01
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Dave Meniketti, On the Blue Side -Just picked up this cd and it is worth a listen. Some very good guitar work.
rlwainwright
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This one started it all for me - now I can't get enough of him or Steve Kimock.

Kinda funny, but I don't think I saw a single reference to Carlos Santana in the posts above - just listened to Moonflower (LP) yesterday and it blew me away, again.
rlwainwright
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Sorry, previous post got messed up - I was referring to John Cipollina (Quicksilver Messenger Service) doing the "Who Do You Love Suite" from the Happy Trails album - sublime!!
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