Duane Allman on "Loan Me a Dime" from Boz Scaggs first album. the rythm accompaniment on it is pretty right on too.
(sorry if someone already said this . . I didn't spot it above) |
Duane Alllman and Eric Clapton at the end of Layla. |
Great responses, but I did not see any Eddie Van Halen votes? With the continuing mediocrity of the current Van Halen config, his legend seems to be diminishing. But the guy is really a brilliant musician.
I'm going to go out on a limb and put the into to "Hot for Teacher" up for consideration. Not just speed, but inventiveness, and creating a whole new sound.
After that, I'm onboard with Roger Waters on "Comfortably Numb". Great licks. |
Clapton - the bit at the end of Cream's live version of "Sitting on Top of the World." A few seconds long, but absolutely incendiary. |
The lead in "Highway Star" by Deep Purple has to be one of the best ever. |
Billy Gibbons ZZ Top "Blue Jean Blues"
Carlos Santana too many to list. |
My favorites the same as Pug's. |
Robert Fripp on Brian Eno's "Baby's on Fire" off of the album "Here Come the Warm Jets". |
Here are my three favorite solo's:
Jimi Hendrix Live in Winterland - Red House
Steve Vai (actually Whitesnake) - Wings of the storm
Joe Satriani, from Not of this earth - Memories
Actually, Jimi Hendrix was the reason I started playing guitar, and Steve Vai the reason I quit...... |
jeff baxter- my old school-on steely dan lp
eric clapton-in the presence of the lord-blind faith
jimi hendrix-all along the watchtower
carlos santana-too many to list
frank zappa-my guitar's going to kill your mama |
Wanna wear horse hair underwear? Swear to a life of celibacy...pick one favorite guitar solo? Hey Buscis, y'know, i tried for a couple of minutes, but asking for that is just being MEAN! Anyway, here's a few more good ones (in no particular order):
John Abercrombie, Timeless, Backwoods Song, Cosmic Chicken
Richie Kotzen, Acid Lips, Electric Toy, Slow Blues
Jim Thomas (Mermen), With No Definite Future...
Greg Howe, Direct Injection, Land Of The Ladies
Ron Thal, Scrapie, Blue Tongue, Q Fever
Zoot Horn Rollo, Peon, Veterans Day Poppy, Big Eyed Beans...
Tsuneo Imahori (Tipographica) Prositute Robot
Thurston Moore, Blues From Beyond The Grave
Toto Blanke, Ladies Bicycle Seat Sniffer
David Fiuczynski, The Quest
Ares Tavolazzi (Area), Nervi Scoperti
Christy Doran, B&D
Reeves Gabrels, McCarthy At The Levee, I can't Read
Jan Akkerman, Eruption, Hocus Pocus, Wrestling to Get Out
Michael Hedges, Rickover's Dream, Sofa
Jurgen Havix (Kollektiv) Rambo Zambo
Nels Cline, The Darkness Of Each Endless Fall
Frantisek Griglak (Fermata) Perpetuum II
Larry Coryell, Treats Style, Stiff Neck, Jam w/Albert
Charles Bullen (This Heat) Rimp Romp Ramp
Steve Khan, Penetration
Peter Wollbrandt (KRAAN!!!) Holiday am Marterhorn (Live 74)
Hendrix, Pali Gap, Little Wing (Winterland), All Along the Watchtower...
Michael Karoli (Can) Vernal Equinox, Gomorrah, Chain Reaction
Radim Hladik (Blue Effect) The whole "Benefit" album
Leo Kottke, Three/Quarter North
Kackie King, Blue Moon
Terje Rypdal, Ornen, Chaser, Silver Bird is Heading For the Sun
Sylvain Luc, Night In Tunisia
David Torn, Guinea, Bandaged By Dreams, Angle of Incidents
Allan Holdsworth, Last May, Velvet Darkness, Gattox, Letters of Marque, Where is One, Strangeher...
Ax Generich (Guru Guru), Der Elektolurch, Oxymoron
Ollie Hallsall (Patto) Money Bag
Zeno Sparkles (Good God) A Murder of Crows
John McLaughlin, Dance of the Maya, Purpose of When, Follow Your Heart
John Etheridge (Wolf), Saturation Point
Danny Gatton, Tradgedy, Harlem Nocturn
Robert Fripp, Asbury Park
Fred Frith (Massacre), Ladder
Roy Gaines, Okie Dokie Stomp
Tony McPhee, Grey Maze, Split
Donald Roeser, Anwar's Theme, Last Days of May
Frank Zappa, Get a Little Orange Co. Lumber Truck, Zoot Allures, Son Of Mr. Green Genes, Easter in Watermelon Hay, Muffin Man...
Ps
-I think Bill Kirchen is Mr. Hot Rod Lincoln.
-Kinda doubt that William Ackerman is related to Jan Akkerman (too bad both of em' are so stale now) |
John Sykes- Crying in the Rain off Whitesnake 87'. Incredible! For sheer dexterity, this one can't be topped.
Steve Vai- The Attitude Song.
Paul Gilbert- Live solo. 1 million notes a minute, originator of the drill technique.
George Lynch- Mr. Scary. |
Eric Clapton - "Crossroads" w. Cream (Wheels of Fire"
Jimmy Page - "I can't quit you babe" - Zep's 1st
Tom Verlaine - "Marquee Moon" - Televison
Jerry Garcia - "China Cat Sunflower" - G.D. Europe'72
Mike Bloomfield - "Really" - Supersession
Jerry Miller - "Can't be so bad" Moby Grape - WOW
John Cipollina - "Who do you love" Quicksilver Messengers S. |
Jeff Beck - Beck's Bolero (Truth)
Ronnie Montrose - Town without Pity (Open Fire)
Eric Clapton - Layla (Derek & the Dominoes) |
Rather than repeat those already nominated, I'll put in a pitch for the Dickey Betts/Duane Allman solo on "Blue Sky." |
Johnny Winter - Life is Hard
Jimmy Hendrex - Machine Gun
Melvin Taylor - almost anything
Jimmy Bryant - almost anything
Guitar Shorty - I Wonder Who's Sleeping In My Bed |
The Edge's solo on "One". I love the minimal approach that he uses, but with so much feeling and attack. Also, Keith Richards' solo on "Love In Vain". |
Jack Williams, "Waterbug" from the album "Across The Winterline" |
Divid Gilmour on "Comfortably Numb". I can never turn it up loud enough! |
Peter Frampton playing that excellent solo at the end of "Apron Strings" from John Entwistle's 70s' album Whistle Rhymes. |
Nice to see someone else mentioning the perenially underrated Ritchie Blackmore. Off the top of my head, here are two goodies:
Blackmore on "Gates of Babylon" from Rainbow's Long Live Rock 'n' Roll.
Vinnie Zummo (I think) on "Evil Empire" from Joe Jackson's Blaze of Glory.
Bonus goodie: Tommy Bolin on "Savannah Woman" from Teaser. |
Rlwainwright: I've always been partial to QMS's "Mona". |
"Blue Incantation" Sanjay Mishra and Jerry Garcia
"You Don't Love Me" Allman Bros. "Fillmore"
"NRPS" New Riders Of The Purple Sage |
Stevie Ray Vaughn's version of Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing." |
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!! |
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. |
Dave Meniketti, On the Blue Side -Just picked up this cd and it is worth a listen. Some very good guitar work. |
Donald Roeser (B.O.C) - Cities On Flame (with Rock N Roll)
Stevie Ray - Little Wing
David Gilmour - Comfortably Numb
Buckethead - Big Sur Moon |
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.
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Eric Clapton, "Go back Home" on Stephen Stills album entitled Stephen Stills. |
How about: "Are you going with me" Pat Metheney Group, and Steve Hackett on "Everyday" and "Firth of Fifth". Mwilson-that must be the first Hawkwind plug I've ever seen at this site (from a closet fan). |
A few choice Steely Dan cuts:
Larry Carlton's guitar solos on Kid Charlemagne and Don't take me alive
Elliot Randall's guitar solo from Reeling in the Years |
Froggerz40 the Live at the Filmore was the actual record that I learned most of my early geetar licks from. Both Duane and Betts really had the right "tone" as it is called. Betts still has some of the nicest guitar tone today.
Jrd351 if you include one not solos that there is one also with the Police forget the song.
I forget again to mention Alvin Lee I'm Goning Home on the Woodstock CD and also I'd love to change the world. The live Woodstock solo is still one of the most energizing guitar solos today along with Eric Johnsons Cliffs of Dover.
Home alone today with nothing to do but play music, Happy Listening. |
neil young-cinnamin girl(one note...and its the right one)....runner up..that session guy on the carpenters'-goodbye to love'...holy smoke(literally). |
Right now my fav solos are on side two of The Allman Bros, Live at the Fillmore East. "You Don`t Love Me". My next door neighbors probably know it as well as me, because you just can`t play it quietly! I don`t know enough technically to comment on the guitar technique, but the energy and exuberance kick major ***! Those loooong, bent-string blue notes are the ones that touch me. Also Carlos Santana`s solo playing on albums like "Abraxas", or "The Swing of Delight". |
OK finally SOMEBODY finally remembered Jimmy Page! Another one from Zeppelin that rocks is "In My Time of Dying" from Physical Graffiti. How about "Machine Gun" from the Band of Gypsys(Jimi Hendrix), live New Year's Eve at the Filmore East Phish (Trey Anastasio) has some good guitar work on Lawnboy. Also John Mclaughlin and Carlos Santana on Love, Devotion, Surrender, the one that sticks out the most is "House of the Lord"(something like that).George Benson cover of "World is a Ghetto." |
Jimmy Page Led Zeppelin "Heartbreaker" keeps playing through my head because of this thread also "Dazed and confused" another "since I've been loving you" and of course "Stairway to heaven"
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"Mean Town Blues - Live" Johnny Winter/Rick Derringer
"Spoonful" Eric Clapton via Cream
"In My Time of Dying" Mr. Jimmy Page on DVD by Led Zeppelin
"Journey to the Center of You Mind" Ted Nugent via Amboy Dukes
"Dark Star" Jerry Garcia via Greatful Dead
Hail, hail Rock 'n Roll... |
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 : ) |
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. |
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) |
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! |
Buscis2 Ooops, I missed a few more also. I own 30 geetars, 6 LPs a few Strats and Teles from the '60s and a nice '61 335 Dot Neck tobaco sunburst. Still cannot get over that Gatton and Stevie are not with us any longer, oh yeah the guitarist who did Hot Rod Lincoln forget his name but he is really good and fun to go see play.
Happy Playin'
Peter |
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! |
Jeff (Skink) Baxter: Budhistava - kickin it into high gear!
Nice choice, paying attention and of above average intelligence |
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Zowie! This is where music is the thing rather than all that equipment which gets you there. First off Bloomfield’s solo on “East West” How about early on when it was new like Jeff Beck on “Mr. you’re a better man than I” solo on early Yardbirds, My Fave Roy Buchanan live on “Hey Joe” and “Dual Soliloquy” his last recording both from his Anthology, or Zappa, “Pink Stucco” from Shut up and Play Your Guitar. Let’s get real for us who were there… the first time you heard Eric Brann’s lead in In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida! abinitio adenenum, Carl: Milwaukee |
John Nitzinger's "My Last Goodbye" |
Oh yeah, I forgot a couple:
Robben Ford - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood from Handful of Blues. All of Jerry's pedal steel work on New Riders Of The Purple Sage. Great thread, by the way. |
I second Leslie West On "Theme" and "Nantucket Sleighride". Out of this world! |
