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Best guitar explosion of all time

My vote is for Jimi's Voodoo Chile - a Slight Return! No one has come close to his majic on that recording. I am a big Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton fan and everything they have done falls short. Not for emotional involvement, or technical virtuousity, but for the finality of the perfect guitar moment. Jimi hit it on the mark - and then some!
jeff_l
tone2222
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Speaking from a rock guitarist's point of view these are are not the most technical lead breaks, but they are (in my opinion) brilliant and 2 that everyone born after 1960 and before 1980 can say "hey, I know that from somewhere":

1) Eruption - Van Halen
2) We Will Rock You - Queen
ehaller
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I'll agree with VanHalen's "Eruption". Crank this up and it doesn't get much better for sheer metal.
jafant
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One more vote for ERUPTION. Crank it up...
jaybo
4,478 posts
 
forgot dave davies(kinks)..you really got me
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onhwy61
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Some of my favorites:

Sonny Sharrock on Herbie Mann's "Hold On, I'm Comin'"
Bill Nelson (Be-Bop Deluxe) "Cryin' To the Sky"
Vernon Reid (Living Colour) "Cult Of Personality"
Jimi Hendrix "Machine Gun"
Hubert Sumlin on Howlin' Wolf's "Love Me Darlin''
John McLaughlin "Dragon Song"
Duane Allman (Allman Brothers) "Hot 'lanta"
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