Reply With QuoteSome real classics here.
May I offer up:
Keith Don't Go - Nils Lofgren - https://youtu.be/coNqbqnH3AM
Jake
There are many....
AC/DC - Livewire
Always hits the spot.
Some real classics here.
May I offer up:
Keith Don't Go - Nils Lofgren - https://youtu.be/coNqbqnH3AM
Jake
I'm not really a fan of long drawn out solos TBH, too proggy for my money, but here's some shorter ones I love.
Jimi - All along the watchtower, but pretty much anything by him.
Steve Jones (Sex Pistols) - God Save the Queen.
Gary Quackenbush (SRC) - Eye of the Storm.
I've posted a vid of the last one as I doubt many people have heard of it - sublime playing throughout.
Cheers,
Neil.
That's George Harrison's son, Dhani.Originally Posted by JohnnyE
"Black Dog": Led Zeppelin is another one I loved in my early teens.
Lindsey Buckingham is amazing live. I've stood this close to him playing solos on 4 occasions and every one has been electric. It's especially good when you get to hit his guitar during the solo.
Thanks guys, I know what I'm doing tonight.
Great thread!
More or less my whole iTunes list! Stevie Ray Vaughan was mentioned already but this one is not on iTunes, only on YT: SRV in 1986 sound check
Some real classics already mentioned.
Another...For Love Of God - Steve Vai
Maybe not to everyone's taste but technically I find it pretty impressive.
Nils Lofgren does a long solo in 'girl in motion' if you can find it. A much underrated player.
I was going to post the above myself, one of my favourites by Nils.
Excellent indeed. Of course there's really no " best guitar solo" , just lots of great ones, but having seen a lot of great guitarists in over 40 years of concerts including Nils a good few times, he's up there with the best.
F.T.F.A.
Some great suggestions here!
Some of my fave's as well.....
And some more from John Frusciante (RHCP)
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When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks long into you.........
https://youtu.be/x70G-NhyUPI
Riviera Paradise, just brilliant.
Daddel.
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
There's much more to a guitar solo than speeding up and down a guitar neck, passion, emotion, musicality...... whatever, ably demonstrated by Mick Ronson, as mentioned earlier,.......
That is stunning
Eruption.Eddie Van Halen.
https://youtu.be/GQGT23O-Omw
Wembley 85 -Dire Straits-Tunnel Of Love
End of the song Knopfler at his very best and anyone not playing air guitar by the end of it has no soul.
Legend.
So many great ones mentioned already.
This one's not too bad either.
Lovely understated guitar throughout and a great solo.
jeff
Joe Satriani - All Alone
and for the blues fans...
Robin Trower (with the legendary Jack Bruce) - Lives of Clay
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Check out Captain Speedy Fingers - Alvin Lee and Ten Years After.
Their Live Recording LP is mega 😀
https://youtu.be/bW5M5xljdCI
Jake
A bit shreddy (to say the least), but Shawn Lane (RIP) could also play with tremendous feeling, 6 minutes into this song he gets a bit crazy....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-gfceU0l1s
I find Meshuggah's guitarist - Frederick Thordendal's work interesting, he doesn't play the usual blues scale solos, he's influenced by Jazz guitarist Alan Holdsworth. I find it a perfect fit for Meshuggah's noisy, jagged staccato music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1hmI4eqzps
The solo starts around 5 minutes into this song.
So who is the bloke with the hat playing the standard strat with the lace pickups?
I did look at all the comments, but he doesn't seem to be mentioned.
You can certainly hear the Allan Holdsworth influence there. I fear that Meshuggah might be a bit much for some of the delicate souls here though. Talking of Allan Holdsworth, here's a perfect example of his playing.
In The Dead of Night by UK; https://youtu.be/AeXSQl56no8?t=172
Yeah, I watched that youtube video too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4NOJ42-BKM
Can't be quantified and music being art it is subjective.
My favourite also changes depending on mood and style of music I feel like listening to at the time.
That's Marc Mann.
Too add to the excellent suggestions already I offer
Joe Bonamassa - India / Mountain time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrIRo3fG9xg
Marillion - Easter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd0nSN90Hgk
Steve Rothery is a much under-rated genius to my mind.
Rush - La Villa Strangiato
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK1hmDpa8bo
Santana - Europa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCAeDIF2svc
and Samba Pa Ti
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWO_eojWezg
You might argue the Santana tracks aren't solos in the conventional sense. They are however truly beautiful pieces of guitar playing.
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Andy
Wanted - Damasko DC57
Velvet Underground....What Goes On...Live 1969...Lou & Sterling Morrison (very under rated guitarist) awesome..such power
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I did think about posting a warning - they aren't exactly easy listening.....
Totally concur, one of my favourite solo's too..........Fabulous guitar on this. In fact, everything about the recording is pretty much perfect. A proper pop masterpiece.
Can't help it, I must mention Angus Young - simply because he's a local. (Angus and his wife live a few miles to the east). I have never met him in person, just seen him walk by or riding his bike. His wife is a lot taller than he is, that's what draws the attention. Not the fact that a skinny guy in his early 60 rides a bike.
Menno
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https://youtu.be/IaH2C2Qe97Y
Guthrie Govan. Regret#9
Quite agree about Steve Rothery. Superb guitarist. His album 'Ghosts of Pripyat' is excellent.
My favourite guitar solo though is from someone who is often compared with David Gilmour and Steve Rothery (indeed I've heard they all have mutual respect for each other) and that's Andy Latimer of Camel. In fact if I could take only one piece of music to my desert island it would be 'Ice' by Camel. Even now, having listened to it hundreds of times, there is a bit from about 5 minutes onwards as it builds to a crescendo which still gives me goosebumps every time.
Forgot the great John McLaughlin especially with Shaktism
https://www.google.co.uk/search?clie...=1486282437013
I prefer solos that have a beginning middle and end, and tend to be well integrated into the song they are in. The Ritchie Blackmore solo in 'Can't Happen Here' (Rainbow) is a great example, but players such as Brian May (Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon from Night At The Opera) and Jimi Hendrix (Hey Joe) have many examples.
I thought i had an answer for this thread, but I am sitting saying
'oh thats good...thats good..thats good'
Prince gets my vote on this one, closely followed by
Jimi Hendrix - All along the watch tower.
Eric Clapton - Layla
Brian May - Bohemian Rhapsody
And this...I like this version and the solo.
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There's not really a thing as best guitar solo, but there's been some crackers on here. The SRV warmup posted early is just about the best video of him.
I found this my accident the other day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzRbeHyIomk - Tom Morello playing with Bruce Springsteen. He does a couple of solos, but the second on at 6.20 or so is a wondrous sonic experience. Tom sure knows how to get a lot of different sounds from his guitar and can play a bit too.
This has to be the best G&D thread yet, thanks to all of you.
Excellent choice along with Reelin in the Years for the Guitar Intro
Bit left field, but love Marc Ribot on Jockey Full of Bourboun by Tom Waits, latterly covered by Joe Bonnamassa :
http://youtu.be/IgMP9O-cIV8
Also the late great Robert Quine, seminal New York alt guitar dude, played with Richard Hell, Lou Reed, latterly with guys like Matthew Sweet and Lloyd Cole - 2:13 on this:
http://youtu.be/k2cXnAUTwQI
And for a really wierd 'where are they now', check out what Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter does for a living now.
This, definitely. Hearing this live has the hair on the back of my neck stood on end.
Never knew that, with Trump at the helm he could be busy.
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This for me.
I agree with this, the solo should take the song somewhere. A great example is Glenn Tilbrook's short solo on Another Nail in My Heart by Squeeze.
Occurs very early in the song as well.
Genius!
^That Prince clip is just... magisterial.
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