OT: Best Guitar Solos

[nygblue]

Almost any live recording of SRV doing "Leave my little girl alone"
Almost any recording ever of Gary Moore, though I'm partial to "Still got the Blues"

November Rain, Comfortably Numb, both solid favorites of mine too.

I second Gary Moore. And nominate Story of the Blues. The man was brilliant.

 

[DogBoy]

Always liked this one however the solo is actually the 45 second intro

 

[DogBoy]

This is a two for one with Steve Wariner and Glenn Cambell. Steve on I think a Dano Baritone then to Glenn on a Strat.

 

[DogBoy]

One more for the old folks

 

[SoFla Steve]

Almost any recording ever of Gary Moore, though I'm partial to "Still got the Blues"

Me too. RIP, Gary.

 

[JakeTheDog]

Almost an impossible question to answer. I feel Freddie King just continually nails it on three succesive albums:

1972- Texas Cannonball
1973- Woman Across the River
1974- Burglar

Can't pick one song or solo!

 

[QDOG5]

Mick Taylor on Can't You Hear Me Knocking is a favorite of mine. My avatar had a nice intro on that song, too. Bobby Keys' solo was excellent and Charlie Watts is magical throughout the entire song. Richards and Taylor are great on Time Waits For No One also.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Freebird the studio version. Yeah, the live versions with the more extended jams sound better, especially when cruising on the road.

Here's the thing. Like most bands Skynyrd was flat broke when they went in on their first studio recording. Ronnie was notorious for long practicing and getting every note down pat so their performances were consistent and always top notch. He used the extended solo at the end of the live performances to give his voice a break because they did a bunch of shows with multiple sets.

So what you get here are lyrics and a coda at the end which had been practiced, refined and honed. This isn't a Duane Allman and Wilson Pickett or Mick Taylor and Bobby Keys just keep the recordings going and finding a pearl.

Tough to find a better combination of lyrics and musicianship off a debut album.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Speaking of Mick Taylor and Bobby Keys, "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" is right up there too. Stones were at their absolute best with Taylor.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

Prince- Purple Rain
Slash- Sweet November

 

[puppygenius]

Going to depend on if you prefer technical wizardry (shredders), or feel (Gilmore). I prefer the latter, so this is it for me.

Thank You Lord, spot on.

 

[A10 fan]

Thank You Lord, spot on.

The track is criminally underexposed. People see who it's by, and assume it's some sort of dance music, which of course, it's a million miles from, like most of their stuff from that era.

 

[August_West]

 

[8893]

Achingly beautiful.

 

[superjohn]

The track is criminally underexposed. People see who it's by, and assume it's some sort of dance music, which of course, it's a million miles from, like most of their stuff from that era.

People see Funkadelic/Parliament Funkadelic as just some sort of dance music? It's one of the most influential and truly great bands of all-time.

 

[Bezzz]

So much great guitar work. I've been playing guitar for 50 years and I love all this, especially SRV and Gilmore.

Not a big Clapton fan but the one that stops me in my tracks is his work on Crossroads from 1968. Two solos, one 24 bars and one 36 bars. The little riff at the end of the first solo I've never been able to master.

 

[August_West]

The little riff at the end of the first solo I've never been able to master.

Because its a mistake.

 

[uconnfan68]

Speaking of Mick Taylor and Bobby Keys, "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" is right up there too. Stones were at their absolute best with Taylor.

"Sticky Fingers"... in my top 5 for all-time best albums.

 

[Bezzz]

Because its a mistake.

I don't know, man. It's a beautiful little up and down arpeggio in key. What's he doing there, double picking? The solo is chock full of hammer-ons.

 

[August_West]

I don't know, man. It's a beautiful little up and down arpeggio in key. What's he doing there, double picking? The solo is chock full of hammer-ons.

Yeah , all true, but you can’t get it, and no one can, because he turns the beat around inadvertently

 

[CTBballfan243]

Rush - Alex Lifeson La Villa Strangiato

 

[Madmannsucks]

That's one reason this is my favorite (start 2:57):

Glad someone mentioned this. Way underrated.

 

[Madmannsucks]

Memorable as my first ever regarded-as-favorite guitar solo, summer 1970.

As to agreement that he is not one of my favorites (not saying I don't like him) I love the 3 guitar solos on the Derek and the Dominoes Live version of "Gotta Get Better in a Little While" enough to be satisfied if someone said that I could only ever again listen to one Clapton song.[/QUO I have the vinyl.

 

[Madmannsucks]

Achingly beautiful.

Jeff's tribute to the late great totally underrated Roy Buchanan.
I dare you to find a better solo. Everything he did on this was sans pedals. Just volume controls, pinch harmonics, lots of bends 5 6 7 step bends.

 

[Seamus84]

Lots of great suggestions on this thread! Love the Kid Charlemagne shout-out...still a go-to when I need a pick me up (which was quite often this season). Try the last minute of BTO’s Welcome Home.....not the longest solo, but the pickin’ is so pure