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OT: Favorite guitar solos

visitingcock said:
While I agree that the guitar work is legendary, it’s hard for me to think of it as “solo” or even three “solos”.

It’s a hard-driving, coordinated yet dueling, triple lead that has never been topped even by multiple lead guitar bands like Skynard and the Alman Brothers - and will never be topped by any band in existence today.
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This is one reason the Southern Rock Genre is my Favorite!! (Most consider The Allman Bros as Blues rock but ther do fall under the Southern Rock Umbrella so to speak....)
 
I was raised on a 160 acre (quarter section) farm in west central Illinois; but when our barn burned down we moved to California. I went through the CA educational system from 6th grade to my Bachelor's degree from UCSB in 1970. This song has been on my radar since it came out in '71 and this is probably the best version i've heard:

 
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There is no way I could ever pick an all time favorite guitar solo.
There is so much amazing work in this world.
Lots of good choices here.
There are so many great Hendrix tunes that could be on here – he made the guitar an extension of his self.
What about Eddie on Beat it:
 
There are some guitar players who have great solos and others who have solos that are unrecognized, yet breed success and define songs and bands. I think Brian May of queen is a great example of that. Listen to what he adds to songs. from small intratune solos to complementing the feeling - Brian May is amazing. Freddie Mercury's presence was so strong that people like Brian May, Roger Taylor (drums) and John Deacon (bass) are often overlooked for their amazing talents and contributions. They were all outstanding in their roles and were extremely talented. Listen to the Queen catalog and pay attention to the individual instruments and you will see what I mean.
BTW - AMAZING concerts (one had naked women riding bikes). I think I would have loved the concerts even without the heavy ganja use. LOL
Damn, I am old.
 
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There are some guitar players who have great solos and others who have solos that are unrecognized, yet breed success and define a band. I think Brian May of queen is a great example of that. Listen to what he adds to songs. from small intratune solos to complementing the feeling - Brian May is amazing. Freddie Mercury's presence was so strong that people like Brian May,
 
You don't often think of acoustic guitars and rock solos, but Nancy Wilson of Heart had a great guitar solo a the beginning of "Crazy on You" from their eponymous first album. this is a live version so the recording quality doesn't quite match the original but it shows Nancy getting down and jamming.

One of the first LP's I bought. There were some other good solos on that album.

 
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Brain May from Queen was mentioned earlier. This is one of my favorite Queen songs and features a nice guitar solo that highlights the sound Brian was able to get out of his personally built guitar.

 
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Ozimoto said:
Tom Sholz from Boston. First arena rock concert I attended at WVU.

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That premier Boston album has an amazing story. Tom Scholz played every instrument on every song except for the drums, the guitar solo on one song and the other instruments on another song. Other than that, he played every instrument and hid it from the record company. That is one hell of an opus. Google it and check it out. Scholz was amazing.
 
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