OT: Song Thread - Guitars

[meyers7]

Might as well get Knopfler in here.

Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits

 

[nwhoopfan]

another 80s guitar god

 

[nwhoopfan]

twin guitar attack of Judas Priest

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Tommy Emmanuel and Gabriella Cuevedo perform a duet duel ....and it's a classical gas

 

[nwhoopfan]

Gotta include this guy, taking it way back.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Saving you his warming up the audience shtick, Tommy Emmanuel shows why his range on the acoustic guitar is astonishing:

 

[Husky25]

 

[wire chief]

A very rich topic. I'll pick an easy one. 7 minutes! Always easy to listen to.

And speaking of the Allmans, I do appreciate the clean, bright work in the middle riff on BLUE SKY. Here's an elongated version.

The Allman Brothers Band - Blue Sky

 

[Husky25]

 

[wire chief]

Sonny Landreth outrocks most.

 

[JordyG]

Half of theae songs are neither about guitars or even refer to guitars in the song. May as well have made the thread about favorite guitarists.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Half of theae songs are neither about guitars or even refer to guitars in the song. May as well have made the thread about favorite guitarists.

Wasn't it? I'm so confused!

 

[Husky25]

Half of theae songs are neither about guitars or even refer to guitars in the song. May as well have made the thread about favorite guitarists.

Les Paul's birthday is tomorrow (6/9), so why not a thread about guitars??? So songs by Iconic guitar players, iconic guitar solos, iconic guitar rifs. Should give you plenty of stuff to work with.

Famous rif on a Les Paul (with a duck walk solo)

But for the record, both the FrankenStrat and 5150 guitar are iconic.

 

[connie]

Checkmate.

 

[Bigboote]

 

[Bigboote]

I'll be posting a couple by Ry Cooder. This one has a great slide solo in the middle.

 

[Bigboote]

This is an instrumental of an Ike and Tina song. Just beautiful.

 

[Bigboote]

One more and I'm done for today. I could pick any number of Zappa tunes, but this one has a great extended solo:

 

[Scud49]

Toy Caldwell's lead in guitar is pretty unmistakeable...!

 

[lne001]

 

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