YOUR favorite guitar solo (with link)

[Carson123]

Hi guys, my name is Carson. My goal is to learn a new guitar solo each week. So, I would like to know your favorite guitar solo, and please post a link with the audio!

Tell me what you like about the solo, and please post the guitarist name playing the solo!

Thanks so much!
Carson

[MartinCliffe]

Roine Stolt's main solo on the Flower Kings' song Garden Of Dreams, particularly from their DVD Meet The Flower Kings:

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Generally almost anything Roine does sends shivers down my spine. It's a shame that his current project, Agents Of Mercy, just has no magic about it.

[Carson123]

Thanks for posting, that is KILLIN man! I've never heard of Roine Stolt before! Good stuff! Keep posting.

-Carson

[harry65]

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starts at 2:43 , raw , perfect phrasing , perfect tone , vibrato , just blows me away everytime and i must have heard it 500 times............

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starts at 4:48 , completely on the other end of things style wise but also impeccable phrasing , just so emotional and beautiful and also adrenalizing.........

[gennation]

I think this will always be my favorite guitar solo. It's certainly been the benchmark for me since I first heard it in the 70's. I listened to it so much over the decades that every nuance in this recording is part of my DNA.

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[spamsponge]

Enjoy...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYLsKyETr_Y

[Julia343]

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[Han Solo]

Big favorite of mine; the leadwork throughout the song and the solo at the end should keep you busy for a while........

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Just another that popped into my head. One of the first solo's I could play.....Unfortunatly a bit buried in the mix. Long version:

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[firefitz65]

One of my favorite guitarists. the sound quality is not the best.

http://youtu.be/_Et6BSDMNLY

[Carltone]

here's one by Adam Rogers... Whew!

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The entire band is KILLING! Taborn on the Fender Rhodes is unreal...

[Barrios]

Love that solo. Starts at 1:50.

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[GWDavis28]

Love this song.

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I've got the tab if anyone wants it.

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[pete100ca]

:agreeRoine Stolt's main solo on the Flower Kings' song Garden Of Dreams, particularly from their DVD Meet The Flower Kings:

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Generally almost anything Roine does sends shivers down my spine. It's a shame that his current project, Agents Of Mercy, just has no magic about it.

:agree

[GulfportBound]

Favourite guitar solo? Hey, ask me a tough one. (Like I can pick one favourite?) But if you're looking for beautiful guitar solos, you'd have an awful tough time getting better than this . . . there may have been better blues played over the years (and this gentleman played quite a bit of those himself), but blues guitar just doesn't get more simply beautiful than this.

Mike Bloomfield . . .

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[SL_22]

Scotti Hill's guitar tone is massive. Sounds like another verse of the song. I like how the first note blends perfectly with Bach's voice and that harmonic/feedback trick he does at 3:14 blew my mind the first time i heard it.

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[GulfportBound]

Or, this . . .

B.B. King . . .

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[blownirocz]

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Solo starts around 3:15 but start watching around 2:55 to get some context.

[NorCal_Val]

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Guitarist-Steve Vai
I love everything about this solo;
tone, phrasing, pacing, attitude, music that
the solo is played over. Vai's best solo.
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=cf0K6tZz0Ro

[Dave Orban]

Buzzy Feiten's solo on "Where Did My Baby Go," from Paul Butterfield's "Keep on Movin' " album...

http://www.oydesign.com/gypsies/songs/where_did_my_baby_go.mp3

[Oakley]

Pat Metheny, Third Wind, @ 1:40

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2:23 here:

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Studio version blocked from embedding - Go to YouTube. @1:35

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSmWCYNRpNs&feature=related

Live version -around the same place:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kArrPnxMzSE&feature=related

Another live one - still around the same 1:35:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPqtpY5VgYo&feature=related

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At 1:45 here:

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And here's a great cover showing the entire thing. Thanks Francis Larue!

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Another rendition here:

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In slow motion:

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[Sweetfinger]

My fave is David Grissom's solo on Lou Ann Barton's "Shake Your Hips" from her "Read My Lips" disc. No 'toob of it. Amazon's sampler has the solo outro:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/recsradio/radio/B00000DOKN/ref=pd_krex_dp_001_007?ie=UTF8&track=007&disc=001

[p19978]

Can't You Hear Me Knockin; Mick Taylor is simply the epitome of taste.

His solo starts about 4:40; but you'd miss a ton of great rhythm playing by Keef if you just started there...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fa4HUiFJ6c

[RLD]

Larry Carlton/Kid Charlemagne.
Figuring out this solo note for note was one of those "ah ha!" moments for me. Starts @ 2:18
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[Teleplayer]

Been listening to this one for 30+ years. It's the first solo that came to mind when I saw this thread.

A really young Larry Carlton with the Crusaders. No explanation needed. I mean it's Larry with Stix Hooper, Joe Sample, Wilton Felder and Pops Popwell. Just listen to Larry take off at 1:30. Beautiful. Enjoy.

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[coralreefer]

most inspirational performance I've seen in a long time...starts @3:40...

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[magdream]

Not sure it's my all time fave, but if it isn't, it's WAY up there:

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The goodness starts at 3:00

[thorny]

Many Many Favorites!! Many already posted! Here is one of them. This solo kills me everytime I hear it. Everyone refers to the Shapes of things solo when talking about Gary Moore and rightfully so. But check out the solo in this song. It is everything I love about Gary Moore. Guitar playing with a SERIOUS DOSE OF ATTITUDE!!!!!!

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[gtone]

Dunno if it's my favourite, but this one from a young Jimmy McCulloch with Stone the Crows kinda blows me away. Nothing flashy here - straight up blues/rock, but oh that vintage TONE....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRFiXktgvAI

[Rockledge]

I don't have a link to it, but Claptons solo on Delaney and Bonnies live version of "I don't want to discuss it".
It has probably been close to 40 years since I first heard it, and it has been my favorite solo since.

[sharpshooter]

Hard to pick THE favorite one,,but this, I never get tired of hearing:
http://youtu.be/4R6nmKjcSeU

[Sidmore]

it doesn't get much better for 80's hard rock solos than these two...

solo at 2:51

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solo at 2:35

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[Scafeets]

Larry Carlton
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[bluesjunior]

I can't choose between these two, so I'll post them both.
firstly I think Ry Cooder's solo on How can a poor man stand such times and live just pips his one on john Hiatts Lipstick Sunset from Bring the Family.
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Next I have heard Eric play Double Trouble in many versions but for me the following one is the best of them all.
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[George H]

This has always been my favorite ever since I first saw Steve Hackett play this live in 1973.

Not particularly difficult to play or filled w/ firey pirotechnics but I just love the melody & this solo still moves me emotionally just as it did that day @ NYC's Academy of Music.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW_7YyKawbw

[SHM]

One of them...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reuK2msTzec

[chucke99]

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Scorpions, '77, Ulrich (Uli Jon) Roth on lead. It's right at the beginning of the song.

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[speedyone]

It's a tie for my favorite solo between these two:

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and...

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:)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er64v5sxDgA

[Ocelot]

http://youtu.be/1_9KOGaLXdg

[jzgtrguy]

Hard to pick just a few

Are you going with me, Pat Metheny

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All along the Watch Tower, Jimi Hendrix

Tone down house, Scott Henderson

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[John Vasco]

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starts at 2:43 , raw , perfect phrasing , perfect tone , vibrato , just blows me away everytime and i must have heard it 500 times............

Nah, not as good as the original. Take a listen to this. Larry Davis from 1958. And this shows you where SRV got his vocal delivery from...

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[John Vasco]

This should be required listening for anyone wanting to learn rock soloing on a guitar:

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Middle solo starts at 2:45; end solo starts at 4:00

Leslie West at his best - beats the rest!

[Broken Cord]

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Frank Zappa - Black Napkins

Played with his Baby Snakes SG through a Pignose.


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Rory Gallagher
Walk on Hot Coals -Irish Tour '74

[rwe333]

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[McLeanAB]

A bit long, but:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWvp9Cd6HUo

Or S.A.T.O: starts at 1:56
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=299i6rQ-gA0

Warren DeMartini: starts at 2:03 (blew my mind when I was 13)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKuY5q1m7BE

Jake: a bit long, but damn it's fun...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWAohdmCl4o

[craigoslo]

Matt schofields guitar solo stars at the 5 min mark.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yfi9fKpm3yU

[pbradt]

Can't beat James Pennebaker (http://guitarpete.net/old/sound/jameswig.mp3).

[Chrome Dinette]

I can't believe I had never heard the following until yesterday. I may have a new contender for favorite guitar solo. L. Shankar on the violin is also beyond belief.

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[freedom's door]

Outro solo that starts at 2:30

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Get a copy of Joe's Garage, and learn the solo from Watermelon In Easter Hay- perfection IMO.

[johnny5]

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Solo starts around 3:15 but start watching around 2:55 to get some context.
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[unfunnyclown]

No-Brainer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV8RoNePzfI

[Cream]

Watch 480p. Solo @3:15 to the end:
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[hop]

I was a huge fan of the Adrian-or-Janick-then-Dave solo in the Trooper but things got really awesome when Adrian re-joined the band and it became Adrian-AND-Janick-dueling-complimentary-wankfest-then-Dave.

The Trooper (solo starts around 2:07)
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This one also gets my blood pumping, especially as it comes out of the creepy middle section.

Rime of the Ancient Mariner (start around 7:00 for context; solo starts around 9:17)
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This also needs to be included because the live versions are so ridiculously awesome.

Veteran of the Psychic Wars (solo starts around 3:34 and gets stupid good at 5:14)
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I spent a lot of time watching this guy play with Zero and SK&F in San Francisco and Oregon back in the mid '90s. His tone probably defines my high school and "college take one" years more than any other guitarist. Between Steve and the other local guitar hero James Hetfield it became clear: the Explorer shape was up there with the B.C. Rich Mockingbird as the baddest of all time.

Steve Kimock in Zero "Chance in a Million" (solos start at 5:27 and 7:28)
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Steve Kimock in Zero "Little Wing" (just listen to the whole thing)
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[guitfiddle]

Be humbled.


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[TheCount0212]

Mick Taylor!
The fun starts at 2.00, but frankly, it's a must-hear from start to finish:
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[TheCount0212]

Might as well post this one too... for all you kids out there:munch
I actually like the solo to "I Wanna Go To The Sun" better, but it's not on YT...
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[theruley]

From my generation-Dave Brownsound

1:45 There are better solos, but this solo fits this song perfectly, and the tone is heavenly.

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[Braciola]

@ 2:00 - 3:45 - 5:10

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@ 4:45

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@ 1:40

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@ 2:30

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@ 3:35

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[Konrad Chen]

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I love this WHOLE song.

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Gilmour's songs are just gorgeous, outro solo of On An Island is so beatiful, so did castellorizon.

[deeohgee]

Bill Frisell, basically the whole song is developed from a simple melody that gets explored and stretched from subtle explorations of the basic harmony through to balls out rock and back again.
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[TheCount0212]

Thanks for posting, enjoyed that one. (See, someone's actually listening to these..)
This is a great thread.

Bill Frisell, basically the whole song is developed from a simple melody that gets explored and stretched from subtle explorations of the basic harmony through to balls out rock and back again.
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[TheCount0212]

Awesome indeed... I've always liked STP, never got around to owning anything they've put out. What's this guy's name? Dude brings it..

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[TheCount0212]

Solo starts at 2.55, w/ insanely awesome guitar/bass interplay at about 6.00
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Relax, this one is an instrumental.. don't let the title fool you, you will not be hearing John Mayall's voice :cool: There's a piano / sax interlude from 2.30-3.20
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[Simto]

From my generation-Dave Brownsound

1:45 There are better solos, but this solo fits this song perfectly, and the tone is heavenly.

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YES! I love Sum 41, i wish i could have seen them live when Brownsound was in the band, but Brown Tom is a great guitarist too, i saw them just before Screaming Bloody Murder was released. Very cool show and i really like Screaming Bloody Murder, it's a great mix of Does This Look Infected and Underclass Hero.

Here's one of my favourite songs from The Sums and it's got a ripping solo at 1:20. This songs is just awesome!
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Maroon 5 - "The Sun"
This is probably one of my favourite songs of all time. Maroon 5 are the reason i started playing guitar seriously. I spent so much time trying to get their tone and play like James Valentine. I don't want to know how many times i've watched that concert! I think this is the song shows what Maroon 5 are all about. And Adams' SG :drool (he can rip it too!)
Solo at 4:29. James Valentine is probably one of my three biggest influences.
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Incubus - "Sick sad little world"
Mike Einziger of Incubus is one of my other top three favourites. "Sick sad little world" just shows so many sides of what Incubus are. I really like how Mike goes from very hard metal type playing to funky and jazzy styles. His note choice in soloes are always interesting without being "look at me i'm playing out of the box"
Solo mayhem starts around 3:00, Ben Kenney (bass) is also one of my favourite musicians he's just f***ing insane!
Guitar solo starts at 6:30
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Ben Kenney - "Not Today"
One of Ben Kenney's solo songs. His solo work is just amazing! Great voice, great grooves and great guitar playing. That guy is just crazy talented! And that bass tone!!!! It's just insane! I'm experimenting a lot to get it. Helped by getting flatwounds, i don't think i'm ever going back to roundwound strings ever again, flatwounds just sound great! Anyway...
Solo at 1:59
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[rog951]

Boston. Hitch a Ride. The second solo.

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[Neill]

adrian's solo starting @ 5:08.

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[DøøG]

Man, lots of good stuff here!!!

One of my fave AH solos, starts at 2:28......

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[brianr0131]

I have 3 and one is quite different from the other 2

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@ 3:54 although the first solo in the song is great too


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@ 3:27

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@ 2:03

[shg]

Whole lotta piracy in this thread.

[DøøG]

Here's a cool Buzzy Feiten solo, live at Woodstock. Why the f didn't this make it into the movie?? Would have put Buzz on the map.......
solo at 3:38

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[Tomo]

Hi guys, my name is Carson. My goal is to learn a new guitar solo each week. So, I would like to know your favorite guitar solo, and please post a link with the audio!

Tell me what you like about the solo, and please post the guitarist name playing the solo!

Thanks so much!
Carson

How's it going so far?

Tomo

[crzyfngers]

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an sg and a pignose. what's not to like?

[evildik]

Always loved the way this one sort of bounces along and the slow build up of intensity.

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Here's another favorite:

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This is my favorite slow fuzzy solo:

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And finally, I must agree with the earlier post from the first page about the solo from Skid Row's "I Remember You". One of the the best from the 80's. From the same era, Vivian Campbell definitely tears it up on "Rainbow in the Dark" and you can't go wrong with the Scorpions "No One Like You" either.

[GovernorSilver]

So many great submissions, and including some of my personal faves too.

This one is always in my personal top 5 (Lyle's piano solo is also on my top 5 fave piano solos):

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[qingcong]

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starts at 4:48 , completely on the other end of things style wise but also impeccable phrasing , just so emotional and beautiful and also adrenalizing.........




Yeah, that exact solo is one of my favorites as well. Di Meola going out of the box really makes that solo shine.

[tinkercity]

Very hard to pick one solo... don't really do that sort of brain management but here's one that I love!

Wilco - Nels Cline - Side With The Seeds.

The whole tune but specifically 4:10 to end...

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[spamsponge]

Whole lotta piracy in this thread.

Still brooding over the Scott Henderson thing? :mob

[kush]

Jeff Watson and Allan Holdsworth cover "Play that Funky Music..."


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[dunara]

Not to hard to learn, but melodic and memorable like much of Mick Ronson's work.
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[Don P.]

Marc Ribot's solo on Tom Waits "Way Down In The Hole"

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[tnvol]

Love that solo. Starts at 1:50.

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+1. That is a smoking solo. My favorite on that record.

[kush]

There is not a 'solo' per se in this song from long ago, but there is great call and response throughout from Michael Sembello, with the Sergio Mendes Group:


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[wildogs]

McLaughlin or Clarke, take your pick-

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[jmecale72]

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I had the TAB for this and Randy was just out of this world for this young, impressionable guitar player.

[fuzzface71]

There's lot to mention, but this one's just so lyrical and raw to the bone.

I love the tone of the studio version, but this live one is also cool!

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[chopsley]

I can't believe I had never heard the following until yesterday. I may have a new contender for favorite guitar solo. L. Shankar on the violin is also beyond belief.

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Nice! (I like how he explains to the audience how to count it)

[Bankston]

Adrian Smith's solo on "Stranger in a Strange Land" is the first that comes to mind.

It's melodic, well-constructed, beautifully-phrased, and fits the song perfectly.

Begins about 3:20

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[2HBStrat]

Here's mine: Allan Holdsworth with Jean-Luc Ponty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zPZd_8JCFc

[6Tones]

Hard to pin one but this is up there.
Any note he played was meant to be.
solo 35 secs in :
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[Jamie_Mitchell]

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[aliensporebomb]

I can't do it. Too many awesome solos.

[Craig Walker]

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[thefuzz7219]

For anyone who thinks he can't play...

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Starts at 2:00

[ShellexMagellex]

Just like "Classic Phil" from The Hangover, this is classic Tabor from late 80's...Long live King's X
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8LmDCdTLFI&feature=relmfu

[riotofred]

baby's on fire...

sorry no linkie...

r fripp or paul rudolph?

[67blackcherry]

I'm just going to stick with rock 'n roll....

Neal Schon - these two solo's helped me tremendously
the first one @ 2:00... the second one @ 5:00
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Tim Pierce / Runaway - Bon Jovi
not Tim but pretty damn close
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EVH / Girl Gone Bad
not Ed but pretty damn good....
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I'm going to have to go through and listen to all these posts...

[chopsley]

baby's on fire...

sorry no linkie...

r fripp or paul rudolph?

Fripp.

[riotofred]

Fripp.

there is some thought that rudolph is the soloist as it approaches his style more...although both claim to have played the solo in interviews.

some debate followed...
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[EL34]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmbTA9CAr30

enough said, time to end this thread. :)

[riotofred]

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nice!
my favorite low record.

[fender tele]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qpXzbrA9H4


Warren Haynes.

[chopsley]

there is some thought that rudolph is the soloist as it approaches his style more...although both claim to have played the solo in interviews.

some debate followed...
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Interesting, I never knew there was any debate about it. The section from 2:10 to about 2:30 sounds very Fripp to me (he even plays one of his signature licks around 2:16). Though I can't say I really know Paul Rudolph's playing, aside from his work with Eno.

[Sound_Drift]

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[beanbass]

This Dweezil guitar solo in Zombie Woof is one of the best guitar solos I've heard in at least 10 years.
http://www.dweezilzappaworld.com/songs/20

[Jamie_Mitchell]

nice!
my favorite low record.

hard for me to pick, all the ones I have are pretty great.
i just got Alan Sparhawk's Solo Guitar cd, totally love it. worth getting

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[ANALOG GUY]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZDmj7Kuw7o&feature=related

Phil Manzanera always under rated.

nice to see Leslie West and Paul Kossoff get a mention!

[riotofred]

hard for me to pick, all the ones I have are pretty great.
i just got Alan Sparhawk's Solo Guitar cd, totally love it. worth getting

j


i will have to check his solo cd out! i havent heard anything from them since great destroyer.

alan is a super cool guy. intense and laid back at the same time.
i've always liked curtain and things we lost in the fire (albini's production and zac on bass made a big difference to me).

[Jamie_Mitchell]

the new one, C'mon, is sweet.
I've got some buddies from Duluth who know them, but I've never met him. Everybody tells me he's an interesting dude...

j

[axuality.com]

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This is Leslie West from Mountain, early 70's. Two solos, equally good. At 2:45 and 3:59, but you should listen to at least a little before them, to get the mood.

This is perhaps the best guitar solo I've ever heard, and I am EXTREMELY choosy. It is all feeling. There is no showy, fast playing at all. Listen to every note, because the nuances are very important.

I've never heard a solo this good, with two possible exceptions- Jimi Hendrix Machine Gun on Band of Gypsys and Wes Montgomery, A Day in the Life. :)