lawrocket 3 #26 June 11, 2012 QuoteSteve Winwood "Mr. Fantasy" A person who left me in awe when I saw him play guitar. Maybe because I wasn't expecting that he'd be so damned good. He reminded me of Robin Trower. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crunchycracker 0 #27 June 11, 2012 Isn't Charo considered one of the best guitarists ever? Don't really know her music bur believe her comedy was the only way she could sneak the music in when starting out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dontlikemustard 0 #28 June 11, 2012 sorry guys, nothing beats Nigel Tufnel from Spinal Tap http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4UJkl6eaGQ /thread Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterblaster72 0 #29 June 11, 2012 Quote (1) Duane and Dickie trading licks on Allman Brothers' "Blue Sky." One wouldn't think a several minute guitar solo would be good, but this one is. You get this when guitarists are happy. Great choice -- a friend of mine showed me that solo for the first time just a couple of months ago. This is one of my favorites -- Hendrix's Axis: Bold As Love. 2:53 And then there's Funkadelic's Eddie Hazel in Houston 1979 Be humble, ask questions, listen, learn, follow the golden rule, talk when necessary, and know when to shut the fuck up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlindBrick 0 #30 June 11, 2012 Whoever played the guitars on Wynonna Judd's cover of Freebird just knocks it out of the park on the intro at 17 seconds in. I'm also a fan of the guitar work on Skid Row's cover of Little Wing. It takes a classic and while being respectful to the soutce material updates it to more modern sounds. Still, I've got to give a +1 to whovever mentioned Jimmi and Vodoo Chile. You just hear that intro and you just know something's getting ready to go down. -Blind"If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #31 June 11, 2012 Not exactly a "solo" in the strictest sense but Charlie McCoy's acoustic lead threading through the album version of "Desolation Row" is mesmerizing. ....but, except for a couple of "alternate-speed versions", it seems to be blocked on youtube :( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RMK 3 #32 June 11, 2012 Bar was set high early with David Gilmore and BB King. I liked the top comment on “Comfortably Numb” video ... I've been a musician for 40 years. There are few songs I can listen to 20 times IN A ROW - this is one of them! New entry: Slash in Velvet Revolver “Fall to Pieces” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JhsUFuqbCM&ob=av2e "Pain is the best instructor, but no one wants to attend his classes" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gmanpilot 0 #33 June 11, 2012 QuoteOh yeah, don't click the link unless you have 9 minutes to kill http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWLw7nozO_U Agreed, starting at 3:45 is, IMO, the most powerful 5 minutes of guitar playing I have ever seen._________________________________________ -There's always free cheese in a mouse trap. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Croc 0 #34 June 11, 2012 As Jackwallace mentioned, Jimmi's Star Spangled Banner, also Santana"s solo in Black Magic Woman."Here's a good specimen of my own wisdom. Something is so, except when it isn't so." Charles Fort, commenting on the many contradictions of astronomy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CSpenceFLY 1 #35 June 12, 2012 You lazy fuckers post some links. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mfrese 0 #36 June 12, 2012 Three of the best players on the planet, just having a blast. John McLaughlin, Paco de Lucia, and Al Dimeola, "Mediterranean Sundance." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cadbYIzhqQDoctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 52 #37 June 12, 2012 Quote You lazy fuckers post some links. OK, not a solo, but some awesome classical guitar. Rodirigo y Gabriella Happy, now? lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #38 June 12, 2012 Otmar Leibert, is a cut above average too.You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #39 June 12, 2012 The 12 string god, Leo Kottke. I've seen him live a couple of times back in the day. He's got a show in Seattle on my birthday this year. Maybe I'll go catch that. leo kottke vaseline machine gun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterblaster72 0 #40 June 12, 2012 This is the best one I've seen live -- Ween performing Beacon Light at The Stone Pony in July '09. (2:50). Be humble, ask questions, listen, learn, follow the golden rule, talk when necessary, and know when to shut the fuck up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #41 June 12, 2012 Smoke on the Water, just because it is great and very swiss Stairway to heaven beautiful versionscissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tkhayes 348 #42 June 12, 2012 no one ever heard of Richard Thompson? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #43 June 12, 2012 Did the work to post these solos. (1) Duane and Dickie trading licks on Allman Brothers' "Blue Sky." One wouldn't think a several minute guitar solo would be good, but this one is. You get this when guitarists are happy. (at 1:07) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEC5s3nzVzo (2) Mark Knopfler in "Sultans of Swing." The tone. The solo. And those killer fills. Mind blowing! Shows where fingerpicking has some advantages. Been posted. (3) Jimmy Page in Ten Years Gone. Check out what he can do when he isn't shredding. (at 2:30 and 3:33 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYpydtdlWxA (4) Elliott Randall in "Reelin' in the Years." Guitar solos aren't supposed to define a song. This one does. Without this solo the song is merely good. (intro, 1:57 and outro at 3:38 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBllejn5fVA) (5) Ace Frehley in "100,000 Years." Simple. Effective. Sinister. Melodic. Lyrical. (at 1:44 and again at 2:40 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwnUFm4Kito) (6) Eric Clapton in "Badge." It's about the only time I can recall him playing a melodic solo. (1:38 in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7rHCYtbZRo ) (7) Adam Levy in "Give Me One Reason." Nobody's ever heard of him, but everybody knows this Tracy Chapman song. I know it as a guitar gem. Just an amazing bit of guitar work through the whole song. (2:30 in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym1eDeOxq14) (8) Tom Sholtz and Barry Goudreau's call and answer solo at the end of Boston's "Hitch a Ride." Goudreau goes. Then Sholtz. Then Both. Then Goudreau. Then Sholtz. Then Both. Gorgeous tone. Great technique. When guitarists mix harmony and melody like this... (2:22 in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSMQh7rmDgg =) (9) James Calvin Wisley's guitar solo in "Wicked Game." Guitar solo that adds texture? Yep. (2:07 in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtfHk2hSlqA ) My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #44 June 12, 2012 it is not a Solo, as it is a duel... Crossroadsscissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #45 June 12, 2012 Quote no one ever heard of Richard Thompson? Big fan of Richard and Linda and Fairport and Sandy Denny and Swarbrick and Fotheringay in any combination. Fine as a bee's wing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
usedtajump 1 #46 June 12, 2012 Quote Three of the best players on the planet, just having a blast. John McLaughlin, Paco de Lucia, and Al Dimeola, "Mediterranean Sundance." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cadbYIzhqQ Saw them live in a very small venue in Dallas late 70s. Just another one of those musical experiences that makes you feel like either burning every guitar you have or cutting off fingertips so you have an excuse. The older I get the less I care who I piss off. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tkhayes 348 #47 June 12, 2012 Got to see Richard live in Tampa last October, first time I had ever seen him - amazing stuff Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #48 June 12, 2012 Quote it is not a Solo, as it is a duel... Crossroads Good ole Steve Vai You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mfrese 0 #49 June 12, 2012 Quote Saw them live in a very small venue in Dallas late 70s. Just another one of those musical experiences that makes you feel like either burning every guitar you have or cutting off fingertips so you have an excuse. I pretty much feel that way every time I listen to Jeff Beck, so I just won't go there. Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rickendiver 6 #50 June 12, 2012 For me, great guitar work isn't always about fretboard pyrotechnics, but more about tone & how it fits the song and hits my "inner chord". To name a few: David Gilmour's "Comfortably Numb" Don Felder & Joe Walsh on "Hotel California" George Harrison on "Let it Be" (Let it Be non-Leslie album version) Eric Clapton on "Have You Ever Loved A Woman" Roger McGuinn's 12 string Rickenbacker on "My Back Pages" For slide guitar: Gary Rossington on "Ballad of Curtis Loewe", & whoever is playing slide on Bob Seger's "Like A Rock" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
