Comfortably Numb
Hey Joe
All Along the Watchtower
Eruption
Hot for Teacher
Freebird (I know, but cmon)
Hotel California
Highway Star
Crossroads
Heartbreaker (Zep)
Cliffs of Dover
Purple Rain
Beat It
Sultans of Swing
Carl Broemel and Jim James, dueling guitars that eventually merge into the same solo. Absolute face melter live. This is from their last show at Forest Hills in 2021.
Whipping Post
Blue Sky (nice choice Spiciest! StonyBrooke about 2 months before he died...amazing solo)
Elizabeth Reed
Layla
I'll go with the three solos in a row in the 2nd half of Mountain Jam from Eat a Peach....brings me to my knees every time, and I've listed to it for 50 years.
What a talent. Derek Trucks almost makes up for it, but there's only one Duane.
SkyDog4Ever
Totally different genre but it’s pretty cool to watch Glen Campbell
Comfortably Numb gets a lot of #1 picks, and rightfully so, but Gilmour's solo in Time is sublime. So freakin soulful and melodic, and perfectly fits the melody.
Whipping Post
Blue Sky (nice choice Spiciest! StonyBrooke about 2 months before he died...amazing solo)
Elizabeth Reed
Layla
I'll go with the three solos in a row in the 2nd half of Mountain Jam from Eat a Peach....brings me to my knees every time, and I've listed to it for 50 years.
What a talent. Derek Trucks almost makes up for it, but there's only one Duane.
SkyDog4Ever
Duane of course died when he was a baby at 24. Obviously a tragic event, but almost seems like Fate - its almost unfathomable what Duane would have come up with if he lived, like music that would tear apart the very fabric of reality level stuff lol
Robert Randolph and Joe Bonamassa playing "Going Down" at the Crossroads festival a number of years ago. Randolph is one of the best (and a fave of mine) live guitarists yiu could ever hope to see. Robert Randolph and the Family Band woth Joe B - ( New Window )
Mary Had a Little Lamb, it makes women swoon and men weep. I don’t get all the notes right, and sometimes I hit the whammy bar by accident. I also hit strings I didn’t mean to. There’s the occasional unintentional harmonic. But you get the idea what song it is. I’d have to put this up with the others mentioned here.
I think zakk on no more tears is a great one
One of my unsung favorites is Eddie VH on his last album “ big River”. Just a real classic solo. Also like him “in a year to the day”. Both unsung songs but real nice solos.
Painkiller is great but love “ the sinner” live on unleashed in the East. Not great but what hooked me on metal.
One to check out. New extreme. Nuno kills it on new single that just dropped “ rise”. Seriously good
Yngwie on kree nakoorie a personal favorite
I could name thousands. Definitely not monster magnet. I
Very well placed love for Duane and the Allmans (or is this site only for guys in their 50s?).
Blue Sky is sublime beautiful genius. Had it played at my wedding. It’s like it’s multiple genres, and its own genre. The interplay of Duane and Dickey is just brilliant gorgeousness.
And I could listen to nothing but Liz Reed on an endless loop till kingdoms come.
Derek Trucks might be the best similar thing going. Fucking fantastic slide player w/o trying to be a Duane knockoff. He and Trey Anastasia did a live cover of Layla that is fantastic.
One other fave: Hendrix - Machine Gun. Heavy blooz that is instantly recognizable as him. Nobody else can sound like that. Nobody.
One of mine is Brian Eno's Baby's on Fire off Here come the warm jets. I think it is attributed to Robert Fripp, but I've seen it argued that it is someone else (perhaps Phil Manzanera?)
One of mine is Brian Eno's Baby's on Fire off Here come the warm jets. I think it is attributed to Robert Fripp, but I've seen it argued that it is someone else (perhaps Phil Manzanera?)
If I recall correctly Manzanera does not play on Warm Jets. The solo has a definite Fripp sound.
Carlton at times acted as a sort of musical director - he’d learn the tunes from Fagen/Becker, then make charts and communicate the concepts to the session jazz guys so they’d all be pointed in the right direction - he was a big reason why peak SD music is a seamless jazz/rock alloy.
I think zakk on no more tears is a great one
One of my unsung favorites is Eddie VH on his last album “ big River”. Just a real classic solo. Also like him “in a year to the day”. Both unsung songs but real nice solos.
Painkiller is great but love “ the sinner” live on unleashed in the East. Not great but what hooked me on metal.
One to check out. New extreme. Nuno kills it on new single that just dropped “ rise”. Seriously good
Yngwie on kree nakoorie a personal favorite
I could name thousands. Definitely not monster magnet. I
Unleashed In The East may not have been the album that got me into metal, but it definitely helped set the hook. As for Monster Magnet, very underrated band. I saw them 3 (maybe 4) years ago, and they blew me away. They are touring again this summer, but only have European dates scheduled so far. I'm hoping they play here in the U.S. too. Can't recommend seeing them live enough. A couple of guys from Monster Magnet have another band 'The Atomic Bitchwax' another band worth checking out. They're out on tour now.
As for solo's, let's face it, there is no best, but these threads are great fun. I'll add the solo from My Sharona, by The Knack.
I second the vote for Jimi's Machine Gun. Saw it live at the Fillmore East on Jan 1, 1970 after a crazy time the night before in Times Square when the Sixties turned to the Seventies. It came out later as the Band of Gypsies album. The only thing that topped it? Twenty feet away from Hendrix at Woodstock playing the Star Spangled Banner.
Carlton at times acted as a sort of musical director - he’d learn the tunes from Fagen/Becker, then make charts and communicate the concepts to the session jazz guys so they’d all be pointed in the right direction - he was a big reason why peak SD music is a seamless jazz/rock alloy.
Have you ever heard LC’s blues album “About Last Night”? Amazing
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Carlton at times acted as a sort of musical director - he’d learn the tunes from Fagen/Becker, then make charts and communicate the concepts to the session jazz guys so they’d all be pointed in the right direction - he was a big reason why peak SD music is a seamless jazz/rock alloy.
Have you ever heard LC’s blues album “About Last Night”? Amazing [/quote
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A lot of stuff from Jimmy Page
I saw an interview with Keith Richards and he said he preferred a good riff to a solo. You can see the Stones didn't do a lot of songs with a solo although I think when he comes in on Sympathy for the Devil is great.
A lot of stuff from Jimmy Page
I saw an interview with Keith Richards and he said he preferred a good riff to a solo. You can see the Stones didn't do a lot of songs with a solo although I think when he comes in on Sympathy for the Devil is great.
A lot of stuff from Jimmy Page
I saw an interview with Keith Richards and he said he preferred a good riff to a solo. You can see the Stones didn't do a lot of songs with a solo although I think when he comes in on Sympathy for the Devil is great.
That's because a riff is all Richards has in has bag....
saw Zac Brown Band do a cover of it a few years back. incredible job Link - ( New Window )
Used to wait til I closed out my tab at the corner bar and play the 27 minute live version as I headed for the door. I'm not a big prank guy and I don't typically screw with people but something about that used to give me great joy.
... I never cared for shredding.
Jimmy Page, David Gilmour and even though he's a completely different kind of guy Tom Schultz did some interesting things with harmonies during his solos.
There's also a couple of guys that I've played with here in Richmond who can play with the absolute best of them.
Comfortably Numb
Hey Joe
All Along the Watchtower
Eruption
Hot for Teacher
Freebird (I know, but cmon)
Hotel California
Highway Star
Crossroads
Heartbreaker (Zep)
Cliffs of Dover
Purple Rain
Beat It
Sultans of Swing
Absofuckinglutely
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSDf2Usd8n4&t=144s
Heart-Who Will You Run To?
Eddie Hazel's Maggot Brain - ( New Window )
Brilliant…without question one of the best solos I have ever heard
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Still stunning 50 years and 1 million listens later.
And I say this as a devout Nerry Garcia disciple.
Fuckin’ Duane could play.
Let's get some lesser known tunes some play...
Link - ( New Window )
Link - ( New Window )
Blue Sky (nice choice Spiciest! StonyBrooke about 2 months before he died...amazing solo)
Elizabeth Reed
Layla
I'll go with the three solos in a row in the 2nd half of Mountain Jam from Eat a Peach....brings me to my knees every time, and I've listed to it for 50 years.
What a talent. Derek Trucks almost makes up for it, but there's only one Duane.
SkyDog4Ever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSDf2Usd8n4&t=144s
A big chunk of that solo is Dickie Betts, no?
Link - ( New Window )
Gorgeous playing, no doubt, but my all time fave is Clapton’s solo on Why Does Love Have to Be So Sad. Blistering, but you can hear every note.
Jeff beck going down
this is it... - ( New Window )
Blue Sky (nice choice Spiciest! StonyBrooke about 2 months before he died...amazing solo)
Elizabeth Reed
Layla
I'll go with the three solos in a row in the 2nd half of Mountain Jam from Eat a Peach....brings me to my knees every time, and I've listed to it for 50 years.
What a talent. Derek Trucks almost makes up for it, but there's only one Duane.
SkyDog4Ever
Duane of course died when he was a baby at 24. Obviously a tragic event, but almost seems like Fate - its almost unfathomable what Duane would have come up with if he lived, like music that would tear apart the very fabric of reality level stuff lol
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Blue Sky.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSDf2Usd8n4&t=144s
A big chunk of that solo is Dickie Betts, no?
In that solo it was Duane playing lead and Dickey playing rhythm. In the studio song both alternately play lead. And of course Dickey wrote the song.
Texas Flood - ( New Window )
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Blue Sky.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSDf2Usd8n4&t=144s
A big chunk of that solo is Dickie Betts, no?
In that solo it was Duane playing lead and Dickey playing rhythm. In the studio song both alternately play lead. And of course Dickey wrote the song.
Oh I didn’t realize your linked a live version. Carry on!
Montrose-Rock Candy
Ted Nugent-Stranglehold
REO Speedwagon-Roll With The Changes
Joe Satriani-Summer Song
Blue Oyster Cult-Dont Fear the Reaper
Ozzie-Crazy Train
Here's a classic jam from the Keeping the Blues Alive cruise --
'I'm Going Down' with Joe Bonamassa, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Samantha Fish, and anybody else who brought a guitar !
Take your pick -- they're all great - ( New Window )
Because nothing, ever, anywhere, beats Segovia.
Good choice!
It's Kid Charlemagne
And the guitarist is Larry Carlton...
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One of very many - ( New Window )
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Steely Dan. End game
Good choice!
It's Kid Charlemagne
And the guitarist is Larry Carlton...
gets my vote ...
Robert Randolph and the Family Band woth Joe B - ( New Window )
Freddie King - Have You Ever Loved A Woman - ( New Window )
Already have great choices in the thread - but definitely some that classify more as an iconic riff than a solo.
To me - David Gilmore’s comfortably numb off Pulse is the best live solo in existence
Yep
I think zakk on no more tears is a great one
One of my unsung favorites is Eddie VH on his last album “ big River”. Just a real classic solo. Also like him “in a year to the day”. Both unsung songs but real nice solos.
Painkiller is great but love “ the sinner” live on unleashed in the East. Not great but what hooked me on metal.
One to check out. New extreme. Nuno kills it on new single that just dropped “ rise”. Seriously good
Yngwie on kree nakoorie a personal favorite
I could name thousands. Definitely not monster magnet. I
One of my favorites. A fricking stud for sure.
Larry Carlton Mulberry Street, distant second.
Blue Sky is sublime beautiful genius. Had it played at my wedding. It’s like it’s multiple genres, and its own genre. The interplay of Duane and Dickey is just brilliant gorgeousness.
And I could listen to nothing but Liz Reed on an endless loop till kingdoms come.
Derek Trucks might be the best similar thing going. Fucking fantastic slide player w/o trying to be a Duane knockoff. He and Trey Anastasia did a live cover of Layla that is fantastic.
One other fave: Hendrix - Machine Gun. Heavy blooz that is instantly recognizable as him. Nobody else can sound like that. Nobody.
[quote] Very well placed love for Duane and the Allmans (or is this site only for guys in their 50s?).
Guilty as charged!
Plus, the "guitar era" was a 70's 80's thing. Today its Trey Anastasio, Derek Trucks, maybe Jimi Herring and?
Music's different now....and none for the better if you ask this guy in his 50's!
One of mine is Brian Eno's Baby's on Fire off Here come the warm jets. I think it is attributed to Robert Fripp, but I've seen it argued that it is someone else (perhaps Phil Manzanera?)
One of mine is Brian Eno's Baby's on Fire off Here come the warm jets. I think it is attributed to Robert Fripp, but I've seen it argued that it is someone else (perhaps Phil Manzanera?)
If I recall correctly Manzanera does not play on Warm Jets. The solo has a definite Fripp sound.
Great choice.
Carlton at times acted as a sort of musical director - he’d learn the tunes from Fagen/Becker, then make charts and communicate the concepts to the session jazz guys so they’d all be pointed in the right direction - he was a big reason why peak SD music is a seamless jazz/rock alloy.
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Painkiller and Crazy Train
I think zakk on no more tears is a great one
One of my unsung favorites is Eddie VH on his last album “ big River”. Just a real classic solo. Also like him “in a year to the day”. Both unsung songs but real nice solos.
Painkiller is great but love “ the sinner” live on unleashed in the East. Not great but what hooked me on metal.
One to check out. New extreme. Nuno kills it on new single that just dropped “ rise”. Seriously good
Yngwie on kree nakoorie a personal favorite
I could name thousands. Definitely not monster magnet. I
Unleashed In The East may not have been the album that got me into metal, but it definitely helped set the hook. As for Monster Magnet, very underrated band. I saw them 3 (maybe 4) years ago, and they blew me away. They are touring again this summer, but only have European dates scheduled so far. I'm hoping they play here in the U.S. too. Can't recommend seeing them live enough. A couple of guys from Monster Magnet have another band 'The Atomic Bitchwax' another band worth checking out. They're out on tour now.
As for solo's, let's face it, there is no best, but these threads are great fun. I'll add the solo from My Sharona, by The Knack.
Is it the beautiful and tasteful close to Stairway to Heaven.
Is it the super tech style of Al Di Meola?
The simplicity of Jeff Beck?
Or the guitar harmonies of the Eagles (Hotel California), Little River Band or the Alman Brothers?
OF Charlie Christian ripping the fretboard in the 1940s?
There are thousands of great guitar solos recorded...
Good call. Thanks, Bill.
You said it brother. He was from another planet
Tremendous talent from a session musician to his solo career but don’t forget about Chuck Loeb. Gone before his time
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Carlton at times acted as a sort of musical director - he’d learn the tunes from Fagen/Becker, then make charts and communicate the concepts to the session jazz guys so they’d all be pointed in the right direction - he was a big reason why peak SD music is a seamless jazz/rock alloy.
Have you ever heard LC’s blues album “About Last Night”? Amazing
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Fagan and Becker loved him
Carlton at times acted as a sort of musical director - he’d learn the tunes from Fagen/Becker, then make charts and communicate the concepts to the session jazz guys so they’d all be pointed in the right direction - he was a big reason why peak SD music is a seamless jazz/rock alloy.
Have you ever heard LC’s blues album “About Last Night”? Amazing [/quote
No, but I will, thanks.]
I saw an interview with Keith Richards and he said he preferred a good riff to a solo. You can see the Stones didn't do a lot of songs with a solo although I think when he comes in on Sympathy for the Devil is great.
I saw an interview with Keith Richards and he said he preferred a good riff to a solo. You can see the Stones didn't do a lot of songs with a solo although I think when he comes in on Sympathy for the Devil is great.
Black Math - Jack White
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Blue Sky.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSDf2Usd8n4&t=144s
A big chunk of that solo is Dickie Betts, no?
Dickie has the first solo, Duane the second one.
Link - ( New Window )
I saw an interview with Keith Richards and he said he preferred a good riff to a solo. You can see the Stones didn't do a lot of songs with a solo although I think when he comes in on Sympathy for the Devil is great.
That's because a riff is all Richards has in has bag....
Used to wait til I closed out my tab at the corner bar and play the 27 minute live version as I headed for the door. I'm not a big prank guy and I don't typically screw with people but something about that used to give me great joy.
Jimmy Page, David Gilmour and even though he's a completely different kind of guy Tom Schultz did some interesting things with harmonies during his solos.
There's also a couple of guys that I've played with here in Richmond who can play with the absolute best of them.
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Blue Sky.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSDf2Usd8n4&t=144s
A big chunk of that solo is Dickie Betts, no?
Dickie has the first solo, Duane the second one.
Actually, on the studio version, from Eat a Peach, Duane goes first, Dickie second....
As a guitar player, I've studied both solos pretty carefully, with some success...some...