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NFT: Greatest guitar solo of all time

Adam G in Big D : 3/16/2023 6:00 pm
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You must be really bored  
BobOnLI : 3/16/2023 6:06 pm : link
There are at least 100 that qualify.
Duane Allman  
theking : 3/16/2023 6:09 pm : link
In Layla. That thing just makes me get goosebumps every time. Nobody has yet been able to replicate it.
I’m no particular order  
CheddarPlax : 3/16/2023 6:13 pm : link
And certainly not a finite list:

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

RE: Duane Allman  
CheddarPlax : 3/16/2023 6:13 pm : link
In comment 16067482 theking said:
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In Layla. That thing just makes me get goosebumps every time. Nobody has yet been able to replicate it.


Absofuckinglutely
Duane Allman  
Spiciest Memelord : 3/16/2023 6:23 pm : link
Blue Sky.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSDf2Usd8n4&t=144s
Allman - Whipping Post  
PatersonPlank : 3/16/2023 6:27 pm : link
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Reo speed wagon  
mitch300 : 3/16/2023 6:32 pm : link
Roll with the changes.
Outlaws  
redwhiteandbigblue : 3/16/2023 6:39 pm : link
Green Grass and High Tides
Blackfoot  
redwhiteandbigblue : 3/16/2023 6:42 pm : link
Highway Song.

Heart-Who Will You Run To?
If you couldn't figure out from my handle  
Maggot Brain : 3/16/2023 6:48 pm : link
Enjoy.
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Outlaws...  
BMac : 3/16/2023 6:49 pm : link
...Green Grass and High Tides Forever.
Zappa  
lono801 : 3/16/2023 6:50 pm : link
Posted this before

Brilliant…without question one of the best solos I have ever heard
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EVH too many  
DJ5150 : 3/16/2023 6:51 pm : link
… mine might be fair warning or 5150
Duane Allman  
truebluelarry : 3/16/2023 6:53 pm : link
Elizibeth Reed from the Fillmore East album.
Still stunning 50 years and 1 million listens later.

And I say this as a devout Nerry Garcia disciple.
Fuckin’ Duane could play.
Jerry Garcia  
truebluelarry : 3/16/2023 6:54 pm : link
Stupid spell check :)
#1 guitar solo all time in my opinion is:Jimmy Page - Whole Lotta Love  
GoBigBlue16to56 : 3/16/2023 7:04 pm : link
Honorable mention - Leslie West on Mississippi Queen
One of my personal favorites is Lay Low by My Morning Jacket.  
j_rud : 3/16/2023 7:07 pm : link
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.

Let's get some lesser known tunes some play...
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Maybe not the best, but it’s my favorite ...  
Spider56 : 3/16/2023 7:07 pm : link
Dickey Betts - Jessica
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So we got Duane Allman playing...  
dannysection 313 : 3/16/2023 7:10 pm : link
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  
Spider56 : 3/16/2023 7:13 pm : link
play the theme from the Lone Ranger with the guitar held up and behind his head.
Gilmour - Time  
sb from NYT Forum : 3/16/2023 7:19 pm : link
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.
The 2 that immediately jump to mind are  
RickJames : 3/16/2023 7:21 pm : link
Painkiller and Crazy Train
RE: Duane Allman  
Chris in Philly : 3/16/2023 7:22 pm : link
In comment 16067521 Spiciest Memelord said:
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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?
Prince “My Guitar Gently Weeps”  
eric2425ny : 3/16/2023 7:22 pm : link
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, George Harrison tribute.
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RE: Duane Allman  
Section331 : 3/16/2023 7:22 pm : link
In comment 16067482 theking said:
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In Layla. That thing just makes me get goosebumps every time. Nobody has yet been able to replicate it.


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.
Maggot Brain  
noro9 : 3/16/2023 7:24 pm : link
Eddie Hazel
Jimi Hendrix  
FredDryer89 : 3/16/2023 7:24 pm : link
Who knows (Band of gypsys)
Jeff beck going down
Tornado of Souls  
DefenseWins : 3/16/2023 7:25 pm : link
Marty Friedman... the video is cued up to just before the solo
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RE: So we got Duane Allman playing...  
Spiciest Memelord : 3/16/2023 7:28 pm : link
In comment 16067617 dannysection 313 said:
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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
Ten Years After  
FredDryer89 : 3/16/2023 7:28 pm : link
I’m going home
RE: RE: Duane Allman  
Spiciest Memelord : 3/16/2023 7:29 pm : link
In comment 16067641 Chris in Philly said:
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In comment 16067521 Spiciest Memelord said:


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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.
Just about anything from Stevie Ray Vaughan  
US1 Giants : 3/16/2023 7:44 pm : link
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Lady Charlegme  
LarmerTJR : 3/16/2023 7:45 pm : link
Steely Dan. End game
RE: RE: RE: Duane Allman  
Chris in Philly : 3/16/2023 7:45 pm : link
In comment 16067659 Spiciest Memelord said:
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In comment 16067641 Chris in Philly said:


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In comment 16067521 Spiciest Memelord said:


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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!
38 Special  
redwhiteandbigblue : 3/16/2023 7:46 pm : link
Hold on Loosely.

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
And it’s not Becker, it’s Larry Coltran…  
LarmerTJR : 3/16/2023 7:46 pm : link
^^^*
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Named Later : 3/16/2023 7:49 pm : link
All good choices.

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 !
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Not to be that guy  
dlauster : 3/16/2023 7:58 pm : link
But I think we need to specify rock here,
Because nothing, ever, anywhere, beats Segovia.
Mark Knopfler  
RCPhoenix : 3/16/2023 8:00 pm : link
Brothers in Arms, among others.
RE: Lady Charlegme  
dannysection 313 : 3/16/2023 8:01 pm : link
In comment 16067678 LarmerTJR said:
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Steely Dan. End game


Good choice!

It's Kid Charlemagne

And the guitarist is Larry Carlton...

Duane Allman had two great solos in this performance of Statesboro  
Ira : 3/16/2023 8:03 pm : link
Blues at the Fillmore East. I wish I had gone to that concert.
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There's no greatest. There are favorites  
rnargi : 3/16/2023 8:12 pm : link
So many terrific choices mentioned here. My favorite guitarist is Mark Knopfler. My favorite solo by him is atvthe end of Telegraph Road...live...

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Ira  
Bill in TN : 3/16/2023 8:17 pm : link
Don't forget Stormy Monday from Fillmore East. I get tears and goosebumps every time I hear it.
RE: RE: Lady Charlegme  
Del Shofner : 3/16/2023 8:22 pm : link
In comment 16067714 dannysection 313 said:
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In comment 16067678 LarmerTJR said:


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Steely Dan. End game



Good choice!

It's Kid Charlemagne

And the guitarist is Larry Carlton...


gets my vote ...
Something many here may have never heard...  
rnargi : 3/16/2023 8:23 pm : link
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.
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So many great Larry Carlton solos  
lono801 : 3/16/2023 8:24 pm : link
Fagan and Becker loved him
When I jam out  
Daniel in MI : 3/16/2023 8:35 pm : link
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.
Crossroads  
richynyc : 3/16/2023 8:36 pm : link
EC from Wheels of Fire live. He has two scorchers. Take your pick. And Iim not a really a huge EC fan.
Oh, and that was one of EC’s  
richynyc : 3/16/2023 8:39 pm : link
Earliest lead vocal performance
Freddie King  
arniefez : 3/16/2023 8:59 pm : link
Have You Ever Loved A Woman
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