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Guitar Solos

As a serious music listener and a musician,(although I am a drummer) nothing makes me shiver like a good guitar solo. It's seems to be a dying art,at least in popular music. Still lots of good guitar in blues and jazz. Some of my favs : Dear John by Jack Semple ,La Grange By Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, Aqualung By Martin Barre with Jethro Tull and Bluest Blues by Alvin Lee. I'd love to check out some other peoples favs, a couple old and maybe a couple new??
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bigsam2
49 posts
 
Good thread, solos are much harder to come by these days. I agree with the EVH, Vai, and Satriani comments above. They have so many great ones that it would be hard to pick a favorite. One of my favorite albums for rock guitar solos is by (yes, a hair band)Dokken on Back for the Attack. George Lynch has an incredible guitar tone on this album and the album contains his sig. piece, "Mr Scary", an instrumental.
lngbruno
210 posts
 
You might want to pick these two up:

Neal Schon - i on u

John Scofield - that's what I say [plays the music of ray charles]

Enjoy,
L
dlwask
270 posts
 
I'm surprised there are only a few SRV mentions. Probably because most already know of him is my guess. Regardless, I think "Lenny" is one of his greatest.
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rooze
636 posts
 
More of a 'lick' than a solo, but Brian May on Bohemian Rhapsody...

Then Stevie R V's version of Little Wing...

Santana's Samba Pa Ti.....

goosebump city!
robm321
932 posts
 
TVAD,

No heat at all. I like the "beat it" solo from EVH also. I think the 80's had the best guitar solos.

The 90's got a little out of control with virtuosity (if that's a word?). I prefer music for music's sake rather than hearing "look how fast I can play this practice etude" in the middle of a song.

As talented as SRV was and I think he was amazing. His solos just sounded redundant to me after awhile.

Rob
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