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Your Favorite, Most Outstanding Guitar Solo

Of all the musical performances I own on recorded format, whether they be LP or CD, there are certain guitar solos that are the most engaging and memorable. You know, the ones that when they're over, you just sit there speechless, wondering "How the hell did they just do that"?

As with anything, there are certain performances when everything was "just right". When the musician had that "perfect connection" between themselves and the instrument. This is not limited to acoustic or electric, live or studio, or any specific discipline of music. It also does not necessarily have to be your favorite guitarist. Very simply, your favorite guitar solo.

I would like to hear your opinions. This would be a great thread for providing exposure to other listeners, to material that they may be unaware of. If possible, also name the album that the solo is from.

My two favorites would have to be:

Jeff Beck / "The Golden Road" off of "There And Back".

John Mc Laughlin / "Every Tear From Every Eye" off of "Electric Guitarist"

Thanks for your responses.

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double4w
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My 2 stick outs,Carlos Santana,'Song of the Wind', and 'Samba Pa Ti'.
martykl
3,578 posts
 
Where to start?

Some alternative cuts from the already cited Robert Fripp (try St Elmo's Fire from Eno's Another Green World) and Richard Thompson Calvary Cross (choose your version).

Not yet mentioned:

Todd Rundgren (Can't Stop Runnin' and While My Guitar Gently Weeps) from his new Greatest Hits LIve CD... finally a taste of TR's playing on disc.

Dave Davies "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" - like Steve Cropper on "Green Onions" this one is creative and economical especially in historical context.

Richard Lloyd's double LP (can't recall the Title) is full of great soloing throughout - I'd take it over anything from Television or Tom Verlaine.

David Hidalgo has an interesting, distinctive solo voice - though I'm not sure any Lobos recording captures it particularly well.

BTW:

I was always under the impression that the lead guitar on "Baby's On Fire" was Phil Manzanera not Robert Fripp. Am I mistaken?

Also Bill Kirchen (Commander Cody's guitarist on "Hot Rod Lincoln") does an hilarious solo in his live show in which he sequentially plays a brief, distinctive phrase in the style of many, many famous guitarists while calling out their names (he was up over thirty last time I saw him - maybe 10 years ago).
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drubin
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I've always loved the Jimmy Lyon solo on Eddie Money's "Two Tickets to Paradise".
cardani
160 posts
 
Randy Rhodes - Over the mountain and Mr. Crowley.
Pat Metheney -Tell it All
Jim Hall-you,d be so nice to come home too
surfgod
229 posts
 
All the tracks on Buddy Guys' Sweet Tea execpt the first, 'Done Got Old'. A preformance that could not be topped, or even duplicated. Everybody at that show knew that something special was going on.
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