Guitar Solos

One of the first that I paid real attention to was Carlos Santana's in "Waiting," the first track on the debut album. I was hooked -- and then blown away a year or so later when I saw his solo on "Soul Sacrifice" during the "Woodstock" movie.

Over the years, many others have caught my ear: Duane Allman on "Statesboro Blues" (does that count as a solo; who knows, but it's awesome); Steve Howe in "The Gates of Delirium" from Yes' "Relayer;" George Harrison (or was it Clapton?) on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" -- and of course, the acoustic WMGGW from the Beatles' Anthology album is almost ghostly; Al Dimeola; the first chords of "Baba O'Reilly" and on and on and on...

Hey Dawgfish: Ditto on the Steve Howe solo on Yes "Relayer", but on the piece "Sound Chaser".. loved this as a teenager and it still ranks in my mind now, 25 yrs. later.

Mike Bloomfield's guitar breaks on Dylan's Tombstone Blues. Each one longer than the previous. His solo on Paul Butterfield's East/West is something to hear as well.

one solo ive always loved is Arrowsmith "Walk This Way"its short to the point ,not a bad note,leaves you wanting more,,,,,

Duane Allman on "You don't love me/Soul Serenade" from the Allman Brothers "Crossroads" compilation. An amazing fifteen or so minutes of guitar. Several other previously unreleased nuggets on this box set as well.