Guitar Solos

I usually don’t bump old threads, but since it’s guitar solos’s I couldn’t resist.

bdp24 always has great nominees.

"Many Steely Dan records have a lot of hidden gems in terms of guitar solos."

big_greg-
As a fan of SD up to maybe Aja- ALL the guitar solos are fantastic!
The great Denny Dias does most, but SD always had epic session players including Jeff(Skunk) Baxter-Doobie Brothers who did "Rikki"

An EPIC SD solo by Denny Dias is -Bohdisattva(Countdown to Ecstacy)
Classic call and response between guitar and the other musicians.

A truly good guitar solo or on any instrument is the musician telling a story. There are a many "shred" nomineess listed here, but many of them are just noodling away with technique and no substance-IMO.

A solo is like an essay-intro, body and close. Most shredders are guilty of too much technical flash-boring.


The great Larry Carlton is another SD session player who did Josie.

@tablejockey If you haven't already seen it, there's a really cool documentary about the making of Aja and they talk a lot about how they chose different musicians to bring different things to the table on different songs.

big_greg-

Thanks for heads up. The internet is great, I now have something to watch during dinner now!

Currently using another Kiseki Blue by the way. Remindedme of how great it is, especially for what I purchased it for.

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