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.
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.