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Favorite Guitar Solo

What is your favorite guitar solo? The one that bypasses your cerebral cortex? The one that best hits your emotional center? Any genre. Any period. Any length. A million notes. Or just one note. Obscure or famous. You can make any excuse as to why you choose it, but explanations are optional. But you gotta choose just one.

My choice? Eric Clapton’s solo in "Sleepy Time Time" from the Fresh Cream album. Simplicity. Emotional ecstasy. Tone.
edcyn
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larsman
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Lots of great choices here. As my favorite guitarist is Buck Dharma from Blue Oyster Cult, most any of his solos are my favorites - all very tasty stuff. Otherwise, I got weary of the whole 'guitar solo' stuff around the time that punk came in in the late 70's. I'd rather hear a good song than a guitar solo, no matter how accomplished the guitarist is.
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jerryrocks
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A huge Jerry fan (obviously) - china cat/rider, althea, sugaree across a number of shows. I have to admit Post Toasty by Tommy Bolin is tasty. Plus 1 for David Gilmore, Duane Allman, Dickie Betts, Jeff Baxter, and Larry Carlton. And of course, the man, Mark Knopfler.
schmitty1
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Don’t forget Bill Nelson from. Bebop Deluxe
crying to the sky. On the sunburst finish. A emotional solo inspired by him going through a divorce at the time of the recording
edcyn OP
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schmitty -- yeah, Bill Nelson... A truly excellent fret flyer. I saw Bebop Deluxe at the Santa Monica Civic. For the third encore, Nelson came out alone and, in the tradition of Al Jolson,  promised to solo until the audience asked him to stop. Eventually, sorry to say, I had to let my feet do the walking.
bm7b5
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On second thought....  ;-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6vnFpmWkwA
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