I love many of the guitarists listed here, and it’s like a Sophie’s Choice situation to pick a favorite guitar solo.
That said, if I was threatened with execution for not picking the best solos of all time, it would be a coin toss between:
Kid Charlemagne by Larry Carlton
or
Comfortably Numb by David Gilmour.
These would be my objective save-my-skin guesses.
Then, as they haul out the gallows and I realize I’ve muffed it, I’d say, Oh crap, it was:
Sultans of Swing by Mark Knopfler
Statesboro Blues by Duane Allman
Bohemian Rhapsody by Brian May
Chain Lightening by Denny Dias
My Old School by Skunk Baxter
Crossroads live by Eric Clapton
Then they’d kick away the chair. "It was Stairway to Heaven, you fool."
That said, if I was threatened with execution for not picking the best solos of all time, it would be a coin toss between:
Kid Charlemagne by Larry Carlton
or
Comfortably Numb by David Gilmour.
These would be my objective save-my-skin guesses.
Then, as they haul out the gallows and I realize I’ve muffed it, I’d say, Oh crap, it was:
Sultans of Swing by Mark Knopfler
Statesboro Blues by Duane Allman
Bohemian Rhapsody by Brian May
Chain Lightening by Denny Dias
My Old School by Skunk Baxter
Crossroads live by Eric Clapton
Then they’d kick away the chair. "It was Stairway to Heaven, you fool."