Great Guitar Solos

[mistertickle123]

Yes Drew it's nice to see some of this Tommy Bolin music being released.

I'll add another of my favorites to the list - Jan Akkerman.
His solo on Anonomous Two from the Focus 3 album is incredible.
As well as his solo on Questions Answers Answers Questions from the same LP.

 

[steph]

thanks hon

IMHO, guitar wise, only Clapton is competition...

XOXO

Good call, Steph! The 29th of this month it'll be three years since he died. How time flies. I still feel his presence when I hear his songs.

 

[giantfan121262]

I just thought of something... most of the guitar solos that we consider great are from the 60's and 70's. How about the 1950's? The solo in Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog" played by Scotty Moore is a blast!(from 1956) James Burton played the lead in Ricky Nelson's "Hello, Mary Lou" and that one rocked! (That was from 1961) And of course, Buddy Holly played a great solo in his songs, "That'll Be The Day", "Peggy Sue", "Maybe Baby", etc. etc.(all from the late 50's)

Let's not forget Marty McFly in "Back to the Future" when he did the jam to "Johnny B Goode".

 

[featherfingers]

That looked so real back then but when you see the film today as an older and wiser geezer, Michael J. Fox didn't look all that convincing after all.

Link Wray ~ Rumble (poked a hole in his amp to get that dirty sound)

Steph: George and Eric even competed for the same woman... George's wife Patti

 

[CuriousBunny]

Re: Here we go

1)Anything off "Shut Up & Play your Guitar", "Shut Up & Play Your Guitar some More" & "The Return of the Son of Shut Up & Play Your Guitar" by FRANK ZAPPA

My brother turned me onto these several years ago. Never a terrible fan of Frank Zappa, I admit I enjoy listening to these from time to time.

 

[Mitchell]

Any Paul Simon guitar solo. I love his work.
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All the best.
Mitch

 

[daddy]

Hmmmmm.....

1) Eddie Van Halen on "Right Now"

2) ZZ TOP on "Rough Boy"

3) Randy Rhodes on "Goodbye to Romance" from Tribute.


The Sean Man

Very nice choices there Sean Man...I love all of those solos. All those players have great feel. My choices for "Great Guitar Solos" are:

1) Eruption - Van Halen
2) Don't Tell Me You Love Me - Nightranger
3) Stranglehold - Ted Nugent
4) Flying High Again - Ozzy/Rhodes

I could make a list 100 long, but those are one's that come to mind.

peace out,
daddy

 

[featherfingers]

One of my favorite groups is Earth, Wind & Fire. Have you heard some of the guitar in their songs, such as 'That's The Way Of The World", "Shining Star", their version of The Beatles' "Got To Get You Into My Life", etc? Al McKay was their guitarist throughout their golden era (1973-1980) and I believe his playing helped make the band accessible to listeners of rock music.

 

[Dave2112]

Several people mentioned Steve Morse, and this reminded me of a fantastic solo you should hear. It's on Triumph's final and lesser-known album Surviellance...a song called "Headed to Nowhere". There's an extended solo section featuring Rik Emmett and guest Steve Morse trading a shitload of ungodly licks back and forth for about two minutes. An overlooked but truly wicked solo.

Here's one even more obscure, but if you have heard it, then you've heard one of the greatest solos ever. There's a CD called "Working Man" on Magna Carta Records that is an unofficial tribute to Rush. A buttload of the best metal guitarists, singers and other musicians got together for 13 unbelievably original-yet-true covers of Rush songs. Unfortunately, it was very "unofficial"...and unauthorized. Rush's management had it pulled after about 5,000 or so copies sold.

On a cover of "Analog Kid", vocalist Jack Russell (Great White) is joined by guitarist Mike Pinella and Billy Sheehan on bass. During a rip-metal version of the solo section, Pinella goes into this Yngwie/Mach5 shit...and Sheehan is going note-for-note with him on bass guitar! It is something you have to hear to fully appreciate...proficiancy on a rare level.

You might be able to get some of these songs off the Net, I'm sure one of those 5,000 copies got uploaded.