pesocaster Posted April 13, 2005 Posted April 13, 2005 Slide solo in Jackson Browne's Running on Empty Kills me ... David Lindley whoa!Jeff Beck: People get ready / Where were youTommy Bolin: Bustin out for Rosey / Poast Toastee (this solo changed everything for me as a player)Sonny Landreth: South of I-10Chris Rea: Road to hell ... chills!Billy Gibbons: I'm Bad .... Nationwide .... well pretty much everything from himJoe Walsh: Life of Illusion / Rocky Mt Way / Walk AwayEdited to add Carltons "Don't Take Me Alive" ... (nailed that one Jonathan!)
pasqual12 Posted April 13, 2005 Posted April 13, 2005 Berton Averre - My Sharonaalso, Gillis/Watson - Don't Tell Me You Love Me
tafkathundernotes Posted April 13, 2005 Posted April 13, 2005 "Hitch a Ride" by Boston.Barry Goudreau is a smoking guitarist. Nice guy too.
Brewmaster Posted April 13, 2005 Posted April 13, 2005 Easy:The solos in Sultans of Swing by the Dire Straits.Knopfler is the man. He actually is icapable of playing a "wrong" note. Must b a great problem to have. +1 He was the man that led me to playing Strats and later Teles. His work on the first album made me sit up and take notice. I felt as though he was talking with his guitar. David Gilmour on Comfortably Numb is another of my favorite "lyrical" solos.
mirageman Posted April 13, 2005 Posted April 13, 2005 Hi everyoneone of my favourite solos of all time got to be "Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape" by Bill Nelson (Be Bop Deluxe) from the "Live in the Air Age "lp.spine tingling guitar work from Bills Gibson 345 guitar.Was lucky enough to se him perform this last year on a mini tour in uk to celebrate 30 years since Axe Victim lp.another has to be "Aqualung" from Tulls "Bursting Out" live lp by Martin Barre on his 78 Hamer Sunburst -killer stuff
hardheartedbill Posted April 13, 2005 Posted April 13, 2005 UK "In THe Dead of Night" kinda started a revolution
edgar_allan_poe Posted April 13, 2005 Posted April 13, 2005 1. Beck - People Get Ready2. Kath - 25 or 6 to 43. Knopfler - Sultans of Swing4. Blackmore - Difficult to cure5. Richrath - Roll with the Changes6. Michael Schenker - every damn solo he ever played....lol
Brewmaster Posted April 13, 2005 Posted April 13, 2005 My drummer just requested we cover Steely Dan's "Kid Charlemagne", and I'm learning Larry Carlton's solo. That's a killer solo over interesthing changes, and one of my favorites. Other favorite Steely Dan solos include "Don't Take Me Alive" and of course, "Reelin' in the Years".-Jonathan This is one of my all time favorite solos. You will have fun with this one. I learned the solo about 10 years ago and I still don't have the voicing right. I may have learned most of the notes and the technique but every mans feel and soul is different. The rhythm part I learned years ago, back when Royal Scam first came out. I had a bud who was a super player and he taught me. (It is a little different from what is available from the Power Tab library) I LOVE Steely Dan. If we ever get together we can jam on any the songs you mentioned.
Guest cruster Posted April 13, 2005 Posted April 13, 2005 Most of the solos found through the latter Beatles catelog are devoid of any wanking. Many are simply spot on musically. There are really too many to list but a few that come to mind include the breaks in Something, Tax Man, Get Back, and the long but exquisit lead by Clapton in While My Guitar Genty Weeps. "Speaking" is a perfect term because in so many cases, a great solo is phrased as a person would sing. This is in stark contrast to to the yodeling heard in much of R&R. I had managed to avoid The Beatles for most of my life. Just never liked them...too pop, too schmaltzy, too whatever. I had friends that worshipped them but I just couldn' get into their music. About three weeks ago, my guitar instructor suggested I do some ear training with 'Blackbird.' Holy fiznuckle...talk about an elegant composition. Not a solo in it, but man, for simple intervals, that thing is fantastic. All of a sudden I have their entire catalog. while I'm not a 'worshipper,' I can certainly appreciate what they were doing. As far as guitar solos...when I read the title, I immediately thought of Frampton, too. I've always liked Clapton's solo in 'Bad Love,' for some reason, although I'm not a 'Clapton is God' fanboi, either. Ooh, or 'Under Pressure' by the Rev. Gibbons. I think there are too many to choose from.
lonote049 Posted April 13, 2005 Posted April 13, 2005 The 2 solos that always make me stop whatever I'm doing and listen are Carlos Santana's in "Oye Como Va" and Albert King's in "Crosscut Saw" (which Clapton cops virtually note-for-note in "Strange Brew"). I also agree that Mark Knopfler seems to be incapable of playing a wrong note as was Peter Green in his heyday with John Mayall and Fleetwood Mac.
SteveB Posted April 13, 2005 Posted April 13, 2005 Some of the tastiest guitar you will ever hear is on Atlanta Rhythm Sections version of "Spooky". They did a great version of that tune.Steve Morse's solo on Deep Purple's song "Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic" kills me everytime I hear it. His work on the whole "Perpendicular" album is outstanding.Tons of stuff from the Rev. Billy G. There are a bunch of ZZ songs where you pretty much have to learn the solo correctly or the song won't sound right. Billy lays a solo into a groove better than anyone ever has.John Petruccis solo section on the "Live Images and Words" from way back kills me too. It's what every guitar "solo" should be... it's own song with it's own themes that builds in tension. Excellent!And of course, alot of the best guitar playing is not in the Rock Genre. You gotta move over to the Jazz side of the fence, but thats probably another whole thread there.
serial Posted April 13, 2005 Posted April 13, 2005 What? No votes for Ace Frehley's solo in "Strutter"?
MCChris Posted April 13, 2005 Posted April 13, 2005 What? No votes for Ace Frehley's solo in "Strutter"? I'll vote for "Goin' Blind" and "Got to Choose."
Stike Posted April 13, 2005 Posted April 13, 2005 There's been a lot of solos metioned already that I woulda voted for, Tattooed Love Boys fo sho. I'll give a thumbs up to Neil Giraldo, I always thought he was a tasty team player and his solo on Promises In The Dark was about as perfect as you can get.
hardheartedbill Posted April 13, 2005 Posted April 13, 2005 cool ascending thing on PITD , Luke on "Dirty Laundry" is way cool , don't forget the lap steel "Like a Rock" , beat tunes w/ amazing solos LOL
anotherfreak2 Posted April 13, 2005 Posted April 13, 2005 this could be a HUGE list,this weeks list would be:SRV - Little WingRobben Ford - Talk to Your DaughterEric Clapton - I'm Tore DownNuno Bettencourt - end solo in He Man Woman HaterHumble Pie - Rolin' StoneMonte Montgomery - Romeo & Juliet(live)Pantera - Planet CaravanZakk Wylde(BLS) - No More Tears (Holy Crap!!!!!!)
HAMERMAN Posted April 13, 2005 Posted April 13, 2005 Europe - Final Countdown : I love the solo, short but sweet. So sue me! :-)MSG - Attack of the Mad Axeman : The whole song builds up steam just getting ready for the solo and when it finally lets loose Micheal really rips it up.Aswad - Invisible Sun : Cover of the Police tune on the X files movie soundtrack.Odd choice I know (even odder choice of band name!) but the solo fits the song perfectly and sounds like it was meant to be there form day one.Brian May & EVH - Starfleet : Two for one sale.Hard to define solo's on shred fests like these but each of them does it for me just about everywhere on the album:Jason Becker - Perpetual BurnTony MacAlpine - Edge of InsanityVinnie Moore - Mind's Eye
serial Posted April 13, 2005 Posted April 13, 2005 Damn McChris-"Got To Choose" was the one I was thinking of. Essentially one not bend and shaken over and over again. Geez. I think I mastered the "Goin' Blind" solo in 7th grade. Neil Geraldo. Damn-one of the top ten tasty players in rock. NG, Honeyman-Scott, Elliot Easton...Good company.
MCChris Posted April 13, 2005 Posted April 13, 2005 Geez. I think I mastered the "Goin' Blind" solo in 7th grade. Technically maybe. But I doubt you or anyone else could ever match that feel.
Turdus Posted April 13, 2005 Posted April 13, 2005 UK "In THe Dead of Night" kinda started a revolution LOL Bill... I have that CD. Yesterday I glanced at it thinking I had not listened to it in awhile, and maybe it was time.
marcnorth Posted April 13, 2005 Posted April 13, 2005 Wishbone Ash- Throw Down the Sword. Those guys were the best at twin guitar solo's.
savethematches Posted April 13, 2005 Posted April 13, 2005 Boston--More Than A Feeling Skynyrd--Simple Man EVH--Ice Cream Man (if you close your eyes you can just see Ed all pissed off in the studio because he didn't want a cover song on the album) Ditto on Shook Me All Night Long and Love Song--two of the very few solos that I've copped note for note. And, at the risk of ridicule from the masses, I like CC Deville's leads on Talk Dirty To Me and Your Mama Don't Dance.
bobbymack Posted April 13, 2005 Posted April 13, 2005 Man, there are some great ones here....good thread.Some of my faves for inspiring chills are:Peter Frampton's live "Lines On My Face"Mark Knopfler in "Brothers In Arms" and "Romeo and Juliet"Eric Johnson's work in the last couple of minutes of "When The Sun Meets The Sky"Steely Dan's "Third World Man"David Gilmour in "Time"Jeff Beck in Stewart's "People Get Ready"Others that have hit home hard but maybe not "chilled" me:Steely Dan's "Reelin In The Years"Clapton's "Forever Man"Dickey Betts live on "Jessica" from Wipe The Windows... Dickey again in "Blue Sky" from An Evening With...Hendrix in "Hey Joe" Duane Allman in "Whipping Post"Hendrix' "Watchtower" and Page in "Stairway" - both among the very bestedited to add Gilmour to the chillers list....
kurtsstuff Posted April 13, 2005 Posted April 13, 2005 Gary Moore..Still got the blues....the solo is heart wrenching and there is 1 note in the solo that is almost off but so on (does that make sense?) that just slays me.... Michael Schenker..Rock Bottom...mainly cuz I played it note for note in my High school band in the 70's and man..I was the shiznitz...lol! Pat Traver's...Boom,Boom (out go the lights) just for the sheer fun of it!! So many more and could go on and on but...would'nt that be like a 70's type solo?? lol!
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