Best/favorite guitar solo? (1 Viewer)

[Kevin C Brown]

I'll add the solo Mick Ralphs did in the song "Bad Company" by them. Not a "gee wiz" solo, but just has ... soul, IMO.

 

[AlexCremers]

Everything by David Gilmour before Waters left the band, everything before the highly uninspired 'Division Bell' and 'A Momentary Lapse of Reason' albums.

 

[Kevin M]

 

[Jan H]

Great thread!

I'll just pick the guitarists who have been the most influential to me as a player, and my favorite solos from each.

Alex Lifeson - my favorite guitarist, so the list of great solos is vast, but the solo that says the most about his style is from Ghost of a Chance. Pure, beautiful, jagged emotion.

Jimmy Page - Totally agree with the No Quarter reference from Song Remains the Same, but how about The Song Remains the Same from Houses of the Holy?

Nuno Bettencourt - Phenomenal player. Rest in Peace shows why.

Brian May - Play the Game. That sound. Ooooh, that sound.

Eddie Van Halen -

Beat It

No kidding. If you can stomach listening to a Michael Jackson record again, give it a spin. Incredible technique, incredible soul.

John Petrucci - Pull Me Under - 'nuff said.

Eric Clapton - Pretending It'd be fashionable to go with something from Cream or the Dominoes, but this solo is as good as anything he's ever done.

Chris DiGarmo/Michael Wilton (Queensryche) - Revolution Calling - I love Maiden but these guys took harmonizing solos to the next level.

Elliot Randall - Do It Again - Though I'm not familiar with much else he's done, this is one of the all-time great solos in rock history, and my favorite from one of my all-time favorite bands, Steely Dan.

Steve Howe - Siberian Khatru - His work here is so evocative and atmospheric I still get the chills 25 years after hearing it for the first time. Just an incredible player.

 

[DanFe]

And no one has mentioned Leo Kottke?

 

[Jan H]

I purposely left jazz/acoustic guitarists off my list becasue it seems this has turned into a 'rock' thread. I could just as easily have thrown out names like Kottke, Ralph Towner, Metheny, etc.

Likewise, I excluded instrumentalists like Vai, Satriani, etc. They're incredible, but because they're largely instrumentalists, their solos seem to blend into on another for me.

 

[Michael Caicedo]

Late to this thread but,

Kirk Hammett - Battery
Mark Knopfler - Sultans of Swing
Alex Lifeson - La Villa Strangiato

 

[Ricardo C]

Four pages and no mention of Brian May's solo at the end of We Will Rock You?

Some more May love:

Steve Howe and Brian May on Queen's "Innuendo" (Howe on accoustic, May on electric)

Brian on Queen's "Hammer to Fall" (the extended version, particularly)

And of course, the entirety of "Brighton Rock"

Other favorites:

Slash on GNR's "Stranged"

Steve Hackett on Genesis' "The Musical Box"

 

[Brett_B]

I just thought of another one to put down that is an absolute favorite of mine.

High Landrons by Eric Johnson from Ah Via Musicom. I think I crank that one up more than I do Cliffs of Dover & Trademark.

 

[Kevin M]

I thought about it but it seemed a bit too obvious and I like some of his other works better, such as Stone Cold Crazy.

Tony Bourge of Budgie (Here's a band that received far too little notice here in the states) - Breadfan - SkyHigh Percentage - Who Do You Want For Love - In For The Kill - Zoom Club.

 

[Rachael B]

OK, you's guyz asked for it . I'm going with Brian Setzer anytime he so much as picks up a guitar.

 

[Mark*M]

Anything by Angus Young of AC/DC, especially the Highway to Hell/Back In Black/For Those About To Rock...

The guitar solo from Bob Seger's "Like a Rock". That slide guitar will give you goosebumps(I pretend Chevy never used this track for commercials).

Also, another underrated guitarist, Billy Gibbons of ZZ-Top. I remember reading once that his band prior to ZZ-top opened for the Hendrix Experience and that Jimi himself was blown away and reluctant to take the stage following Billy.

 

[JeremySt]

Gilmour and Knopfler will always be the kings for me.

The following stick out in my mind...

Comfortably Numb - David Gilmour from Pulse
Brothers In Arms - Mark Knopfler from Music for Monserrat
Piece of Your Action - Mick Mars of Motley Crue

 

[Kevin C Brown]

Billy Gibbons: Everything on Deguello.

Andy Summers didn't solo much with the Police, but everything he did with them excelled.

 

[Philip Hamm]

The "Driven To Tears" solo is friggin' fantastic!

 

[MichaelBA]

Martin Barre on "Minstrel In The Gallery." The long, album version.