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OT: Your favorite guitar solos...

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jabam
jabam Posts: 1,829
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I was sitting in back yard egging some cheekin thighs and Freebird came on. 

Got me me thinking bout my favorite guitar solos. 

Rossington on Freebird is right at top of mine, along with Slash on Sweet child of mine...and for you blues guys, how about BB King on the thrill is gone?

What say you?
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  • epcotisbest
    epcotisbest Posts: 2,174
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    Easy...Gilmour wailing away on Comfortably Numb. Nothing else even comes close, especially the live version on PULSE.
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
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    Every one of Jimmy Page's and Jimi's Star Spangled Banner.
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • gmac
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    Eddie's Eruption is my alarm clock. 
    Mt Elgin Ontario - just a Large.
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  • epcotisbest
    epcotisbest Posts: 2,174
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    Oh, and Rossington is OK, but Allen Collins is who rocked Freebird. 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50SrPB5xcNQ

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  • jabam
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    bgebrent said:
    Every one of Jimmy Page's and Jimi's Star Spangled Banner.
    I'm with you in Jimmy Page especially Whole lotta love
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  • epcotisbest
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    NPHuskerFL said:
    Stevie Ray Vaughan pic a solo...any solo
    OK...I pick "The Sky is Crying."
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  • jabam
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    epcotisbest said:
    NPHuskerFL said:
    Stevie Ray Vaughan pic a solo...any solo
    OK...I pick "The Sky is Crying."
    Texas flood is pretty good too!
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  • HeavyG
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    bgebrent said:
    Every one of Jimmy Page's and Jimi's Star Spangled Banner.
    I'm in agreement.

    However, I'm old enough to remember when Hendrix's version of the Star Spangled Banner was considered disrespectful, blasphemous, and anti-American by the conservatives of the day. :)
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • YEMTrey
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    I started to type a list, then realized it couldn't be done.  Too many for me to mention.  I will leave this here, as it did make my list.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz7bYpKdGhA



    Steve 
    XL, Mini Max, and a 22" Blackstone in Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • SkySaw
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    Robert Fripp is a guitar genius. He plays the solo in Eno's song Baby's on Fire and it is absolutely mind-melting. I have lots of favourite guitar solos, and this has been top of my list for as long as I can remember:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nItuhuY1U04
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  • MCRyan
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    I'll chime in agreement with Jimmy Page...  Stairway to Heaven's guitar solo, not to be cliche, is an all time classic.  The dude who played it during Heart's performance at the Kennedy Honors a couple of years ago nailed it very respectfully.  Worth a YouTube look.  I was just checking it out last night.  So, it's fresh on my mind.  
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  • smbishop
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    Yep, start making a list and you get pulled into the matrix.  So many greats out there.  I grew up loving Led Zeppelin, Free Bird, Working Man by Rush, then discovered Stevie Ray Vaugh, Eric Clapton, Prince, and the list goes on.   Great music out there!
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  • keener75
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    As soon as I read the tread title I automatically thought "Freebird". 
    There are so many great guitarists, Clapton, Hendrix, SRV, Jack White...on and on...but Freebird was my first thought.
    Not sure if there are many Metallica fans on here but Kirk Hammett is pretty awesome too;)
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  • wbradking
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    @Botch. Love Over Gold....I know it well!
    Franklin, TN
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  • smbishop
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    LOVE Mark Knopfler!
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  • jabam
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    Botch said:
    Telegraph Road, Mark Knopfler/Dire Straits.
     
    Few, perhaps none of you have ever heard this.  The album was called Love Over Gold, and the five songs on it were all too long to play on the radio, and it was mostly ignored (Telegraph Road is around 15 minutes long by itself).  The solo is broken into two parts, both build slowly, climax, then come back down, as in the best classical music pieces, and tears me up every time.  The song itself, and the arrangement, are also so good I consider it the best rock song ever recorded (the second/last song on Side 1 of the LP is also a fantastic Audiophile stereo show-off piece, by the way).  
    I got to see Mark play this, I was about in the tenth row, a high point in my life, definitely.  
    I have heard it and you are correct. Dire Straits is under appreciated in my view. I can listen to them all night. 
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  • jabam
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    I also have to give props to Billy Gibbons, he is the heart and soul of ZZ Top. His solo on Sharp Dressed Man is awesome!
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  • Hotch
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    Funny you bring this up. I will be 10 rows back watching and listening to Joe Bonamassa one week from today. First time we saw him in concert we were 10 rows from the top. Still had great sounds but not the impact as being up front! The guy can truly make a guitar come alive! Electric and acoustic. 
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  • JustineCaseyFeldown
    JustineCaseyFeldown Posts: 867
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    travelling riverside blues doesn't suck

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1JAhFAQigY

    EDIT: and before the pansy comes along to tell me there's no solo proper, i'd offer the entire frigging thing is a solo, which just happens to have a drummer and a bassist and lead singer following after. but at 2:14 begins a bit of stand-alone

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  • bgebrent
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    HeavyG said:
    bgebrent said:
    Every one of Jimmy Page's and Jimi's Star Spangled Banner.
    I'm in agreement.

    However, I'm old enough to remember when Hendrix's version of the Star Spangled Banner was considered disrespectful, blasphemous, and anti-American by the conservatives of the day. :)
    You sir are correct.  I'm a modern conservative and a guitarist.  Wait, that sounds weird.
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • CtTOPGUN
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     So many great guitar solos and riffs over the years. But one has stood out for me since first hearing it. It has no hectic nor frenetic pace. May not dazzle anyone with it's speed. But to me music is not about showing off and playing as loud and fast nor complex as humanly possible. The worst offender to me of doing so is Eddie Van Halen. Every song he has to show off his speed. Like a HS battle of the bands showdown is taking place. It gets tiring to me. I like music to live. To breathe. And this Clapton classic is timeless and absolutely haunting. From the solos to the riff it just works for me. This later live version is especially well done.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx3EQQQ6yjM

       Jim
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  • Dobie
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    Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien
    Randy Rhodes - Crazy Train
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  • YEMTrey
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    All hail the king!  /thread

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

    Steve 
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  • dopey
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    https://youtu.be/JOKn33-q4Ao

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    What I do when I'm black out drunk is none of my business...

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  • Grillinois
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    I can't hear freebird without a mental replay of Kingsman and the guy going nuts fighting all the people in the church. 
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  • YEMTrey
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    Grillinois said:
    I can't hear freebird without a mental replay of Kingsman and the guy going nuts fighting all the people in the church. 
    Great movie and great scene!
    Steve 
    XL, Mini Max, and a 22" Blackstone in Cincinnati, Ohio
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