Favorite guitar solos

The_Hook_Up

no particular order, nor all of 'em, just thinking about bad ass guitar solos and wanted to see what the strut favoredJimi Hendrix "Machine Gun" (OG BOG LP) (the crazy sustain parts, since the song itself is essentialy a guitar solo)Harvey Mandel "Cha Cha the Blues" (Charley Musslewhite's South Side Band LP)Jimmy Page "Je N'Attends Plus Personne" (Francoise Hardy's S/T from 1964)Frank Zappa "Zombie Woof" (not a huge FZ fan, but damn this solo is killer)Grant Green "The Matador" (the epitomy of smooth control)Toni Iommi "Sign of the Southern Cross" (Black Sabbath "Mob Rules"...ya notice how all the old guard guitar heroes stepped their game up after Randy Rhodes and Eddie VH came on the scene?)Eddie Van Halen "Loss of Control" (Van Halen "Women and Children First")

LaserWolf

no particular order, nor all of 'em, just thinking about bad ass guitar solos and wanted to see what the strut favored

Jimi Hendrix "Machine Gun" (OG BOG LP)
(the crazy sustain parts, since the song itself is essentialy a guitar solo)

Harvey Mandel "Cha Cha the Blues" (Charley Musslewhite's South Side Band LP)

Jimmy Page "Je N'Attends Plus Personne" (Francoise Hardy's S/T from 1964)

Frank Zappa "Zombie Woof" (not a huge FZ fan, but damn this solo is killer)

Grant Green "The Matador" (the epitomy of smooth control)

Toni Iommi "Sign of the Southern Cross" (Black Sabbath "Mob Rules"...ya notice how all the old guard guitar heroes stepped their game up after Randy Rhodes and Eddie VH came on the scene?)

Eddie Van Halen "Loss of Control" (Van Halen "Women and Children First")

Let me be the first to say EVH's Beat It solo.

When I was most into electric guitar I had that Duane Allman anthology.
His open guitar riff on Aretha's The Weight. That thing is locked in my head.

Amos Garrett's solo on Midnight At The Oasis.

Elmore James' solos on Floyd Dixon's cuts, on that Atlantic Anthology. (Sorry I haven't owned it for years and am blanking on the song and lp titles. It's in that black cover series with Texas To LA Guitar and Willie McTell.)

batmon

Isley Bros. - Who's That Lady...Ernie w/ Black Radio's longest solo

Mandrill - Fencewalk

Jimi Hendrix Exp - Bold As Love

Issac Hayes - Do Your Thing - Shaft Soundtrack

Rage Against The Machine - Know Your Enemy

Trans Am - Sad And Young

Albert Collins/Robert Cray/Johnny Copeland - The Dream

hcrink

8 Miles High

LaserWolf

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The_Hook_Up

2:53

yeah I had Django and Carlos Montoya in my post originally, but couldnt pick a particular tune for either dudes...too many

SoulOnIce

I love the like half-bar solo in the obscure Johnny Burnette Trio song, "Touch Me" ... and the amazing one in the not obscure Johnny Burnette Trio song "Train Kept a'Rollin"

The_Hook_Up

I love the like half-bar solo in the obscure Johnny Burnette Trio song, "Touch Me"

yes that is a cool little lick...great tune, wish the 45 wasnt so expensive...I have it on one of those MCA Collections from the 80s

SoulOnIce

Yeah, me too. I did however pick up a grip of boot/repro 45's of Trio stuff from Norton Records around 12 years ago ... apparently they were a warehouse find from the 70's, and Norton was only asking like $3 apiece, so I do have (fake) 45s of "Train," "Honey Hush," and at least 4 other tracks that I can play out.

Kinetic

Maggot Braaaaaaaaiiiiiiiinn

Birdman9

Richard Thompson - 'Walking on a Wire" and "Shoot out the Lights"

Thin Lizzy's "Cowboy Song" - Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson

Radio Birdman "Descent Into the Maelstrom" - Deniz Tek

The Dictators' "Young, Fast & Scientific" - Ross The Boss Funnicello

Kiss' "Black Diamond" -Ace Frehley


that's enuff for now...

LokoOne

RHCP- pretty little ditty

who's that lady- Isley Bros...

Hung Up on my baby- Issac hayes

Reynaldo

milliondollars

jjfad027

Maniac- Michael Sembello





lots of Johnny Guitar Watson


and Freebird

fishmongerfunk

there are many great (but many more wanky, cliche ones). these popped to mind instantly

jeff beck-diamond dust
steely dan- kid charlemagne (larry carlton)
pat martino- oleo
miles davis- Yesternow (sonny sharrock)
Gabor Szabo-Mizrab
chet atkins/lenny breau- Somebody's knocking

dukeofdelridge

any and all Queen songs

pickwick33

- Dave Dudley - "Six Days On The Road"
- Kingsmen - "Louie, Louie"
- Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans - "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah"
- Hank Williams - "My Bucket's Got A Hole In It"
- Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Bad Moon Rising"
- Wilbert Harrison - "Kansas City"
- Ray Sharpe - "Linda Lu"
- Fendermen - "Mule Skinner Blues"
- Lightnin' Hopkins - "Mojo Hand" (original version on the Fire label...for an acoustic guitar, it sure is LOUD!)

Elmore James' solos on Floyd Dixon's cuts, on that Atlantic Anthology. (Sorry I haven't owned it for years and am blanking on the song and lp titles. It's in that black cover series with Texas To LA Guitar and Willie McTell.)

Blues Piano - Chicago Plus

pickwick33

One more solo I forgot:

"Just Like Me" - Paul Revere & the Raiders

...featuring Drake Levin, who died last Saturday of cancer. That's him on the extreme left with the double-necked guitar in the picture...rest in peace, my man...

m_dejean

One solo I love is Kenny H??kansson's on "Solen (Parallellt eller 90 grader)" from the Bo Hansson album "Ur Trollkarlens Hat".

Simple and soaring. The track itself is a fantastic , and Kenny's guitar solo is my favorite part of it.

youngEINSTEIN

youngEINSTEIN Said:

f*cking "maggot brain"

peace, stein. . .

Tabasko

first one that came to mind was:

barjesus

I always like the guitar solo of The Zombies "Hung Up On a Dream". It's not super , but it compliments the song perfectly. With the Mellotron blended in the background...perfect.

Ham

Prince on the time "get it up"
can't remember who it is now, but the solo on p-funk allstars "pumpin it up"
eddie hazel "california dreamin"
johnny winter on captured live
richard rolff on a bunch of november songs, "mount everest" amongst others
denniz tek also as Birdman9 mentioned

cheese bonus:
the solo on bill summers & summers heat "london town"

Birdman9

eddie hazel "california dreamin"

BLAZING. Love that track.

funky16corners

Don Rich 'Buckaroo' w/ Buck Owens

Woimsah

Long Distance Runaround. Game Over.

DrWu

Orchestre Hi-Fives- Kyrie Eleison
Jimmy Page/Zeppelin- Since I Been Loving You
Grant Green-Ain't Necessarily So
Santana-Oye Como Va
Bembeya Jazz- Telephone
Talking Heads- Building on Fire (live)
Dinosaur Jr-Freak Scene
13th Floor Elevators- Baby Blue
Grateful Dead- Scarlet Begonias (Cornell 1977)
Ted Nugent- Great White Buffalo
Cold Water Flat- Count Your Space

and of course no list would be complete without some Jimi.

Third Stone From The Sun

PS

RAJ

Too many to name/

Some that I played to death growing up include:

Cream - "Crossroads" = NUTS !

Rush - "Working Man"

Van Halen I

Led Zeppelin - "Heartbreaker"

Steeley Dan - "Peg"

Boston - "Hitch a Ride"

Yes - "Yours is No Disgrace"

Eagles "One of these Nights"

Pink Floyd - "Money"

Extreme - "Play with Me"

Birdman9

BOC - Buck's Boogie

deathvalley90210

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