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Favorite guitar solos

The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
edited July 2009 in Strut Central
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")
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  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts

    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.)
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    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
  • hcrinkhcrink 8,729 Posts
    8 Miles High
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts


    2:53
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts


    2:53

    yeah I had Django and Carlos Montoya in my post originally, but couldnt pick a particular tune for either dudes...too many
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    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_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    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
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    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.
  • KineticKinetic 3,739 Posts
    Maggot Braaaaaaaaiiiiiiiinn
  • Birdman9Birdman9 5,417 Posts
    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...
  • LokoOneLokoOne 1,823 Posts
    RHCP- pretty little ditty

    who's that lady- Isley Bros...

    Hung Up on my baby- Issac hayes
  • ReynaldoReynaldo 6,054 Posts
  • milliondollarsmilliondollars 568 Posts
  • jjfad027jjfad027 1,594 Posts
    Maniac- Michael Sembello





    lots of Johnny Guitar Watson


    and Freebird
  • fishmongerfunkfishmongerfunk 4,154 Posts
    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
  • dukeofdelridgedukeofdelridge urgent.monkey.mice 2,453 Posts
    any and all Queen songs
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    - 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
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    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_dejeanm_dejean Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut. 2,946 Posts
    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.
  • youngEINSTEINyoungEINSTEIN 2,443 Posts
    youngEINSTEIN Said:

    f*cking "maggot brain"

    peace, stein. . .
  • TabaskoTabasko 1,357 Posts
    first one that came to mind was:

  • barjesusbarjesus 872 Posts
    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.

  • HamHam 872 Posts
    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"
  • Birdman9Birdman9 5,417 Posts

    eddie hazel "california dreamin"


    BLAZING. Love that track.
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    Don Rich 'Buckaroo' w/ Buck Owens

  • WoimsahWoimsah 1,734 Posts
    Long Distance Runaround. Game Over.
  • DrWuDrWu 4,021 Posts
    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

  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,782 Posts
    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"


  • Birdman9Birdman9 5,417 Posts
    BOC - Buck's Boogie

  • deathvalley90210deathvalley90210 398 Posts



    this is one of my favorite youtube videos! i watch it cheer myself up.
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