Best guitar solo of all time in a song? (1 Viewer)

[Ursa M]

No mention of Stevie Ray?

Texas Flood was mentioned earlier

 

[Leroy Hoard]

No mention of Stevie Ray?

You gotta make the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame first.

 

[Apple Jack]

No mention of Stevie Ray?

Texas Flood was mentioned earlier

I mentioned Life Without You on the first page.

 

[Fly]

Underrated and a little more modern:

"Impossible Germany" - Wilco

Nels Cline makes me happy.

 

[Todem]

George Lynch is my favorite guitar player so I have to list one if his solos. The solo in The Hunter is awesome. Lynch was blazing fast but was also melodic. I'm not comparing his solos to Page, Gilmore, SVH, or even Slash. Those guys are on another level. When it came to the 80's metal sound, Lynch was king to me.

Agree….Lynch was a tremendous 80's hair metal player. Love The Hunter. Also love Mr.Scary. That is a romp.

In My Dreams is a classic 80's solo as well.

 

[Anarchy99]

Well if people are going to allow Prince into the realm of actual musicians . . .

Slowed down yet still rocking version of Let's Go Crazy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMABC22tfwg

 

[Popinski]

Mark Knopfler, "Sultans of Swing" live version is pretty damn good.

In terms of soloing that is not overly dexterous yet fits the song perfectly, is there anything better than Sultans of Swing?

Absolutely fantastic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAkC4awGiJ8

 

[-fish-]

No mention of Stevie Ray?

Texas Flood was mentioned earlier

I mentioned Life Without You on the first page.

hint: most of us just skip over your posts.

 

[Jefferson the Caregiver]

Shine on You Crazy Diamond. Large parts of that song are a guitar solo.

 

[Apple Jack]

hint: most of us just skip over your posts.

Clearly.

 

[glock]

Mark Knopfler, "Sultans of Swing" live version is pretty damn good.

In terms of soloing that is not overly dexterous yet fits the song perfectly, is there anything better than Sultans of Swing?

Absolutely fantastic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAkC4awGiJ8

 

[Spike]

Highway Star by Deep Purple comes to mind.

 

[B-Deep]

Mark Knopfler, "Sultans of Swing" live version is pretty damn good.

In terms of soloing that is not overly dexterous yet fits the song perfectly, is there anything better than Sultans of Swing?

Absolutely fantastic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAkC4awGiJ8

love me some knopf

 

[B-Deep]

I was watching that video and Knoplfer looks so damn casual, like that was exactly 0 effort for him

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Highway Star by Deep Purple comes to mind.

Would like to see a "best guitar RIFF" thread. She Sells Sanctuary is #1 with a bullet there.

I still think Vito Bratta's solo in White Lion's "Wait" is one of the most musical, best sounding solos ever.

Also like the solo in Def Leppard's "Wasted". I forget which of the guys did the solo.

 

[DocHolliday]

Highway Star by Deep Purple comes to mind.

Would like to see a "best guitar RIFF" thread. She Sells Sanctuary is #1 with a bullet there.

I still think Vito Bratta's solo in White Lion's "Wait" is one of the most musical, best sounding solos ever.

Also like the solo in Def Leppard's "Wasted". I forget which of the guys did the solo.

Highway Star by Deep Purple comes to mind.

Would like to see a "best guitar RIFF" thread. She Sells Sanctuary is #1 with a bullet there.

I still think Vito Bratta's solo in White Lion's "Wait" is one of the most musical, best sounding solos ever.

Also like the solo in Def Leppard's "Wasted". I forget which of the guys did the solo.

Good call on Wait. Bratta is another underrated guitar player from that hair band era. Guys like Bratta and Lynch were not taken seriously due to their bands. I have to admit that I do really like a few White Lion songs including Wait.

Another guitar player from that era that does not get his due is Wolf Hoffman from Accept. The solo in Metal Heart is great. It is not the "Greatest guitar solo of all time in a song" great but it is a very good listen. Hoffman had a great sound.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Hangar 18 is still freaking awesome.

Anthrax - Caught in a Mosh! (Although I like Horror of it All better as a whole)

 

[Godsbrother]

Cream - White Room

I was going to say Badge.

 

[Godsbrother]

The studio version of McCartney's "Maybe I'm Amazed" has a great guitar solo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm2YyVZBL8U

Played every instrument on that track as well.

 

[ROCKET]

If I had to choose one it would be Jimi's All Along the Watchtower. I could list a thousand more but I couldn't list one any better than that.

 

[simsarge]

Randy Bachman - Roll on down the highway

Iain Harvie (Del Amitri) - Food for songs

 

[SWC]

The studio version of McCartney's "Maybe I'm Amazed" has a great guitar solo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm2YyVZBL8U

Played every instrument on that track as well.

yeah brohan that was a great right on take that to the bank brochacho

 

[jfranco77]

I was watching that video and Knoplfer looks so damn casual, like that was exactly 0 effort for him

That's the crazy part. I would argue that's the best guitar playing I've ever seen, and he's not even working hard. Dude is unbelievable.

For me

1. Sultans/Alchemy

2. Comfortably Numb/Pulse

BTW it's a little nerdy but shout out to Peter Buck in this version of Country Feedback

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJLOAjsamEE

 

[zamboni]

Would like to see a "best guitar RIFF" thread. .

Ultimate Classic Rock magazine is on it:

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/march-riff-madness-2014/

 

[glock]

Would like to see a "best guitar RIFF" thread. .

Ultimate Classic Rock magazine is on it:

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/march-riff-madness-2014/

Skynard's "Sweet Home Alabama" currently 2:1 over Nugent's "Stranglehold."

 

[Jefferson the Caregiver]

Hangar 18 is still freaking awesome.

True

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Cream - White Room

I was going to say Badge.

Either one, much of EC's best work imo was with that band.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Uli Jon Roth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqg2krFMWhc

 

[Psychopav]

Picking a "best" is impossible imo. Unless you break it down, somehow.

Most melodic: Knocking on Heaven's Door, Slash (his best work - song is tired but man those solos are back to back to back awesomeness).

Most underated: Purple Rain, Prince

Most buried in drek: Outta My Mind, John Mayer

my current "best of all time" just because:

at the 5:23 mark. :shivers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RH0-pRicB4

Seriously?

 

[simey]

Free Bird gets all the Skynyrd love, and its a great solo for the sake of soloing. I think the guitar work in "That Smell" is much better.

I think Free Bird has the best long solo, but my favorite LS guitar song is "The Needle and the Spoon." I love the guitars in it, and there are a couple solos in that song. My favorite solo ever is probably Jimi Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower." The late Terry Kath from Chicago doesn't get much love, but he was a fabulous guitar player, and has a great solo in "25 or 6 to 4."

 

[glock]

Picking a "best" is impossible imo. Unless you break it down, somehow.

Most melodic: Knocking on Heaven's Door, Slash (his best work - song is tired but man those solos are back to back to back awesomeness).

Most underated: Purple Rain, Prince

Most buried in drek: Outta My Mind, John Mayer

my current "best of all time" just because:

at the 5:23 mark. :shivers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RH0-pRicB4

Seriously?

Hey- to each his own...

 

[Ghost Rider]

The late Terry Kath from Chicago doesn't get much love, but he was a fabulous guitar player, and has a great solo in "25 or 6 to 4."

He still has the most embarrassing "celebrity" death ever.

 

[simey]

The late Terry Kath from Chicago doesn't get much love, but he was a fabulous guitar player, and has a great solo in "25 or 6 to 4."

He still has the most embarrassing "celebrity" death ever.

More than David Carradine's autoerotic asphyxiation death?

 

[NCCommish]

The late Terry Kath from Chicago doesn't get much love, but he was a fabulous guitar player, and has a great solo in "25 or 6 to 4."

He still has the most embarrassing "celebrity" death ever.

More than David Carradine's autoerotic asphyxiation death?

I don't think so. He had already done the Russian Roulette thing with another gun with no problem. He thought the second gun he picked up was also empty. Stupid and embarrassing but not nearly as bad as Carradine.

 

[drfeelgood]

The late Terry Kath from Chicago doesn't get much love, but he was a fabulous guitar player, and has a great solo in "25 or 6 to 4."

He still has the most embarrassing "celebrity" death ever.

More than David Carradine's autoerotic asphyxiation death?

I don't think so. He had already done the Russian Roulette thing with another gun with no problem. He thought the second gun he picked up was also empty. Stupid and embarrassing but not nearly as bad as Carradine.

I agree. Before anyone mentions it, Mama Cass did not die from choking to death on a ham sandwich.

 

[NCCommish]

The late Terry Kath from Chicago doesn't get much love, but he was a fabulous guitar player, and has a great solo in "25 or 6 to 4."

He still has the most embarrassing "celebrity" death ever.

More than David Carradine's autoerotic asphyxiation death?

I don't think so. He had already done the Russian Roulette thing with another gun with no problem. He thought the second gun he picked up was also empty. Stupid and embarrassing but not nearly as bad as Carradine.

I agree. Before anyone mentions it, Mama Cass did not die from choking to death on a ham sandwich.

True the sandwich that was by the bed was untouched. It was an on scene coroner who started that rumor unintentionally when asked for an immediate cause of death. The real cause was her heart muscle. The constant weight yo-yo had weakened her heart to the point it just failed.

 

[[icon]]

I always think of Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam

Pearl Jams early early stuff (Ten in particular) has some incredible emotional guitar playing. I agree about Yellow Ledbetter....great solo indeed.Mike McCready is a vastly underrrated guitarist. His work with Temple of the Dog....is legendary.

Mccready is as good as anyone who has ever picked up an axe when it comes to making his instrument speak. They call him the "master of animal sounds". Porch, garden, even flow, deep... Ten is a ####### clinic when it comes to using the guitar to elevate the songs meaning.

And yeah... TOTD is nasty.... "Reach Down" is 11 minutes of mike going to war with his instrument. Beautiful stuff.

 

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some good picks in here. shine on you crazy diamond is probably my favorite, but someone needs to mention SRV...Texas Flood, maybe.

and McCready is very underrated.

Texas flood would be my throw in for SRV. I hate that he's gone but love that he left behind a good bit of work for us to enjoy.

Anyone discounting mccready simply doesn't get it or hasn't seen PJ live. There is a reason they still sell out stadiums In minutes despite not having an album sniff commercial success in over a decade.... Open your mind a bit.

But as stated before, art is indeed subjective...

 

[[icon]]

Mark Knopfler, "Sultans of Swing" live version is pretty damn good.

"Brothers in arms" as well.

Knopfler is truly a joy to listen to.

 

[[icon]]

Mark Knopfler, "Sultans of Swing" live version is pretty damn good.

In terms of soloing that is not overly dexterous yet fits the song perfectly, is there anything better than Sultans of Swing?

Absolutely fantastic:

Dude is a god. He gets dynamic range, touch, tone... He gets it.

I wish the sound man was paying attention and would have mixed the lead up a bit though... That song should have had the solo standing on top of the band, not down in the trenches. Personal taste though.

 

[glock]

Mark Knopfler, "Sultans of Swing" live version is pretty damn good.

In terms of soloing that is not overly dexterous yet fits the song perfectly, is there anything better than Sultans of Swing?

Absolutely fantastic:

Agreed.

 

[glock]

Mark Knopfler, "Sultans of Swing" live version is pretty damn good.

In terms of soloing that is not overly dexterous yet fits the song perfectly, is there anything better than Sultans of Swing?

Absolutely fantastic:

His Sailing to Philadelphia solo offering is just beautiful...

 

[satch]

Mark Knopfler, "Sultans of Swing" live version is pretty damn good.

In terms of soloing that is not overly dexterous yet fits the song perfectly, is there anything better than Sultans of Swing?

Absolutely fantastic:

 

[jon_mx]

Knopflier's playing lacks passion. Brilliantly played though.

 

[B-Deep]

Mark Knopfler, "Sultans of Swing" live version is pretty damn good.

In terms of soloing that is not overly dexterous yet fits the song perfectly, is there anything better than Sultans of Swing?

Absolutely fantastic:

Because music is subjective, and things like the best are subjective, so people don;t always feel the same

 

[ShaqAttaq]

Another vote for slash in paradise city. Also, Dave mustaine in holy wars

 

[glock]

Mark Knopfler, "Sultans of Swing" live version is pretty damn good.

In terms of soloing that is not overly dexterous yet fits the song perfectly, is there anything better than Sultans of Swing?

Absolutely fantastic:

While The BluesTM don't resonate with everyone, I'm happy to say that I am a fan...

Edited to add that: that version of TexFlood is just ####### sick.

 

[satch]

Mark Knopfler, "Sultans of Swing" live version is pretty damn good.

In terms of soloing that is not overly dexterous yet fits the song perfectly, is there anything better than Sultans of Swing?

Absolutely fantastic:

Sick indeed. That version is so good, you could make an argument that the intro solo OR the solo in the middle are the best of all time. That lick from 1:37-1:45 is just ridiculous.

 

[dickey moe]

Jimi Hendrix - Machine Gun

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[Abrantes]

Dire Straits - "Tunnel of Love"

Amazing song.