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    Posted: November 05 2008 at 03:38
My favorite guitar solos in prog are as follows
 
1-Bells of Notre Dame- Frank Bornemann-Eloy-Power and Passion
2-Echoes-David Gilmour-Pink Floyd-Meddle
3-Summer Lightning-Andy Latimer-Camel-Breathless
4-Dark Matter-Steve Wilson-PT-Signify
5-Go West Judas-Roine Stolt-Back in World of Adventure
6-Shamen Song-Robin  Harrison-Red Jasper-Winter's Tale
7-Hopelessly-Cliff Jackson-Epitaph-Epitaph
8-Ice-Andy Latimer-Camel-I Can See Your House From Here
9-Comfortably Numb-Dave Gilmour-PF-Wall
10-Spain-Klaus Hess-Jane-Together         a tie with
10-Introduction-Alan Cowderoy-Gracious-Gracious!
 so many more course, but these are my current favs..
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It´s hard to say right now, there are so many great ones. I could think of Fripp´s The Night watch or White shadow, Howe´s Awaken (maybe my fav), Hackett´s Firth of Fifth (love also the Daryl Stuermer version on The way we walk), Steve Rothery´s Easter, Blackmore´s Stargazer....I can´t think of a particular Petrucci solo now, I might find one later.
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A couple that spring to mind are:

Dave Gilmour - Have A Cigar
Buck Dharma - Astronomy (the version on Some Enchanted Evening)
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steve hackett......off of neal morse`s "testimony" the song twelve
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Here's my 10 pretty much off the cuff:-
 
1.  Roine Stolt on The Merrygoround by TFK
2.  Dave Gilmour on Echoes by Pink Floyd
3.  Steve Hackett on Firth of Fifth by Genesis
4.  Alex Lifeson on La Villa Strangiato by Rush (Exit Stage Left version)
5.  Joe Satriani on Flying In A Blue Dream by Satriani
6.  Stolt on All of The Above by Transatlantic
7.  Gilmour on Pigs (3 different ones) by Floyd
8.  Steve Wilson at the end of Sky Moves Sideways part2 by Porcupine Tree
9.  Mike Holmes of IQ on The Magic Roundabout
10. Steve Howe of Yes on Starship Trooper
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1-corfortably numb - pf
2-la leyla-ramses
3-sails of charon - scorpions
4- castle in the air-eloy
5-lady fantasy - camel
6-fly away - minotorus
7-spain - jane
8-musical box - genesis
9-soon - yes
10-echoes - camel
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The ending solo in How Could I. ( Cynic on Focus)
The double guitar solo in the title track on Into The Everflow from Psychotic Waltz.
The Under a Glass Moon Guitar solo ( Dream Theater)
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Originally posted by Takeshi Kovacs Takeshi Kovacs wrote:

A couple that spring to mind are:

Dave Gilmour - Have A Cigar
Buck Dharma - Astronomy (the version on Some Enchanted Evening)


Happy to see another Buck Dharma fanClap! I love so many of his solos that I don't even know where to start... I'd give first prize to  "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" (notably the version on ET Live ), which I was so lucky to see him play live in Rome in 1986, or possibly "The Last Days of May" (the killer live version on A Long Day's Night ).

As regards guitar solos in prog, I don't have too many favourites, since I hold that prog is not so much about guitar as about every instrument working together. Anyway, if I had to choose a few, I'd mention the following:

David Gilmour - Comfortably Numb
Greg Lake - Battlefield (in "Tarkus")
Robert Fripp - Starless
Steve Hackett - Firth of Fifth
Steve Howe - Siberian Khatru

However, the overwhelming majority of my favourite guitar solos are either in the Prog-Related and Proto-Prog categories (namely anything by Ritchie Blackmore and the aforementioned Buck Dharma), or in classic rock and metal. An exception could be a musician who is featured on his site also as a member of a prog band - that is, Gary Moore (formerly with Colosseum II).


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Originally posted by Raff Raff wrote:

Originally posted by Takeshi Kovacs Takeshi Kovacs wrote:

A couple that spring to mind are:

Dave Gilmour - Have A Cigar
Buck Dharma - Astronomy (the version on Some Enchanted Evening)


Happy to see another Buck Dharma fanClap! I love so many of his solos that I don't even know where to start... I'd give first prize to  "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" (notably the version on ET Live ), which I was so lucky to see him play live in Rome in 1986, or possibly "The Last Days of May" (the killer live version on A Long Day's Night ).

As regards guitar solos in prog, I don't have too many favourites, since I hold that prog is not so much about guitar as about every instrument working together. Anyway, if I had to choose a few, I'd mention the following:

David Gilmour - Comfortably Numb
Greg Lake - Battlefield (in "Tarkus")
Robert Fripp - Starless
Steve Hackett - Firth of Fifth
Steve Howe - Siberian Khatru

However, the overwhelming majority of my favourite guitar solos are either in the Prog-Related and Proto-Prog categories (namely anything by Ritchie Blackmore and the aforementioned Buck Dharma), or in classic rock and metal. An exception could be a musician who is featured on his site also as a member of a prog band - that is, Gary Moore (formerly with Colosseum II).


I saw BOC in London in the Summer (for the first time!) and they played Astronomy, and it was great to be up there at the front about 20 feet away from the band. Buck and Eric Bloom must be early sixties now!
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Originally posted by Takeshi Kovacs Takeshi Kovacs wrote:

Originally posted by Raff Raff wrote:

Originally posted by Takeshi Kovacs Takeshi Kovacs wrote:

A couple that spring to mind are:

Dave Gilmour - Have A Cigar
Buck Dharma - Astronomy (the version on Some Enchanted Evening)


Happy to see another Buck Dharma fanClap! I love so many of his solos that I don't even know where to start... I'd give first prize to  "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" (notably the version on ET Live ), which I was so lucky to see him play live in Rome in 1986, or possibly "The Last Days of May" (the killer live version on A Long Day's Night ).

As regards guitar solos in prog, I don't have too many favourites, since I hold that prog is not so much about guitar as about every instrument working together. Anyway, if I had to choose a few, I'd mention the following:

David Gilmour - Comfortably Numb
Greg Lake - Battlefield (in "Tarkus")
Robert Fripp - Starless
Steve Hackett - Firth of Fifth
Steve Howe - Siberian Khatru

However, the overwhelming majority of my favourite guitar solos are either in the Prog-Related and Proto-Prog categories (namely anything by Ritchie Blackmore and the aforementioned Buck Dharma), or in classic rock and metal. An exception could be a musician who is featured on his site also as a member of a prog band - that is, Gary Moore (formerly with Colosseum II).


I saw BOC in London in the Summer (for the first time!) and they played Astronomy, and it was great to be up there at the front about 20 feet away from the band. Buck and Eric Bloom must be early sixties now!
 
I went to see BOC at Manchester Apollo in the mid-80s.  I was on the front row, and got one of Eric Bloom's plectrums with the BOC logo on it. It's fab, and a great reminder of a brilliant gig.  The band were superb, by the way.
 
I agree totally on Veteran of the Psychic Wars, the ETL version really is something else. Didn't know we had a few BOC fans on here.  Nice one Clap.
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  1. Robert Fripp (King Crimson) - Sailor´s tale (the most iconoclastic solo in music...love it love it love it)
  2. Mike Akerfeld (Opeth) - The leper affinity
  3. Robert Fripp (Eno) - St Elmo´s fire
  4. Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) - Since I´ve been loving you
  5. Steve Hackett (Genesis) - Dancing with the moonlite knight

I don´t have definitive solos that make me go all 15 year old school girl, except for Sailor´s tale, but I do have a lot of favorite guitarist...
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1. Allan Holdsworth: Obsession (ex. Jack Bruce's A Question Of Time)
2. Gary Moore: Love Story (ex. Skid Row's 34 Hours)
3. David Torn: 7 minutes of Pure Entertainment (ex. Torn's Cloud About Mercury)
4. David Gilmour: Standing Around Crying (ex. Paul Rodger's Muddy Waters Blues)
5. Richard Thompson: A Sailor's Tale (ex. Thompson's Watching The Dark)
6. Gary Lucas: King Strong (ex. Gods & Monsters) - Lucas has such a massive catalogue of great solos, this was a hard choice.
7. Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Chile (A Slight Return) (ex. Hendrix's Electric Ladyland)
8. Steve Vai: Erotic Nightmares (ex. Vai's Passion & Warfare)
9. John McLaughlin: Jazz Jungle (ex. The Promise)
10. Steve Stills: Season Of The Witch (ex. Kooper/Bloomfield/Stills: Supersession)
 
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Hmmmm...
Robert Fripp/21st Century Schizoid Man (King Crimson)
Alex Lifeson/damn near anything he puts his hands to (Rush)
Jacek Melnicki/Loose Heart (Riverside)
Steven Wilson/Shesmovedon or The Sound Of Muzak (Porcupine Tree)
Mikael Akerfeldt-In My Time Of Need (Opeth)
Those are the ones that spring to mind right now...
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1.  Robert Fripp     Baby's on Fire
2.  John Etheridge (Darryl Way's Wolf)  Isolation Waltz
3.  Ollie Halsall  Toujours La Voyage
4. Robert Fripp  21st Century Schizoid Man
5.  Franco Mussida     Dove,  Quando
6.  Steve Hackett  Voyage of the Acolyte
7.  Andy Latimer   The Snow Goose
8.  Robert Fripp  The Heavenly Music Corporation
9.  Fred Frith  Beautiful as the Moon,  Terrible as an Army with Banners
10.  Steve Howe  Nous Sommes du Soliel
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In no particular order :-

Robert Fripp - Baby's on Fire (Eno)
Mike Oldfield - Little Red Robin Hood Hit the Road (Robert Wyatt)
Andy Latimer - Lunar Sea (Camel)
Robert Fripp - The Night Watch (KIng Crimson)
Paul Rudolph - Uncle Harry's Last Freak Out (Pink Fairies)
Steve Hackett - Return of the Giant Hogweed (Genesis)
Steve Hackett - Firth of Fifth (Genesis)
Michael Karoli - Mother Sky (Can)
Carlos Santana - All The Love of the Universe(Santana)
Steve Hillage - Master Builder (Gong)

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Originally posted by el böthy el böthy wrote:

  1. Robert Fripp (King Crimson) - Sailor´s tale (the most iconoclastic solo in music...love it love it love it)
 
Is there any relationship between this Sailor's tale and Richard Thompson's song almost of the same name, recorded a couple of times when he was with Fairport Convention. There is an incredible loose set of connections. Fairport's original vocalist Julie Dyble, did a couple of demo recordings for Giles, Giles & Fripp - so was there a trying out of a more English folkie thing for the prototype King Crimson - and would Fripp been aware of Thompson's early songbook???
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Originally posted by Dick Heath Dick Heath wrote:

Originally posted by el böthy el böthy wrote:



  1. Robert Fripp (King Crimson) - Sailor´s tale (the most iconoclastic solo in music...love it love it love it)

 

Is there any relationship between this Sailor's tale and Richard Thompson's song almost of the same name, recorded a couple of times when he was with Fairport Convention. There is an incredible loose set of connections. Fairport's original vocalist Julie Dyble, did a couple of demo recordings for Giles, Giles & Fripp - so was there a trying out of a more English folkie thing for the prototype King Crimson - and would Fripp been aware of Thompson's early songbook???


Very interesting,Dick.

Fairport's/Thompson's A Sailor's Life was brought to the group by then 'session' violinist,Dave Swarbrick. Thompson's songbook at the time was fairly minimal.Upto this point (1969) most of Fairport's repetoire was covers of Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell songs.

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just want to add a fantastic solo i heard only yesterday, in overhead's epic beginning to end..great band
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Watermelon in Easter Hay - Frank Zappa
Firth of Fifth - Genesis
Lady Fantasy - Camel (the second one, I think)
Crashmind - Fromuz
La Villa Strangiato - Rush (first one)
The Sound of Muzak - Porcupine Tree
Pigs (Three Different Ones) - Pink Floyd
Lightning's Hand - Kansas
The Door - Neal Morse
Song for the Innocent - Pain of Salvation

Those are ones that particularly interest me, in no certain order except the Zappa one has to go first.


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 1). Firth of Fifth - Genesis (Steve Hackett)
 2). Do It Again - Steely Dan (Dennis Dias)
 3). Red Alert - Tony Williams Lifetime (Allan Holdsworth)
 4). Adventures In a Yorkshire Landscape - Be Bop Deluxe (Bill Nelson)
 5). Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile) - Santana (Carlos Santana)
 6). Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd (David Gilmour)
 7). Dawn - Mahavishnu Orchestra (John McLaughlin)
 8). Third Wind - Pat Metheny Group (Pat Metheny)
 9). Chemistry - Rush (Alex Lifeson)
10). Yours Is No Disgrace - Yes (Steve Howe)
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