Prog Guitar Solos
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Topic: Prog Guitar Solos
Posted By: AlexDOM
Subject: Prog Guitar Solos
Date Posted: January 13 2012 at 09:34
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Hey everyone, so I wanted to know what your favorite guitar solo in prog (all sub-genres) is or favorite solos in multiple songs.
One solo that I heard a few months ago really blew my mind. It's from the prog group Frost and the song is Black Light Machine.
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Posted By: spknoevl
Date Posted: January 13 2012 at 10:39
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What, I can only pick one?
Anything Allan Holdsworth has ever done.
Any Fripp solo up to and including Beat. ------------- http://martinwebb.bandcamp.com The notes are just an interesting way to get from one silence to the next - Mick Gooderick |
Posted By: PabstRibbon
Date Posted: January 13 2012 at 10:41
| The first that comes to my mind is Alex Lifeson's solo in La Villa Strangiato,it's so unique with a load of emotions |
Posted By: musicbandit
Date Posted: January 13 2012 at 10:42
| Off the top of my head I would say reasons for waiting - jethro tull, firth of firth - genesis, starship trooper - yes, reason for it all - kayak, starless - king crimson, ommadawn (whole album) - mike oldfield, hergest ridge - mike oldfield. Actually Oldfield is my favourite guitar player, he's done loads of good stuff! That's just a start. |
Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: January 13 2012 at 10:46
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This thread made me think of something odd. I got into prog a couple years ago because of the amazing guitar work of Dream Theater. Now out of every instrument, I pay the least attention to guitar. I even pay more attention to bass than guitar. Even odder considering I'm a guitar player. |
Posted By: AlexDOM
Date Posted: January 13 2012 at 10:52
| It would be preferable if you can narrow it down to one, but myself included that's extremely hard. So pick a few of your favorites then... |
Posted By: AlexDOM
Date Posted: January 13 2012 at 10:54
| Yeah I would agree, I love bass so much now. Petrucci's wizardly guitar solos were one of the things that introduced me to prog now. Yeah I mean I still love guitar a lot, but I really like listening for bass, love keyboard solos too, and of course drumming. |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: January 13 2012 at 11:42
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Watermelon in Easter Hay ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: January 13 2012 at 12:05
One of my favorites (out of way too many to count) is Fripp in Sartori in Tangier. I am starting to appreciate Hackett's Dancing With a Moonlight Knight solo over Firth of Fifth. Yeah, anything by Holdsworth. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
spknoevl wrote:Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: January 13 2012 at 12:07
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The second solo of comfortably numb on Pulse ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: January 13 2012 at 12:17
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Steve Rothery on The Great Escape. Gets me every time. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: Prog Sothoth
Date Posted: January 13 2012 at 12:36
| The solo towards the end of "One Last Goodbye" from Anathema's Judgement album boasts a great emotional delivery. |
Posted By: Canterzeuhl
Date Posted: January 13 2012 at 13:04
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'What's New In Baltimore' by FZ stands out for me. But I'll go with the solo on 'Yo Mama' instead.
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: January 13 2012 at 13:07
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I'll join the stupidity. Every Petrucci solo ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Misomex777
Date Posted: January 13 2012 at 14:05
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"Everyday" Steve Hackett |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: January 13 2012 at 14:21
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Steve Howe on Yes' "Awaken," Adrian Belew on Talking Heads' "The Great Curve," John Mitchell on Frost*'s "Falling Down," many by Mirek Gil (Collage's "The Blues"), John McLaughlin on Shakti's "Mind Ecology," Jan Akkerman's on Focus' "Questions? Answers! Answers? Questions!" and on "Skywalking" and "Guardian Angel," Robert Smith's on The Cure's "The Kiss," Robert Fripp's on David Sylvian's "Upon This Earth," Pat Metheny on "Are You Going With Me?" too many to name by Reine Fiske, Hiram Bullock on Sting's version of "Little Wing," David Gilmour on "Comfortably Numb" and "Time," Steve Hackett on "Spectral Mornings" and "The Lamia," on Eris Pluvia's "The Darkness Gleams," on Guido Bungenstock on Sylvan's "Pane of Truth," too many by Jeff Beck, Chris Fry on Magenta's "Sloth," Dave Bainbridge on Iona's "Wave After Wave," The duo on The Mars Volta's "Cicatrix ESP," the crazy duo on My Brother the Wind's "Fire! Fire!" David Maurin on Nil's "Le Gardien," Todd Rundgren on "The Last Ride" and Utopia's "Utopia Theme," Steven Wilson on "Dark Matter," Piotr Grudzinski on Riverside's "Second Life Syndrome," Allan Holdsworth on UK's "In the Dead of Night," Bjørn Riis on Airbag's "Colours," Dean or Doug on Anubis' "Bond of Mutual Distrust," and Mike Oldfield on "Incantations," to name a few. (It's my day off and it's too cold outside to do anything constructive so . . . ) ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Dr. Occulator
Date Posted: January 13 2012 at 14:28
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Howe's intro on Close To The Edge!
------------- My Doc Told Me I Have Doggie Head. |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: January 13 2012 at 14:45
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Steve Hackett's solo in Ikhnaton And Itsacon section of Supper's Ready.
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: January 13 2012 at 15:30
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Every Day, Firth of Fifth - Steve Hackett
Lunar Sea, Ice, Stationary Traveller - Andy Latimer
Jigsaw, Easter - Steve Rothery
There are many other brilliant ones by those artists and also people like Dave Gilmour, Dave Bainbridge, Andy Powell/Ted Turner and Brian Josh, but those seven stand out for me.
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Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: January 13 2012 at 15:48
| Jethro Tull - We Used To Know. It has been one of my favourite guitar solos of all time. Maybe not so prog, but very beautiful and full of emotion. |
Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: January 13 2012 at 15:55
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Never been a Pertucci solo fan. I like his riffs, his solos are shred-lite. Hackett's Dancing with the Moonlit Knight is my fave in prog.
Zappa's Inca Roads
Devin Townsend on Deep Peace
Alex Lifeson on Limelight and Strangiato ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: musicbandit
Date Posted: January 13 2012 at 16:16
Yes I think that's what I meant to say, not Reasons for Waiting. Another one - Pavlov's Dog Theme for Subway Sue. If you haven't watched Mike Oldfield play, watch this |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: January 13 2012 at 16:22
Steve Hackett on Firth of Fifth. Also, Barre on Aqualung, and too many to mention by Steve Rothery  ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: January 13 2012 at 16:50
| Fripp on Babies On Fire. |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: January 13 2012 at 18:25
| I think Hackett's Firth of Fifth is the greatest prog guitar solo ever as it is so perfectly and exclusively a prog guitar solo--- |
Posted By: centum
Date Posted: January 13 2012 at 18:29
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2:51 and it goes for something like 2.5 minutes |
Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: January 14 2012 at 05:10
I saw Mike Oldfield few times in early 80's, with Moerlen Bros and Maggie Reilly. Fantastic gigs, I must say! Oldfield is one of the greatest guitar players, he has so unique, own style. And Pavlov's Dog, you're absolutely right! I think it's Pampered Menial time, right now
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Posted By: musicbandit
Date Posted: January 15 2012 at 11:53
Amen to that!
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Posted By: Slaughternalia
Date Posted: January 15 2012 at 17:09
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never been a big guitar solo fan, but dat Sound Chaser, maaaan ------------- I'm so mad that you enjoy a certain combination of noises that I don't |
Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: January 15 2012 at 20:52
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Some choice electric guitar favorites: 1. Steve Howe - Sound Chaser (Yes - Relayer) 2. Steve Hackett - Fly on the Windshield (Genesis - LLDOB) [There is a great version on his DVD, "Once Above a Time"...) 3. John Petrucci - Lies (Dream Theater - Awake) 4. Dave Bainbridge - Veil of Gossamer (Veil of Gossamer) [Electric guitar playing on other songs on that album also] 5. David Gilmore - Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd - The Wall) Some choice acoustic guitar favorites: 1. Steve Hackett - Horizon's (Genesis - Foxtrot) 2. Neal Morse - Chatauqua (Spock's Beard - Beware of Darkness) 3. Phil Keaggy [any acoustic guitar playing by him...] 4. Steve Howe - Turn of the Century (Yes - Going for the One) These are just "choice favorites" that come to mind at this moment...
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Posted By: Planet Gong!?!?!
Date Posted: January 16 2012 at 02:59
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It seems prog is kind of spoiled with guitar solos A couple of my favorites are; -Any Jeff Beck solo (saw him live....still in awe...) -David Gilmour on "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" and "Echoes" -Robert Fripp on "Starless" -Gary Green on "Peel the Paint" -Syd Barrett on "King Bee" (I'm serious) and...Les Paul on "Chicken Reel" Hey, he was progressive for his time! ------------- He turned into a hoover! |
Posted By: BarryGlibb
Date Posted: January 16 2012 at 03:28
I think you are confusing "Reasons for Waiting" with "We Used To Know" as RfW does not have a guitar solo at all...it's all acoustic and there isn't even an acoustic guitar solo. "We Used To Know" however does have one of the greatest guitar solos in modern rock/prog. Martin Barre is soooooo underrated. Another of my all time great solos is by Jan Akkerman in the piece called "Tommy" from "Eruption" on "Moving Waves". Spine tingling.
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Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: January 16 2012 at 12:09
Steve Hackett must agree. He does a nice cover of this on the bonus disc of his most recent release. ------------- -- Frank Swarbrick Belief is not Truth. |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: January 16 2012 at 12:14
Great solo. ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: paganinio
Date Posted: January 19 2012 at 02:00
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I have a rough ranking.
1. Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
2. Dream Theater - Hollow Years Live at Budokan
3. Pain of Salvation - Second Love
can't remember the rest but there are more prog metal guitar solo-fests going on in my head.
The new listeners always go for Led Zeppelin's guitar.
Intermediate listeners start preferring the bass.
Advanced audio fans spend more time listen to drums and percussion than any other instrument.
Same for prog. ------------- 
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: January 19 2012 at 04:58
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The guitar solos of Roman Bunka at the end of "Heartbeat" on his first solo album. Also his guitar solos in "Lost Scooters"and "Sulzheim Swinging" on the Live album of Aera. And his guitar solo in U-Bahn from Embryo's album "Zack Glpck". And many more Roman Bunka solos. A truly extraordinary guitar player. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Ambient Hurricanes
Date Posted: January 19 2012 at 17:06
| Dave Bainbridge - The 3 minute outro solo to "Inside My Heart" (On Iona's live album "Heaven's Bright Sun") |
Posted By: yam yam
Date Posted: January 19 2012 at 17:32
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IQ's Mike Holmes is responsible for some good 'uns too - not particularly long or 'noodly' solos, I suppose, but exquisite nonetheless. The ending (last 2 minutes) of 'The Magic Roundabout' from 'The Wake' (particuarly some of the live versions of it) always sends a tingle down my spine, and 'Capricorn' off 'Subterranea' is another track that has a beautifully expressive solo of his in it. 'The Magic Roundabout' (live, from 2007): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slYLUnkjRw0" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slYLUnkjRw0 |
Posted By: Mr. Maestro
Date Posted: January 19 2012 at 23:04
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Not sure if this counts as a "solo" in the traditional sense, but Robert Fripp's two-note solo-type-thing from "Starless" strikes me as absolutely perfect. The tricky time signature, the huge crescendo, the way the bass and drums slowly join as piece progresses...it's all just positively stunning. A close second for me is "Oasis" by Enchant.
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Posted By: yam yam
Date Posted: January 20 2012 at 06:48
Absolutely agree here! John Mitchell does a good version of it too in many of his appearances with John Wetton's solo band. There isn't a decent quality vid of 'Starless" featuring him on youtube, but have a listen to his solo in the middle of UK's old classic 'In The Dead Of Night" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGElIaAcz2s" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGElIaAcz2s . John Mitchell is a very underrated guitarist imho.
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Posted By: AlexDOM
Date Posted: January 20 2012 at 09:32
| I saw a mention of the solo from Sound Chaser from Yes. Totally forgot that one, that song has some insane guitar work! |
Posted By: The_Jester
Date Posted: January 20 2012 at 20:30
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Firth of the Fifth of Genesis really owns a mention. ------------- La victoire est éphémère mais la gloire est éternelle! - Napoléon Bonaparte |
Posted By: AlexDOM
Date Posted: January 21 2012 at 10:29
| It has been mentioned a few times I believe. Yeah that's a true prog solo |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: January 21 2012 at 12:13
Thanks for that one! I was going back & forth on which Fripp solo to pick, but that is my favorite single one for its pure, frenetic energy! I actually did this one live with one of my bands ("Casual Crowbar," a Spinal Tap cover band)! I didn't get close to Fripp's solo, but I also sang the lead, and it was a GREAT song to do live!! |
Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: January 21 2012 at 22:45
Better than "The Everlasting Hills, Part 1" from Veil of Gossamer? Because that is an absolutely stunning guitar solo (for nearly 5 minutes...)
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Posted By: Ambient Hurricanes
Date Posted: January 21 2012 at 22:51
I haven't heard Veil of Gossamer yet, but it's on my list. I suppose I should be ashamed of myself for not listening to it yet, because, as a guitar player, I should probably listen to the solo album from one of the best guitar players in the world. Is it on Itunes, so I can immediately put it on my MP3 player and listen to it backstage while I'm acting in Twelfth Night this weekend?
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Posted By: Ambient Hurricanes
Date Posted: January 21 2012 at 22:54
| Oh, can't believe I forgot to mention Greg Massi's (maudlin of the Well) sublime solo on "Another Excerpt: Keep Light Near You, Even When Dying." He's another guitarist who, like Dave Bainbridge, is one of the best in the business but gets almost no attention paid to him. |
Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: January 21 2012 at 22:59
Sorry, I don't "do" ITunes. I got the CD from Amazon.com - bought it "new" from the "cheap list" (not Amazon directly). It came in less than three days. Worth having the CD to read the liner notes...
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