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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2005 at 18:06

City Boy's guitarist, Mike Slammer's solo on "Cigarettes" from the "Book Early" album.

Frank Zappa's solo on "Inca Roads" or "San Ber'dino" from "One Size Fits All"

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2005 at 07:11

Led zeppelin I -  Dazed and Confused

Colosseum live - Lost angeles

Genesis Selling - Firth of fith

Deep Purple in Rock - Child in time

So many others....

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2005 at 05:59

The solo on Everyday by Steve Hackett is everything that is good about prog guitar playing: two finger tapping, effects, melody, speed, control, emotion.

There are many other good solos (Latimer does dozens, as do Hackett, Gilmour, Green, Rothery etc etc etc) but this is my favourite.

And if we're including non prog, just about anything by Wishbone Ash is great but the solo on Living Proof (from Just Testing) is particularly superb as is the whole of Argus.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2005 at 05:18
And i prefer jazzier guitarists instead of blusier guitarists nowadays actually...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2005 at 05:15
Originally posted by fender101 fender101 wrote:

Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Starship Trooper (Yes) - Steve Howe

This is really a bad solo I dont know why people give it any credit at all. Its just out of time and frankly very typical.

Prog
Rush - La Villa Stranglatio
Pink Floyd - Shine On
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
ELP - Some part of Karn Evil 9 (Not so much a solo but still great guitar)

Non-Prog
ACDC - Highway to Hell
Zeppelin - Since I've been loving you
Ozzy Osbourne (Zakk Wylde) - No More Tears (AWESOME!!! HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS ONE)
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

 

Well I could go on for years!

 

A lot of Howes lead guitar playing sounds 'messy' and he's not among my favourite guitarists for that reason. However, the closing section of Starship Trooper I find very dramatic, and his solo is very effective in that context.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2005 at 05:08
Blimey, there's loads. Steve Howe on intro to "Close to the Edge", also during 1st part of "Awaken". Fripp in "Easy Money". Dave Gilmour on "Comfortably Numb" and "Money". Steve Hackett in "Firth of Forth". McLaughlin in "Meeting of the Spirits". Zappa on "Willie the Pimp".
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2005 at 04:57
Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Starship Trooper (Yes) - Steve Howe

This is really a bad solo I dont know why people give it any credit at all. Its just out of time and frankly very typical.

Prog
Rush - La Villa Stranglatio
Pink Floyd - Shine On
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
ELP - Some part of Karn Evil 9 (Not so much a solo but still great guitar)

Non-Prog
ACDC - Highway to Hell
Zeppelin - Since I've been loving you
Ozzy Osbourne (Zakk Wylde) - No More Tears (AWESOME!!! HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS ONE)
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

 

Well I could go on for years!

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2005 at 04:55

Now if we are suddenly getting on the non progressive side of things then:

 

Dave Murrays solos on:

Killers

Sign Of the cross

Run to the hills

The duellists

and flight of icarus

are the best guitar solos ever!!! and davey is the best guitar player ever!!!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2005 at 04:50

Gates of Babylon - Rainbow

La villa Strangiato - Rush

Throw down the sword - Whishbone ash

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2005 at 04:41

Lunar Sea (Camel) - Andy Latimer

Starship Trooper (Yes) - Steve Howe

Since I been loving you (Zep) - Jimmy Page

Xanadu (Rush) - Alex Lifeson (Especially the ESL live version!)

No one at the bridge -  (Rush - From the Fountain of Lamneth) - Alex Lifeson

Freewill - (Rush) - Alex LIfeson

Comfatbly Numb (Floyd) - Dave Gilmour

Everyday - Steve Hackett

Spectral Mornings - Steve Hackett

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2005 at 02:59

alot of petrucci solos on the scenes from a memory dvd...like on the spirit carries on  and on voices and especially on a change of seasons

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2005 at 02:54
Is the middle part from Trespass,with the electrifying part played by Philips,considered a guitar solo?If so,YEAH!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2005 at 02:52
Send Me An Angel by Neal Schon from the album Beyond The Thunder.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2005 at 02:07

Vote for your favorite guitar solo from any type of music.

My favorites are the Starway to heaven solo by jimmy Page and Starship Trooper by Steve Howe

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