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    Posted: April 07 2006 at 16:21
was listening to Clapton on "Crossroads" last night 
thought i'd start a thread, let's talk about some favorite guitar solos; prog, non-prog, doesn't matter.
i also always loved Page on "Since I've Been Loving You"
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It comes to my mind the speedy and brilliant solo in the song "Magic Touch", album Islands by Mike Oldfield. That album and that song are not specially good actually, but the guitar solo by Oldfield is awesome.

 
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I love Gilmour's solos on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" and everything from The Wall the most

Eddie Van Halen is insane on "Eruption"

Brian May played a sweet solo piece at the Queen + Paul Rodgers concert

Alex Lifeson on "La Villa Strangiato" from Exit...Stage Left is simply amazing

Steve Howe "Mood for a Day" is a great little song.  So is Steve Hackett's "Horizons"



Many, many others, too!!
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Bill Nelson w/Be Bop Deluxe, the live version of Adventures in A Yorkshire Landscape...I get goosebumps every time! Another one is Hendrix at Woodstock Villanova Junction
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Originally posted by NaturalScience NaturalScience wrote:

was listening to Clapton on "Crossroads" last night 
thought i'd start a thread, let's talk about some favorite guitar solos; prog, non-prog, doesn't matter.
i also always loved Page on "Since I've Been Loving You"


Actually, the first solo in the Rush song that's your namesake has always bowled me over.

Another Lifeson solo that absolutely rules is in the live version of La Villa Strangiato from Exit...Stage Left.


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Prog:-Robert Fripp/King Crimson - The Night Watch
Non - Prog:- Eddie Hazel/Funkadelic - Maggot Brain

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Originally posted by wolf0621 wolf0621 wrote:

Bill Nelson w/Be Bop Deluxe, the live version of Adventures in A Yorkshire Landscape...I get goosebumps every time!




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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Brian May has some fantastic solos in unexpected songs (or bad songs, depending on your point of view). I'm thinking of is guitar work on songs like "Back Chat", of the Hot Space album, and "You don't fool me" on Made in Heaven.

Alvin Lee also produces some real gems. As does one of the most underated guitar players IMO, ZZ Top's own Billy Gibbons.

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david gilmour's solo on comfortably numb on pulse is fantastic.
another one that comes to mind: buckethead's nottingham lace.


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Steve Rothery on "Easter". Absolutely sublime!
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Originally posted by E-Dub E-Dub wrote:

Steve Rothery on "Easter". Absolutely sublime!

Seconded. I never get tired of that, or much of his other work.

Witness the man who raves at the wall!
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Hackett - Every Day
Latimer - Lunar Sea
Josh - Helms Deep
Rothery - Jigsaw

All these guys have SO many good ones to choose from
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Steve Howe's solo on Sound Chaser. Really awesome
Robert Fripp on Sailor's Tale is pretty good too.
Those are probably my favorite proggies.

Umm non prog would probably be Terry Kath in 25 or 6 To 4 and Poem 58.
Really awesome songs by the way.
Jimmy Page on Black Mountain Side off the first Zep. album. Always liked
that one.
And I don't know who the guitarist is, but the phased out guitar solo in
"Who's That Lady" by the Isley Bros. is awesome.
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The solo in Hollow Years at Budokan was by far and away John Petrucci's best. Ever. In my opinion anyway. In the DT vein, Goodnight Kiss, towards the end, is amazing. And for pure speed, Stream of Consciousness.

Also a huge fan of the solo in She's Moved On by PT. Brings a tear to the eye haha.

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<<Seconded. I never get tired of that, or much of his other work.>>

Rothery and H give me so many goosebump moments. Since the topic is
guitar solos, however, some of Rothery's bests are:

"Script For A Jester's Tear"
"Foregotten Sons"
"Kayleigh"
"Blind Curve"
"Sugar Mice" (I've read where Rothery was extremely angry at the
producers constant rejection of his previous attempts; so, he strapped on
the guitar and just punished the guitar for the solo that ended up on the
album version)
"The Party"
The "Fallin' From The Moon" section of "The Great Escape" (Brave is a
masterpiece anyay, and Rothery just gives a powerful performance)
"Out Of This World"
"This Strange Engine"

Just to name a few.


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But a few of my favorite guitar soli (in no particular order of preference):

Sonny Sharrock Broken Toys
Robert Fripp White Shadow (Peter Gabriel)
Frank Zappa I'm the Slime
Steve Howe Close To the Edge (Yes)
Steve Hackett The Fountain of Salmacis (Genesis)
Fred Frith Nirvana for Mice (Henry Cow)
Martin Carthy Lovely On the Water (Steeleye Span)
Richard Thompson Calvary Cross (live version on Guitar, Vocal)
Adrian Belew The Sheltering Sky (King Crimson)
Jimi Hendrix Machine Gun (Band of Gypsies)
Eric Clapton Sleepytime Time (Cream from Live Cream)
Bert Jansch Springtime Promises (The Pentangle)
Jerry Donahue Possibly Parsons Green (Fairport Convention)
Clarence White Old Blue (The Byrds)
David Rawlings The Revelator (Gillian Welch)
Jorma Kaukonen Funky #7 (Hot Tuna)
Dickey Betts In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (Allman Brothers, live at Fillmore East)
Curtis Mayfield We People Who Are Darker Than Blue (on Curtis Live!)
John Ellis Sign (Peter Hammill/K Group, The Margin)
Wilbert Longmire Fire Eater (Rusty Bryant)
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I love Clem Clempson's solo on Colosseum's - Lost Angeles (from Colosseum Live)
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andy latimer from camel-lady fantasy

mick box from uriah heep-circle of hands,the megicians birthday

john patrucci from dream theater-fatal tragedy,pull me under,learning to live

alex lifeson from rush-yyz,tom sawyer
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George Lynch-- Tierra Del Fuego

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Originally posted by Empathy Empathy wrote:

Originally posted by NaturalScience NaturalScience wrote:

was listening to Clapton on "Crossroads" last night 
thought i'd start a thread, let's talk about some favorite guitar solos; prog, non-prog, doesn't matter.
i also always loved Page on "Since I've Been Loving You"


Actually, the first solo in the Rush song that's your namesake has always bowled me over.

Absolutely awesome!

Another Lifeson solo that absolutely rules is in the live version of La Villa Strangiato from Exit...Stage Left.


Sure does.  I think my favorite live solos from Alex, though, are from the version of "By-Tor and the Snow Dog" on All the World's a Stage (as well as some other songs on there)...not sure if you can call the softer middle section "soloing" but man, does that sound fantastic.  I think the live By-Tor is my favorite live song by anyone.
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