I'm not much of a guitar solo guy, but man, Eddie Hazel's work on Funkadelic's "Maggot Brain" is just sheer awesomeness.
What are your favorites?
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OT - Best guitar solos
January 22nd, 2011 at 3:39 AM
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OT - Best guitar solos
January 22nd, 2011 at 3:41 AM | 
Smoke On The Water
Stairway
Smoke On The Water
Stairway
January 22nd, 2011 at 3:53 AM |
Cemetery gates.
Cemetery gates.
Signed, sealed, delivered.
"Built flat, wide, and low to the ground, the American badger (Taxidea taxus) has incredibly loose-fitting skin with a thick layer of fat under it. This skin helps the badger slip and slide in underground tunnels."
January 22nd, 2011 at 4:33 AM |
Master of puppets
Master of puppets
Great song and many great solos in that one.
-BeanGoBlue
"Those Who Stay Will Be Champions"
January 22nd, 2011 at 5:02 AM |
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What the Hell. -Jack Burton
January 22nd, 2011 at 11:55 AM |
Agreed BUT...
Agreed BUT...
Agreed. I would have seconded up until I saw this last year....
Tom Morello's second solo in the duet with Bruce Springsteen of the Ghost of Tom Joad at the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame Anniversary concert last year. Here's the link. I strongly encourage guitar enthusiasts to watch.
January 22nd, 2011 at 2:48 PM |
Thanks
Thanks
Awesome, thanks for posting. I am also partial to Mike McCready's solo in the Live on Two Legs version of "Black." It fucking wails. I listen to it when I go running, and it's awesome. I've been a fan since it came out 13 years ago; used to listen to it on the way to high school. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR-mxsbWbaE It starts to get good around 3:20 (so you can hear the lead-in to it). It really starts to jam about 4:30
January 22nd, 2011 at 2:59 PM |
Also, for some acouistic
Also, for some acouistic
Also, for some acouistic Morello that really shows how he isn'r just a master of effects and is technically awesome (as if you needed proof), check this out- him and Dave Matthews; had to be split into two youtube clips. Here's the first one (he really kills it on his guitar solo; I actually like this song a lot) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk49VDPKSLA
January 22nd, 2011 at 11:43 AM |
The Allman Brothers
The Allman Brothers
Dickie Betts on "Blue Sky"
In this world there are opinions that exist and then there is truth. My opinions happen to be true.
January 22nd, 2011 at 3:55 AM |
Not A Solo...
Not A Solo...
January 22nd, 2011 at 11:12 AM |
here is one of my favorites
here is one of my favorites
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Go Blue...
January 22nd, 2011 at 11:50 AM |
Not sure why you were negged.
Not sure why you were negged.
Not sure why you were negged. That was bad ass.
January 22nd, 2011 at 4:01 AM |
Co-signed on Maggot Brain,
Co-signed on Maggot Brain,
Co-signed on Maggot Brain, great stuff
January 22nd, 2011 at 12:07 PM |
Don't know that anything
Don't know that anything
Don't know that anything beats Eddie Hazel on Maggot Brain.
Sadly never saw him live. By the time I got turned on to P-Funk in the early 1990s he had just died. Maggot Brain was played at his funeral.
I've seen P-Funk live at least once annually since 1992, except for 3 years. I can attest that Michael Hampton still plays a mean version of Maggot Brain.
I do love me some Jimi Hendrix, as well.
January 22nd, 2011 at 12:09 PM |
Maggot Brain, live in Landover, Maryland, 1983
Maggot Brain, live in Landover, Maryland, 1983
January 22nd, 2011 at 2:55 PM |
wow
wow
That's really tremendous. Thanks for sharing. There are a lot of great ones on this list. I play guitar (poorly), and this thread is outstanding. Props to the OP as well. So much good stuff on here.
January 22nd, 2011 at 4:03 AM |
IMO
IMO
All Along the Watch Tower
It's A Hard Life
Since I've Been Loving You
White Room
January 22nd, 2011 at 4:34 AM |
Watch tower
Watch tower
Anything Hendrix really
-BeanGoBlue
"Those Who Stay Will Be Champions"
January 22nd, 2011 at 4:58 AM |
Damn straight
Damn straight
love me some Jimi.
January 22nd, 2011 at 8:02 AM |
Little Wing
Little Wing
He kills it.
January 22nd, 2011 at 11:45 AM |
If you haven't heard the
If you haven't heard the
If you haven't heard the alternate recording of Bold as Love, then I suggest you check it out. 7 minutes of pure awesome. I tried to find it on youtube, but no such luck. It can be found on The Jimi Hendrix Experience Box Set.
January 22nd, 2011 at 12:17 PM |
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Bold as Love has my vote
There is a great CID of Clapton doing I Shot the Sherriff on YouTube, I'll try to link later
As others have said Tom Morello is a genius and Slash has many great riffs too.
January 22nd, 2011 at 4:22 AM |
I'm a rock fan
I'm a rock fan
I really love Jimmy Page from Led Zeppelin. He's obviously a legend, probably my favorite guitarist of all time. I'm also a big fan of Mark Knopfler from Dire Straits, Sultans of Swing is a great song for guitar. I don't know the list goes on. Clapton, Hendrix, Yngwie Malmsteem. Most of the people I love are pretty well known, so I don't really have any random people that you haven't heard of.
Just for the record, I think the greatest guitar solo of all time was Hendrix playing the Star Spangled Banner at Woodstock. It's so great because of the situation, the context, and the way he played it. Obviously, Woodstock was a protest to all of the war that was going on, and it wasn't a song that anyone there was really wanting to hear. Also, he incorporates sound effects like bombs dropping and Taps and all that into the song. Just great.
January 22nd, 2011 at 8:01 AM |
Mick Taylor era Stones is also mighty tasty....
Mick Taylor era Stones is also mighty tasty....
before the heroin completely took over the band. I have some bootleg live recordings from 1969 to 1972/73-ish. His playing is phenomenal and the phrasing is impeccable - the perfect complement to Keef's sledgehammer rhythm playing.
January 22nd, 2011 at 7:57 PM |
Try "Machine Gun"
Try "Machine Gun"
By Jimi when he was fronting Band of Gypsys.
12/31/1969 live at the Fillmore East. Ridiculously good.
January 22nd, 2011 at 4:12 AM |
First is easily anything by
First is easily anything by
First is easily anything by Duane Allman, particularly Mountain Jam, You Don't Love Me, In Memory of Elizabeth Reed, Blue Sky live, Going Down Slow...I could go on. But this Derek Trucks solo is the shiz.
"We alway's did feel the same, we just saw it from a different point of view"
January 22nd, 2011 at 9:43 PM |
God, I have never been so proud of this board.
God, I have never been so proud of this board.
Pushing Jimi Hendrix and Duane Allman to the top of this thread. How'd you young guys get so smart?
January 22nd, 2011 at 4:34 AM |
my favorite
my favorite
Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam
January 22nd, 2011 at 12:52 PM |
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"If they ever catch me, they can have 'em."
January 22nd, 2011 at 1:38 PM |
Awesome!
Awesome!
Okay, so I don't post much, as you can tell. But that was awesome! Huge PJ fan and about lost my breakfast watching that clip, love it. Here's my two cents for the solos, give me anything from the Pink Floyd Pulse album, esp Sorrow & Comf Numb. Love the Blue Sky pick and I'll take the SRV Little Wing.
"It's not going in our yard Russ, it's going in our living room."
January 22nd, 2011 at 4:38 AM |
MetallicA
MetallicA
I know a lot of people don't like them but as far as I'm concerned their first 4 albums are classics.
Favorite metallica solo is one
Favorite overall solo: Jimi Hendrix blues album, B# blues. Check it out if u like jimi or blues music
-BeanGoBlue
"Those Who Stay Will Be Champions"
January 22nd, 2011 at 4:40 AM |
C# blues
C# blues
Sorry
-BeanGoBlue
"Those Who Stay Will Be Champions"
January 22nd, 2011 at 12:40 PM |
At least it'd be funny if it
At least it'd be funny if it
At least it'd be funny if it were actually called "B# Blues."
/musictheorynerd
...and by that, I mean helter-skelter, willy-nilly and putt-putt!
January 22nd, 2011 at 2:35 PM |
lol
lol
I didn't even think about that but that was indeed hilarious.
-fellow music theory nerd
-BeanGoBlue
"Those Who Stay Will Be Champions"
January 22nd, 2011 at 4:47 AM |
Lots
Lots
Randy Rhoads- Pretty much every solo but Crazy train and Mr. Crowley in particular.
Dave Murray (Iron Maiden)- Again, pretty much everything but Aces High, Number of the Beast, and Hallowed be thy Name in particular.
And of course, Jimi. (pick your poison)
EDIT: Forgot Vivian Campbell...He did awesome stuff with Dio and Def Leppard- Rainbow in the Dark, Holy Diver, and DL's Photograph stand out.
What the Hell. -Jack Burton
January 22nd, 2011 at 4:50 AM |
the last 4 minutes of
the last 4 minutes of
FREE BIRD!!!!
Call it cheesy if you want but if you are a classic rock fan that is one bad motherfucking ass kickin guitar rock out
January 22nd, 2011 at 1:00 PM |
That's probably my favorite
That's probably my favorite
That's probably my favorite guitar song on Rock Band 3 and its because of that solo at the end. You truly feel like your jammin out. Even if you are only pressing buttons.
Life comes at you fast. Denard Robinson comes at you faster.
January 22nd, 2011 at 4:55 AM |
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Larry Carlton's solo on Steely Dan's "Kid Charlemagne" is out of control. Listen to it turned up, on a quality sound system, and with something burning (preferably not your house). The song itself was listed as one of Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time."
Who has been putting out their Kools on my floor?!?!
January 22nd, 2011 at 5:07 AM |
G'n'R
G'n'R
January 22nd, 2011 at 5:08 AM |
More G'n'R
More G'n'R
January 22nd, 2011 at 6:43 AM |
Yep.
Yep.
BEST.
SOLO.
EVER.
+1 to you sir.
January 22nd, 2011 at 5:17 AM |
As
As
far as Hazel's work is concerned Red Hot MaMa is THE best I've heard. Saw these guys last at New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Played all night long. Epic/Historical probably the best way I could describe it.
"Runnnn!!! get to da choppa"
January 22nd, 2011 at 5:24 AM |
Acoustic
Acoustic
This is acoustic, but i have always thought it was badass. You have to watch the whole thing to appreciate it.
No Fly Zone!
January 22nd, 2011 at 5:38 AM |
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What the Hell. -Jack Burton
January 22nd, 2011 at 7:21 AM |
While this may reek of patchouli and date rape,
While this may reek of patchouli and date rape,
it is exceptional guitar playing.
The boo gif is totally unfounded.
mgoblog: it's a perfectly cromulent website
January 22nd, 2011 at 7:35 AM |
Agreed.
Agreed.
I second your statement.
"Þetta Er Ágætis Byrjun" Turtles!!! Formerly Dlash15
January 22nd, 2011 at 8:13 AM |
I liked this but it would
I liked this but it would
I liked this but it would have been for quarters on the sidewalk if it was not on a 12 string.
January 22nd, 2011 at 5:28 PM |
Nothing wrong with busking...
Nothing wrong with busking...
A few friends and I used to play in Nickel's Arcade to make enough money for a 40 of Mickey's each. Then we'd go play in the arch and annoy people. Very good times!
mgoblog: it's a perfectly cromulent website
January 22nd, 2011 at 12:06 PM |
Hatin'
Hatin'
Needs to work on his technique. Timing's off in a few spots, hits some wrong notes ... sloppy all around. Doesn't pull it together until the fast-tempo bar chords and single note strumming. The beauty of acoustic is that every mistake is laid bare for all to observe. No electronic gimmicks to conceal the slop. Though, to be fair, I would be more forgiving if he didn't come off like a self-absorbed twat in the beginning. If you're going to be arrogant, you'd better damn well be the best!
Better acoustic
That's how you play guitar.
January 22nd, 2011 at 11:04 PM |
Actually, this is how you play acoustic guitar...
Actually, this is how you play acoustic guitar...
But don't be a dick, respect quality musicianship when it is on display.
p.s., Kottke's got a bit of a Lloyd Brady thing going on in this one.
mgoblog: it's a perfectly cromulent website
January 23rd, 2011 at 12:59 PM |
Respect
Respect
I respect humility and discipline.
And Kottke is fantastic, but I like some of his other tunes better. Fast playing is fun but not necessarily the best test of one's musicianship.
Smoke On The Water
Stairway To Heaven
Master Of Puppets
Tool's old bass-guitarist (pre-AEnima) + lead guitarist
Abort, Retry, Fail?