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That's because, Darth, by definition any guitar solo done now cannot be 'classic'...

Manuel Barrueco's version of Asturias from Albeniz's Suite española No.1, originally for piano. You can listen to the beginning of it here if you want, the 4th sample:
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002 ... 08-3620155

You might remember it from a Lexus commercial years ago.

the solo in "Stairway to Heaven"
the solo in "Freebird"
the solo in "People Get Ready" Rod Stewart
the solo in "November Rain"
the solo in "I was only joking" Rod Stewart
the solo in "Hotel California"

just a few off the top of my head

That absolutely beautiful (and as far as I know, nameless) little guitar solo in The Wall between Hey You and Vera is possibly my favorite piece of music ever.......

(Does it still count as a solo if there are a few strings in the background? The violin right at the end makes it soo heartbreaking. )

Well the guitar solo in In a Daydream by The Freddie Jones Band (which we listened to at the Elohimfest "costume" party) is beyond amazing. But not that many people have heard of the Freddy Jones Band...

TOM C wrote:Alex Lifeson - Limelight

Good to see another Rush fan! Pretty much anything Lifeson for me. I get to see Rush next Wednesday night actually. I'd love to hear to solos from the "Necromancer," that would be sick.

Lord Foul wrote: Clapton's solo on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"

You may not have heard Clapton's solo. Word has it Harrison re-cut the solo and that's the one that was pressed.

My favorite solo would have to be Alex Lifeson on "Jacobs Ladder", off of Rush's Permanent Waves album.

I've just been reminded of the solo in the Red Hot Chili Peppers' I Could Have Lied. It's a more sensitive type of solo, but it's very nice all the same.

I'll bet nobody expected to see the Carpenters mentioned in this thread, eh? But the end of Goodbye to Love is pretty slammin'! They actually got some hate mail from people who were fans up until then, complaining about how they'd ruined themselves by doing such heavy-metal trash.

Yeah, all these guys are great, but what about Barry Manilow?

j/k

How have I missed this thread for so long? Must venture outside of TC threads occaisionally.

Eric Clapton - Old Love (live version, 24 nights)
Slash - Sweet Child o'Mine (Guns and Roses)

more later

Loggerhead wrote:

Lord Foul wrote: Clapton's solo on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"

You may not have heard Clapton's solo. Word has it Harrison re-cut the solo and that's the one that was pressed.

GEORGE 1987: "So Eric came in, and the other guys were as good as gold-- because he was there. Also, it left me free to just play the rhythm and do the vocal. So Eric played that, and I thought it was really good. Then we listened to it back, and he said, 'Ah, there's a problem though; it's not Beatley enough.' So we put it through the ADT (automatic double-track) to wobble it up a bit."

I'm pretty sure it's a Clapton solo. Some changes were made to it, of course. But whoever did it or whatever was done to it, it's a great, great solo.

Yeha - pretty much anything by Alex Lifeson...

Kid Gloves is cool - harmonics and whammy bar...

I am not the first and I will not be the last. My favorite will always be Gilmour in Comfortably Numb.

Followed by Gilmour in Time

Followed by Gilmour in Shine On You Crazy Diamond (part 1)

In short, Gilmour was an awesome soloist.

Chris Whitley: "Dust Radio"

birdandbear wrote:That absolutely beautiful (and as far as I know, nameless) little guitar solo in The Wall between Hey You and Vera is possibly my favorite piece of music ever.......

HOLY CRAP! I totally forgot about that. Consider this an addition to my Gilmour is God post. BTW the song is "is there anybody out there" and there isn't much to it outside that little piece of music.

Ahhh, guitar solos. The classics have all been mentioned. Here are a few of my fave's:

Under A Glass Moon and The Spirit Carries On - John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
In The Court Of The Crimson King - Robert Fripp (King Crimson)

For me, basically anything by John Petrucci. I'm a huge fan of Dream Theater, the Rush fans I saw probably know who I'm talking about.

James

AcousticJames wrote:In The Court Of The Crimson King - Robert Fripp (King Crimson)

YES!!

Another great solo would be Medterranean Sunrise by Al DiMeola. Listening to it right now. I believe John McLaughlin plays on ths as well, not sure. Either way, a great tune.

James

Nothing can beat Jimi Hendrix or Eric Clapton. Greatest Guitarist ever!
But the other great is Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin. Does not matter which song because they were all great, No Quarter, Black Dog and Dazed & Confused are the best.
Other greats are Nirvana - Come As You Are and In Bloom, some guitar in that impressed me.
Metallica - Enter Sandman, unforgiven 1 and 2, Wolf and Man, Nothing Else Matters and Wherever i May Roam were great.
Guns n Roses - Sweet Child o' mine.
Rolling Stones - All their songs had great guitar in it.
Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water.
Pink Floyed, Thin Lizzy, Oasis (i think) had great guitar.
and who can forget U2, who still have the best guitarist (alive) at the moment, The Edge.

Queeaqueg wrote:Nothing can beat Jimi Hendrix or Eric Clapton. Greatest Guitarist ever!

Actually, if you're talking about technical skill, then Jeff Beck has both of them beat. But yeah, Hendrix and Clapton--both instrumental virtuosos.

And, currently, my favorite guitar player is Robert Fripp, with the Floyd's Gilmour a close second.