What is your favorite guitar solo and why?
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WillVT
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Anything from Gilmour is worth a listen IMO, But the 3 in TIME, Always blows me away and I’ve heard it a 100 times
Another tune with multiple solos, Tom SHOLZ solos on the Longtime track from BOSTON. Each are different and he really does a nice job how he attacks them. I think co guitarist Barry Goudreau does the first solo
I am a big fan of Terry Kath. IMO, he is one of the most underrated guitar players of all time. He was pivotal in defining the sound of Chicago from the late 1960s through the 1970s. Chicago, after his passing, was a shadow of its former self. He has numerous solos that are outstanding but my favorite might be his performance at Tanglewood in 1970. He played most of this solo with his eyes closed or his hair blocking his vision. Lastly, he has a fantastic, soulful voice too. The link below starts just before his epic solo but the entire video is worth watching.
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Couldn't have said it better. Terry is absolutely underrated / under-recognized and was a great guitarist and vocalist. There is a documentary about him made by his daughter (Michelle) called the "Terry Kath Experience". I actually donated a small amount (maybe $30) many, many years ago when she was trying to fund it. Michelle was only 2 when Terry passed away, so the documentary was focused on chronicling her journey to learn more about his life. Back then it was going to be called "Searching for Terry Kath", but they changed the title along the way. For a while, she sent regular email updates, but then it seemed like it was a decade or so of silence. I was happy to see that it finally came out. It's not the typical musician documentary, but worth watching.
I have watched this documentary and it is very well done.
Yeeterkeeter
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holy moly that solo rips.
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One guitar solo that is extremely done is from Alive by Pearl Jam. It completes the entire piece and its uplifting mood.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd is pretty darn good at making guitar solos. I find Free Bird is a bit self-indulgent, but it sounds good nonetheless.
Quadman2
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As already mentioned, there's such a span of virtuosos who have mastery over the guitar playing, and single out just the one really can't be done.
Personally, I think the genre to be played has to be taken into account, as each style of playing takes a high degree of playing the notes within that particular format of music. There are some artists who wouldn't have the ability to cross over from one kind of music into another...blues to flamenco comes to mind.
For me two pioneers in guitar playing come to mind, "Les Paul" and "Chet Atkins" who started out in the early 40's! The players who followed built on the techniques of these two giants in guitar playing. Take in respectively "The World Is Waiting For a Sunrise" and "Blue Angel" from the above mentioned guitarists and get a feeling how these "two" started the whole stringed affair.
Both songs seem to be all riff.
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Personally, I think the genre to be played has to be taken into account, as each style of playing takes a high degree of playing the notes within that particular format of music. There are some artists who wouldn't have the ability to cross over from one kind of music into another...blues to flamenco comes to mind.
For me two pioneers in guitar playing come to mind, "Les Paul" and "Chet Atkins" who started out in the early 40's! The players who followed built on the techniques of these two giants in guitar playing. Take in respectively "The World Is Waiting For a Sunrise" and "Blue Angel" from the above mentioned guitarists and get a feeling how these "two" started the whole stringed affair.
Both songs seem to be all riff.
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Hey Quad, don't forget Merle Travis and Charlie Christian who influenced Les and Chet.
