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Along the line of the previous post about favorite albums, What are your favorite guitar solos? The ones that made a mark on your musical memory that never seems to fade. They make late while you sit in the car till it’s over or make you jack the volume on the stereo regardless of who it will annoy. Know what I mean? Any responses will be apreciated as I need some new CD’s. 
Topping my list: Hendrix- Red House Duane Allman- One way out Clapton/Cream- Crossroads PaulH
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >Along the line of the previous post about favorite albums, >What are your favorite guitar solos? The ones that made a mark on your >musical memory that never seems to fade. They make late while you sit in the >car till it’s over or make you jack the volume on the stereo regardless of >who it will annoy. Know what I mean? Any responses will be apreciated as I >need some new CD’s. >Topping my list: >Hendrix- Red House >Duane Allman- One way out >Clapton/Cream- Crossroads >PaulH
There was a thread on this in alt.guitar not to long ago. I listed 100 of them (all thre of these made the list,but I chose the live ‘Jimi Hendrix Concerts’ version of Red House)
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Along the line of the previous post about favorite albums, > What are your favorite guitar solos? The ones that made a mark on your > musical memory that never seems to fade. They make late while you sit in the > car till it’s over or make you jack the volume on the stereo regardless of > who it will annoy. Know what I mean? Any responses will be apreciated as I > need some new CD’s. > Topping my list: > Hendrix- Red House > Duane Allman- One way out > Clapton/Cream- Crossroads > PaulH
All of above, plus: Jethro Tull’s live "Bursting Out" Aqualung Hendrix Band of Gypsys’s Message of Love Gary Moore-Lots of ‘em, but ‘Midnight Blues’ from "Still Got The Blues" album, and the first version of "Empty Rooms", from ‘Victims of the Future’ Steely Dan Gaucho, "Third World Man" John Mayall Beano Album, ‘Double Crossing Man’, also ‘Have You Heard’. Cream, "Fresh Cream", NSU, tone and note attack especially Roy
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Along the line of the previous post about favorite albums, >What are your favorite guitar solos? The ones that made a mark on your >musical memory that never seems to fade. They make late while you sit in the >car till it’s over or make you jack the volume on the stereo regardless of >who it will annoy. Know what I mean? Any responses will be apreciated as I >need some new CD’s. >Topping my list: >Hendrix- Red House >Duane Allman- One way out >Clapton/Cream- Crossroads >PaulH > There was a thread on this in alt.guitar not to long ago. I listed 100 > of them (all thre of these made the list,but I chose the live ‘Jimi > Hendrix Concerts’ version of Red House)
I’ll look up your post, I was being Saturday-night lazy and didn’t check for previous threads on this subject. Ooops! What CD (JH concerts) are you referring to? There seem to be so many versions out there I want to make sure I get the one you are talking about. Thanks! Paul
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Jimmy Page- Since I’ve been loving you (live) Others with great solos(no special order); Outlaws-Green grass and high tides UFO-Lights out Hendrix-Machine gun Hendrix-Going south Lynard Skynard- That smell Alvin Lee-Goin’ home Elvin Bishop-fooled around and fell in love (great tone) Many others, Im tired. Bye
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|What are your favorite guitar solos? The ones that made a mark on your |musical memory that never seems to fade. They make late while you sit in the |car till it’s over or make you jack the volume on the stereo regardless of |who it will annoy. Know what I mean? Any responses will be apreciated as I |need some new CD’s. | |Topping my list: | |Hendrix- Red House |Duane Allman- One way out |Clapton/Cream- Crossroads Those are certainly in my list. Also, Allman/Betts on "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed". The live version of "Nantucket Sleighride" by Mountain on _The Road Goes Ever On_ (that’s not the double album!) Several of the solos on BOC’s first live album. Several things on _Rock and Roll Animal_, starting with "Intro". Deep Purple’s "Lazy" and "Highway Star". Black Sabbath’s "Paranoid". Junior Brown’s "Surf Medley". (OK, so that’s stretching it, just go listen to it!) "White Room" still grabs me. Various old Fleetwood Mac, from "Albatross" and "Before the Beginning" to "Sunny Side of Heaven" and "Spare Me a Little". Alvin Lee, "I’d Love to Change the World". And Hendrix’s "Hey, Joe". Does "Riviera Paradise" count? 8^) Whoever does the guitar work on Asleep at the Wheel’s "Dance With Who Brung You". I *still* love the solos on "Stairway to Heaven" and "Freebird" (as well as "Tuesday’s Gone (with the wind)". The folks who don’t like these can just kiss my aardvark. [I know. the Freebird parts aren’t really solos. Tough!) Every last one of these (and more) have had a real impact on me, stopping me dead in my tracks or something similar. -Miles
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|Outlaws-Green grass and high tides I was almost late to an interview obnce becaus ethis came on shortly before I got there (a bit eraly) and I stayed in the car to hear the whole thing!
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> Along the line of the previous post about favorite albums, > What are your favorite guitar solos?
Wooo…I’ve got so many favorites. I’ll still probably leave a few out but I’ll give it a try…my mp3 playlist of favorite guitar stuff should help for this. This is gonna be a long list. I’ll try to narrow it down to one from each of my favorite players (for the most part) except where that player was a member of multiple bands. Buddy Guy – Blues at My Baby’s House Albert King – Crosscut Saw B.B. King – Thrill is Gone Freddie King – Have You Ever Loved a Woman E.C. – Steppin’ Out(with Mayall), Sleepy Time Time (from Live Cream vol II), Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad (From D&D In Concert), Five Long Years (solo E.C.) Duane Allman – Elizabeth Reed, Loan Me a Dime(w Boz Skaggs), Going Down Slow (solo Duane from Anthology) Dickey Betts – tie Statesboro Blues and Elizabeth Reed Hendrix – All Along the Watchtower SRV – tie Texas Flood and Tin Pan Alley(version from In The Beginning) Roy Buchanan – Down By The River (live ?) Santana – Moonflower Robben Ford – Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood Larry Carlton – Kid Charlemagne Gary Moore – Unaccompanied solo from Live Blues video Scott Henderson solo – Dolemite Scott Henderson w Tribal Tech – Caribbean Allan Holdsworth – 5 to 10 Eric Johnson – Desert Rose Steve Morse – The Bash John Petrucci – Erotomania Shawn Lane – Centrifugal Funk Steve Vai – Tender Surrender Jimmy Herring – Crazy Fingers (w Jazz is Dead) Kickin’ Back (w Derek Trucks Band), Whipping Post (w Allman Brothers live 06/16/00) Pat Metheny – Stranger in Town Pat Martino – M’Wandishi McLaughlin, Dimeola, DeLucia – Mediterranean Sundance Wes Montgomery – Misty George Benson – There Will Never Be Another You, Affirmation… I had to pick one from both eras of Benson (smooth and pre-smooth) Joe Pass – Satin Doll (favorite single note solo) Martin Taylor – Johnny and Mary (favorite single note solo) Albert Lee – Country Boy Brent Mason – Hot Wired, Pick it Apart (w Marc O’Connor) Damn, that’s a long list. I’m always terrible at picking favorite players, solos and albums (except fav live album…ABB’s got that one in the bag)…there’s just so many great ones to pick from. Bert
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My top three for tonight: (How can anyone restrict it to three?) Further On Up The Road Clapton/EC Was Here Aqualung Jethro Tull Loan Me A Dime Allman/ Boz Scaggs Chuck
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> >Along the line of the previous post about favorite albums, > >What are your favorite guitar solos? The ones that made a mark on your > >musical memory that never seems to fade. They make late while you sit in >the > >car till it’s over or make you jack the volume on the stereo regardless >of > >who it will annoy. Know what I mean? Any responses will be apreciated as >I > >need some new CD’s. > >Topping my list: > >Hendrix- Red House > >Duane Allman- One way out > >Clapton/Cream- Crossroads > >PaulH > There was a thread on this in alt.guitar not to long ago. I listed 100 > of them (all thre of these made the list,but I chose the live ‘Jimi > Hendrix Concerts’ version of Red House) >I’ll look up your post, I was being Saturday-night lazy and didn’t check for >previous threads on this subject. Ooops! >What CD (JH concerts) are you referring to? There seem to be so many >versions out there I want to make sure I get the one you are talking about. >Thanks! >Paul
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Abl7m963o3ep3 It’s got a yellow cover. Trust me, that version is awesome.Little Wing is great too.everything on it is
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>Junior Brown’s "Surf >Medley". (OK, so that’s stretching it, >just go listen to it!)
That’s not a stretch – that’s a great solo,and a great player.
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Along the line of the previous post about favorite albums, > What are your favorite guitar solos? The ones that made a mark on your > musical memory that never seems to fade. They make late while you sit in the > car till it’s over or make you jack the volume on the stereo regardless of > who it will annoy. Know what I mean? Any responses will be apreciated as I > need some new CD’s. > Topping my list: > Hendrix- Red House > Duane Allman- One way out > Clapton/Cream- Crossroads > PaulH
Ronnie Montrose- Town Without Pity Donald Dharma- Then Came the Last Days of May A hundred or so by David Gilmore Most anything that Mark Knofler does. Most anything that Brian Setzer does.
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Bucky Pizzarelli’s chord solo in "Honeysuckle Rose" off the Pizzarelli and Barnes album. Texas Pete
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Ok – whose solo ? Hughie or Billy jones ? Hughie always played first on that song, but I lked Billy’s the best . Billy had that little Hendrix feedback thing working all the time.
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Richard Thompson’s "Hard On Me" from Mock Tudor, Wishbone Ash (Andy Powell) "Throw Down The Sword" from Live Dates, Eric Clapton "Old Love" from the Benefit for Crossroads Center (video), MSG 2000.
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> Along the line of the previous post about favorite albums, > What are your favorite guitar solos? The ones that made a mark on your > musical memory that never seems to fade. They make late while you sit in the > car till it’s over or make you jack the volume on the stereo regardless of > who it will annoy. Know what I mean? Any responses will be apreciated as I > need some new CD’s.
Duane Allman – Mountain Jam after the drum/bass solo. BTW, Berry’s solo on M Jam is my all time favorite, and sorta qualifies…. Stevie Ray – Ain’t Gonna Give Up On Love from Live Alive. Terrible overall performance from the doper days, but one of the best slow blues solos he put down, IMHO. Steve Howe – Yours Is No Disgrace. Chet Atkins – Cascade Ok, the last two are whole songs, but the guitar work is amazing.
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Although there are so many, my favorite solo always comes back to Jimmy Page’s all too brief solo in "Tangerine". Tim
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One of MY favs is the solo on "warriors" from Thin Lizzy’s "Jailbreak" album. Don’t know if it was Scott Gorham or Brian Robertson but it’s the only tune iv’e ever heard that featured wah properly, cept anything Hendrix of course.
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> Although there are so many, my favorite solo always comes back to Jimmy Page’s > all too brief solo in "Tangerine".
That is a good little solo, isn’t it? I like it because it’s one of the few times that Page didn’t try to show off, but rather played something that actually contributed to the song. "Stairway to Heaven" is a solo like that. Neither are nearly as impressive technically as, say, "Communication Breakdown," but they are much more interesting because he is actually playing and not just wanking.
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> Along the line of the previous post about favorite albums, > What are your favorite guitar solos? The ones that made a mark on your > musical memory that never seems to fade. They make late while you sit in the > car till it’s over or make you jack the volume on the stereo regardless of > who it will annoy. Know what I mean? Any responses will be apreciated as I > need some new CD’s. > Topping my list:
Stairway to Heaven’s solo has always been one of my favorites, as well as pretty much anything by Brian May, especially "Bohemian Rhapsody" and both solos from "The Show Must Go On."
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>Junior Brown’s "Surf >Medley". (OK, so that’s stretching it, >just go listen to it!) > That’s not a stretch – that’s a great solo,and a great player.
I saw Junior Brown a few years back at Frankies Patio in Tampa (Jonny Lang opened for him). What a player! The things he does with his GuitSteel are incredible. He will be playing some old time country slide licks and all of a sudden it sounds like Hendrix possesed him. Not to mention the Eddie Arnold/Jim Reeves voice. Hard to explain it, you have to see him live! Paul
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>> >Junior Brown’s "Surf > >Medley". (OK, so that’s stretching it, > >just go listen to it!) > That’s not a stretch – that’s a great solo,and a great player. >I saw Junior Brown a few years back at Frankies Patio in Tampa (Jonny Lang >opened for him).
Thank God it wasn’t the other way around. >What a player! The things he does with his GuitSteel are incredible. He will >be playing some old time country slide licks and all of a sudden it sounds >like Hendrix possesed him.
One of his earlier albums has an instrumental where he throws in a note – for- note rendition of the ‘Manic Depression’ solo as a tribute. Way cool. > Not to mention the Eddie Arnold/Jim Reeves voice. >Hard to explain it, you have to see him live!
Yeah. We’ve got a little Junior Brown appreciation society’ goin’ on in alt.guitar. It’s nice to seem him get the recognition he deserves. Danny – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Paul
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http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Abl7m963o3ep3 > It’s got a yellow cover. Trust me, that version is awesome.Little Wing > is great too.everything on it is
Thanks!
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Many thanks to everyone for the responses! I now have a nice fat list of music to buy. Remember the good ol’ days of album oriented radio stations with the stoner DJ’s that played all the uknowns and B-sides? The state of FM radio now is pretty sad.. I recall a station in Miami in the early 70’s (Zeta4?) that played whatever the hell they wanted to. Frequent dead air with the needle skipping at the end of an album side. A girl I dated at the time worked at a BurgerKing in downtown not far from the station and the DJ’s would come in, order some food and haul ass back before the album side finished. God I miss those Paul
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> Richard Thompson’s "Hard On Me" from Mock Tudor, > Wishbone Ash (Andy Powell) "Throw Down The Sword" from Live Dates, > Eric Clapton "Old Love" from the Benefit for Crossroads Center (video), MSG > 2000.
bless you my brother, i was wondering when we could get a richard thompson thing going. how about "put it there pal" or "grey walls" or "keep your distance" or "reckless kind" or "mascara tears" or "shoot out the lights"(!) or "when the spell is broken" or "that’s all, amen, close the door" or "mystery wind" or "autopsy" (fairport convention ‘unhalfbricking’) he was like 19 when they did that or "bank vault in heaven" or…. check it out, his pro work stretches over about 35 years. and he is currently at his peak.