Favourite Guitar Vituoso Performances (ageing hippies only!)

[V7TTE]

Dave Gilmour - Comfortably Numb, and Marooned.
Lindsay Buckingham's solo of Big Love.
Steve Howe - Wurm.
Wishbone Ash (Andy Powell and Ted Turner I think) - Throw Down the Sword.
Mason Williams - Classical Gas.
Hendrix - Voodoo Chile
Clapton - Layla (of course).

Any more/better...?

[arfur]

Stairway to Heaven

[joesnow]

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Life without you - in step album
Tommy Emmanuel - various videos on Youtube
Jerry Reed - Jerry's Breakdown with Chet Atkins
David Gilmour - Live 8/recent bbc concert
eric johnson - SRV & Cliffs of dover

eta: buckinghams big love was good, as was the rest of that concert

Edited by joesnow on Tuesday 6th March 12:32

[beano500]

Tony Peluso on that Carpenters song.


Jan Akkerman on anything by Focus?


Leslie West (of Mountain)


Frank Zappa noodling on "For Duane"

Allman Brothers: "Jessica"

V7TTE said:

Wishbone Ash (Andy Powell and Ted Turner I think) - Throw Down the Sword.

..or "Phoenix" or a live version of "Jailbait" or, or, or...

...or with Ben Granfelt/Andy Powell combination.

[mark r skinner]

Nope, you`re all wrong! Steve Howe, "Wurm" -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3lmHjkgmzw&mode=related&search=

[The Wiz]

In Memory of Elizabeth Reed - Allman Brothers
Wring That Neck - Deep Purple (live versions only though)

[beano500]

mark r skinner said:

Nope, you`re all wrong! Steve Howe, "Wurm" -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3lmHjkgmzw&mode=related&search=

Got to admit that's not bad....

[mark r skinner]

V7TTE said:

Lindsay Buckingham's solo of Big Love.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdXbiB354us&mode=related&search=

[V7TTE]

mark r skinner said:

V7TTE said:

Lindsay Buckingham's solo of Big Love.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdXbiB354us&mode=related&search=

...indeed. I think they are all on there

[beano500]

V7TTE said:

Wishbone Ash

Just found: F*U*B*B


It's a favourite, because I was there in that audience!

Edited by beano500 on Tuesday 6th March 13:09

[percy flage]

Dave Edmunds, Love Sculpture, Khachaturian's "Sabre Dance". Totally insane.

[anonymous-user]

Follow ME by Rory Gallagher, first track on the album Top Priority, just listen to those harmonics.

[Jon C]

Frank Zappa, Watermelons in Easter Hay

[mark r skinner]

beano500 said:

mark r skinner said:

Nope, you`re all wrong! Steve Howe, "Wurm" -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3lmHjkgmzw&mode=related&search=

Got to admit that's not bad....

And that`s just the ending of "Starship Trooper"!


Here`s another Yes classic, "Yours is no disgrace" -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkh59ASwLIE&mode=related&search=
(Rick Wakeman on keyboards)

[Graeme H]

Frank Zappa - Watermelon in Easter Hay

[PhillT]

Dave Gilmour on Pink Floyd's Time
Jake E Lee on Ozzy Osbourne's Bark at the Moon
Dave Murray on Iron Maiden's Fear of the Dark
Eric Clapton on Cream's Crossroads
Ooh, loads more.

[zoidberg]

Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd

[fido]

Goodbye to Love (solo bit) - short geezer in the Carpenters

[billsnemesis]

Too many favourites to list here but one I would love to get hold of is a live recording of "Mother Mary" that Clapton did with Buddy Guy - just proving that a good guitarist can do more with one note that many mediocre axemen can do with 20 million

And anything at all by Slash, Blackmore, Page, Gilmore or Hendrix (I think every child in America should be made to listen to his version of the Star Spangled Banner everyday before they go to school)

They are not solos as such but watch Matt Bellamy live and his playing is awesome

[Adetuono]

Steve Vai-For the Love of God (and most of his stunt-guitar stuff with Zappa)