Underrated Guitar Solos

[anonymous-user]

Many things by James Dean Bradfield from the Manics. He’s a superb guitarist IMHO.

One of my favourites is Your Love Alone Is Not Enough also You Love Us! or Motorcycle Emptiness.

[cherryowen]

Escapegoat said:

cherryowen said:

Lizzy are underrated full stop IMO.

Go to 3:10 in this to hear John Sykes' finest live solo; spine tingling:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRf-vGVNsBc&li...

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That's surely Gary Moore's solo, which Brian Robertson refused to change (he recorded the pretty definitive Live and Dangerous version, IIRC), and that Sykes solo is just a mildly tweaked version, played with far less emotion. IMHO. YMMV!

Anyhoo, another contender from Mr West (defintely underrated):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVG7eQ1TcNo

(skip to 1:50 if necessary)

I've just checked, and - well - every day is a school day! It is indeed a Gary Moore original! It's just that the first time I heard the track was on Lizzy's Life Live album, where Sykes was credited on guitar along with Gorham. My mileage does vary, though, as I'll maintain that Sykes' version improves on Gary's (never thought I'd say that).

Great call on Leslie West, BTW. I've still got a copy of Mountain, Climbing! somewhere.

[dojo]

Just about to learn it for a set: right place, wrong time by Dr John - Some nice work going on there!

[Escapegoat]

cherryowen said:

I've just checked, and - well - every day is a school day! It is indeed a Gary Moore original! It's just that the first time I heard the track was on Lizzy's Life Live album, where Sykes was credited on guitar along with Gorham. My mileage does vary, though, as I'll maintain that Sykes' version improves on Gary's (never thought I'd say that).

Great call on Leslie West, BTW. I've still got a copy of Mountain, Climbing! somewhere.

No worries, if we all liked exactly the same things, the world would be a monotonous place.

Another one, from a troubled star who has many great solos in his catalogue, this one one of those that starts subtly and builds:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u5joA0strw

(solo at 2:30)


And another overlooked song and solo from Uli Jon Roth in The Scorpions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wiC_j0G52Y

(whole song has great tone and playing, but the solo proper starts at 1:50)

[br d]

Something slightly different, a wonderful acoustic solo.
In fact loads of lovely stuff throughout this track from Max Eider, although nobodies ever heard of him!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhJB8D4ykj8

[Bandit110]

Couple of my favs....

Gary Moore -The Loner https://youtu.be/OAeQjuTVmbU

Mark Knopfler from 2:50 https://youtu.be/BOqgZIzigcI

[irocfan]

not sure that Randy Rhoades is underrated but any excuse...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fqbKVkhz6U

[cherryowen]

Bandit110 said:

Mark Knopfler from 2:50 https://youtu.be/BOqgZIzigcI

That's beautiful

MK has such a wonderful ear for lead lines and chords, it's unreal. I'm about halfway through learning Private Investigations, and recently nailed the chords for Brothers In Arms and in each case I'm frankly astonished at his compositions. The opening verse chords to "Brothers..." (where it goes, "These mist covered mountains...") for example are E / F# / B / Bsus4 / B (7th fret). Yet the song is in the key of G#m! Just witchcraft, that is.

[Skii]

Jeff Baxter's solo in Donna Summer's Hot Stuff.

[Toma500]

Don’t know about underrated but I love the guitar solo on jelly jelly by the Allman Brothers
So much emotion .Its a pity they fade it out at the end I could listen all day .

[crofty1984]

I don't know if you'd consider Girl From Mars by Ash as underrated, but if so, that one.

[cherryowen]

crofty1984 said:

I don't know if you'd consider Girl From Mars by Ash as underrated, but if so, that one.

Never heard of it, nor Ash, so had to 'tube it.

Not bad, actually! He does well to craft a decent solo over what sounds like the chord progression of choice these days.

Whilst writing, here's another one that has just sprung to mind:-

Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Blue On Black

Not twiddly, measured, and with a nice "hook" occasionally. Great tone as well.

[Northbloke]

I reckon less is more generally for solos so much prefer the Knopler, Gilmour style to the thrashier stuff.

Not sure what the top rated guitar solos are but here are two I like:

Marillion, Steve Rothery - This Strange Engine

https://youtu.be/kQ7HGdy44Go?t=77

Porcupine Tree, Steve Wilson - Half Light (Great song with a great solo to end)

https://youtu.be/XRjZ_3ZLL_I?t=261

[br d]

Hmm, some of these put me in mind of the great, and very underrated Bill Nelson.

Crying to the Sky has a really nice solo but pretty much anything he plays would do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3ki5ePvAZ8

[cherryowen]

Northbloke said:

I reckon less is more generally for solos so much prefer the Knopler, Gilmour style to the thrashier stuff.

Not sure what the top rated guitar solos are but here are two I like:

Marillion, Steve Rothery - This Strange Engine

https://youtu.be/kQ7HGdy44Go?t=77

Porcupine Tree, Steve Wilson - Half Light (Great song with a great solo to end)

https://youtu.be/XRjZ_3ZLL_I?t=261

I love Marillion, and a tune I play occasionally is Sugar Mice; great tune, wonderful solo. I wish I could work out the "widdly" parts of the Grendel solo!

That Steve Wilson solo reeks of Gilmour. That is not a bad thing.

[gmaz]

Northbloke said:

I reckon less is more generally for solos so much prefer the Knopler, Gilmour style to the thrashier stuff.

Not sure what the top rated guitar solos are but here are two I like:

Marillion, Steve Rothery - This Strange Engine

https://youtu.be/kQ7HGdy44Go?t=77

Porcupine Tree, Steve Wilson - Half Light (Great song with a great solo to end)

https://youtu.be/XRjZ_3ZLL_I?t=261

I prefer SW's solo in dark matter

https://youtu.be/OSSC_2Uwl9w?t=381

[cherryowen]

I must admit, i knew SW was a very talented song writer but not that he's that talented on guitar!

I thought Guthrie Govan did all the soloing work on SW's tunes.

[57Ford]

Alongside many of the others mentioned, Van Halen’s in MJ’s Beat It works for me.

[Funk]

I've always really loved the guitars on this live version of Slow Dancing in a Burning Room by John Mayer. The interplay between both guitars is just gorgeous:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32GZ3suxRn4

Nice solo guitar cover of it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoFKNEBWy1k

Edited by Funk on Saturday 21st July 23:30

[200Plus Club]

This solo with slide from Derek Trucks still sends shivers down my spine many years later.
Bear with the song, it's a slow burner, but you'll appreciate his masterful solo more i think.
Tedeschi Trucks band "midnight in Harlem"
https://youtu.be/xbOlgESKbIc

(4min 13s in if you have no patience)!