Underrated Guitar Solos

Underrated Guitar Solos

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stevemiller

533 posts

164 months

Sunday 26th August 2018
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How about this, always liked it. Could be I used to frequent East Kilbride.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w1Q8ZkXZ1Q

Mighty Flex

900 posts

170 months

Sunday 26th August 2018
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Like this topic. Some I know, some are completely new to me. I enjoy unexpected solos.

Flight tomorrow, so I made a playlist of the thread.

Added Dead! By my chemical romance. It's pretty up beat and lively, with a wonderful trashy solo. Nothing clever going on, but I like it.

Can't share as it crashed the app, but search "Underrated Solos by PH" on Spotify.

dandarez

13,245 posts

282 months

Sunday 26th August 2018
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You did say underrated?
Bear with me as I'm knocking on a bit now and memory can be fickle when you've seen as many bands as I have (not boasting, by the way), just lucky!

I got a very tiny slating by saying Mike Campbell (TP&TH, now Fleetwood Mac) was 'underrated'. (He's been my favourite guitarist for some time now).

Most of above mentioned in this thread are also well-known guitarists, so following the above logic, to be underrated surely you need to hardly ever get a mention and to the main populace be virtually unheard of?

Taking this on board, the solo guitar piece in this song wins in my book - hands down.

Without a shadow of doubt the guitar solo/work absolutely makes this record, a record with possibly the most stupid title ever?
Underrated guitar player. Still playing today. Somewhere.
Mr Robbie Blunt.

I can hear many of you now: 'Who?' wink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxSsol3Zd7k

He's ex Bronco (late 60s/70s), Chicken Shack (mid 70s), and some other bands. After Led Zep split up (I first saw Zeppelin at Bath Recreation ground in 1969 but had gone specifically to see Greenie: ie Fleetwood Mac, who were the bill toppers) Robbie notably joined up with Robert Plant I think in 83, and is also noted for some session work with TP&TH (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers), Clannad, Julian Lennon and others.

DickyC

49,541 posts

197 months

Sunday 26th August 2018
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Bobby Tench in Alan Price and The Electric Blues Company's 11 minute cover of Jackson's Browne's Say It Isn't True on A Gigster's Life For Me.

It doesn't seem to be on YouTube.

ETA it's there under the incorrect title of Say It Is Not True.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx6dEGG_r7c



Edited by DickyC on Monday 27th August 05:36

Zod

35,295 posts

257 months

Monday 27th August 2018
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dandarez said:
You did say underrated?
Bear with me as I'm knocking on a bit now and memory can be fickle when you've seen as many bands as I have (not boasting, by the way), just lucky!

I got a very tiny slating by saying Mike Campbell (TP&TH, now Fleetwood Mac) was 'underrated'. (He's been my favourite guitarist for some time now).

Most of above mentioned in this thread are also well-known guitarists, so following the above logic, to be underrated surely you need to hardly ever get a mention and to the main populace be virtually unheard of?

Taking this on board, the solo guitar piece in this song wins in my book - hands down.

Without a shadow of doubt the guitar solo/work absolutely makes this record, a record with possibly the most stupid title ever?
Underrated guitar player. Still playing today. Somewhere.
Mr Robbie Blunt.

I can hear many of you now: 'Who?' wink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxSsol3Zd7k

He's ex Bronco (late 60s/70s), Chicken Shack (mid 70s), and some other bands. After Led Zep split up (I first saw Zeppelin at Bath Recreation ground in 1969 but had gone specifically to see Greenie: ie Fleetwood Mac, who were the bill toppers) Robbie notably joined up with Robert Plant I think in 83, and is also noted for some session work with TP&TH (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers), Clannad, Julian Lennon and others.
I love Robbie Blunt’s work with Robert Plant.

I’m also jealous that you got to see Led Zeppelin play live.

Ruth Rack

48 posts

74 months

Monday 27th August 2018
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Warner E Hodges seldom disappoints, whether playing amongst many others, including Dan Baird and Homemade Sin or fronting his own Warner Hodges Band. Both are touring the UK and Europe again this autumn and well worth seeing it you want to see how it should be done!

https://youtu.be/JTV_jcDuq7A

https://youtu.be/7gFyWpamdmM

https://youtu.be/AIRjHHPKPis

Ruth Rack

48 posts

74 months

Monday 27th August 2018
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Warner E Hodges seldom disappoints, whether playing amongst many others, including Dan Baird and Homemade Sin or fronting his own Warner Hodges Band. Both are touring the UK and Europe again this autumn and well worth seeing it you want to see how it should be done!

https://youtu.be/JTV_jcDuq7A

https://youtu.be/7gFyWpamdmM

https://youtu.be/AIRjHHPKPis

cherryowen

Original Poster:

11,682 posts

203 months

Monday 27th August 2018
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dandarez said:
You did say underrated?
Bear with me as I'm knocking on a bit now and memory can be fickle when you've seen as many bands as I have (not boasting, by the way), just lucky!

I got a very tiny slating by saying Mike Campbell (TP&TH, now Fleetwood Mac) was 'underrated'. (He's been my favourite guitarist for some time now).

Most of above mentioned in this thread are also well-known guitarists, so following the above logic, to be underrated surely you need to hardly ever get a mention and to the main populace be virtually unheard of?

Taking this on board, the solo guitar piece in this song wins in my book - hands down.

Without a shadow of doubt the guitar solo/work absolutely makes this record, a record with possibly the most stupid title ever?
Underrated guitar player. Still playing today. Somewhere.
Mr Robbie Blunt.

I can hear many of you now: 'Who?' wink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxSsol3Zd7k

He's ex Bronco (late 60s/70s), Chicken Shack (mid 70s), and some other bands. After Led Zep split up (I first saw Zeppelin at Bath Recreation ground in 1969 but had gone specifically to see Greenie: ie Fleetwood Mac, who were the bill toppers) Robbie notably joined up with Robert Plant I think in 83, and is also noted for some session work with TP&TH (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers), Clannad, Julian Lennon and others.
Before I click that link, dd, I'm going to guess Big Log. Hang on a sec..................

hehe

Yep.

I was 13 when it first came out, and I loved it.

Thanks to owning the right gear (by accident; I was looking for the Pink Floyd "Gilmour" tone) I learned to play it about 12 months ago. All in the key of A minor, but with very clever, very subtle voicings and accents. An almost perfect under-rated solo and - as you say - guitarist.





200Plus Club

10,668 posts

277 months

Tuesday 28th August 2018
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Beautiful song.

Billsnemesis

817 posts

236 months

Tuesday 25th September 2018
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Two for one

10CC Feel the Benefit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsY9mKWc58U

If you skip forward to 8:50 you get Graham Gouldman doing a bass solo and then Eric Stewart kicks in with the guitar.

Polite M135 driver

1,853 posts

83 months

Tuesday 25th September 2018
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my favourite guitar solo has only one note in it!

It's in Low's song 'Over the Ocean' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWUQpvfRkVM) and the guitar solo is at 3:07 (but listen to the whole song, it's wonderful).

incidentally Low's newest album 'Double Negative' is totally amazing and getting great reviews.

Merry

1,360 posts

187 months

Tuesday 25th September 2018
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JLC25 said:
Faster - Manic street preachers. Fairly simple, suits the song fantastically.
I see your point but actually prefer the one at the end of This is Yesterday.

As for an underrated solo, I quite like the one at the end of Which Way to Kyffin on his solo album. It's very short though.





Lucas CAV

3,021 posts

218 months

Wednesday 26th September 2018
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dandarez said:
You did say underrated?
Bear with me as I'm knocking on a bit now and memory can be fickle when you've seen as many bands as I have (not boasting, by the way), just lucky!

I got a very tiny slating by saying Mike Campbell (TP&TH, now Fleetwood Mac) was 'underrated'. (He's been my favourite guitarist for some time now).

Most of above mentioned in this thread are also well-known guitarists, so following the above logic, to be underrated surely you need to hardly ever get a mention and to the main populace be virtually unheard of?

Taking this on board, the solo guitar piece in this song wins in my book - hands down.

Without a shadow of doubt the guitar solo/work absolutely makes this record, a record with possibly the most stupid title ever?
Underrated guitar player. Still playing today. Somewhere.
Mr Robbie Blunt.

I can hear many of you now: 'Who?' wink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxSsol3Zd7k

He's ex Bronco (late 60s/70s), Chicken Shack (mid 70s), and some other bands. After Led Zep split up (I first saw Zeppelin at Bath Recreation ground in 1969 but had gone specifically to see Greenie: ie Fleetwood Mac, who were the bill toppers) Robbie notably joined up with Robert Plant I think in 83, and is also noted for some session work with TP&TH (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers), Clannad, Julian Lennon and others.
A lovely fella is Mr Blunt -- still playing around Mid Wales and Worcs in the pubs -

cherryowen

Original Poster:

11,682 posts

203 months

Friday 5th October 2018
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It's a great tune (IMO), and Vernon Reid nails all the guitar parts:-

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