Face Melting Guitar Solos

[Belle427]

Deep purple child in time is stuck in my head at the moment, every time I listen to it I can’t work out if it’s a mess or just brilliance!

[Magpie1862]

Pastor Of Muppets said:

Again there is an absolute myriad of phenomenal guitar solos been recorded in the last 50 years or so, how can
you pick the best, well you cant really, all you can do is list the ones that spring to mind, but even then there will
be others that you forgot that are equally stupendous, so it's a tough call, but here's some of mine...

Queen... We will rock You. Brian's guitar at the end of this is just spine tingling.
Gary Moore... Shapes of Things.
Megadeth... Hangar 18. (Marty Friedman, just phenomenal, an absolute master of the guitar.
Van Halen... Ice cream Man.
Rainbow... Eyes of the World.
AC/DC... Up to my neck in You.
Rush... A Farewell To Kings. Alex Lifeson on fire in that one, incredible.
Judas Priest... Painkiller. Tipton / Downing. the masters of twin lead harmonies.

Then we come to the ultimate master... Joe Satriani, so many gob smacking tracks to choose from, Surfing with the Alien,
Back to shalla-bal, Summer Song, Psycho Monkey, Crystal Planet, the list goes on and on, but the one track that stands
above most from him is the astounding, Flying in a blue dream. If you are into guitar music and never heard this,
its well worth a listen, If I had to choose the last ever guitar track I could hear it would be this masterpiece.....
https://youtu.be/SINl5JY7LhI?list=PLE88290F62F3029...

Some great choices there. Big fan of Satch too.
Anything by Reb Beach, Sir Richard of Blackmore, Steve Vai, but also players that get maybe less spotlight ? - Walter Becker, Michael Schenker, Andy Powell, Steve Morse, Steve Howe, Coco Montoya, Robin Trower, the list goes on.

All stunning players.

[Magpie1862]

Forgot to mention the late great Mr Rory Gallagher - sorry Rory.

[popeyewhite]

Magpie1862 said:

Forgot to mention the late great Mr Rory Gallagher - sorry Rory.

That's all right he had a mention on the previous page.

[Johnny Raydome]

Bit of jazz-y guitar stuff for a change.
Drum roll for Pat Metheny - yay! No-one could ever accuse Pat of being a bit rubbish.

(I know the OP will have a listen. I posted some live Weller stuff years ago and you watched it, thanks Vourn!)

Get yourself comfy, headphones on, eyes closed and imagine you're on a beach.
If you want to scroll past the gorgeous piano*, the solo is from 6.30-ish.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMRmCAiC5TM



*RIP Lyle Mays

[Big-Bo-Beep]

i know it aint hip, but the solo on come up and see me by cockney rebel is compact and bijou
yet packs a punch and is extremely pleasing to the ear and makes me smile

[epom]

The end of My Sharona....

https://youtu.be/g1T71PGd-J0

[dickymint]

No girlies yet? Well have a bit of this............................

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhTUtkTxF38

Watch the lot but especially when she kicks of her shoes!!

Never heard of her till i saw a post on the Gigs Plan - 2019 thread. Got tickets to see her at The Globe (pokey little venue which should make it even better) on 4th March in Cardiff

[glazbagun]

^^ Will look her up I think.

When it comes to girls who rock, I think Jennifer Batten deserves a mention for her awesome spell with Michael Jackson's live band. What a gig to land.

These days she looks like the cool aunt you wish you had growing up. I especially like this video of her jamming with a school band:

https://youtu.be/HKAHHurC494?t=262

Outfits have toned down since the old days :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM9BxZzCvPw

Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever seen EVH playing the Beat It solo.

[cherryowen]

Johnny Raydome said:

Bit of jazz-y guitar stuff for a change.
Drum roll for Pat Metheny - yay! No-one could ever accuse Pat of being a bit rubbish.

(I know the OP will have a listen. I posted some live Weller stuff years ago and you watched it, thanks Vourn!)

Get yourself comfy, headphones on, eyes closed and imagine you're on a beach.
If you want to scroll past the gorgeous piano*, the solo is from 6.30-ish.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMRmCAiC5TM



*RIP Lyle Mays

That's bloody delicious!

And for something completely different:-

Black Sabbath - Warning

This is Iommi's guitar wk-fest akin to Blackmore's Lazy and EVH's Eruption

Solo proper starts at 3:31

[popeyewhite]

cherryowen said:

That's bloody delicious!

And for something completely different:-

Black Sabbath - Warning

This is Iommi's guitar wk-fest akin to Blackmore's Lazy and EVH's Eruption

Solo proper starts at 3:31

Fantastic, good post!
I'd forgotten about that track, i'll be digging it out very shortly.

[popeyewhite]

In the same vein as Sabbath and Purple - Rush - Here Again (solo after mid-point)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7cpAM-pkr8

[matlotus]

Michael Schenker Group - Looking For Love (Outro Solo)

Jeff Beck - Ambitious (Outro Solo)

Led Zeppelin - Ten Years Gone

Bad Company - Feel Like Makin Love

[cherryowen]

Something a bit "jazz" courtesy of Martin Taylor:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6N1ic3Xpn4

[CanAm]

dickymint said:

No girlies yet? Well have a bit of this............................

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhTUtkTxF38

Watch the lot but especially when she kicks of her shoes!!

Never heard of her till i saw a post on the Gigs Plan - 2019 thread. Got tickets to see her at The Globe (pokey little venue which should make it even better) on 4th March in Cardiff

Samanth Fish Ditto at Brighton's Concorde 2 the following Sunday.

[Blib]

Anyone mention the God that was Frank Zappa?

Here's FZ taking Stevie Vai to school:

STEVIE'S SPANKIN'

https://youtu.be/WJxoV5O8HUU

There's dozens of examples and album after album of guitar solos.

IMO no one beats Frank. Taken far too soon, I still miss him.

[dickymint]

Blib said:

Anyone mention the God that was Frank Zappa?

Here's FZ taking Stevie Vai to school:

STEVIE'S SPANKIN'

https://youtu.be/WJxoV5O8HUU

There's dozens of examples and album after album of guitar solos.

IMO no one beats Frank. Taken far too soon, I still miss him.

Absolute nutcase especially with Captain Beefheart

[popeyewhite]

Blib said:

Anyone mention the God that was Frank Zappa?

Pages 2 and 4

[Blib]

popeyewhite said:

Blib said:

Anyone mention the God that was Frank Zappa?

Pages 2 and 4

Good! He should be on every page!

[Rod200SX]

epom said:

The end of My Sharona....

https://youtu.be/g1T71PGd-J0

That whole song is surprisingly good. Easy to push to the side as a fun slightly cheesy one but even the main riff has little details that make a difference. Pretty brilliant.