Face Melting Guitar Solos

[Rh14n]

Came across Molly Tuttle whilst looking for reviews of Martin guitars - the most amazing flat-picker I think I've ever seen. She's so accurate and makes it all look so easy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytl38FQ_2S0&li...

[cherryowen]

MikeT66 said:

Good stuff

Agreed on everything you said, especially with Page.

Zep, and Page's work, were my original inspiration to learn the guitar. I have since learned that his technique was messy, but his selection of chords and notes in any given song are inspired and very clever. Best example I can give is the solo to "Stairway", which is played over a Am / G / F chord progression.

Most of the solo is Am pentatonic, but he occasionally throws in a diatonic F natural when the Fmaj chord is played.

Having said that, one of my favourite Page solos is the second one in "The Lemon Song". Perfect blues played over JPJ's epic bass line.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gWbKAcuzN8

4:38 in the video above

[MikeT66]

cherryowen said:

MikeT66 said:

Good stuff

Agreed on everything you said, especially with Page.

Zep, and Page's work, were my original inspiration to learn the guitar. I have since learned that his technique was messy, but his selection of chords and notes in any given song are inspired and very clever. Best example I can give is the solo to "Stairway", which is played over a Am / G / F chord progression.

Most of the solo is Am pentatonic, but he occasionally throws in a diatonic F natural when the Fmaj chord is played.

Having said that, one of my favourite Page solos is the second one in "The Lemon Song". Perfect blues played over JPJ's epic bass line.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gWbKAcuzN8

4:38 in the video above

An excellent song, IMHO, with JPJ exceptionally fantastic on the bass. However, to me it's another example of Page playing perfectly 'in the groove' with Bonham and Jones rather than being a out-there lead guitarist. It's where his real strength was when combined with the two rhythm players, IMHO.

O/T - I read a few years ago that a lot of the 'grunge' era bands were a bit critical of Plant's sexually-laden lyrics and saw them as a bit anachronistic. I thought that they completely missed the point - Zep were by and large initially a heavy blues band, and many very early blues (from both male and female performers) of the thirties, etc were incredibly rude and innuendo-laden. Stuff that would probably get banned from the airwaves these days. Think 'WAP' by Cardi B was rude? It has nothing on "Shave 'Em Dry" by Lucille Bogan - from the 1920s. Definitely NSFW...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkPCmIxv-3k

[AdeTuono]

MikeT66 said:

And Blackmore at his best... first, a cup of water and blistering solo with Deep Purple...

I'd say that was far from Blackmore at his best. Couldn't be arsed to show up until halfway through the opening number, a solo full of bum notes and then throwing a tantrum (and a glass of water at a camera man). RB was a hero of mine for a few years onwards from MIJ, but he now sounds average at best, and a complete nightmare as a human. No surprise that Satriani had to finish the tour when the rest of DP got fed up with his prima donna behaviour.

[Grayedout]

Don’t know how many people have heard of Kris Barras but I love the solos in Watching Over Me

https://youtu.be/rTtGW-LSL8g

[cherryowen]

The Rob Luft Quintet played live on Radio 3's Lunchtime Concert yesterday.

I'd not heard of them before, but it was sensational. Almost like Steely Dan dragged into the 21st Century, without the vocals. Jazz guitar with less Alan Holdsworth but more Steve Vai with less distortion. Have a listen:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFut6ybwv4E

Solo at 3:18, but worth listening to the whole piece as the keyboard player performs some very nice "Oscar Peterson-esque" lines early on.

[blingybongy]

cherryowen said:

The Rob Luft Quintet played live on Radio 3's Lunchtime Concert yesterday.

I'd not heard of them before, but it was sensational. Almost like Steely Dan dragged into the 21st Century, without the vocals. Jazz guitar with less Alan Holdsworth but more Steve Vai with less distortion. Have a listen:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFut6ybwv4E

Solo at 3:18, but worth listening to the whole piece as the keyboard player performs some very nice "Oscar Peterson-esque" lines early on.

What a fking racket.

[AdeTuono]

blingybongy said:

cherryowen said:

The Rob Luft Quintet played live on Radio 3's Lunchtime Concert yesterday.

I'd not heard of them before, but it was sensational. Almost like Steely Dan dragged into the 21st Century, without the vocals. Jazz guitar with less Alan Holdsworth but more Steve Vai with less distortion. Have a listen:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFut6ybwv4E

Solo at 3:18, but worth listening to the whole piece as the keyboard player performs some very nice "Oscar Peterson-esque" lines early on.

What a fking racket.

[glazbagun]

cherryowen said:

The Rob Luft Quintet played live on Radio 3's Lunchtime Concert yesterday.

I'd not heard of them before, but it was sensational. Almost like Steely Dan dragged into the 21st Century, without the vocals. Jazz guitar with less Alan Holdsworth but more Steve Vai with less distortion. Have a listen:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFut6ybwv4E

Solo at 3:18, but worth listening to the whole piece as the keyboard player performs some very nice "Oscar Peterson-esque" lines early on.

Didn't melt my face but enjoyed it a lot.

[cherryowen]

blingybongy said:

cherryowen said:

The Rob Luft Quintet played live on Radio 3's Lunchtime Concert yesterday.

I'd not heard of them before, but it was sensational. Almost like Steely Dan dragged into the 21st Century, without the vocals. Jazz guitar with less Alan Holdsworth but more Steve Vai with less distortion. Have a listen:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFut6ybwv4E

Solo at 3:18, but worth listening to the whole piece as the keyboard player performs some very nice "Oscar Peterson-esque" lines early on.

What a fking racket.

This is the great thing about music. It is such a broad church that there is always something to like or dislike.

You disliked the tune in my link, I rather like it. Then again, I have tried listening to "classic" jazz like Charlie Parker and Miles Davis and I can not "get" it. If you think The Luft Quintet is a "racket" then some Bebop jazz will fry your head.

Horses, as they say, for courses.

[The Surveyor]

A little left-field and one of my guilty pleasures, and whilst not totally 'face melting' the guitar work at the end of this live version of Anthony and the Johnsons Fistful of Love is sublime :-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0YmSDR1ouM

[davidd]

cherryowen said:

The Rob Luft Quintet played live on Radio 3's Lunchtime Concert yesterday.

I'd not heard of them before, but it was sensational. Almost like Steely Dan dragged into the 21st Century, without the vocals. Jazz guitar with less Alan Holdsworth but more Steve Vai with less distortion. Have a listen:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFut6ybwv4E

Solo at 3:18, but worth listening to the whole piece as the keyboard player performs some very nice "Oscar Peterson-esque" lines early on.

in our house that would be called 'go to sleepy music', always great musicians though, I really dig jazz guitar.

[cherryowen]

davidd said:

cherryowen said:

The Rob Luft Quintet played live on Radio 3's Lunchtime Concert yesterday.

I'd not heard of them before, but it was sensational. Almost like Steely Dan dragged into the 21st Century, without the vocals. Jazz guitar with less Alan Holdsworth but more Steve Vai with less distortion. Have a listen:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFut6ybwv4E

Solo at 3:18, but worth listening to the whole piece as the keyboard player performs some very nice "Oscar Peterson-esque" lines early on.

in our house that would be called 'go to sleepy music', always great musicians though, I really dig jazz guitar.

I'd love to play jazz guitar proficiently, but my music theory ain't good enough. Sure I can play all the maj7 / m7 / half diminished / full diminished chords / add9 / augmented stuff. But applying all of that, knowing when and where to do it? Still difficult.

Talking of which:-

Joe Pass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_kUJa1PueM

[Ronstein]

Mastodon2 said:

How do you measure "soul"? I've often been mystified by this. See also "emotion" and "feel" in music. You sound like you've got it figured out so I'd like to know the method to quantify these things. Any help would be appreciated!

Best example I can think of is Hotel California. In the main solo the first player is Don Felder, who plays all the right notes and is accurate and on time but not very 'soulful'. Second solo, which follows straight on is Joe Walsh, whose solo is more like a jazz vocalist, slurring the notes and skating around with the timing to make it more soulful.

I'm also unimpressed with the technically brilliant speed merchants, for them it seems to be all about showing off and not what fits the music.

Some great guitarists already been mentioned, to which I would add:

Steve Hackett - incredibly good guitarist who can play any style as the drop of a hat....bd !!
Steve Hillage - Space rock genius
Christian Boule - ditto

And the above mentioned Joe Walsh.

[anonymous-user]

As a life long Django fan, I always enjoy listening to guys like Bireli Lagrene and Joscho Stephan, stuff like this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFzZIArP0q8

[cherryowen]

This lad played live on Radio 3 when driving home earlier:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvG1De74lWI

I think Julian Bream has passed the baton to the next great British classical guitar player

[Grrbang]

This video has two of Opeth's most face melting solos IMO

3:30

8:04

[Grrbang]

cherryowen said:

The Rob Luft Quintet played live on Radio 3's Lunchtime Concert yesterday.

I'd not heard of them before, but it was sensational. Almost like Steely Dan dragged into the 21st Century, without the vocals. Jazz guitar with less Alan Holdsworth but more Steve Vai with less distortion. Have a listen:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFut6ybwv4E

Solo at 3:18, but worth listening to the whole piece as the keyboard player performs some very nice "Oscar Peterson-esque" lines early on.

Superb. And the keyboard player has Esbjorn Svensson's soul.

[Van Dessel]

Thanks for all the suggestions, so much to listen to.

For pure American entertainment value i have to go with the all star cast for My Guitar Gently Weeps.

You have Tom Petty, Steve Windwood, Geoff Lynn, George Harrison's son and a few other 70s/80s classic rock stalwarts on a crowded stage and it's all nice and tribute-y if not exactly energizing, then flippin Prince shows up at circa 6:25 in and melts everyone's face off and is the consummate snowman. The tongue in cheek OTT-ness of it makes you smile and makes you appreciate and then miss him (and Tom Petty).

I'll try to post a link to it.

[Grrbang]

I had to look up who did this solo, and it turned out to be Guthrie Govan!

https://youtu.be/4V4SnFE_8Ms?t=301