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Greatest Stringed Instrument Ever Solo done any time, any type of Music. (Vanity)
Any place You want to. ^ | 05/28/2023 | Mabarker1

Posted on 05/28/2023 3:13:13 AM PDT by mabarker1

I'm going to pick 4 for starters that are in different decades but for the time frame were the best in My opinion/era/Genre. I don't care what type of music but this Thread is (hopefully) going to be about Stringed Instrument Solo, meaning only 1 person on the Instrument.

1) Eddie Van Halen born Edward Lodewijk Van Halen Van Halen Eruption (Live)
Trivia note: Eddie made his Guitars one of these was named Frankenstrat

2) James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) National Anthem U.S.A (Woodstock 1969) I know this one may offend/upset some FReepers due to the song being played and if so I apologize.

Many including Myself aren't aware that Jimmie was in the 101st Airborne "Screaming Eagles".

3) Aleksandar Živojinović, known professionally as Alex Lifeson* La Villa Strangiato

4) Stephen Ray Vaughan aka Stevie Ray Vaughn Voodoo Child ~ Live From Austin, TX

BTW- 3 of the 4 of My picks are playing for God in Heaven, very impressive Roster being assembled...

*Still with Us.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: guitar; kmg; music; solo
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To: Lurker

You are a man of culture and taste. Zappa was a freakin’ genius. No mention of David Gilmour so far in this thread.


101 posted on 05/28/2023 7:41:48 AM PDT by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: dfwgator

Yessir


102 posted on 05/28/2023 7:42:55 AM PDT by waterhill (Stop waiting for the right time, time is not waiting for you.)
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To: Noumenon

If I had to mention Gilmour, it would be his second solo on “Dogs”.


103 posted on 05/28/2023 7:42:56 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: mabarker1

Doc, Tommy, Roy, Chet, and Jerry. Those guys are legends.


104 posted on 05/28/2023 7:43:51 AM PDT by HonkyTonkMan ( )
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To: mabarker1

Knopfler’s opening to “Why Worry?”


105 posted on 05/28/2023 7:45:13 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: mabarker1

the guitar solo on Comfortably Numb is fantastic but i am no expert.


106 posted on 05/28/2023 7:48:50 AM PDT by ronniesgal (friends don't let friends be Kardashians)
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To: HonkyTonkMan

Jerry Reed was awesome.


107 posted on 05/28/2023 7:51:09 AM PDT by waterhill (Stop waiting for the right time, time is not waiting for you.)
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To: Noumenon

Let us not forget Glenn Campbell.


108 posted on 05/28/2023 7:52:28 AM PDT by waterhill (Stop waiting for the right time, time is not waiting for you.)
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To: waterhill

It took Eric Johnson doing a song called, “Tribute to Jerry Reed” to make me realize how great he was, I mean when Eric Johnson, of all people, does a tribute, that says something.


109 posted on 05/28/2023 7:52:35 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator; waterhill
Tommy jokes that Chet told him, "Tommy, you're such a good guitar player, I have a little statue of you on my mantle."

Tommy is a natural prodigy. The things he does with a guitar is incredible - he makes it sound like an entire band. Classical Gas

110 posted on 05/28/2023 7:57:20 AM PDT by HonkyTonkMan ( )
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

Agreed. Also — anything by Segovia.


111 posted on 05/28/2023 7:57:26 AM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: mabarker1
Well, OK.

Mendelsson Violin Concerto, OP. 64

Performed by Itzhak Perlman with... some orchestra that no one identified.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC6cPairOTA

Speaking of Perlman, here's a little something just for fun that he, Perlman, does effortlessly, just for fun here and there, maybe if there are a lot of kids in the audience.

Dance of the Goblins, from Scherzo Fantastique by Antonio Bazzini, OP. 25

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

Also the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto OP 35 is uh, pretty good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXV4cE0AVK8

It was at first considered unplayable, until... someone played it. Now it's not unplayable, but still it's not just anyone who can play it. /Captain Obvious

Likewise speaking of Tchaikovsky, check out Variations on a Rococo Theme, OP 33 just for fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_591VkMY4iQ

Let the music speak for its own self. Thanks for axin'.

112 posted on 05/28/2023 8:01:49 AM PDT by OKSooner (Let us eat, drink, and be merry...)
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To: dfwgator

Eric Johnson is a bit effeminate for me.

Robert Johnson is the Godfather of rock.


113 posted on 05/28/2023 8:02:26 AM PDT by waterhill (Stop waiting for the right time, time is not waiting for you.)
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To: waterhill

But I’m just a southern blues player


114 posted on 05/28/2023 8:05:12 AM PDT by waterhill (Stop waiting for the right time, time is not waiting for you.)
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To: mabarker1
Canon in D
115 posted on 05/28/2023 8:10:39 AM PDT by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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To: DoodleBob

I agree with you.


116 posted on 05/28/2023 8:23:56 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: waterhill

Not much more to tell, really. It was 40-plus years ago, Vassar and Doc are gone, and probably nobody but my wife remembers it.


117 posted on 05/28/2023 8:36:26 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

And Heifetz with Mendelssohn violin concerto. We need to bring some civilization here to the benighted.


118 posted on 05/28/2023 8:37:02 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: Labyrinthos

Don’t forget Charo (a one-time student of Segovia). Cuchi-cuchi notwithstanding, that woman could play a guitar.


119 posted on 05/28/2023 8:40:18 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: mabarker1

If we’re talking Guitar then I’ll through in Joey Bonamassa , I’ll play the Blues for you. He opened for BB King when he was 12 yo. He’s fantastic.


120 posted on 05/28/2023 8:56:13 AM PDT by Rappini (Hope means coming in second.)
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