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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.


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To: ComputerGuy; mabarker1; dfwgator

Hendrix himself said, on Dick Cavett that “All I did was only it. I’m an American, so I played it. They made me sing it in school, so it was a flashback.” Cavett then points out that Hendrix is likely to find himself on the receiving end of a barrage of hate mail because of his decision to cover the national anthem in an unorthodox manner, to which Hendrix proudly stated, “It’s not unorthodox, I thought it was beautiful. But then, there you go.”

I spoke to Juma Sultan, who was onstage with Jimi at Woodstock. Juma said Jimi was definitely against the war, but he was honoring America. Btw, Juma is really a free jazz cat and his music is worth a listen. He’s still active in Florida and New York - in fact he posted on his Facebook the story about the black dude walking out of a trans dance video shoot - see https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4153738/posts. He may not be a Deplorable, but he sure doesn’t seem like an enemy.

Jimi never torched a flag, never called servicemen baby killers, and FWIW Vietnam WAS a s-—show; LBJ et al wasn’t in it to win it, and just like with Ukraine it’s not our war. If conservatives/leftists were/are worried about the Viet Cong/Russians, then THEY should have picked up a rifle, fly to Saigon/Donbas, and go play GI Joe/Cisgen.


81 posted on 05/28/2023 6:43:29 AM PDT by DoodleBob ( Gravity’s waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: mabarker1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1prweT95Mo0


82 posted on 05/28/2023 6:44:53 AM PDT by Captain Compassion (I'm just sayin')
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To: waterhill

Rick Vito on Like a Rock

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=fMIJuuk1SFs&feature=share

The best guitarist in the world? “ there’s one in every crowd” - Eric Clapton


83 posted on 05/28/2023 6:45:52 AM PDT by waterhill (Stop waiting for the right time, time is not waiting for you.)
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To: DoodleBob

Jimi wasn’t opposed to war as much as how it was being fought. Hard to disagree. If we really fought it to win, it could have been over quickly, even before people started to get upset about it.


84 posted on 05/28/2023 6:46:19 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: mabarker1

Allan Holdsworth’s solo on “In the Dead of Night” is worth mentioning.

From the album U. K.

A less well-known band was Brand X. They had an astonishing bass player in Percy Jones.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T50H1aL6hb8&pp=ygUWbm90IGdvb2QgZW5vdWdoIHNlZSBtZQ%3D%3D


85 posted on 05/28/2023 6:47:22 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: 21twelve

Yes, pure excellence. For a 3 man band they were amazing.


86 posted on 05/28/2023 6:55:19 AM PDT by TermLimits4All ("If you stand for nothing, you'll fall for anything.")
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To: waterhill

I’ve been a Doc Watson fan since the moment I heard one of his records (Ballads from Deep Gap, around 50 years ago, and I still have that album).

My wife is from NC, not all that far from Deep Gap, and she told me once about being at a pig-pickin’ back in the hills, when she was about 20, where Doc Watson and Vassar Clements showed up. Doc heard her singing in the crowd and called her up to sing with him. I was in awe when I heard that.


87 posted on 05/28/2023 6:55:46 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: mabarker1

Robert Fripp’s solo on Baby’s on Fire (Eno). It’s pure terror.

Robert Fripp - Evening Star

John McGlaughlin - Rawalpindi Blues (Carla Bley - Escalator Over The Hill)

Adrien Belew - The Great Curve (Talking Heads - Remain in Light)


88 posted on 05/28/2023 6:59:31 AM PDT by whatexit (Biden is an unmanned drone. )
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

That is so cool! I would love to hear more about it!


89 posted on 05/28/2023 7:00:33 AM PDT by waterhill (Stop waiting for the right time, time is not waiting for you.)
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To: mabarker1

Great thread


90 posted on 05/28/2023 7:03:59 AM PDT by Leep (What skill or service did the biden family have that netted them tens of millions of dollars?)
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To: sauropod

“But a better choice would be Hendrix, Hear my train a comin’ from Woodstock - an absolutely brilliant piece of work.”

Stellar pick and probably best vehicle for his solos. Bootlegs including LA Forum 1970 also provide insight into the emotion he poured out when playing that one. Too bad there were not more studio recordings of it.

Voodoo Child slight return is also a great one. It is take 2 of a studio recording. Jimi’s stuff was pretty raw and needed proper recording to make it listenable. Can’t listen to much of the bootlegs.


91 posted on 05/28/2023 7:13:23 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: plain talk

There are some that are really good.

Gotta go pick thru the CDs...


92 posted on 05/28/2023 7:17:09 AM PDT by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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To: MD Expat in PA

I’ll raise with an Alana Youssefian, Vivaldi’s Concerto in D Major RV 212 “St. Antonio” is a good example. The expression of the ladies in the back look like they’re thinking “really lady?!”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l21_9KKy1Pg


93 posted on 05/28/2023 7:22:01 AM PDT by PfromHoGro (Orwell was optimistic.)
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To: mabarker1

What an extraordinarily dumb and vapid post, ignoring all of classical music. The original poster should spend some time educating himself on Jascha Heifetz. (Mic drop)


94 posted on 05/28/2023 7:24:04 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: DoodleBob

Jimi was pretty solid. Paratrooper. I sat down with Jimmy Vaughan one night at Dave’s Coffee Hose in Deep Ellum. He loved Hendrix. Traded a wahwah pedal for something or other as I recall...
At Will Rodgers Auditorium....

I played guitar there at 17 for Johnny High’s Country Music Review. Met LeAnn Rhimes there when she was a little fart.
Fun times.

Then I went to trade school in Bellmead and hung out with Billy Joe Shaver’s kid Eddie. We tore it up. Met Willie and Jerry Jeff and Ray W. Hubbard.

I stayed in the trades, but I have had a good time.

My hands are about beat,but I still jam. My wife likes me playing Townes Van Zandt songs and my originals.

.


95 posted on 05/28/2023 7:24:45 AM PDT by waterhill (Stop waiting for the right time, time is not waiting for you.)
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To: Lurker; dfwgator; WeaslesRippedMyFlesh; ZirconEncrustedTweezers
For me, it doesn't get better than Zappa's Rat Tomago. It doesn't have the emotion that most people cite, nor the backstory of Watermelon, but it is a guaranteed 2pts on my license. For bonus points, I got to the boot of Berlin in 78 from where Rat Tomago was taken, as the solo from The Torture Never Stops.

A decade ago a kid covered Rat Tomago live with Dweezil. I was at that show in Woodstock, NY. It renewed my hope in youth and humanity.

96 posted on 05/28/2023 7:25:21 AM PDT by DoodleBob ( Gravity’s waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: Disambiguator
A less well-known band was Brand X. They had an astonishing bass player in Percy Jones.

Their drummer was pretty good, too. Now if only I can remember his name.

97 posted on 05/28/2023 7:26:48 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: mabarker1

Any solo by Duane or Dickey on “Live At The Fillmore East”


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

I wish Duane was still around. He was profound.

He rocked open tunings.

I jam on my lap steels in open E with a wah and tube screamer, and he is in my head.


99 posted on 05/28/2023 7:37:49 AM PDT by waterhill (Stop waiting for the right time, time is not waiting for you.)
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To: waterhill

IMHO The original six Allman Brothers may be the best band of them all.


100 posted on 05/28/2023 7:38:44 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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