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The 20 Greatest Guitar Solos Of All Time (or "What I Did With My Wednesday Night")
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| Tue 22 Mar 2011, 5:05 pm GMT
Posted on 04/13/2011 5:38:31 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch
Our Greatest Guitar Solo Of All Time poll certainly caused some fierce debate amongst guitarists… and that was just in our office. Choosing the 'greatest' guitar solo is obviously subjective in the extreme. But Guitarist had other motivations too – we were eager to see how many modern solos have impressed you all in the thirteen years since our last solo poll. The results were suprising. After asking for your nominations, we took the 20 most popular and asked for you vote on which your though was most deserving here and at MusicRadar. You voted in your thousands, fanbases were motivated and old favourites suffered.
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First up, at number 20, with 0.57% of your votes, is Martin Barre's solo on Aqualung by Jethro Tull. The title track of the 1971 album that sold over 7,000,000 copies worldwide features a stunning melodic solo from Barre, who completed the take despite the considerable distraction of Jimmy Page wandering in from a Led Zeppelin session in the next studio and waving at him from the control room.
#20 is Martin Barre's Aqualung solo
To: InvisibleChurch
I don’t know his name, but the guitar solo in “Freebird”
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posted on
04/13/2011 5:45:09 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
To: InvisibleChurch
Didn’t take time to read the article but David Gilmore’s Comfortably Numb has to be on there.
To: InvisibleChurch
Ten Years After in Woodstock, "Goin' Home"
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posted on
04/13/2011 5:45:30 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
To: InvisibleChurch
Donald Roeser [Buck Dharma] of BOC gets *no* mention at all?
That’s not a list.
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posted on
04/13/2011 5:46:02 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Insolence.....I has it.)
To: InvisibleChurch
Does a Ukulele count?
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posted on
04/13/2011 5:46:10 PM PDT
by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: InvisibleChurch
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posted on
04/13/2011 5:46:43 PM PDT
by
mylife
(OPINIONS ~ $ 1.00 HALFBAKED ~ 50c)
To: InvisibleChurch
How about Pink Floyd
1. Comfortably Numb
2. Another Brick in the Wall
3. On the Turning Away
Also Dire Straits
1. Telegraph Road
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posted on
04/13/2011 5:47:41 PM PDT
by
BornToBeAmerican
(Kindness will conquer evil)
To: InvisibleChurch
Not one Eric Clapton selection makes this list a joke. Have they never heard "Cocaine?"
And the best Eagles solo wasn't Hotel California, it was "One of These Nights."
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posted on
04/13/2011 5:48:09 PM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(ECOMCON)
To: InvisibleChurch
10
posted on
04/13/2011 5:48:24 PM PDT
by
Big Horn
(Rebuild the GOP to a conservative party)
To: knarf
How old are you?????? lol
LYNARD SKYNARD *sigh* youngsters j/k (You’re right though great taste)
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posted on
04/13/2011 5:48:44 PM PDT
by
Outlaw Woman
("My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge;..." Hosea 4:6)
To: InvisibleChurch
Mick Abrahams who played lead for Tull BEFORE Martin Bare....
Cat Squirrel
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posted on
04/13/2011 5:48:59 PM PDT
by
mylife
(OPINIONS ~ $ 1.00 HALFBAKED ~ 50c)
To: Invincibly Ignorant
I think it is.. Comfortably Numb is one of the best all time rifts.. The second solo can make the hair on my back stand up.
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posted on
04/13/2011 5:49:04 PM PDT
by
crazydad
To: Invincibly Ignorant
Didn’t take time to read the article but David Gilmore’s Comfortably Numb has to be on there.It is.
To: InvisibleChurch
Hmph. No Charlie Christian.
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posted on
04/13/2011 5:49:21 PM PDT
by
andyk
(Wealth != Income)
To: InvisibleChurch
To: BornToBeAmerican
Sounds like some Floyd Fans. Well good to know I am not the only Conservative that is a Floyd Head.
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posted on
04/13/2011 5:50:44 PM PDT
by
crazydad
To: Outlaw Woman
The memory is failing ... but I remember ... I’ll find the long clip after this thread runs a bit.
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posted on
04/13/2011 5:50:51 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
To: InvisibleChurch
#1 - Dazed and Confused Led Zeppelin
Either the studio version or the 26 minute live Song Remains the Same version
Nothing comes close
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posted on
04/13/2011 5:51:34 PM PDT
by
qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
To: andyk
To: COBOL2Java
Aint nuffin shakin but the leaves on the trees....
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posted on
04/13/2011 5:52:30 PM PDT
by
mylife
(OPINIONS ~ $ 1.00 HALFBAKED ~ 50c)
To: InvisibleChurch
Sorry, I didn’t see the poll about this but here’s a kick*ss song by the Outlaws.
Green Grass & High Tides
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R82OM5tzcrk
One of THE BEST Guitar solos ever. If this doesn’t get your heart beating....well you’re dead.
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posted on
04/13/2011 5:53:00 PM PDT
by
Outlaw Woman
("My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge;..." Hosea 4:6)
To: refermech
Doc Watson is a fantastic player, but Solos?
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posted on
04/13/2011 5:53:37 PM PDT
by
mylife
(OPINIONS ~ $ 1.00 HALFBAKED ~ 50c)
To: andyk
Funkadelics Maggot Brain has to be one
and also the one from Pink Floyd: “Dark Side of the Moon”
or how about Duane Allman’s solo on Layla, oh yes it was Duane Allman
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posted on
04/13/2011 5:53:56 PM PDT
by
DaiHuy
(One Big Assed Mistake America)
To: crazydad
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posted on
04/13/2011 5:55:56 PM PDT
by
Outlaw Woman
("My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge;..." Hosea 4:6)
To: mylife
OK, you got me. But He’s a great one no doubt. I could listen to the man flat pic all day.
To: InvisibleChurch
Mark Tremonti (Creed/Alter Bridge) is a truly talented guitarist, but I’m sorry. He has done nothing THAT worthy to be the top gun on the list.
Steve Vai, one of Tremonti’s teachers only pulled no. 8 with “For the love of God” Come on!!! Who made this list?
If you never heard it, go here and be seriously impressed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDZuNM3HmU4
To: crazydad
Well Frank Zappa’s lead guitar on the song ‘Willie the Pimp’ from the Hot Rats album is not too shabby either although not well known.
Also like Fogarty’s lead on ‘Heard it through the grapevine’ (the long version) by CCC.
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posted on
04/13/2011 5:57:09 PM PDT
by
tflabo
To: Lazlo in PA
I'll see your uke and raise a you a Banjo:
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posted on
04/13/2011 5:57:43 PM PDT
by
Michael.SF.
(Going to Charlotte for the barbecue is like going to Minneapolis for the gumbo - John Reed)
To: DaiHuy
"or how about Duane Allman’s solo on Layla, oh yes it was Duane Allman"NOW y'done it ... that thing will run through my head all night until I click something else and replace it.
Nice thread.
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posted on
04/13/2011 5:58:06 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
To: knarf
Gary Rossington and Allen Collins
Layla with Clapton and Duane Allman should be on any list of all time great guitar solos
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posted on
04/13/2011 5:58:33 PM PDT
by
The_Sword_of_Groo
(<=== Proudly resides in occupied Georgia)
To: InvisibleChurch
oh oh I have another!
Motor City Mad House Ted Nugent
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posted on
04/13/2011 5:59:15 PM PDT
by
Outlaw Woman
("My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge;..." Hosea 4:6)
To: Norm Lenhart
Robin Trower: Bridge of Sighs
Frank Zappa: Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar
Alvin Lee: I’m Going Home
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posted on
04/13/2011 5:59:43 PM PDT
by
DaiHuy
(One Big Assed Mistake America)
To: Outlaw Woman
Echoes is great music...I have always been a fan of the riff from “mother” as well
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posted on
04/13/2011 5:59:59 PM PDT
by
The_Sword_of_Groo
(<=== Proudly resides in occupied Georgia)
To: InvisibleChurch
Eric Johnson doing the Star Spangled Banner.. At an MTV celebrity ballgame; early 90s... It is on Youtube; It is WORTH checking out. Amazing!!
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posted on
04/13/2011 6:00:43 PM PDT
by
joelt
To: Outlaw Woman
Echoes is one of my favorite songs.. The beats and sounds in that song are incredible. If I was a pot head that would be one song I would listen to over and over again. Gilmores voice is awesome along with the guitar..
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posted on
04/13/2011 6:00:43 PM PDT
by
crazydad
To: InvisibleChurch
Claptons second lead on Crossroads from Wheels of Fire is the single greatest guitar lead ever recorded and I’m not responding to or reading anything from anyone who disagrees
Hah!
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posted on
04/13/2011 6:00:59 PM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(Obama. Chauncey Gardiner without the homburg.)
To: qam1
I saw him do that solo w the lasers and bows ‘n everything
To: tflabo
How about ‘Voodoo Child’ by Jimi Hendrix or Stevie Ray Vaughn. Can’t miss with either one.
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posted on
04/13/2011 6:01:04 PM PDT
by
tflabo
To: mad_as_he$$
No Clapton? Please. Clapton and Jack Bruce were the dynamic duo. I still marvel at their lengthy jam sessions when they were in Cream. They would listen to each other, and when one started a little riff, the other would pick up on it.
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posted on
04/13/2011 6:02:02 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
To: InvisibleChurch
Ok, husband is lead guitar player in two bands (sidelines - not his day job :) ) He says Jimmie Page in Stairway to Heaven and Eagles Hotel California.
I personally have no idea. More into vocals.
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posted on
04/13/2011 6:02:30 PM PDT
by
MWestMom
(Tread carefully, truth lies here.)
To: InvisibleChurch
Obviously Wes Montgomery was never “a guitarist”. Nor Howard Roberts.
I could easily name lots more Not-Guitarist-Guitarists. ... Hmm
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posted on
04/13/2011 6:03:25 PM PDT
by
Joined2Justify
(Liberals? Oh I get it now, they mean pseudo-liberal FAKE liberal... I get it)
To: InvisibleChurch
Definitely Rod Stewart's Mandolin Wind!
To: crazydad
That song is timeless isn’t it? In the middle..where it’s only instrumental/guitar ..... building to a crescendo....oh man. Now I have to find that on youtube. :)
(blow my dinky speakers out)
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posted on
04/13/2011 6:03:27 PM PDT
by
Outlaw Woman
("My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge;..." Hosea 4:6)
To: qam1
#1 - Dazed and Confused Led Zeppelin Yes, excellent! But don't forget John Paul Jones on bass. He did some cool riffs also.
Sorry folks, I'm kinda partial to bass players. :-)
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posted on
04/13/2011 6:05:09 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
To: InvisibleChurch
To: Outlaw Woman
Hard to argue against including the Nuge. I think Carlos Santana is a glaring omission as well
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posted on
04/13/2011 6:05:46 PM PDT
by
The_Sword_of_Groo
(<=== Proudly resides in occupied Georgia)
To: InvisibleChurch
Gary Moore made the list, but his version of Shapes of Things should be top 5.
Nothing from Angus Young or Duane Allman? Where's Whipping Post?
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posted on
04/13/2011 6:05:58 PM PDT
by
Darren McCarty
(I am not lead by any politician. I am my own leader.)
To: knarf
Boston’s “Hitch a Ride” has a great dual guitar solo. Gilmore’s best work was on “Mother” IMHO
To: Outlaw Woman
oh oh I have another!ok, i saw you raised your hand!
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