Posted on 01/17/2006 1:52:36 PM PST by lunarbicep
Guitarist Jimmy Page of the band Led Zeppelin has been voted the top guitar soloist of all time for the song Stairway to heaven.
According to contactmusic.com, Page's performance topped the survey held by the website aboutguitars.com and beat out the likes of Eddie Van Halen for the track Eruption.
The third place was occupied by the dual guitar solo by Allen Collins and Gary Rossington on Lynyrd Skynyrd's Freebird.
The top 10 guitar solos are:
1. Stairway to heaven - Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)
2. Eruption - Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
3. Freebird - Allen Collins and Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
4. Comfortably numb - David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
5. All along the watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
6. November rain - Slash (Guns N' Roses)
7. One - Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
8. Hotel California - Don Felder and Joe Walsh (The Eagles)
9. Crazy Train - Randy Rhoads (Ozzy Osbourne)
10. Crossroads - Eric Clapton (Cream)
ooops , guitar tech/roadie [guitar tach , maybe Joe Satriani has a guitar tach]
The jams on "Time", "Dogs" and "One of These Days" are vintage Gilmour. Check out some of his solo stuff as well. And now one of my own-Jerry Garcia's, "Estimated Prophet" jam from 12-26-79 in Oakland, CA. The Dead were all about live recording, and the abovementioned is one of the best..
But he's an exception, of course.
Ingwie, Ingwie, Ingwie....
Let's see any of those guys play his stuff! :)
Clapton played a 335 during his "From the Cradle" days. I wish he would have pulled out the SG for the Cream reunion, but I think he gave it away...
Steve Howe (totally self-taught guitarist) is a genius.
No argument can be formulated that would successfully refute that statement. His guitar playing touches my soul like no other.
My favorite of his works is the epic "Ritual: Nous Sommes du Soleil" on the "Tales from Topographic Oceans" album.
The first time I heard it i cried. Really. It is that beautiful.
The few bars before these lyrics near the end are a wonder:
"Hold me my love, hold me today, call me round
Travel we say, wander we choose, love tune
Lay upon me, hold me around lasting hours
We love when we play..."
We've all heard better guitar solos.
A better singing voice isn't hard find at all.
If you spend any time at all looking for meaning in the lyrics you'll give up shaking your head.
I agree on the first two points but number 3 is a no brainer. The meaning of the lyrics is very clear. Play the thing backwards. You will hear some crazy shit. No lie.
Oh man, this list is awful. Some suggestions...
Now Your Ships Are Burned (2nd solo), Yngwie Malmsteen
Riviera Paradise, SRV
Another Brick In The Wall PtIII, Pink Floyd
Goodbye to Romance, Ozzy (Rhodes)
Just What I Needed, The Cars (very underrated)
Cant think of anymore right offhand...JFK
Man i agree that clapton was definitely overrated. but u shut up about page. the small flaws that he made just made him better, just made him more distinguishable from anyone else. any stevie ray vaughn or angus young or clapton can take a simple blues scale and turn it into a solo. but jimmy page did stuff different from all those guys, that’s why he’s number one.
Spanish Caravan......my favorite!
Big Doors fan here....Sam Houston Coliseum, 1967....4th row center....a lifetime ago.
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