favorite guitar solos

[saxon]

Quote from jzlucas:

For southern rockers, my fave is Hughie Thommasson from the Outlaws. He's the only one I can think of that takes a little practise to emulate note for note.

lol...try emulating Julian Bream note-for-note. that will take more that just "a little practice".

8 hours a day for 20 years might do it.

 

[Cesko]

Southern rock
Reminded me "Free Bird" nobody mentioned.
Personally I don't categorize guitar performances any more (there is so much of a good stuff )
It surprising not to hear anybody talking about the pleasure of stumbling into and creating your own licks while jamming.

 

[segv]

Too many. Off the top of my head...

Acoustic

Leo Kottke: Oddball
Leo Kottke: Peckerwood
Doyle Dykes: Self Portrait on Jazz Guitar
Pierre Bensusan: The Alchemist
Pierre Bensusan: Intuite
Michael Hedges: Bach Prelude (live)
Michael Hedges: Ariel Boundaries

Electric:

Jimi Hendrix: Woodstock Improv
Jimmy Page: "Heartbreaker" Solo
Yngwie Malmsteen: Trilogy Suite Op. 5
Joe Satriani: Surfing With The Alien
Nuno Bettencourt: Flight of the Wounded Bumble Bee
Brian Setzer: Stray Cat Strut (Various Live Improvs)

 

[jzlucas]

Quote from saxon:

lol...try emulating Julian Bream note-for-note. that will take more that just "a little practice".

8 hours a day for 20 years might do it.

I emulated Yngwie instead. Nothing simple about that. Are you referring to the gentleman who plays the lute?

 

[JAGUARBONE]

The bass solo on Electric Ladyland is simply poetry in music and forever ingrained in my sick (and in need of help) mind.

 

[Cesko]

Little bit of trivia.
By coincidence in current issue of TG ranking of solos:

1. Stairway to Heaven
2. Eruption
3. Hotel California

STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN solo was played on Telecaster (Jimmi Page + Telecaster ) and it was pulled out of sleeve (improvised when recorded).
Reportedly there is a second version of STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN locked up in a safe.

 

[Cesko]

Is there anybody who thinks Malmsteen is little too much technical at the expense of feel?

 

[r-in]

Stevie Ray Vaughn had some outstanding solos. Live his were outstanding. Much to my surprise, and this was a long while ago, one of the greatest solos I heard was Neil Young at a concert. I didn't even like his music that much when I went, but he did an extended jam and solo to Down By The River, that just blew me away.

 

[jzlucas]

Quote from Cesko:

Is there anybody who thinks Malmsteen is little too much technical at the expense of feel?

Yes... he definitely overdoes it. His albums are annoying to listen to. He'll improve your technical expertise and theory knowledge if you're a guitarist though. Everything else becomes so easy to play after practising his solo's.

 

[buzzy2]

Malmsteen is the greatest electrical guitarist in the history of mankind.

He plays with super-human virtuosity as well as deep passion and feeling.

I can understand why so many people find Yngwie annoying. Todays music has predominantly an out-of-tune muddled and drab sound, so Yngwie's luminous lightworks-style performances just "blinds" acoustically the average person.

People have to sit down, really listen to him and train their ears to finally appreciate his intricate and genious playing.

If I had to throw away my entire CD collection except for one artist, I would choose Yngwie.

He's also a truly unique character with a strong and impetuous personality, which is funnily more italian than swedish.

I laugh when people say he plays too many notes, he's arrogant, blah blah all those guys are just jealous he's the best guitarist ever, drives ferraris and he's married to a hot british model.