What song has the best guitar solo in ROCK & ROLL music?

[Sharp 1080]

Jimi Hendrix
Band of Gypsys album
Machine Gun live Fillmore east 01 Jan 1970

 

[Syntax]

Sultans of Swing
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Indeed. That one is unique and really amazing.

But when there is ONE, which really makes the jaw drop even among professional players, because it is simply brilliant, nails you to wall in the first second and it passed test of all time:
it is Jimmy Page:
Whole Lotta Love (with the revolutionary distortion Panel at that time)

 

[es347]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjJzlIedCuo

 

[Thomas.Dennehy]

1. (Tie) Pink Floyd, "Comfortably Numb" and "On the Turning Away"
2. Dire Straits, "Tunnel of Love"
3. King Crimson, "Walking on Air"
4. Luna, "Malibu Love Nest"

 

[DaveyF]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjJzlIedCuo

Great call on this one.

Mark Knopfler is truly one of the very best 'ax' players around...I would go as far as putting him in the top five or so in the world.

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

Great call on this one.

Mark Knopfler is truly one of the very best 'ax' players around...I would go as far as putting him in the top five or so in the world.

For my tastes in music I could certainly agree with that.

 

[Sergei789]

it's definitely Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb - PULSE live

 

[Ronm1]

As others have said way to much talent out there.

Most of my picks are with Ronnie Earl.
His solos always seem puurfect and tasteful to me. Its more of the notes he doesn't play, though.

 

[Phelonious Ponk]

About time his thread to made a comeback. A few nominations...

Siberian Kahtru - Steve Howe
And Your Bird Can Sing - George Harrison
Kid Charlemagne - Larry Carlton

Please forgive my redundancy if I've mentioned them before.

Tim

 

[Mike Lavigne]

'Ten Years After', Albert Lee, Woodstock, 'Going Home'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW5M5xljdCI

 

[elescher]

So many good ones.....Neil Young 'Down by the River'

 

[es347]

Tim got it right...Kid Charlemagne

 

[JackD201]

From the Gen X vault

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

^^^ Nice one Jack! I liked that a lot!

 

[rblnr]

Lotta great ones mentioned. A little off the beaten track:

Sonic Youth (Thurston Moore) -- 'Unmade Bed'. Records much of his stuff through tubes btw

 

[edorr]

I keep coming back to Prince on "while my guitar gently weeps" about 3:30 minutes into this clip. I've watched this over and over and this 3 minute orgasm on guitar completely blows me away every time. Never seen this intensity in any other solo.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6SFNW5F8K9Y

 

[jazdoc]

edorr - While i love Prince's soloing on 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps', i think the guitar on 'Bambi' is incendiary (and the lyrics are hysterical)

I'm a big Dave Edmunds fan and love this killer live version of 'Sabre Dance'

 

[Asamel]

Neil Young - Cowgirl in the Sand Fillmore East

 

[bonzo75]

It's usually the live versions. Live Version of Cocaine from 1981 (in the album Just One Night).

My favorite is Jimmy Page on 21st June, 1977, one of the 3 or 4 best days in Zep's History - with White Summer
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Also the Stairway live from Earl's Court, 1975 (no, I don't like the studio one), and his various leads in the 22 minute version of Whole Lotta Love, while each not being great, are amazing to show how a guy can keep playing different improvised leads with the Singer.

In My Time of Dying from Earl's court 1975 s also brilliant.

 

[edorr]

edorr - While i love Prince's soloing on 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps', i think the guitar on 'Bambi' is incendiary (and the lyrics are hysterical)

I heard this recommendation before (on WBF), bought the Nude Tokyo tour DVD and much to my dismay found out it was not on it. So I never saw that solo.