3 favourite solos.. first to mind

[ImprovisedPick]

I was thinking today about solos that have stuck with me over the years and these were the first three to come to mind. Not the flashiest but musically memorable for me... in no particular order...

Nils Lofgren on Neil Young's "Speakin' out".... alright Nils!


George Harrison on Something


Dean Ween on Buckingham Green

 

[Redheadlvr]

Mick Box-The Magician's Birthday n

 

[Engine Swap]

 

[VWAmTele]

Duane from Blue Sky, then both Dickie and Duane from In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

 

[brookdalebill]

Eric Johnson’s second solo on Desert Rose.
Dickey Betts’ first solo on Ramblin’ Man.
George Harrison’s solo on And I Love Her.

 

[Downshift]

Skip ahead to 2:05 if you must, but really, you're better off listening through.



Or 1:25 for this one



Or this whole dang thing

 

[thesamhill]

Favorite guitar solo isn't guitar but somehow is still a guitar solo. lol



Starts at 2:30

 

[fretknot]

 

[arlum]

I would have to go with (#1) ... David Gilmour's "Comfortably Numb", (#2) ... Jimmy Page's "Stairway to Heaven" and (#3) ... Jimi Hendrix' "All Along the Watchtower". I actually think Eric Johnson's "Cliffs of Dover" is equal to my first pick of Comfortably Numb but it's not really a solo as the whole song is instrumental.

 

[Tommy Biggs]

Theme from an imaginary western ( last solo)
Kid Charlemagne ( last solo)
Touch and go (first solo)

 

[BramptonRob1958]

Layla



Black Magic Woman

 

[Lowspeid]

Clapton - Crossroads (Cream’s “final” live version)
Terry Kath - 25 or 6 to 4
SRV - Voodoo Child

 

[andy__d]

#1 - Brian May, “Good Company” outro solo, where he makes the harmonized guitar sound like a trad jazz band - always makes me smile
#2 - Dave Gilmore - comfortably numb - of course!
#3 - Paul Kossoff - All Right Now - because it is a right of passage for all guitarists: maybe the solo known by the largest number of guitarists?

 

[hekawi]

Henry McCullough on McCartney's "My Love"


Elliot Randall on Steely Dan's "Reelin' In The Years"


Mark Knopfler on Dire Straits "Sultans of Swing"

 

[Killing Floor]

 

[TeleTucson]

 

[DFB1]

Alex Lifeson - Working Man
Jimmy Page - Achilles Last Stand
Martin Barre - Aqualung

 

[Knows3Chords]

 

[Marc Morfei]

Dickey Betts’ first solo on Ramblin’ Man.

Ha. I just sat down this weekend to learn the Ramblin Man solo. It seems like sacrilege to say it, but over time I have actually come to prefer Dickey to Duane. More melodic. And I hate to say it but honestly a better tone, too. Duane could get kind of piercing.

 

[Manual Slim]

Misfits - We Are 138
Electric Eels - Anxiety
French, Frith, Kaiser and Thompson - Drowned Dog Black Night outro