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Re: Awesome guitar solos

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..... or Gilmour, either.  Although the studio version of Numb is actually the best bits of several solos, all pulled together into one.  But there are plenty of great live ones to choose from.

And in my usually unpopular opinion the best of the live ones isn't Gilmour, but Doyle Bramhall II and Snowy White closing out the 2000 In the Flesh tour.

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Another find - 12yr old, Michael Mermes - covering Guthrie Govan's - 'Fives'

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I really don't remember the old topic. Joe's solos are right up there with anybodys, cannot think of one I didn't like. but I think this guy was the quintessential soloist in his time, tone, phrasing, everything nearly perfect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtF-An9wFLk

I don't wander into disagreement with anything above, yet I do believe that although that is an amazing solo, I have always preferred, still do, the amazing beauty of Roy Buchanan's original solo.  He always churches it up a bit for dramatic effect, and the guitar just melts into tears of the blues in his hands...amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deeBQZ8Aklc


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I would not fault any of the above choices. A more recent one that gave me goose-bumps and somehow seemed to stop time came from Henrik Freischlader - track from Recorded By... album, Desert Love.

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funny you should mention Free Bird, it is actually nine solo takes in the studio mixed brilliantly by Al Kooper. Al asked each of the 3 guitarists to play 3 tracks apiece, and he asked them to play it exactly the same way they rehearsed it on each track. He then blended the solos together to create that monster sound, but my human ear cannot tell that there are 9 tracks.

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This thread bringing back fond memories.  "Skunk" was always fun to see and hear.

And can't go wrong with those Dan selections, or Gilmour, either.  Although the studio version of Numb is actually the best bits of several solos, all pulled together into one.  But there are plenty of great live ones to choose from.

I would throw "Europa", by Carlos Santana into the mix.

Here's a pretty good live version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frcA6Hk7Mfo

And then there's the studio version of Allen Collins' on his Gibson Explorer, on "Free Bird", from Pronounced....

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Rocket wrote:
ahsmith33 wrote:

I really don't remember the old topic. Joe's solos are right up there with anybodys, cannot think of one I didn't like. but I think this guy was the quintessential soloist in his time, tone, phrasing, everything nearly perfect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtF-An9wFLk

I don't wander into disagreement with anything above, yet I do believe that although that is an amazing solo, I have always preferred, still do, the amazing beauty of Roy Buchanan's original solo.  He always churches it up a bit for dramatic effect, and the guitar just melts into tears of the blues in his hands...amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deeBQZ8Aklc


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This should be added to the "songs Joe has to cover" list, to carry forward the legacy of both Roy and Gary Moore's great cover of a beautiful song.

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Stranglehold by Ted Nugent, the amazing thing is that it is a 1st take.

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There are 2 solos that always come to mind when I consider this question. Martin Barre's solo in Aqualung and Holiday In Berlin, Full Blown by Frank Zappa. Two very different solos but equally melodic. The FZ solo shows great use of the wah-wah.

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RichardH wrote:

There are 2 solos that always come to mind when I consider this question. Martin Barre's solo in Aqualung and Holiday In Berlin, Full Blown by Frank Zappa. Two very different solos but equally melodic. The FZ solo shows great use of the wah-wah.

Any particular version of Holiday? Its one that Ive forgotten somewhere in all my Zapateer downloads!

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RichardH wrote:

There are 2 solos that always come to mind when I consider this question. Martin Barre's solo in Aqualung and Holiday In Berlin, Full Blown by Frank Zappa. Two very different solos but equally melodic. The FZ solo shows great use of the wah-wah.

Any particular version of Holiday? Its one that Ive forgotten somewhere in all my Zapateer downloads!

The version on Burnt Weeny Sandwich. I believe it was recorded live at The Ark, Boston, in July 1968

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RichardH wrote:
holdemxpert wrote:
RichardH wrote:

There are 2 solos that always come to mind when I consider this question. Martin Barre's solo in Aqualung and Holiday In Berlin, Full Blown by Frank Zappa. Two very different solos but equally melodic. The FZ solo shows great use of the wah-wah.

Any particular version of Holiday? Its one that Ive forgotten somewhere in all my Zapateer downloads!

The version on Burnt Weeny Sandwich. I believe it was recorded live at The Ark, Boston, in July 1968

You know, theres so much going on in that tune I never really focused on the solo!  Thanks for the reminder.

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My perpetual spring cleaning tour reminded me of Jerry Cantrell's solos. "Man in the Box" is probably the best known/most highly regarded, but there are several great ones on the Degradation Trip.

The other that just popped into my head  Alan Lanier and Buck Dharma combining on "Last Days of May" on the "A Long Days Night" DVD.  I literally cried the first time I saw that one.  And Richie Castellano is no slouch on several live versions, including one from  some youtube guy named elexmage. wink

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Listening to Tea for One, can't want for much more really. big_smile

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ahsmith33 wrote:

funny you should mention Free Bird, it is actually nine solo takes in the studio mixed brilliantly by Al Kooper. Al asked each of the 3 guitarists to play 3 tracks apiece, and he asked them to play it exactly the same way they rehearsed it on each track. He then blended the solos together to create that monster sound, but my human ear cannot tell that there are 9 tracks.

Interesting version of events, and I'm not doubting you, but that's not the way I saw the story:

"On the studio version of the song, which appeared on Skynyrd’s debut album, Collins played the entire solo himself on his Gibson Explorer, with Rossington playing rhythm on his Les Paul, “Bernice,” and adding the slide fills on his SG. “The whole long jam was Allen Collins, himself,” Rossington says. “He was bad. He was super bad! He was bad-to-the-bone bad. When we put the solo together, we liked the sound of the two guitars, and I could’ve gone out and played it with him. But the way he was doin’ it, he was just so hot! ! He just did it once and did it again and it was done.” "

(Emphasis added, above.)  Quote came from the following source:

http://www.guitarworld.com/100-greatest … rossington

I'll add that back in the too short days of the Rossington Collins Band, I got to meet and talk with them both about it, and the above was how I heard it, directly from them.  (Doesn't necessarily make it "the truth", I guess....)

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Perhaps its time for a "Great Solos" bracket competition, like the recently concluded bands competition!  Whos up for running that one! Just the nomination process should be interesting. And anyone who uses a Rolling Stone survey as a guide is banned from voting! (We have your internet search history, dude!)

My first nomination would be Elliot Randall's solo on "Reelin in the Years", and Id probably try to add 1/2 a dozen Steely Dan solos from various guitarists to the nominees!

Would have to agree with you on Reelin', that solo is what puts that song in my top 5 faves. Any soloing by Lynyrd Skynyrd works for me whether it's played by Allen, Gary, Steve, or Ed.

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I actually got that version of the story off of a documentary on them, and I tried to relate it exactly the way the band members said it. I'm not sure when that film was made, but looks like they "misremembered" or took some liberties with their praise for Al. I don't know why they would do that.

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ahsmith33 wrote:

funny you should mention Free Bird, it is actually nine solo takes in the studio mixed brilliantly by Al Kooper. Al asked each of the 3 guitarists to play 3 tracks apiece, and he asked them to play it exactly the same way they rehearsed it on each track. He then blended the solos together to create that monster sound, but my human ear cannot tell that there are 9 tracks.

Interesting version of events, and I'm not doubting you, but that's not the way I saw the story:

"On the studio version of the song, which appeared on Skynyrd’s debut album, Collins played the entire solo himself on his Gibson Explorer, with Rossington playing rhythm on his Les Paul, “Bernice,” and adding the slide fills on his SG. “The whole long jam was Allen Collins, himself,” Rossington says. “He was bad. He was super bad! He was bad-to-the-bone bad. When we put the solo together, we liked the sound of the two guitars, and I could’ve gone out and played it with him. But the way he was doin’ it, he was just so hot! ! He just did it once and did it again and it was done.” "

(Emphasis added, above.)  Quote came from the following source:

http://www.guitarworld.com/100-greatest … rossington

I'll add that back in the too short days of the Rossington Collins Band, I got to meet and talk with them both about it, and the above was how I heard it, directly from them.  (Doesn't necessarily make it "the truth", I guess....)

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