The best guitar solo in the World. Ever.

[raleighnut]

Frank Zappa - Watermelon In Easter Hay
The Carpenters - Goodbye To Love (played by Tony Peluso and Richard Carpenter received several 'death threats' for it)
Gary Moore - I Can't Wait Until Tomorrow (From the 'Live In Japan' Album)

 

[MontyVeda]

not thee best* but one of my favourites....

it's got a great intro, lasting 1m44secs, a crap song, lasting 45secs, and a fantabulistic guitar solo that doesn't last anywhere near long enough

*have to agree with @raleighnut's first choice on that one

 

[ayceejay]

Good music to lose your licence too??

View: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j_7iRZzlSzI

There's a story behind that for sure Meta lon

 

[Levo-Lon]

https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=AL94UKMTqg-9DUCYufmOPrQ7sfE9virUmH
Think I was listening to this wheni got a tug ..lol coldwater canyon on the Encore albumn.
think I had nearly all of tange stuff..
I didn't get banned as I was given a 96mph fine and points..older traffic cops are best..and it was a clear A1 at night.
I got banned for being very naughty in 95..
Good music is a acelerator menace..ozzy shot in the dark!!
on this thread theres so many great ones. Nice to see what pops up.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Yer love this

View: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ALQEKlvN20E

 

[jazzkat]

The Carpenters - Goodbye To Love (played by Tony Peluso and Richard Carpenter received several 'death threats' for it)

One of the truly great and often overlooked guitar solos, melodic yet rocky and perfect for that song.

So many great songs mentioned, but I've got to raise the bar, if I may, with this:
Larry Carltons epic solo in Steely Dan's Kid Charlemagne

 

[Drago]

To be fair, Zappa was a mighty fine axe man.

 

[slowmotion]

The Bluest Blues by Alvin Lee has a couple of great solos, the first by George Harrison.
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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDzyama_wCI
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[raleighnut]

To be fair, Zappa was a mighty fine axe man.

You ought to see Dweezil doing his dads stuff, often on the same guitars. I last saw him when they played "Apostrophe" note perfect in Leicester.

 

[andyfraser]

I used to list some of the best rock and metal solos in threads like this but I actually find the jazz-fusion solos of John McLaughlin and Al Di Meola and the like to be more varied and better in my opinion.

 

[talisman50082]

If i had to pick one, hmm, have to be Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd.

 

[raleighnut]

I used to list some of the best rock and metal solos in threads like this but I actually find the jazz-fusion solos of John McLaughlin and Al Di Meola and the like to be more varied and better in my opinion.

Al Di Meola plays some great stuff, check out his work on Stomu Yamashta's Go or Go 'live' or the just one night with Paco De Lucia and another guy (suffering brain fade and I've only got a cassette I recorded in about 86 and the ink is so faded its unreadable)

 

[Orville]

View: http://youtu.be/MtWxyRi8mwY

Sorry gents but this thread needs a little Canadian content. Alex Lifeson, La Villa Strangiato.

 

[discominer]

+1for The Carpenters

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Michael Schenker - Rock Bottom

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMXHXuAmphU