Favorite Guitar Solo?

Guns N Roses Sweet Child of Mine gets a nod here

 

"YYZ" should have gotten a nod. But I had enough Rush (and Genesis) in my list and the trio was so outstanding that I couldn't focus on just Alex. Geddy's bass work in the middle is mind-spinningly good. And best use of plywood in music - ever.

 

Don't care too much for the "Freebird" solo, tho' I like the song itself. The solo is just too long and repetitive for me.

I'd go with "Layla." One of the best pieces of music I've ever heard.

The only piece that comes close is the steel guitar solo on Bob Seger's "Like A Rock." Spookily beautiful.

Also like "Us And Them" by Pink Floyd. Beautiful.

 

For me, pretty much any David Gilmour solo with Pink Floyd
Then there's:
Rush -- Limelight
Rush -- The Weapon
King Crimson -- Elephant Talk
Rammstein -- Rammstein (live version)
Machine Head -- Imperium
Prince -- Most of his guitar work on the Purple Rain album

 

Thanks for playing, lads, but this is the correct answer:

 

I Like Clapton's work on "Badge" more than "Crossroads."

Duane A. cooks on "One Way Out" from the Fillmore album, too. Most anything by him is outstanding; I love "Little Martha," his acoustic piece.

The Pretenders always had very distinct guitar riffs. The bass line in "Ohio" in particular stands out.

The Byrds, too, with McGuinn's 12-string Rickenbacker.

And for us 60s relics, the bridge in "Help Me Rhonda" is some excellent work. But then again, that's during Brian Wilson's genius period, so no surprise there.

And Leo Koettke's "My Feet are Flying" has some great stuff on it, too.

 

Eddie Hazel on Funkadelic's Maggot Brain

 

I celebrate SRV's entire catalog.

BB King and Jerry Garcia deserve some mention as well.

 

Stairway to Heaven, off the How the West was Won live cd.

 

Bohemian Rhapsody

 

In no particular order:

Noodles, Offspring: What To You
Tom Morello, Rage Against The Machine: Guerrilla Radio
Tim Mahoney, 311: Tayed
Chris Lewis, Fenix TX: Katie W.
Brett Gurewitz, Bad Religion: Sorrow
Eric Melvin, NOFX: The Decline

 

Some bluesmen:

Earl Hooker, cousin of John Lee Hooker. He's just messing around at the start, then he goes onstange for an instrumental.

Otis Rush instrumental.

J.B. Hutto, followed by Buddy Guy:

Luther Allison and Albert King take Neil Schon to school.