Most underrated guitar solo

[Chef2]

Here’s the one with Knopfler, Clapton, Sting and Collins.

 

[Spartan Squad]

Is that Paul Shaffer on bongos and tambourines or just someone who looks a helluva lot like him?

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Alex Lifeson on Rush's "La Villa Strangiato" and also on "Between The Wheels"

Steve Hackett on Genesis' "Firth of Fifth"

 

[Mr._Graybeard]

Buddy Miller is a widely-heard Americana sideman whose distinctive guitar skills are often overlooked. Here he is with Robert Plant and the Band of Joy.

 

[I Should Coco]

It’s hard to call any guitar solo by David Gilmour “underrated,” but for all the justified admiration of “Comfortably Numb,” I think his best work on that album is on “Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2). A great solo in a very compact amount of time.

 

[Machine Head]

There's a clip going around of Dire Straits playing with Eric Clapton. Clapton takes a back seat as Mark Knopfler jumps into the opening riff for Money For Nothing. It's such a great opener.

Knopfler is the driver, Clapton is in the trunk/backseat, now, and forever.

And unlelateded, **** Clapton.

 

[DanOregon]

Is that Paul Shaffer on bongos and tambourines or just someone who looks a helluva lot like him?

The legendary Ray Cooper, Elton and Clapton's long-time percussionist.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

It's hard to call any guitar solo by David Gilmour "underrated," but for all the justified admiration of "Comfortably Numb," I think his best work on that album is on "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2). A great solo in a very compact amount of time.

Those two are stellar. IMO, his work on "Time" is even better.

 

[Huggy]

Those two are stellar. IMO, his work on "Time" is even better.

His solo on "Mother" is great.

 

[swingline]

The two-guitar opening to “Wish You Were Here,” especially when the second guitar kicks in.

 

[Huggy]

Great stuff from the awesome Gary Clark Jr:

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

(all clips start with the solo)

Rocky George (Suicidal Tendencies) - How Will I Laugh Tomorrow If I Can't Even Smile Today?

This is nearly note-for-note to the album version, which is bonkers given all that's going on

Ritchie Faulker (Judas Priest) - Gates of Hell

Like Michael Schenker and Dave Murray had a kid. Powerful, melodic, and fluid.

Slash (Guns n' Roses) - November Rain

Perfect for the song.

Wolf Hoffman (Accept) - Amamos la Vida

Incredible neoclassical tone and composition but with an emphasis on feeling rather than flair

Ty Tabor (King's X) - Moanjam

Like Eric Johnson, he has a tone all his own

 

[ChrisLong]

Chicago's Terry Kath in "25 or 6 to 4."



Journey's Neil Schon in "Anyway You Want It." Short warmup solo -- 2:10 to 2:25. Real solo -- 2:38 to the end.

 

[terrier]

Got to see them in their heyday in '95 at Providence Waterplace (where the original X Games were held). This is from the '16 reunion tour, and Emma Anderson actually improved on it 20 years later, especially when she takes it up a notch and the drums come in.

 

[garrow]

 

[Huggy]

It's not as famous as what he did at the RRHoF or on "Purple Rain" but the solo Prince plays on "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" (my fave song by the great man) is ****ing great, fits the song perfectly.

 

[Neutral Corner]

Bonham is a very very very underrated drummer.

By who? You'd be hard pressed to Google up a "Greatest Drummers" list that he isn't on.

 

[da man]

 

[Neutral Corner]

One of my favorites is Jesse Ed Davis' solo on Jackson Browne's "Doctor My Eyes". He was brought in as a session guy to play lead guitar on the song, which was partially finished. He listened to the cut twice, then he played the lead guitar on it, including the solo, then he put the guitar back in its case and left. It's one of my favorite guitar slinger stories. David Crosby and Graham Nash are singing backup as well.

Jesse Ed also gets credit for Duane Allman taking up slide guitar. He played lead for Taj Mahal early on, and Duane heard them do "Statesboro Blues" in 1967 with Jesse Ed on the slide. That was the trigger for Duane taking up both the slide and that song. He also played on Dylan's "When I Paint My Masterpiece" and "Watching the River Flow", and appeared at the George Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh.

 

[Huggy]

One of my favorites is Jesse Ed Davis' solo on Jackson Browne's "Doctor My Eyes". He was brought in as a session guy to play lead guitar on the song, which was partially finished. He listened to the cut twice, then he played the lead guitar on it, including the solo, then he put the guitar back in its case and left. It's one of my favorite guitar slinger stories. David Crosby and Graham Nash are singing backup as well.

Jesse Ed also gets credit for Duane Allman taking up slide guitar. He played lead for Taj Mahal early on, and Duane heard them do "Statesboro Blues" in 1967 with Jesse Ed on the slide. That was the trigger for Duane taking up both the slide and that song. He also played on Dylan's "When I Paint My Masterpiece" and "Watching the River Flow", and appeared at the George Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh.

Staying with the Jackson Browne theme, David Lindley's slide is so great on "Redneck Friend" (w/Elton John on piano)