Five Guitar Solos that everyone should hear

That first solo is simply masterful. No tricks, just flat out flying.

 

the dude was amazing

 

To mix things up a bit:
Derek and the Dominoes (Eric Clapton and Duane Allman) - Little Wing
Dire Straits (Marc Knopfler) - Telegraph Road
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower or Voodoo Chile
Grateful Dead (Jerry Garcia) - Dark Star (from Dead Live)
Led Zeppelin (James Earl Page) - Since I've Been Loving You (How the West Was Won version)

 

clapton - after midnight from just one night
steve vai - for the love of God
malmsteen - far beyond the sun
jj cale - city girls

 

Here's 5 of my ultimate faves:

Phil Manzanera (with Brian Eno). on John Cale - "Gun" (on Fear)
Phil Manzanera, on Roxy Music - "In Every Dream A Heartache", on For Your Pleasure
James Williamson on Iggy & The Stooges - "Shake Appeal" (or anything else on Raw Power)
Anything played by Richard Lloyd & Tom Verlaine on Television - Marquee Moon
The entire side 1 of Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails, especially John Cipollina's solos.

But I got tons more, lots of Tony Iommi, Ed King/Allen Collens/Gary Rossington, Page/Clapton/Beck, Billy Gibbons...

 

jeff beck - where were you

 

Otis Rush. I Can Quit you Baby
B.B. King. Don’t open the Door
Albert King. As the Years Go Passing By
Kenny Burrell. Back at the Chicken Shack
Buddy Guy. Damn Right I Got Blues

 

Great thread and lot of great replies!

Here'a a few of my faves:

Be-Bop Deluxe (Bill Nelson) - Crying To The Sky (My favorite solo of all time!)
King Crimson (Robert Fripp) - Starless (Fripp does more with one note over a few dozen bars than many guitarists accomplish in a lifetime)
Yes (Steve Howe) - Yours Is No Disgrace (The Yessongs version...just when you think his fingers have cooled off, he takes it up a notch)
Wishbone Ash (Andy Powell) - Persphone (Smooth, subtle and delicate as crystal)
Roxy Music (Phil Manzanera) - In Every Dream Home A Heartache (like it's dripping out of your head when listening with cans...)
Man (Deke Leonard/Micky Jones/John Cipollina) - 7171-511 (Guitar Mana. The Maximum Darkness version is the easiest to access...although there are superior solos on Bootlegs)
Robin Trower - Confessin' Midnight (There's a zillion great Trower solos, but this one always brings out his mojo...)

All of the above are thrill rides. Enjoy!

 

5 random ones I haven't seen yet;

Brian Eno - St. Elmo's Fire (Robert Fripp on guiitar)
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Meeting Of The Spirits (John McLaughlin)
Rush - Limelight (Alex Lifeson)
Ozzy Osbourne - Mr. Crowley (Randy Rhoads)
Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East West (Michael Bloomfield)

 

Southern Rock Category

I know a little - Lynyrd Skynyrd (Stevie Gaines)
Statesboro Blues - Allman Brothers (Duane Allman & Dickey Betts)
Ramblin' - Marshall Tucker Band (Toy Caldwell)
Atlanta Rhythm Section - Spooky (Barry Bailey)
Freeborn Man - Outlaws {Bring it back alive} ( Hughie Thomasson & Bill Jones).

(Allman Bros may be more blues orientated but often considered So. Rock.)

 

urrrmm i couldn't, but i didn't put them in one post
i mean i'm a guitarist how can I post five ..... don't judge me ...

 

5 people, 5

 

on repeat x5

 

Impossible to pick one, five, ten or twenty Garcia solos, but this is so damn pure.

 

Funky Mama - Danny Gatton
Ice Cream Man - Van Halen
Fire in the Engine Room - Richard Thompson
Machine Gun - Jimi Hendrix
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - Jeff Beck

 

LOL

Okay, I did 7 but I borrowed from a few folks who only offered 1.

But glad that someone is watching.

 

He obviously was making a point about how amazing Thompson is as a soloist.

If that's one of the dumbest things you ever heard, you need to get out more.

 

No! Here's five more:

Bold as Love - Jimi Hendrix
We Will Rock You - Queen (Brian May)
Zap! - Eric Johnson
Crying to the Sky - Be Bop Deluxe (Bill Nelson)
Rice with Angels - Shawn Lane

 

Too many great Eddie solos, but definitely “Mean Street” and “I’m the One” are contenders. Tons of Eric Johnson stuff, but where do you start? Five is difficult. You really have to think about it.

 

What God Wants part 3 , from the Roger Waters lp Amused to Death, played by Jeff Beck. Definitely my number one favourite solo.

Not in any order:
Rock a Bye Bye by Extreme, played by Nuno Bettencourt. A nice long, slow, solo, it's fantastic!
Goodbye to Love by The Carpenters, played by Tony Peluso.
Time by Pink Floyd, played by David Gilmour.
Nowhere Man, The Beatles, played by George Harrison. Actually i just read on Wiki that the lead guitar lines on the song were performed in unison by Harrison and Lennon. After all these years i never knew that.
This Kid's by UFO, played by Michael Schenker.
Little Wing by Hendrix.
The Tourist by Radiohead, played by Jonny Greenwood. This solo is more in the background of the song, near the end.
Meanstreets by UFO, played by Atomik Tommy M.

Yeah i went a bit mental and i've always had trouble counting things!

 

Create categories.

 

@ian christopher knows his metal!

 

I'm not a big Clapton/Cream/Dominoes fan but HOT DAMN you got it right on that solo. Amazing!

 

One of my favorite composed guitar solos. The pyrotechnics in the second half are a little excessive, but still such an epic solo:

 

Jethro’s solo at 3.30minutes into the title track of his brilliant album Aqualung. Bliss!