Underrated/Overlooked Guitar Solos or Guitar Songs

'Queen of the Deep' on Ufo's first Lp. Michael Schenker burns like no other. Bill Nelson, Adventures in a Yorkshire landscape,awesome lead.

 

Mick Grabham (I presume) at the end (around 04:48 below) of Procol Harum's "The Idol". Fairly standard and uncomplicated bluesy soloing but blows me away every time with its power.

 

Wishbone Ash - The King Will Come and Warrior

 

KEE MARCELLO from hard rock band EUROPE is an amazingly talented guitarist. Especially his input on the albums Out of this world and Prisoners in paradise.

 

Hmmm...underrated or overlooked Jimi Hendrix....

I would go with the gorgeous 'Pali Gap'...most of the general public probably doesn't know it very well...but I'm sure a sizable chunk of the folks on this forum do.

 

I’ve always loved the unbelievably great and out-of-leftfield Amos Garrett solo in Midnight at the Oasis.

 

My favorite guitar solos are the ones I have an emotional response to. Why I respond that way to some solos but not others....? A perfect example is the clearly NOT underrated solo in Comfortably Numb. But a less famous David Gilmour solo that I find just as moving is his work on McCartney's No More Lonely Nights. It strikes me as an extension of his work on Comfortably Numb in terms of emotional content.

Another solo that really gets the goosebumps going is Warren Cuccurullo's solo in Duran Duran's recording of Ordinary World. The acoustic solo itself is fine but nothing earth shaking. But when he repeats the same solo, note for note, on electric guitar, it can almost bring me to tears.

 

This track was not included on the Free Live album from 1971 and ended up being issued on a 12" single in the 1980's.
It is by far my favourite Kossoff solo and cannot believe that it was not chosen for the live LP...

Solo starts at around 1.4o, and then it builds, and builds, and builds...

 

I Need You {Synyrd} Ed fin King,

 

Another personal favorite is Uli Roth's solo at the end of the Scorpions’ “Your Light”.

 

The epic solo that Michael Schenker plays to close out Lost Horizon (and thus the album itself) on The Michael Schenker Group comes to mind. It's among the best work of his career, in my opinion.

 

parental guidance warning. naughty word alert

 

Fairport Convention - great solo starts at 3.50

 

I like Fairport's Sailor Song. Great long building thing. Great guitar work.

 

Lindsey Buckingham's guitar solo at the end of Isn't It Midnight.

 

I seem to remember a smokin' guitar solo on Night Ranger's "Don't Tell Me You Love Me".

 

The whole song is basically a shredding solo that lasts 6 of the 9 minutes of whole play: I like Michael Angelo Batios solo in the middle of "8 Pillars of Steel" (album: Intermezzo).


And a short and slow solo from one of the best guitar soloists ever in my opinion (like Michael Schenker on a genius level when it comes to melody soloing): White Lion's Vito Bratta on "'Til Death Do Us Part"

 

Beautiful long bends and pleasing tone on both duelling guitars. Pitty about the ending though

 

Anything that Terry Kath from Chicago ever did... RIP

 

I was listening to the Boss' "Tunnel of Love" this morning and the guitar solo in that just impressed the heck out of me. I assume that was Steven Van Zandt? (edit): lead guitar, per Wikipedia is Nils Lofgren

 

Kenny Burrell: Hill’s Edge, Kenny Durham at Cafe Bohemia Round About Midnight

 

Little Brown Bag by Gentle Giant. It's for that cool riff (played by Gary Green), and I also like the melody very much.