What Are Your Favorite Instrumentals?*

Open Country Joy - Mahavishnu Orchestra

 

Flight Over Rio - Al Di Meola

 

Tony Williams w/Allan Holdsworth - Red Alert

 

First one I thought of was "'Cause We've Ended as Lovers" by Jeff Beck.

Lots of my other faves have already been mentioned!

 

The Dantes - "80-96"

 

Billy Cobham - Stratus w/Tommy Bolin

 

The Daggermen - "Dagger In My Mind"

 

Love this tune.

 

I don't believe I've seen this one posted yet:

Van der Graaf Generator's version of Sir George Martin's majestic "Theme One":

 

Batuka - Santana

 

God Bird Change--The Tubes (live)
Better Days Ahead--Norman Brown
Lots of Chet Atkins

 

The 60s had some awesome instrumentals, from the beginning of the decade that made you think of Camelot (meaning the 50s into the Kennedy years) with “A Summer’s Place” to the end of the decade with the turmoil, changes, etc .... what music!!

 

'You Can't Sit Down' by the Phil Upchurch Combo

 

Cissy Strut - The Meters

 

Land Of The Bag Snake - Soft Machine w/Allan Holdsworth

 

'Country Line Special' by Cyril Davies and his Rhythm & Blues All Stars

 

Penetration - The Pyramids

 

A solid majority of my favorite music is instrumental so hard to pick just a few.Tangerine Dream's first 6 albums,Klaus Schulze's 70's output,hundreds of Jazz pieces,the whole Ozric Tentacles library.Etc.

 

Leo Kottke did a version of this on his Live In Europe album

 

Billy Preston's "Space Race" is fun, and the synthesizer in it sounds like it's saying my name over and over... Wayne Wayne Wayne!!! HAHAHAHA!!!