Five Guitar Solos that everyone should hear

The Allman Brothers Band - Jessica
Rush - Fly By Night
Wishbone Ash - Sometime World
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
The Rolling Stones - Sway (or any other Mick Taylor solo)

 

Chuck Berry-Maybelline
Charlie Christian-Swing To Bop
David Gilmour/Pink Floyd-Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Chris Difford/Squeeze-Is That Love?
Wilco Johnson/Dr. Feelgood-Hog For You Baby (live)

 

Opeth - Folklore

 

John McLaughlin - Lila's Dance
Frank Zappa - Pygmy Twylyte (YCDTOSA 2)
Jimmy Page - No Quarter (TSRTS)
Ritchie Blackmore - Stormbringer (Made in Europe)
Carlos Santana - Song of the Wind

 

Yes - Awaken (the first guitar solo)
ZZ Top - La Grange (and a host of other ZZ Top songs)
Jeff Beck Group - Rice Pudding

 

Magic Man

 

Pete Townshend (The Who): "Naked Eye"

Ira Kaplan (Yo La Tengo): "Pablo and Andrea"

Robert Fripp (David Bowie): "Teenage Wildlife"

Honorable Mention:

Mitch Easter (Velvet Crush): "Elevator Operator"

After that, I dunno ... -E

 

Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm (live on The Word 1993)

 

Goodbye To Love-Tony Peluso (carpenters)
Still Got The Blues-Gary Moore
Tonight-Wally Bryson (Raspberries)
Feel The Benefit-Eric Stewart/Graham Gouldman (10cc)
I Can't Explain-Pete Townshend (The Who)

 

Maggot Brain
Sitting on Top of the World (live) Cream
Freeway Jam live--Jeff Beck
Do You hear the Voices You Left behind--John McLaughlin
Evil ways--santana

 

Vivian Campbell 'RAINBOW IN THE DARK'
Ritchie Blackmore 'STARGAZER'
Dave Mutaine 'HOLY WARS...THE PUNISHMENT DUE'
Joe Satriani 'BIG BAD MOON'
Ted Nugent 'FLESH AND BLOOD'

 

(In the rock category)

Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne (Larry Carlton)
Deep Purple - Highway star (Ritchie Blackmore)
Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You {TSRS} (Jimmy Page)
The Beatles - Something (George Harrison)
Ozzy Osbourne - Mr Crowley (Randy Rhoads)

 

Peter Buck said he hates guitar solos and the only person he wants to hear solo is RT.

 

Good for Peter Buck.

 

Especially on Sandy Denny's "Who Knows Where the Time Goes".

 

That's got to be one of the dumbest things I've ever heard.

Russell Smith on lead guitar. Outro solo at 3:36. The whole band are great players.

 

Calvary Cross ...he does some pretty incredible versions of this in various live forms as well as the version on the Bright Lights Studio Album , not to mention 1952 Vincent... always a masterpiece

 

i love his solo on "the angels took my racehorse away" one of my top five guitarists and songwriters for sure!

 

Tony Iommi - “Symptom of the Universe”
Michael Schenker - “Rock Bottom” (Strangers in the Night)
Uli Jon Roth - “Polar Nights” (Tokyo Tapes version)
Frank Marino - “He’s Calling” (REAL Live version)
Jimi Hendrix - Machine Gun (Band of Gypsies)

 

This one was the first one that came to mind (solo starts at 0:15 in):

 

I don't know about five, but this is definitely one:

 

The Dominos (Eric Clapton)— “Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad” (14min version, Live at the Filmore)

Funkadelic (Eddie Hazel)— “Maggot Brain” (Maggot Brain)

Miles Davis (John McLaughlin)— “Miles Runs Down the Voodoo” (Bitches Brew)

Frank Zappa (Zappa)— “D.C. Boogie” (Imaginary Diseases)

And of course, no greatest guitar solos would be complete without...

Gypsy Sun & Rainbows (Jimi Hendrix)— “Voodoo Child->Star Spangled Banner->Purple Haze->Villanova Junction Blues” (Woodstock)

Honorable Mentions:
Allman Brothers (Dickey Betts)— “Ramblin’ Man” (Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Cheap Gas)

The Dead (Jerry Garcia)— “Dancing in the Streets” (Live at Cornell)

 

1.lou reed- heard her call my name-maybe the greatest electric guitar ever recorded.
2.lou reed-strawman-as simple as the above is complex
3.richard thomson-the angels took my racehorse away
4.james williamson-search and destroy
5.mick ronson-width of a circle

sorry to have have left neil young off this list