Just what the title says. Try to keep it within the bounds of generally accepted prog rock. I intentionally bypassed Fripp 'cause I just wanna see all the outstanding recos that are going to come up. Here are some of mine... Kevin Ayers - Whatevershebringswesing (Mike Oldfield) Genesis - Firth of Fifth (Steve Hackett) Gentle Giant - Peel The Paint (Gary Green) Pink Floyd - Dogs (David Gilmour) Steven Wilson - Drive Home (Guthrie Govan)
Marin Barre: Dark Ages Gary Green: His Last Voyage Steve Howe: America Alex Lifeson: Mission, Lessons Zappa: Inca Roads, Pink Napkins David Gilmore: Money, Young Lust Allan Holdsworth: Hells Bells
Off the top of my head, Aqualung/Jethro Tull (Martin Barre): brilliantly constructed and very skillfully, fluently performed... The Musical Box/Genesis (Steve Hackett): esp. for how dramatically he "charges in" and for the crazy interacted sounds he does with the keyboard player, near the end of the solo... The House, The Street, The Room/Gentle Giant (Gary Green): whole-tone, wah-wah fury galore...
Steve Rothery Sugar Mice https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx1CbvrrkKsOtgrzAm455D9H4jKMU3oWUx?si=GghS3jCkuPGMuCuv
John Etheridge's frenetic soloing on "The Ache" from Daryl Way's Wolf's 2nd LP Saturation Point. The Mahavishnu Orchestra on speed.
Andy Latimer Camel Long Goodbyes Steve Hackett Genesis Firth of Fifth Francis Dunnery It Bites You'll Never Get to Heaven Robert Fripp King Crimson Sartori in Tangier
Gary Green's solo when it kicks in on "The House, the Street, the Room" from Acquiring the Taste is just such a moment.
Prog-adjacent at the very least. The solo (it's Roy Wood!) closes the song as it fades out - Annie Haslam, If I Were Made of Music:
If Tull (or at least one period of Tull) is Prog, then "Aqualung" and "Minstrel in the Gallery" Courtesy of Martin Lancelot Barre
Steve Hackett - Inside and Out (Genesis) Greg Lake - From The Beginning (ELP) David Gilmour - Mother (Pink Floyd) Steve Howe - Starship Trooper (Yes) Alex Lifeson - Lakeside Park (Rush) Bill Nelson - Crying to the Sky (Be Bop Deluxe) Ollie Hasall - Didn’t Feel Lonely TIL I Thought Of You (Kevin Ayers)
Clarence White (The Byrds) - Tulsa County Denny Dias (Steely Dan) - King of the World James Griffin (Bread) - Baby I'm-A Want You Lefty Baker (Spanky and Our Gang) - Leopard Skin Phones George Harrison - Give Me Love Terry Kath (Chicago) - Poem 58 Steve Katz (Blood, Sweat & Tears) - I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know Bernie Leadon (Eagles) - Take It Easy Glenn Frey (Eeagles) - I Can't Tell You Why
^OMG, how could I have forgotten about Jan Akkerman... In the insanest as it comes dept. (starts after the bass solo): Or for something a little more normally constructed, "Sylvia" is one of the classics.
