Carry On My Wayward Son First Solo Phrase Trainer

First solo in Carry on... I think this is Kerry Livgren and not Rich Williams although they both fill this part with a solo from live footage. If you watch this: • Kansas carry on my way... which is video footage over the studio track, it's Livgren. Seems like his hand positions line up with the track. Livgren again here in 1982: • Kansas - Carry On Wayw...
Rich Williams also solos in the same part in absence on Livgren. Steve Morse takes the first solo in some footage. Any info would be appreciated but I think it's Livgren.
This is intended to help with counting and organizing all the phrases. Timing seems to be the big hurdle and the art of playing dead on in time or in the pocket can get lost in the ether. Go with a clean tone and turn down. Pretend you're practicing the clarinet or something for band class so there's no temptation to get swept away trying to be guitar hero first, competent player second.
The notes are easy, the technique is learnable, but the timing is the elusive element. Count along with the rhythmic syllables, watch the picking directions. LISTEN to the original too. Good Lord don't make this MIDI reference the end game. It's essential to study the original after you get a handle on this. Use the speed function on UA-cam to slow the studio track down to half speed.
About the big slide. I'm thinking this was slide from C up to C using the pinky. Sounds like there's a hiccup by landing on B first and slipping into the C note. Then resetting the fingers for the next lick starting with a bend using the 2nd finger and not the 3rd because your hand gets all squished together up in the higher frets. Or, you can premeditate the whole slide bit from the triplet pull-offs and land the last C note with the first finger. But that triplet is going by so quick that it'd be pure habit/instinct to end it with the pinky. Either way works. That's just my perception of how this was played. You could even land on your pinky, slide, and then switch to the first finger halfway up. Land on 16 (B) and hammer on to 17 (C) with the 2nd finger.
These guys improvise the hell out of this live, so for posterity and all you should learn it "note for note" but in an actual playing situation it's really up for grabs. Listen intently to the timing, like you're trying to hear paint dry. Headphones and make sure your guitar volume is much lower than the track. :)