Rock Bottom from Strangers in the Night is the greatest electric guitar composition of all time. Every turn Michael makes, makes perfect musical sense.
The solos on Strangers In The Night are about as melodic and tasteful as rock guitar gets......Michael putting on a freakin' clinic! Strangers' is my favorite live album of all time-songs literally blow away the studio versions! PERFECTION! Yeah, Rock Bottom will drop jaws, every time! TONE! TONE! TONE!
I love both solos from Crowley, my favorite RR ....BTW...ya know Randy copped a piece of that song from Gary Moore 1978 "Parisienne Walkways"......ua-cam.com/video/98eIW6CN62k/v-deo.html
@@spiderbutt3 yes....the intro to "Parisienne Walkways"by Gary Moore ......is basically played faster by RR at the 3;19 part in this video ; ua-cam.com/video/vDVLMS_Yhe4/v-deo.html
With Blackmore you can't fail anywhere. Tons of great solos and riffs... Child in time, burn, highway star, you fool no one, stargazer, kill the king, mistreated, catch the rainbow, gates of Babylon......
Not much into shredders. I like sound and space in a solo like Gary Richrath's "Take It On The Run", David Gilmour's "Another Brick" or "Comfortably Numb" and Rik Emmitt's "Lay It On The Line". But man, that "Mean Streets" is a fantastic solo.
So well written.You have melody,then harmony,then technical 32nd notes,then bombast with the vibrato bar and it all seems in perfect constructed order.
Will never forget when I heard this solo from the Made In Japan album. Made me realize, as a previously ardent Zeppelin fan, just how OVERRATED Jimmy Page and Co. are!
What's amazing is that Purple were running out of studio time. Ritchie was told, you've got 5 minutes left. And in 5 minutes, he comes up with that solo!! Later, Ritchie apologizes that the solo was not better!. CIT is my all time favorite Purple song.
Yes, that Rush solo from exit stage left it's definitely a killer and easily one of my all-time favorites. So is the live solo from Led Zeppelin No Quarter from The Song Remains the Same
Ritchie Blackmore on "Mistreated" on Made in Europe. (or the one he did live at California Jam in 1974). Likely one of the best concerts in rock history.
I'll help you out with Uli. Catch Your Train. Dirty Love - Frank Zappa Spectrum- Tommy Bolin Kid Charlemagne - Larry Carlton I Know A Little- Steve Gaines Look Over Yonder- Jimi Hendrix Time Waits For No One- Mick Taylor. Still In Love With You- Brian Robertson Cause We've Ended As Lovers- Jeff Beck Achilles Last Stand- Pagey
Gladv you included Gilmour and Comfortably Numb. I wish you'd consider Buck Dharma's live solo of "Then Came The Lasr Days of May" off A Long Day's Night. Also anything from Randy Rhoads off Ozzy.
You are absolutely right about the greatest rock guitar solo of all time being 'Machine Gun' by Jimi Hendrix. It is cited by musicians, guitarists and musicologists as the No 1 of all time.
@@larrynolletti4594 yes and for good measure I will throw in another one (in fact probably my personal favourite) Stone free from the Royal Albert Hall. Incredible solo and to top it off an extra piece of genius after the drum solo.
@@hesch-tag that is awesome....but I think the Stone Free renditions from the Fillmore with Billy Cox on bass could be better....I guess it depends on which one I'm listening to at that moment....the Albert Hall one does have that flamenco type break.....
Kudos for someone finally mentioning Robin Trower and Micheal Schenker! Space Child from the album Phenomenon by UFO would fit nicely. Great feel and soul in that particular gem. Continue...
Great list. I love your lists and talks. It makes me discover all kinds of new music. As far as great guitar solos: Love to Love - UFO (Strangers in the night album) Look into the future and Of A Lifetime - Journey Voyager - Gamma Wolf - Trevor Rabin
i really appreciate your Hackett shout out, his work on the entire Selling England album is just remarkable. do you know phil keaggy?
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My "Best of all" list: 1. David Gilmour' s in "Time" on "Dark side of the moon", i never heared such one again...; 2 Steve Hackett (" Genesis" of the Peter Gabriel-era): Solo in 1971s " The Fountain of Salmacis"; The perhaps first time, a guitarist used the tapping-technique; 3. Yngwie Malmsteen: The whole "Icarus dream suite"...perfect Bach Adaption,. 4. Alex Lifeson: e-guitar solo and acoustic nylon intro on "The trees" ( "la Villa strangiato" is also one of the all time best!) 5. Jimi Hendrix: ...take what you want - they are all great! 6. George Kooymans (of "Golden Earring"): Solo At the end of "Ce soir" (Album "Switch") 7. Frank Marino: solo in "Juggernaut" 8. Solo-Duo in " Black Rose' by Thin Lizzy (Gary Moore & Scott Gorham. 9. Dave Hlubek & ? (forgot who played the orher guitar (shame on me!): acoustic & electric parts in ""Fall of the peacemakers" of Molly Hatchet. 10. Joe Satriani: "Flying in a blue dream". There is also a lot of great stuff from other guitar greats, but that are my all time favorites!! And that's for rock. There are also great solos to me in Jazz, Blues and folk, but that would go too far for this video comparision.
Like a lot of the choices and guitarists. What about the solos to A Light in the Black on Rainbow Rising, This Kids from Strangers in the Night, Have you Ever Loved a Woman from the Layla album, Red House from Gary Moore live version
1. We're Stars - Hear 'N' Aid 2. Hollow Years (Live at Budokan) - Dream Theater 3. Crossroads Guitar Duel Suite - Steve Vai 4. Ice Cream Man - Van Halen 5. The Sentinel - Judas Priest 6. Green Grass and High Tides - The Outlaws 7. Poison Was the Cure - Megadeth 8. Dogs - Pink Floyd 9. Kill the King - Rainbow 10. I Can't Quit You Baby - Led Zeppelin 11. The River - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard 12. The Sails of Charon - Scorpions 13. Dance of Death - Iron Maiden 14. Dyer's Eve - Metallica 15. The End Complete V: On the Brink - Coheed and Cambria 16. Maggot Brain - Parliament/Funkadelic 17. Three Days - Jane's Addiction 18. Riviera Paradise - Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble 19. Sick, Sad Little World - Incubus 20. Reach Down - Temple of the Dog
A few of my favs are... Savatage - "Hounds", Ozzy Osbourne - "Mr. Crowley", Racer X - "Technical Difficulties", Megadeth - "Tornado of Souls", and Dokken - Mr. Scary.
@@sealisa1398 that whole album ( Alchemy)was spectacular, I picked my two favorite solos " Once Upon a Time" is pretty damn close to the two I chose, as some would say, your milage may vary, some might pick solos from " Telegraph Road " from that album as best.
@@sealisa1398 three others I recommend, not just because I enjoy the bands/music(you'll find a 1970s tilt), but for the sound quality/production/engineering, very little bad feedback/clear vocals/clearly hearing all instruments; The Who, "Live at Leeds", Supertramp, " Paris", Kansas, "Two For the Show"
I absolutely love the solo on Strange Ways by Ace Fraley from Kiss Hotter Then Hell. The one in Machine Gun is a favorite also I have to put in the one from the instrumental War from Joe Satriani's The Extremist album.. so bad ass!!! There is alot but they are the couple coming to mind right now. Poem 54 Terry Kath from Chicago Transet Authority is definitely one also. There are so many but the one in We Used To Know by Martin Barrer from Jethro Tull Stand Up is one!
Yes 'Machine Gun' is the single most powerful example of rock music. Only Bach and Mozart compare! Blows my mind over and over! (honorable others; 'The End' and 'A day in the life' by the Doors and the Beatles; Pure Magic)
Pete when I saw this video I immediately thought of Page and his solo in “Since I’ve been loving you”. My personal favorite of all time and I am always a fan of blues rock. Blackmore’s solo in “Lazy” is my favorite of his. Made in Japan version good also.
Not necessarily in order, I'm sure I forgot some but here... "Mother" David Gilmour - Such a vulnerable and fragile emotion "The Sun goes down" Scott Gorham - haunting and forlorn "Rime of the ancient mariner" Dave Murray/Adrian Smith- Epic climax of their best song "You see me crying" - Joe Perry - epic ballad solo was perfect for it "Red Barchetta" - Alex Lifeson - takes you along for the ride "7empest" - Adam Jones - Soaring and searing "Slip kid" - Pete Townsend - such an underrated song, Townsend not expecially known for solos but listen to this one "Catch your train" - Ulrich Roth - blistering solos and fills "5150" - Edward Van Halen - not a Hagar era fan, but this one was my favorite solo "Revalation (Mother Earth)" - Randy Rhoads - I prefer Diary overall as an album, but that solo is insane "Walk all over you" - Angus Young - some people laugh at me for saying it, but Angus had the best pick scrape ever "Falling off the edge of the world"- Tony Iommi - So many to pick from but this one was most epic "Who's crying now" - Neil Schon - the ultimate rainy day solo "The Sentinel" - Glenn Tipton/KK Downing - awesome duel and harmonies for epic song "Funeral for a friend/Love lies bleeding" - Davey Johnstone - underrated guitarist "Die hard the hunter" - Steve Clark - he was everything to that band, and they plummeted without him "Achilles last stand" - Page's opus, there were so many but this one takes the crown "The Vigil" - Buck Dharma - another underrated guitarist, my favorite BOC song "Long time" - Tom Scholz - So epic, so sonically perfect "Into the fire" - George Lynch - melodic and flashy, he plays fast and still stays melodic "The end" - Paul McCartney/George Harrison/John Lennon - these guys didn't do that often enough "Need your love" - Rick Nielson - a builds up brilliantly to a climax "Lines in the sand" - John Petrucci - amazing tension built up and released "The dogs of war" - Michael Schenker - not what a lot of people would choose, but listen to it!! "Promises in the dark" - Neil Geraldo - so underrated and so perfect for serving the song "Candy-O" - Elliot Easton - Every note so perfect "Snowblind" - James Young - Tommy may be better overall, but this was my favorite Styx solo, it was James
Jimmy Page - Since i’ve been loving you... insane solo. And what about that crazy little thing on Peace Frog - The Doors... Al Di Meola on Paul Simon’s - Allergies Richard Thompson - Put it There Pal.
Yeah Presence, as a whole, is arguably their best album IMHO. I think I'm Gonna Crawl has a similar feel to "Tea" minus the guitar work, both great though.
With so many memorable guitar solos by memorable guitar players, there are so much more that unfortunately get rarely mentioned. I would include: (1) Andy Latimer's solo on Camel's 'Summer Lightning', 'Five String Blues' by Roy Buchanan and perhaps my favourite guitar solo of all time - Jim McCarthy's solo on the Rockets' 'Lost Forever, Left For Dreaming".
Excellent list, I'm going to have to check out the Robin Trower stuff. A few of my favs not mentioned; Astronomy - from Some Enchanted Evening by Buch Dharma of BOC Red Sector A - from Grace Under Pressure by Alex Lifeson of Rush Lay it on the Line - from Just a Game by Rik Emmett of Triumph 22 Acacia Avenue (the solo at the end of the song) - from Number of the Beast by Adrian Smith of Iron Maiden Empty Rooms - from We Want Moore by Gary Moore Assaholic - from Smilin' Buddha Cabaret by Phil Comparelli of 54-40 Sails of Charon (beginning solo of song) by Uli Jon Roth of Scorpions The Chain - from Rumours by Lindsay Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac Sultans of Swing - from Dire Straits by Mark Knopfler Brother in Arms - from Brothers in Arms by Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits
John Sykes Still of the Night, Ritchie Blackmore Stargazer and Tony Iommi on Heavan and Hell are 3 of my favourite guitar solos. Outrageous performances on all 3 of them!
Great choice on 'Since I've been loving you' but I think the most overlooked are the live (original ) 'No quarter' and 'Tea for one 'from Presence are better than SIBLY
Perfect Lifeson pick, la villa, from the live, yes, he continues that build up and speed for a longer duration than the studio album, just sounds better, no pause in that speedy shredding section at the end of that solo... great pick..
The trade-off to the solo "Revelations" by Iron Maiden from the album "Piece Of Mind" shows the tastiness of Dave Murray and Adrian Smith's unique styles!
Great selection Pete! I was kind of worried that you wouldn't include a Gilmour solo but you did, thank God! 😅 You have impeccable taste and one hell of a CD collection!
Fun list with great comments. I’ll have to re-listen to some, and try others. Some I would add would be Rudolph Schenker’s solo on Lady Starlight, Manfred Mann’s Blinded By The Light (album version), Buck Dharma on Nosferatu, Leslie West on Nantucket Sleighride, Steve Rothery on Easter, and Uli Jon Roth on Fly to the Rainbow.
here's 20 of my favourites in no particular order Adventures In A Yorkshire Landscape - Be-Bop Deluxe from Tramcar To Tomorrow (Bill Nelson) Not Fade Away - Steve Hillage The Final Peace - Jeff Beck Cortez The Killer - Neil Young from The Live Rust Video not the album Tales Of The Unexpected - Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush The Loner - Gary Moore- Live At Hammersmith Odeon Lotus - Tommy Bolin - from Teaser (deluxe edition) The Miskatonic Variations 2 - The Bevis Frond from New River Head (Nick Saloman & Bari Watts) Maggot Brain - Funkadelic (Eddie Hazel) Veteran Of The Psychic Wars - Blue Oyster Cult from Extra Terrestrial Live (Buck Dharma) Banal - Bill Nelson - From Quit Dreaming And Get On The Beam The Rocker - Thin Lizzy - from Vagabonds Of The Western World (Eric Bell) Mind Train - Sundial - from Return Journey (Gary Ramon) Incident At Neshabur - Santana - from Lotus Voyage 34 - Porcupine Tree - cd single - (Stephen Wilson) Into The Cryptic Mist - The Bevis Frond - from Triptych (Nick Saloman) I'd Rather Be The Devil - John Martyn - from Live At The BBC dvd Voodoo Chile - Frank Marino - from Real Live Panic In Detroit - David Bowie - from David Live (Earl Slick) Still I'm Sad - Rainbow - from Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
In no particular order: Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven (yeah I know, very predictable choice) Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4 Rush - Working Man Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower Black Sabbath - Snowblind Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird Deep Purple - Burn David Bowie - Moonage Daydream Grand Funk Railroad - Inside Looking Out Free - Mr Big
Ned-Jimmy's solo on Stairway' is incredibly obvious......because it's melodic perfection, telling a story all the way, like every great solo should! Insanely memorable and I still bring out my world class air guitar skills every time Page starts to shred! P.S. Your list KILLS!
Got to throw some love out to these: Leslie West - Theme from an Imaginary Western Jimmy Page- Achilles Last Stand David Gilmore - On the Turning Away You have to include some Carlos Santana, alot of great guitar solos in his long and illustrious career
Was blown away ... the Lifeson and Page picks are mine too. If you pick Dimeola you should maybe get some McLaughlin in. The Purpose of When solo from the Devotion album has to be one of the most narcotic ever recorded.
A few of mine: John McLaughlin - "The Noonward Race" (Inner Mounting Flame) - blistering; "Sister Andrea" (Between Nothingness & Eternity) - a cry from the heart; "Siren" (Devotion)... there are more, but I'll stop here Al Dimeola - "Midnight Tango" (Elegant Gypsy) - sensuous & erotic; "Majestic Dance" (Romantic Warrior) Larry Coryell - "Hold On, I'm Comin'" (Memphis Underground), "The Word" (The Jazz-Rock Syndrome), "Molly's Lament" (Dragon Gate) Carlos Santana - "Neckbones & Home Fries" (Giants, with a one-off pickup band) John Abercrombie - "Crosswinds" (Crosswinds) - love that lazy sustain! John Scofield - "Dirty Rice" (Loud Jazz) - more of a duet with powerhouse drummer Dennis Chambers prolly others...
Any David Gilmour solo! Led Zeppelin "Achilles Last Stand" & "Heartbreaker", Megadeth "Tornado of Souls" & "Hangar 18" , Jeff Beck "Scared for the children", Iron Maiden "Alexander the Great", Joe Satriani "Memories", Metallica "Four Horsemen", Jason Becker "Dweller in the cellar" & "Eleven Blue Egyptians", Steve Vai "Tender Surrender" & "Building the Church", Ynwie Malmsteen "Black Star" & "Far Beyond the Sun", Pantera "we'll meet again" , Black Sabbath "heart like a wheel" & "Lonely is the word"
I don't think I could do it, but, I was digging your list and I'll need to check out a few. I'm so glad you put Free Bird on there. The ending of that song may be my all-time favorite ending. It's chilling and if you're driving at the time, you better watch your speed. I would definitely have a Criss Oliva and Michael Romeo solo on my personal list.
Both great choices. I kind of went for some older favorites, hence not a ton of 'metal' on this one, but if I decide to do a part 2, expect to see some Petrucci, Oliva, Romeo, Tipton, Lynch, etc on that one.
Hi Pete thanks for the list. Here's mine. 1. Rainbow - Stargazer 2. Queen - Brighton Rock (it takes a lot to make me cry, but I cried tears of joy hearing this solo about 2.5 years ago) 2.5. A copout but Frank Marino's a tie of three that's so incredible - Sometimes Coming Our Way, Running Wild, and He's Calling from Real Live! 3. Deep Purple - Highway Stat from Made in Japan (imo the greatest live opening rock song of the 70s) 4. Alter Bridge - Blackbird 5. Foghat - Road Fever from Foghat Live. A true deep cut that never gets any mention. That slide guitar is amazing.
-Eric Schemerhorn solo on TV eye live. From the Iggy Pop antology. -Frank Zappa intro solo on Pojama people from One size fits all. -Ritchie Blackmore solo on The gates of Babylon from Long live Rock and roll. -Pat Metheney solo on Third wind from Still life (talking) -Frank Zappa solo instrumental "the return of shut up 'n play your guitar" from Shut up' n play your guitar.
The first ten solos that comes in my mind, in no particular order : Gary Moore - Still got the blues Randy Rhoads - Mr.Crowley George Lynch - Unchain the night Mark Knopfler - Sultans of swing Steve Hackett - Firth of fifth David Gilmour - Comfortably numb Eagles - Hotel California Rick Emmett - In the night Santana - Europa Neil Schon - Who's crying now
Hi Pete, great list again! I recently tried to make a list of my fav guitar solos, and it’s hard to do! (Well, it’s even harder to play them, for sure). Anyway, agree with many of your choices. For Comfortably Numb I would have picked the -extented- Pulse version, which for me may be the best solo ever. Other great solos: Richard Thompson’s solo on Tear Stained Letter (live) on the Watching the Dark album, where he rips his Strat to shreds; Steve Morse on The Bash (also a live rendition; unbelievable flatpicking), and Gov’t Mule’s Trane/Eternity’s Breath on Dark Side Of The Mule (again, a live track). Others on my list are Camel - Ice, Yes - Sound Chaser, Clapton - Double Trouble, Vince Gill & Albert Lee - Ain’t Living Long Like This. Hope you keep on ranting, highly enjoyable.
I think solos have to be broken up into categories to have it make any sense rating them Didn't see anybody mention Peter Green but his version of "I've got a mind to give up living" has a feel so gut wrenching that it has to be up there. Peter wasn't the most technical player but his blues feel is unrivaled
Besides from all the excellent solo’s mentioned above and below , here’s a couple more worth checking out : D-A-D - Point of view The Cult - Sweet soul sister Viktor & the blood - Kicks out on a saturday night
Pete, I really dig your "live" lists. Your rock music IQ is pretty high and I appreciate how you dissect bands and musicians to justify your rankings. There are a few respectable websites out there that provide rankings for various musical categories but watching someone rank these live is pretty cool. I watched another popular person on UA-cam that does the same thing, but he cannot hold a candle to you. Thank you for making it interesting.
Martin Barre's solo on "Aqualung"
His work on 'The Broadsword and the Beast' is criminally underrated IMO.
2nd top 20 I’ve seen with no Aqualung! WTF?
I will go to my grave NOT getting the appeal of Aqualung. I try and I just can’t.
Glenn Tipton - Beyond the Realms of Death; Alex on La Villa Strangiato
Yours is no disgrace by Steve Howe
Telegraph road by Mark knopfler
La Villa Strangiato is the best. I never tire of listening to it.
On Exit Stage Left, is there usage of guitar overdub on that track? That particular version of that song I never heard live again
@@Cmez872 I doubt it, but I suppose it's possible.
Rock Bottom from Strangers in the Night is the greatest electric guitar composition of all time. Every turn Michael makes, makes perfect musical sense.
ABSOLUTELY!
The solos on Strangers In The Night are about as melodic and tasteful as rock guitar gets......Michael putting on a freakin' clinic! Strangers' is my favorite live album of all time-songs literally blow away the studio versions! PERFECTION! Yeah, Rock Bottom will drop jaws, every time! TONE! TONE! TONE!
Rock Bottom, Schenker, what more do you need.?
Buck Dharma's solo on Blue Oyster Cult's Astronomy ( live on Some Enchanted Evening)👍🤯
Randy Rhoads- Mr. Crowley solo is my favorite
I love both solos from Crowley, my favorite RR ....BTW...ya know Randy copped a piece of that song from Gary Moore 1978 "Parisienne Walkways"......ua-cam.com/video/98eIW6CN62k/v-deo.html
@@TANTRUMGASM I just went back & relistened to, being a HUGE Randy & Gary fan, I guess I missed which part you are referring to. Can you point it out?
@@spiderbutt3 yes....the intro to "Parisienne Walkways"by Gary Moore ......is basically played faster by RR at the 3;19 part in this video ;
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One of my favourites is the guitar Cortez the Killer by Neil Young. Proving that a great guitar solo doesn"t have to be fast or crammed with notes.
Iommi- lonely is the word solo is incredibly emotional with Dio singing over it at the end of the song, very unlike any other Iommi solos
Very nice solo.One of Tony's best,and of course Dio is singing over it,because that is what he does.
I absolutely LOVE this song and solo. I'm glad someone else picked up on it.
I really like the solo on 'The Mob Rules' (the version on the Heavy Metal' Soundtrack)
Yeah man,you are right!
I would vote "Cowboy Song" by Thin Lizzy solo. So melodic and memorable. It is a stunner...
Love it, but I love the solo on Romeo and the Lonely Girl even more. Pure gold.
Who was then guitarist?
One of my all-time faves!
With Blackmore you can't fail anywhere. Tons of great solos and riffs... Child in time, burn, highway star, you fool no one, stargazer, kill the king, mistreated, catch the rainbow, gates of Babylon......
The solo in Thin Lizzy's Emerald is incredible.
It is yeah.
The rocker
@ Steve Mccart Yes, that extended solo by Eric Bell is amazing !
I still get goosebumps from "Romeo and The Lonely Girl".
'Still In Love With You' off Live & Dangerous
Not much into shredders. I like sound and space in a solo like Gary Richrath's "Take It On The Run", David Gilmour's "Another Brick" or "Comfortably Numb" and Rik Emmitt's "Lay It On The Line". But man, that "Mean Streets" is a fantastic solo.
Huge feeling from the "Beyond the Realms of Death" by Priest solos -- both of them. I'd even go as far as to say that Downing's is underrated.
Kk's solo on the live version is awesome, with the background drive of the bass and drums- spine tingling!
Blackmore's Highway Star solo is one of the most epic galloping solos ever
So well written.You have melody,then harmony,then technical 32nd notes,then bombast with the vibrato bar and it all seems in perfect constructed order.
greatest Live album song ever put to vinyl !!!
I say Rory Gallagher...but Highway Star is just perfection really. What a put togather solo.
I love the Long live Rock and roll solo Lazy is a favorite too
Will never forget when I heard this solo from the Made In Japan album. Made me realize, as a previously ardent Zeppelin fan, just how OVERRATED Jimmy Page and Co. are!
Jimmy Page's solos on Ten Years Gone, beautiful. Ritchie Blackmore's solo on Child In Time, definitely correct on that.
Steve Howe's guitar solo on 'Perpetual Change' from the 'Yessongs' album is nothing short of amazing.
Thats actually from the yes album, I think yessongs is a compilation album. But yeah great one
@@brunomartinssantos4947 'Yessongs' is a live album. I was referring to that version as opposed to the original studio version.
@@sanddab Ah yes you're right, my bad
@@brunomartinssantos4947 The 'Yessongs' versions are what I heard first in 1973, so they are more special to me.
@@sanddab yeah I get it, I still havent listened to their live albums, but I certainly will next time
Dead on about Child In Time! I heard it the first time in 1972 when I was 14 and its been the template for every solo I've heard since. Kudos!
What's amazing is that Purple were running out of studio time. Ritchie was told, you've got 5 minutes left. And in 5 minutes, he comes up with that solo!! Later, Ritchie apologizes that the solo was not better!. CIT is my all time favorite Purple song.
Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2). I like solos that you can sing. When writing solos, that's a good rule to follow.
Echoes ??
“Bodhisattva” from Steely Dan is a major favorite. Denny Dias and Jeff Baxter kill it.
I agree. When I first heard it I was blown away too. I'm sure he'll do another part.
Old school 2 one of my favorite album.
“Brighton Rock” by Brian May
Great Call Cheers!!
Epic.
I concur.
Yes, that Rush solo from exit stage left it's definitely a killer and easily one of my all-time favorites. So is the live solo from Led Zeppelin No Quarter from The Song Remains the Same
25 or 6 to 4 has an AWESOME solo. That, Frank Zappa’s “Muffin Man”, and Highway Star are mind blowing
Man that Child in time solo has always been my favorite Blackmore solo, that tone...... beautiful!
Ritchie Blackmore on "Mistreated" on Made in Europe. (or the one he did live at California Jam in 1974). Likely one of the best concerts in rock history.
Always thought the same thing.
I'll help you out with Uli. Catch Your Train.
Dirty Love - Frank Zappa
Spectrum- Tommy Bolin
Kid Charlemagne - Larry Carlton
I Know A Little- Steve Gaines
Look Over Yonder- Jimi Hendrix
Time Waits For No One- Mick Taylor.
Still In Love With You- Brian Robertson
Cause We've Ended As Lovers- Jeff Beck
Achilles Last Stand- Pagey
Gladv you included Gilmour and Comfortably Numb.
I wish you'd consider Buck Dharma's live solo of "Then Came The Lasr Days of May" off A Long Day's Night.
Also anything from Randy Rhoads off Ozzy.
You are absolutely right about the greatest rock guitar solo of all time being 'Machine Gun' by Jimi Hendrix. It is cited by musicians, guitarists and musicologists as the No 1 of all time.
Spot on. Another truly remarkable Hendrix solo is Red house Randall's island New York pop.
Still to this day even the sheer mention of the song makes me tear up. Two thumbs up!
@@hesch-tag your so right....besides Machine Gun....the Red House from Randall's Island is otherworldly.....Hear My Train from Berklee as well....
@@larrynolletti4594 yes and for good measure I will throw in another one (in fact probably my personal favourite) Stone free from the Royal Albert Hall. Incredible solo and to top it off an extra piece of genius after the drum solo.
@@hesch-tag that is awesome....but I think the Stone Free renditions from the Fillmore with Billy Cox on bass could be better....I guess it depends on which one I'm listening to at that moment....the Albert Hall one does have that flamenco type break.....
Steve Hunter intro to Sweet Jane on Lou Reed’s Rock N Roll Animal
John Petrucci's solo on the title track Octavarium........simply stunning.
Give Johnny Winter's Be Careful With A Fool solo a listen. Absolutely superb.
I love that song off his first album! Grew up on it
Kudos for someone finally mentioning Robin Trower and Micheal Schenker!
Space Child from the album Phenomenon by UFO would fit nicely. Great feel and soul in that particular gem.
Continue...
agreed space child and time on my hands from that album are great.
I hear you brother! Robin trower is one of my favorites growing up in the early '70s!
...'Kid Charlemagne' should be on any list IMHO
Larry Carlton...the greatest
My Old School is a better solo from the Steely Dan catalog. Skunk’s best work.
This 👆🏻
How about Gilmore ' pedal steel guitar solo on One of These Days
Great list. I love your lists and talks. It makes me discover all kinds of new music.
As far as great guitar solos:
Love to Love - UFO (Strangers in the night album)
Look into the future and Of A Lifetime - Journey
Voyager - Gamma
Wolf - Trevor Rabin
The Steve Rothery solo on "Easter" will always have my eyes tearing
Good call. Short and sweet, but so emotive.
Mmmm really nice track and wow what a great guitarist. Ve always felt Steve Rothery was a disciple of Steve Hackett
i really appreciate your Hackett shout out, his work on the entire Selling England album is just remarkable.
do you know phil keaggy?
My "Best of all" list:
1. David Gilmour' s in "Time" on "Dark side of the moon", i never heared such one again...;
2 Steve Hackett (" Genesis" of the Peter Gabriel-era): Solo in 1971s " The Fountain of Salmacis"; The perhaps first time, a guitarist used the tapping-technique;
3. Yngwie Malmsteen: The whole "Icarus dream suite"...perfect Bach Adaption,.
4. Alex Lifeson: e-guitar solo and acoustic nylon intro on "The trees" ( "la Villa strangiato" is also one of the all time best!)
5. Jimi Hendrix: ...take what you want - they are all great!
6. George Kooymans (of "Golden Earring"): Solo At the end of "Ce soir" (Album "Switch")
7. Frank Marino: solo in "Juggernaut"
8. Solo-Duo in " Black Rose' by Thin Lizzy (Gary Moore & Scott Gorham.
9. Dave Hlubek & ? (forgot who played the orher guitar (shame on me!): acoustic & electric parts in ""Fall of the peacemakers" of Molly Hatchet.
10. Joe Satriani: "Flying in a blue dream".
There is also a lot of great stuff from other guitar greats, but that are my all time favorites!!
And that's for rock. There are also great solos to me in Jazz, Blues and folk, but that would go too far for this video comparision.
Way to go man, Frank Marino needs some serious fucking recognition in this world.
great choices!
I love so many of Alex Lifeson's solos, but two of my favorites that are rarely mentioned are the ones from "The Pass" and "Bravado."
Like a lot of the choices and guitarists. What about the solos to A Light in the Black on Rainbow Rising, This Kids from Strangers in the Night, Have you Ever Loved a Woman from the Layla album, Red House from Gary Moore live version
Mick Taylor- Sympathy from YaYa's, Buck Dharma- Dominance and Submission, Allman & Betts- In Memory of Elizabeth Reed- Fillmore East.
The Mountain (Leslie West) solo from Theme From An Imaginary Western on the live at Woodstock recording.
1. We're Stars - Hear 'N' Aid
2. Hollow Years (Live at Budokan) - Dream Theater
3. Crossroads Guitar Duel Suite - Steve Vai
4. Ice Cream Man - Van Halen
5. The Sentinel - Judas Priest
6. Green Grass and High Tides - The Outlaws
7. Poison Was the Cure - Megadeth
8. Dogs - Pink Floyd
9. Kill the King - Rainbow
10. I Can't Quit You Baby - Led Zeppelin
11. The River - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
12. The Sails of Charon - Scorpions
13. Dance of Death - Iron Maiden
14. Dyer's Eve - Metallica
15. The End Complete V: On the Brink - Coheed and Cambria
16. Maggot Brain - Parliament/Funkadelic
17. Three Days - Jane's Addiction
18. Riviera Paradise - Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
19. Sick, Sad Little World - Incubus
20. Reach Down - Temple of the Dog
My Megadeth pick would be Tornado of Souls or Good Mourning/Black Friday. Both absolutely incredible.
The first time a guitar solo blew my mind was when I was about 10 years old and heard the solo of Razamanaz
You're an amazing host Pete, and your taste in music is one of a kind. Great vid & great selection. Keep it up!
A few of my favs are... Savatage - "Hounds", Ozzy Osbourne - "Mr. Crowley", Racer X - "Technical Difficulties", Megadeth - "Tornado of Souls", and Dokken - Mr. Scary.
My top 3:
1. Toto - Hold The Line
2. Rush - Marathon
3. U2 - The Fly
Two from Dire Straits' " Alchemy "live album, " Tunnel of Love", or " Sultans of Swing"
Michael Baucom Just saw Mark Knopfler couple of weeks ago. Once upon a time in the West from Alchemy is tops.
@@sealisa1398 that whole album ( Alchemy)was spectacular, I picked my two favorite solos " Once Upon a Time" is pretty damn close to the two I chose, as some would say, your milage may vary, some might pick solos from " Telegraph Road " from that album as best.
Michael Baucom Alchemy is on most top ten list of favorite live albums. Along with Live In in Moscow UB40. So many....
@@sealisa1398 three others I recommend, not just because I enjoy the bands/music(you'll find a 1970s tilt), but for the sound quality/production/engineering, very little bad feedback/clear vocals/clearly hearing all instruments; The Who, "Live at Leeds", Supertramp, " Paris", Kansas, "Two For the Show"
I absolutely love the solo on Strange Ways by Ace Fraley from Kiss Hotter Then Hell. The one in Machine Gun is a favorite also I have to put in the one from the instrumental War from Joe Satriani's The Extremist album.. so bad ass!!! There is alot but they are the couple coming to mind right now. Poem 54 Terry Kath from Chicago Transet Authority is definitely one also. There are so many but the one in We Used To Know by Martin Barrer from Jethro Tull Stand Up is one!
Yes 'Machine Gun' is the single most powerful example of rock music. Only Bach and Mozart compare! Blows my mind over and over! (honorable others; 'The End' and 'A day in the life' by the Doors and the Beatles; Pure Magic)
I love the Beatles version the best
Glad to see the inclusion of Schenker - probably my first guitar hero; so melodic and tuneful mixed with driving rock - epic player
Mick Taylor - "Sway" live with Carla Olson. Best of the best.
I love every solo off st anger.
Hahahahahahaha!
Me too! All none of them!
LOL.
Two of my favorites - Boston Hitch a Ride, and the solo on Eddy Money - Two Tickets to Paradise - two tasty solos in my opinion.
Pete when I saw this video I immediately thought of Page and his solo in “Since I’ve been loving you”. My personal favorite of all time and I am always a fan of blues rock. Blackmore’s solo in “Lazy” is my favorite of his. Made in Japan version good also.
Firth of Fifth solo is amazing!
Not necessarily in order, I'm sure I forgot some but here...
"Mother" David Gilmour - Such a vulnerable and fragile emotion
"The Sun goes down" Scott Gorham - haunting and forlorn
"Rime of the ancient mariner" Dave Murray/Adrian Smith- Epic climax of their best song
"You see me crying" - Joe Perry - epic ballad solo was perfect for it
"Red Barchetta" - Alex Lifeson - takes you along for the ride
"7empest" - Adam Jones - Soaring and searing
"Slip kid" - Pete Townsend - such an underrated song, Townsend not expecially known for solos but listen to this one
"Catch your train" - Ulrich Roth - blistering solos and fills
"5150" - Edward Van Halen - not a Hagar era fan, but this one was my favorite solo
"Revalation (Mother Earth)" - Randy Rhoads - I prefer Diary overall as an album, but that solo is insane
"Walk all over you" - Angus Young - some people laugh at me for saying it, but Angus had the best pick scrape ever
"Falling off the edge of the world"- Tony Iommi - So many to pick from but this one was most epic
"Who's crying now" - Neil Schon - the ultimate rainy day solo
"The Sentinel" - Glenn Tipton/KK Downing - awesome duel and harmonies for epic song
"Funeral for a friend/Love lies bleeding" - Davey Johnstone - underrated guitarist
"Die hard the hunter" - Steve Clark - he was everything to that band, and they plummeted without him
"Achilles last stand" - Page's opus, there were so many but this one takes the crown
"The Vigil" - Buck Dharma - another underrated guitarist, my favorite BOC song
"Long time" - Tom Scholz - So epic, so sonically perfect
"Into the fire" - George Lynch - melodic and flashy, he plays fast and still stays melodic
"The end" - Paul McCartney/George Harrison/John Lennon - these guys didn't do that often enough
"Need your love" - Rick Nielson - a builds up brilliantly to a climax
"Lines in the sand" - John Petrucci - amazing tension built up and released
"The dogs of war" - Michael Schenker - not what a lot of people would choose, but listen to it!!
"Promises in the dark" - Neil Geraldo - so underrated and so perfect for serving the song
"Candy-O" - Elliot Easton - Every note so perfect
"Snowblind" - James Young - Tommy may be better overall, but this was my favorite Styx solo, it was James
Agreed, Machine Gun is the ultimate electric guitar piece/solo of all time. Played on January 1st, 1970.
Jimmy Page - Since i’ve been loving you... insane solo.
And what about that crazy little thing on Peace Frog - The Doors...
Al Di Meola on Paul Simon’s - Allergies
Richard Thompson - Put it There Pal.
Love Ernie Isley’s solo on long version of “Summer Breeze”....never hear anyone else mention it !!
Jimmy Page Tea for One. Beautiful
Claymor Just love that.
@@sealisa1398 ditto
Only genuine Zeppelin fans listen to Tea for One and love Prescence.
Always loved the emotion and feel of that song and solo by Jimmy.
Yeah Presence, as a whole, is arguably their best album IMHO. I think I'm Gonna Crawl has a similar feel to "Tea" minus the guitar work, both great though.
Frosted a solid album for sure
With so many memorable guitar solos by memorable guitar players, there are so much more that unfortunately get rarely mentioned. I would include: (1) Andy Latimer's solo on Camel's 'Summer Lightning', 'Five String Blues' by Roy Buchanan and perhaps my favourite guitar solo of all time - Jim McCarthy's solo on the Rockets' 'Lost Forever, Left For Dreaming".
Excellent list, I'm going to have to check out the Robin Trower stuff.
A few of my favs not mentioned;
Astronomy - from Some Enchanted Evening by Buch Dharma of BOC
Red Sector A - from Grace Under Pressure by Alex Lifeson of Rush
Lay it on the Line - from Just a Game by Rik Emmett of Triumph
22 Acacia Avenue (the solo at the end of the song) - from Number of the Beast by Adrian Smith of Iron Maiden
Empty Rooms - from We Want Moore by Gary Moore
Assaholic - from Smilin' Buddha Cabaret by Phil Comparelli of 54-40
Sails of Charon (beginning solo of song) by Uli Jon Roth of Scorpions
The Chain - from Rumours by Lindsay Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac
Sultans of Swing - from Dire Straits by Mark Knopfler
Brother in Arms - from Brothers in Arms by Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits
These are great picks. One of mine that sticks out is Vivian Campbell's solo on 'Dont talk to Strangers' on DIO album.
Phoenix- Wishbone Ash is a great choice.
What about Green Grass and High Tides by the Outlaws?
Excellent choice! So many great guitar solos on those old Outlaws albums!
That came out another same time as Free Bird. Friends and I would argue which was best.
@@mikejmckelvey I always liked Green Grass and High Tides a lot more than Free Bird.
@@birdzilla106 They both had smoking dual lead guitars solos. But I did like it better too.
John Sykes Still of the Night, Ritchie Blackmore Stargazer and Tony Iommi on Heavan and Hell are 3 of my favourite guitar solos.
Outrageous performances on all 3 of them!
Steve Howe - Starship Trooper (Wurm)
Great choice on 'Since I've been loving you' but I think the most overlooked are the live (original ) 'No quarter' and 'Tea for one 'from Presence are better than SIBLY
Perfect Lifeson pick, la villa, from the live, yes, he continues that build up and speed for a longer duration than the studio album, just sounds better, no pause in that speedy shredding section at the end of that solo... great pick..
Steve Howe - Perpetual Change - Yessongs :-)
I totally agree. Such joy in Howe's playing. The Yessongs Perpetual Change solo is in my top ten. NO DOUBT. Thanks for mentioning it.
Wurm from Starship Trooper
So true Chris so true
One of my favorites as well!
To be over & Mood for a day
Roy Buchanan: The Messiah Will Come Again
I also love the solos played by Glenn Tipton on Dreamer Deceiver and Beyond The Realms Of Death by Judas Priest.
Adventures in a Yorkshire landscape.... Bill Nelson
“Magic” by Pilot. The hard rock guitar solo is a great aberration from the nice popish tune.
Just a couple that come to mind, Hendrix: Pali Gap is pretty good
Also Larry Carlton on Kid Charlemagne
The trade-off to the solo "Revelations" by Iron Maiden from the album "Piece Of Mind" shows the tastiness of Dave Murray and Adrian Smith's unique styles!
Great selection Pete! I was kind of worried that you wouldn't include a Gilmour solo but you did, thank God! 😅 You have impeccable taste and one hell of a CD collection!
Fun list with great comments. I’ll have to re-listen to some, and try others. Some I would add would be Rudolph Schenker’s solo on Lady Starlight, Manfred Mann’s Blinded By The Light (album version), Buck Dharma on Nosferatu, Leslie West on Nantucket Sleighride, Steve Rothery on Easter, and Uli Jon Roth on Fly to the Rainbow.
here's 20 of my favourites in no particular order
Adventures In A Yorkshire Landscape - Be-Bop Deluxe from Tramcar To Tomorrow (Bill Nelson)
Not Fade Away - Steve Hillage
The Final Peace - Jeff Beck
Cortez The Killer - Neil Young from The Live Rust Video not the album
Tales Of The Unexpected - Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush
The Loner - Gary Moore- Live At Hammersmith Odeon
Lotus - Tommy Bolin - from Teaser (deluxe edition)
The Miskatonic Variations 2 - The Bevis Frond from New River Head (Nick Saloman & Bari Watts)
Maggot Brain - Funkadelic (Eddie Hazel)
Veteran Of The Psychic Wars - Blue Oyster Cult from Extra Terrestrial Live (Buck Dharma)
Banal - Bill Nelson - From Quit Dreaming And Get On The Beam
The Rocker - Thin Lizzy - from Vagabonds Of The Western World (Eric Bell)
Mind Train - Sundial - from Return Journey (Gary Ramon)
Incident At Neshabur - Santana - from Lotus
Voyage 34 - Porcupine Tree - cd single - (Stephen Wilson)
Into The Cryptic Mist - The Bevis Frond - from Triptych (Nick Saloman)
I'd Rather Be The Devil - John Martyn - from Live At The BBC dvd
Voodoo Chile - Frank Marino - from Real Live
Panic In Detroit - David Bowie - from David Live (Earl Slick)
Still I'm Sad - Rainbow - from Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
David Clempson's solo in Skelington from Colosseum Live. It's long, it's crazy and I love it every time I listen to it.
In no particular order:
Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven (yeah I know, very predictable choice)
Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil
Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4
Rush - Working Man
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower
Black Sabbath - Snowblind
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
Deep Purple - Burn
David Bowie - Moonage Daydream
Grand Funk Railroad - Inside Looking Out
Free - Mr Big
Ned-Jimmy's solo on Stairway' is incredibly obvious......because it's melodic perfection, telling a story all the way, like every great solo should! Insanely memorable and I still bring out my world class air guitar skills every time Page starts to shred! P.S. Your list KILLS!
Got to throw some love out to these:
Leslie West - Theme from an Imaginary Western
Jimmy Page- Achilles Last Stand
David Gilmore - On the Turning Away
You have to include some Carlos Santana, alot of great guitar solos in his long and illustrious career
Check out my Part 2 to this video stacked with plenty of honorable mentions! ua-cam.com/video/K86LpuE1cT4/v-deo.html&index=9
I don´t know why but Stone cold by Ritchie, is one of my favorite solos
A fine solo indeed!
Yes, it's that tone!
Was blown away ... the Lifeson and Page picks are mine too. If you pick Dimeola you should maybe get some McLaughlin in. The Purpose of When solo from the Devotion album has to be one of the most narcotic ever recorded.
A few of mine:
John McLaughlin - "The Noonward Race" (Inner Mounting Flame) - blistering; "Sister Andrea" (Between Nothingness & Eternity) - a cry from the heart; "Siren" (Devotion)... there are more, but I'll stop here
Al Dimeola - "Midnight Tango" (Elegant Gypsy) - sensuous & erotic; "Majestic Dance" (Romantic Warrior)
Larry Coryell - "Hold On, I'm Comin'" (Memphis Underground), "The Word" (The Jazz-Rock Syndrome), "Molly's Lament" (Dragon Gate)
Carlos Santana - "Neckbones & Home Fries" (Giants, with a one-off pickup band)
John Abercrombie - "Crosswinds" (Crosswinds) - love that lazy sustain!
John Scofield - "Dirty Rice" (Loud Jazz) - more of a duet with powerhouse drummer Dennis Chambers
prolly others...
McLaughlin's guitar work on those early MO albums was ferocious, blistering, exciting and the music still sounds radical and unique in 2019 !
I like this JMc: ua-cam.com/video/WBIoSgobINE/v-deo.html
Not a huge fan of the song but my favorite solo of all time is “No More Tears” Ozzy
And those pinch harmonic squeals as well.
@@offtherealm5438 exactly! No matter how many times I listen to it. It still sends chills down my spine 🤘🏻
I love the solo in Neon Knights by Black Sabbath off their Heaven and Hell album
Any David Gilmour solo! Led Zeppelin "Achilles Last Stand" & "Heartbreaker", Megadeth "Tornado of Souls" & "Hangar 18" , Jeff Beck "Scared for the children", Iron Maiden "Alexander the Great", Joe Satriani "Memories", Metallica "Four Horsemen", Jason Becker "Dweller in the cellar" & "Eleven Blue Egyptians", Steve Vai "Tender Surrender" & "Building the Church", Ynwie Malmsteen "Black Star" & "Far Beyond the Sun", Pantera "we'll meet again" , Black Sabbath "heart like a wheel" & "Lonely is the word"
Finally someone who gets it with Child In Time!
Awesome feel in that one!
I don't think I could do it, but, I was digging your list and I'll need to check out a few. I'm so glad you put Free Bird on there. The ending of that song may be my all-time favorite ending. It's chilling and if you're driving at the time, you better watch your speed. I would definitely have a Criss Oliva and Michael Romeo solo on my personal list.
Both great choices. I kind of went for some older favorites, hence not a ton of 'metal' on this one, but if I decide to do a part 2, expect to see some Petrucci, Oliva, Romeo, Tipton, Lynch, etc on that one.
Hi Pete thanks for the list. Here's mine.
1. Rainbow - Stargazer
2. Queen - Brighton Rock (it takes a lot to make me cry, but I cried tears of joy hearing this solo about 2.5 years ago)
2.5. A copout but Frank Marino's a tie of three that's so incredible - Sometimes Coming Our Way, Running Wild, and He's Calling from Real Live!
3. Deep Purple - Highway Stat from Made in Japan (imo the greatest live opening rock song of the 70s)
4. Alter Bridge - Blackbird
5. Foghat - Road Fever from Foghat Live. A true deep cut that never gets any mention. That slide guitar is amazing.
-Eric Schemerhorn solo on TV eye live. From the Iggy Pop antology.
-Frank Zappa intro solo on Pojama people from One size fits all.
-Ritchie Blackmore solo on The gates of Babylon from Long live Rock and roll.
-Pat Metheney solo on Third wind from Still life (talking)
-Frank Zappa solo instrumental "the return of shut up 'n play your guitar" from Shut up' n play your guitar.
The first ten solos that comes in my mind, in no particular order :
Gary Moore - Still got the blues
Randy Rhoads - Mr.Crowley
George Lynch - Unchain the night
Mark Knopfler - Sultans of swing
Steve Hackett - Firth of fifth
David Gilmour - Comfortably numb
Eagles - Hotel California
Rick Emmett - In the night
Santana - Europa
Neil Schon - Who's crying now
Hi Pete, great list again! I recently tried to make a list of my fav guitar solos, and it’s hard to do! (Well, it’s even harder to play them, for sure). Anyway, agree with many of your choices. For Comfortably Numb I would have picked the -extented- Pulse version, which for me may be the best solo ever. Other great solos: Richard Thompson’s solo on Tear Stained Letter (live) on the Watching the Dark album, where he rips his Strat to shreds; Steve Morse on The Bash (also a live rendition; unbelievable flatpicking), and Gov’t Mule’s Trane/Eternity’s Breath on Dark Side Of The Mule (again, a live track). Others on my list are Camel - Ice, Yes - Sound Chaser, Clapton - Double Trouble, Vince Gill & Albert Lee - Ain’t Living Long Like This. Hope you keep on ranting, highly enjoyable.
I think solos have to be broken up into categories to have it make any sense rating them
Didn't see anybody mention Peter Green but his version of "I've got a mind to give up living" has a feel so gut wrenching that it has to be up there. Peter wasn't the most technical player but his blues feel is unrivaled
Angus Young-Let there be rock (If you want blood, you've got it of ACDC live album) Uli Roth-Life's like a river(Scorpions).
Besides from all the excellent solo’s mentioned above and below , here’s a couple more worth checking out :
D-A-D - Point of view
The Cult - Sweet soul sister
Viktor & the blood - Kicks out on a
saturday night
Good call on that Cult track. There's some great guitar work on that whole album. Now I have to go dig it out for a listen. :-)
What you said about Alex Lifeson is right on the mark. Totally agree.
Pete, I really dig your "live" lists. Your rock music IQ is pretty high and I appreciate how you dissect bands and musicians to justify your rankings. There are a few respectable websites out there that provide rankings for various musical categories but watching someone rank these live is pretty cool. I watched another popular person on UA-cam that does the same thing, but he cannot hold a candle to you. Thank you for making it interesting.
Steve Hackett on The Musical Box. Perfection.
Heavy metal as well even though people will disagree and say 'thats genesis thats not heavy'