TOP 10 UNDERRATED GUITAR SOLOS OF ALL TIME
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- Опубліковано 23 кві 2024
- In this episode I countdown my Top 10 Underrated Guitar Solos of All Time.
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Do a show on overrated solos
@@theoperator9474 yngwie lol 😆
I heard to get the proper Edge tone you need two delays played on two amps, facing each other, one set to 550ms the other 350ms, or somewhere there abouts. wild.
Album -Living With The Law -Chris Whitley
Lead work on "Poison Girl"
Outro solo
Gotta Check it out
Entire album is Killer
@@peterm..6981 also Roy Buchanan
Rick Beato nodding/bobbing his head, playing air drums and pointing on the high notes is all of us.
I just love that, too. ❤️
Indeed.
I love that! Shows that even after all the years in the business he still has passion and an excitement for music!
Someone should do a mashup of rick and vinheteiro pointing...
True. I am also an eternal music teenager.
I have to say, that this comment section has so many great choices of other solos to include! I learn so much from reading these. A lot of great calls that I had forgotten. Maybe a second video is in order?
Yes please! :)
Yes! LIFE GOES ON . Poison. the solo will blow your mind!
Back On The Road by Earth Wind And Fire!! That song has multiple killer solos played by the almighty Steve Lukather!
Can't argue with any of your choices. Maybe these are not "underrated", but I think every solo on "A Night At the Opera" could carry their own in this ranking. Also, Stephen Stills "Bluebird". Actually, there are so many good ones, hard to pick 100 let alone 10. Great samples, thanks.
Please include the Ted Turner solo I eluded to Rick , it is a beautiful piece of guitar work from a much underrated band of stellar musicians. I urge you to listen to the full album with the headphones on. All the best from Scotland.
This solo by Lukather was him warming up while the tape was running. They recorded it and said “great, thank you!” Luke said “no you can’t keep it, I’m overplaying” but they kept it. He burns that solo with such feel.
savage. what a player
I think he refers to it as a "zero take" solo since he'd never heard the song before either - was simply him playing along while hearing it for the first time. Talent by the boatload!
I always wish steve overplayed more on Toto records
None of this is true and I'm not sure why you would lie
Rick interviews Steve Lukather and the discuss this solo!
That Lukather solo has been one of my all time favorites for years, ever since I first heard the song back in college. One of the best and most prolific studio guitarists of all time. He deserves WAY more credit! Way to go Steve!!
as an owner of a Musicman Luke guitar for 25 year....I'm embarrassed I'd never heard that solo before, it's a beast!
Best guitarist of all time.
The best Lukather-Solo that I’ve heared is at Greg Lake’s ‘It hurts’
Now I know why that song sounded so good back in those Miami Vice days.
Don Felder’s solo on “One of These Nights” is a killer. Actually, pretty much all of Don Felder’s solos are killer.
Always loved that solo…
YES! GOOD ONE!
Agreed
Tommy Shaw's lead solo in the song "Man In The Wilderness" or in the song "Castle Walls."
Couldn't agree more, I've recorded a couple versions of that solo myself, and try as I might, just can't get that same bite and fluidity that he has. Just that unique Felder touch 👍
"My Sharona" has a pretty banging solo no one talks about.
Seconded!
Absolutely true. Amazing solo. Love playing it
@@TheSofaKing99 / Thirded
His name is Berton Averre, ya! Always felt that solo was a ripper, totally pushes the song and the subject matter, like a big climax!
Absolutely an amazing solo! Make sure to take the long version instead of the radio edit!
That last solo is why I respect Lukather so much, it has it all, it also sounds so Hold-the-liney, love it!
Don't know how it compares to many hundreds of others, but Jeff Baxters guitar work and riffs throughout
"My Old School" by Steely Dan
are like a scalpel, a laser beam of sharp and crisp guitar mastery that I NEVER get tired of listening to!!❤
That lukather solo should have made it to the greatest solos
Same for me, great work by Baxter
@RobHarvy AND, that gatling gun blast of horns right after "California, tumbles into the sea......"
That's Funk on nitrous oxide!!🤪
I was gonna add that one! So many great solos on Steely Dan records that My Old School seems to go under the radar…it’s flawless 🎸
King's X has been criminally overlooked for their entire career. Thanks throwing them some love!
Completely agree. Lucky enough to see them in NYC at a club in last few years.
^^^^
Which song off the album Faith Hope Love is this solo from? Rick doesn’t mention the song. Only the album and it’s not credited in the description
@@rionmckerron the song is “it’s love”.
The entire Dogman album by Kings X is excellent.
Rick says how great these solos are, then just plays them himself like he’s having a bowl of cornflakes. The guy is a musical freak.
Yes Rick is definitely a freak of nature himself.
Yeah, that's called really hard work! He is great, but it's obvious how much thought and hard work go into it :)
And love.
A lot of the solos are not technically hard. They are just well constructed and played with great feel.
I'd say Rick is very talented!
He only plays some of them. De doesn't even attempt the Spoonman or Don't Fear the Reaper solos
Every time I hear REO’s “Take It On the Run” I can barely keep myself from fast forwarding 2:00 to get to Gary Richrath’s solo. I don’t know if it’s because the rest of the song is basically acoustic, or the three-part solo itself, but I have to believe it deserves a spot on this list.
King's X, Ty Tabor in particular, is criminally underrated. Saw them live in about 1996-1997, and Ty played an extended solo for about 9 minutes at the end of "A Box" off Ear Candy. It was the most transcendent music listening experience of my life. Nothing else mattered, I forgot where and who I was, and at the end I was wiping away tears. I still get goosebumps remembering it. Early in his career, Ty also created some of the best tones I've ever heard. I don't know of another band that has brought as many other genres into Metal: soul, funk, gospel, groove, and British invasion vocals. BTW, I'd love to see Rick interview Ty Tabor.
That solo sounds like Tommy Bolin
Kinda jealous, A Box is probably their greatest song ever
@@MrTimarattila Liquid Tattoo? I got mine.
Agreed - Ty Tabor gets a fraction of the recognition he deserves, as does King's X as a band.
One of These Nights... Don Felder. Actually everything by Don Felder is underrated
Fingers Felder.... Great guitarist.
Absolutely
“I Can’t Tell You Why” by the Eagles has another killer solo on it. Most people don’t know, though, it was actually played by Glenn Frey!?! It’s one of my favorite solos ever just for how melodic it is and the bends in it couldn’t be anymore perfect. Once you learn Glenn played it, you can then immediately tell it was played by a singer.
Don Felder and Elliot Easton of the Cars (ref’d by Rick here) had very different sounds, but both guys were incapable of playing a solo that wasn’t a perfect little gem of tasty lead guitar, embedded in a vocal-driven hit song.
Those guys didn’t get as much soloing time from their bands as they deserved, but they made every single note and phrase totally count.
@@CasperLCat Yes, Elliot Easton as well. Never played a bad solo. So underrated
Terry Kath has many great solos. He's the most underrated and the most forgotten. He was a monster on the guitar.
Hendrix LOVED him !!
@@tresjordan982 Yep, I remember he said something about wanting to play like Kath
@@curvdaire4040 he said “this guy is a better player than me”
I never liked him till I understood him now I respect him a lot
Jimi Hendrix gave Terry a huge compliment. He also had CTA, which later changed their name to Chicago, as his opening act. Terry was the a pretty shy guy, so his conversations with Hendrix were usually short because he was in awe of Hendrix. Terry and the guys were thrilled to open for Hendrix. This was at the time their 1st album came out. When Terry died I was crushed. He was a good friend of mine.
Really appreciate the inclusion of New Years Day! It’s such a gorgeous solo that defines “less is more”.
Exactly. Unfortunately, U2 doesn't' sound like this anymore.
Agree, Edge could always do a lot melodically with just a few notes
Edge took his early sound from Eddie Van Halen off of Ain’t Talking bout Love. Listen to Eddie’s riff @ the 1 minute and 22 sec mark in that song.
I was listening to The Knack's My Sharona yesterday and thought about your list of underrated guitar solos. This album cut guitar solo by Berton Averre is, in my opinion, one of the most overlooked and underrated guitar solos ever. It is one of my favorites because it just fits the song perfectly.
Absolutely!
Most annoying song EVER!!!
Agreed!
Best solo
So true! One of the BEST solos on record, ever! Heard it a thousand times!
King's X! Not just that solo, the whole band is underrated! So good
Totally remember loving them in high school
Totally!
One of the best sounding rock bands!. You never hear them to thin or over modulated. Always spot on with recording & live.
Kings X was the first rock band I ever heard. Changed my life forever.
Steve is the unknown /unsung hero for a lot of these great songs
Tears for Fears "everybody wants to rule the world". I've recently come to recognize how good the guitar is, especially the outro solo. Nothing technically outstanding but the tone fits perfectly with the feel of the song.
The syncopation is great fun... It is a great solo!
Came to say the same thing. Highly underrated.
Yeah. Good choice.
The solo in their song 'Shout' is also great, despite being very simple. Or maybe that's exactly why!? :-)
Agreed! I was going to comment that if no one else had.
I love the guitar solo at the end of Goodbye Stranger by Supertramp.
Ditto!! I get so pissed off every time it fades out! LOL 😆 Friggin brilliant.
@@vonnymanna559 every friggin time they play it on the radio, they fade out or the DJ starts babbling over it! 😡
@@jeffhudick2385 Ugh, yes… That should be illegal…!!! 😤 Crime of the Century! 😉
Absolutely
Christopher Cross of course…”Ride Like the Wind” end of song solo. You did a very nice analysis of that underrated solo. 👍🎶
hell yeah
Isn't that Lukather as well? I know he did work with Cross
@@Squidlybooga Rick Beato did a nice segment about the Cross solo on “Ride Like the Wind” and how it was underrated and mixed to far in the background in his opinion. I never really heard it clearly until he emphasized it in his analysis in his studio…unless I misunderstood who Rick said created the solo?
Gary Moore - "Black Rose" (Thin Lizzy)
Steven Wilson - "Dark Matter", "Radioactive Toy" (Porcupine Tree)
Everything Gilmour played on "Animals".
There's a reason why Rick Beato can't feature anything from Gary Moore, and that is because Moore's estate are blockers.
Solo on "The Sound of Muzak" by Porcupine Tree, also.
Wilson is Awesome.
David Gilmour underrated? yeah, riiiiight.
@@sjice69 He has a 25 year body of work, continuously evolving and fresh. He has his own style, instantly recognizable. He does not get 1% of the credit he deserves for being one of the top musicians of this generation.
If I recall correctly, I heard Lukather say in an interview that when he went to the studio to discuss Lionel Richie's ideas for the solo for "Running with the Night", he sat down with the studio engineer and started noodling on his guitar to get/give some idea of what to play, and they recorded his noodling guitar licks. When he finished, the engineer and producer told Luke "that's it, that's exactly what we were looking for", so Luke says "great, when can we start laying down that actual solo track?". To which they replied, "We just did!".
That improvisational guitar playing was recorded and USED on the ALBUM! On the first take, in what he thought was a warm-up session, Lukather totally rocked the solo, without any flubs. Now that's a Rock Star!
Doug Layton
YES YES YES & AMEN !!!
Oh man what a great story! It's like a much happier version of [SPOILER ALERT] the final battle in Ender's Game.
I have the utmost admiration for Steve Lukather as a guitarist (and he serms a nice person too).
@@rhodigian
I have seen him in several interviews.... Professor of Rock as an example...humble is so right.
Also my nephew & his son hang out with him & some of the other TOTO members when they go to LA...they say the same thing ..True Story .!!
Nephew & son are incredible musicians on the side( he is one of the top anesthesiologists in the country..( just sayin'..lol lol)
Great story. Luke’s such a fantastic musician.
Any solo from Alex Lifeson is underrated.
Also, the solo from My Sharona (the full solo, not the radio version.) is very underrated .
Watching you genuinely enjoy the music is half the joy of these videos . Brings me back to listening sessions !
La Villa Strangiato. Alex Lifeson’s bluesy guitar solo in the middle of that epic instrumental is utterly insane.
Incredible! One my favs’!But, I don’t think it, or Alex is underrated.
I dragged my band thru this insanity in the early 80’s!!😜😃😃😃☀️🧨...
Anything Alex played was right on and excellent. Fit the song and made a statement even during 80's techno albums like Power Windows and Grace under pressure.
@@ltcurry agree completely. I love the textural and atmospheric stuff on Signals, Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows and Hold Your Fire. But I have to say, Counterparts was a “Oh Hell yes” return to form for me. Alex is a great player, as are Geddy and Neil (RIP, Professor).
Another solo by Alex Lifeson is the one in A passage to Bangkok on the perfect live album Exit... stage left.
Elliot Easton is def one of the most under-rated guitarists
Agreed. Touch And Go is another one of my fav Elliot Easton solos.
The solo on My Best Friend's Girlfriend!
Luke's solo on Running with the Night is my all time fave of his session work. His fingerprints are all over it if you know his playing style. Its unmistakable.
That first solo you played by Ty Tabor really knocks me out because of its great melodic stream of consciousness over crazy chord changes. I think if asked most musicians to play a solo over those changes they would end up with gibberish. It really shows his ability to creatively hear a melody.
Aside from the epic sax riff, the guitar solo on "Baker Street" still gives me the chills...
Always loved the tone that guitar had on that solo. From what I've been able to find out, it was done on a Les Paul.
@@mannydavis7708 Yes; it's classic Les Paul. Through a Fender Twin Reverb unless I'm much mistaken.
@djessex. I think that the guitar solo on "Baker Street" was played by Hugh Burns. However, Gerry Rafferty did have the great Richard Thompson play guitar solos on some of his album tracks. So it may be Richard.......
👍👍👍
Year Of The Cat has the same kind of transition
_"How many bars you think you'll be soloing, Steve"?_
_"...Yes"_
All of them, please lower your drum mics and mute your mic completely for a bit....no more stupid questions!
Lol
Thought it'd be Steve Howe lol
"All of them"
Duane Allman is my long-term favourite for that, with Boz Scaggs' Loan Me a Dime. Five whole minutes of sheer genius.
What I really like about that "Luke-Solo": You can literally hear the musicality and the taste of tones. Especially the little "uncleanlinesses" of some notes and runs makes this one so special and alive. I know, that that was "just" a warmup to get a feeling for the song. But that makes it even cooler. Luke has always been a hell of a player.
I remember as a kid in the 80’s rewinding and playing two guitar solos constantly. One was EVH’s Beat It solo and the other was Steve Lukather’s Running with the night solo. Still can’t pick the best one but that old Walkman’ rewind button took some abuse!
I remember being 14 and almost screaming "Why are you fading? ARGH - let that solo go on dammit"
When there's Steve Lukather on a thumbnail you know I'm gonna watch.
must watch lol
Of course!
It seems they said to Steve: Go for it man !
Haha same 👌
@@RodrigoPF82 check out wiki, done in one take.
Alex Lifeson - “The Camera Eye” on Moving Pictures. Gives me chills every time I hear it
I strongly agree with this statement!
My list would have had 10 Alex solos 😂
It makes me so happy when I'm not the only one.
Totally agree. Lifeson takes guitar to a whole new sonic level on "Camera". One of my favorites. It is absolutely sublime.
jvb
ABSOLUTELY AGREE !!!!! So under-rated because of just how good Geddy is on bass and The Professor on drums. Love Alex.
Lukather is so versatile, has such a large vocabulary and his phrasing is beautifully melodic even when he tears up the fret board. It is most fortunate that uses single coils. So much nuance would be missed otherwise.
plays on 500 LPs
One thing about the Lukather solo that a lot of people don't know is that he had just sat down to do a run through on the tune. Thew engineer played the basic track while Steve jammed along with it. Then he told the producer he was ready for the take, but the producer said "That was the take!" So, Steve packed up, collected his check, and went home!! How awesome is that?!
That's not true at all. The lies people tell
@@yammak2004 Then I’ll let you tell Lukather he’s a liar. He’s the one that told that story!!
@@jamphotostudio another lie. He never told that story Being a pathological liar is sad man
That was pretty epic how that ended up in the song! Just warming up and boom, it was good enough to be apart of the song!
Mark Knopfler on “Telegraph Road” will always pop into my head when I hear underrated solos
Nick Massaroni This song so so awesome and mind blowing like the full Album Love over Gold
100% genius laced in gold.
Also Tunnel of Love
@@royblijleven2814 Tunnel of Love is Making Movies, 1980
@@grokur9714 Yes I know, but I mean that it is also a very underrated solo by Knopfler
Mick Ronson - Moonage Daydream (Bowie). Ronson finds more emotion with two or three notes than most guitarists find with the whole guitar.
Can’t argue with that. But Earl Slick’s solo on the same song on David Live is killer.
Totally agree!
Add that reverb baby !
Nice call. Always loved his tone as well.
3 off the top of my head:
Rebel yell-Billy idol,
everybody wants to rule the world-tears for fears,
seventeen-winger 😄
It didn't hit just how good of a guitar player Steve Stevens is until I picked up the Bozzio/Levin/Stevens CDs and I was absolutely AMAZED. Not to discredit his work with Billy Idol - that's good stuff too, but in the BLS work his range, sense of dynamics, speed and tasteful use of effects are really showcased - I couldn't recommend those more highly!
My criteria is no artists or songs that are too obscure, with all solos being from guitarists or bands virtually everyone would know, and songs everyone should know, but mot necessarily for the highly imaginative and unusual, or idiosyncratic guitar solos in them. In other words, they are signature solos that reflect the guitarists unique style and personality in such a way that they are difficult for others to duplicate.
1. Ten Years Gone - Jimmy Page
2. Since You’re Gone -Elliot Easton
3. You Got That Right - Steve Gaines
4. Life’s Been Good - Joe Walsh
5. Red Barchetta - Alex Lifeson
6. You’ve Got Another Thing Coming - Glenn Tipton
7. I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide - Billy Gibbons
8. Badge - Eric Clapton
9. Have A Cigar - David Gilmour
10. Peg - Jay Graydon
One of the most underrated guitarists in rock is Alex Lifeson. Hard to pick just one example but the break on La Villa Strangiato will give you chills.
Just a few days I listened to it on the subway and had to go back to that exact break several times. It's so good. His guitar, Geddy's synth and then the Professor chiming in too.
Amen
Ohhh. I can't count how many times I listened to that instrumental.
There are tons of great rock bands, but Rush is the only one full of musicians that I would call "virtuoso". All three of them. RIP Neil.
so true
Steve Hackett on Firth of Fifth--Masterpiece!
Loved this Rick! Especially your #1 ... It is so crazy how many recordings Steve is on and even crazier how many people have no clue of him or who he is!!! Luke is incredible!! I think it would be great for you to do a video on Toto's Deep Cuts... Songs that most haven't a clue about!
I totally agree. Although, I listen to a mix of bands in the classic rock genre from many decades I've probably heard Steve Lukather on many songs and not realize it and I was only familiar with 3 of Toto's hits Rosanna, Africa and Hold the Line and that was about it, but after listening to Toto on Spotify a couple weeks before seeing them opening for Journey, I was like WOW!!! They're really good and they also are very good live in concert. It would be cool to hear Rick talk about Toto's deep cuts.
Leon Russell's piano alongside Harrison's guitar makes Day After Day a great sounding song...definitely a fav of mine
First solo ever to blow my mind as a kid, 25 or 6 to 4. Still love it.
Terry Kath was so underrated. He was a great guitar player! How about his extended ride on "Dialogue (Part 2)"?
Still listen to the live version once a month. Amazing.
The version from Tanglewood is unbelievable.
FR love it
Awesome job sir!!!
I love the solo in Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty. I think it was Hugh Burns who played it.
One of my favourites....
Absolute classic!
Another monster piece, a personal fav, but doesn't really fit the underrated part.
@@losblancos5089 I thought it deserved the "underrated" tag because when people think of Baker Street they mostly think about the saxophone part and not the guitar part.
one of my favorites
Gilmour has MANY great solos, but I LOVE the one on Coming Back to Life. SO SO uplifting!!
I don't think DG is in the "underrated" category. Demi God of Guitar solo possibly.
@@dhgreer I was just saying that song is not as high profile as his other 'classics'. He's got WAY too many great solos. And I would remove the 'demi' 😄
Love High Hopes too! And Marooned is a masterpiece. Doesn’t get the respect it deserves nor does the Division Bell in general.
Pete Carr played such a soulful, beautiful solo and riff on Bob Seger's "Main Street." Seger's singing was perfect for the song, but the guitar elevated it to another level. Not particularly difficult, I don't imagine (I'm not a guitar player), but sometimes simpler is better.
"Goodbye Stranger," from Supertramp's 1979 album, Breakfast in America. Roger Hodgson's solo coming out of the final turnaround is just perfect.
Agreed.
I like "Waiting So Long" solo much more :).
I just listened to that. Man, I had forgotten how great an album that was.
Yessir! Amazing way it just burns with that perfect filter sweep. perfect and glad someone else appreciates it.
No One Knows - Queens of the Stone Age. Josh Homme's tone, phrasing and note selection are outside the box and killer
The solo he plays on The Dessert Sessions version of "Make it Wit Chu" is so good. We covered that song for a party, and now I channel that feel when I improv within other tunes.
Terrific answer. I'd recommend watching the "Guitar Moves" episode with him (if you haven't already -- I imagine you already have though!)
Homme, in his own mind is straddling the line between expressive and goofy (in the aforementioned video, he describes a certain pattern he plays as almost "curtsying" the listener).
He basically plays Russian Roulette when it comes to solos, cramming in odd notes and toying with timing, like a man who secretly wants a finger caught in the red. Nonetheless, he's impeccable live, and his playing is always raw, swaggering and --most importantly-- *interesting* .
It blew my mind when I learned that he'd fused the standard blues scale with some exotic notes, and then settled on his own manner of approaching the hybridised scale he'd hit upon (probably a game of snakes and ladders he played with himself as a teenager in his bedroom).
He plays it differently when he's ascending vs descending, and sometimes throws in a few alien notes for good measure (because they please the ear).
I'd love to see Rick analyse 'Make It Wit Chu'. It's such a simple groove, but it hits hard and is full of clever intonations and stylistic choices; moreover, it's the best example of Josh Homme's unique approach to guitar solos and the hybridised scale he uses I've yet encountered in his work.
** However, it ought to be said that sometimes all bets are off: in certain solos (like 'You Can't Quit Me Baby') he just vibes it out, favouring daunting or experimental notes over conventional ones. I'd say he conjured a few of them in the studio, and after messing around a bit, came to an understanding of what would sound good live if he deviated from the record.
*** Although he's always chill, speaking in imagery and metaphors, the documentary Homme did with Iggy Pop (on the 'Post-Pop' record) betrays an incredible knowledge of musical composition and production. Granted Iggy asked to be guided, constraining his contributions to the lyrics he originally sent Josh and the melodies he dreamt up in response to the music Josh sent back, there are clips in that documentary of Josh suggesting several ways of approaching a certain note, or different options when harmonising, to Iggy -- I.E. piloting the ship.
All of it together indicates an intimate understanding and nuanced take on music. As Homme is a punk at heart, I don't imagine for a second that he absorbed music via rote learning or teaching. I'd say he just listened to a ton of records and sharpened his ear as he learned various instruments -- all bolstered by an aptitude for music.
He's one of those few guitarists who have an organic *and* original approach to the instrument. I think he underestimates himself as a guitarist. His ear always drives him (and the listener) somewhere cool, and he has a knack for fashioning unconventional melodies, whether it's guitar or vocals.
I see him as more of an artist than a guitarist-cum-songwriter, somewhat like David Bowie but with one key difference: whereas Bowie surrenders himself to new genres and appraises suggestions from his collaborators, Josh brings *his* style to whatever project he's working on.
Josh is like the king on the chessboard -- everything he works on has his 'sound', just as the game revolves around the king; Bowie is more akin to the queen -- he hunts down interesting ideas and then takes a directive role where the project is concerned (vetoing and approving ideas as he sees fit), letting the sound evolve rather than manipulating it.
Killer pick, man!
Josh's solo on that tune is a great example of a colorful, out-of-the-box kind of solo.
His tone is very distinctive and his playing is very expressive.
Also, his note choice is quite interesting.
Definitely a stand-out track on that album!
Great pick. One of these days I gotta sit down and really learn it.
Oh yes!! Great choice! 👌
I have been listening to running with the night since it came out and cannot get over it. Awesome
Running with the Night is an absolute jam. The first time I heard it, I looked up the guitar solo immediately. ❤
Terry Kath - 25 or 6 to 4! My favorite of all time.
Terry Kath was an excellent musician and singer. Miss those days.
@@cindymetcalf2924 My all-time personal favorite guitarist! Graduated H.S. in '71 in L.A., where Chicago was the "House Band" at the Whiskey A Go-Go. (was under 21 so I couldn't get in) Was STUNNED by his untimely (and totally AVOIDABLE death), and not a day goes by that I don't wonder, "What might have been...?" re what he still had to offer musically, and what Chicago would have created due to the leadership and "chemistry" he provided for the group. As Robert Lamm (Chicago's keyboardist and primary songwriter in their 1st 10 years) so accurately noted, "When Terry died, Chicago did too...." I still miss him...
In the Official/Tanglewood video for that song - you can see the horn section is totally into the solo. And you know they've seen/heard him do it hundreds of times, but it's still moving them. THAT's a solo!
You know you're good when Jimmi Hendrix looks up to you. RIP Mr Kath.
PS his daughter put a biography "Chicago: The Terry Kath Experience" on You Tube and Amazon Prime
@@debilt8 It was an excellent documentary.
Neil Young’s solo in “Cinnamon Girl”...
Best one-note solo ever!!
Seriously!!!
NICE... could be here forever, so much to choose from, but Cinnamon Girl is a great one.
Cowgirl in the sand and Cortez the killer!
@@declanp1 Cortez lasts 6 days in concert...
DOwN BY THE RIVER ALSO
@@JimObsolete oh no, that's truly long and horrible... sounds like guitar lessons.
Rick, you are so intelligent musically that you blow me away. I discovered this when I bought the Beato Book. But what I really enjoy about your videos is that you are such a music/musician fan. As you were listening to these solos, you were playing air guitar just like the much lest talented goofs like myself. I have a very long way to go to ever get close to your musical knowledge. I will never catch up. But my love for music keeps me playing and studying. Your videos help as well. I just love music so much and it is so much fun to see how much you love it too. Keep up the good work.
Loving your videos, Rick - and this one especially. Such great choices!
Not sure if it qualifies but my pitch would be Andy Latimer's solo in Camel's 'Stationary Traveller' (begins 2m39). So beautiful, melodic and moving. Andy Latimer can really make a guitar sing - but so underrated!
I love how much of a dork for music Rick is. I'm a complete novice, and there is something really cool about watching these videos by a person who has lived a professional musician's life, is extremely talented in his own right, knows so many great musicians, yet still geeks out over this stuff. Just a pure love and appreciation for the artist and their craft...this content is gold; thank you!
Me too! Still full to the brim with enthusiasm.
My thoughts exactly. Only geek musicians can get off on some of these otherwise undistinguished guitar solos (excepting George Harrison playing on a Badfinger hit. Nothing George creates can be considered sub-par or "under-rated." I don't get why it's on Rick's list).
The stabbing guitar solo in “Owner of a Lonely Heart” from Yes (Trevor Rabin) was a perfect fit for the song.
YES!! Totally agree, hypnotic song & sick solo
Even Ritchie Blackmore like that solo and he doesn't like anything!
We all love you over here man, this was such a great show, please please please never stop!-)
I absolutely love what you are doing in your videos, Rick! You are a blessing! I think one of the greatest guitar solos is Dickey Betts on Mountain Jam from the Eat a Peach album by the Allman Bros - so melodic and builds upon themes, almost classical in its execution! Of course Duane Allman adds the perfect harmony guitar parts to Dickey's solo!
"Drive Home," Steven Wilson, solo by Guthrie Govan. Govan also did the solos on "Ancestral" and "Regret #9."
I second this. Great choice!
Regret #9 always gives me goosebumps.
I hundred this. Love those solos.
Awesome solos. Happy Returns solo is one of my favs!
Yeah! My favorite is Regret#9 especially in combination with Adam Holzman's synth solo which is amazing by itself. You think the absolute peak is reached and then Guthrie comes in and blows everything away!
Imagine being in the business as long as Rick has been and still getting this excited and feeling the music so much, amazing
He reminds me of the owner of the studio I worked in back in the 80's in New Orleans, but unlike Traci, Rick has musical chops.
Well said--that's what keeps me coming back to this channel again and again, and it's that spirit (if that's the right word) that has me playing guitar, taking lessons (although I've been playing since the late 70s), buying equipment, recording, gigging...
Rick isn’t afraid to geek out and just be a fan boy of some of his musical heroes.
Completely agree, @Stuart Thomson, it's his exuberance over the things he talks about that almost helps to refuel and rediscover my own love for music that I've been passionate for since at least my teen years, maybe sooner.
That's like watching Geddy Lee playing with Yes after Chris Squier passed. Dude is still killing it and has "made it" in the industry. But he looked like a kid in a candy store to be playing with Yes!
Loved this! So happy to see the inclusion of The Edge. Too many hours of my youth were spent trying to convince friends that he could/can actually play guitar.
I love the joy you receive from this Rick.
Steve Stevens (Billy Idol) "Eyes Without a Face".
Blue Highway is killer as well.
Unique and great solo in Dont need a gun
I've mentioned this elsewhere but if you haven't heard Bozzio/Levin/Stevens, then I'll dare to say you haven't REALLY heard Steve Stevens (well, I haven't heard EVERYTHING SS has done but his playing on both B/L/S CD's is INCREDIBLE!
Alex Lifeson: the Analog Kid, Freewill, Limelight, the Camera Eye, The Weapon, and so many more.
Great solos all, but are they really "under-rated"?
@@Edotter Good point. Maybe the solo in the Weapon is though. It's very unique and typically not mentioned in top Lifeson solo discussions that I've seen..
@@Edotter How about the solo in Natural Science? Probably less we’ll-known, but man Alex is shredding in that one!
Don't forget Kid Gloves. Crazy solo.
Between the Wheels is a personal favorite.
Totally agree with New Year's Day!!! The guitar solo of such song sounds to me a piano! Beautiful! Spot on!
Great job! Really enjoyed this!
The Knack: My Sharona......amazing guitar solo. So underrated.
NuOrder11 along those lines. Turning Japanese solo
Yes!
Good call the Hammer Fall version is a good one to , but the original fits like a glove
+1 My Sharona. Used to play that solo over and over again when it came out.
It's a MASSIVE hit that everyone loves :D wouldn't say underrated
Rick's channel is the only one I know where the comment section is as enlightening as the content. Bravo, everyone! Lots of great material for a follow-up video here.
That’s so true Doug! I learn so much from my comment sections haha!!
We all learn from the comments. I'm still googling some of these song so I can listen to them to hear if I agree with everybody's recommendations. What FUN!!
@@dkbrn1b.737 Isn't it great - the volume of bands and music that this kind of video/comments has brought to my attention is incredible. Gone are the days of sticking narrowly with certain bands or genres.
@@jonometal666 Yes. I am committed to NEVER staying in my own music lane!!!
So little time, so much great music;)
Great picks, Rick. Always loved that Eliot Easton solo!
I couldn't agree more with you Ricky!! Amazing and killer solo from Steve!!
The “My Sharona” solo is brilliant and often overlooked
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Burton Averre is rarely mentioned in the pantheon of great players because The Knack were a pop band. But HOLY CATS they could burn the place down.
I came down here to post exactly this - My Sharona solo belongs at the TOP!!!
Exactly the first song that came to my mind when i saw the title of this video.
Maybe the song around it didn't help...
"Everybody Wants to rule the World. The guitar work throughout is well done and the solo at the end is great
Tears for fears is a fantastic psychedelic pop band in general. successful but highly underrated. Roland Orzabal is not only a outstanding songwriter, he is also a fantastic singer. I also love the not so popular albums, especially elemental, which is a hidden gem, Raoul and the kings of spain and that lunatic album. I don't remember the correct name at the moment.
Great shout. You wonder where it’s going while it’s fading out. That it reminds me of being a kid in the ‘80s is a bonus too
Yeah. He almost broke that string on that bend at the end. Like tubes, strings sound the best when they're about to pop.
Good one
..I'm pretty sure it's 2 different players..but I Guarantee they both listened to Steve Hackett from Genesis
I agree that's an amazing song. I haven't thought about Tears for Fears since Jr high
"Games People Play" from Turn of a friendly Card by Alan Parsons. I love that solo. You picked 3 of my favorites and they were your top 3.
Dear Rick, I'm happy that you picked up the marvellous guitar solo on Maybe I'm amazed by Paul McCartney's Wings! One oft the very best songs in his lifetime catalogue. Only one small note: The solo was played by Jimmy McCulloch who then was just in his early twenties and died much too young. Nevertheless Denny Lane is also a great musician without whom the Wings would not have been this fantastic band in the seventies. On this occasion: Thank you for your wunderful work which gives me and millions of your fans such a lot of joy, inspiration and knowledge about real music! Deepest respect and best greetings from Germany! Wolfgang
You are correct. Jimmy was such a great player. Rick is always spot on but he missed that one.
Richie Blackmoors’ solo in “Highway Star” is an excellent one. Richie Blackmore doesn’t get talked about nearly enough, for me.
That might be because nobody talked as much about Richie Blackmoor as Richie Blackmoor. He declared himself the goat two weeks before Van Halen 1 came out. His playing is extraordinary. His ego was even more extraordinary back in the day.
Yeah. Some how it seems that deep purple in general dont get the attention and credit they deserve. Everyone is talking about acdc, black sabbath, Guns and Roses or iron maiden. But DP were definately very influencing and music-wise very complex.
I agree, it’s excellent. But, IMO, it’s also legendary (I’m told that, when Machine Head came out, metal heads were listening to it with mouths agape, not believing what they were hearing). As such, it doesn’t quite qualify as “underrated”.
I agree. Everyone talks about Clapton and Page, but no one ever talks about Blackmore, iommi or Terry Kath. Those guys in that era were amazing
you know who else doesn’t? Alex lifeson
Elliot Easton is one of the most underrated guitarist of that Era. The Cars really put together great guitar songs.
He wasn't underrated by musicians, but pretty much EVERY rock guitarist back then seemed underrated given that EVH was stomping around.
@@xianshep Very true 👍
tight and clean, no fluff or filler. Elliott's solos were sweet. 🎸🎼👍
Too right! Wicked solo in 'Best Friend's Girlfriend' ! This list has waay too much M.O.R. Schmaltz for me! Springsteen's Adam Raised A Cain is epic,ZZ Top Driving While Blind
I was just about to write the same thing. His style from Carl Perkins to Robert Fripp! His arrangements are just brilliant and probably THE BEST in pop/rock music hands down!
George Harrison solo on Badfinger just makes you melt.
Running with night -- I remember this being in Guitar for the Practicing Musician as a tab lesson ! Learned it !
"Easy Lover" by Phil Collins. Daryl Stuermer's guitar solo is blazing, beautiful and efficient in the limitations of a compact pop song solo.
What a great call ... love the song. Had to put it on and listen again and I seem to vaguely remember in the video clip they spoke over the solo but mentioned how good it was in their conversation.
The only channel where I can watch, understand nothing, and still be impressed and entertained.
So I’m not the only one? I don’t even play an instrument and love watching his videos
Yes i'm like a dog listening to a discussion about mathematics -- but it is so cool and Rick is informed, and enthusiastic that i love it just the same
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His enthusiasm is the key to making the theory of musical composition accessible. It’s also his gift.
Pick up a guitar and get crackin ... one year of hell then you'll enjoy it. Just don't expect instant gratification ... everybody goes through a year of frustration. Fkk I still get frustrated a lot, I'm just used to the feeling now XD XD
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Love your #1! It’s an awesome solo 👍🏻🙌🏻🤘🏻
Chris Hayes solo on Huey Lewis and the News’ “The Power of Love” has always been one of my favorites.
If This Is It has a fantastic solo over a key change. So melodic.
Chris had a lot of great solos. He should get more attention.
Hayes was a jazz player first.
That's a good one!!!
I agree with everyone that said My Sharona should be on this list. The song was a mega hit that later became parodied and ridiculed, but the solo is just all killer, no filler. It takes a chunky, staccato song and instantly takes it to melodious good stuff, but the solo just keeps adding speed, and he never misses a note. It's the most disregarded solo, in my mind.
Yes agreed-- the solo has such a different feel from the rest of the song that it's easy to tune out. I remember tuning out as a kid during that part, then when I started playing more I realized that that solo actually really shreds.
Great solo!
TOTALLY agree. I was hoping that My Sharona was going to be #1 on Rick's list of most underrated guitar solos.
@@JeffBakerUSA Great solo but no way compares to Lukather's solo
The second solo in My Sharona is so famous it’s hard to imagine including it in a list of underrated solos, but the first solo is the one that flies under the radar IMO. So many killer sounds in that first solo.
I don't ever see "Cult of Personality" by Living Colour (Vernon Reid) on the Top 3 guitar solos so it must be underrated. Dude's riding a live wire.
That's one heck of a guitar solo; not sure if it is underrated or not, but I like it too.
absolutely, also one of my faves. The seemingly random bursts of notes he spreads over the heavy foundation of the song are amazing!
hmmm I totally love his rhythm guitar, but his solos are mostly a total mess, he is not playing very cleanly
That solo has always been on my list of “worst guitar solos in history”! Haha.
But hey, he’s a much more successful musician than I, so he must be doing something right!
Oh, what about the intro (solo?) of Fight the Fight? Dang!!!
Because I have seen so many shows from different rock artists, many of my friends asked me: "What was the best guitar player, you've ever seen?" When I counted the guitar players I saw - Eddie, Slash, Brian May, Mark Knopfler, Ritchie, Peter Frampton, Richie and so on - I always mentioned Steve Lukather as one of the best players, I've ever seen. To see him together with Toto was an honor, indeed.
SWEET collection! :D And what a DELIGHT to learn who was playing that amazing solo on the Lionel Ritchie song! :D Always loved it, and after having seen Steve interviewed on this channel, all the more special! :D
Without a doubt the solo of Firth of Fifth by Genesis had to be here.
"Firth of Fifth" deserves mention both for this and the piano intro. And while we're talking about early Genesis, how about the first solo in "Dancing With The Moonlit Knight"? That features tapping five years before Van Halen released their first album.
damn straight. This is one of my all time favs - also be Genesis (Steve Hackett) - the outtro solo to "The Lamia" from Lamb lies down on Broadway - epic.
@@DinsdalePiranha67 '71s' Nursery Cryme has a boat load of tapping on it (Musical Box, Return of the Giant Hogweed, etc...).
That came to mind. That or Musical Box. Or even Steve's super cool solo in the middle of Supper's Ready.
@@zipzip070 Seconds Out is my favorite record, and Suppers Ready is my favorite song on that record. All the guitar work on that record is amazing, but aside from Firth, people really need to check out his astonishing lines on Carpet Crawlers.
wrt Suppers Ready on that record, there are some amazing guitar parts, including the "how on earth did he do that?" talking guitar in Willow Farm. But the Supper Ready outro solo should have been on Rick's list. It's astonishing, soulful, ecstatic and just plain amazing. Honestly, I have it in 1st place, above Firth, on my list of favorite Hackett solos.
I always regarded the solo in “Don’t Fear the Reaper” as legendary, and not underrated. It’s one of my all-time faves. Because the sax riff is so celebrated and recognized, I think the amazing guitar solo in “Baker Street” is often overlooked.
Agreed on both takes. The Baker Street solo is criminally underrated and overlooked.
It needs more cowbell, though.
The cowbell solo is better though... 😆
Buck Dharma's solo on "Last Days of May" rocks!!!!
Agreed, this is a great guitar solo, and I don't think it is underrated, or over looked at all as one.
Sounds great to me… thank you for sharing!
Wow. Just watched this video this morning, and my version of the Maybe I'm Amazed live solos will be going up on my channel today. One thing Rick, it was the late Jimmy McCulloch who played them on the Wings 'Rockshow/Wings Over America' performances. That Ty Tabor solo is sweet.
Happy new year.
Mark Knopfler on "Brothers In Arms". Very understated, but so much feeling!
for the fact that its one of the most played tracks on the highest selling album of the 80s id say its not underrated... but my god the fact its not easily recognised as the greatest guitar performance of all time means its underrated to me!
especially the live performance on the concert "a night in London"
@@davidrosie4995 The BOC song was certainly played plenty on the radio around here, I saw them in Ottawa in 1977 but really went to see Todd Rundgren the opening act, another of my favourite guitarist. And Boston was played to death! Totally agree that the Brothers in Arms solos are masterful and never get old.
Two worth consideration: Robbie Blunt’s work on “Big Log” and Robbie McCintosh’s SMOKING solo on “Middle of the Road.”
"Big Log" is great. I think he also played some really good lead on Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians' hit "What I Am"---he's credited on the album but it doesn't specifically indicate who was who.
Big Log, great song, great solo.
Big Log is an awesome guitar song, period. Great acknowledgement here of the song
Yes, definitely. Robbie Blunt on "Big Log". Incredibly underrated.
Love the guitar on "Big Log".
Steve bro!! sick flow!!
Great choices!!
Let’s talk about Lionel Richie’s “Running with the Night."
He called me and said, “I want you to play a solo on this song of mine.” It was right after “Beat It,” and everybody wanted to get a rock guy to solo on pop/R&B stuff. I show up with my ’burst and Rivera-modded Deluxe Reverb, and I cranked it all the way up.
He plays me the song, and I just started noodling through the whole thing. I said, “I think I’ve got it. Let’s do it.” He said, “You just did.” I said, “Come on! I was just kind of wanking my way through.” He goes, “I love it. It’s fantastic! You don’t need to do it again.” That was a 10-minute session.
There was no chart or anything?
I showed up blind, man. We never got demos. We never got to rehearse. I think James Carmichael, his producer, had a road map, but it was all A minor. I said, “Let me fuck around with it,” and they rolled the tape
I just heard Running With the Night on a Sunday drive with my wife on Sirius 80s. As the solo played, I said thats Steve Lukather! I recognized a little bend sequence he played on the Rosanna outro. How cool that this discovery shows up on Rick's video 37 yrs after the fact!!
Nice insight. Thank you. Lukather is a special player.
When the producer is on his toes and doesn't wait for the magic, he punched the record button. Brillient.
yep... "The Gospel According to Luke" is essential reading!!!
Lukather is just a dude man, he really is one of the most underrated guitar players. The dude has played on a lot of tunes. Nevermind his face melters with Toto. He's also a great story teller which you've just eluded to.
The harmonized solo on Dogs by Pink Floyd, gives me chills every time
Same here. So many genius parts in that song.
Yes!! I love it, actually prefer it to the more celebrated riff on Shine On.
That is the best solo ever
Gives me chills everytime as well. Still does for over 30 years. It did yesterday.
Love it. Floyd is my favorite band ever...but David Gilmour can’t be considered underrated. As such, no one would ever really be surprised that one of his solos is great.
Rick. Brilliant. Number one is perfect. Heard it years ago. Great list.