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Location: PDX | Some blogger compiled some videos from Guitar World's list of "100 Greatest Guitar Solos".
Disagree with the rankings, sure, but the videos are pretty good to browse through.
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Location: NJ | The "blogger" is a f*c . . . uh, . . . nevermind . . .
The LAST time I did that, Brad ratted me out . . ;-) |
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Location: Wooster, Ohio | Interesting to see someone like Page really not come close to the studio version.
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Location: Carle Place, NY | What! No Steve Morse! :D ;) |
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| There's some great stuff on there, but Dimebag Darrell? |
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Location: SoCal | You don't hear a lot of new stuff from ol' DD lately..... |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by schroeder:
but Dimebag Darrell? Makes more sense than Neil Young. |
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| Neil Young's not on there :confused: |
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Location: N.J. | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
You don't hear a lot of new stuff from ol' DD lately..... That was baaaaaaadd Mr. Moody. For shame. :p |
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Location: SoCal | Yeah, but when it's up over the plate..... |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Just a thought about Little Wing, by Jimi...
On an outdoor stage this summer (Portland Saturday Market) I enjoyed this guy playing Little Wing on a Five-String Bass! That was pretty cool. Just a thought... |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
Yeah, but when it's up over the plate..... Love those high, hanging curves, eh Paul?
But enough about the NAMM girls... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | DD was painful. I liked the Cliff of Dover. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Interesting list, although I only think about 1/2 the ones listed belong in the top 20, but it's all subjective. Some I can think of are Europa, Sultans of Swing, Easy Like Sunday Morning, Who's Cry'n Now, Crazy Train just to name a few. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by schroeder:
Neil Young's not on there :confused: Sorry Schroed...from the 2nd link
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Zuma Album
"Cortez The Killer" |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Neil Young-- How can he make a simple song like Cowgirl in the Sand sooo Complicated? |
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| He's Canadian. |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | As much as a Neil Young as I am, I've never been a huge fan of his lead / electric playing. I know that he's good, but I've never found his solos very interesting. I prefer his acoustic stuff. When I've seen CSNY, Stills stole the show in the "guitar solo" department. |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | As much as a Neil Young as I am, I've never been a huge fan of his lead / electric playing. I know that he's good, but I've never found his solos very interesting. I prefer his acoustic stuff. When I've seen CSNY, Stills stole the show in the "guitar solo" department. |
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Location: CT | Neil Young lead guitar? Easy. Pick a note, play it, play it again, over and over, same note, 20 bars later play a different note, then back to the original note...... |
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Location: NJ | Neil's best (electric) stuff was when he & Stills traded-off on the long "jams" on the "4WayStreet" electric set . . . |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Knopfler's Sultans Of Swing solo should be in the top 20. |
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| I assume this is rock guitarists only.
Knopfler should definitely be in there.
Peter Green should be in there.
The Skunk
Musically speaking that Eric Johnson piece is light years above anything else on the list (with the possible exception of EVH) - its incredible. I've never listened to the guy before, but he has a new fan. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | By way of formal protest |
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Location: SoCal | Good guitar work, but is it just me or is it just real difficult to understand what Knopfler's singing? I can never understand him... |
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Location: NJ | It's just you.
It's called "English". |
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Location: big island | Eric Johnson playing "Cliffs of Dover" was absolutely brilliant! |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | ...but where's Duane Allman and Dickie Betts? |
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Location: NJ | Dead and Drunk. |
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Location: Converse, Texas | I think Michael Monarch's DON'T STEP ON THE GRASS SAM solo on Steppenwolf Live from 1970 should be on that list. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | #14
I would agree with Hotel too, but Paige? Pluueezzee. I think he's got to be the most overated player ever. |
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| Originally posted by cwk2:
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I would agree with Hotel too, but Paige? Pluueezzee. I think he's got to be the most overated player ever. Not while Carlos Santana is still breathing. |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | "Dead and Drunk"....yeah, I know Cliffie, but remember the "Live at Filmore East" album?....pretty hard to beat. |
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| Very hard to beat. But just remember how long ago that was.......
(See average age poll....)
I notice we are the same age Tim. My earlier years were marked by their devotion to excess, but I stayed banjo-free ;)
On reflection I would have been better off buying a banjo and staying excess-free. :D |
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Location: Wooster, Ohio | I know it is probably my age but lots of notes and the difficulty of play to me have nothing to do with good music. Your mentioning of Neil Young. He is probably not the best lead guitarist but the music he creates with it is memorable and awesome. Just can't relate to EVH though I admit he is a awesome player. Give me Neils one note solo on Cinnamon Girl. |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by Lanaki:
Eric Johnson playing "Cliffs of Dover" was absolutely brilliant! by the way, he's an austin, texas native and got his big debut on "austin city limits"
prince saw eric and recommended him to his label at warner bros. (info courtesy of eric's website) |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by schroeder:
I would have been better off buying a banjo and staying excess-free. :D Better off being beat to death buy the rest of the band??? |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | I notice we are the same age Tim. My earlier years were marked by their devotion to excess, but I stayed banjo-free
On reflection I would have been better off buying a banjo and staying excess-free.
...it was my Therapist who told me to take up the banjo...... it's not my fault!it's not my fault!it's not my fault!it's not my fault!it's not my fault!it's not my fault!it's not my fault!it's not my fault!it's not my fault!it's not my fault!it's not my fault!it's not my fault!......uh oh...
Look, they told me I needed to have my head examined...so, I went down to the local Head Shop... verrrrrrry interesting....it's not my fault! |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I have to agree about Jimmy Page. I think he is a good producer, writer, visionary and although one of my favorite guitarists, still over-rated.
Of these tunes we're chatting about, I think a few don't belong on the list at all. First, there aren't ANY solo's listed although I know that term is mis-used all the time. We are mostly referring to leads, not solos. Also, tunes like Hotel California and Freebird (unless you are referring to the slide part at the begining) are not even single artist leads. |
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Location: Cherry Hill, NJ | From a poll way back, Larry Carlton's solo on "Green Earing" has been voted the best. |
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Location: Orlando, FL | I'm pretty sure Eliot Randall played on Green Earing, Larry Carlton's big Steely Dan solo was Kid Charlemane |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by Mr. Ovation:
First, there aren't ANY solo's listed although I know that term is mis-used all the time. We are mostly referring to leads, not solos. Back in the days of $2 Midnight movies, I saw a film of the Jimi Hendrix; Isle of Wight concert. Now that was a solo. It was two-hours of Jimi, and three different guitars, on stage. Solo. I don't know if I could sit through that now. But Friday Midnight, with my mind in the right state, It was Good. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | I'll second Schroeder's nod to the Skunk. Baxter has many memorable solos. I'm also a huge Carlton fan as well and, though many look down on the blues, a few SRV solos still give me chills. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Ok, I'll admit I posted before reading the list. Kurt Cobain? Keef? FOGERTY?
Stop already...who's 101? Britney? |
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Location: Midland, MI | Originally posted by Weaser P:
Stop already...who's 101? Britney? She didn't make it on to the list. Turns out she lost her G string on the way to the audition.
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Location: Yucaipa, California | ...vintage Duane....
Allman Brothers: Statesboro Blues |
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Location: Omaha, NE | I've been working up some material for an upcoming show where I need to play leads in the style of BB King. The guy is amazing...has anyone ever wrung more music out of a single note?
But the Top 100 list has him at #33 for "The Thrill is Gone". Good song, but his lead on "I've Always Been Lonely" is far better and more demonstrative of his style and genius. |
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Location: Michigan | Where is Steve Howe ??? GWB |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Steve Howe is #68. Should be #1 in my book. But this is really stupid. Like rating the 100 greatest sunsets. Call me old, but about 1/3 of these guys I've never heard of. Dave |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | You're old, Dave, but I haven't heard of half of them. I had heard of Dimebag Darrel, somehow. Must have been from those kids at Guitar Center that I thought were just trying to see who could make the worst noise on a guitar. |
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| Yeah Neil Young is on that list if I remember right. I like Neil Young, I play his music all the time..... but Lead???? You gotta be kidding me.....Like BB king, Neil really can get a lot of sound out of one note the difference is he has to, he can only play one or two notes in a lead for any song and you would'nt want to use both of them them up right a way.
I hate list's like this there are so many ways to judge one guitarist against another. It is all apples and oranges, Style, Speed, Emotion, technique, body of work, you just can't ask a question like this and expect a list that has any merit.
Fun to read though.
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Location: Hiram, Georgia | What about Robin Trower or Frank Marino/ Mahogony Rush? |
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Location: Michigan | Steve Howe # 68 You made it into the top 100. but not the song I would have chosen for him . GWB |
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Location: Hiram, Georgia | ...Rick Derringer, Johnny Winter? |
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Location: Hiram, Georgia | Robin Trower still ROCKS!!! |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | WHAT!
No Jerry Doucette?!? "Mama Let Him Play"???
And Jeff Beck "Cause We've Ended As Lovers" at 99?
And where's....Oh, nevermind. If I could count to a hundred I guess I could make my own damn list....! |
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Location: Detroit area | What kind of list fails to have Kid Charlemagne in the top 20?!? Give me a break... |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by Joey Joe:
What kind of list fails to have Kid Charlemagne in the top 20?!? I've never heard of him. Dave |
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Location: NJ | Loved his unplugged stuff . . . |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | OK, I'll bite. Cliff, what the hell is 01.20.09 ???
Hopefully the day that you will spontaneously combust.
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | !!!It's the expiry date on the mystery meat in Cliffs frig!! |
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I'm a Vagiterian . . .
chek yer email. |
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Location: puerto vallarta, mexico | i can't say i even remember this very well, and it probably qualifies more as blues, but i had a video i copied off of tv years ago of hendrix playing a 12 string acoustic. not blinding brilliance but a side of hendrix many don't associate with him. my wife recorded something like masterpiece theater over it (grrrr). has anyone seen that or have a copy of it? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | !!!It's the expiry date on the mystery meat in Cliffs frig!! I'm a Vagiterian . . . That's even more disturbing. |
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Location: puerto vallarta, mexico | i found the old jimi footage on youtube and it wasn't as good as i remembered it. still a different side of jimi and maybe a statement about the difference between acoustic and electric "ability". i surprise myself once in awhile with my electric and synth rig, but seldom playing acoustic. signal processing accounts for allot of perceived virtuosity imho, at least to the non discerning listener. |
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Location: Tennessee | Originally posted by cliff:
Sorry.
I'm a Vagiterian . . .
Ummm ... am I allowed to ask what you eat? |
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Location: big island | does your diet have anything to do with the Vagiterian Monologues? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by stonebobbo:Ummm ... am I allowed to ask what you eat?  |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
Originally posted by stonebobbo:Ummm ... am I allowed to ask what you eat? |
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Location: Oregon | That was a terrible list in my opinion. IF steve and joe are #29 and thirty, then the list if void and null. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by Lanaki:
it's probably best we didn't see this image...
Try this one (warning this might require a little xtra thought):
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Location: Alberta, Canada | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
Originally posted by Lanaki:
it's probably best we didn't see this image...
Try this one (warning this might require a little xtra thought ):
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"20 Greatest Guitar Solos Ever"