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In reply to the discussion: Best rock guitar solo of all time? Why? [View all]driver8
(12,710 posts)4. The guitar playing on that song is absolutely amazing!!
David Gilmour isn't flashy, but he always plays what the songs need...and he's got that incredible tone. To me, he is one of the top 5 guitar players ever!
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That's Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner (of The Frost and Alice Cooper fame) on "Sweet Jane".
MiddleFingerMom
Sep 2012
#18
It carries the song--it's not 20 seconds of "how awesome am I at guitar?!".
TwilightGardener
Sep 2012
#11
I almost hate to say "Stairway to Heaven" (cliche), but it was so perfectly done--
TwilightGardener
Sep 2012
#12
Yeah, I recall that long side 4 I think off the 1st album - I loved that first CTA album..Terry Kath
GreenTea
Sep 2012
#38
I don't know about best of all time, but check this out: Prince on "While My Guitar"
Arugula Latte
Sep 2012
#39
I have it on good authority that it involved dusting off those rusty strings just one more time
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2012
#83
Jerry Garcia - Morning Dew - some show I saw live in Alpine Valley in the 80s.
Hassin Bin Sober
Sep 2012
#98