I'm in the mood for a guitar solo--post your favorite please

[Twillig]

if it's you think it's better than this from John Petrucci (in his Ibanez days) post it!
(tell me the famous band he references to prove you actually listened to it, and I'll listen to yours.)


The more over the top and self-indulgent the better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5VwPfyEq3w

[Capn Sunshine]

1. Nice reference

I was just thinking the other day how I don't have "Revolver " in CD. That was a nice echo of "Tomorrow Never Knows"

Now, One of my favorite solos is pure psychedelia- Robbie Krieger on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2NgNxbXIqU">"When The Music's Over" starts at 2:52
short but sweet

[Twillig]

4. "Tomorrow Never Knows," huh? hmm.

Well, I asked for the band, not the song. You got that on the money. (unless I'm missing the Tomorrow Never Knows in that solo, I was thinking that what George sang, Petrucci is playing on guitar. Different album.)

Ah, "When The Music's Over" such an up front great guitar sound for 1967. That's awesome. Somewhere, 1500 miles away, in my dad's house I have the LP.

[Capn Sunshine]

5. I didn't want to give away the band because I was the 1st response

so I left clues w/o saying "Beatles" but it would only fool someone under 25 I think.

[DFW]

36. Tomorrow never knows was on Revolver

Within You Without You was on Sgt. Pepper's LHCB

[Twillig]

52. Isn't that the point of what I said?

That the song I was talking about was on a different album, i.e., not Revolver (Tomorrow Never Knows), but LHCB.

Everything I write makes sense to me, anyway.

[NNadir]

2. Actually I wasn't familiar with the guy at all, got the Harrison ref, he's good, but

this is the best Little Wing ever, and that's saying a lot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGqTcP9b_LI

since so many people covered it.

[Twillig]

7. And I dreaded that you were going to post SRV playing LW

nothing wrong with that, it's a conventional choice.

So, you post me a Steve Vai vid, and you weren't familiar with Petrucci? For Shame!

(lol at the hater comments for the Vai vid. Jeebus, youtube is always amusing.)

Vai has done better things, however. For the Love of God is the best guitar instrumental. Period.

And I'm a firm Satch man.

Here Vai plays it coming in from crowd surfing in Zagreb! (better quality versions exist, but this is fun)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Goc6cPy-1do

[dysfunctional press]

3. try this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2lJfpx0F0s

tommy bolin.
post toastee.

or this-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFYbYJtQCdY&feature=related

tommy bolin solo from the deep purple days.

[Twillig]

10. That Bolin solo from Deep Purple...

I didn't like that. Self-indulgent, yes. Over the top? Not really. Kinda sloppy all around. Was he drunk?

If you want a fill in guitarist that gives an over the top Deep Purple performance, check out Joe Satch:

Knocking At Your Back Door.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXag1wAemoU

[madamesilverspurs]

6. Go acoustic -- Leo Kottke

[Ptah]

8. Leo Kottke

Leo Kottke - Vaseline Machine Gun

Last Steam Engine Train

[Twillig]

12. Very good.

I liked VMG best. Not the usual thing you'd expect.

Nobody has posted the actual name of the Beatles song that I was looking for though.

[deucemagnet]

9. Son Seals - Hot Sauce

http://www.rhapsody.com/son-seals/the-son-seals-blues-band/hot-sauce

On edit: The bassist really rocks on this track, too.

[abq e streeter]

19. had the privilege of seeing him in Chicago bars many times

Son Seals was one of the greats.:toast:

[Richardo]

11. Jeff Skunk Baxter's lead solo in Bodhisattva

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j1Ol2rRxzY

1:34 - 2:34

[Twillig]

13. It's in a song I don't like Not gonna listen

unless someone can tell me which Beatles song Petrucci references in my OP.

Ok. I listened anyway. It's impeccable, but it's just another thing in that song. <shrug>

[Richardo]

15. OK here:

"Within Without You"

And right before he goes into that it sounds like a quote from 'Edmund Fitzgerald' :D

[Twillig]

18. I doubt you no more!

That 'Edmund Fitzgerald.' idea is a winner. Hmmm. Let's assume you're right, just for the hell of it.

[pokerfan]

14. Eruption

Eddie Van Halen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_lwocmL9dQ

[Twillig]

17. There's no denying Ed.

Here's Paul Gilbert's tribute to EVH:

"Three E's for Edward."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiTib0tKHUg&feature=related

[pokerfan]

20. Cool

http://jerredmathews.com/2007/03/14/three-es-for-edward.aspx

[Rhythm]

16. John Christ taking the spotlight... 1988.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_Q6fpH2wyM

I always loved this part of the set...

[Sebastian Doyle]

21. Randy Rhoads, circa 1979

from the Quiet Riot days, before he hooked up with Ozzy.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS8c0DWqIEI

[Common Sense Party]

60. Wow. What was he, like 17 or 18 then?

What a phenomenal talent. What a huge loss when he died.

[bluesbassman]

22. Alvin Lee - Woodchopper's Ball

JP can certainly work that Ibanez and:
Amps and Effects
3x Mesa Boogie Mark V amps
1x Voodoo Labs GCX Switcher (for amp input and channel select)
1x Korg DTR 2000 Rack Tuner
1x Dunlop DSR-2SR Rack Wah system with 2 Controllers
1x Mesa Boogie High Gain Amp Switcher
1x TC Electronics C400XL Compressor/ Gate
1x Keeley Modded Tube Screamer
1x MXR EVH Flanger
1x MXR EVH Phaser
1x Digital Music Corp. System Mix Line Mixer
1x TC Electronics 1210 Spatial Expander/ Stereo Chorus/ Flanger
3x TC Electronics M3000 Reverb/ Delay
1x Eventide H7600 HArmonizer
1x Custom Patch Bay for Pedalboard connections
1x Furman AR Pro Power Conditioner
3x Axess Electronics GRX4 Audio Switchers for Pedal and Effects switching
1x Axess Electronics CRX4 Control Function Switcher
1x Furman Aura Pedal for Acoustic
1x Radial DI Box for Acoustic to PA system
1 Axess Electronics FX-1 Midi Foot Controller w/ expander
1 Dunlop DCR-IFC Wah Controller
1 Ernieball 25k Stereo Volume Pedal

but check out Alvin with nothing but a ES335 and a Marshall.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xt4N5AUwTI

[Amerigo Vespucci]

23. What a coincidence.. I was just talking about the space between us all.

Now enjoy the late, great Toy Caldwell's vocal and solo on The Marshall Tucker Band's "Can't You See."

It was all done with his THUMB, boys 'n' girls...like Albert King, that's how he got his sound.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEOV5vWfSgI



:toast:

[bluesbassman]

24. Damn I loved that guy's voice.

Was fortunate enough to see them at Winterland in '74. Still get chills down my spine when I hear this song.

[forum slut]

25. How about some "Country Blues" by Hendrix?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emJ9BoRpGKE&feature=fvw

[ornotna]

26. Hard to pick a "favorite"

Here's one I like a lot.


Carlos Vamos plays "Little Wing"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwm-vxGgFf4

[PJPhreak]

27. Grateful Dead/Allman Bros. Band/Merle sanders...6/10/73 RFK Stadium Wash.D.C.

Set 3- *It Takes A Train to Cry, *That's Alright Mama, *Promised Land,*Not Fade Away > *GDTRFB >* Drums> *Not Fade Away> *Johnny B. Goode

*Merle Saunders & Allman Bros Band sitting in.

Listen to this...The interplay between Garcia,Allman and Sanders is amazing!!

[kentauros]

28. I listened all the way through

and I still don't know what band was referenced. He does sound almost like Bill Nelson (Be Bop Deluxe) though. Here's some of his work to compare: The October Man


Before listening to your guy, I was going to just post my favorite musician ever as my choice to top him: Mike Oldfield :D

Montreux 1981 - Tubular Bells
part 1a
part 1b
part 2

[DFW]

29. Another masterpiece from Leo Lottke

Airproofing 2:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJthGsBB5YQ&feature=related

He never ceases to amaze me. I got so caught up in his music that I sought out his (then-) guitar
builder, Božo Podunavac to make some 12 string guitars for me. I have remained friends with Božo
for over 30 years now, but while I've seem Leo in concert about ten times, I've never met him, much
to my great chagrin.

[Bunny]

30. Roy Buchanan - The Messiah Will Come Again

It's not really a solo, it's the whole song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On5372UztI0&feature=related

[Orsino]

31. Tommy Emmanuel: "Initiation"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x346VoDX3pA

Motherfucker simulates an aboriginal ritual (didgeridoo included) taking place in a thunderstorm, all live, with only an acoustic guitar and some effects.

[av8rdave]

38. I've seen/heard him do that live

That guy is freakin' amazing.

[MissMillie]

32. Steve Howe - Mood for a Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiA1XBXAE6U

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

33. Within You , without you

one of Georges songs!

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

34. We have to have FZ represented here!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZOvG5D-x3I

[bbernardini]

46. Absolutely. Can somebody please find and post "Any Kind Of Pain" from Broadway The Hard Way?

YouTube is blocked here. The solo so perfect that Mike Keneally learned it note-for-note for the Zappa's Universe concerts.

[canoeist52]

35. Harvey Reid plays "The Scotland Suite"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do-QWGSZEM4

[Dr. Strange]

37. Seriously? No one's posted this guy?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBiJ-K0IpDA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtWElxZXxPE

[Tommy_Carcetti]

39. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you..."Starla"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnFeCex032g

[Twillig]

49. I gave it two minutes. Didn't find a solo.

Not much was going on.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

54. Fastforward to about 6 minutes in....

...the song radically changes. I mean radically.

[WCGreen]

40. Pat Methney solo's through the whole song...

It's a song that is personally one of the best because it reminds me of rushing to FLA to see my mom before she passed on...

The song came on the radio about three miles before we hit the hospital and I knew I would never talk to my mom again...

He just plays such melodic solo lines, no big tricks or being really fast, just great melodies...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g6nPYyIS_I

[Manifestor_of_Light]

64. Obscure Pat Metheny.

A Map of the World.

Great stuff.
A MAP OF THE WORLD was a movie with Sigourney Weaver, David Strathairn, and Julianne Moore. It came out in 2000 and I drove to Dallas to see it.

Pat wrote the music and it's great stuff. Soundtrack is wonderful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo8WU_RRx-A

[WCGreen]

67. I've seen that movie on late night cinimax...

[av8rdave]

41. OK

Acoustic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lbvSBNLLoo

Electric: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCrdBAIqzoY

[Twillig]

51. Poor Eric Johnson and his early 90's fashion sense.

Good guitar prevailed though. I wish he was more prolific.

[av8rdave]

56. I never understood the whole band uniform thing

Great playing though.

[guitar man]

42. Tommy Crook

He's a local cat here in Tulsa, gotta be the most amazing guitar player I've ever heard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlBUuOM8G1o&feature=related

[EnviroBat]

43. Watermellon in Easter Hay...

Long live FZ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBQPkLuwy80

[EnviroBat]

44. Sorry dupe

[EnviroBat]

45. I've seen this guy live a few times now.

It's hard to believe the things this guy does. It's jaw dropping...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddn4MGaS3N4&feature=fvw

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

47. And now for something completely different.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSkP3uym5k

[Twillig]

50. Ukelele

Don't care. At least it wasn't a rick roll.

[TxRider]

48. Steely Dan, reelin in the years...

Of Stevie Ray doing Little Wing.

[Fire Walk With Me]

53. Fred Frith in the Art Bear's "Rats and Monkeys", 1979.

He also plays bass and violin.

"Rats and monkeys crowd the city as it comes into ruin. Boards are loosening, true, but gates are locked."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfXu9jXmgYo

"Rats and Monkeys" is a hyperkinetic rush of sound and beats. Nothing on the rest of the album approaches this kind of intensity, and you'd be hard pressed to find any other music from the time that sounded like this. Not punk, not prog, but pounding, relentless, and at light speed. Krause's protagonist warns of vermin infesting the city repeatedly, and just when you think you're out of the woods, Frith and Cutler come back with a furious coda, and then explode into nothing. Breathless, in a word.

http://www.progreviews.com/reviews/display.php?rev=ab-ws

[Twillig]

55. I was hoping for more solos, fewer complete songs.(it takes time to actually listen to these vids)

Some improvisation is good too.

Like another one from John Petrucci!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytGwbtcqZag&NR=1
the outro from Satriani's "always with me" that is a jam out.

[TxRider]

65. How about a medley of sweet Steely Dan Solos?

Live, not bad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZs4pK-aBuE

[hippywife]

57. Three of my favorite guitarists.

Tommy Emmanuel "Classical Gas" Live!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBEbYXa6Cik

Edgar Cruz Medley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3avSlilOzAQ

Laurence Juber While My Guitar Gently Weeps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCSQn_Xbp-g

[Blue-Jay]

58. Tuck Andress.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtljYur4_T8&feature=related

[kwassa]

59. "Crossroads" by Cream

whatsisname on guitar.

[bluesbassman]

61. Just ran across this, Steve Vai with Zappa plays Zappa.

Covering Zomby Woof. Steve's solo starts at 2:30.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVwMKWlOOJA

[Twillig]

66. Vai is crazy.

Sometimes too crazy for my tastes. Not in this one, though. Dwezil didn't get any action in in
that vid, though.

Here's one where he does:

Progressive Nation 2009 - Steve Vai and Dweezil Zappa join Dream Theater in LA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U3D-V7LoaQ

And by Dream Theater, that means more Petrucci! My theme in this thread, I guess. And Rudess grabs his keytar too.
Shredding commences.

[enigmatic]

62. It all comes back to Eddie Hazel

The greatest of them all, IMO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jrvn8QoYcGI

[Manifestor_of_Light]

63. Pat Metheny - Don't Know Why by Norah Jones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN7YHbQjwjo&feature=related

Pat Metheny saw Wes Montgomery when he was a pup, and then found the TRUE FAITH. :D

[TrogL]

68. Pink Floyd - The Wall

Just listen to the whole damn thing.