Conference napalm::guitar

    okay, these are off the top of my head.  They may not have changed the
    world but they did leave a lasting impression on me.

    1) Alvin Lee, Ten Years After, "I'm Going Home"
       From the Woodstock movie.  I saw this at a very impressionable age
       and thought Alvin Lee was a guitar god.  Haven't listened to it in
       years and am afraid it would disappoint.

    2) Randy California, Spirit, "Mechanical World"
       Not a solo per se, just a few screaming phrases at the end of each
       verse.  Simple yet effective.

    3) Jethro Tull, "Aqualung"
       I can't even remember the guitar player's name (Martin Barre, perhaps?)
       This solo punctuates the song perfectly.  Not complicated melodically
       but some surprising rhythmic twists.  I always crank it up when it comes
       on the radio.

    4) Jeff Beck, "Cause We've Ended As Lovers"
       Not the live version.  A landmark, a tour de force, the Mona Lisa,
       Fourth of July and your first kiss all rolled into one.  Words alone
       can't describe it.


    /rick
    

    Jeff Beck, Yardbirds, "Shapes of Things"
    Not Jeff's later version with Rod Stewart.  Played on one string (G).
    My only complaint is that it's over much too soon.

	Eruption	- Van Halen
	Masque		- Percy Jones w/ Brand X (bass)

	I'd have to second "Sympathy for the Devil" (live version).  I spent
	hours and hours when I was a wee lad playing along/learning this.
	A couple months ago I had the record playing and picked up a guitar
	and was suprised that I still knew it even though it's been years..

	Jeff Beck with the Yardbirds....many here, but "Train Kept a Rollin"
	solo still blows me away listening to it today.

	Also Jeff Beck from the "Rough and Ready" album, the solo he does
	sort of near the end of "New Ways/Train, Train".  I used to listen 
	to that one over and over and over.....

	Some of the stuff that amazes me today (since I'm getting back into
	bluegrass music) are some of the solos that Jerry Douglas does on
	Dobro.  I've been playing Dobro for about a year now but some of the
	stuff he does is like "how the h___ did he do that?"

	-gary

Some of my favorite solos

Europa (live) - Carlos Santana
Sylvia - Jan Akkerman (Focus)
Siberian Khatru (live)/Gates of Delirium (opening) - Steve Howe (Yes)
Beat it - Eddie Van Halen
Sympathy For The Devil (live) - Rolling Stones
Stairway to Heaven - Jimmy Page
Layla, Crossroads - Eric Clapton
Cause We've Ended as Lovers - Jeff Beck
Morning Dew (live) - Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead)
Blue Sky/ In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (live) - Duane Allman/Dickie Betts
Red House (live version on Sountrack to a film about Jimi Hendrix)/Machine Gun
	 - Jimi Hendrix
The Wizard - Al DiMeola
Comfortably Numb - David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
Its My Own Fault - Johnny Winter/Rick Derringer

Scott

    I second Comfortably Numb... Dat's a beauty.
    Sultans of Swing-- Dire Straits
    Mood For a Day (Okay, perhaps not a solo, but still awfully good.)
    ^-- Steve Howe.
    Cathedral- EVH
    And that flamenco thing inbetween "wild honey pie" + "bungalo bill"
    on the white album. Doubt it's harrison. whoever did that.
    
    Craig
    

	I like this topic...

	- Eruption, Cathedral, Beat It (EVH)
	- Cause We Ended As Lovers (Blow by Blow/J Beck)
    	- Highway Star	(Ritchie Blackmore/Machine Head)
    	- A light in the black 	(Ritchie Blackmore/Rainbow Rising)
	- You fool know one (Ritchie Blackmore/Burn)
    	- Don't tell me you love me  (Brad Gillis/Jeff Watson/N.R. Dawn Patrol)
    	- Stormy Monday. (Duane Alman/Dicky Betts/Live at the Filmore E.)
	- Most of the (Yngiee Wingee) Marching Out ?  (dunno the name 4-sure)
	- People (Tommy Bolin/Tommy Bolin)
    	- Classical Gas 
    	- A third for Comfortaby numb- add Money.  (Pink Floyd)
	- Babe  (Jimmy Page/Led Zeplin)
    
    There's a ton others, but these really left a lasting impression
    on me.  

    I guess there were two solos that really changed my perspective
    after I had decided I was really going to play the guitar:
    
    1).   Child in Time - Ritchie Blackmore (Made in Japan version)
    2).   Lazy - same guy, same album.

    I look back at them now and although they are not difficult (they were
    then!), I think they are tasty.
    
    Most newer guitar solos sound identical, but there are a couple
    of exceptions (more if one wants to look real hard):
        
    1).  When I first heard Van Halen...  I learned most of the solos
    off the first album.  They were so original and full of life, I just
    had to figure them out - I spent weeks and weeks.
    
    2.)  Most solos by Steve Morse.  They are all incredibly saucy...
    Plus, I think he delights in  writing solos that twist your fingers
    off!   More likely though, he writes what sounds good to him with
    little regard to how he is ever going to finger them.
    
    steve

    re .5
    
    Double ditto on Red House!  I couldn't remember where I heard the
    good version, thanks for the pointer.  That solo is a monster!

    /rick

    "I Looked Away"     	_Layla_	         	EC
    "Luxury Liner"      	_Luxury Liner_	        Albert Lee
    "Never Make a Move"         (Untitled)              BB King
    "The Road and The Sky"      _Late for the Sky_	David Lindley   
    "Sultans of Swing"		_Dire Straits"          Mark Knopfler
    

    Steve Morse - "Broad Street Strut"
    Steve Morse - "What If", 
    Steve Morse - "Vitamin Q", 
    Steve Morse - "Hereafter" 
    Steve Morse - "I'll Just Pick"
    Steve Morse - "The Bash"
    Steve Morse - "English Rancher"
    Steve Morse -  "The Great Spectacular"
    Steve Morse - Just about all the rest of his solos
    
    Larry Carlton - "It was Only Yesterday"
    Larry Carlton - "Point it Up"
    
    Van Halen - "Cathedral" (actually, an easy piece to
        	learn once you know how it's done)
    Van Halen - "You're No Good"
    Van Halen - "Beat It"
    
    Jeff Beck "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (sooo excellent)
    Jeff Beck - "Because We've Ended as Lovers"

    Jimmy Page - "Since I've Been Lovin You"
    
    Ritchie Blackmore - "Burn"
    
    Frank Zappa - "Fifty-fifty"
    
    Django Rheinhard - "Dinah"
    
    Randy Rhoads - "Crazy Train"
    Randy Rhoads - "I Don't Know"
    
    Tommy Bolin - Everything from Billy Cobham's Spectrum album
    
    John Gatto (Good Rats) - Fred Upstairs & Ginger Snappers

    How about Adrian Belew's solo from Elaphant Talk on the Dicipline 
    album? (King Crimson)
    
    Frank Zappa's solo on City of Tiny Lights from the Shiek Yer Bouti
    album?
    
    Steve Vai,and Dweezil Zappa trading off solo licks on Sherleena
    from Zappa's Them Or Us....also can be heard on the sound page of
    Last months Guitar Player magazine...Dweezil was 14yrs. old when
    he did that live solo in '84
    
    ----Bass solo's-----
    Stanley Clark  School Days from the album of the same name.
    
    jeff

    Also forgot:
    
    Dave Gilmour - Comfortably Numb
    
    re: .12
    
    Dweezil impresses me as a guy who is far too concerned with speed,
    at least from his appearences on "Them or Us".
    
    His solo's jump out of the gate totally blazing and then have nowhere
    to go.  He would do well to listen to some often heard advice from
    Steve Morse who likens solos to sex: the best ones are built up
    slowly.
    
    Also if we're naming bass solos:
    
    Jerry Peek (Steve Morse Band) - Cruise Missile
    Billy's Boogie - Billy Sheehan

    re: .13
    
    I saw Steve Morse, and company open for Rush last year...
    Maybe I'm sheltered...but his bass player was the first i saw use
    a whammy effectively...blew me away.
    jeff

re .5

Addendum to some of my favorite solos

Black Napkins - Frank Zappa
In The Dead Of Night - Alan Holdsworth (U.K.)
Tunnel Of Love - Mark Knofler (Dire Straits)

I'll also second Larry Carlton's Point It Up

Why do I get the feeling that reply's to this note will go on for quite awhile?


Scott

    And let's not forget:
    
    	Rick Deringers Solo in My Old School / Steele Dan

    	The Lead/Double lead work in Reelin In The Years/Steele Dan
    
	Freeway Jam  / J Beck.  (I thought that was a fantastic album
    	and probably his best instrumental effort.)
    
    	I also liked all the acustic work on Tulls Thick as  Brick.

    	Might be getting off the "Solo" track a bit with the last one
    	but some parts of that had the same effect.

    Back in high school days, these songs stand out in my memory as
    the ones I spent a lot of time perfecting:
    
    Freebird (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
    
    Stairway to Heaven (didn't everybody?)
    
    Europa and Moonflower (Santana)
    
    Hotel California (Eagles)
    
    Green Grass and High Tides (Outlaws)
    
    

    Doc Watson - "Way Downtown", on the "Will the Circle Be Unbroken"
    		 collection with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (among
    		 many others)

    I'm still crying myself to sleep over a solo Ry Cooder did live on a
    BBC tv show called The Old Grey Whistle Test.  The song was "How can a
    poor man stand such times..." and included one of the sexiest pieces of
    slide guitar I can ever remember hearing.
    
    Perhaps part of the charm of the thing is that I've only heard it
    twice (first time live on tv around 1982-83, second time when it
    was repeated at Christmas) and that it's unobtainable.
    
    There's any number of other solos I could list that I've loved just
    as much, but this one was unique.
    
    	leon 

    Lots of good ones already included, but does anyone remember Lou
    Reed's Rock and Roll Animal Live album? The intro/solo to Sweet
    Jane. One of my all time favorites, and I don't even know who the
    guitarist is.
    
    Dan

    Ok, here goes...
    
    * Every solo ever conceived by Akira Takasaki
    
    * Little Savage
      Now Your Ships are Burned
      Far Beyond the Sun (and most peoples ability for that matter!)
      Hot on you Heels  - Yngwie Malmsteen
    
    * Alan Holdsworth's solos on the Gong LP
    
    * (not guitar, but) The 24 Caprices by Nicollo Paganini....sheeesh!
    
    - WJB

    Highway star (off Made in Japan) the honerable Mr. Blackmore
    Lazy (same guy same album)
    Since I been Lovin you   Jimmy Page 
    Sultans of Swing Mark Knoffler
    Little Wing (Jimi's studio version & Carlos Santanna, Eric Clapton
    and George Terry LIVE! great jams)
    Statesborough Blues (live at Fillmore east) Duane Allmon plays slide
    Child in Time (Blackmore in the Studio off In Rock)
    Gates of Babylon (Long live rock and roll) Blackmore again
    Kill the King (Blackmore again?? pure power licks on this one)
                                      
    and I did enjoy Steve Vai live two weeks ago, he's technically
    superior to Eddy any day, if not as creative.....fun to watch....bring
    your earplugs though....but Billy Sheehan was better than Vai.
    
    dave

    Well, let's see...what hasn't been mentioned............
    
    1) (To be trite) Smoke on the Water, live version.
    2) (     "     ) China Grove   ....   This is sooooo smooth!
    3) Angry Eyes  - Jimmy Messina live "On Stage". ^ ditto.
    4) Spooky      - Atlanta Rhythm Section (not the Classics Four!)
    5) Sally Goodin', The Dusty Miller, Julie's Reel, etc, etc, etc
                   - Dan Crary (with Byron Berline and John Hickman)
    6) Salt Creek, Red Haired Boy, Hold What you Got, etc, etc, etc
                   - Tony Rice
    
    George

re: .19

	Have you heard the version of "How can a Poor Man...." on the
	"Show Time" album?  The slide solo on that is incredible.  Don't
	know how it compares with the one you mentioned on TV, but this 
	is a live cut from somewhere around that time frame I believe.

	Also, I double, double second Larry Carlton's Point it up.  I saw
	him a few years ago at playing in the little chapel in Middlebury
	College, VT.  He open the show with that song and nearly brought
	tears to my eyes.  What a guitarist!

	-gary

    re .20
    
    Steve Wagner and Dick Hunter? I think played on that album. Intro/
    Sweet Jane was one I also wore out. 
    
    With a somewhat different feel, how about '2 Bones and a Pick' by
    Roomful of Blues' Ronnie Earl? Great swing/Jazz guitar!
    
    -Dave

	I went back over the solos that have caught me, and they are
    all related to the southern country blues tradition.

    	The very first guitar playing that really got me was when I
    saw Josh White play on TV one time.  I don't remember the song,
    but his style was incredible.
    
    	A few years later I heard Reverend Gary Davis play at a small
    club, and whenever I hear his recordings I have to stop and listen.
    
    	Tom Rush first captured my attention with his long showpiece
    "The Panama Limited" on his first Elektra album.

    	More recently, I have heard Paul Geremia live at Passim.  Most
    of the audience consisted of the good guitarists in the Boston area.
    (I am not one of them!)  Check out "Digging Uncle Sam's Backyard."
    
    		David

    
    	The solo's on Mahavishnu's "Birds of Fire" and "Vision of the
    Emerald Beyond", John McLaughlin and Co.
    
    	(Well,...26 replies and no one mentioned 'em yet!)
    
    	Joe Jas
    

    RE: Comments on Sweet Jane/Reed.  Wagner and Hunter are correct.
    
    	(You win two airline tickets to the tropical resort of your
    	(choice.  Return tickets, meals, rooms, gratuities not included, 
    	(void where prohibitied by law

    	Anyone remember Judest Preists' live version of "Green Madaleechie
    	With The Two Prong Crown" ?  That was one that youd turn up
    	till either your speakers coughed up blood or your mother
    	threatened to send you to a military school.  If I recall,
    	it was never pressed on Vynil.  I got it off BCN one night.
    	It was supposedly a bootleg live recording.  Pretty damn good
    	recording too.  I was surprised it never made an album  It was
    	a hundred times better than the studio version.

    Ray, 
       Sorry to correct you, but Priest *did* release a version of Green
    Manalishi on two albums, ones on Hell Bent for Leather, and the
    other is off of Unleashed in the East...their live album. I also
    have the version you're talking about, taken from their Point of
    Entry tour...it's pretty wild, but not as good as KK Downings Vibrato
    arm/long delay work in the Sinner. (^;
    
    BB_ex_Priest_fanatic

    In addition to many already listed, I offer for your consideration:
    
    "Sometimes (I Feel So Uninspired)" (from Shootout at the Fantasy
    						Factory)
    "Memories of a Rock 'n' Rolla" (from When the Eagle Flies)
        - Traffic
    
    the last 30 or so measures of "Ritual" on Tales from Topographic
    Oceans (Yes).  Maybe not a true guitar solo but moving, in my opinion,
    none the less.
    
    "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" - The Beatles/Eric Clapton
    
    Rick Derringer's live work on the 2-record live set done with Edgar
    Winter's White Trash (A sentimental favorite from my wilder teenage
    years.)  I'm sure my memories of this aren't allowing me to be very
    objective about this playing: good cruising music, however.
    
    "Revolution" (both fast and slow version) - The Beatles

	In random order...

	Terry Kath - "25 or 6 to 4"
	John Fogerty - "Heard it Through the Grapevine"
	Eric Clapton - "Sunshine of Your Love", + the rest of 
		Disraeli Gears
	Mark Knopfler - "Sultans of Swing" (not so much the long
		solos, but all the little fills between phrases)
	Keith Richards - "Honky Tonk Women" (again, the fills)
	Steve Khan - can't remember the title, an acoustic solo on one
		of his solo albums
	not sure, maybe Khan? - "Kid Charlemagne"
	Jeff "Skunk" Baxter - "My Old School"
	??? - Joe Jackson's "We Can't Live Together" (corny but great)
	Robert Fripp & Adrian Belew - "The Sheltering Sky"
	Ralph Towner - "Waterwheel" (live version)
	Joe Pass - "Trinidad"
	David Gilmour - "Comfortably Numb"
	Clapton - "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
	David Byrne - "Cities" (and now for something a little
		different...)
	& many others....

	Mike

    	Lots great stuff already mentioned ......
    
    Toy Caldwell and George McCorkle of The Marshall Tucker Band
    from the "Where we all belong" album live set (a two record set
    one album was studio the other was live) .
    Ramblin', 24 hours at a time , everyday i have the blues.
    I also have some bootlegs of Tucker which have some great solos.
    And i'll even say it again - the whole "Filmore East" album
     
    chris

    re -.2: Solo on "Kid Charlemagne" is by Larry Carlton.
    
    Adidas,
    John Jupiter
    

    Beck's Bolero                  by Jeff Beck
    Ice Cream Cakes                "   "    "
    Babe, I'm gonna leave you      "  Jimmy Page
    Black Mtn. Side                "    "    "
    The Wind Cries Mary            "  Jimmy Hendrix
    Manic Depression               "    "      "
    Behind Blue Eyes               "  Peter Townsend
    Cause as Lovers, We've ended   "   Jeff Beck 

                that's all I can think of right now, memory cells aren't
    what they used to be, too much rock-n-roll in my early formative
    years, I guess........
                                  marc

    
    I don't want anybody out there to think that I, you know, LIKE 
    Journey or anything, but I always liked Neil Schon's Guitar work
    in 'Anyway you Want It (That'sthe way you need it)'. 
    
    Re: Steely Dan - I always liked "Bhodissatva" (spelling?) - 
    Skunk Baxter.
    
    Dave with a head full of cold medicine having trouble being coherent.

    
    How can 35 responses not include Samba Pa Ti by Santana?
    
    Technically difficult it may not be but as an example of putting
    feeling into a piece of music it takes some beating.
    
    Also, Roy Buchanen came up somewhere along the way but what about
    his 'Sweetdream'?
    
    Richard Briggs, England.
    

    
    Robert Fripp - 21st Century Schizoid Man
    Eric Clapton - White Room, Tales of Brave Ulyses, Crossroads etc...
    Steely Dan   - Don't take me alive, Haitian Divorce, Reelin in the
    years. Don't know who played these!!
    Justin Hayward- I'm just a singer, and Ride my see-saw.
    Jimmy Page   - Whole lotta love, Bring it on home, Since I've been
    loving you.
    Jethro Tull  -Aqualung
    Mark Knopfler- Anything by him is great.
    
    Too many others all ready mentioned!!!!!!!
    
    Steve
    

    		
       Jeez, too many to mention....but there WAS one special solo, it's
    by Jimmy Page and it was on the Physical Graffiti album.  The name
    of the toon escapes me though.  Help me out....mello toon...
    
    						Phil
    

    
    	Phil, was it Tangerine??
    
    
    
    Steve

    
re -.1     	> Phil, was it Tangerine??
    
	"Tangerine" was on LZ III not Physical Graffiti.

	Nice song tho.....

Re .38

>       Jeez, too many to mention....but there WAS one special solo, it's
>    by Jimmy Page and it was on the Physical Graffiti album.  The name
>    of the toon escapes me though.  Help me out....mello toon...
    
If you're refering to a very pretty acoustic guitar solo, I think its 
called "Bron Y Aur". (Not the same song as Bron Y Aur Stomp on LZ III).

Scott

    If I had to pick out one Page solo it would be:
    
    	"Since I've Been Lovin You" from LZ III
    
    without question.
    
    	db

<    I don't want anybody out there to think that I, you know, LIKE 
<    Journey or anything, but I always liked Neil Schon's Guitar work
<    in 'Anyway you Want It (That'sthe way you need it)'. 
<

    
    	Geez  don't feel so alone  Neil Schon's a great guitarist.
	I always like the lead work in Keep On Runnin.
    
    	Journey is a would-be/could-be great band.  I think they should
    step away from the ballads for awhile and get back to good-ol
    rock and roll.  I doubt Neil Schon has forgotten how to do that.

    Re -.1:
    
    Step away from the ballards??? I think *this* is where Journey shines.
    They have the ability to write good ballards, I think some of their
    more rockin stuff leaves a bit to be desired, but thats personal
    opinion. I also think Neil is a good guitarist.
    
    I also second the vote for Page's acoustic work. (Note the word
    acoustic! (^8)
    

    re: .41
    
       That might be it, Scott...I'll check it out asap.  Thanks for
    all the inputs, everyone!  I'm sure it'll come to me one of these
    days...
    					Phil
    

    Some of the replies really dusted out some cobwebs...
    
    Others have mentioned..
    
    
    Mechanical World by Spirit....Randy California is a very underrated
    and forgotten guitarist, this track may just be his best ever
    
    People, People by Tommy Bolin...too bad he had a great first albuma
    bad second one and then he died...this song cooks, how about "Dreamer"
    from the same album?
    
    Green Manalishi by Judas Priest...the original believe it or not
    was by Fleetwood Mac and theirs is great too but Priest gets the
    nod for modern production that makes the song rip your head right
    off....what a riff
           
    21st Century Schizoid Man by King Crimson.....in 1969 I don't think
    ANYONE was ready for this one...got the CD a while back and it curls
    my toes.  Fripp's best solo ever for me is on "Exiles" from the
    Lark's Tongue album
                                                                 
    Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd....geez, I wish Roger Waters would
    just roll over and die so Gilmour can take me away...his stuff on
    McCartney's No More Lonely Nights is similar and equally riveting,
    I think
    
    
    Now for my all time favorite solos:
    
    Clapton on Crossroads.....absolutely perfect from one end to the
    other
    
    Justin Hayward on New Horizons....perfect tone, lyrical and
    heartbreaking
    
    Jaco Pastorious on Portrait of Tracy......almost burned my bass
    after this
    
    David Lindley on Jackson Browne's Late for the Sky
    album.......Jackson's music has never been the same again and David
    Lindley is criminally overlooked as both a guitarist and a violinist
    
    Neil Young on Cinnamon Girl...what you can do with one note
    
    Winged Eel Fingerling on Captain Beefheart's Alice in Blunderland......
    beyond human comprehension
    
    The guitar jam at the end of Abbey Road....the Beatles get it together
    one last time and prove how much of a rocking band they really were
    
    
    Notice that most of these are not technically flashy but high on
    emotional content, that's what makes it last for me....
                                             

        A lot of my favorites have already been mentioned, but I
        remember a long time ago a certain Toni Iommi solo had me,
        but I can't remember any particular song, though.
        
        One that really changed my world recently was Pat Metheny's
        live version of "Are You Going With Me?".  Just when I thought
        I was starting to really get it together with a good grip on
        the blues, I had to hear this guy do this.  I guess there's
        always got to be someone in the world that makes you say
        "How the hell does he do that?"
        
        R
        

    I was once told that the guitar jam at the end of Abbey Road is
    actually a 3-way jam between Harrison, Lennon and Eric Clapton.
    Listening to it tends almost completely confirm that.  It's almost
    unmistakeable.   They go around a couple of times but the order
    is always the same.   My guess is that it's:
    
    	1) Harrison
    	2) Clapton
    	3) Lennon
    
    	db

        re .48
        
        I would agree that the three-way trade off in "The End"
        maintains the order of players, but for some strange reason
        I always thought McCartney was in on that jam, with George taking
        the second position.  Paul is (was?) a damn good guitarist in his
        own right (I read that he's supposed to have done the solo's on
        "Taxman").  One thing is known for sure, that is definitely Lennon
        taking every third line!
        
        R

    What about Jimmy Page's solo in Heartbreaker?  I don't know about
    the rest of you, but I spent a LONG time trying to learn that one.
     In comparison to what VanHalen does today Heartbreaker is no big
    deal, but back then it was mind-blowing.
    
    Another solo that comes to mind is Leslie West's solo in the live
    version of Nantucket Sleighride.  There is a beautiful harmonic
    jump in that solo that still gets to me.
    

    You can pick that song up on the SHOWTIME album.
    
    ben

    Well, here's my 2 cents worth. Been playing a pretty good while
    and these are still the jewels for me.
    
    Theme to an Imaginary Western, Leslie West
    Time, David Gilmour
    Moonage Daydream, Mick Ronson
    Aqualung, Martin Barre 
    Voodoo Chile, Hendrix
    
    Wishbone Ash has some mighty good stuff, too.
    
    ben

    It's hard to come up with the best solos since I like all of them.
    However here is an effort at trying to list the ones that stick
    out in my mind.
    
    Taboo - Carlos Santana
    Good Times Bad Times - Jimmy Page
    Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
    Lady Luck - Ted Nugent
    Hibernation - Ted Nugent
    Dazed and Confused - Jimmy Page
    Lot's of Eric Clapton
    Lot's of others...

    Some o' my favorites...
    
    1.  "Dreams of Milk n' Honey"  Leslie West
    
    2.  "Magician's Birthday" Uriah Heap
    
    3.  "The Lemon Song" Jimmy Page
    
    4.  "Erruption" E. Van Halen
    
    5.  "Highway Star" R. Blackmore (Made in Japan Live)
    
    6.  "Lazy" (Same as above)
    
    7.  "I'd Love to Change the World" Alvin Lee
    
    8.  "Packard Goose" Frank Zappy  (Joe's Garage)  INTENSE
    
    9.  "Rock me Baby" Robin Trower (Live version)
    
    Too many more to list...
    
    km

    Probably my alltime favorite is "Are You Experienced" by Hendrix.
    Man, to think that song came out in the late sixties.
    
    km

    rep .54
    
    I'm glad someone metioned "Packard Goose" by Frank Zappa.  That
    is an astounding solo.  Another killer one is off a live Halloween
    show he did at the palladium in NY, he and Steve Vai do a solo
    (I guess that would be a duo) in the middle of "Stevie Spanking".
    
    But my hands down favorite solo has to be David Gilmour in 
    "Have a Cigar".

    RE: .56
    
    Yeah, I remember seeing Zappa at the Music (or was that Muzak) Hall
    in Boston, front row seats.  When the show began, the rest of the
    band were doing some pretty decent background music, while Zappa
    sat on his lil' stool, tuning his guitar, smokin' a Marlboro and
    making a pot o' coffee with his nifty Mr. Coffee Maker.  He sat
    there sippin' and puffin', sippin' and puffin', then all of a 
    sudden began an intense version of "Packard Goose" on his white
    Strat.  That was one concert I'll never forget.  But like someone
    stated a while back, he'll come out with a great album, then turn
    around and produce dog sh*t on his next effort.
    
    km

    BECK
    ANYTHING  


     FRANK+DWEEZIL ZAPPA ON SHARLEENA

    RE .-1
    
    Gee, thanks!

    re: .58
    
    I agree that any solo by Beck is life changing, but I find it
    astonishing that someone who can appreciate Beck would also like
    Dweezil Zappa's solo on "Sharleena".
    
    To me, that solo epitomizes the thousands of teenage guitarists
    I've heard in various music stores playing "Eruption" or some other
    high-tech piece.  Some of them may even get all the notes right
    (most don't) but NONE of them ever seem to play with any goal other
    than to impress people ("Stun guitar" is what I've often heard this
    called.)
    
    Dweezil makes one of the classic mistakes in soloing: he starts
    out from the gate at full gallop and soon realizes he's got nowhere
    to go and runs out of gas and ideas after about 6 bars.
    
    I respect differing opinions but to me that solo is classic only
    in that it represents an unfortunate but common way of approaching
    soloing among younger players.
    
    	db - who admits that he is currently in the process of recording a solo
    	     with some fast playing in it.

    I dunno if anyone has mentioned this one but:
    
    Amos Garrett's solo on Maria Muldaur's _Midnight at the Oasis_...
    Long noted as a classic in terms of style, composition, and taste.
    
    Hard to imagine that song with any other solo.
    
    Rodney M.
    

    
    	Scanning this brings back some memories...
    
    	Jimmy Page's early LZ stuff made a big impression in my high
    school daze.  As did Leslie West, Hendrix etc...
    
    	Three solos that come to mind and the most memorable:
    
    	I'm go'in home  - Alvin Lee, amazing stuff
    
    	Great Dreams from Heaven  - Ry Cooder, sentimental but attractive
    (BTW, this was written
    by Joseph Spence, who I hear is great picker also.  Anyone know if any
    of his recordings are available?)                                    
    
    	John Hardy - Tony Rice (and company), you listen and you just
    shake your head...
    
    	How's that for contrasts?
                      
    	

    Joe Perry-train kept a rolling
    

    Re: .62:	John Hardy - Tony Rice (and company)
    
    	I love that one, too.  That version (from COLD ON THE SHOULDER) is
    probably my favorite song for instrumental breaks.  Amazing solos
    from everybody!
    				Dave
    

    
    re .27
    
    	Caught Randy California at Glastonbury festival (circa 84) and
    he was in fine form, Played his heart out on Looking Down and Natures
    Way. Not so keen on his newer stuff (am I old fasioned).
    
    	A classic of its time was Santana's Samba Pa Ti on Abraxas.
    Spent ages trying to figure this one out. 
    
    	Also, any John Mcglaughlin, Most Hendrix, Django and ,funnily
    enough, EVH on Beat It...
    

    I agree with a lot that's been mentioned (e.g. J. Beck/Pork Pie
    Hat, Clapton, Page, Hendrix, Metheny, Garret, Carleton, etc).
    
    A couple of others that flip my switches:
    
    Another Country - Mike Bloomfield (1st Electric Flag album); love
    the mood shifts and the way the solo builds; BTW, if anyone
    has a copy of this, I'd sure like to make a tape to replace my
    long lost album. . .
    
    Stroll On - Beck w/Yardbirds from the "Blow Up" sound track; became
    known as "Train Kept a Rollin'", but the movie version definitely
    knocked my socks off at the time.
    
    A couple of things by Steve Lukather, but notably the solo in 
    "Rosanna" - not all that technically complex but just "worked" 
    for me.
    
    And, for the same reasons as above, Hendrix's "All Along the
    Watch Tower"
    
    Steve (the latest of the late-comers)
    

    
    As far as I can remember:
    
    - It's All Over Now (Keith Richard/Rolling Stones)
    - Heart Full of Soul (Jeff Beck/Yardbirds)
    - I Ain't Got You (Eric Clapton/Yardbirds)
    - Steppin' Out (Eric Clapton/John Mayall's Bluesbreakers)
    - Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad (Eric Clapton/Derek and the Dominoes)
    - Heart of Stone (Brian Jones[?]/Rolling Stones)
    - Southern Man (Neil Young)
    - Cowgirl in the Sand (Neil Young)
    - Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix)
    - Fire (Jimi Hendrix)
    - Danger Bird (Neil Young)
    - I Loved Another Woman (Peter Green/Fleetwood Mac)
    - Reeling In The Years (Elliot Randall & Jeff Baxter/Steely Dan)
    - Here Comes The Night (Billy Harrison[?]/Them)
    - A House Is Not A Motel (Bryan MacLean[?]/Love)
    etc., etc., etc.
    
    How many hours I spent trying to copy them! It would have been nice
    to have got near to mastering one of them ...
    
    Regards,   Dom
    
      

    
    Just looked at this note for the first time
    
    re .38  "Ten years gone" was the name of that tune.  Great work by
    Page, in a song that typifies what I like best about Page - very
    pretty, distant sounding guitars played dirty.  A paradox, no?
    
    As far as my favorite solos go -
    
    Jimmy Page - "Since I've been loving you" - Awesome blues
                 "Nobody's fault but mine" - NASTY!!
                 "What is and what should never be" - the song/solo that REALLY 
                                   turned me on to Page's guitar playing
    
    Jerry Garcia - "Eyes of the World"
                   "China Cat Sunflower"
                   "He's Gone" - from Europe '72 - VERY simple but
                                   VERY expressive solo
                   "The Wheel" - floating, ethereal pedal steel solo
    
    Joe Perry - "No More, No More"  - awesome closing solo, one of my first
                                      "air guitar" solos learned!!
    
    Stevie Ray Vaughan - "Voodoo Chile"
    
    Duane Allman/Dicky Betts - "Blue Sky" - a masterpiece
    
    Bill Buckley - "Rock Lobster", as the audience was filing into the MHS
                   auditorium to see the play "Anything Goes."  I was playing
                   trumpet in the pit band with Buck.  Truly inspiring.  I
                   remember playing flawlessly that night as a result of
                   that........
    
    Those are some my favorites that come to mind right now
    
    Dave
    
    

    Robert Fripp - 21st Century Schizoid man
    Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile (truly a *frightening* dose of playing)
    Dean Smith (?) - Further Than We've Gone, off Captain Beefheart's
    Bluejeans and Moonbeams lp
    Pete Shelley (Buzzcocks) - Boredom
    Lloyd Cole's guitarist - Mister Malcontent
    Peter Green - Need Your Love So Bad (what an emotional player!)
    
    Maybe not all technically brilliant, but all put across the right
    feel for the song.                                             
    
    Bob

    Since this note has seen some recent replies...
    
    How about Coryell's Spaces (infinite)? 
    
    (Speaking of which, I've heard of a Coryell-Burton recording at the
    Boston Tea Party - well before Spaces. Anyone heard it? Of it?)
    
    And, perhaps to show why Coryell was an eye-opener....
    
    Not a solo per se, but Casady's bass work behind Other Side of This
    Life on Airplane's Bless Its Pointed Little Head.
    
    
    Bruce

    Forgot one...
    
    Tom Verlaine's mighty work out on Marquee Moon really does it for
    me. Come to think of it, the guitar playing (not just the soloing)
    throughout that lp is totally spot on for me.
    
    Bob

    Tom Scholz        More Than a Feeling           Boston
    
    Paul Kossoff      All Right Now                 Free
    
    Terry Kath        25 or 6 to 4                  Chicago
    
    Peter Frampton    Do You Feel Like We Do        (from the live album)
    
    
    I suppose all of these are pretty tame in comparison with today's
    nitro-burners!  :^)
    
    Brian

    
    I feel that many of George Lynch's solos (Into the Fire,In my Dreams)
    changed the rock/heavy metal scene. The man can phrase!!!!
    
    
    
                                                       Digitally yours,
                                                                       R.C.
    

    George Lynch deserves the MVP award for sure!  His phrasing is awesome,
    and his chops galore are often kept in reserve...def. the unknown
    player that shouldn't be!

    Phil Keaggy's "Sounds" solo is awesome!  Another unknown that shouldn't
    be.
    
    Mike

    What about Roger Whatshisname's solo in Heart's "Magic Man".
    
    I kinda liked Tom Sholz's solo in "Hitchin' a Ride" also.
    
    cheers/mike

    re: -1
    
    Interesting...both of the solos mentioend are spilt solos between the
    two guitarists in each respective band.  The Heart song solo order is
    Roger Fisher/Howard Leese/Roger Fisher, and the Boston solo goes Barry
    G./Tom S. respectively back and fourth ending in both guitarists 
    playing in harmony.

	Vito Bratta's solo in "Little Fighter"

	Solo in Magazine's "Shot from both sides"

	Frank Zappa's "Inca Roads" solo

	2 guitar solo in Judas Preist's "Eat me alive"

	The Roger McGuinn's fumble fingered 12-string solo in
		"Eight Miles High"

	But the ones that actually changed my life is the BASS solo on
	the first Black Sabbath album and the guitar in "Love Removal
	Machine"

	Charlie B

    
    Jan Akkerman is the man for me....any solo will do really but the breaks
    in "Hocus Pocus" first turned me on to him.
    
    Question:
    		Does any one know the chord progression of the intro to
    "Hocus Pocus"?  It starts with open A & its octave on the D string 
    together & then there are a series of jazzy chords ending on what I
    think is a D 9#.
    
    	If any one can fill in the gap I'd appreciate it if it were 
    posted here. 
    
    Cheers
    		Pete.

    
    That was quick! & it looks accurate too.  I havn't got a git here
    either but I know the sounds of these chords & it works in my head.
    
    Cheers Mr. Buckley.
    
    			Pete.

    The riffs in .72 are some of my favs......here are a couple more
    "classics":
    
    EC live version of "Crossroads"
    
    Joe Walsh and ??? in "Hotel California"
    
    Steve

    
    
    Cheers Buck,
    
    But jeeesssh, what sort of service is this....you're only giving me
    half the story here:-)
    
    		Where's the tab for the yodle-eee-hoooo bit, & the
    fingering for the flute solo & the reverb setting for the evil laugh at
    the end......Just kidding my man.
    
    Many thanks again.
    			Pete.

    There's an easy but real happy and simply splendiferous break in "Blue
    Sky" from the Allman's "Eat A Peach" Album.  I think that one is played
    by Dicky Betts.
    
    				BP

    
    Re .85
    	Duane did the first half of that solo, Dickie did the
    	second half. Their styles and sounds are similar, but
    	distinctive. It's still one of my favorites.
    
    	Neal
    

    Here is what I can remember of Hocus Pocus (edited and re-entered...
    went home and found a few embarrassing mistakes!!!):
    
    (main riff in TAB):
    
    e ----------------------------------------------------
    b ----------------------------------------------------
    g --- H --------------------- H ----------------------
    d - 5 -- 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 ---- 5 -- 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 -------
    a - o -- o - o - o - o ---- o -- o - o - o - o -------
    e ----------------------------------------------------
    
    Then the following chords:
    
    E-7   Fmaj7  E7#9  D7#9  E7#9 (note, last e7#9 is sometimes sub. with
                                   an e7b9 throught the verse for var.)
    
       E-7             Fmaj7          E7#9          D7#9          E7b9
    ===========     ===========    ===========   ===========   ===========
    | | | | | |     | | | | | |    | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |
    7 O | o | |   8 | O | | | |    | | o | | |   | | o | | |   | | o | o |
    | | | | o |     | | | o | |  7 | O | o | | 5 | O | o | | 7 | O | o | |
    | | o | | |     | | o | o |    | | | | o |   | | | | o |   | | | | | |
    | | | | | |     | | | | | |    | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |
      1 3 1 2         1 3 2 4        2 1 3 4       2 1 3 4       2 1 3 1
    
    
    The 2nd time through the chords, he plays straight power chords, but
    they're NOT the same as the 1 time thru chords...I believe they're the 
    following chords:

        E5              F5             D5           Bmaj           E5
    ===========     ===========    ===========   ===========   ===========
    | | | | | |     | | | | | |    | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |
    7 O | | | |   8 | O | | | |  5 | O | | | | 7 O | | | | | 7 | O | | | |
    | | | | | |     | | | | | |    | | | | | |   | | | o | |   | | | | | |
    | | o o | |     | | o o | |    | | o o | |   | o o | | |   | | o o | |
    | | | | | |     | | | | | |    | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |
      1 4 4           1 4 4          1 4 4       1 3 4 2         1 4 4
        
    The following are the chords which are like the "B" section of the
    tune:
    
    A - C - D ---  D - F - G --- E7#9
    
    Voiced:
     
        A5              C5             D5            F5            G5
    ===========     ===========    ===========   ===========   ===========
    | | | | | |     | | | | | |    | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |
    | | o o | |   3 | O | | | |    | | | | | | 3 | | O | | | 5 | | O | | |
    | | | | | |     | | | | | |  5 | O | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |
    | | | | | |     | | o o | |    | | | | | |   | | | o | |   | | | o | |
    | | | | | |     | | | | | |    | | o o | |   | | | | o |   | | | | o |
      o 1 1           1 4 4          1 4 4           1 3 4         1 3 4
    
                       E7#9
                    ===========  
                    | | | | | |  
                    | | o | | | 
                  7 | O | o | |
                    | | | | o |
                    | | | | | | 
                      2 1 3 4

    Cheers,
    Buck  

    How could anyone leave out Randy Rhodes Suicide Solution, or ANY
    Randy Rhodes work ??   ;^)
                             
    Talk about phrasing !
    
    Long live RR !
    
    jc

    
    Re .87:
    
    	Sorry I've not got back earlier, I've been out for a couple of
    weeks.
    
    Yeah, I noticed the Version 1.0 didn't quite hang together when I got
    it home & tried it but it pointed me in the right direction & I ended
    up about right.
    
    	Hey, thanks for taking the time to put the corrected version in,
    that real good of you.
    
    	Cheers
    		Pete.

    
    
    	How about "scince I've Been Loving You" live 
    	(from "The Song Remains the Same")
    
    	Also "Always With You, Always With Me" from Joe Satrianis'
    	"Surfing with the Alien"
    
    	and anything from Eric Clapton.
    
    				Steve

    
    Yeah, Steve!  "Always With Me, Always With You" is one of my 
    favorite, too!  Only if one of my ex's memories don't screw it up, 
    it would be my FAVORITE, but, oh, well!
    
    "The Forgotten Part 2" is excellent, also!  Some heavy stuff!  I also
    like solos on Honey Moon Suite's "Feel It Again"-very "tasty"!
    
    J.

    I'd take "Lords of Karma" over "Always..." anyday :-)

	All Day, and All of the Night

Solos that changed the world ??

How about Nuno Bettencourts (Extreme) solo in "Play With Me".
Damn !  Stand back, this guy is hot !

jc

    -1
    
    Yeah, it's a great melody by Mozart, isn't it?

Yep !  It's a ripoff for sure, but he gets a A+ for execution.  Old Wolfie
would poop a twinkie if he heard that.

I wish I could play stuff like that.

jc

    
    "Doctor,Doctor" 	 - UFO - Michael Schenker  - circa 1975
    
    "Let it Roll"   	 -  "  -   "        "      - circa 1977

    "Makes no difference"-  Pat Travers / Live 	   - circa 1980

    						-BoOm-

    Frenzy!		-		Paul Gilbert

    There are three that immediately spring to mind:
    
    Barry Goodreau from Boston in "More than a feeling"
    
    Angus Young from AC/DC in "Back in Black"
    
    Carlos Santana in "Europa"
    
    							John.

	Doctor, Doctor - from "Phenomenon" another album out of the
	rack this week for a listen!

    re .99
    
    I believe Tom Scholz did the solo in "More Than a Feeling,"
    not Barry Goodreau, whose style is demonstrated in the opening
    solo to "Foreplay/Longtime."
    
    If you ever get the opportunity, grab the Boston bootleg titled
    "I Found It in the Trashcan, Honest!"  It is the actual demo
    that Scholz passed around in search of a recording contract.
    
    It sounds pretty much like the first album, but coarser.  However,
    it is *extremely* easy to tell the difference between the
    Goodreau solos and the Scholz solos.  Goodreau played with much
    more dexterity and edge than Scholz, who sounds a bit stiff, or, at
    least not as at home on the instrument as Goodreau.
    
    And why not?  He was a piano player-turned-guitarist.
    
    Also interesting are some of the original lyrics and song titles!
    If memory serves, "Something About You" was originally called
    "Things I Can Never Tell You."
    
    
    Brian

Re .93:  Jimmy Page played the solos on _You Really Got Me_ and _All of the
         Day and All of the Night_.

Regards,
John Kelly

    re .102
    
    no he didn't (at least according to DAve Davies). check out the March
    GP for Dave's version of how things happened.
    
    -DAve

    
    
    
                 Tony Iommi......Sabbaths first Album, side TWO
    
                 Martin Barre....Aqualung
    
                 Ian Anderson/Marin Barre...Cross Eyed Mary
    
                 Alvin Lee.......Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (live)
    
                 Frampton........Do You Feel Like I Do?  (live)
    
                 Focus...........Hocus Pocus (pure frenzy)
    
                 F. Zappa........Montana and Fifty-Fifty (awesome)
    
                 Page............Hearbreaker and Whole lotta love
    
                 EVH.....Eruption,Spanish Fly, Beat it...etc
    
                 Night Ranger.....Don't tell me you love me..(WHEW!!)
    
                 
    
                                   many many others....

	I've put a coupla notes in this topic but there's always room
	for more....

	all of the guitar work on the BeBop Deluxe "Sunburst Finish" LP.

	There's a coupla measures at ~3'30" in the cut before "Still
	Raining, Still Dreaming" on "Electric Ladyland"

    
    
       RE -.1
    
         Bill Nelson did all the guitar work in Be-Bop Deluxe.
       He used Violette-Citronne (sp?) guitars made in good old 
       Upstate NY.
         Check out the guitar work on his solo LP's "Red Noise"
       and "Vistamix". If you can get em.
                      
            Definately one of my personal favorite *songwriters*.
    
    
    Rich
    
    

    I should one other solo that I had forgotten about but was reminded of
    last night courtesy of Martha and MTV.
    
    
    		Lunatic Fringe - Red Ryder
    
    That whole song is totally cool - everything about it is superlative
    (playing, writing, lyrics, recording, singing, arranging, solo, etc.)
    
    It's the most bizarre instance of a "one-hit wonder" I can think of.
    
    It's like this band came out of nowhere and did one 100% perfect
    song and then dissappeared.
    
    I hope they release it on CD - it's the only one-hit wonder LP I'd
    ever be inclined to buy.
    
    	db

re: Lunatic Fringe - Red Ryder

>    I hope they release it on CD - it's the only one-hit wonder LP I'd
>    ever be inclined to buy.

db, you might want to keep an eye open for a soundtrack that had this on it. I 
can't remember the name of it, but someone here should know it. It also had 
Dio's "Hungry For Heaven", Don Henley's "She On The Zoom", Sammy Hagar, 
Madonna, Foreigner, John Waite.....sound familiar to anyone? I think that its 
been released on CD....(The movie had something to do about a kid who was an 
athlete - maybe a wrestler?)

Alan S.

    the movie was "Vision Quest"
    
    
    					Ron
    

    Alan, would that movie be "Visionquest"?
    
    It featured Matthew Modine as a wrestler.
    
    I don't remember anything about the music in it, though.
    
    Brian

Yeah, 'Visionquest' it is! Thanx guys!

And according to the Noteworthy catalog, it is available on CD (at a budget 
price!) - or at least was, as my Noteworthy catalog is about a year old.

Pretty good soundtrack! 

Alan S.

    Yo, Alan...
    
    Can you check that Noteworthy catalog and see if Knights of the New
    Thunder by TNT is released on CD?  Mucho thanks in advace!!!!!
    
    Buck

>    Can you check that Noteworthy catalog and see if Knights of the New
>    Thunder by TNT is released on CD?  Mucho thanks in advace!!!!!

Nope, not listed. The only TNT in there is 'Tell No Tales'. Again, keep in 
mind that this is a year old, and it may have been released since.

BTW - songs on the VisionQuest CD include:

Only The Young - Journey
Change - John Waite
She's on The Zoom - Don Henley
Hungry For Heaven - Dio
Lunatic Fringe - Red Rider
Hot Blooded - Foreigner (live)
I'll Fall In Love Again - Sammy Hagar
two Madonna songs - I think "Crazy For You" is one of them

a couple more I can't think of off the top of my head.....

Alan S.

    
    	RE: .113, and whatever (TNT)
    
    	"Intuition" is a recent addition as well, but no "KotNT".
    
    							GTI
    

    	RE .107
    
    Red Ryder IS NOT a one hit wonder!! They are a Canadian band with
    a strong following up here!!! Too bad you guys don't get Much Music
    the Canadian Video channel......By the way its now Tom Cochrane and
    Red Ryder now.

    
    Lunatic Fringe is also on Red Ryder's "As Far As Siam" tape. 
    
    
    								R.C.
    

    Solos that changed my (accoustic guitar) world:
    
    CLARENCE WHITE's solos on the "Muleskinner" album !
    
    This album was one of the first records I bought in my life 
    (at a Bill Keith concert back in '75 I think). The version of 
    "Some Dark Hollow" on that LP is still one of my most favourite 
    bluegrass tracks: Clarence's guitar solo in this song is incredible, 
    but also Bill Keith's banjo, Richard Green's fiddle and Peter Rowan's 
    singing are outstanding! And it was the instrumental "Opus 57 in G minor"
    on the same LP which opened a new music world for me ... the sort of music 
    which was continued in the David Grisman Quintet (with Tony Rice).
    
    Felix.

    Here's a few tasty licks that have influenced me through the years:
    
    Joe Satriani - "Always With Me, Always With You"
         This guy's redefined the art of soloing.
    
    Randy Rhodes - "Revelation", "Mr. Crowley", and "Dee"
         Perhaps not the fastest neo-classical player in rock, but the most
         tasteful to date.
    
    Yngwie J. Malmsteen - "Don't Let It End"
         There's a great dual lead at the end of the solo.  I think this
         guy would go farther with decent songs to play over.
    
    Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Freebird"
         Classics, and no a Southern man don't need Neil Young anyhow.
    
    Jeff Beck - "Cause We've Ended As Lovers"
         It speaks for itself.
    
    Traci Guns (LA Guns) - "Ballad of Jane"
         Not one of the more spectacular players in rock today, but
         exceptionally tasteful on this track.
    
    Brian May (Queen) - "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Killer Queen"
         Forget about The Who and "Tommy" this is the only true rock opera.
         I'm suprised he hasn't been mentioned yet.  His sound is
         definitely the most recognizable in rock.
    
    Slash (Guns 'N' Roses) - "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
         Not the horrendous live version that the radio stations can't
         seem to get enough of, but the studio version only available on
         the soundtrack to "Days of Thunder."  Shames Clapton and Dylan's
         versions.
    
    Long live The King! (Richard Petty)      
    

    What about Mick Taylor's solo on Dylan's 
    "What's a sweetheart like you" ?
    
    William 

    
    
          One that still gets me(especially live) is Steve Vai's
    For The Love Of God.
    
        I love the solo on Semetary Gates by Pantera, (Incredible screams).
    
                 Jeffy

    Solos that shaped my life......
    
    Jan Akkerman...	Sylvia (even my son likes this one!)
    			Answers/Questions (from FocusIII)
         		Birth
    
    Jimmy Page.....	Since I`ve Been Loving You (astounding)
    			Heartbreaker
    
    Carlos Santana      Europa (live version)
    			Samba Pa Ti 
    			Caravanserai (any solo on this lp)
    
    Steely Dan..D.Dias? Bhodisattva
    			My Old School
    
    Jeff Beck....	Goodbye Porkpie Hat
    			
    Andy Powell(W.Ash)	Throw Down The Sword
    
    Joe Satriani...	Cryin`
    
    Jimi Hendrix...	Red House (Isle of Wight)
    			Voodoo Chile
    			In From The Storm(I.o.W)
    
    and on,and on,and on..........
    
    Tom 
     

    
    (Some of) My Faforite Solos:
    
    
    	George Harrison "How Do You Sleep" by John Lennon	
    
    	Richie Blackmore "Highway Star"
    
    	Russ Ballard 	"Thinking" from Roger Daltrey's first solo LP
    
    	Joe Satriani	"Always With Me, Always With You"
    
    	Whoever played	"I'm Easy"  (Guilty pleasure, for sure!)
    	lead for The
    	Commodores	
    
    	Ronnie Montrose	"Town Without Pity"
    
    	Adrian Belew	"Thela Hun Ginjeet" (or however that's spelled)
    
    	Jimmy McCulloch "Maybe I'm Amazed" from the Live Wings album
    
    	Gary Moore	"Parisianne Walkways" (any of his versions)
    
    	B.B. King	"I Got A Right To Give Up Living"
    
    	Albert Collins  "Brick"
    
    	Stevie Ray Vaughan "Little Wing"
    			   "Riviera Paradise"
    			   "Texas Flood"
    			   "Crossfire"
    			   "Say What!"
    
    	
    
    	That's all I can remember for a monday morning...
    
    	Brad
    

    
    I have a new favorite solo.  It's DEC's own Paul Cummings on
    "Do Fries Go With That Shake?" from our (Alternate Quartet's) upcoming
    CD.  Yeah, of course I'm biased :-) but I've been living with this
    solo for several months now listening to our final mixes and it just
    does it for me.  Logic and frenzy, balls and brains.  My goal as a
    guitar hacker is to one day be able to come up with a solo like this
    one.
    
    /rick
    
    ps for those interested, the CD will be out in a month or two

    Duane and Dickie doing "Jessica"..........

>    Duane and Dickie doing "Jessica"..........

     Hey Mon,

     Duane was dead when Jessica was recorded. Perhaps you mean
     Little Martha?
     
     Neal

    The solo that changed my world was one I played - a bass solo, of
    course.  It was awful - pretentious and not at all inventive.  I thought
    it was great.  My only excuse is that I was young.  The more I thought
    about it, the more I regretted it.  The more I learned about music, the
    better I realized just how awful it was.  Ever since I have resisted
    taking solos; I just say, "Drums stop, very bad!"
    
    Dave

     >Duane was dead when Jessica was recorded. Perhaps you mean
     >Little Martha?
    
    Nope, I mean Jessica......didn't know that was post Duane.
    
    

    
    >Nope, I mean Jessica......didn't know that was post Duane.
    
    Yep. Actually, I think the "Brothers and Sisters" album was dedicated
    to Duane and Berry Oakley. I might be wrong, but the only other
    guitarist who appears (apart from Dickie Betts) is Les Dudek.
    
    Dom 

    RE: Solo that opened my mind
    
    Miles on Live at Filmore.  Through the whole thing. 
    
    It was the first Miles album I bought, I was 14 or so.  I
    remember thinking at the time "Wow, any note can follow
    any note, and still sound great."  I also thought Miles
    was really telling a story.  I guess I'm another example
    of someone who got into jazz through exposure to fusion. 
    The next album I bought was Mahavishnu Live in Central Park. 
    My thought on that was "Wow (a common expression at the time), 
    how cool it sounds to play as fast as you possibly can, so that
    you're _just about_ out of control."
    
    Nostalgic Dave
     

    Hmm, how about the guit-solo on Surrounded??
    

>    Hmm, how about the guit-solo on Surrounded??
    
    Does it have more then one note?

>    " Morning Dew "  and " Train, Train "....Blackfoot ( Rick Medlocke )
    
    How about "I Took A Left Turn on a Red Light"?

    Stanley Myers Cavatina performed by John Williams.    Theme song to
    the movie "The Deer Hunter".
       

    Hendrix's MAchine Gun from Band of Gypsys live....awesome!
    
    -k

    Every Victor Lamonte Wooten bass solo "changes my world".
    
    	db

    Gilmore lead in Mother....Jeeeeezez!
    
    -kev