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His "Boddhisatva" solo is great too! Denny Dias was/is a great player,
but he left music for a career in IT, go figure. Skunk Baxter was also
acting as some sort of gov't defense consultant, interesting...

Cheers,
JV

Juan Vega

New York City Blues - Jeff Beck in the Yardbirds is my hands down favorite guitar solo. I am sure that I can still play it note for note all these years later. It is burned into my soul. Jeff's Boogie is a standout as well. A groundbreaking performance at the time. Nothing quite like it.

Almost anything by Hendrix. The Wind Cries Mary is a standout for me but All Along the Watchtower is nothing short of pure genius.

Almost anything by Richie Blackmore when he was in the original Deep Purple. I think Rat Bat Blue is one I really like but I haven't heard Deep Purple in years so I could be wrong and as I say almost anything by Richie is brilliant. He's master at pacing himself and developing his solo as he goes. He is also a hellacious rhythm player.

Almost anything by Lonnie Mack from his Fraternity Records period. The song Why by Lonnie is one of my all -time favorite recordings by anyone. A true masterpiece.

Almost anything by Randy Rhodes. I think Eddie VanHalen was the more influential guitarist of that era but Randy to me just seems to have everything more together than Eddie does.

It's not popular to say this because the recording was so overwhelmingly successful that it gets scoffed at and unfairly ridiculed but the guitar solo by Peter Hampton on the Live recording is brilliant. It is paced well and his ideas are kind original even in the well worn blues-rock style he plays in. The piano players playing in that band is also brilliant as well. I don't know who he is but he is wicked.

For the most underrated rock player of all-time I nominate Joe Walsh. He's not a show off or a virtuoso but other than that he's got everything going for himself and lots and lots andlots of real musical talent.






Brian Kelly














From: Chris Smart
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 10:50 AM
To: jazz_guitar@...
Subject: Re: [jazz_guitar] Re: best Rock gtr. solo of all time



Neil Young - Keep on Rockin in the Free World (live)

Question: What sounds more like a cat being tortured, his voice or
his guitar tone?

On 10/21/2010 12:30 PM, Brian Kelly wrote:

New York City Blues - Jeff Beck in the Yardbirds is my hands down favorite guitar solo... &c.

I'm lovin' this! So far, no one has guessed it. Maybe it's too obscure ... maybe it's not good after all ...

:-)
Bobby

A hint:
This relatively obscure recording did enjoy its 15 minutes of fame, but you're going to have to dig deeper.

Years ago, when I was at Wizard Records, I brought in a vinyl copy, and did a blind drop-the-needle test on the engineer who was working. Of course, he immediately recognized it (as did the whole neighborhood - I blasted it!), and his response was "Oh, xxxxx. After that, why did people bother playing rock anymore? That said it all."

Part of the band went on to become one of the most commercially successful groups of all time.

best,
bobby

At 12:30 PM 10/21/2010, you wrote:

New York City Blues - Jeff Beck in the Yardbirds is my hands down favorite

For some reason, I'm a big Jeff Beck fan, but I have overlooked that period. I'll check it out!

Almost anything by Hendrix. The Wind Cries Mary is a standout for me but All Along the Watchtower is nothing short of pure genius.

yep, the playing and arranging, as well as the recording, panning, all of it.

I heard Wind Cries Mary at a funeral once - played instrumentally by a guitar teacher I had at the time... a friend of mine and one of his students was snuffed out by a stupid boating accident. Anyway, it was sooooo appropriate at the time.

Almost anything by Lonnie Mack from his Fraternity Records period.

again, someone i have to check out.

I like Peter Green on almost anything he did with the early Fleetwood Mac ... not so for his later Splinter Group stuff. *sigh*

Almost anything by Randy Rhodes. I think Eddie VanHalen was the more influential guitarist of that era but Randy to me just seems to have everything more together than Eddie does.

Agreed... I love them both though!

If Randy had lived just another year or two longer, I wonder if he would have done the Yngwie thing better than Yngwie? :) He was certainly influenced heavily by classical.

For the most underrated rock player of all-time I nominate Joe Walsh. He's not a show off or a virtuoso but other than that he's got everything going for himself and lots and lots andlots of real musical talent.

Yep! Funny guy too.

Chris
P.S. So ... did you watch it?

I'm lovin' this! So far, no one has guessed it. Maybe it's too obscure
... maybe it's not good after all ...

Randy Bachman's out of tune solo on "Takin Care of Business"?

True story: Randy actually sang that at a gathering of Burger King franchise owners - except he sang "Takin Care of Breakfast". He was hoping they would like it enough to adopt it in an ad campaign. *LOL*

Chris

Denny Dias' solo on Steely Dan's "Do It Again". This guy nails it:

Analog Kid by Alex Lifeson and (pure personal taste...)

Was the lick on Johnny B. Goode a solo? It's one of those things that everybody knows how to play.

Okay, I am going to have to say it.no one else is.



I hoped someone else would mention the unmentionable, the embarrassing, the
unforgettable.





SMOKE ON THE WATER!!!!!!





There, I said it, don't worry I'll leave quietly





John



Reciprocity

You're right. It's a great lick.

I'd add Don't Fear the Reaper, Ticket to Ride, Day Tripper, For What It's Worth (harmonics), Memphis, Secret Agent Man, and She's a Woman.

Nice list, both of you...

...and seeing as this *IS* a Jazz Guitar group, I have to mention one of the best Beatle solos of all....

George Harrison's fine melodic lead break on The Beatles cover of "Till There Was You."

George was one fine guitar player. When I read how much George admired Eric Clapton, and seemed to want Eric's acknowledgement of The Beatles work... well, I can only conclude that George vastly under-rated his own talents on the guitar.

There are several good videos on YouTube of George, John, and others working on John Lennon's song, "Oh, My Love." Watching the artistic process is really a treat. I like the way George's ascending guitar chords against John's descending piano chords give us a good example of chord inversions adding nice harmony and movement to a song.

John Lennon and George Harrison 1971 Oh My Love


ENJOY!!

John

Ah, the thread that will not die.
I first heard the song I'm posting here 45 years ago. Recorded in
California, perhaps under the auspices of Sly Stone, of that I'm just
speculating at this point. The singer turns out to have been a white KSOL
disc jockey, Jim Witter, that had an earlier lengthy stint on the Eastern
Seaboard as a "beach music" radio disc jockey.

There's a guitar break from about 1:15 to 2:00 that is some tasty
pre-effects rockin':



Jim

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ah fookin' 'ell lol, no, my pranksteristic behavior does not extend that
wickedly...the millisecond I pasted that and clicked send, I had a queasy
feeling that I hadn't actually loaded the correct link; don't ask what the
other thing was all about!

Okay, babies, 1:15 to 2:00 giddyup.



Jim


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I preferred the first link!

I don't know what the best rock guitar stuff is, but my favorite is Mark Knopfler's work on the Dire Straits album "Communique." From a guitarists point of view, I think it's his best work.

Runner-ups include Jeff Beck's Blow by Blow and Wired, in particular the song Scatterbrained, and the Allman Brothers Live at the Fillmore East.

You know, there are a bunch of great solos in rock, picking the "best" one
seems kind of silly to me, I'd rather enjoy them. In no particular order:

Jay Graydon's solo on Steely Dan's "Peg"

Paul Kossof's solo on Free's "All Right Now"

Denny Dias on Steely Dan's "Boddhisatva"

Steve Howe does some great solo work on Yes' "Roundabout"

Danny Cedrone on "Rock Around the Clock"

Carlos Santana on "Yours is the Light" (where he actually has to blow over
changes)

The list is endless...

Cheers,
JV

Juan Vega

At 01:33 PM 12/21/2010, you wrote:

Carlos Santana on "Yours is the Light" (where he actually has to blow over
changes)

Hmm, I'll check that out! What, you mean he doesn't have to just play pentatonic licks while the chords go I, Iv, I, IV etc.? :)

Chris

For me there are just two front runners,

Hendrix - All along the watchtower

and

Hendrix - Bold as love.

Will

Boy, this is a hard one. I probably am forgetting someone but the first one that comes to mind is Jeff Beck’s solo on “New York City Blues” all the way back to when he was with the Yardbirds. That solo is more than just the notes he plays even though that seems flawless. It’s how he plays them and where he plays them on the neck. It’s trickier than you may think. Even the strings grinding across rough frets as he stretches them seems like it was all planned.

After that the solo on the Carpenter’s hit “I’ll Say Good-by to Love”is genius.

I could almost as easily pick something by Jimi Hendrix or Richie Blackmore.

Then there’s also Lonnie Mack to consider.




Brian

Carlos Santana on "Yours is the Light" (where he actually has to
blow over
changes)

Hmm, I'll check that out! What, you mean he doesn't have to just
play pentatonic licks while the chords go I, Iv, I, IV etc.? :)

k City BluesrChris




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