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Mark,

Thanks for the kind words! 2010 was an "interesting" year for me (in the context of the old Chinese curse, "may you live in interesting times"), but I'm doing OK, and hoping '11 will be a bit less "interesting". All the best to you and yours!

Cheers,
JV


Juan Vega

Juan,

Have not had the time recently due to starting a new job etc to give me best
attention to the group, but I want to say to you, many thanks for all the advice
over the past year, and please stay safe, enjoy the life, and keep working!

All the best,
?
Mark Cassidy




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From: "JVegaTrio@..." <JVegaTrio@...>
To: jazz_guitar@...
Sent: Wed, December 22, 2010 3:49:31 AM
Subject: [jazz_guitar] Re: best Rock and lots. solo of all time

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Imo, Santana has made a career of playing solos over 2-chord songs, iim7
to V7 ad nauseam. I'm not dissing him or anything, but y'know? "Yours is
the Light" is on his "Welcome" album, it was written by the late pianist
Richard Kermode and Flora Purim, who sings it. It's a lovely tune. The song
has some really nice chord changes, and Santana does a good job of soloing
with emotion, instead of just phoning it in. "Welcome" has some really
nice tunes on it, and some good jazz players on it, like Flora, Leon Thomas,
and the great Joe Farrell. It is, to my knowledge the only album on which
Santana plays bass on a tune, "Mother Africa".

Cheers,
JV

Juan Vega

In a message dated 12/21/2010 12:00:31 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
bkelly@... writes:

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

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Juan,

I'm really struggling to find time - what with the new job and all - to get on
and contribute to teh list but I really need to say: Many thanks for the advice
over the past year. I hope you're?safe, I hope you're happy and I hope you're
working!

Please take care,
?
Mark Cassidy

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Imo, Santana has made a career of playing solos over 2-chord songs, iim7
to V7 ad nauseam. I'm not dissing him or anything, but y'know? "Yours is
the Light" is on his "Welcome" album, it was written by the late pianist
Richard Kermode and Flora Purim, who sings it. It's a lovely tune. The song
has some really nice chord changes, and Santana does a good job of soloing
with emotion, instead of just phoning it in. "Welcome" has some really
nice tunes on it, and some good jazz players on it, like Flora, Leon Thomas,
and the great Joe Farrell. It is, to my knowledge the only album on which
Santana plays bass on a tune, "Mother Africa".

Cheers,
JV

Juan Vega

Rock guitar, eh? Lonnie Mack, via Jeff and Stevie-

Beck rocks a hot pink Jackson, before Fender showered him with untold wealth
for repping Strats. First Wham, Then Hawaiian Eye Theme. These guys could
jazz. Check out SRV's 'Riviera Paradise', I think it is for an example, but
I can't remember one really tasty one....

Love his dives and pings elsewhere on YT-clips of this same 1984 gig, esp.
"Jeff's Boogie".



Lots of times when I revisit these vids I note that I'd left comments that I
have no recollection of having scrawled, gulp, this here being no exception.
Nothing in this instance to be ashamed of IMO. (whew)

wow, any recent examples guys?

John Petrucci on Dream Theater's "Under a Glass Moon" comes to mind...

Chris Poland or Jimmy Herring on just about anything ...

Marty Friedman on any solos on the Megadeth albums Rust in Peace, Countdown to Extinction, Youthanasia, or Cryptic Writings.

It's hard picking something from the last 15 years, since with the arrival of Nirvana, Sound Garden, etc. in the early 90's, the rock guitar solo was put into a coma for awhile.

It's coming back, but mostly in the metal genre, which is probably outside the interest of most here, especially when compared to the Carpenters!

Chris

Nearly forgot....

"Goodbye to love" The Carpenters.

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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For me there are just two front runners,

Hendrix - All along the watchtower

and

Hendrix - Bold as love.

Will

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

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

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.

I preferred the first link!

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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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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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

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.

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

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

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