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

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?

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

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

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?

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