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Nearly forgot....

"Goodbye to love" The Carpenters.

Will

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

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)

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

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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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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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