OK, link 'em up and pay tribute to your faves of all time. To me a great solo has to have technique and soul. It needs to take the song somewhere and relate to it. Here are some of my top picks...
Simply the best in tone and technique...RIP Stevie.
Another by the imcomparable SRV...although is instrumental not solo, per se.
Just saw his Gdansk performance and he really burned this one up. Always liked Gilmour's lead tone and this solo is definitely one of my tops.
It ain't what you don't know that makes you an idiot...it's what you know for certain, that just ain't so...
Most people don't want to believe the truth~they want the truth to be what they believe.
My list of favorite solos is longer than a bloated Stephen King novel, but here are the solos that I often reference in my own playing.
Brian.
"You set your own goals for success, and when you succeed it don't necessarily mean that you're going to be a big star or make a lot of money or anything. You'll feel it in your heart whether you've succeeded or not." - Roy Buchanan
Mister Atkins played Don McClean's "Vincent". Yes, he did. Us finger-pickers learned a lot from that. He also did "Rondeaux" with the London Philharmonic behind him. I play them both, but not like that. Mister Atkins was Mister Atkins. There aren't any more. Earl Klugh is close. Mason Williams' piece was awesome. Tommy Emmanuel is a force of nature. Chester Atkins was the man.
I'm a straight out redneck country type,but this limey can come closer to competing with the electricfied guys than they can with him acoustically , I'm thinking :
