I sure do miss bands that would showcase great guitar music and especially the stand alone solos. I don't understand why modern music lost that.

Some early Allman Bros, Satriani, Clapton, Joe Walsh...
Pretty much any flavor that floats your boat...

I enjoyed all the bands that had alot of keyboard solos and bands like deep purple who had guitar and keyboard solos.

start listening to some black sabbath

Oh I have plenty of music for guitar, just wish the modern musicians would appreciate it again.

It ain’t rock but Buddy Guy can lay down some licks.

You need to check out Joe Bonamassa

He can play, damn good singer too, plays some with Beth Hart.

Warren Hayes is better

Agree with the Warren Haynes choice. So many really good guitarist. That's a good thing!

I love Tina S. Posted her here a few times
Her Beethoven moonlight sonata is my favorite cover by her

This is probably the most iconic 'solo' in history even though it's by two guys. Don Felder and Joe Walsh in their prime...it doesn't get any better.

I like Adrian Smith and Dave Murray as a duo

George Lynch:

Don't judge, just listen to Buckethead.

Some say that rather than drawing attention, his animosity has removed star power & simply just focuses on the instrument .

Beat me to it

I’ve been listening to Gary’s solo’s last few days.

I always liked Dickey Betts on Blue Sky.

Clarence White towards the end of the song. The guy could play a bit.

Too bad terry kath had an interest in guns.....

Johnny Winter and Rick Derringer when they played in the band Johnny Winter And. Album was made in 1970. Probably some of the best complimentary guitar work by two guitarists in the song Prodigal Son. Winter plays a gunslinger deep guitar lead in the first solo and Derringer plays a blistering cry baby pedal guitar in the second solo.

Prodigal Son

Lastly Johnny Winter from Second Winter, Album was made around 1968. Song was titled I love Everybody. Blistering slide guitar work by Johnny.

I Love Everybody

Plugged straight in, no gimmicks. Just one

Why stop at guitar solo's?
How about a drum solo leading into a base solo leading into the guitar solo?

Not every good guitar solo has to to be an example of minutes long flatuence - I prefer smaller soloes spaced out amongst the song, or a quick little stand-alone. These by Robert Quine, Richard Lloyd, and Tom Verlaine are excellent examples of the former:





As an example of the latter, Bob Rupe nails his little solo in the middle of this Silos tune:




And I always loved the fuzzed-out outro to this old Thin White Rope ode to friendship - a great juxtaposition to it mainly acoustic melody:



Kaiser Norton

This chick does a great cover of a timeless classic!

Really? Or were you making a joke?

In the 60s, I like Eric Clapton's guitar in the live version of Spoonful.

I liked it......

Ok , sorry...

Lou Reed, intro to Sweet Jane.It is a classic.

Wonder if that was an accident or not. I listen to Chicago frequently.

Brief moment of stupid......brief but ever so permanent....

What a helluva talent .......

Yeah, Kath was a loss.

Would I be Mr. Obvious if I were to even mention the SRV sound check?

Eddy Shaver doing his thing

Cmon....someone mention Nancy Wislon, GOAT guitar solos EVAHHHH!!!!!!

lol

Hard to beat...


https://youtu.be/QA-OOFVH1dw

Check out Gary Moore "Still Got The Blues" Great stuff!

Marty Friedman going HAM

If you haven’t watched Prince cover “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” at his Rock and Roll HOF, you should. The man could play.

Evening, were are you Texas guys common Stevie Ray Von, gone way to soon. ZZ Top, small three piece bands. Go to U tube and listen to some of the young kids, ammazzzzing. Kid from Australia 11 or 12 yrs old not super clean yet but he can still shred a guitar. Couple of girl drummers one from USA, one from Japan, exactly like the original drums. Again amazing. Bill out. 👣🐾👣🐾🇨🇦

Here it is:

Rick Derringer does some tasty things throughout this one.




Here's some video of him foolin' around a bit:





And speaking of short blues guitarists, here's Steve Mariott:





Y'all can use your Google-Fu skills to see which one was shorter.



FC

Jeff Healy, blind playing a Stratocaster on his lap.

Hey, what about Ted Nuegent he was pretty good for not doing any drugs (his words not mine) ??????? Bill out. 🐾👣🐾👣🇨🇦

I can't believe we are five pages in aready and noone has mentioned Jerry Reed yet!

Both are at the top of their game, If I had to pick just one I'd have to pick Joe.

Prince was a guitar playin MF'r.

But decided to strut his stuff or show he was better than George Harrison at a tribute to; George Harrison.

Georges son said that Prince was good, but his performance was, uncalled for.

Pretty much, JAN.

https://youtu.be/Pz2hXI7Ny9I

Way better than the studio version.
Thanks for that.

Marcin
Just released yesterday.

Well, I've brought up SRV, but just in passing. I could have posted his sound check, Carlos Santana's, pic one, & multiple Dwayne Allman & Dickie Betts solos, but just thought I'd let others have a chance.

Voted best solo of this century. Two of the best guitarists around today.

Killer song, lyrics, video, break, solo, multiple guitars & Coverdale is my age.

A boomer ya young whippersnappers. Match it.

Wow!

Thank You!!

Most stunning solo I've ever heard, by the late great Bob Kulick. First solo at 3:18, second at about 5:17. Other-wordly.

Yeah, but it ain't Lou Reed playing.
It was Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter.

Not as long as many, but I've always appreciated Jimmy Page on Song Remains The Same.

Modern day guitar music.

Great cover.

One of the guys recently passed. Hope Steelwoods can carry on.

Tommy, Frank and Vinny, takin turns.

Check this out.



I listened to a podcast with Scott Ian. He was talking about how this came about.

Said Brad Paisley stole the show.

A long time fav. The swoop at the end just kills!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14Rn09k6DqU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_CVsup4vjY

By who?

ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VzKyPruPgA

Lots of great guitar stuff going on here.

This big guy plays a mean little guitar.

Guitarist magazine.

I always liked this guy.

One of the best ever IMHO.

Yeah,...I liked that too.

Now that I've reeled in the years,....not so much.

That's some great stuff.

No homo.

Mel Taylor is the GOAT

Yeah.

I like that video.

Fuggin wake up. Throw on a leopard print coat.

You’re souncheck is better that most concert performance.

Or you can just say he performed George Harrison's composition brilliantly, highlighting the song writing talent of Harrison.

Unless a person just wants to bitch at something, of course.

No guitar but growing up where I did,..

I complimented Princes abilities as a player. I've watched an interview with Harrisons son that was on stage at the time & basically said Princes performance was uncalled & not ask for.
A report on what I watched.
Personally I thought it pretty damn good, but wondered about the odd expressions of the other players. Not until I saw Dahni's interview that some things came together.

If bitching about reality or the displeasure of Georges own son, well, I guess I was. Touche'

Buckethead is a monster on the guitar

Yep!

Tommy and Joscho bang out a standard. Guten Nacht, schlafe wohl.

It's a Commie Plot.

You're not wrong...even though you might be kidding.

Stevie Ray Vaughn and double trouble were outstanding.

Slugflinger I enjoyed that music thanks.

Tommy Emanuel is an established Aussie who is best known there as part of the Emanuel Brothers with his brother Phil.
They split and Tommy hung out with Chet Atkins and now he is known here.
Very talented, both Tommy and Phil.
Tommy uses a Maton guitar which is an Aussie brand for those interested.

Read an article on Leo Fender a long time ago where Leo stated that when he made his first electric guitar, he really had no idea what it would sound like and even less idea on what would become of electric guitar in general, but the sound in his head on what he would like to sound like, he heard the first time when he heard David Gilmore play. That was what Leo dreamed of.

People who appreciate talent, meaning they enjoy recognition of experiencing something uncommon with few or not other people being able to emulate it are rare in todays' market where the primal beat has overtaken the melody.

There are no really good guitar players out there in new music because the definition has changed.
People confuse fast or heavy or articulate as being good and anything not contemporary top 40 to be old hat, but what is missing and seldom seen any more is feel. The other thing is that modern players often struggle with older classic rock which is why you don;t see much of it with younger bands though they admit to listening to it. I learned that when I owned a bar. They told me. The bands I hired loved the songs the kids played on the juke box but there was not the talent to play it. They told me.
Clapton was a pioneer, so was the man who idolized him, Hendrix. Page influenced everyone. Blackmore with his original staccato style of playing was different again and bot understated and underrated.

What Clapton and Gilmore taught the music world is that a melodic sound and even a one note solo can captivate an audience because of the emphasis on sound, music and tone it provides to compliment the song as a solo is meant to be and not the the self absorbed marketing exercise in attempting to stand out over the band and competition which is largely became.

The 2 musicians that stand out for playing less and impressing more also made it harder to emulate as you cannot fudge feel. Those were Clapton on guitar and Andy Fraser on Bass who actually slowed down his bass notes over his career and made it much harder for the cover bands to emulate as he had as Clapton, both feel and technique.

With that, we are left with the listener and the expert.
The listener is of most value, as he is the arbiter of what is pleasing and good, supported by his wallet.
The expert is more often offering opinion which is subjective enough that we never have the same record collections, not ever will.
If there is a 3rd group, it is the musician who listens to not only what is played, but how it is played and using what equipment, so that the player can be separated, digested and appreciated for what they bring to the song.
Collectively, we are the audience and what we like, is of importance to ourselves, collectively.

Jimi Hendrix playing Villanova Junction at Woodstock.

HE was the "solo".

Thanks kind sir,

Listened to that while playing a game of hearts on the computer. A pleasant diversion.

Not a new group. And no offense to Mr Berry, I like his versions of Johnny too.

Donald Kinsey rips it a bit on this one 2:28 and 3:55 for the solos:

How about the Prince version too?

Steeely Dan had some amazing guitarists. My fav in Larry Carlton . Great guitar work in this song

Prince wasn't a great guitar player. There, I said it.

All hat, no cattle.

My favourite SD album because of Larry Carlton.

Don't recall ever seeing a seven string guitar.

Adds low B.



8 string: Add F#

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwVtNqYVWZs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt-RoSzsEKA

AC/DC, Angus is the solo king! Start at 3:55.

A-Doo ALWAYS spanks!



Randy Rhoads with pre-geez Ozzy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3LvhdFEOqs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSfNvTVEALw

RR died in plane crash the following year...26 years old.

Don’t forget Zakk Wylde with Ozzy. This guy can shred, play piano, great acoustic including a toy guitar

I saw a video of Joe Bonamassa doing the song Lazy by Deep Purple and loved it.

Just a few that pop into my head in no particular order

Sanatana - Europa or Samba Pa Ti

Steve Hunter - Intro to Sweet Jane

Prince - While My Guitar Gently Weeps - at the George Harrison tribute

Dicky Betts

Warren Haines

Mick Ronson

Eric

Jimi

Heard Smith with Kotzen yet, they have an album coming out.

BLS/Zakk has had their moments, but haven't release anything really good in almost 15 years.

Hard to argue with that being impressive for sure.

Those South American folks got a show that night.

He needs to put a shirt on. Gross MF'r

The trouble with threads like this is that if you don't like the music, you won't like the guitar no matter how good it is.

Exactly

I always liked Steve Stevens, incredible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN1HFo7g2is

A few good parts in this one, but those Swiss fans are more staid than the River Plate Stadium ones

Prolly needs a haircut too?

This is fun- You know you are truly strange if you are too weird for Ozzy Osbourne's taste:

Ozzy Osbourne: "I tried out that Buckethead guy. I met with him and asked him to work with me but only if he got rid of the fu*king bucket. So I came back a bit later and he's wearing this green fu*king Martian's-hat thing. I said, 'Look, just be yourself!' He told me his name was Brian, so I said that's what I'd call him. He says, 'No one calls me Brian except my mother.' So I said, 'Pretend I'm your mum then!' I haven't even got out of the room and I'm already playing [bleep] mind games with the guy. What happens if one day he's gone and there's a note saying, 'I've been beamed up to the mothership?'

He's just too old to be carrying about...he looks like an old retard suffering acid flashbacks.

If I was working out that hard, having fun, I might have my shirt off too.

I think it's silly the way some performers are in leather pants, vinyl crap, etc under those light.

I say "Sanity before vanity".

Long live rock and roll............................even the shirtless variety.

Yeah I don't hate it, and his body of work speaks for itself. At some point though...put your shirt on. 🤣

SRV always my favorite, followed by EC, (further on up the road). But always loved the riff in My Sharrona by the Knack.

How about this guy, wrote this song Santana had a hit with. I was turned on to Gabor when I was a freshman in high school by a friend. I hope he's doing well if still alive, my friend that is, I don't know Mr Szabo:

Anyone know who Eddie Van Halen regarded at Number One?

That's the real trouble with threads like this. Those who never tuned to anything but top 40 stations have an idea who's the best they've ever heard, but they haven't heard much.

Top 40?

What about the guys who say

"If it ain't country it ain't scheidt"

Probably Les Paul, they were a lot alike, loved tinkering with guitars

Steve Vai says Danny Gatton was the best

Too bad he had an interest in narcotics and had to prove that guns and drugs don't mix well.

Gatton was good no doubt. I love telecasters, the coolest sound on earth. Twang

So many folks have so many opinions about guitarists - look how quickly this thread has grown.

How true, how true - and there is no accounting for musical "taste". Due to the major plethora of guitar players and the limited exposure/knowledge of most of us, the "best" labels are almost meaningless. Is there a capable judge these days? Now - if we say "I most LIKE so and so - - -"

I never will say that DG was the "best" - or say that about any guitarist. But, I know his playing quite well and will say that, if those of you who know guitar will listen closely to the full range of Danny Gatton's playing, you are likely to discard your notions about any supreiority of a bunch of other players of this type.

I keep forgetting Steve Lukather, & while trying to think about which Toto song to look for, Duh! just type in Lukather solos.

Known for extremely fast fingers. His work is on many albums besides Toto's.

I dunno, typical overdriven blues blur that ain't very hard. Yawn...

A little bit of Jimmy Hendricks goes a long way. Robin and Jimmy Dewar have many that I like, but this one popped into my feeble brain first. It's not standalone guitar, but worthy of a listen.

A big + 1 for Steve Stevens.

ok...you got me cccc, he all but said it. That was the name he through out when asked.

Sadly, another great guitarist lost to some internal demons.

You may like some John 5 then

I'll put kotzen up against about anyone these days. And he can sing as good as he plays.

I know Eddie asked Glenn Campbell for a lesson.

Yup

And there’s always going to be 2 or 3 guys on here that pluck some obscure guitarist from the Celtic Woman tribute band, Liberace’s accompanyment or whatnot for his contribution. Leaves me shaking my head. We all have our favorites and opinions so that’s what makes it great.

lol

Yezzir. I was kinda hoping for a "Spotlight on Ed King" thread. When did he leave Skynyrd anyhow?

One of my all-time favorites .. Mark Knopfler "Dire Straights"

Very FEW musicians of today that inspire "kids" to WANT to learn guitar.

Guitar is harder with smaller audiences than going online and using the phone.

Most video games are easier than learning guitar, too.

Yeah man.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foePOccRz4g

So that's where you got your avatar, Higginez.

That guy can play.

👍🏻

Sorry, but that sucks.

Don’t hate.

This gal is pretty slick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2e6OOgmz9E

Weird, left handed guitar with a right handed neck. I used to play with a black guy who actually played with a left handed guitar played upside down. Strings were backwards/upside down. Hard to believe, but he was one of the best guitarists I ever came across. Better then me at the time. Early 90s.

Imagine being able to play like this, make it to the big stage playing with rockstars...and then getting diagnosed with ALS

Dude shreds

Overdriven noise-fest. Mindless blur garbage... So 80s.

Mindless 80s crap......

Well, its pretty dang stout for a 16yo.

Sad stuff. But this was pretty cool of EVH. ALS sucks!

Yep

Bad ass

Rip EVH

Believe it or not, Roy Clark
was one of the greatest.

Derek Trucks at 14yrs old. Never one to smile.

“If God ever gave one man too much talent, it was Glen Campbell.”–Merle Haggard

You won’t see a better guitar solo than this Glenn Campbell “William Tell Overture”