Favorite Guitar Solos

[Bullaholic]

Just finished listening to "Tunnel of Love" by Mark Knopfler w/ Eric Clapton. The last 3:30 or so is just awesome.

Some more of my guitar favs--

Sultans of Swing, Money For Nothing, and Romeo & Juliet by Dire Straits

November Rain by Guns n' Roses

Sharp Dressed Man by ZZ Top

I'll think of some more as we go.....

[Texas-Fight]

Cowboys from Hell solo

[3afan]

Blue Sky - Allman Brothers

[MagicMan]

Vermilion - Slipknot

[IHS Fan]

greengrass and high tides--the outlaws
the cowboy song--thin lizzie

[3afan]

Gator Country - Molly Hatchet

[sinton66]

I put a Spell on You- Creedance Clearwater Revival

[shankbear]

Samba Pati-- Santana

[Bullaholic]

Purple Haze- Jimi Hendrix
Steppin' Out- Eric Clapton & John Mayhall
Little Wing- SRV

[PPHSfan]

Another brick in the wall
David Gilmore(Pink Floyd)



Summers Coming
Dan Huff (Clint Black)



Summertime Blues
Brent Mason (Alan Jackson)


And a lot more.

[Phantom Stang]

Change It - Stevie Ray Vaugn

[sww-bull52]

Hotel California.... Eagles

Eruption... Eddie VanHalen

Bad to The Bone... George Thourogood

Anything by Angus Young

[Phantom Stang]

Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King

[neck_06]

the begining of thunderstruck

the middle of "surrounded" by dream theater

[The Kracken]

One-Kirk Hammet (Metallica)

[shankbear]

Reelin in the Years- Steely Dan

[pirate44]

if instrumentals count i vote 100 times for Eric Johnson's Cliffs of Dover

[ILS1]

Eruption-Van Halen (Eddie Van Halen on guitar)

Europa-Carlos Santana

Crossroads-Cream w/Eric Clapton on guitar

Hot For Teacher-Van Halen (Eddie on guitar)

Still Got The Blues For You-Gary Moore

Cliffs Of Dover-Eric Johnson

Voodoo Chile-Stevie Ray Vaughn version


Just to name a few...................

[Gsquared]

Sometimes when me and my band open for Chuck E Cheese's band, we will open with "Stranglehold" Ill rip off on that drum solo and be gone!!!! That song has both, guitar solo and drum solo!

[Phantom Stang]

Rock And Roll - Led Zepplin

[pirate44]

Originally posted by Gsquared
Sometimes when me and my band open for Chuck E Cheese's band, we will open with "Stranglehold" Ill rip off on that drum solo and be gone!!!! That song has both, guitar solo and drum solo!
LOL...if you like drum solos, let me recomend Neil Peart ;)

[JHS_c/o_06']

sorry guys .....but you just cant get a more powerful and emotional guitar solo then that of the final solo on Guns N' Roses November Rain.....it sends chills down my spine ever single time i listen.

[Fletch]

"Money for nothing" - Dire Straits

[Gsquared]

Anything by SRV outta cover all of em!

[Phantom Stang]

Key to The Highway - Derrick And The Dominoes

[3afan]

Nothin' BUt a Good Time- Poison

[SintonFan]

Surfin with the Alien by Joe Satriani

[Cameron Crazy]

Originally posted by MagicMan
Vermilion - Slipknot Thats a good one.

[AggieJohn]

"welcome to the jungle" guns and roses

[espn1]

Here are the Best of the Best (http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_guitarsolo.html)

[SnyTigBaseB07]

Carry on my wayward son - Kansas

i love kansas, i dunno why
i just do!

[formermbcouns]

I agree


Originally posted by sinton66
I put a Spell on You- Creedance Clearwater Revival

[formermbcouns]

Little Martha...Allman Brothers

[formermbcouns]

I agree on this one too


Originally posted by shankbear
Samba Pati-- Santana

[slpybear the bullfan]

Finally, a poll the Slpybear can definitively weigh in on!

The bear has slung an axe for over 20 years now... (dang, I just felt REAL OLD :( )

I have read many good personal faves on here from some of the posters. Some of them I will mention include...

Cliffs of Dover / E. Johnson
November Rain / Slash (GnR)
Surfin with the Alien/J. Satriani
Still got the Blues/G. Moore

A couple of others not listed yet that I feel obligated to mention as personal faves...

Little Wing (the entire song)/SRV from the Sky is Crying
He Man Woman Hater/N. Bettencourt (Extreme)
While My Guitar Gently Weeps/G. Harrison
Was I Right or Wrong/Rossington, Collins (Skynyrd)
Cemetary Gates/Dimebag (Pantera)

But, without a doubt... the all time best guitar solo(s) ever come from Comfortably Numb, by good ole Dave Gilmour, care of Pink Floyd. I know some of you are saying BS, as the previous post shows this listed as no. 1 on a top 100 page. But if I had a time machine, I would take you back to a freshly graduated slpybear with a couple of buddies, rented PA, hot summer night, and an open pavillion at the park... just cranking out Pink Floyd covers (among others) and having the time of his life!!!!

It was my favorite then and now... one of the best "feeling" solos you will play... both the first solo and the second. A great despair in my life is that my friend and I recorded a cover of it at his brothers's studio... and I lost the copy. :(

It isn't the fastest solo... isn't the most complicated... isn't the loudest... isn't the darkest or brightest. Its just the best.

That is slpybear's .02... (Although the artist in him feels it is worth at least .04! :D)

[GreenMonster]

I like the opening to Freebird. Anything by SRV, Jeff Beck, Clapton, Hendrix, Peter Frampton, Jimmy Paige, and I'm also kind of partial to Kenny Wayne Shepherd.

[BJG40]

25 or 6 To 4 -Chicago

[GreenGobbla]

Beauty in The Breakdown - The Scene Aesthetic


memory by sugarcult

[pirate44]

Originally posted by slpybear the bullfan

While My Guitar Gently Weeps/G. Harrison
great addition to the list :thumbsup:

[GreenMonster]

Originally posted by pirate44
great addition to the list :thumbsup:

true, true

[Tiger Baseball]

True solo, Santana

[Maroon87]

The one on "Hotel California" is pretty cool.

[SWMustang]

Originally posted by sww-bull52
Hotel California.... Eagles

Eruption... Eddie VanHalen

Bad to The Bone... George Thourogood

Anything by Angus Young

Eruption was the song that immediately popped in my head when I read the thread title.

[GWOOD]

Originally posted by sww-bull52
Hotel California.... Eagles

Eruption... Eddie VanHalen

Bad to The Bone... George Thourogood

Anything by Angus Young

You and I think alike!!!

I would probably add "Anything by ZZ Top"

[pero chato]

Originally posted by slpybear the bullfan
While My Guitar Gently Weeps/G. Harrison
:D)

I think Clapton played the solo on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"

To add to the list - Hocus Pocus by Focus; anything by Rory Gallagher, CCR's - Keep on Chooglin'.

[IHS Fan]

Originally posted by pero chato
I think Clapton played the solo on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"

To add to the list - Hocus Pocus by Focus; anything by Rory Gallagher, CCR's - Keep on Chooglin'.

i thought i was the only one who heard of focus. i still have the album, hocus-pocus.
i saw rory gallagher at an outdoor concert in corpus when i was about 18.

[SintonFan]

Originally posted by SnyTigBaseB07
Carry on my wayward son - Kansas

i love kansas, i dunno why
i just do!
.
Don't worry. I seem to like Kansas a bunch too. I don't really know why but with songs like Dust in the Wind and Comws they have always been a favorite of mine.:thumbsup:

[SintonFan]

Originally posted by slpybear the bullfan

But, without a doubt... the all time best guitar solo(s) ever come from Comfortably Numb, by good ole Dave Gilmour, care of Pink Floyd.
It was my favorite then and now... one of the best "feeling" solos you will play... both the first solo and the second. A great despair in my life is that my friend and I recorded a cover of it at his brothers's studio... and I lost the copy. :(

It isn't the fastest solo... isn't the most complicated... isn't the loudest... isn't the darkest or brightest.
.
I agree that CN has the best "feeling" out of all the ones listed. It just speaks to you in a way that guitar solos can almost never ever do. It tends to produce emotions that convey a deeper meaning to the whole work. I'm not sure if I have ever heard anything that has provoked the ability to feel quite like CN.:)

[District303aPastPlayer]

it took 12 people before someone said Hotel California... hmmm

[Underwater Basketweaver]

I can't believe no one has thrown out Frampton "Do you feel like I do".

[District303aPastPlayer]

Originally posted by Underwater Basketweaver
I can't believe no one has thrown out Frampton "Do you feel like I do".

HEEEEEEEEEEE'S
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!!!!!!!!

[Underwater Basketweaver]

Originally posted by District303aPastPlayer
HEEEEEEEEEEE'S
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!!!!!!!!

I have been checking in every now and then. Just haven't posted in a long time. Football season is about to start though, so it's time to get back into the swing.

[Gobbler Fan]

Crazy Train -Randy Rhoades
Crossroad's-Eric Clapton
Cliff's of Dover- Eric Johnson
Fade to Black -Kirk Hammet
Mr. Crowley-Randy Rhoades
Sharp Dressed Man -Billy Gibbon's
Star Spangled Banner -Jimi Hendrix
Wind Cries Mary-Jimi Hendrix

[pirate44]

Originally posted by District303aPastPlayer
it took 12 people before someone said Hotel California... hmmm
what does that tell you?

[SintonFan]

Originally posted by pirate44
what does that tell you?
.
lol
Good point.

[BJG40]

Has anyone ever played that game guitar hero?

[SintonFan]

Originally posted by BJG40
Has anyone ever played that game guitar hero?
.
I've seen it and the reviews. It looks fun but alas I don't own a PS2.:(

[pantherpop]

The Rolling Stones song Can't you hear me knocking.

[DaHop72]

Originally posted by BJG40
Has anyone ever played that game guitar hero? It's great.:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Emerson1]

Originally posted by BJG40
Has anyone ever played that game guitar hero?
GH 2 comes out Nov 7th

[Chris Hart]

Originally posted by Underwater Basketweaver
I can't believe no one has thrown out Frampton "Do you feel like I do". That's my favorite...:cool:

[I Bleed Red08]

Here are some that i like, some of them are way newer than some that all of you have mentioned but i still think there good:

Open Their Eyes - Mark Tremani ( Alterbridge )
D'Yer Mak'er - ( Led Zeppelin )
Simple Man - Rossington, Collins ( Lynyrd Skynyrd )
The Ballad of Curtis Lowe - ( Lynyrd Skynyrd ) << great slide guitar work
and who cant love the song
Sweet Home Alabama - Rossington, Collins ( Lynyrd Skynyrd )

[Phantom Stang]

Stranglehold - Ted Nugent

[slpybear the bullfan]

Originally posted by pero chato
I think Clapton played the solo on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"

Yup, I think you are right.

My favorite of this song was hearing Jeff Healey cover it at the West End in Dallas in '91 or '92.... KILLER!

[PPHSfan]

I can't believe I am the only person in four pages of this thread that mentioned anyone other than rock and roll guitar leads. I guess you really have to be a real guitar player to appreciate a Dan Huff or a Brent Mason.

Well at least nobody picked an Esteban solo.

[sww-bull52]

Anyone remember "Rock & Roll Machine" by Tiumph?

[Phantom Stang]

Originally posted by PPHSfan
I can't believe I am the only person in four pages of this thread that mentioned anyone other than rock and roll guitar leads.
Check out my second post on page one.;)

Here's one:
Nine Pound Hammer - Merle Travis

[Phantom Stang]

Black Mountain Rag - Doc Watson

[SWMustang]

I thought of a couple more last night

Michael Jackson - Beat it (Eddie Van Halen)
Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana ( Steve Vai?)

[I Bleed Red08]

I like the little guitar solo in the Creed song "What if"
Mark Tremani is a great guitar player

[I Bleed Red08]

Originally posted by I Bleed Red08
I like the little guitar solo in the Creed song "What if"
Mark Tremani is a great guitar player ohh and one more i have to add, I can't believe no one has added this
Gimme Three Steps ( Rossington, Collins) - Lynyrd Skynyrd

[BJG40]

Originally posted by Emerson1
GH 2 comes out Nov 7th

ah thanks. I was wonderin about that.

[awizzy]

i like stranglehold by ted nugent

dazed and confuesed led zeppelin (jimmy paige)

[carter08]

Anything Hendrix

[ILS1]

Originally posted by espn1
Here are the Best of the Best (http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_guitarsolo.html)


WOW!!! David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) is all over that Top 100!!! Very well deserved as well. I love Shine On You Crazy Diamond all the parts I-XIII. I love Pink Floyd!!! Last years reunion with Roger Waters for the Live 8 concert was truly AWESOME!!


:clap: :clap:

[carter08]

Originally posted by ILS1
WOW!!! David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) is all over that Top 100!!! Very well deserved as well. I love Shine On You Crazy Diamond all the parts I-XIII. I love Pink Floyd!!! Last years reunion with Roger Waters for the Live 8 concert was truly AWESOME!!


:clap: :clap:

Wish Syd wouldn't have died

[piratebg]

Any solo by Kirk Hammet of Metallica!!! :thumbsup:

[SnyTigBaseB07]

Originally posted by piratebg
Any solo by Kirk Hammet of Metallica!!! :thumbsup:

Ya dude, KH rocks hardcore!


How about Steve Vai or Yngie Malsteem (sp)

those dudes can rip on a guitar.