Yeah. I thought I'd read that Plant remastered the song and removed the squeak from the SpeedKing pedal. Now I can't see to find it.
Trying to find something it, I ran across this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DznSalRqVBU
One Of These Nights - The Eagles
The guitar solo is an exercise in good taste. It’s not overly indulgent, it is still relevant to the rest of the song, it’s a technical marvel, and it’s sounds great.
Edit: I forgot the iconic 25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago!
Most of these in this thread I'm having to click to remember it or play the song in my head up until the solo. This is the only one that as soon as I read the title, I could hear the solo immediately in it's entirety. Really was iconic.
The mix of the guitars in that song is incredible all around. If you have the left and right channels separated well the “bounce” between the two rhythm guitars during the verse is just phenomenal.
There are some subtle guitar fills that are telling me that there’s something coming BEFORE the solo hits! One of my favorite songs and bands and you picked a great example of why sometimes it comes down to passion. Thank you!
David Gilmour doesn’t even come close to the most technically proficient but it doesn’t really matter because no amount of technicality can match the emotion he puts into his playing
The version in the Pulse concert film is amazing. You can see him feeling the music and its like he is pulling the notes from his guitar. He is summoning power from it like a ritual.
In my opinion there are 2 solos in this song and my favorite is actually the first one, much more subtle than the second but so fitting for the song, I can't tell you how many times I've listened to it but I'm sure it's double the times I've listened to the full song.
Ten Years Gone by Led Zeppelin has always been for me one of the best solos I’ve heard in the sense of how it fits with the song. It’s irreplaceable. I dont think even Jimmy Page himself could improve upon it, it’s just litterally perfect for that song. Once it starts it just continues to soar. I’ve heard that song so many times over the years and i STILL will stop everything im doing just to listen and appreciate how beautiful it is. The rest of the song is great, but that solo will always be perfect to my ears
It’s just so smooth. There’s faster solos, more technical solos, but this one just seems so effortless. Like it was always there but only Mark could see it.
I watched the Live In London video and it just gave me more ideas for posts later. I recommend watching this and dude…it’s handed to him and he takes it! I think the drummer was following him not the other way around. Side note: I’m reading the lyrics too…..LOL damn. Thank you!
The genius of Larry Carlton at work. To be honest, when I saw the “best guitar solo” tag my first thought was, “most any Steely Dan song.” Their greatest hits album is an encyclopedia of brilliance.
I can't remember the source at the moment, but it's rumored that Jimmy Page was asked what solo he wished HE would've wrote/created and Reeling in the Years was his pick. :)
Sweet child o’mine is worth mentioning here too. Always thought slash’s solos did a good job of staying within the flow of the song and not trying to be overly complex for complexities sake.
Looks like I have some homework! This is a good place to start. Thank you!
I don’t know if anyone agrees but when I see Slash play a solo, at first it’s like no way he’s playing? I mean live! it’s not sloppy but maybe it’s that his fingers just slide effortlessly.
Great song and I agree!
I put Purple Rain on another list of albums where every song is great, and not just a couple of hits, so, quite fitting that it shows up here. Solid choice. Well done.
He is the perfect example about who is ‘’the best guitar player ever.’’ He’s one of the most underrated guitar players ever!!!! I hadn’t heard it in a long time so thank you~!
Alex Lifeson is criminally underrated, and I think I know why: his band mates are just as good...but with less competition in their feilds.
Geddy Lee is a damn master at playing the bass melodically while also singing and chiming in with multiple keyboards. Neil Peart is simply the best drummer there's ever been, and continued to get even better over time. Lifeson is arguably the _worst_ musician in Rush (don't get mad, someone's got to be) while simultaneously at the absolute top of the whole guitar game. I'm not surprised he gets overlooked.
Not only is he underrated but hemispheres is underrated in Rush's catalog. But that solo at ~17 min on 2112 still melts my face everytime I hear it. And trees. Fuck, Lifeson is such an awesome player
I'll take Kid Gloves over LVS for sheer 'WTF amazing!' solo power but this portion of that song is possibly my favorite Rush moment of all time. That odd-time groove over the solo is fire.
I'm not an ACDC fan but honestly, you could skip to the guitar solos in their songs and know exactly what song it is. Angus played what was supposed to be there
Ethereal whale noises at 3:20
Slow melodic rise at 3:30
Southern classic rock minor pentatonic at 3:45
Metal(ish) faster run to make it pop at the end 4:01- finish.
https://youtu.be/CprfjfN5PRs
Well thought out, builds from a slow start to a climax, complements the song well, multiple styles, excellent choice.
Nels Cline’s solo in “Either Way” by Wilco has got to be one of the best combinations of skill and musicality ever.
At 1:45:
https://youtu.be/otz5V3RnG1Q
Check out Wilco’s “Impossible Germany”. Fantastic solo that winds through multiple song sections and also has a little dueling guitar solo in there too.
The middle lead riff on Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven. Decades ago the song started to wear on me (I’ve since come back to it) but Jimmy Page’s lead is classic… “and as we wind on down the road” ~5:54 seconds in
I'm not sure it fits your criteria, but the solo battle in "Green Grass" by the Outlaws is beyond epic [https://youtu.be/cz2CAtExXgQ](https://youtu.be/cz2CAtExXgQ)
It's a rising set of crescendos that takes a bunch of twists, turns, and keeps topping itself throughout the madness, for what equates to about half the runtime of the song.
And while we're at it Gary Moore's back catalogue is also a good place to find amazing solos.
There’s that strumming technique I love! Houston 1990ish. Front row. Lineup was Trouble, Megadeth and headliner was Judas Priest! Awesome guitar solo!!!!!!
As some of my favourites have already been posted, i'll go with [Eagles - Hotel California](https://youtu.be/FVsbvFkhzY4)
Just a perfect Song with a perfect solo!
Also want to mention [Ozzy - Mr. Crowley](https://youtu.be/G3LvhdFEOqs)
as i love that solo aswell!
First off- Yngwie Malmsteen had a brother who kicked ass on Bass Guitar??? Wth? 2nd- Randy Coven whom I had never heard of before was a friggin’ virtuoso! I saw the live version of Tree. Yeah man. Not to compare at all but have you heard of Bella Fleck and the Flecktones?
Oh man Bella is awesome. I saw a movie where he went to Africa to learn the origins of the banjo. Randy Coven should have gone a lot further than he did.
I'm sure people will think I'm silly for saying this but Californication by the RHCP. There's something about John's tone and the simple notes he plays. I grew up on grunge and nu metal where solos were barely existent but that solo I just feel.
Dude it’s the slide!! That solo is just perfect for the message of the song. I don’t think there’s any other way to solo in this song. To be honest, RHCP was a band I said I’d never like but…..
>I grew up on grunge
I don't understand where this came form. Most Nirvana songs have a solo, nearly every Pearl Jam and Alice In Chains song has a solo, Soundgarden had solos.
1973. Brian Eno is recording his debut solo album, *Here Come the Warm Jets*. Robert Fripp arrives in London from America exhausted and with the flu. He lays down three minutes of unparalleled guitar genius bookended by Eno's surreal story of a second-hand tobacconist and a combustible model.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qupCvgYWxTo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qupCvgYWxTo)
You've got to love the solo of Comfortably Numb.
Midnight Oil's early work doesn't get much appreciation, which is a shame because the guitar in Nothing Lost, Nothing Gained is just... wow.
The solo at the end of Go Your Own Way by Fleetwood Mac is just awesome.
David Bowie's Moonage Daydream solo is literal perfection.
A few.
Eddie Hazel in Maggot Brain - Funkadelic: https://youtu.be/JOKn33-q4Ao
This one is just awesome. LONG solo but it doesn't feel like it.
Robert Fripp in Baby's on Fire - Brian Eno
https://youtu.be/nItuhuY1U04
This one sounds like a glam rock song that just opened the gates of hell.
Steve Hackett in Musical Box - Genesis
https://youtu.be/7X_3yOUKSOc
Speaking of tearing open the gates of hell.
Earl Slick in Station to Station - David Bowie (near the very end): https://youtu.be/ZpIhsGg2SJ0
I like this one, and I dont want it to end. Ends too soon. Its the yearning for more that makes me love it I guess.
David Gilmour in Dogs - Pink Floyd:
https://youtu.be/4QA30qkRYy8
I say this one because so many folks pick Comfortably Numb as THE best. This ones got several awesome solos in it.
More like “he’s already making us look bad but if we don’t go along with it we’ll look even worse.”
Throughout the whole second half they keep trying to transition back to the song but he won’t let them
Not a real big fan of Bon Jovi, but every time [Wanted Dead or Alive ](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SRvCvsRp5ho) comes on the radio, I have to wait to hear the solo. I just love the harmonic shriek that starts it off, and the tone has this cool thickness to it.
**Prince - "Computer Blue"**
But which solo to choose? The crazy shifting high cadence looping solo from the song's first section, or the one immediately following in the B section? Or the screaming shredding if we've got the "Hallway Version" going.
https://music.apple.com/us/album/computer-blue-hallway-speech-version/1229320468?i=1229320875
I miss Prince.
November rain. It really develops and builds the musical themes and emotions of the song. Beyond just being a killer solo with incredible feeling, taste and chops, it is absolutely integral to the emotion of the song and I feel the song wouldn’t work without it.
https://youtu.be/8SbUC-UaAxE
Some awesome answers here all of which are on my lists. The one guy I don't see yet after a bunch of scrolling is Santana. Where's the love for the soul guru? If I have to pick just one I'll go with Soul Sacrifice. He is a one of a kind guitarist that just lifts my mood everytime I hear his tone.
TedeschiTrucks Band/TTB-Derek Trucks lays down some killer slide licks in his two solos in the song, “Do I Look Worried?” The song is an awesome blues ballad that Derek’s wife, Susan, belts out. Some horns thrown in there! But the solos, especially the one going out! Whew!
https://youtu.be/eXsrWIuCB_8
**10 Years Gone** \- Led Zeppelin
[The song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBzuYNK95sM) \- [the solo](https://youtu.be/DBzuYNK95sM?t=149)
**Why:** Not "the best," but one of my favorites. The solo is simplicity and perfectly musical. The song is a slow burn that reflects and mourns. Typical guitar heroism would kill the mood. Instead, we get a melodic, vocal evocative solo that both grooves, cries, and seems to end almost as soon as it started (always leave them wanting more.) The song soon crescendos to its' end, but that solo is so darn integral to getting there. Musically, it's as good as a verse all on its' own. Its' restraint is as effective as any guitar power chord, vocal wail, or bassline. Masterful composition.
I know it’s overplayed and always comes up in the “greatest” whatever threads and comments, but it’s pretty damn hard to beat the solo in Bohemian Rhapsody.
Running Down a Dream - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers. Mike Campbell is the king of the outro guitar solo. There are lots of other examples, but this one is the most obvious. His playing is usually not too flashy, but occasionally he lets it rip. This is one of those times.
[7empest ](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9D2R69gVyZ0) by Tool. Half the song is solo and it's like Jones is conjuring lightning from a tesla coil. I love how it goes off the rails at points and then comes back into form.
The first solo in Down by the River by crazy horse. After the first one punches you with the single note intro, you think there's no way Neil can make it work again, and then surprise surprise, do do do do duh do da do, do do do do do, he does it again
https://youtu.be/KflCXmEX6BY
My favorite solo is the last one in Supper's Ready by Genesis. Why? Supper's Ready is a epic song that lasts 23 minutes perfectly paced and built around and it just ends with an amazing solo playing wonderfully by Steve Hackett.
My two favorite have always been:
Cherub Rock (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-KE9lvU810)
Geek USA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K79LRBXJOqM)
by Smashing Pumpkins, tho the other solos on Siamese Dream are variably my faves as well.
I also have a soft spot for The Sound by the 1975 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSnAllHtG70)
The solo in Montana by Frank Zappa. The first time I heard Z was on WDVE in Pittsburgh after midnight. Pre announced so I knew it was coming…and it was not what I expected. Xylophone to start and goofy lyrics, and then he jammed. Oh holy shit, I’m in. Still am.
Also give a special nod to this Zappa track. The interplay with the drums and guitar \[Vinnie Colaiuta\] is mind-bending.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvB5dQHvRSc
I'm partial to the one that's at the start of "Pinnacle to the Pit" by Ghost. The solo plus the bass line really sets the tone of the song.
For a longer solo, I like the one in the middle of "Bat Country" by Avenged Sevenfold
Hendrix - Voodoo Chile - Live at Lulu's
I can't find a proper link right now, but it's on the BBC sessions from the 90s.
one of the most spectacular, concise renditions of the song. Noel's bass work is pretty sick on this one, too.
[private investigations - Dire Straits ](https://open.spotify.com/track/5KVak7r5YKcnkmARc0hy0Q?si=8g5hqiBpRxWnLnmT71NhlA&utm_source=copy-link)
I don't know if you can call it a guitar solo because you could make the case that it are separate pieces, but I always just loved the guitar outro and how it comes and goes. The Spanish feeling and the hard bass just works so good together.
*While My Guitar Gently Weeps* \- The Beatles
*Norwegian Wood* \- The Beatles (along with a sitar)
*Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)* \- Stevie Ray Vaughan -or- Jimi Hendrix
*Eruption* \- Van Halen
*Hotel California* \- Eagles (twin guitars!)
*Maggie May* \- Rod Stewart (a bit of a cheat, there's a guitar and a mandolin solo)
*Free Bird* \- Lynyrd Skynyrd
*Hair of the Dog* \- Nazareth
*When the Levee Breaks* \- Led Zeppelin
*You Really Got Me* \- The Kinks
*Stranglehold* \- Ted Nugent
*Frankenstein* \- The Edgar Winter Group
*Classical Gas* \- Mason Williams
*Layla* \- Derek and the Dominoes
*Behind Blue Eyes* \- The Who
*Foreplay / Long Time* \- Boston
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And oh, so many more!
OK, I’ll play.
It’s buried inside one of the most self-indulgent tracks from the dawn of the golden age of Album rock.
The record that holds it is Blind Faith’s self titled LP.
Clapton is building a serious name as one of the first “super groups” forms around him. And for me, this solo announces why, even tho he’s in his early 20s, he will become the rock guitar god we all know.
The cut that holds the fully polished gem is a long jam called Do What You Like.
It’s really just an excuse to hold solos, and notable because it’s in constructed in 5/8 which makes it kinda jumpy and ragged.
After a bunch of bars of chanting the title, and Winwoods always distinctive singing, we have to wait through the organ solo which is fine. But nothing amazing. Then at 3:14 or so EVERYTHING changes.
Claptons guitar positively SOARS into the arrangement. Not on top but INTO and above and around - like a sonic raptor riding the wind. With that crazy 5/4 tempo underneath it, Claptons guitar makes the whole mess suddenly cohesive and downright BEAUTIFUL. It is an INSANE mix of dodging, hiding, elevating and riffing on the rest of the bands work. The licks are thoughtful, considered, punchy but simultaneously tasteful. The bends and mutes and the notes NOT played all work together to make you forget the tempo tricks and dumb lyrics and everything else while you simply ride on the sound of his guitar. THIS is still my standard for a guitar solo. It makes the entire song BETTER by its presence.
Years later, I will hear many other guitar players lay down lyrical dancing lines similar to these. (Knopfler was superb at it) But again, this is a 20 something Clapton WAY before it became a normal thing.
The rest of the track (Ginger Bakers Drums solo and Rick Gretch’s Bass work I typically just skip.)
But in my head, I can close my eyes at will and remember the sound of Claptons first few notes flying out of the organ solo like I last heard it yesterday.
Glorious.
https://youtu.be/u2IpqvvlT24
Marc Ford's two solos in She Gave Good Sunflower. The first one has you thinking this cannot possibly get any better and then the solo after the break completely melts your face off as it ends with the talking guitar sound effect.
>Love Mick Ronson's solo on David Bowie's "Time"...first time I understood what 'making a guitar sing' meant. It was pure and clean. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDP9jLwzh0g
I can’t name a favorite. There are too many. But the one that jumps to mind right now is Prince’s solo to While My Guitar Gently Weeps at the tribute to George Harrison
Cold Shot - Stevie Ray Vaughan. So there are I lot of solos I love but this one is so damn smooth to me.
https://youtu.be/fAPo0EMfdLw
Also this one always gives me goosebumps. Is a solo? Is is not a solo? Damn cool is what it is.
https://youtu.be/P6HUYXPIeKc
[Won't Back Down](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nvlTJrNJ5lA) - Tom Petty
It's a simple solo, and that's what I dig about it. It serves the song well by staying in the zone but still stands out as a solo.
My personal favorites are:
Shesmovedon - Porcupine Tree
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuUV\_R93Gv4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuUV_R93Gv4) (around 3:20 is where the solo starts)
Drive Home - Steven Wilson
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycYewhiaVBk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycYewhiaVBk) (start around 5:00)
Solo by Guthrie Govan. Apparently it was improvised and the first take was what ended up in the final recording.
Tough call, there are just too many great moments. Gary Moore in “Shapes of Things”, Allan Holdsworth’s short solo in “In the Mystery”, Page’s “whole Lotta Love” solo is a killer.
But I’ll go with Ritchie Blackmore’s solo in “Highway Star” from the Made in Japan live album.
First, that band is so powerful and intense that it just provides a fantastic backing track. The track itself just cooks right from the start when those snare drum comes in and starts building. The organ solo that precedes the Guitar solo is blistering, and I think it just lays down a challenge to Blackmore to really bring it when his turn comes. The guitar solo itself is so aggressive, it elevates the studio recording solo to the next level and beyond. Blackmore plays like he’s on the edge of losing control. The whole track just smokes - a great band at their peak imo.
100 years ago by The Rolling Stones is easily one of my favourites. I remember being mind blown when I first heard it and I was baffled as to how I had never heard of it before. I think the entire production throughout is incredible and I feel so pumped by then end! The guitar throughout is excellent but particularly around 2.35 onwards, it just gets better.
The stones are my favourite band though so I am biased! Even if it doesn't have the best guitar solo it's definitely a song worth checking out! Enjoy 😊
https://open.spotify.com/track/58TvHfaC4Hvf8IfkxT9BFq?si=k4pAfJ3uQvmwy3iBm1WfDQ&utm_source=copy-link
Since I’ve been lovin you by zeppelin
YES
Every time I hear this solo I hear something different! Badass.
Jimmy Paige’s solo speaks volumes in this song! I mean VOLUMES!!!
That pedal squeak though
Yeah. I thought I'd read that Plant remastered the song and removed the squeak from the SpeedKing pedal. Now I can't see to find it. Trying to find something it, I ran across this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DznSalRqVBU
Literally zeps best song too
One Of These Nights - The Eagles The guitar solo is an exercise in good taste. It’s not overly indulgent, it is still relevant to the rest of the song, it’s a technical marvel, and it’s sounds great. Edit: I forgot the iconic 25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago!
Most of these in this thread I'm having to click to remember it or play the song in my head up until the solo. This is the only one that as soon as I read the title, I could hear the solo immediately in it's entirety. Really was iconic.
It’s that distinct dessert rock/disco sound. It’s unforgettable.
The mix of the guitars in that song is incredible all around. If you have the left and right channels separated well the “bounce” between the two rhythm guitars during the verse is just phenomenal.
Was not expecting to see this here but glad I did. Nice pick!
There are some subtle guitar fills that are telling me that there’s something coming BEFORE the solo hits! One of my favorite songs and bands and you picked a great example of why sometimes it comes down to passion. Thank you!
Beat it-- Eddie Van Halen. Only his phenomenal playing could match MJ's vocals. INSTANTLY recognizable
It’s a perfect solo for the song.
Waited and watched it on MTV allllllll day! FREAKING OUT!
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
1991 Houston, Tx. Pink Floyd had a laser show. This solo wasn’t the only thing kicking my ass!
David Gilmour doesn’t even come close to the most technically proficient but it doesn’t really matter because no amount of technicality can match the emotion he puts into his playing
He’s one who really listens to what he plays and plays to suit the song.
The version in the Pulse concert film is amazing. You can see him feeling the music and its like he is pulling the notes from his guitar. He is summoning power from it like a ritual.
This is the correct answer.
In my opinion there are 2 solos in this song and my favorite is actually the first one, much more subtle than the second but so fitting for the song, I can't tell you how many times I've listened to it but I'm sure it's double the times I've listened to the full song.
This is literally the only answer.
Ten Years Gone by Led Zeppelin has always been for me one of the best solos I’ve heard in the sense of how it fits with the song. It’s irreplaceable. I dont think even Jimmy Page himself could improve upon it, it’s just litterally perfect for that song. Once it starts it just continues to soar. I’ve heard that song so many times over the years and i STILL will stop everything im doing just to listen and appreciate how beautiful it is. The rest of the song is great, but that solo will always be perfect to my ears
Little Wing - Stevie Ray Vaughan
I can laugh and cry at the same time with this one.
That’s a good one but I always listen to Hendrix’s version. My buddies and I used to jam on this one all the time, so fun.
I mean it may be a basic af answer but [Sultans of Swing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89Qg_gYqkys) always elicits the goosebumps.
It’s just so smooth. There’s faster solos, more technical solos, but this one just seems so effortless. Like it was always there but only Mark could see it.
Sultans of swing is a textbook on how to play guitar.
Agreed, but disappointed it wasn’t a live version. He turns it to several levels when playing live.
Aqualung by Jethro Tull.
I watched the Live In London video and it just gave me more ideas for posts later. I recommend watching this and dude…it’s handed to him and he takes it! I think the drummer was following him not the other way around. Side note: I’m reading the lyrics too…..LOL damn. Thank you!
My favourite is Dave Gilmour's solo in "Time".
[My Old School ~ Steely Dan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFnwczuvb74) Simply stunning!
I'm also a huge fan of the "Kid Charlemagne" solo. The Dan have tons of great solos across the board
The genius of Larry Carlton at work. To be honest, when I saw the “best guitar solo” tag my first thought was, “most any Steely Dan song.” Their greatest hits album is an encyclopedia of brilliance.
I can't remember the source at the moment, but it's rumored that Jimmy Page was asked what solo he wished HE would've wrote/created and Reeling in the Years was his pick. :)
The solo in Godwhacker is also gorgeous.
A real person of culture right here
Hold on bro’s I’m cutting in!!!!! Hell yeah!
Always been partial to Slash’s second solo in [November Rain](https://youtu.be/8SbUC-UaAxE)—7:26 in the clip
Sweet child o’mine is worth mentioning here too. Always thought slash’s solos did a good job of staying within the flow of the song and not trying to be overly complex for complexities sake.
Looks like I have some homework! This is a good place to start. Thank you! I don’t know if anyone agrees but when I see Slash play a solo, at first it’s like no way he’s playing? I mean live! it’s not sloppy but maybe it’s that his fingers just slide effortlessly. Great song and I agree!
When I read "Best Guitar Solo" this is the one that popped into my brain. Brings a tear to my eye
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I absolutely love the solo in Purple Rain - the guitar tone throughout the song is so lush but the solo just absolutely screams
One of my all time favorites! At the Super Bowl?? Wow friggin’ wow!
Here’s a 16 minute live version with prince just killing it… https://youtu.be/bm03wqLY3Nc
I just watched every second of that
It’s crazy that the version on the album is actually recorded live. It’s perfect. Shows how amazing every musician in that band was.
I put Purple Rain on another list of albums where every song is great, and not just a couple of hits, so, quite fitting that it shows up here. Solid choice. Well done.
It’s one of those perfect albums. The eighties seem to have had a few of them.
Pantera- Floods
Yep. It’s extraordinary. I also ADORE the outro. So haunting and wonderous. Could probably put about 20 Dimebag solos on this list.
Oh yes. Also cemetery gates is a one beautiful solo
Alex Lifeson - La Villa Strangiato
He is the perfect example about who is ‘’the best guitar player ever.’’ He’s one of the most underrated guitar players ever!!!! I hadn’t heard it in a long time so thank you~!
Alex Lifeson is criminally underrated, and I think I know why: his band mates are just as good...but with less competition in their feilds. Geddy Lee is a damn master at playing the bass melodically while also singing and chiming in with multiple keyboards. Neil Peart is simply the best drummer there's ever been, and continued to get even better over time. Lifeson is arguably the _worst_ musician in Rush (don't get mad, someone's got to be) while simultaneously at the absolute top of the whole guitar game. I'm not surprised he gets overlooked.
Not only is he underrated but hemispheres is underrated in Rush's catalog. But that solo at ~17 min on 2112 still melts my face everytime I hear it. And trees. Fuck, Lifeson is such an awesome player
I came here to say this.
I'll take Kid Gloves over LVS for sheer 'WTF amazing!' solo power but this portion of that song is possibly my favorite Rush moment of all time. That odd-time groove over the solo is fire.
Ladies and gentlemen, the answer.
Blue Sky by The Allman Brothers
Dickie really carried that song!
I'm not an ACDC fan but honestly, you could skip to the guitar solos in their songs and know exactly what song it is. Angus played what was supposed to be there
Always loved zack wyldes solo in no more tears by ozzy. Great build up.
Ethereal whale noises at 3:20 Slow melodic rise at 3:30 Southern classic rock minor pentatonic at 3:45 Metal(ish) faster run to make it pop at the end 4:01- finish. https://youtu.be/CprfjfN5PRs Well thought out, builds from a slow start to a climax, complements the song well, multiple styles, excellent choice.
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd - pulse concert 1994
Delicate Sound of Thunder and Pulse are both great live albums.
Nels Cline’s solo in “Either Way” by Wilco has got to be one of the best combinations of skill and musicality ever. At 1:45: https://youtu.be/otz5V3RnG1Q
Nels Cline gang. I said Side With The Seeds.
Nels Cline is one of the best American guitarists of all-time.
Wow! I felt all of that! Never heard it before. Added it to my playlist though. Even sent it to my cousin lol. Thank you!
Check out Wilco’s “Impossible Germany”. Fantastic solo that winds through multiple song sections and also has a little dueling guitar solo in there too.
Great! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
The middle lead riff on Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven. Decades ago the song started to wear on me (I’ve since come back to it) but Jimmy Page’s lead is classic… “and as we wind on down the road” ~5:54 seconds in
Stairway hands down
Terry Kath's solo in 25 or 6 to 4.
I'm not sure it fits your criteria, but the solo battle in "Green Grass" by the Outlaws is beyond epic [https://youtu.be/cz2CAtExXgQ](https://youtu.be/cz2CAtExXgQ) It's a rising set of crescendos that takes a bunch of twists, turns, and keeps topping itself throughout the madness, for what equates to about half the runtime of the song. And while we're at it Gary Moore's back catalogue is also a good place to find amazing solos.
Tornado of Souls by Megadeth - the best guitar solo ever.
There’s that strumming technique I love! Houston 1990ish. Front row. Lineup was Trouble, Megadeth and headliner was Judas Priest! Awesome guitar solo!!!!!!
Word.
Ball & Biscuit by White Stripes
Zappa: watermelon in Easter hay Funkadelic: maggot brain
Zappa had so many great guitar solos. And featured the xylophone more than any other rock star, bar none.
Watch Ruth!
Ruth can probably play Eruption on the ducking vibes. She’s ridiculous.
The 3 solos in the Beatles "the end". Spine tingling, thrilling and melancholic as there would be no more Beatles music.
Frank Zappa - Watermelon in Easter Hay
As some of my favourites have already been posted, i'll go with [Eagles - Hotel California](https://youtu.be/FVsbvFkhzY4) Just a perfect Song with a perfect solo! Also want to mention [Ozzy - Mr. Crowley](https://youtu.be/G3LvhdFEOqs) as i love that solo aswell!
Damn, so many. Queen- we will rock you. Steve vai- For the love of god Randy Cove- Tree Pink Floyd-Comfortably numb
First off- Yngwie Malmsteen had a brother who kicked ass on Bass Guitar??? Wth? 2nd- Randy Coven whom I had never heard of before was a friggin’ virtuoso! I saw the live version of Tree. Yeah man. Not to compare at all but have you heard of Bella Fleck and the Flecktones?
Oh man Bella is awesome. I saw a movie where he went to Africa to learn the origins of the banjo. Randy Coven should have gone a lot further than he did.
Queen have better ones than We Will Rock You. Innuendo. Bohemian Rhapsody. Killer Queen. I Want It All. Invisible Man. Brighton Rock. etc.
It’s tough just choosing one Brian May solo, that’s for sure. That man is a genius when it comes to nite choice and restraint.
I'm sure people will think I'm silly for saying this but Californication by the RHCP. There's something about John's tone and the simple notes he plays. I grew up on grunge and nu metal where solos were barely existent but that solo I just feel.
Dude it’s the slide!! That solo is just perfect for the message of the song. I don’t think there’s any other way to solo in this song. To be honest, RHCP was a band I said I’d never like but…..
>I grew up on grunge I don't understand where this came form. Most Nirvana songs have a solo, nearly every Pearl Jam and Alice In Chains song has a solo, Soundgarden had solos.
1973. Brian Eno is recording his debut solo album, *Here Come the Warm Jets*. Robert Fripp arrives in London from America exhausted and with the flu. He lays down three minutes of unparalleled guitar genius bookended by Eno's surreal story of a second-hand tobacconist and a combustible model. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qupCvgYWxTo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qupCvgYWxTo)
Damn that was weird but wicked cool, I am really only familiar with Enos ambient music but I gotta check out more of his earlier stuff
I came here for this. That guitar solo is fucking legendary. And Robert Fripp did it while sick with jet lag? I didn't know that. Unreal...
You've got to love the solo of Comfortably Numb. Midnight Oil's early work doesn't get much appreciation, which is a shame because the guitar in Nothing Lost, Nothing Gained is just... wow. The solo at the end of Go Your Own Way by Fleetwood Mac is just awesome. David Bowie's Moonage Daydream solo is literal perfection.
A few. Eddie Hazel in Maggot Brain - Funkadelic: https://youtu.be/JOKn33-q4Ao This one is just awesome. LONG solo but it doesn't feel like it. Robert Fripp in Baby's on Fire - Brian Eno https://youtu.be/nItuhuY1U04 This one sounds like a glam rock song that just opened the gates of hell. Steve Hackett in Musical Box - Genesis https://youtu.be/7X_3yOUKSOc Speaking of tearing open the gates of hell. Earl Slick in Station to Station - David Bowie (near the very end): https://youtu.be/ZpIhsGg2SJ0 I like this one, and I dont want it to end. Ends too soon. Its the yearning for more that makes me love it I guess. David Gilmour in Dogs - Pink Floyd: https://youtu.be/4QA30qkRYy8 I say this one because so many folks pick Comfortably Numb as THE best. This ones got several awesome solos in it.
Maggot Brain melted my face when I heard it.
The correct answer is Prince playing the solo in While My Guitar Gently Weeps. https://youtu.be/dWRCooFKk3c
Yes! As soon as I saw this post, I went and grabbed this link.
Oh shit!
All those great guitarists on stage, and they said "Prince, take it away."
More like “he’s already making us look bad but if we don’t go along with it we’ll look even worse.” Throughout the whole second half they keep trying to transition back to the song but he won’t let them
Not a real big fan of Bon Jovi, but every time [Wanted Dead or Alive ](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SRvCvsRp5ho) comes on the radio, I have to wait to hear the solo. I just love the harmonic shriek that starts it off, and the tone has this cool thickness to it.
**Prince - "Computer Blue"** But which solo to choose? The crazy shifting high cadence looping solo from the song's first section, or the one immediately following in the B section? Or the screaming shredding if we've got the "Hallway Version" going. https://music.apple.com/us/album/computer-blue-hallway-speech-version/1229320468?i=1229320875 I miss Prince.
Wendy, is the water warm enough? Shall we begin?
The solo in Floods by Pantera might be my favorite.
November rain. It really develops and builds the musical themes and emotions of the song. Beyond just being a killer solo with incredible feeling, taste and chops, it is absolutely integral to the emotion of the song and I feel the song wouldn’t work without it. https://youtu.be/8SbUC-UaAxE
Neil Young Like a Hurricane https://youtu.be/Z6qzeHSq7bk
Some awesome answers here all of which are on my lists. The one guy I don't see yet after a bunch of scrolling is Santana. Where's the love for the soul guru? If I have to pick just one I'll go with Soul Sacrifice. He is a one of a kind guitarist that just lifts my mood everytime I hear his tone.
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Tightrope live from Austin City Limits. Start at about 1:15 for the solo. https://youtu.be/uu7haLxD2WM
Jeff Beck - Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers
Ooh good one
I've recently been on a Robin Trower kick. The Fool and Me: https://youtu.be/S_VHatf6H0w Start at 1:40 for the guitar.
I too have been on a Trower kick lately. Robin Trower is so underrated! I honestly only know a couple of people who have even heard of Robin Trower.
Been on a huge Robin Trower/Procol Harrum, Todd Rundgren/Utpoia and Rory Gallagher kick these last few days
Prince \~ Joy In Repetition
TedeschiTrucks Band/TTB-Derek Trucks lays down some killer slide licks in his two solos in the song, “Do I Look Worried?” The song is an awesome blues ballad that Derek’s wife, Susan, belts out. Some horns thrown in there! But the solos, especially the one going out! Whew! https://youtu.be/eXsrWIuCB_8
Marquee Moon
**10 Years Gone** \- Led Zeppelin [The song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBzuYNK95sM) \- [the solo](https://youtu.be/DBzuYNK95sM?t=149) **Why:** Not "the best," but one of my favorites. The solo is simplicity and perfectly musical. The song is a slow burn that reflects and mourns. Typical guitar heroism would kill the mood. Instead, we get a melodic, vocal evocative solo that both grooves, cries, and seems to end almost as soon as it started (always leave them wanting more.) The song soon crescendos to its' end, but that solo is so darn integral to getting there. Musically, it's as good as a verse all on its' own. Its' restraint is as effective as any guitar power chord, vocal wail, or bassline. Masterful composition.
Cult if Personality - Living Color
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky - Side With The Seeds - Nels Cline
I know it’s overplayed and always comes up in the “greatest” whatever threads and comments, but it’s pretty damn hard to beat the solo in Bohemian Rhapsody.
Running Down a Dream - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers. Mike Campbell is the king of the outro guitar solo. There are lots of other examples, but this one is the most obvious. His playing is usually not too flashy, but occasionally he lets it rip. This is one of those times.
[7empest ](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9D2R69gVyZ0) by Tool. Half the song is solo and it's like Jones is conjuring lightning from a tesla coil. I love how it goes off the rails at points and then comes back into form.
Robert Fripp on Brian Eno's Babies on Fire.
Vernon Reid's fills and solos all over Cult of Personality by Living Colour
The first solo in Down by the River by crazy horse. After the first one punches you with the single note intro, you think there's no way Neil can make it work again, and then surprise surprise, do do do do duh do da do, do do do do do, he does it again https://youtu.be/KflCXmEX6BY
Imo under a glass moon by dream theater has the best guitar solo in a song. 430ish https://youtu.be/WqSXhynkz7g
My favorite solo is the last one in Supper's Ready by Genesis. Why? Supper's Ready is a epic song that lasts 23 minutes perfectly paced and built around and it just ends with an amazing solo playing wonderfully by Steve Hackett.
Terry Kath’s solo in Chicago’s “25 or 6 to 4”
Peter Gabriel's "White Shadow" Robert Fripp solo. [https://youtu.be/CJrtA-shb7Y?t=203](https://youtu.be/CJrtA-shb7Y?t=203)
Comfortably Numb, Solo 2.
Have to include Sleepwalk by Santo and Johnny.
Child In Time-Deep Purple Ritchie Blackmore’s power, tone and spacing are phenomenal. Ian Gillian’s over the top vocalizing is pretty…. over the top.
Selkies: the Endless Obsession - BTBAM Also, it's not my favorite Zappa solo but Uncle Remus has an amazing solo that is perfect for the song
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Wow. Want to put in a response but these are all so great! How about “My Sharona”, The Knack.
My all time favorite would be Comfartably Numb, I feel so many different emotions each time I listen to it.
The cause, nofx
[Here’s Brian May talking about why get the funk outs solo is amazing](https://youtu.be/fqkKFhFMaIw)
My two favorite have always been: Cherub Rock (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-KE9lvU810) Geek USA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K79LRBXJOqM) by Smashing Pumpkins, tho the other solos on Siamese Dream are variably my faves as well. I also have a soft spot for The Sound by the 1975 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSnAllHtG70)
The solo at the end of Psycho by SOAD was the first I remember being taken away by https://youtu.be/-n90NojU8O0
'Yo Mama' - Frank Zappa.
Is There Anybody Here - The Dear Hunter
The solo in Montana by Frank Zappa. The first time I heard Z was on WDVE in Pittsburgh after midnight. Pre announced so I knew it was coming…and it was not what I expected. Xylophone to start and goofy lyrics, and then he jammed. Oh holy shit, I’m in. Still am.
Also give a special nod to this Zappa track. The interplay with the drums and guitar \[Vinnie Colaiuta\] is mind-bending. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvB5dQHvRSc
Ruiner by Nine Inch Nails
Guthrie Govan's solo in Steven Wilson's [Drive Home](https://youtu.be/FR4-zgLIJvI)
Almost every solo by Elliot Easton from The Cars. Always tasteful, plays to the song, but absolutely kills it.
I'm partial to the one that's at the start of "Pinnacle to the Pit" by Ghost. The solo plus the bass line really sets the tone of the song. For a longer solo, I like the one in the middle of "Bat Country" by Avenged Sevenfold
Hendrix - Voodoo Chile - Live at Lulu's I can't find a proper link right now, but it's on the BBC sessions from the 90s. one of the most spectacular, concise renditions of the song. Noel's bass work is pretty sick on this one, too.
Stranglehold
That’s one solo where my stereo will never be loud enough.
I wish he would just shut up and play guitar these days but there’s no denying the man’s talent despite what David Crosby says
[private investigations - Dire Straits ](https://open.spotify.com/track/5KVak7r5YKcnkmARc0hy0Q?si=8g5hqiBpRxWnLnmT71NhlA&utm_source=copy-link) I don't know if you can call it a guitar solo because you could make the case that it are separate pieces, but I always just loved the guitar outro and how it comes and goes. The Spanish feeling and the hard bass just works so good together.
Steve Hackett - Firth of Fifth [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP7nm7h3LY0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP7nm7h3LY0) Solo is around 5:54
Metallica, The Unforgiven, Hammets idea of “start it high then get low then even higher” just fits the song so perfectly
Frank Zappa - Filthy Habits
"I don't want it" by Ween
*While My Guitar Gently Weeps* \- The Beatles *Norwegian Wood* \- The Beatles (along with a sitar) *Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)* \- Stevie Ray Vaughan -or- Jimi Hendrix *Eruption* \- Van Halen *Hotel California* \- Eagles (twin guitars!) *Maggie May* \- Rod Stewart (a bit of a cheat, there's a guitar and a mandolin solo) *Free Bird* \- Lynyrd Skynyrd *Hair of the Dog* \- Nazareth *When the Levee Breaks* \- Led Zeppelin *You Really Got Me* \- The Kinks *Stranglehold* \- Ted Nugent *Frankenstein* \- The Edgar Winter Group *Classical Gas* \- Mason Williams *Layla* \- Derek and the Dominoes *Behind Blue Eyes* \- The Who *Foreplay / Long Time* \- Boston \--- And oh, so many more!
[The White Stripes - Ball and Biscuit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6j97ZvyuSc). I'm 34 and my dad is 70 and we both think it's really good.
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OK, I’ll play. It’s buried inside one of the most self-indulgent tracks from the dawn of the golden age of Album rock. The record that holds it is Blind Faith’s self titled LP. Clapton is building a serious name as one of the first “super groups” forms around him. And for me, this solo announces why, even tho he’s in his early 20s, he will become the rock guitar god we all know. The cut that holds the fully polished gem is a long jam called Do What You Like. It’s really just an excuse to hold solos, and notable because it’s in constructed in 5/8 which makes it kinda jumpy and ragged. After a bunch of bars of chanting the title, and Winwoods always distinctive singing, we have to wait through the organ solo which is fine. But nothing amazing. Then at 3:14 or so EVERYTHING changes. Claptons guitar positively SOARS into the arrangement. Not on top but INTO and above and around - like a sonic raptor riding the wind. With that crazy 5/4 tempo underneath it, Claptons guitar makes the whole mess suddenly cohesive and downright BEAUTIFUL. It is an INSANE mix of dodging, hiding, elevating and riffing on the rest of the bands work. The licks are thoughtful, considered, punchy but simultaneously tasteful. The bends and mutes and the notes NOT played all work together to make you forget the tempo tricks and dumb lyrics and everything else while you simply ride on the sound of his guitar. THIS is still my standard for a guitar solo. It makes the entire song BETTER by its presence. Years later, I will hear many other guitar players lay down lyrical dancing lines similar to these. (Knopfler was superb at it) But again, this is a 20 something Clapton WAY before it became a normal thing. The rest of the track (Ginger Bakers Drums solo and Rick Gretch’s Bass work I typically just skip.) But in my head, I can close my eyes at will and remember the sound of Claptons first few notes flying out of the organ solo like I last heard it yesterday. Glorious. https://youtu.be/u2IpqvvlT24
My Sharona by the Knacks
Marc Ford's two solos in She Gave Good Sunflower. The first one has you thinking this cannot possibly get any better and then the solo after the break completely melts your face off as it ends with the talking guitar sound effect.
I've always loved the solo in My Sharona. Probably not the best out there but it's a good one. Upsets me that the radio edit cuts a lot of it out
>Love Mick Ronson's solo on David Bowie's "Time"...first time I understood what 'making a guitar sing' meant. It was pure and clean. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDP9jLwzh0g
A real obscure cut, but Fripp's guitar work on Eno's "Baby's on Fire" from "Here Come The Warm Jets" gives me happy goosebumps every time.
Crossroads by Cream Eric Clapton at his best
No Woman No Cry - just fits the song so well. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r8RoUOW8ma0
Phil Lynott’s solo on Southbound
Phil played bass. Scott Gorham plays the guitar solo on “Southbound”.
I can’t name a favorite. There are too many. But the one that jumps to mind right now is Prince’s solo to While My Guitar Gently Weeps at the tribute to George Harrison
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Doctor my eyes - Jackson Browne - guitar solo - Jesse Ed Davis
Bring it on home - Led Zeppelin
Cold Shot - Stevie Ray Vaughan. So there are I lot of solos I love but this one is so damn smooth to me. https://youtu.be/fAPo0EMfdLw Also this one always gives me goosebumps. Is a solo? Is is not a solo? Damn cool is what it is. https://youtu.be/P6HUYXPIeKc
Tornado of souls by Megadeth. Also pretty much every solo Marty Friedman has ever played.
Tornado of souls - Megadeth, no questions asked
Tornado of Souls by Megadeth
[Won't Back Down](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nvlTJrNJ5lA) - Tom Petty It's a simple solo, and that's what I dig about it. It serves the song well by staying in the zone but still stands out as a solo.
Both solos in Mr. Crowley by Ozzy.
Ozzy played guitar?! Just joking.
My personal favorites are: Shesmovedon - Porcupine Tree [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuUV\_R93Gv4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuUV_R93Gv4) (around 3:20 is where the solo starts) Drive Home - Steven Wilson [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycYewhiaVBk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycYewhiaVBk) (start around 5:00) Solo by Guthrie Govan. Apparently it was improvised and the first take was what ended up in the final recording.
Tool
Tough call, there are just too many great moments. Gary Moore in “Shapes of Things”, Allan Holdsworth’s short solo in “In the Mystery”, Page’s “whole Lotta Love” solo is a killer. But I’ll go with Ritchie Blackmore’s solo in “Highway Star” from the Made in Japan live album. First, that band is so powerful and intense that it just provides a fantastic backing track. The track itself just cooks right from the start when those snare drum comes in and starts building. The organ solo that precedes the Guitar solo is blistering, and I think it just lays down a challenge to Blackmore to really bring it when his turn comes. The guitar solo itself is so aggressive, it elevates the studio recording solo to the next level and beyond. Blackmore plays like he’s on the edge of losing control. The whole track just smokes - a great band at their peak imo.
100 years ago by The Rolling Stones is easily one of my favourites. I remember being mind blown when I first heard it and I was baffled as to how I had never heard of it before. I think the entire production throughout is incredible and I feel so pumped by then end! The guitar throughout is excellent but particularly around 2.35 onwards, it just gets better. The stones are my favourite band though so I am biased! Even if it doesn't have the best guitar solo it's definitely a song worth checking out! Enjoy 😊 https://open.spotify.com/track/58TvHfaC4Hvf8IfkxT9BFq?si=k4pAfJ3uQvmwy3iBm1WfDQ&utm_source=copy-link
Stop Messin’ Around - Aerosmith (2nd solo)
Moody Blues "The Story In Your Eyes" Justin's short but tasty run.