Greatest guitar solo's EVER! OFFICIAL! THIS CANNOT BE QUESTIONED!

5) Dire Straights - Sultans of swing
4) Led Zepplin - Stairway to heavan
3) Jimi Hendrix - Along the watch tower
2) Lynard Skynard - Free bird
1) Jimi Hendrix - Nightbird.

Afraid it can be questioned OneTwo, Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd?

Indeed it can be questioned OneTwo

Layla - Derek & The Dominoes
Guns & Roses - Sweet Child O'Mine
Muse - Nights of Cydonia

To name a few. You have a good list there, I would put Free Bird on top. The full length version of that record is amazing.

Don't see how Muse - Knights of Cydonia can live up to the ones already mentioned although I love that song. Another classic that I mused over is another Hendrix tune red house.

Yeh Red House is a good tune.

I have seen Knights of Cydonia sung live so would put it up in my top 5 or 10

I will nominate Parisian Walkways by Gary Moore as my favourite.

Other songs/ albums/ artists worthy of mention:

Brian May for Save Me, who wants to live forever and these are the days.
Most of the guitar work on both Wish you were here and the division bell.
Most of Carlos santana work
Misplaced childhood by marillion

How long before Dave arrives and starts writing lots of heavy metal bands in capital letters.

Am really having to fight the resistance to list loads of John Squire solos, but having seen him live last year he is staggeringly good.

Adam D wrote:I will nominate Parisian Walkways by Gary Moore as my favourite.

Other songs/ albums/ artists worthy of mention:

Brian May for Save Me, who wants to live forever and these are the days.
Most of the guitar work on both Wish you were here and the division bell.
Most of Carlos santana work
Misplaced childhood by marillion

Carlos Santana is such a great guitarist. Love his stuff

Rowley wrote:How long before Dave arrives and starts writing lots of heavy metal bands in capital letters.

I have been trying for about 6 weeks to get Dave to bite over his heavy metal FETISH, Jeff. He has so far maintained an admirable restraint.

I was never a fan of the band, but Bernard Butler was a great guitarist in his Suede days. The only real reason to listen to them.

Prince is/was a really competent player as well. Purple Rain is brilliant.

Who made cliffs of Dover?

Agree re Butler Tina, big fan of his. Solely sticking to Indie type guitarists Squire, Marr and Butler are all excellent. One guy who is vastly underrated is Graham Coxon from Blur, really innovative in some of the stuff he plays. Steve Craddock of Ocean Colour Scene and who plays with Weller is also excellent although a lot of OCS’s music is a little middle of the road and dull.

Rowley wrote:Agree re Butler Tina, big fan of his. Solely sticking to Indie type guitarists Squire, Marr and Butler are all excellent. One guy who is vastly underrated is Graham Coxon from Blur, really innovative in some of the stuff he plays. Steve Craddock of Ocean Colour Scene and who plays with Weller is also excellent although a lot of OCS’s music is a little middle of the road and dull.

Yeah, good shout on Coxon. Did some amazing stuff.

On the same indie theme, do you remember Ash? Not particularly memorable, but they had this girl join them as a guitarist towards the end of their prime. Her name escapes me but she was amazing. I remember seeing her on the TV playing at some gig and she was incredible. Effortless style and really good to listen to.

Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover

Charlotte someone Tina, can't remember her surname and cannot be bothered to google her.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Rowley wrote:Agree re Butler Tina, big fan of his. Solely sticking to Indie type guitarists Squire, Marr and Butler are all excellent. One guy who is vastly underrated is Graham Coxon from Blur, really innovative in some of the stuff he plays. Steve Craddock of Ocean Colour Scene and who plays with Weller is also excellent although a lot of OCS’s music is a little middle of the road and dull.

Yeah, good shout on Coxon.  Did some amazing stuff.

On the same indie theme, do you remember Ash?  Not particularly memorable, but they had this girl join them as a guitarist towards the end of their prime.  Her name escapes me but she was amazing.  I remember seeing her on the TV playing at some gig and she was incredible.  Effortless style and really good to listen to.

Charlotte Hatherley

Rowley wrote:Charlotte someone Tina, can't remember her surname and cannot be bothered to google her.

Don't worry Jeff, I'm sure ONETWO will do the leg work for me.

Thanks ONETWO.

Can't look past Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. In full flight only Zappa can match him.

superflyweight wrote:Can't look past Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead.  

I tried to look past him but his beard kept getting in the way.

Guitar solo - Another Girl, Another Planet - The Only Ones

Rolling Stones cover of Love in Vain by Robert Johnson. Either of Mick Taylor's two solos during the song but more so the second one.

I don't know the name of the guitarist but Black Betty by Ram Jam deserves mentioning here. Come to think of it I should have put it in my I mean THEE OFFICIAL top 5 list.

I will agree with anything by Carlos Santana, Jimmy Hendrix and Slash.

Megadeath - Lucretia solo is awesome a

GloriousEmpire wrote:Megadeath - Lucretia solo is awesome a

Don't you mean MEGADEATH.

All heavy metal bands have to be capitals. I thought every one knew that.

I personally just love watching RHCPs live and Frusciante just rocks out some quality solos, especially in Search and Destroy, he just gets lost in what hes doing

I like Hendrix's solo in May This be Love. Very restrained but its one of those times the music just talks to you. Also loved BB Kings perfomance on Sweet Sixteen.

It can be questioned, very easily. Sultans isn't even Knopfler's best solo or close to it, and Stairway isn't anywhere near Page's. Freebird and some Hendrix deserves to be on that list, but the lack of Santana (whom I just saw live again and at 66 is still the best guitarist I have ever seen or heard live or on record by several light years. The whole package which is very rare) is frankly an insult to the guitar.

I'm going to put forward the solo in 'Taxman' by the Beatles. It was McCartney who played it and it's a cracker. George Harrison's solo on 'Something' is great, too. So eloquent.

My other favourite is Robby Krieger's solo on 'Moonlight Drive' by the Doors. It's wonky as hell but perfect for the song.

All Along The Watchtower and November Rain are favourites of mine. Also, Deep Purple - Highway Star, Last Nite and Reptilia by The Strokes, anything from Muse, and really enjoy the little solo in Queen - Play The Game.

There's some brilliant guitarists in country music too. Brad Paisley and Keith Urban are awesome.

Angel of Death by SLAYER
Seasons in the Abyss by SLAYER
South of Heaven by SLAYER
Silent Scream by SLAYER
Chemical Warfare by SLAYER
Mandatory Suicide by SLAYER
Dead Skin Mask by SLAYER

Beneath the Remains by SEPULTURA (see? Other bands are available, they're just not as good as SLAYER)
Stone the Crow by DOWN
Bury Me In Smoke by DOWN
The Beginning ...at Last by BLACK LABEL SOCIETY
Hell Awaits by SLAYER (they're back)

Comfortable numbe - Pink Floyd
Master of puppets - Metallica
For the love of god - Steve Vai
surfing with the Alien - Joe Satriani
voodoo chile - Jimi Hendrix
 
if i was gonna pick a SLAYER track  Dave would probably be seasons in the abyss or Raining blood.
Might throw in Floods and cemetary gates Pantera :P

Can't really go wrong with SLAYER m' man. Granted, most stuff post Seasons lacks any really memorable solos (or even riffs for that matter)

Pantera's best solo? May even plump for "F*****g Hostile"

Agree with "Master..." though. Would also have "Hit the Lights" "Dyer's Eve" or "Fade to Black" As much as Metallica depress me these days (I'm a pre-black album fan myself) Kirk Hammet is still one of the finest metal guitarists out there. Guys like Chuck Schuldiner (RIP) may have the edge in technical proficiency/widdledom but Kirk never phones it in.