What are your favorite guitar solos?

[DrD77]

pink floyd - comfortably numb

 

[Ripper]

Hendrix-Izabella (woodstock version)
Hendrix-Machine Gun
Hendrix-Little Wing
Hendrix-Woodstock Improvisation (although it's really an instrumental)
Hendrix-The Stars That Play with Laughing Sam's Dice
Hendrix-Red House
Hendrix-Hear My Train a comin' (both acoustic and electric)
Cream-Tales of Brave Ulysses
Cream-White Room
Cream-Born Under a Bad Sign
Cream-Deserted Cities of the Heart
Allman Brothers-Don't Want You No More/It's Not My Cross to Bear
Allman Brothers-Blue Sky
Allman Brothers-In Memory of Elizabeth Reed
Clapton-Old Love (Acoustic Version)
Derek and the Dominos-Have You Ever Loved a Woman?
Derek and the Dominos-Why Does Love Got to be So Sad?
Derek and the Dominos-Layla
Roy Buchanan-Sweet Dreams (and a lot of his other stuff, but I don't know the names)

Ain't that the truth.

 

[Menage a Mi]

Uh...are you kidding me? Two words.


Free...Bird.

 

[MikeYikes122]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqcM5lVoteQ

Fast forward to 2:09.

I'm gonna have to come back to this thread tomorrow probably. Way too many for me to list and come up with right now.

 

[Bonhomme]

I like the ones that get to the point, and don't overstay their welcome. A few that come to mind are:

Roger MCGuinn (Byrds): "Eight Miles High," and especially "Thoughts and Words" (most frighteningly intense backwards guitar solo I've ever heard)
Dave Davies (Kinks): "I Need You," "Til The End of the Day"
Pete Townshend (Who): "Our Love Was," "Young Man Blues" (London Coliseum, 1969 version on The Kids Are Alright film)
Dave Gregory (XTC): "Ball and Chain" (actually an ensemble w/Andy Partridge, most likely).
Roy Wood (Move): "The Last Thing On My Mind" (brilliant overbubbed ensemble)
Richard Thompson (Fairport Convention): "Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman"
Robert Fripp (w/ Bowie): "Heroes" (w/King Crimson): "Starless" (both nothing in terms of notes, but devastating in terms of musical sense) (w/King Crimson):"Epitaph"
Martin Barre (Jethro Tull): "Aqualung," "With You There To Help Me".

And yeah, Hendrix and Clapton (early on) knew how to jam without too often falling into drawn-out ass-wanking.

 

[Aboleo]

pink floyd - comfortably numb

I love Pink Floyd.:yes:

 

[MooseGod]

Anything by Led Zepp :rockon:

But especially the solo from Heartbreaker...

 

[Colin O'Brien]

Joe Pass- Joy Spring
Kurt Rosenwinkel- Zhaivago
Wes Montgomery- West Coast Blues

Jazz guitar > women

 

[Harmonix]

***tornado Of Souls By Megadeth!!!! The Solo Is A Work Of Art!***

 

[Bonhomme]

A few more that come to mind:

Will Sergeant (Echo & the Bunnymen): "My Kingdom," "The Killing Moon"
Emma Anderson (w/Lush): "Kiss Chase," (w/ Sing-Sing): "Tegan"
Justin Clayton: "Miles Away"
George Harrison: "Something"
James Williamson (Stooges): "Search and Destroy"

 

[Crespi Nigen]

maggot brain - funkadelic

 

[ValleyDJing]

This guy does a pretty good cover of the Fade to Black solo...with fingerwork.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VItEw955f2I