Guitar World: 100 best solos

[tommyp]

http://guitar.about.com/library/bl100greatest.htm

This is a very varied list, which I'm sure will generate lively debate.

Personally, I'm a fan of Heartbreaker, by Zeppelin (Jimmy Page) and 25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago (Terry Kath), which in my mind is the most underrated solo ever.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

The author's admiration for Stevie Ray Vaughn is commendable. The author's fondness for some pretty mediocre metal chops is baffling. One Duane Allman solo? No way. No Steve Cropper on Green Onions? Booo!

 

[Pringle]

Um, "Honky Tonk Women" isn't really on "Let it Bleed." Not technically. Come on, Guitar World. You're better than that.

 

[ifilus]

No love for Mike Campbell?

 

[Pringle]

No love for Mike Campbell?

Which song? "Listen to Her Heart" perhaps?

 

[friend of the friendless]

Sirs, Madames,

Under-rated, Badge by Cream and EC. Not the longest but leaves you wanting more.

Layla and Whipping Post not graded high enough.

Brighton Rock was a great call.

No love for Johnny Winter ...

YHS, etc

 

[Duane Postum]

The author's admiration for Stevie Ray Vaughn is commendable. The author's fondness for some pretty mediocre metal chops is baffling. One Duane Allman solo? No way. No Steve Cropper on Green Onions? Booo!

I'm with you. Jesus.

 

[Huggy]

"All Along The Watchtower" is my fave Jimi solo. But I would have made room here for "Red House" and "The Wind Cries Mary" too.

Lots of SRV which is good to see. My fave Stevie solo would be in the live version of "Texas Flood" from the Montreux Jazz Festival. "Scuttle Buttin'" is great, but "Rude Mood" has loads of great solo bits.

One solo I would have loved to see there: James Honeyman-Scott's solo in the Pretenders' "Tattooed Love Boys" which channeled pretty much every great English rock guitarist.

Good to see some love for "Yellow Ledbetter" which I love more every time I hear it and, even though "November Rain" was beaten to death upon its release, Slash's solo remains among the most lyrical I've ever heard.

 

[Huggy]

No love for Mike Campbell?

On "I Need To Know" definitely.

 

[zeke12]

First the good: Glad to see Slash in the top 10 for November Rain.

Then, the bad: Mike McReady gets forked. 44 for Alive? More puzzling, in the 90's for Yellow Ledbetter? No mention of Porch?

YL should be top 10, and all of the above are better guitar work than more than half the shirt on the list...

 

[tyler durden 71351]

No love for J. Mascis? BOOOOOO!

 

[HoopsMcCann]

No love for J. Mascis? BOOOOOO!

amen!

although, like dr pepper, there's no period in j