For shred / virtuoso: Joe Satriani: Surfing With The Alien, Crushing Day, Always With Me/Always With You, Ten Words (although those last two are less flashy, and instead beautiful pieces of music). Steve Vai: Lotus Feet, Whispering a Prayer Randy Rhodes: Revelation Mother Earth, Crazy Train, Goodbye To Romance Slash: November Rain Paul Gilbert: Viking Kong Yngwie Malmsteen: Far Beyond the Sun
Blues solos: Dave Gilmour: Comfortably Numb, Fletcher Memorial Home, High Hopes, Great Day For Freedom Jimi Hendrix: almost anything, he was really in a world of his own. Machine Gun, Woodstock Improvisation, Fire (Woodstock 69), Little Wing are amazing Rory Gallagher: Bad Penny, Philby, Tatoo'd Lady, Shadow Play.
And also Brian Setzer on Rock This Town, just unbelievable technique
Another for my list is Stanley Jordan playing a cover of 'Stairway to Heaven'
First saw this years ago, and my jaw pretty much hit the floor. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeooHiX4oH0
Slash's solo in Sweet Child O'Mine, but big mentions to:
* Zakk Wylde' in 'Old LA Tonight' (Ozzy Osbourne)
* Myles Kennedy/Mark Trementi in 'Blackbird' (Alter Bridge)
* Marty Friedman in 'Tornado of Souls' (Megadeth)
Slash's solo in Sweet Child O'Mine, but big mentions to:
* Zakk Wylde' in 'Old LA Tonight' (Ozzy Osbourne)
* Myles Kennedy/Mark Trementi in 'Blackbird' (Alter Bridge)
* Marty Friedman in 'Tornado of Souls' (Megadeth)
Good pick!
I must have spent half my teenage years playing air guitar to Megadeth and Metallica records. Marty had some amazing solos, even listening back now they still sound so dramatic and energetic. Loved all the stuff on the 'Youthanasia' album in particular!
Good pick!
I must have spent half my teenage years playing air guitar to Megadeth and Metallica records. Marty had some amazing solos, even listening back now they still sound so dramatic and energetic. Loved all the stuff on the 'Youthanasia' album in particular!
I have searched YouTube high and low and still haven't found anyone who can really do it justice. Yeah, some of them have the speed, but it's the flow and the smoothness of Friedman's version - it's so technical and so fast, yet one of the most elegant solos you'll ever hear. That's something I've yet to see any other guitarist successfully replicate.
For shred / virtuoso: Joe Satriani: Surfing With The Alien, Crushing Day, Always With Me/Always With You, Ten Words (although those last two are less flashy, and instead beautiful pieces of music). Steve Vai: Lotus Feet, Whispering a Prayer Randy Rhodes: Revelation Mother Earth, Crazy Train, Goodbye To Romance Slash: November Rain Paul Gilbert: Viking Kong Yngwie Malmsteen: Far Beyond the Sun
Slash is a f*cking boss and all :cool: but he's not in the same category musically speaking with Satch, Vai, Ywngie etc with the stuff he plays
Another great piece of guitaristica is John Jorgenson - Back on Terra Firma: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzF9FDIcz3w
(sound quality isn't great due to live recording on a camera/videocam)
This one gets a mention because he sometimes comes over to the UK and plays small, intimate gigs. I watched an insanely talented guitarist playing in front of just 30 people in the Green Hotel, Kinross. It was borderline ridiculous, but I wasn't complaining!
Comfortably Numb, I'd go with that I also like the Purple rain mention. I like the solo guitar of Old Love by clapton, not sure if anyone agrees on that.
Other I like Cat people putting out fire david bowie, love is blindness U2, Cortez the Killer Neil Young is a good shout, stone roses tears, it's probably me sting and clapton, joy in repetition/holy river prince, beat it michael jackson, get the funk out extreme, the chain fleetwood mac, I'd have to say the slash one's on AFD, I'll be alright without you journey and not forgetting hello lionel richie
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln3CFyq9TSk
never fails to make the hairs stand up on the back of my neck and it has done for over thirty years!
Brilliant.
Joe Satriani: Surfing With The Alien, Crushing Day, Always With Me/Always With You, Ten Words (although those last two are less flashy, and instead beautiful pieces of music).
Steve Vai: Lotus Feet, Whispering a Prayer
Randy Rhodes: Revelation Mother Earth, Crazy Train, Goodbye To Romance
Slash: November Rain
Paul Gilbert: Viking Kong
Yngwie Malmsteen: Far Beyond the Sun
Blues solos:
Dave Gilmour: Comfortably Numb, Fletcher Memorial Home, High Hopes, Great Day For Freedom
Jimi Hendrix: almost anything, he was really in a world of his own. Machine Gun, Woodstock Improvisation, Fire (Woodstock 69), Little Wing are amazing
Rory Gallagher: Bad Penny, Philby, Tatoo'd Lady, Shadow Play.
And also Brian Setzer on Rock This Town, just unbelievable technique
And if I had to pick between all those, I'm still torn between two: The raw, beat-up guitar, and adrenaline-packed performance of Rory Gallagher http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHzOJKn7vnc
and the technical brilliance and soaring beauty of Steve Vai's amazing tribute to Ireland: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KUSkGeaUPU
Both absolute masters of the guitar, but in completely different ways
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SFNW5F8K9Y
First saw this years ago, and my jaw pretty much hit the floor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeooHiX4oH0
* Zakk Wylde' in 'Old LA Tonight' (Ozzy Osbourne)
* Myles Kennedy/Mark Trementi in 'Blackbird' (Alter Bridge)
* Marty Friedman in 'Tornado of Souls' (Megadeth)
Good pick!
I must have spent half my teenage years playing air guitar to Megadeth and Metallica records. Marty had some amazing solos, even listening back now they still sound so dramatic and energetic. Loved all the stuff on the 'Youthanasia' album in particular!
I have searched YouTube high and low and still haven't found anyone who can really do it justice. Yeah, some of them have the speed, but it's the flow and the smoothness of Friedman's version - it's so technical and so fast, yet one of the most elegant solos you'll ever hear. That's something I've yet to see any other guitarist successfully replicate.
Nice to see you picked Rory Gallagher after you listed Hendrix and Gilmore. I always thought he couldn't sing to save his life but he could play.
I don't know Steve Vai so well but that was great. I have learned a bit from that first list.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzF9FDIcz3w
(sound quality isn't great due to live recording on a camera/videocam)
This one gets a mention because he sometimes comes over to the UK and plays small, intimate gigs. I watched an insanely talented guitarist playing in front of just 30 people in the Green Hotel, Kinross. It was borderline ridiculous, but I wasn't complaining!
hendrix - voodoo chile
qotsa - no one knows
You might know the song from Sons of Anarchy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyV8gV7HYp4
Technically speaking he isn't, but musically speaking I think he has far more emotion in his playing than Vai or Malsteem.
Satriani, fair enough, dude is in a league of his own as far as I'm concerned.
Steve Hackett - Firth of Fifth; Everyday
Andy Latimer - Lady Fantasy; Ice
In my near 20 years of Metal listening Judas Priest "Painkiller" solo still rules all!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKF2NQ5tBkw
and yes! I agree with you that Slash connects much more with his music
Each to their own and all that.
That could come into the same category....depends how you look at...or listen to...it
Quite. I think too many people mistake being able to play lots of notes very quickly with being a musician.
....and some mistake being a musician for having soul, wit and charisma
Other I like Cat people putting out fire david bowie, love is blindness U2, Cortez the Killer Neil Young is a good shout, stone roses tears, it's probably me sting and clapton, joy in repetition/holy river prince, beat it michael jackson, get the funk out extreme, the chain fleetwood mac, I'd have to say the slash one's on AFD, I'll be alright without you journey and not forgetting hello lionel richie