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Let's name the solos that get us all excited but don't last for hours. The solo's which are a good solid punch in the face because they are short and effective.
"Nowhere man" The Beatles.
Players: George Harrison and John Lennon.
This one has to be my all time favorite Beatles guitar solo. Lennon and Harrison playing unisolo with a very bright Fender Strat sound, one could easily play this one by himself (as Harrison proved when this song was performed live) but it's just that sound of two very different players playing exactly the same thing that makes this one special and of course it ends with that lovely litle "Ping" flageolette on Harrison's high E string.
"Cinnamon girl" Neil Young.
Just one note, what more do you need?
"In Too Deep" Sum 41
Player: Dave "Brown sound" Baksh
Every once in a while a band shows up who are not afraid to show off chops and Sum 41 was once of those bands. Baksh' solo on this track is a very short one barely lasting two bars but what he plays is good and virtuosic.
"Life on mars' David Bowie
Player: Mick Ronson.
Possibly the shortest one in my list but oh so sweet.
"When it's love" Van Halen
Player: Eddie Van Halen.
This one stands out because EVH did one step backwards and played a very simple Clapton-like solo, no fancy tricks, no two hand tapping, just a real tippping-his-hat to slowhand kind of thing, the solo itself is similar to Clapton's solo on "Sunshine of your love"
Finally one solo that was so great it had to be repeated four times.
"Five To One" The Doors
Player Robby Krieger
"She" Kiss
Player: Ace Frehley
"Alive" Pearl jam
Player: Stone Gossard
"Is there any love in your heart?" Lenny Kravitz
Player: Probably Kravitz himself
Krieger had apparently struck a solo so right that it appeared on songs totally different from the one he wrote it for but it works in all incarnations.
"Nowhere man" The Beatles.
Players: George Harrison and John Lennon.
This one has to be my all time favorite Beatles guitar solo. Lennon and Harrison playing unisolo with a very bright Fender Strat sound, one could easily play this one by himself (as Harrison proved when this song was performed live) but it's just that sound of two very different players playing exactly the same thing that makes this one special and of course it ends with that lovely litle "Ping" flageolette on Harrison's high E string.
"Cinnamon girl" Neil Young.
Just one note, what more do you need?
"In Too Deep" Sum 41
Player: Dave "Brown sound" Baksh
Every once in a while a band shows up who are not afraid to show off chops and Sum 41 was once of those bands. Baksh' solo on this track is a very short one barely lasting two bars but what he plays is good and virtuosic.
"Life on mars' David Bowie
Player: Mick Ronson.
Possibly the shortest one in my list but oh so sweet.
"When it's love" Van Halen
Player: Eddie Van Halen.
This one stands out because EVH did one step backwards and played a very simple Clapton-like solo, no fancy tricks, no two hand tapping, just a real tippping-his-hat to slowhand kind of thing, the solo itself is similar to Clapton's solo on "Sunshine of your love"
Finally one solo that was so great it had to be repeated four times.
"Five To One" The Doors
Player Robby Krieger
"She" Kiss
Player: Ace Frehley
"Alive" Pearl jam
Player: Stone Gossard
"Is there any love in your heart?" Lenny Kravitz
Player: Probably Kravitz himself
Krieger had apparently struck a solo so right that it appeared on songs totally different from the one he wrote it for but it works in all incarnations.
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