# Best Guitar Solos **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 25, 2003, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-guitar-solos/177321 "2003-05-25T01:00:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qwertyasdfg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ecc23a/32.png) [@Qwertyasdfg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwertyasdfg)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-guitar-solos/177321/1 "2003-05-25T01:00:45Z")
I’ll start: Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker, Rock and Roll ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-guitar-solos/177321/2 "2003-05-25T01:14:15Z")
Steely Dan [(Larry Carlton)](http://www.nwhcmusic.co.uk/kid_solo.htm) – _Kid Charlemagne_ ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-guitar-solos/177321/3 "2003-05-25T02:05:02Z")
Duane Allman: Layla, Dreams Dickey Betts: Whipping Post (At Fillmore East) Jimi Hendrix: Machine Gun, Voodoo Child (Slight Returns) Those may seem like kinda cliche choices… more recently, I’d suggest any number of Tom Morello’s efforts. And lest I sound like I’m saying all the best guitar solos were from 1969-1971, I’ve seen a large number of great ones recently - they’re just live, not on an album. ---
**Author:** ![CurlyD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@CurlyD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurlyD)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-guitar-solos/177321/4 "2003-05-25T02:15:59Z")
Another great one from Fillmore East - Stormy Monday ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-guitar-solos/177321/5 "2003-05-25T02:18:18Z")
🙂 🙂 You can really pick any solo you like from that record. I feel like a dope for not mentioning Duane’s on In Memory of Elizabeth Reed and You Don’t Love Me. ---
**Author:** ![cleops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@cleops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cleops)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-guitar-solos/177321/6 "2003-05-25T02:21:37Z")
Got a bunch– Jeff Beck in Going Down Page’s break intro after the psychedelic stuff in Whole Lotta Love The solo in Reelin in the Years Nugent’s (as distasteful as he is) solo in Journey to the Center of your mind The guitar break in You Turn Me On (can’t remember who did it) Intro to Money and break in Louie Louie Hang on Snoopy break Hendrix’s break in Red House, of course Every note played by Peter Green Some nifty work by Deep Purple in the Machinehead phase and many many more ---
**Author:** ![SRVick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@SRVick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SRVick)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-guitar-solos/177321/7 "2003-05-25T02:27:05Z")
“Sultans of Swing” by Dire Straits (Mark Knopfler was the guitarist, of course), from _Alchemy_, the live album. ---
**Author:** ![Cholo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Cholo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cholo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-guitar-solos/177321/8 "2003-05-25T02:34:00Z")
Frank Marino doing “Johnny B. Goode” on his 78’ “Live” album. ---
**Author:** ![Delly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Delly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delly)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-guitar-solos/177321/9 "2003-05-25T02:35:34Z")
Dont know if it will count or not, but the guitar solo in November Rain… love it! ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-guitar-solos/177321/10 "2003-05-25T02:40:01Z")
Maybe it’s cliche but I’ve got to throw in Eddie Van Halen’s “Eruption.” Also: Randy Rhoads on pretty much anything but “Mr. Crowley” is a stand-out for me David Gilmore on “Comfortably Numb” (not flashy but perfect for the song). Page on "Stairway to Heaven’ Angus on “Back in Black” Hendrix on anything ---
**Author:** ![sajwalke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@sajwalke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sajwalke)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-guitar-solos/177321/11 "2003-05-25T02:46:17Z")
Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit Pearl Jam: Alive Led Zepplin: Stairway to Heaven ---
**Author:** ![Skillet38](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Skillet38](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skillet38)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-guitar-solos/177321/12 "2003-05-25T03:22:29Z")
YES Steve Howe Yours is no disgrace ---
**Author:** ![Skillet38](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Skillet38](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skillet38)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-guitar-solos/177321/13 "2003-05-25T03:24:31Z")
YES Steve Howe Starship Trooper ---
**Author:** ![Skillet38](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Skillet38](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skillet38)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-guitar-solos/177321/14 "2003-05-25T03:25:33Z")
YES Steve Howe Going For the One ---
**Author:** ![Skillet38](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Skillet38](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skillet38)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-guitar-solos/177321/15 "2003-05-25T03:26:37Z")
YES Steve Howe On The Silent Wings of Freedom ---
**Author:** ![typhoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@typhoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typhoon)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-guitar-solos/177321/16 "2003-05-25T04:11:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sajwalke \* > **Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit** Are you kidding? That barely even qualifies as a solo. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-guitar-solos/177321/17 "2003-05-25T05:09:14Z")
Would Carlos Santana qualify? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-guitar-solos/177321/18 "2003-05-25T05:50:08Z")
Well, it’s solos, not soloists, but he’s done some work that would qualify for sure. I love some of his early instrumentals - _Samba Pa Ti_ is great, so is _Soul Sacrifice_. And _Singing Winds, Crying Beasts_… ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-guitar-solos/177321/19 "2003-05-25T05:53:55Z")
Would have been great: Duane Allman, One Way Out, _Eat a Peach_ – if the bass player hadn’t fucked everything up. Most unexpectedly wow solo: Elliot Easton, Shake it Up, The Cars. Really. 20 seconds of blazing nastyness in the middle of utterly unremarkable dance-pop. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-guitar-solos/177321/20 "2003-05-25T05:54:41Z")
> [@](#): > > Duane Allman, One Way Out, Eat a Peach – if the bass player hadn’t fucked everything up. ::Rushing to Berry Oakley’s defense:: 😉 Which bit are you talking about? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-guitar-solos/177321.md?page=2)