Watched a documentary about Rory Gallagher the other night which reminded me of just how great he was. No particular song, but he I think he was a lot better live than in the studio.
Otherwise I like Mark Knopfler’s early stuff (astorian’s vote for Down to the Waterline is probably about right) as well as fellow “slowpoke” J.J. Cale. Favourite of his…hmmmm…probably Call me the Breeze off Naturally is a great start to that album. Stick in car radio, unwind window and enjoy.
I cant believe that no-one has mentioned “Money”? David Gilmore has been mentioned alot, but no-one has uttered the word “Money”!!!
That solo gives me goose-bumps…It’s perfect.
Also, on Yngwie’s first album, Rising Force, is an instrumental call Icarus Dream Suite Op. 4 which makes me cry…It’s so beautiful and Yngwie is so talented. I love him and I hate him!! (Would that I had but a fraction of his talent!!)
Later…
Great solos, both, but I always fell for their call-and-response solos on One Way Out.
And Richard Betts never got the props he deserved, if you ask me. After Duane’s death, his stuff on the Brothers and Sisters album was fantastic. Jessica and Ramblin’ Man were gorgeous.
And I’ll cast my vote for the great Luther Perkins. He might have been the most minimalist guitar player who ever lived, and his tone made him sound like he never changed his strings, but every note was right, even if there weren’t many of them.
I just don’t play near as much as I used to. Still have all 5 guitars tho. 
I used to play a mean Star Spangled Banner and Foxey Lady.
Which reminds me of another great solo, Are You Experienced? Never could figure out if that was studio tricks or not. I know Jimi could play “backwards”… in real time.
Just the 5 eh? Did you post to the axes-I-have-owned thread? I also have more guitars than I could possibly justify.
Time is pretty darn good too but I’m guessing that all the Gilmour-ites are choosing something off the beaten track.
More for the OP. Any Steely Dan guitar solo, athough that’s probably a stretch for a GnR fan.
Oh, I don’t know. I think it’s possible to appreciate both GnR & Steely Dan. And Muddy Waters. And John Lee Hooker. Good music is good music.
And I didn’t even mention Duane on Layla, geez, I must’ve been tired. 
True true. If you’ve heard the Allmans’ always-overlooked-except-by-diehards live album Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas, that’s got a lot of Dickey’s best work. His solos on most of the songs are great; Ramblin’ Man and a radicalyl different Elizabeth Reed in particular.
First, check this link for inspiration.
Now, for some of my personal favorites (I could easily make a list of 200 if I sat down for a couple hours with my music collection):
I’ll post another vote for Crossroads. (Eric Clapton; Cream; Wheels of Fire)
Also:
Toussaint l’Ouverture (Carlos Santana and Neal Schon; Santana; Santana III)
Victim of Love (Joe Walsh and Don Felder; The Eagles; The Long Run)
Reelin’ In the Years(Elliot Randall;Steely Dan;Can’t Buy a Thrill)
Geek USA (Billy Corgan;Smashing Pumpkins;Siamese Dream)
I’m Gonna Crawl (Jimmi Page;Led Zeppelin;In through the Out Door)
Teacher(Trey Anastasio;Phish;A Picture of Nectar)
and many many more!!!
Jimmy Page’s solo in Dazed and Confused, as played 3/24/73 Offenburg, Germany. 30 minutes of sheer brilliance!
Runners up: Achilles’ Last Stand (6/21/77 Los Angeles)
The Rover (Physical Graffiti)
No Quarter (Houses of the Holy)
Eric Clapton - White Room (Live from 24 Days)
Thanks for the link. That’s a good list.
#48 seems way too low for Smypathy For The Devil to me. For a guy who isn’t famous for his solos, Keef absolutely smoked that one.
I was also happy to see Dave Davies make it in at #59 for You Really Got Me. That solo and the similar one for All Day And All Of The Night were ahead of their time.
Nearly every track on the Wall has a guitar solo that’s better than nearly every non-Wall solo ever recorded. It’s almost too much, really. It’s even leagues ahead of Gilmour’s other stuff such as WYWH, Animals, and Obscured by Clouds (probably my second favorite floyd album for soloes.)
I’m a big fan of all of Kirk Hammett’s work from everything prior to the black album, expecially “One,” “Sanitarium,” “Battery,” “Dyer’s Eve” and “The Four Horsemen.”
That said, at the moment I’m loving Jimmy Page’s in “Stairway to Heaven”
Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin: “Whole Lotta Love” “Heartbreaker” “Stairway to Heaven” “Fool in the Rain”
David Gilmour of Pink Floyd: “Money” “Have a Cigar”
Eddie van Halen: “Eruption”
the guitarist for the Descendents (don’t know his name) has a cool one on the song “Thank You”
“Clap” by Steve Howe of Yes.
“Pawn Shop” and “We’re Only Gonna Die From Our Own Arrogance” by Sublime have good, fairly easy solos.
There are dozens more that just don’t come to mind at the moment.
Well, I don’t play much anymore, but I could probably still do the outro to Sheep.
You’re right about the harmoniser. I played around with one once, and you could do the the first parts of the duet from Dogs over the Dm and C chords but it has some subsequent chords that are out of key so you can’t do the whole thing. You’d need two harmonisers, each set to a different key and connected via an A/B switch so you could change harmonisers with one button push.
Gawd there are tons of them that I know I love but can’t place them.
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I forgot to mention Nigel Tufnel of “Spinal Tap.” Any hack can play guitar with a bow, playing it with a violin takes genius to a whole new level As the man himself once said, “My solos are my trademark.”
Seconded. Phenomenal stuff on Animals.
Alex Lifeson on Limelight, La Villa Strangiato, Red Barchetta, and Earthshine
Randy Rhoads on Mr. Crowley and Tonight
Billy Gibbons on Cheap Sunglasses
Mick Taylor on Can’t You Hear Me Knocking?
David Gilmore on Comfortably Numb and Time
Hendrix on Red House
Angus Young on Back in Black
Jimmy Page on The Rover
Van Halen on Panama and Ice Cream Man
Pete Townsend on Who Are You?
…and about a million others
OH YEAH!!!
Some of my favorites:
Eddie Hazel from Parliment playing Maggot Brain
Jimi Hendrix playing Little Wing
Jimmy Page playing Bron-Y-Aur Stomp (not quite a solo but a great accoustic piece)
Martin Barre from Jethro Tull playing Mistrel in the Gallery
Jorma Kaukonen from Jefferson Airplane playing Embroynic Journey (an accoustic piece that is simply amazing)
Frank Zappa playing Muffin Man or Sexual Harrassment in the Workplace