# Favorite Guitar solos?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-guitar-solos/84736>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 1, 2001, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-guitar-solos/84736 "2001-10-01T08:04:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-guitar-solos/84736/61 "2001-10-03T03:47:08Z")

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Try Hocus Pocus by Focus! Ha! Jan Akkerman is a super guitarist, and the lead he rips off is pretty kick butt! But first, you have to get past the yodeling and the porky pig imitation. Check out his other stuff…he’s hot property in Europe right now!

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**Author:** ![DPWhite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d26b3c/32.png) [@DPWhite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPWhite)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-guitar-solos/84736/62 "2001-10-03T05:33:02Z")

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And he was no showboater on solos, but Stevie Ray Vaughn was IMHO the greatest blues guitar player ever. Every note was perfect and surprising.

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**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-guitar-solos/84736/63 "2001-10-03T10:41:29Z")

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“Mind” by Talking Heads, from “Fear of Music.”

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