Except Nels joined the band right after that album was recorded 
According to the YouTube comments on the various live versions of the song, yeah, everybody’s apparently surprised that the solo is indeed mostly Tweedy. Apparently he was in a bad place “Tweedy refers to the guitar solo at the end of the track as a “musical transcription” of one of his panic attacks.” Constant migraines and painkiller addiction. But damn it’s a cool song.
Thanks for Wilco recommendations. Off to Spotify.
I saw Joe Bonamassa play when he was an unknown kid, on the recommendation of a good friend. I was blown away.
Don’t give up on KWS. Take a listen to some of his recent work with “The Rides”.
While he’s normally a Thrash and crash style some of his blues stuff is downright poetic. One of my favorite solo listens is the subtle soulful solo he blends into “Don’t want Lies”
Trucks is #1 on my list and it being just one month after getting a knee replacement I will hobble in and be 4th row center when he visits KC next week.
I can understand your criticism of Bonamassa. He seems to forget that speed and complexity can be overused. His fault is that his performances sometimes appear to be a display of what he can do instead of what the song needs.
Now I gotta go binge listen to Julian Lage.
I saw KWS at the House of Blues early in his career, when he was promoting Ledbetter Heights and being portrayed as the next SRV. I really liked that album (and still do). As a blues guitarist he’s fine, with some really good, meaty riffs, but not really somebody I’d classify as a guitar god. Solid-not-spectacular.
Impossible Germany, off their terrific Sky Blue Sky album, has the most lovely Nels Cline guitar solo.
I’ve been fairly impressed with David Eering of The Machine, though I’m not a guitarist so I couldn’t say unequivocally that he’s all that.
Disclaimer: David is an acquaintance of mine; we have exchanged music and words occasionally for the past 5 or 6 years.
David is an awesome player. Few know their way around a wah pedal like David does. I find his playing tasteful, energetic and precise without straying far from “feel” and never entering “technical” territory, especially with The Machine.
No one wants to back me up on Tosin Abasi or any of my other earlier mentions, so I’ll go with two more: the nearly-always-overlooked-but-incomparable Buckethead and a guy most people have never heard of unless they are serious Zappa fans: Mike Keneally.
Hey, I am trying to follow up on stuff here!! 
The Machine sounds cool. I enjoyed Caterpillar’s Mushroom. Good guitar! Yeah, groove oriented; his use of the wah was rhythmic.
BubbaDog, let me know what you think of Lage. He is not playing rock, so is coming at this conversation from a different place.
Orianthi had a couple of minor hits a few years back. She is quite good. Herman Li of course is just ridiculous(Dragonforce).
Mike McCready from Pearl Jam should definitely be in this conversation
Please note: I am NOT trying to threadshit. I am offering a pov and open to hearing differently.
Herman Li: that’s not playing, that’s typing.
Mike McCready: I have stated this on this board in a few threads. I have not checked in recently, but man, when I first listened to PJ, I was struck by how amateurish his playing sounded. The lead playing out the end of Alive sounds like the leads on Louie Louie by The Kingsmen or Dave Davies on You Really Got Me to me.
When I listened during that Cameron Crowe movie, Twenty, I saw a guy with an AMAZING collection of vintage guitars whom the band truly loved as a bandmate. I get the impression he is the Ringo of Pearl Jam. His playing sounded fine, but never transcendant. He listened to a lot of good players growing up. Cool.
He’s older than me. Buckethaed is awesome, but he’s almost as old as me. I am interested in young guitarists of today - those that can rock and carry the guitar God/-ess title forward. Also, those that can really rock, not just can play well.
Some great suggestions and discussion so far - really opening my eyes and ears. Thx
Don’t know if this guy has been mentioned in this thread. A friend of mine swears by Gus G.
To me, it is technically brilliant but lacks something. Some kind of depth or feeling. I hear it and say: Wow, that’s a lot of notes. You didn’t miss any of them. But I am not moved for some reason. Anyway, to each his own, maybe you might like it.
Yeah: typing. I am the wrong guy; I don’t find that type of dexterity musical that often. I love this bit from Chris Broderick formerly of Megadeth, but honestly, not much else. If I need to my shred itch scratched, I watch this and move on: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xkpZ645ztl0
“All right! That was a VI - V - I in the key of E Minor…” Bwah?
Unfortunately I’ve written off FM radio and all they play where I’ve lived is “classic rock” (not that there’s anything wrong with that). When I listen to radio it’s internet radio and I tend to listen to jazz and jazz-fusion. So with that in mind:
Jane Getter
Johnny A
I know that there’s other rock and metal in existence but not on FM, sadly.
Oh yes indeed. Have her “Wild Heart” in the stereo right now, been listening to her on YouTube for a few weeks now and bought her CDs.
Played them in the car and thought her live stuff better, she has a nice ‘rawness’ about her.
I’ve revised my opinion since hearing her on a good stereo. I have been missing a lot of her subtlety, she is even better than I had previously thought and I thought she was damned good.
Orianthi was superb at first but seems to have rather lost her way lately.