Since this is the place for polling… And there are polls for the best (and worst) band, I was wondering what the teeming millions thought was the best guitar solo in any song?
My personal favourite is Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour in Comfortably Numb.
Anyone else?
Still have to say–
Jimmy Page, Heartbreaker solo.
although Gilmour is awesome.
Anestesia-Pulling Teeth by Cliff Burton.
Awesome.
I assume you meant OTHER than one of my own. 
My favorite has always been Robby Krieger’s solo in The Doors’ “Peace Frog.”
Alvin Lee (Ten Years After), Goin’ Home.
If you include Bass, it’s no contest.
Schooldays - Stanley Jordan.
If you haven’t heard it, you need to, now.
I like Gilmore’s solo starting “Sorrow”.
The first time I heard “Don’t tell me what love can do” by Van Halen, I was in my Buick, and the solo always seemed to be hanging around my back seat. Amazing.
or Joe Satriani’s “Flying in a Blue Dream”. sigh
[shocked dismay]
But Gilmour’s a SHITTY guitarist!
[/shocked dismay]
Jimmy Page- Kashmir
Jimi Hendrix- Purple Haze
Eddie Van Halen’s “Eruption,” also known as the intro to “You Really Got Me.” It changed the history of rock guitar completely.
Randy Rhoads’ solo in Crazy Train
Big fan of Page on that song. Very musical - it flowed which is what a solo should do.
Ummm… O.K…?
My favourite epic of guitar wankery is
Steve Vai’s “For The Love Of God”
from his Passion & Warfare album. The whole 7-minute track is a guitar solo.
Such self-indulgence is probably inexcusable, but you gotta hear this man. He’s a monster player. And he’s got the proverbial air of mystery around him. The story goes that having been sick for a while, he didn’t play guitar for some months. But knowing what he wanted to do for this track, he hit the studio and did it in one take, to favour emotional immediacy over technical precision. And by his own words, his fingers were bleeding profusely by the end of the take.
Anything by Duane Allman. I like his work on Layla (that’s him outplaying Clapton). If I were to pick a particular song, I’d go with “Whipping Post.” But all of Allman’s work was amazing.
Clapton does a terrific solo on “Further On Up the Road” on The Last Waltz. Best part is that he makes it look so easy.
B.B. King – The Thrill is Gone
Keith Richards in “Sympathy for the Devil.”
I’m particularly fond of the one Jerry Garcia does in the live version of “Too Hard to Handle” (Hollywood, Calif, August 1971) that appears on FALLOUT FROM THE PHIL ZONE. Of course, the Pig Pen vocal and the drive of the band behind him help. Phil Lesh’s bass is nearly as important as what Jer’s up to.
When I saw the Woodstock movie this just blew me away.
Add Richie Blackmore Sweet Child in Time
Agreed, Duane was just awesome
When I first saw the subject, Eddie Van Halen’s “Eruption” sprang to mind.
Another great one is Kirk Hammet’s in “The Struggle Within”
Not a solo per se, but Stevie Ray Vaughn’s song “Little Wing”.
I love that song and can’t find that CD!!!
er, I lost it and can’t find it…
< just woke up from a nap of sorts >