September 8, 201412 yr Call me old school. In no particular order: Layla (well, that one IS my favorite) All Along the Watchtower, Hendrix Stairway to Heaven, Jimmy Page Sultans of Swing, Mark Knopfler Reelin' in the Years, Steely Dan Highway Star, Deep Purple/Richie Blackmore Too Rolling Stoned, Robin Trower Comfortably Numb
September 8, 201412 yr Definitive? Hard to say, but here's a nice & interesting in depth 3 part series of videos related to the topic. The 2nd & 3rd video posted here are related to Instrumental songs, while the 1st is top 10 guitar solos on tunes with vocals. A bit disappointed that Judas Priest is not mentioned here anywhere as I think there are numerous fine examples of awesome guitar playing throughout their whole body of work, and especially some mind blowing solos on their Screaming for Vengeance release. Also Wolf Hoffmann from Accept time and again blew my mind numerous times throughout their many hot rockin' releases. Also worth mentioning, although maybe not the household names as all mentioned in these videos are Cincinnati natives David T. Chastain (solo work, CJSS, & Spike), as well as Pat O'Brien of Cannibal Corpse. Just giving them a nod since they're locals who could seriously jam on their axes. [video=youtube;f4NOJ42-BKM]
September 8, 201412 yr Not a Death Metal fan, but Pat O'Brien is pretty mind blowing. Years ago he used to jam with some metal head musician friends of mine. I once got a phone call out of the blue from him all peed off because Wolf Hoffmann of Accept was one of his favorite guitarist and he had heard that I claimed that some of their lyrics were pretty straightforward gay (Love Child, Head over Heals, London Leather Boys, Fight It Back). When I dissected the lyrics for him and also told him that in the metal world of tough band names, I equated the "Accept" name to perhaps relate to "acceptance", he couldn't deny the lyrics that I mentioned, or that the name didn't quite have the punch that most metal names had. Something told me that Accept instantly went out of favor of being his favorite. I once had a conversation with Udo Dirkschneider after UDO's gig and after he signed autographs (didn't want to embarrass him in front of fans) about the lyrics of the above mentioned. He went silent and then in broken German begin to pretend that he didn't understand my English. Pretty funny. I think Udo is indeed straight and just had to deliver whatever lyrics that were handed to him, and maybe with German being his first language, even sometimes not originally understanding them himself. I'm thinking that bassist of Accept, Peter Baltes was behind those questionable lyrics. Here's some of Pat's work: [video=youtube;5-Hal6ZS_co]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-Hal6ZS_co Edited September 8, 201412 yr by B-Ball-fan
September 8, 201412 yr David T. Chastain is nothing to sneeze at. Check this out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_czLdrJlhKk
September 8, 201412 yr Accept - Fast As A Shark Wolf Hoffmann takes off about the 2:30 mark. Dynamite rockin' tune from start to finish! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKml8LwF_0M
September 8, 201412 yr Accept - Fight It Back Solo starts to sour little after the 2:00 mark. Another Dynamite rockin' tune. Lyrics are a mouthful as well with strong meaning.
September 8, 201412 yr Interesting this thread popped up again. I thought about solos while listening to Floyd's, Have a Cigar.
September 8, 201412 yr Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance Dynamite solo takes off around the 2:20 mark It would've been alright with me if they had even extended solo twice as long.
September 8, 201412 yr Velvet Revolver - Slither This tune has some serious swagger. Slash's solo was hot and in your face, would love to hear an extended version of solo as I guess it was kept short to be radio friendly, but we all know Slash could've killed it much longer than this.
September 8, 201412 yr Interesting this thread popped up again. I thought about solos while listening to Floyd's, Have a Cigar. Man cannot live on football alone. Well... at least I can't. It's a metal Sunday night and I'm diggin' it.
September 8, 201412 yr Fates Warning - At Fate's Hand In the same progressive metal camp as Queensryche, Fate Warning's lyrics were typically even too much over the heads of even the most diehard 'Ryche fans. They never found a mainstream audience because their intricate body of work wouldn't resinate with the masses. I must admit that at times their over the top sophistication could bore me too, but I did dig certain elements about their sound and their thought provoking lyrics. I had the pleasure of hanging out with them years ago back stage and on their tour bus while with a buddy who was interviewing them for and article in a metal rag mag he was writing for. We both designed questions for them to dig into their complexities and depth as an intelligent metal band. At the moment I'm not sure which one of their tunes best demonstrates their guitar prowess so I selected this one to display their multi-part elements showing what they were made of. This isn't as driving as some of their guitar work but still decent work nonetheless.
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