Guitar Solos


As a serious music listener and a musician,(although I am a drummer) nothing makes me shiver like a good guitar solo. It's seems to be a dying art,at least in popular music. Still lots of good guitar in blues and jazz. Some of my favs : Dear John by Jack Semple ,La Grange By Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, Aqualung By Martin Barre with Jethro Tull and Bluest Blues by Alvin Lee. I'd love to check out some other peoples favs, a couple old and maybe a couple new??
billbeat

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Amongst many others, Brian Jones (or maybe it was Keith Richards) on The Stones' version of "It's All Over Now," off their I think second LP. Short and crazy, all-over-the-map solo, with excellent internal logic. Makes me smile every time.
Mike Bloomfield's guitar breaks on Dylan's Tombstone Blues. Each one longer than the previous. His solo on Paul Butterfield's East/West is something to hear as well.